Best live chat practices that make your customers love you

Live chat

More and more businesses today are installing live chat services so as to enhance the quality of their customer service and boost their profits. But are all of them able to enjoy all the benefits that the service claims to provide? The answer is- NO! In fact, many of them are not even able to make the service discoverable for the customers. This is because they miss out on the right tactics to make the most out of it. We are here to help you with the same. Here are the best practices that will help you leverage the live chat service to its fullest:

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Transform your business with customer journey maps!

Customer journey maps

Firstly, let’s get familiar with what a customer journey map is. It is basically a diagram or several diagrams that depict the various stages customers go through while interacting with a business. A customer journey map is a visual representation of the processes starting right from purchasing to sharing grievances on social media. Customer journey maps are an inevitable part of customer service today. Read on to know why:

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Customer feedback: Clever ways to collect it effectively

Customer feedback

Meeting or exceeding customer expectations is possible only if you know what exactly your customers want. Knowing their pain points helps improve the service quality and boost customer satisfaction.  A customer feedback survey is the best way of knowing about customers preferences, likes, dislikes and hidden requirements. However, businesses need to identify the customer feedback medium that would work best for them. Here are the best ways of doing the same:

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Here’s how you can handle an angry customer over live chat

Live chat to handle angry customers

Customer service is not only about providing an exceptional support to the customers. It’s about looking after all the aspects that relate to the relationship between a business and its customers. The one that’s most noticeable of all is an irate, dissatisfied or angry customer. The reason for his/her fury may vary anywhere from a defected product to a complicated return policy. Whatever the situation be, the success of a business lies in combating such situations in the most effective manner. Here’s all that should be done when you encounter an infuriated customer:

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Here’s why you should consider a live chat and CRM integration

Live chat and CRM integration

A CRM system helps manage the relationship between a business and its customers so as to help the business grow. It actually helps organize the data collected through the interactions between the customers and agents. In addition to this, a CRM also allows tracking the history of all such interactions, whenever needed. And this does not end here! Integrating the CRM system with a live chat service further adds to the efficiency of a CRM. Read on to know how:

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That’s how a live chat service makes all the difference!

Live chat

It won’t be wrong to say that the businesses today, thrive on customer satisfaction. The ones that succeed in meeting or exceeding customers’ expectations are able to benefit themselves to unimaginable extents. Ever wondered what’s common amongst all of those highly successful businesses? They offer a live chat assistance on their websites! Yes, live chat is all that makes a big difference! Read on to know how it does that:

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The most effective tips to motivate your chat support agents

Motivating chat support agents

What is it that keeps your employees going and performing their best? Well, it’s the motivation that plays a crucial part in creating that perfect positive working environment. Especially when it comes to a customer support center, the performance of the agents is highly driven by this one factor! It’s imperative that the managers employ all effective strategies to keep their teams motivated so that they deliver the best kind of service. Here’s a list of the most efficacious tips for motivating your chat support agents:

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Empower your customers and enhance the customer experience!

Customer experience

Whether the customer experience was fair, good or excellent is best known to the customer. Empowering them is a way of enabling them to express whatever they feel.

As a matter of fact, the customers today, want you to know what they want and whenever they want. Customer empowerment benefits the customers and the businesses alike. Here’s how you can empower your customers the right way:

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Here’s why you should opt for omnichannel customer service

Omnichannel customer service

An omnichannel customer service is the best way to provide the customers with a seamless shopping experience, no matter wherever he/she is shopping from. This type of customer support includes channels such as FAQ web pages, mobile applications, social media and more. The basic idea is to let the customers avail assistance through their preferred channel of communication. Omnichannel customer service not only enhances the quality of customer support and provide you happy and loyal customers. There’s a lot more, that it can do for your business. Read on to know:

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Self-service: The ultimate future of customer service

Customer service

Self-service is the latest trend in customer service. Customers today, long for instant solutions which are not possible through the traditional methods of customer service. So, that’s where self-service comes into play. Self-service is all about providing the customers with the necessary tools that they’ll require in solving their queries. It ensures customer satisfaction, boosted sales and strengthened long-term customer relationships. This does not end here, read on to know what all it can do for your business:

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The best live chat plugins for your WordPress blog

WordPress lugins

It’s no brainer that live chat can work wonders for any business, website or blog. Also, the process of adding a live chat feature to a website or blog is just a matter of a few clicks today! Thanks to the wonderful plugins that enable you to install a live chat functionality within fractions of minutes and allows you to enjoy the benefits of online chat service. Here’s a list of the best plugins you can opt for:

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Here’s why you need to install a live chat software on your blog

Live chat for blog

Going above and beyond to please the customers is something that most of the businesses today strive to do. This is because customer satisfaction is the most important metric that defines a business’s success today. Also, there are a number of ways that can help achieve a high level of customer satisfaction. Setting aside all the mainstream methods, here’s a new way of doing so: offering a live chat platform on your blog. Want to know how it helps? Read on:

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Common live chat fails and ways to combat them effectively

Live chat fails

Making the most out of a live chat service is just a matter of using all the live chat elements in the correct proportions. If used correctly, live chat can help generate leads, reduce cart abandonment, boost sales and gain loyal customers. On the other hand, if the chat support is not up to the mark, it can drive the customers away. Here’s a list of the most common live chat fails along with the ways to mend them:

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Here’s why you should opt for a mobile-friendly live chat?

Mobile-friendly live chat

It has long been said that today’s customers have a very short attention span and even smaller level of patience. Also, with the growing usage of mobile devices, it’s no brainer that most of them are likely to access the internet through mobile devices. Now, if the websites are not mobile friendly in the first place, it’s a loss for the respective businesses. Next, if the websites are mobile friendly, and they offer a live chat service that’s not mobile friendly, it won’t be as fruitful as expected. A mobile-friendly chat is what the mobile users require today to resolve their queries on the go and be confident enough to do business with the respective websites. Here’s what all a mobile-friendly chat can do for an e-commerce website:

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Crucial elements of a highly effective follow-up email

Follow-up email

A majority of the businesses today strive to go above and beyond to nurture their customers. Do you know why? The answer is simple- It’s easier to retain the existing customers rather than acquiring new ones. So, it’s advisable to take care of your customers even after the sale has been closed. One such way of doing this is following up using emails. However, if the follow-up email lacks the most crucial elements, it is less likely to be opened up. Here’s all that makes your follow up emails effective:

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What makes a customer experience memorable for your customers?

Customer experience

There may be two reasons for a company’s customer service being memorable. Either it was so good that it exceeded the customers’ expectations or it was so pathetic that it pissed him/ her off. As a matter of fact, customer experience, whether good or bad is actively shared with the people around so as to let others know about them. No business in this whole wide world would want its customers to remember it for its flaws. So, here are some tips to avoid the negative aspects of being memorable:

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