ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

Businesses that already have a strong digital customer service strategy in place are steps ahead of the competition, however here’s how you can catch up in 2018. Therefore it is advisable that businesses do not fully switch to AI controlled customer service, but look at areas that they can begin to automate in 2018.

Customer Service 75

Customer Service Knowledge Base Chatbots Social Media 75

Steve DiGioia

JULY 19, 2021

Back in 2018, I had the pleasure to interview some of the nicest people I have ever come across. To say the least, they’re all leaders in their respective fields of customer service, hospitality, social media, consulting, coaching, podcasting, and keynote speaking.

Customer Service 189

Customer Service Social Media Hospitality Leadership 189

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The year is almost over, and I’m sure many of you are setting goals for 2018 if you haven’t done so already. As we all take the time to think about improving strategies for focusing on customer-driven growth, join me as we revisit 5 of my most popular blog posts of the year. Look out for my 2018 predictions soon!

Self Service 141

Self Service Customer Experience Chatbots Chief Customer Officer 141

ReviewTrackers

JUNE 22, 2018

Fortunately, social media allows you a direct way to strengthen connections with your fans and repair your reputation with customers who may have had a less than stellar experience. Listen to customers on social media. Listen to customers on social media. Include Online Reviews in Your Social Media Strategy.

Social Media 56

Social Media Customer Retention Consumers Retail 56

ReviewTrackers

JULY 23, 2018

You have already planted your business flags on popular social media properties. Now, it’s time to grow your social media presence, drive engagement, and get real results that can impact your bottom line. 7 Social Media Marketing Strategies to Drive Results . 1: Come Up with Your Social Media Game Plan.

Social Media 63

Social Media Strategy Marketing Multi-Channel 63

Alliance by IFS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

With 2018 almost at an end, let’s reflect on the best field service resources from this year. Thank you for visiting Astea’s blog, a place for service professionals from around the globe to find helpful educational resources on everything “field service”! We hope you enjoy them. Happy New Year from everyone here at Astea.

Resources 83

Resources Infographics ROI Social Media 83

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This has been quite a year for the ChurnZero blog. We even got a shout out from HubSpot as a top blog you should be reading in 2018. As the year comes to a close, we thought we’d offer up a useful roundup of our ten most popular blog posts from the year. 10 Punny Customer Success Jokes. ChurnZero Resource.

Net Promoter Score 49

Net Promoter Score eBook Social Media Effort Score 49

Alliance by IFS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

With 2018 almost at an end, let’s reflect on the best field service resources from this year. Thank you for visiting Astea’s blog, a place for service professionals from around the globe to find helpful educational resources on everything “field service”! We hope you enjoy them. Happy New Year from everyone here at Astea.

Resources 62

Resources Infographics ROI Social Media 62

ShepHyken

JUNE 15, 2018

This week we feature an article by Ayush Chaudhary who writes about the social media customer support experience. Social customer service allows you to take the interactions with your customers to an even higher level. – Shep Hyken. Setting up this process for your social media customer support is not trivial, obviously.

Chatbots 77

Chatbots Social Media Healthcare Study 77

NetBase

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Social media listening makes the effort much more manageable, but only when you know what to look for – and how. Had you read our 2018 European Luxury Accessories Report , you’d already have that answer – and many more besides, but let’s assume you haven’t seen it yet. Revisiting Misguided Social Sentiment: Cairo & Beyond.

Social Media 56

Social Media Apparel Culture Exercises 56

Forrester's Customer Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2018 retail series. Despite news of brands such as Nike, Adidas, Allbirds, and SeatGeek successfully selling on social networks, social media is still not a place that consumers buy products and services.

Social Media 43

Social Media Consumers Retail Brands 43

Lumoa

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Using NLP algorithms like RNNs and LSTMs , it analyzes vast textual data from social media and news to spot emerging topics and sentiment shifts. This involves analyzing information from various sources, including customer reviews, surveys, and social media conversations.

Analysis 195

Analysis Social Media Trends Feedback 195

Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

2018 is just around the corner, which means that companies around the world are planning (or have already planned) their business goals for next year. CCW Digital, in their latest Winter Executive Report, studied a wide range of organizations to discover the most popular goals and strategies for call centers in 2018. 2 for Companies.

Contact Center 107

Contact Center Report Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 107

Wired and Dangerous

JANUARY 1, 2018

Welcome to 2018! Today, internet connections, whether blogs tweets or other forms of social media, have five times the impact of traditional word of mouth. Recent research from Customer Relationship Magazine states “68% of online users check out companies on social media before buying. Chip and John.

Social Media 70

Social Media Policies Advertising Connections 70

CX Journey

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This means making yourself available where your audience is comfortable, whether that’s the phone, a certain form of social media, or face-to-face. Social media Think of your social media presence as an extension of your website.

Communication 137

Communication Brands Social Media Touchpoint 137

ShepHyken

JUNE 8, 2018

Consumer empowerment (social media has consumers publicly sharing stories about buying experiences) is diluting customer loyalty to brands and raises expectations about post-purchase support. Without skipping a beat, we posted about it on social media. In 2018 customer support spans so much more than help@yourcompany.com.

Social Media 77

Social Media Video Case Study Customers 77

Grade.us

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The Best Influencer Marketing Blogs of 2018. Visit this blog to find in-depth posts on everything influencer marketing. The Top 10 Breakout Influencers of 2018 2018’s Best Influencer Campaigns: 21 Case Studies On Top Brands, Influencers, and More 7 Tips For Designing the Perfect Sponsored Instagram Story.

Resources 47

Resources Tools Marketing Case Study 47

ShepHyken

MAY 28, 2018

My Comment: Bruce Turkel is a branding expert and writes a weekly informative and often entertaining (and sometimes edgy) blog post. Is Your Social Media Customer Service Helping or Hurting Your Customer Experience? My Comment: Social Media Customer Service (Also known as Social Customer Care) continues to grow in popularity.

Customer Service 78

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Social Media Loyalty 78

GetFeedback

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Constant online interaction and social media engagement has piqued our need for visual stimulation and trained us to assimilate more imagery than ever before. A 2018 study by Marketing Dive showed that 75% of Gen Z shoppers (those between the ages of 18 and 25) turn to eCommerce to make most purchases.

Ecommerce 249

Ecommerce Social Media Competitive Advantage Study 249

ShepHyken

APRIL 13, 2018

These reasons are reflected by the CCW Executive Report on Contact Center Priorities for 2018, where increasing the “voice of the customer” strategy is the #3 contact center priority this year. Polls can be implemented on your website, through social media, and even by text. Social Media.

Contact Center 82

Contact Center Customer Journeys Feedback Tools 82

WorkOutLoud

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Your social media team works hard. These are just a handful of the channels that keep your social team busy. This article is going to discuss 3 ways the addition of a private, online customer community can help boost your brand, provide some focus for your social team, and make life easier for your customers.

Social Media 40

Social Media Strategy Conference B2C 40

BirdEye

APRIL 24, 2023

From the exciting growth of social media to the importance of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), today’s digital landscape presents an abundance of opportunities for marketers to connect with customers like never before. Channels: Inbound marketing primarily utilizes content marketing, blogs, and social media.

Marketing 93

Marketing Social Media B2C Advertising 93

Grade.us

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This list of 2018's top resources is here for you. The Best Small Business Marketing Blogs. This blog is all about keeping information simple, actionable, and easy to understand. The marketing section of this blog is jam-packed with plenty of ideas to help you get your small business seen. The Vertical Response Blog.

Resources 32

Resources Tools Marketing Social Media 32

ShepHyken

JULY 28, 2017

Online sales are expected to grow to more than $400 billion by 2018. On the other hand, Facebook, which has long been the dominant player in the social media space, is apparently not resting on its laurels but is instead listening to its customers. The post Guest Blog: Becoming a Blockbuster?

Retail 80

Retail Social Media Travel Consumers 80

Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s 2018, and customer expectations are changing faster than ever. This blog post is not about the top customer service trends to watch out for in 2018. The following best practices set contemporary leaders in innovation apart from the pack and represent what exceptional customer service looks like in 2018.

Exceptional Customer Service 101

Exceptional Customer Service Customer Service Chatbots Hotels 101

Grade.us

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Content, SEO, email marketing, unpaid social media. A display ad on your favorite blog has something in common with a full page magazine spread, and the ads showing up on YouTube don't look too different from the same TV ads your grandpa muted all his life. 2018's Best Digital Advertising Blogs. And this year?

Advertising 26

Advertising Resources Tools Social Media 26

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The post Guest Blog: Which Road Is Your Customer Experience On? You must deliver a consistent, convenient and frictionless experience. – Shep Hyken. For more articles from Shep Hyken and his guest contributors go to customerserviceblog.com. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Article: Ten Ways To Celebrate National Customer Service Week.

Customer Experience 107

Customer Experience Social Media Customers Technology 107

Lithium

JUNE 11, 2019

In that brief moment of time, there were likely a dozen changes that hit the world of social media, causing you to change – in big ways or small – how you go about your day-to-day. And because you wade in the social media waters every day, you know just how quickly the rules of engagement can change.

Social Media 40

Social Media Customer Engagement Engagement How To 40

Lithium

JUNE 11, 2019

In that brief moment of time, there were likely a dozen changes that hit the world of social media, causing you to change – in big ways or small – how you go about your day-to-day. And because you wade in the social media waters every day, you know just how quickly the rules of engagement can change.

Social Media 40

Social Media Customer Engagement Engagement How To 40

Lithium

JUNE 11, 2019

In that brief moment of time, there were likely a dozen changes that hit the world of social media, causing you to change – in big ways or small – how you go about your day-to-day. And because you wade in the social media waters every day, you know just how quickly the rules of engagement can change.

Social Media 40

Social Media Customer Engagement Engagement How To 40

ShepHyken

MARCH 23, 2018

Recent findings in the Global Leadership Forecast 2018 found that companies that connected purpose to their mission statement outperformed other companies in their market by 42%. Situation : A top goal for 2018 is hiring key talent. Impact: Employees with an emotional connection to their work are more productive.

Communication 83

Communication Leadership Airlines Social Media 83

GetFeedback

JANUARY 3, 2019

After all, what a customer says directly to you may be different than what they say on a social media platform. Your plan for listening should include the channels where customers regularly give feedback (surveys, social media platforms, support chats), as well as how often you’re responding to and searching for this feedback.

Voice of Customer 239

Voice of Customer Data Customer Service Net Promoter Score 239

Grade.us

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

2018's Best Digital Analytics Blogs. Follow these blogs to stay up-to-date with the latest analytics trends. If you're running analytics to find out what Google wants then follow this blog to get the information straight from the horse's mouth. 2018's Best Digital Analytics Articles. Start with these resources.

Analytics 29

Analytics Resources Tools eBook 29

Grade.us

MAY 29, 2018

It's not really all that common to see reviews used proactively, which is why social media sharing is so important. Which social media sites allow you to share your customer reviews? As of January 1, 2018, LinkedIn has 500 million users. I focused primarily on mainstream social media sites.

Social Media 38

Social Media How To Groups Video 38

NICE inContact

MAY 16, 2019

Then we compared these results to what over 2,400 customers actually reported in our 2018 benchmark. There were also notably large gaps in the responses regarding email, text, and social media. appeared first on NICE inContact Blog. phone, chat, IVR).

Net Promoter Score 136

Net Promoter Score Contact Center Social Media Chatbots 136

Avaya

JANUARY 16, 2018

40% of executives recently polled by Avaya rate their company’s customer experience as “poor” or “average,” and 93% say they’ll be focusing on improving customer experience in 2018. Think smaller in 2018…specifically, mobile apps. In 2018, major players will be defined by their understanding of this delicate balance.

Customer Journeys 72

Customer Journeys Contact Center Consumers Financial 72

Grade.us

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The Best Content Marketing Blogs. Follow these blogs for a steady stream of fantastic advice. It feels like this one has been a top-notch content creation blog pretty much from the day it first launched. The perfect blog to take all your content marketing efforts right to the next level. Copyblogger.

Resources 30

Resources Tools Marketing B2C 30