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Why the Marketing Budget Should Include Customer Service Training

ShepHyken

It’s how a customer is treated at every step of doing business with you. We recently had a client say their training budget didn’t have money allocated to customer service training. Typically, companies spend a lot of money training salespeople, which often falls under the sales budget, not the training budget.

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Customer Experience Is Like Maintenance on Your Car

ShepHyken

Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. Learn more about Shep’s customer service and customer experience keynote speeches and his customer service training workshops at www.Hyken.com.

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Ford Versus Ferrari: A Lesson in Customer Experience?

ShepHyken

Functionality versus customer experience: Do they belong together? And both dealerships – Ford and Ferrari – provide stellar customer service. While both may appreciate a good customer experience, one wants a different product experience.   Here’s another example. The Ford costs about $25,000.

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How to Improve Customer Service Training with Simple Metrics

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

It is, therefore, little wonder that many company bosses invest heavily in their efforts to improve customer service training, in order to bring staff members up to scratch. The post How to Improve Customer Service Training with Simple Metrics appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

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How to Create the Best Customer Service Training Program for Your Contact Center

Stella Connect

Looking for ideas for how to create the best customer service training program for your contact center? A majority (84%) say that when customer service is able to solve a problem for them it strengthens their emotional connection to the brand. 5: DON’T: Make your customer service training program boring.

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The need for excellent customer service training

Peter Lavers

Amongst all the hype of customer experience, AI, chatbots and real-time personalisation, don’t forget that staff still need excellent customer service training – no matter how successful your company is right now! The post The need for excellent customer service training appeared first on Think CX.

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6 Customer Service Training Ideas for Improving Agent Engagement

Stella Connect

In the report Customer Service Trends for 2022: Preparing for the Future of Customer Service , it’s clear that customer needs and expectations have shifted dramatically. 60% of respondents in the research study said they would stop buying from a brand after a less-than-ideal service interaction.