Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

? ?. For Rebecca Egger, the CEO and co-founder of Little Otter , a mental health service designed for children, digital transformation will play a crucial role in scaling healthcare. That approach is already being rewarded and recognized – Rebecca was recently named on Inc Magazine’s influential Female Founders 100 list for 2021. Rebecca has a background in astrophysics and computer science and spent many of her formative years looking at gamma-ray bursts and supernovas, but eventually, e

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Adrian Swinscoe

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Today’s interview is with Pierce Buckley who is an automation and CX expert plus the CEO and Co-founder of babelforce. Pierce joins me today to talk […]. The post The only thing that limits you on a no code platform is your imagination – Interview with Pierce Buckley of babelforce first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Shaun Belding

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Organizations that deliver outstanding customer service have one thing in common: Clear, consistent, customer-focused messaging throughout the organization at every level. It is a standard of performance by which everyone is measured. It is non-negotiable, and no-one is above it. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.

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ECXO

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

SHARE ARTICLE. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. Share on email. Share on whatsapp. eCXO day: Ron Kaufman, one of the best CX and EX Speakers around the Globe number one Guru presenting in the ECXO. Ron Kaufman, one of the best Customer and Employee Experience and Services Doers and Speakers around the globe, will present for the –>eCXo Day, an open-access community for your business and skills. — When: October 6th at 2 pm CET Join us in the open-access Euro

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It’s more evident than ever that the key to strong, scalable customer support that both delights your customers and moves the needle for your business boils down to one thing: creating a support experience that strikes the right balance between being personal and efficient. If your support team is answering question after question as they roll in, scaling your support and driving bottom-line business impact will be a challenge.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Congratulations, call center manager! You’re stepping into a world full of exciting challenges, impressive individuals, and constant evolution. There’s never a dull moment in a call center with a myriad of opportunities for growth and success. Of course, all new positions come with learning curves. To help start you off on the right foot, we’ve put together a guide about all things call center management , so you know exactly how to succeed and can teach your agents how to do the same.

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Inside Customer Service

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Many trainers are familiar with the acronym KSA. It stands for the three things that training can develop: Knowledge Skills Abilities Training can help improve performance if someone lacks one of those three things. Knowledge is generally understood as information, such as the steps in a procedure or different product attributes. But what about skills and abilities?

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Customer Service 144

Shaun Belding

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

People who are self-absorbed, narcissistic and either oblivious or uncaring about the people around them don't last very long in a customer service environment. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.

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Shep Hyken

OCTOBER 1, 2021

This week we feature an article by Jason Grills, Customer Support Expert at ProProfs , a company that provides software that empowers organizations to deliver happiness to their customers and employees. He writes about what automated customer service can do for your business. Customer service automation isn’t a new deal for businesses. It has built a stable reputation for itself in the past decade.?

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Customer Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Your call center agents are the lifeblood of your contact center. They have a huge responsibility to represent your brand during a customer’s time of need and frustration, all while actually solving a customer service issue in real-time. Now that’s a tall order. Whatsmore, positive and negative experiences with your call center agents have a […].

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Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Efficiency is important to every business, but in a call center, it directly impacts your success. While efficiency can be difficult to quantify, adherence reporting can help you gain insights on the effectiveness of your team’s daily activities. Adherence is the biggest factor in achieving ROI from a workforce management perspective. Call center managers want to ensure that overall agent performance is meeting service levels, and that agents are working when and where they’re needed

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Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While the opportunity to hire the best people anywhere in the world is incredible, hiring for a remote team does have its unique challenges. Help Scout has been a fully remote company for over 10 years now — with 129 people across 80 cities around the world — so our hiring process has to be aligned with our remote culture. That means: Optimizing interviews for people in different time zones.

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Shep Hyken

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Here is an interesting idea. Most businesses are competitive. They want to be better than their competition. Sometimes they try to out-service their competition. Sometimes they lower their prices to beat their competition. The point is that they are only looking at the competition. What if they looked beyond the competition? What if they looked at the world?

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Customer Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It feels like we just started planning our marketing strategy for 2021, but here we are, getting ready for 2022. If you’re like most people, your goal is to start the new year strong with robust marketing strategies designed to help you secure more leads, sales, and engagement. The various evolutions in technology, business models, […].

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Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Myra Golden Media

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Several people have written in looking for help to improve the friendliness factor in phone calls. They reach out to me because they’ve gotten feedback or a warning from a supervisor that if they don’t turn things around, their jobs could be in jeopardy. So what makes a person sound friendly over the phone? Turns out, it’s easy to sound friendly with customers.

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Customer Experience 124

Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It’s possible to deliver higher volumes of customer service at a consistently high level of quality — here's how.

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Customer Service 124

Shep Hyken

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Selling Through Tough Times. Utilizing Customer Experience as a Sales Tool. Shep Hyken interviews Paul Reilly, a professional speaker, sales trainer, and author of Selling Through Tough Times. They discuss how brands can provide value to their customers during uncertain times. Top Takeaways: When you create good experiences, especially during tough times, you are providing value beyond the product that you are selling.

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Customer Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The saying “The customer is always right” remains true; Keeping customers happy is a crucial part of any business. One of the best ways to stay in tune with your customers is by nurturing the customer experience. Understanding customer experience can be a transformative tool that will help you cater to your customer’s needs. Customer […].

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Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Steven Van Belleghem

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Follow the data. Predicting and managing the supply chain in the most accurate and efficient of manners, became an enormous asset to offer the best customer experience in the COVID-19 era. And so the retail giant has successfully invested a lot in creating an intelligent flow in a fully integrated data system. An example are the “internet of things” sensors across over 2,200 trailers to give real-time information around the quality and freshness of its deliveries.

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Shaun Belding

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Here are five books that can help you boost your customer service skills and improve your relationship with your customers.

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The DiJulius Group

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

There are no Bad Teams, Only Bad Leaders I read a great story in the book, Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willing and Leif Babin. During a Navy SEALs BUD/S training, SEAL candidates were grouped into boat crews of seven men and assigned to an inflatable boat that weighed more than 200 pounds. The most senior-ranking. Read Full Article. The post Does Culture & Performance Follow the Team or Leader?

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Customer Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

People searching for keywords and phrases related to your website or business on Google are potential buyers who are looking for solutions. Thus, having a robust SEO strategy to derive traffic to your site is a must. More than 65% of the buyers or customers don’t go past the first 5 Google search results and […].

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Doing CX Right

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Listen to Madalyn Sklar, social media evangelist, explain how to enhance customer relationships, build communities, and gain competitive info. The post Leveraging Social Media For Customer Service & Competitive Insights appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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Conversocial

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Digital customer engagement has changed. Modern consumers expect personalized, convenient and speedy interactions from their favourite brands, and they’re more than happy to jump ship to a competitor if their needs are not being met. It’s up to businesses to adapt their strategies or risk losing out. In the past 18+ months, consumer habits have shifted overwhelmingly to the digital realm.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The modern consumer is looking for the easiest and quickest way to access your products or services. Any delays in service provision can lead to client loss, decreased revenue, and injured brand reputation. With the revelation that up to 75 percent of consumers expect to see a live chat offered over any other communication channel, companies and businesses are now prioritizing investment in white label chat software to better service their customers and improve their response times.

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Customer Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Over the past ten or so years, the term “customer delight” has become ubiquitous in customer experience and service organizations. Take a look at this very site: “Delighting the customer,” or some variation of those words, shows up in literally hundreds of CustomerThink articles. I remember one client who said, “If I want to be […].

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Heart of the Customer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

This is the first in a three-part series that explores critical questions CX leaders should be asking – and able to answer. There will be some overlap between B2C, B2B, and B2B2C issues, but I want to address each audience individually – starting here with B2C. One thing I’ve notice over years of talking with […]. The post 10 Questions for B2C CX Leaders appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Uniphore

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Recognizing and rewarding employee excellence has always been important for business success. But doing so now is absolutely critical, with competition for the best talent at an all-time high. And, with National Customer Service Week taking place between October 4-8, there’s no better time to reflect on customer service agents’ role in building a successful company and what constitutes good reward and recognition.

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Aquire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In this digital era, ecommerce has become the most preferred shopping method for many people. The trend of ecommerce is continuously rising and it is showing no sign of slowing down. Online shopping is changing the way people purchase items. So to stay ahead of the competition it is necessary that you implement live chat for ecommerce to improve customer experience and drive more sales.

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Customer Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Brand trust is something that a business cannot simply purchase and is built throughout a company’s interactions with its consumers. Everything from the first website or store visit to customer service requests has an effect on brand trust and how a consumer views a company. Solid brand trust is one of the most important aspects […].

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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