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Is your giant ego is crushing your customer service?

Inside Customer Service

The employee was furious at her coworkers, and she let everyone in the customer service training class know it. The night before, I had completed a mystery shop on five random employees at the client's request. She was furious at this unknown coworker for failing the mystery shop and insisted I tell everyone who it was.

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Transforming Customer Experience Through Mystery Shopping

Doing CX Right

Claire Boscq- Scott, Global Customer Service guru and three-time author, explains why and how to do mystery shopping right. You'll learn best practices to improve your products and services and gain a real competitive advantage.

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How to measure customer service training

Inside Customer Service

You've sent your team through customer service training. I've repeatedly used them to demonstrate the impact of customer service training to executives. Why evaluate customer service training? Step 1: Identify expectations Start by meeting with the person who asked for the customer service training.

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3 Ways to Get More from Your Mystery Shops

InteractionMetrics

At conferences, I’m often asked about mystery shopping, and it got me thinking: there are a lot of misunderstandings about what mystery shopping can and can’t do. Some see mystery shopping as a simple check-in; others see it as too artificial for an accurate customer service evaluation.

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Lessons from the Pandemic to Improve Your Customer Experience Now

Bill Quiseng

Identify the experts who deliver an exceptional customer experience. Mystery shop your competitors in person and online. Google the Top Ten Best list, not only in your industry but also in the business category where your customers buy products or services.

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Look beyond mystery shopping to improve your customer experience

Qualtrics

To truly understand the customer experience , the employees cannot know they are serving a mystery shopper. Mystery shoppers are common in retail sectors, where customer service can’t be measured easily by an internal manager or colleague. Advantages and disadvantages of using a mystery shopper service.

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What is Voice of the Customer? 25 Experts Give Best Practices

Callminer

We gathered best practices from 25 industry experts on voice of the customer programs and here is their advice: 1. Implement the technology possible to listen to your customers in real-time. Customer perceived quality and above-average customer service have been proven time and again to be leading drivers of business success.