ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Industry Experts Offer Up 2018 Predictions on Retail Customer Experience by Judy Mottl. My Comment: The 2018 customer service and experience predictions continue to roll in.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Contact Center Retail Competitive Advantage 0

Think Customers

JULY 2, 2019

Customer Contact Week—a conference focused on customer experience and customer care technology and trends—recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas. So, how has the customer experience evolved in the past two decades?

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score Conference 40

Kustomer

JUNE 7, 2022

They built their business to connect with customers at scale. A great example of this is The Farmer’s Dog , a company dedicated to delivering safe and healthy pet food that totally nailed the customer-first approach. Research shows companies with excellent CX have employees that are 1.5X

Customer Experience 90

Customer Experience Self Service e-support CRM 90

CX Accelerator

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When we are honest with ourselves, we all know culture is the linchpin for everything we do in the Contact Center. Beth Gauthier-Jenkin, The Vice President of Customer Care at Gopher Sport recently generated a wonderful culture dialog via email. From Jeff Toister: Books To Read: Ken Blanchard's Whale Done.

Culture 244

Culture Contact Center Leadership Employee Engagement 244

Think Customers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

These opposing criteria can strain contact center operations and effect their ability to provide customer service at the desired level. A recent poll suggests that financial services leaders see several items as the top CX issues facing the industry. In turn, this can increase stress for contact center associates.

Financial 52

Financial Contact Center Banking First Call Resolution 52

Qualtrics

APRIL 27, 2020

Customer Care Managers are used to dealing with regular surges in demand. Most customer care centers (also referred to as contact centers) have an established process, planned months in advance to ensure they cope adequately and maintain the customer experience.

Customer Care 36

Customer Care Self Service Chatbots Airlines 36

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 13, 2022

According to Salesforce, almost three-quarters of consumers have chosen to switch brands at least once in the last 12 months, even when they belong to a loyalty program—and they’re doing it for access to better deals, better quality, or better customer service. Customer Service Is the Cherry on Top.

Loyalty Programs 177

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Social Media Rewards Programs 177

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Their vision is clear: empower people to create spaces they can be proud of by creating an exceptional customer experience that builds confidence with the most diverse selection and helpful resources.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Contact Center Touchpoint Employee Engagement 52

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

They built their business to connect with customers at scale. A great example of this is The Farmer’s Dog , a company dedicated to delivering safe and healthy pet food, who totally nailed the customer-first approach. Research shows companies with excellent CX have employees that are 1.5X

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Self Service e-support CRM 52

Call Center Pros

AUGUST 27, 2018

But the important thing here is to know that it isn’t the only key to make customers happy. There is a ton of philosophies, tools and strategies that customer service professionals can use in order to gain more customers and, even more important, gain loyal customers. 10 Best Customer Service Books.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Call Center Loyalty Customer Service Strategies 40

Team HGS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Does the brand team share the customer journey information with their call center and then share the outcome of the call back to the digital team? To this point, my takeaway, for the “Engage” stage of the journey is to empower customer service agents with more data, creating less friction during interactions to improve the #CX.

Management 40

Management Conference Average Handle Time Contact Center 40

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Effort Score 74

Playvox

MAY 2, 2023

While it might seem like just about everything is in the cloud these days, many contact centers still haven’t taken the leap. But moving to a cloud contact center can have big benefits for your company, your customers, and your agents. What Does Moving To The Cloud Mean?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Omni-Channel Contact Center Software Gamification 52

Think Customers

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Programing bots to collect basic information from customers to share with the associate also helps deliver faster and better support, with less effort. Build flexibility into the workforce The pandemic crisis proved that financial services employees can successfully work from home.

Financial 52

Financial Insurance Banking Customer Journeys 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 5, 2022

These days, the contact center is the face of a company. The customer experience can make or break your business, so it’s important to understand the factors that make a great customer service representative and a great contact center. And here are the 10 biggest call center factors risks.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center First Call Resolution How To 52

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Think Customers

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The contact center industry is driven by customer experiences that are easy, difficult, joyful, stressful and everything in between. It’s incredibly important to take these everyday interactions from associates and customers and quantify them in a tangible way. Learn more about contact center metrics today.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center NPS Metrics Effort Score 52

Playvox

JUNE 22, 2023

Tracking, reporting, and improving upon metrics are essential across all areas of business, including finance, sales, marketing, and contact center management. Call center efficiency metrics are the collection of data used to measure and gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of call centers and contact center agents.

Call Center 52

Call Center Metrics Contact Center Net Promoter Score 52

SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Now that she is rendering her service at Slack, she is ensuring the best of customer service given to the clients that pull in massive customer retention and loyalty. Her blogs put a laser-beam focus on deriving customer experience insights for benevolent growth and revenue.

Customer Success 17

Customer Success Customer Journeys Contact Center Leadership 17

Playvox

MARCH 5, 2024

This definitely applies to customer needs and preferences, and contact centers are constantly striving to stay one step ahead of evolving customer requirements. A desire for instant-access self-service options is shifting how customers want to engage. Artificial intelligence (AI) can play a part.

Self Service 78

Self Service Contact Center Management Effort Score 78

Lithium

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Losing and hiring frontline customer care agents can cost more than a few lost customers Can you afford to lose more? Employee attrition is a natural part of any business cycle. Regarding customer care, recent trends show that agents often find themselves in the latter half of the two options.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center NPS Customer Care Chatbots 52

Lithium

JULY 20, 2022

Losing and hiring frontline customer care agents can cost more than a few lost customers. Employee attrition is a natural part of any business cycle. Regarding customer care, recent trends show that agents often find themselves in the latter half of the two options. Can you afford to lose more?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center NPS Customer Care Chatbots 52

Hello Customer

MAY 6, 2021

During our last webinar , Steven Van Belleghem and our CEO Leslie Cottenjé discussed the matter of extreme customer centricity. The first of three sessions focused on people , in particular the importance of your customer service team. What is the real value of customer service? and customers will churn.

Customer Centricity 98

Customer Centricity Contact Center Hospitality Employee Experience 98

NobelBiz

MAY 10, 2022

The efficiency of a contact center depends on one very important and key factor: the experience of its agents. When teams are satisfied with their jobs, feel fulfilled, and are driven, they can give exceptional customer service. How to define an excellent call center agent experience?

Call Center 52

Call Center Contact Center Omni-Channel Self Service 52

Qualtrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Customer care teams have the power to deliver breakthrough experience s , and our latest research shows just how much customers value them. Find out how making the right investments in your service center culture can turn yours from a necessary cost center into a key brand loyalty driver.

Contact Center 26

Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Metrics 26

Thematic

AUGUST 29, 2024

Listening to your customers is now more important than ever. According to a recent McKinsey report , improving customer care is the fastest-growing priority for customer care leaders. And Voice of Customer (VoC) programs are among the most effective tools in the box. What is Required for a VOC Program?

Voice of Customer 62

Voice of Customer Social Media Analysis Feedback 62

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Meet the Top 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leaders and Influencers of 2020. Adam Toporek – Customer Service Expert, Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Strategic Advisor . Annette Franz – Customer Experience Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Author . LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link].

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

Kustomer

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe and Vikas are joined by Rose Wang and Dan Watkins from Forethought to learn the secrets to successfully incorporating AI in CX. You’re listening to the Customer Service Secrets Podcast by Kustomer. Listen Now: ??

Chatbots 91

Chatbots Contact Center Omni-Channel Consumers 91