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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of July 8, 2019

ShepHyken

(Roger Dooley) Internet service providers and cable TV services have the lowest customer satisfaction ratings of all rated industries in one survey. These firms do many things poorly, but a bizarre interaction with my current internet provider uncovered a brand new customer experience failure.

2019 117
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No Joke! The Role of Humor in Customer Experience

Michelli Experience

“ If those signs from the universe weren’t enough to spark this blog, I subsequently watched a customer experience professional at another business masterfully use humor to de-escalate a customer complaint. How and when should we use humor to engage customers? Tips for the Journey.

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4 Ways to Improve Customer Experience in 2018 – guest post from CCW NOLA

ijgolding

Prevent negative social media posts by keeping customer experience front of mind with all employees regardless of whether their role is typically client-facing, and by taking these four steps to creating a positive customer experience. Design your website with user-experience in mind.

2018 76
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Using Customer Effort Score to Improve Retention: Three Creative Examples from CX Leaders

Wootric

Research indicates that when evaluating customer interactions with a product or service, Customer Effort Score, more than CSAT, or even NPS, is the strongest predictor of customer loyalty. Customer experience leaders are finding new applications for the popular Customer Effort Score metric.

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Customer Service Recovery Guide: Steps to Make It Right

ProProfs Chat

The anger among customers grew when Diane Mager, the CEO of the Customer Experience Professionals Association, talked about the incident but didn’t pinpoint the problems that needed to be discussed. Not every customer-agent interaction is positive. Why is customer care important?

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Q&A With Siqi Chen, Cofounder And CEO, Heyday

Forrester

Thinking you know your customers will no longer cut it when it comes to delivering a top-notch customer experience. To create the most compelling differentiated experiences, firms not only need to know their customers but also understand what their customers care about most.

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VP Customer Experience Role for Growth

ClearAction

Our vision for customer experience excellence is alignment to strategic customer segments’ expectations and goals, for seamless (smoothly connected), transparent (no hidden agendas) and frictionless (hassle-free) experience that sustains mutual growth. Track record of customer-centric decision-making.