Is Resolving the Customer’s Issue Good Enough, or Can We Do Better?
As an early-morning runner with a dog, one of the most essential pieces of equipment to ensure success is my headlamp. As a clumsy human […]
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Jeremy Watkin is Director of Customer Experience and Support at NumberBarn. He has more than 19 years of experience as a customer service and contact center professional leading high-performing teams in the contact center. Jeremy has been recognized numerous times as a thought leader for his writing and speaking on a variety of topics including quality management, outsourcing, customer experience, contact center technology, product marketing, social media, and more. When not working you can typically find him spending quality time with his wife Alicia and their three boys, running with his dog, or dreaming of native trout rising for a size 16 elk hair caddis. Be sure to connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Customer Service Life Updates – April 2022
One of my favorite things about writing and speaking about customer experience, customer service, and contact centers is the opportunity to connect with others in […]
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Tags in Your Ticketing System: How, Why, and When to Use Them
In a world of social media, especially Instagram, I fear that we’ve fallen into a belief that more hashtags is better. Think about the last […]
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5 Lessons Learned While Attempting to Boost Contact Center Productivity
This article was originally published on CustomerThink and is being republished with the permission of the editor. I’ve come to the realization recently after seeing […]
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3 Practical Ways Your Customer Support Team Can and Should Listen to Customers
This article was originally published on CustomerThink and is being reposted with permission from the editor. I was recently thinking about certain practices we talk […]
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6 Questions to Assess Your Contact Center’s Readiness to Identify Customer-Impacting Issues
This article was originally published on CustomerThink and is being reposted with permission from the editor. A customer contacts us with an apparent product issue. […]
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5 Life Lessons Learned from Fishing with a Guide
One thing that the state of Oregon did for me in the four short years that I lived there was to rekindle my love of […]
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4 Internal Customer Support Practices for the Modern Contact Center
This article was originally published on CustomerThink and is being reposted with the permission of the editor. Thinking back to the early days of my […]
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The Way It’s Always Been Done
I’ve never really considered myself a “reptile person.” On those occasions where I’ve encountered snakes while hiking or working in the yard, I always jump […]
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Optimizing Self-Service: 4 Lessons Learned from Our Chatbot Journey
This article was originally published on CustomerThink and is being reposted with the permission of the editor. Almost exactly a year ago, I published a […]
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