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7 ways to improve customer service desk performance

Apptivo

7 ways to improve customer service desk performance 3. Former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once stated, “Customer service shouldn’t just be a department, it should be the entire company.” To stay ahead of the competition, businesses must prioritize exceptional customer service.

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Dramarama: Coach Your Customer Experience Team From Surface Acting to Deep Acting

Miller Heiman Group

In a world where what matters most to customers is the emotional impact of their interactions with front-line employees, authentic emotional connections are essential. Faking it till you make it is a recipe for subpar customer experience. Customer service reps often don’t feel an emotion that matches how their customers feel.

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Think Like a Sales Rep. Act Like a Marketer. React Like Customer Service.

Sales Hacker

That flood of incoming information has led to fatigue. percent believe information coming from sales is very trustworthy. They do their own research via Google, blog posts, and customer reviews. The new breed of salesperson will think like a rep, act like a marketer, and react like customer service.

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15 tools to make your customer service team more productive

PandaDoc

Customer support is an essential aspect of any customer experience, and research bares this out: 68% of customers will pay more for products and services from companies with a strong record of good customer service. After two bad experiences, 76% of customers are gone. Enterprise pricing available.

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How to Get Sales and Customer Service Teams Working Together

Zendesk Sell

But this shift towards relationships and away from mere transactions has also revealed one of the fundamental problems in how we think about sales and customer service. The customer service team’s priority, on the other hand, is usually to reduce the number of conversations they have every day. The length of calls.

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Customer Service Training Software: Factors & Tools to Consider

BrainShark

The right customer service training software can help you onboard agents faster, track their learning progress, and ensure they always have access to relevant information for resolving client issues quickly. There’s no way to evaluate how agents will use the training information when talking to customers.

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3 Keys to Effective Sales Teams in the Age of the Informed Buyer

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Glenton Davis Today’s consumer has access to more knowledge than ever before, adding a burden to businesses to provide truly innovative products and services — and for sales teams to understand their companies’ offerings in a deep and informed way. Customers arrive informed but eager to engage with an expert.

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