3 Reasons To Keep Things Simple For Your Customers
With such a plethora of omnichannel platforms and artificial intelligence solutions, Digital Customer Service has become a sophisticated thing from a company’s standpoint. In fact, managers need to carefully pick investments in technology, being aware of the hyper-fast ever-changing pace of it. So what about your customers, then? Here are actionable tips to help you…
How Do You Fix An Issue With Your Customer?
‘I’ve screwed up!’ That’s the typical expression when you make a mistake or detect a problem that impacts a customer’s experience. Soon after that, it’s time though to roll up your sleeves: how do you face? I’m asking that because while you’re working to fix an issue, you also need to decide how to communicate…
Why Should Your Customers Pay Attention?
Why Should Your Customers Pay Attention? You may answer ‘…because it’s in their interest doing so’. While I may agree with you, such an answer is based on rational elements: whenever customers ask for some kind of support, they should listen carefully. Well, I have some bad news for you though, because some of them…
The Best Way to Start Your Live Chat Conversation
I often get asked ‘what’s the most challenging digital channel to deliver superior support?’ Since this question is directly linked to handling conversations, we need to look at each channel’s specific features (social media, live chat, messaging apps). My answer is definitely ‘live chat‘ because it presents many hidden hurdles. The first challenge is the…
Turn Customer Conversations Into Intimate Moments
“Don’t worry about a thing, it’s just you and me now.” This romantic phrase may let you think about a love story. Yet it may also occur between companies and customers. And when it does, something magic happens. Today, as the volume of digital customer conversations is growing by the hour all over the world,…
Focus on People to Support Your Customers
Last week, I hosted a live Q&A on behalf of a client where I video-answered their colleague’s questions about Digital Customer Service. It’s not the first time that I have done it, but it’s always exciting dealing ‘live’ with questions that you don’t know in advance. In this case, my customers were the participants of…
How To Turn Customer Conversations Into Sales Opportunities
Our relationships are based on conversations and actions. Regardless as to whether they are personal or professional, we need to walk the talk if we want to build and nurture them. If we don’t, we may lose those relationships. When it comes to customer service, what we say, how we say it and what we…