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A lot goes into being a customer service professional (CSP) — forethought and intuition, planning and adaptability — and effective CSPs make sure that they are using their abilities completely in the service of customers. We thought it would be fun to take a look at the anatomy of a customer service professional. The infographic […]
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I was honored to take part in a recently-released eBook entitled: CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PREDICTIONS 2014 | Views from Customer Experience minds from around the globe If you are looking for insightful predictions as to what 2014 will bring to the field of customer experience or just a little inspiration, this eBook will get you thinking
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2013 was a great year for video! We were able to interview some insightful customer service professionals, marketing experts, and small business owners and received a wide variety of perspectives on customer experience and customer service. We wanted to highlight the people who contributed their great insights to CTS this past year. Please take a
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Customer-facing professionals need to know not only the scope of the challenges they face but also the results that stem from their actions. Statistics centered around the customer experience can help bridge the gap between performance and results. The 9 statistics below are categorized into three important customer experience areas: customer loyalty, customer effort, and
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This post was originally posted in August 2012. Since that time I have seen the idea customer experience improvement consistently increase in popularity. That is a good thing, and hopefully, our discussions here at CTS have had some small impact. In that context, however, I thought it would be a good time to revisit this
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The holiday season is a special time of year that helps us recognize all the things we are thankful for in our lives. This Thanksgiving, we want to thank our community and express our gratitude to you for your support. We truly appreciate your readership, your comments and your engagement with us. Although the holidays
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The concept of customer effort first began gaining traction back in 2010 when team members from The Corporate Executive Board Company (CEB) published an article in the Harvard Business Review entitled Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers. Since that time, CEB has expanded its research into the relationship between customer effort and customer loyalty. Much
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Often in retail, you will approach a customer to offer assistance and be given some version of the browsing response. “I’m just browsing.” “Just looking.” “Just killing time.” Generally, when you are confronted with the browsing response, it means one of three things: The customer really is just browsing. The customer does not want to
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When my friend Shonali Burke of the public relations firm Shonali Burke Consulting first sent me an advanced copy of Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s new book Age of Context, I had two thoughts. My first thought was what an interesting topic. My second thought was how will I have time to read it; I
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For National Customer Service Week this year, we decided to run an updated version of our previous post: National Customer Service Week 2011: What’s Your Plan? This week, October 7-13, marks National Customer Service Week (NCSW). NCSW was established by proclamation of President Bush (#41) in 1992. The beginning of the proclamation reads: In a
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