Crush Frustration with Efficiency

In a recent blog titled Simplify the Complicated (Part Three), customer-experience expert Shep Hyken discusses the importance of businesses simplifying their sales and customer services processes for improved productivity. He quotes Einstein, saying, “Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex.” Hyken essentially challenge us to find…
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Essential Advice for Navigating Frustrated Customers

If your job involves interacting with customers directly, then you will have to know how to deal with frustrated and upset customers. They are inevitable. And how you respond can significantly impact the customer’s experience and your company’s reputation. So, here are three crucial strategies for effectively managing these challenging…
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Give Customer Service Agents a Break

We live in a world of instant gratification. Products can appear at your doorstep in a matter of hours through same-day delivery, food can show up from a restaurant in a matter of minutes, and information can be found online in seconds. So, no wonder fewer and fewer of us…
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Self-Checkout Woes: When ‘Convenience’ Hurts Your Experience

When self-checkout stands first became popular in the early 2000s, the promise was an attractive one: get in-and-out of the store faster by not having to wait in line for a checker. This worked especially well when you had just a few items—the regular checkout lines would handle the cartloads…
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