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May 26, 2022

Build the right skills, knowledge, and leaders

When developing an effective customer service strategy, you will need to include how to build the right skills, knowledge, and leaders. I’ve found in many...

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April 1, 2022

Drive Innovation with Convenience Design

One of the themes driving innovation in customer experience is effort reduction—making things as simple and easy for customers as possible. One element of reducing...

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December 17, 2021

The importance of effective service strategy

Customer service should work so well that it enables you to focus on what really matters: delivering on your organization’s mission and promises, and engaging...

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November 11, 2021

The Pros and Cons of Virtual Queues

Many contact centers are grappling with labor shortages, surging workloads, or a brutal combination of both. The resource mismatches have resulted in long wait times...

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September 9, 2021

Customer Service Excellence

Recently, I gave a presentation at the Tugboat Institute Gathering of Teams. The talk focused on common missed opportunities in customer service as well as...

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September 2, 2021

5 Universal Customer Frustrations

Apple, the trillion-dollar tech giant, is also a giant in customer service. When my iPhone battery life began to diminish, I found myself on Apple’s...

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August 26, 2021

10 Components of a Customer Access Strategy

It could be that you have just a few people in a small department or company, handling interactions with customers. On the other hand, you...

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July 8, 2021

Harness innovation to deepen customer relationships

When developing a customer service strategy, the final step is to innovate and align. Where are the opportunities to get even better? How do you...

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July 1, 2021

Eliminate the most damaging customer service frustrations

The principles that guide effortless customer experiences seem basic: Don’t make me wait Make it easy to access service Provide me with a knowledgeable and...

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December 18, 2020

Principle #2: Quality and Access to Service Work Together

In customer experience, when service is required, quality of service and access to it are inextricably associated with, and complementary to, each other. Accessibility is...

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November 6, 2020

Build Customer Expectations into Plans and Direction

Anticipating customer expectations is essential to developing effective customer service. In fact, customer expectations ultimately define what good service means. Truly understanding your customers can...

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October 23, 2020

Keep Your Strategy Current

When a strategy goes out of date, decisions become fragmented and results begin to suffer. Effective leaders know how to develop strategies that don’t go...

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