Sarah Chambers wrote close to 60 articles on customer service for the TextExpander blog, from live chat scripts and professional support phrases to building a service strategy.
Customer service survey questions shape how many customers respond and how useful their answers are. Get examples of good questions, plus best practices like keeping questions simple and avoiding leading questions.
Five customer satisfaction metrics show your support team's progress over time: average resolution time, Customer Effort Score, churn rate, Net Promoter Score, and CSAT. Compare what each measures and why it matters.
Customer service training ideas help support teams keep customers at the center. Try ticket roulette, peer and manager reviews, company-wide support shifts, and new product training, plus resources to go further.
AI in customer service can support the work your team already does. See four practical uses: automating live chat, triaging conversations, adding context to customer conversations, and managing knowledge.
Holiday customer support takes careful planning to handle seasonal spikes. Support leaders can learn how to invest in their team, cover all their bases, automate where it makes sense, and bring in extra help.
Social media customer service helps brands support customers on the channels they already use. Set guidelines, respond quickly and personally, avoid scripts, and know when to move public conversations to private ones.
AI is changing customer service through virtual agents, suggested help articles, case classification, and chatbots. See how each one speeds up responses and frees human agents to handle more complex requests.
Customer support metrics shape how agents treat customers. See why time to first response, first contact resolution, and average handle time can mislead, and how customer feedback and QA metrics encourage connection.
Live customer service chat gives customers instant answers from a real person on your support team. See where chatbots and AI fit, plus four benefits of human chat: real-time empathy, personalization, ease, and proactive help.