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Seven technologies to improve customer service in SMBs

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Mobile and wireless technology is also enabling field reps to connect to the CRM system remotely, allowing them to easily input data and access real-time data – both of which ultimately enhance the customer experience. Gamification. Many employee gamification programs focus on the ‘employee of the month’. Social media.

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Six customer service mistakes you probably don’t know you’re making (and how to fix them)

Vonage

With numbers like that, it’s unsurprising that customer service suffers. For example, more and more businesses are using gamification tools such as Motivate, which is designed to promote best practices and productivity among contact centre employees. Getting the tone wrong.

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Why Customer Service is Important to Businesses: Top 5 Reasons

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companies lose more than $62 billion due to poor customer service. Not surprising, considering Americans tell an average of 15 people about a poor service experience, versus the 11 people they’ll tell about a good experience. . Bad customer service has become a major business problem today.

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Boost Agent Morale with These 6 Strategies

Playvox

In the case of social media, there are many well-documented and viral examples of an agent providing poor customer service that then leads to a domino effect for the company’s brand. One fun way to provide recognition is via a gamification solution.

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The role of emotions in CX and how you can use them to design better experiences

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In the context of customer experience, the amygdala evaluates every interaction with a brand and generates an emotional response. For instance, the joy a customer might feel when unboxing a highly-anticipated product or the frustration they might experience from poor customer service are both processed by the amygdala.

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4 Call Center Metrics Insights from a Support Operations Lead

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Listening to Nate and Robert speak about everything from gamification to social media opened up my eyes to the wealth of advantages that call center reporting can bring to a business. First and foremost, displaying live metrics for the entire team to see has helped introduce an element of gamification to agents.

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5 Strategies For Increasing Contact Center Performance

Playvox

This leads to undesirable outcomes that have a snowball effect, such as poor customer service, which leads to angry customers. In turn, this can cause less than optimal customer satisfaction scores. In other words, a contact center’s performance heavily depends on the productivity and happiness of its agents.