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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of September 16, 2024

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Guide To Loyalty Programs For Small Businesses by Allen Kopelman (Forbes) Loyalty is a key driver for any enterprise that depends on repeat business. Restaurants, retail stores, salons and a wide range of businesses leverage loyalty programs to keep customers coming back and transform occasional customers into frequent shoppers.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of September 9, 2024

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Nine Areas of Focus for Improved Customer Service Training by Rolling Stone Culture Council (Rolling Stone) Because they have direct interactions with customers on a daily basis, a company’s customer service team plays a large role in that organization’s success. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-25-2021

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This article emphasizes that customers may not be so quick to want to use an automated or digital system. Our customer service research indicates that 59% of customers prefer to go to the phone or email over digital channels. Read this article and learn more about what customers expect.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of May 13, 2024

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8 Keys to Making Customer Service a More Positive Experience by Martin Zwilling (Inc. Magazine) With the advent of the internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. Ease of use. Personalization.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 4-25-2022

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Top 10 Signs Your Loyalty Program Needs Rehab by Dan Jurek. CustomerThink) Customer loyalty best practices constantly evolve. So even if your program previously achieved great results, failing to update it frequently to keep customers engaged may mean you lose money, opportunities, or both.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 8-23-2021

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Reducing friction creates efficiencies, not only for the customer but also the business. Customers expect an easy and convenient experience with anyone they do business with. A great product delivered with a great customer experience that is also easy is a winning combination. (The It’s about customer service training.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-10-2022

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Used in a customer service and support setting, it is a powerful way to make your customers connect with you and ideally return for more. The author shares five “skills” that will help build relationships with your customers; stress tolerance, self-actualization, assertiveness, interpersonal relationships, and happiness.

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