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Guest Post: 6 Best Business Management Tips While Investing in Customer Experience

Shep Hyken

Find ways to surprise customers with moments of delight. Celebrate long-time customer relationships by setting up anniversary celebrations at your business that celebrates the relationship (and perhaps offer some perks). Could you send flowers on their birthday or have a special dedicated phone line for them?

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Celebrating Tony Hsieh's Contribution to CX

CX Accelerator

They revered the customer relationship and upended everything else. Employee experience (EX) is customer experience!". Also, they published the Culture Book (pictured). As a writing teacher and literary magazine-type person, I loved this. Prioritizing the employee experience.

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Celebrating Tony Hsieh's Contribution to CX

CX Accelerator

They revered the customer relationship and upended everything else. Employee experience (EX) is customer experience!". Also, they published the Culture Book (pictured). As a writing teacher and literary magazine-type person, I loved this. Prioritizing the employee experience.

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Moving from reactive to proactive customer support

Intercom, Inc.

If we send an outbound message encouraging customers to use a feature for the first time, for example, we can track whether they’ve taken that action or not. Identify known customer pain points and FAQs. We get it – your support team is incredibly busy managing day-to-day reactive conversations.

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The support leader’s guide to proactive support: Provide help before it’s needed

Intercom, Inc.

Preemptively identify recurring customer issues. But when your team is so busy managing day-to-day reactive conversations you may be wondering how you’ll find time to identify recurring customer questions and pain points, so you can begin proactively resolving issues.

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The Evolution of Customer Relationship Management: A Look at the Last Five Years

SugarCRM

When you think about Customer Relationship Management (CRM), sales and contact management may be the first thing you associate with it. The ability to track individual customer interactions and analyze that data is a game-changer, especially in an age where customers crave a personalized experience.

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How customer success operations improves customer service

Zendesk

CS Ops supports both customer success managers (who proactively ensure buyers are reaching their goals) and customer service teams (whose success depends on solving problems quickly and accurately). When do you need a customer operations manager or team? Software evaluation.