Customer Service Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Tune in as we talk about our favorite sports teams and share some practical advice on working effectively with an outsourced customer service team. Here are the questions for this week: Icebreaker Question: What is your favorite sport to watch and who is your favorite team to cheer for? .

Sports 22

Sports Contact Center Customer Service 22

CX Accelerator

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Degrees also included global tourism, sports and entertainment management, performing arts, and others are proof positive that people who find themselves in CX come from an incredibly diverse set of backgrounds. He is an avid learner, and is constantly giving back to the CX and Customer Service community through his writings.

Customer Experience 320

Customer Experience Business Administration Customer Journey Map CX 320

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 25, 2024

Since my request, we were lucky enough to have a new one from Justin Stafford ( justin@customersmarts.co ), founder of Customer Smarts , based in Sydney, Australia, and podcast host of “Customer Smart.” Justin shared how sports can teach us a lot about how to improve your Customer Experience.

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Sports Customer Experience Finance Invoicing 78

Doing CX Right

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Allan Stein, Jr, who has worked with 2-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant and other superstars, reveals leadership strategies that elite athletes use to perform at world-class levels that you can do to level up customer service experiences.

Sports 59

Sports Gaming Customer Service CX 59

ClearAction

MARCH 22, 2024

CX is a Team Sport: 2 Surprising Views Lynn Hunsaker CX is a Team Sport was the CX Day 1 theme in 2021, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. We all learn from each other in CX is one way CX is a team sport. Controlling Touchpoints Model. Influencing Companywide Model.

Sports 62

Sports CX Scorecard Touchpoint 62

Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Have you noticed the change in professional sports television viewing over the past few years where it’s become standard for a rules official, oftentimes a former referee, to provide expert interpretations of the rules and judgment calls in instant replay situations. If you’re not into sports, just take my word for it.

Customer Service 90

Customer Service Sports Contact Center Customer Experience 90

Customers That Stick

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Customer Service < Customer Experience. Tell Us More About Yourself… What was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? Tell us how one outside influence impacted your customer service or customer experience thinking. Transactional > Relational.

Customer Experience 162

Customer Experience Sports Construction Social Media 162

ECXO

JULY 16, 2024

The Ripple Effect: Sleep and Customer Experience Elevated Customer Service: Employees who are well-rested are more attentive, empathetic, and responsive to customer needs. They are capable of providing superior customer service, addressing concerns efficiently, and creating a positive customer experience.

Customer Experience 348

Customer Experience Innovation Education Gaming 348

Customers That Stick

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Customer Service > Customer Experience. Tell Us More About Yourself… What was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? As a young teenager, I already knew that customer service was important. In turn, customer service is something that is important to me as well.

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Sports Social Media Customer Service 160

Fonolo

MAY 16, 2018

In any industry, sport, or even a good game of poker, success hinges upon a confluence of many factors: Skill, experience, and favorable timing all shape the path towards becoming a champion. Players in the customer service (CS) game know this better than most. Read on to learn about what we think of as the “ 5 R.U.L.E.S.

Customer Service 90

Customer Service Contact Center Sports Social Media 90

Inside Customer Service

APRIL 8, 2021

Advertising disclosure: This blog participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. We're working on ways to Wow our customers." What is a customer service wow? My surprising advice?

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Sports Contact Center Retail Customer Service 176

Customers That Stick

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Customer Service > Customer Experience. Tell Us More About Yourself… What was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? Tell us how one outside influence impacted your customer service or customer experience thinking. Transactional > Relational.

Customer Experience 164

Customer Experience Retail Sports Social Media 164

Intercom

APRIL 28, 2025

His calm, compassionate demeanor and genuine interest in others would translate perfectly into customer service. Whats the most valuable thing that working in customer service has taught you? It also shows customers that you recognize and value them as individuals, which fosters trust and deepens the relationship.

Outlook 52

Outlook Sports Customer Service Start-ups 52

Customers That Stick

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Customer Service > Customer Experience. Tell Us More About Yourself… What was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? Tell us how one outside influence impacted your customer service or customer experience thinking. Transactional > Relational.

Customer Experience 133

Customer Experience Real Estate Sports Social Media 133

CSAT.AI

APRIL 26, 2023

An in-house customer service team that is steeped in company culture sounds great. There are many situations where customer service business outsourcing, or CS BPO, makes sense to save time and money. Engaging a BPO that specializes in customer care and support could be the very answer a company in your situation needs.

Customer Service 83

Customer Service Sentiment Analysis Sports Start-ups 83

Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Customer Service > Customer Experience. Tell Us More About Yourself… What was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? Tell us how one outside influence impacted your customer service or customer experience thinking. I feel customer service has improved.

Customer Experience 137

Customer Experience Contact Center Sports Social Media 137

CX Accelerator

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Beth Gauthier-Jenkin, The Vice President of Customer Care at Gopher Sport recently generated a wonderful culture dialog via email. Yes, it is an extremely difficult thing to achieve…but putting the effort to develop this type of culture is the greatest thing we can do to enhance both the Employee Experience and the Customer Experience.

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Contact Center Sports Social Media Start-ups 244

Retently

MARCH 29, 2023

In his blog post, he wrote: “So, in short, the master plan is: Build a sport car Use that money to build an affordable car Use that money to build an even more affordable car While doing above, also provide zero emission electric power generation options” The company had a vision and a long-term goal from the start.

Net Promoter Score 197

Net Promoter Score NPS Manufacturing Customer Satisfaction 197

Intercom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This is what a customer needs when they are in a challenging position. Whats the most valuable thing that working in customer service has taught you? Describe the essence of great customer service using only three words. Whats the one piece of advice you would give to your peers in the customer service industry?

Sports 52

Sports Customer Service AI Customer Experience 52

CX Accelerator

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Degrees also included global tourism, sports and entertainment management, performing arts, and others are proof positive that people who find themselves in CX come from an incredibly diverse set of backgrounds. He is an avid learner, and is constantly giving back to the CX and Customer Service community through his writings.

Customer Experience 182

Customer Experience Business Administration Customer Journey Map CX 182

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

As Lawrence Martin of the Globe and Mail writes: “In the context of its celebrated history, our national sport is clearly past its prime, clearly on the decline … Hockey’s heyday was the Cold War era, 1950 to 1990. It was then that … hockey became an identity sport, occupying a role in society much grander than that of a game.”.

Sports 83

Sports Gaming Contact Center Social Media 83

ClearAction

JUNE 8, 2015

Creating World-Class Customer Experience Teams. In sports, a great deal of thought goes into creating winning teams. Choosing the right players, getting everyone on the same page, practicing hand-offs and executing a clever playbook are how winning sports teams are created. Such a loose confederation would never fly in sports!

Sports 94

Sports Customer Experience Scorecard CX 94

UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport).

ML 72

ML Customer Service Sports Contact Center 72

UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport).

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ML Customer Service Sports Contact Center 72

Customers That Stick

JANUARY 29, 2015

Customer Service < Customer Experience. Tell Us More About Yourself… What was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? Tell us how one outside influence impacted your customer service or customer experience thinking. Transactional > Relational.

Customer Experience 150

Customer Experience Hospitality Hospitality Social Media 150

Customer Bliss

MAY 23, 2018

Fanatics is the world’s largest provider of officially licensed sports gear. In this episode, Carolyne speaks about the importance of employee experience at Fanatics and how that translates to a better customer experience for dedicated sports fans. Carolyne quickly realized the importance of anticipation.

Sports 78

Sports E-commerce Customer Experience Legal 78

Shep Hyken

MAY 23, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Leaders Can Learn from Baseball by Lynn Hunsaker. 3 Common Customer Complaints and How to Address Them by DP Taylor. 3 Common Customer Complaints and How to Address Them by DP Taylor.

Customer Service 57

Customer Service Sports CX Customer Experience 57

Customers That Stick

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Customer Service < Customer Experience . Tell Us More About Yourself… What was your first job and what did you learn about customer service in it? What I learned from this job is that meeting the customers’ expectations is the highest form of customer service. Mac < PC.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Sports Construction Social Media 115

Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Like customers, customer service experts come from a wide range of backgrounds, each with their own unique perspective and take on the industry. We have compiled the following list of customer service experts so that you don’t have to. Roy Atkinson. RoyAtkinson. Chelsea Krost. ChelseaKrost. Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Start-ups Sports Social Media 0

Help Scout

JUNE 10, 2021

Anyone who’s worked in customer support knows it’s best played as a team sport. A team inbox is a shared mailbox where multiple agents can manage and collaborate on customer conversations from a single email address (support@, help@, etc.). Strong individual contributors matter, but the real magic happens when working together.

Sports 119

Sports Start-ups Customer Relationship Customer Service 119

CSAT.AI

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

These are reasons customers contact customer service but are these the only times customers communicate? There are other valid reasons a customer might contact your business. Consumers contact customer service when they need more information on your product. More Information, Please.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Sentiment Analysis Sports Customer Retention 52

Shep Hyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out. So there you have it.

Sports 94

Sports Finance Customer Service Sales 94

Fonolo

AUGUST 4, 2020

Things like sponsoring sporting events form associations in consumers’ minds; RedBull has cemented its place as an ‘Xtreme Sports’ brand very effectively over the last decade. And cozying up to a sports team or an ‘influencer’ in your niche can quickly win you fans of your own by proxy.

Social Media 120

Social Media Sports Net Promoter Score Customer Satisfaction 120

Shep Hyken

JUNE 13, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. CustomerThink) Some of us are old enough to remember when subscriptions were limited to just sports clubs, newspapers, and magazines. Go to The Customer Focus to learn more about our customer service training programs.

Customer Service 61

Customer Service Artificial Intelligence Sports AI 61

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 21, 2014

Last week we wrote about a bank that has exceptional customer service in our post “ How to Amaze Banking Customers: A Simple Story ” This week we are going to focus on a story that happened right in @PeopleMetrics Twitter feed. An actively disengaged customer running wild on Twitter. Customer Experience'

Social Media 115

Social Media Sports Customer Service Customer Experience 115

Bill Quiseng

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Let’s be revolutionary to transform CX Into CXM, customer service to customer CARE, and customer service training to an education in customer CARE or customer CARE University. We remember our favorite sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. Aladdin’s genie had three wishes.

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CXM CX Customer Journey Map Sports 97

Chip Bell

OCTOBER 1, 2018

National Customer Service Week will be this week–October 1-5. Over the next five days, we will celebrate heroes who deliver over-the-top innovative service. Leaving them in the hands of a stranger was no doubt like leaving your hand built, perfectly restored sports car with a new mechanic.

Customer Service 45

Customer Service Sports Innovation Customer Experience 45