How do your merchant operations stack up across the distribution center, inventory management and the contact center? This exclusive benchmarking project and report from Multichannel Merchant and F. Curtis Barry & Co. will help you gauge your success across all 3 areas. If you’re a senior operations executive, be part of the benchmarking discussion and hear about the results at Operations Summit 2017, March 27-29 in Pittsburgh.
This holiday season, retailers that can deliver a consistent service experience across every channel will not only strengthen customer loyalty but also ensure their business is realizing every opportunity to increase sales. Implementing these 6 tips will help ensure you can achieve these goals.
Many ecommerce pure plays don’t see the value of contact centers. However they can drive revenue and provide customer-centric service, rather than just hoping visitors get all they need from a self-service website. Here are some proven tips for improving the effectiveness of your customer care operations.
Smiling is a great tool for call center staff, as it can make employees more comfortable. Our natural tendency is to stick with attributes that are familiar to us; smiling decreases this need and hence can help staff experiencing an uncomfortable conversation to handle it better.
Are you an industry professional with a great merchant story to tell that will educate and inform your peers? Come share your insights at Operations Summit 2017, March 27-29 in in Pittsburgh – the only conference exclusively about direct-to-customer and omnichannel operations. Send us your proposed session topic and speakers by Sept. 30 for consideration.
Figuring out how to make omnichannel operations successful and profitable, dealing with Amazon’s continual disruptions, creating a consistently excellent customer experience across operational areas and growing cross-border commerce were among the hot topics at the fifth annual Operations Summit. The event was held in Cincinnati, OH, an ecommerce operations hotbed, and drew more than 800 direct-to-customer and omnichannel operations professionals and providers.
Newegg announced it will team with Facebook messenger to enhance customer support. See what Newegg’s plans are and what this will mean for their customer support.
Your presence and engagement on social media can be a powerful tool, setting your ecommerce business apart from the competition. Here are four ways a strategically planned and carefully executed social customer service program can better your business and positively impact your bottom line.
Vermont Country Store trains its agents to go beyond basic product knowledge to see themselves as brand ambassadors, and treat each everyone like family. See how this ethic is instilled in reps, and how they use active listening to pick up on cross-sell and upsell opportunities, without the hard sell. You can also hear the brand go more in depth on the subject at Operations Summit 2016, April 12-14 in Cincinnati.
Customer service is a crucial component of any ecommerce business. When you get it right, it can be extremely rewarding proof that you’re building a tribe of followers, cheerleaders, and referrers who love what you do. Here are a few ways you can get started in making sure you’re setting up your call center agents for success from day one.