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6 Easy Ways to Celebrate Customer Service Week All Year Long

Salesforce

Recognizing your agents’ contributions during National Customer Service Week (celebrated annually the first full week of October) is an opportunity to say thank you and continue to foster a positive, high-performing work environment. Here are six Customer Service Week ideas to show your appreciation all year round.

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How To Get Started With Customer Service Automation

Salesforce

Are your service agents drowning in mundane daily tasks? Then your business might be a good candidate for customer service automation. Customer service automation isn’t a switch you simply flip. Our guide reveals how high-performing service orgs make it happen. That’s where a service workflow process map comes in.

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Inflation Could Curb Holiday Spending — Keep Shoppers Happy With Excellent Service

Salesforce

By providing customer service they can rely on — fast returns, an easy help center, and questions answered with one phone call. Customer service can be a revenue booster when done right,” says Kathy Kimple, retail executive director, OSF Digital Strategy. “It Excellent customer service can make shoppers merrier this season.

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Why Chatbots Have Become Essential in Customer Service Strategies

Sales Pop!

Customers can be directed to a page with the information they need, given a quote or other information by the chatbot themselves, or directed to a customer service operator for a more in-depth conversation. Customers report liking the instant means of gaining information, rather than spending time on hold to a call centre.

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What is a Softphone [+10 Best Softphone Services]

Hubspot

With softphones, you can call a client, prospect, customer, or colleague from anywhere, as long as you have internet service, a microphone, and a speaker. Because of the cost savings and convenience, softphones are growing in demand — the VoIP services market is expected to reach $472.26 billion by the end of 2033.

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5 tips for successfully switching email service providers

Martech

But this time, I’m seeing companies moving to new email service providers (ESPs). But just as people call in a moving service to do the heavy lifting, many companies will turn to a third party to help them make the switch while maintaining their business operations. After 17 moves, I have it down to a science.

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AI is a threat to some marketing agencies, an opportunity for others

Martech

If his prediction holds true, are marketing agencies headed for an extinction event in which some survive but many are wiped out, like the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period? Already, many agency service offerings face pricing and profitability pressures. Not every agency will grow, however.

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