Customer service business process outsourcers (BPOs or “outsourcers”) have similar goals and challenges to in-house operations—and some additional ones of their own. They’ve got to keep several plates spinning at all times such as: Do they have a secret sauce that helps them to achieve that?
Integrations are critical to a strong customer experience because they help your software connect and become a unified service platform that shows a full customer journey. This can provide insight that helps you continuously improve.
First Call Resolution is a vital contact center metric that monitors accurate and prompt support, tracking the number of customer issues resolved within the first support call. Fast-paced consumers want brands to value their time and expect their needs to be met on time—no matter how they get in touch with the brand— which makes FCR a leading indicator of customer happiness and a direct measure of a call center’s operational efficiency.
Brands face unique challenges heading into 2023 as they balance the variety of changes the last few years have brought on—a looming recession, staffing shortages across all industries, and significant shifts in consumer behavior and expectations brought on by the pandemic. The only certainty is that the quality of customer experience (CX) is more important than ever. There’s a good reason why you should be ranking CX high in your priorities for the coming year.
Measuring your Net Promoter Score (NPS) is the most effective way to gauge customer satisfaction. NPS dates back to 2003, when Fred Reichheld, a partner at Bain & Company, introduced a novel way of measuring how pleased your customers are with the products and services you deliver. If you’re unfamiliar with NPS, this guide will help you understand what NPS means and how you can use NPS for your business growth and to improve customer satisfaction.
If you’re in customer service, you’re likely to run into angry/frustrated customers who are facing a difficult time with your product or service. In these situations, you should know how to apologize to a customer properly. From the tone of your apology to how you write an apology statement, it shows the customer that you genuinely understand their position and are actively working towards fixing their issue.
A Homage To The Internet’s Most Famous Customer Experience Research Study. If you’re in the customer experience space, you’ve probably heard a handful of these customer experience statistics: And lastly, the finding that may be responsible for more corporate buy-in on customer service and CX improvement over the last 4 years.
I’ve never flown with Frontier Airlines, but I know people who have. Imagine this. You’re at the gate waiting to board as the scheduled flight departure time is here. Agents on the ground are trying to check passengers in and deal with last-minute changes and requests. Passengers are directed to the airline’s app to help resolve the requests and issues, yet the app is not working on your phone.