{"id":33131,"date":"2023-03-01T11:46:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/?p=33131"},"modified":"2023-03-06T10:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:04:16","slug":"your-n1-customer-service-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/en\/digital-customer-service\/your-n1-customer-service-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Your n\u00b01 customer service challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a manager in the customer support \/ experience arena, you have my sympathy. Because I&#8217;m aware that successfully covering your role has become <strong>way harder<\/strong> in the last couple of years: unstable and ever changing social-economic scenarios are affecting c-level strategic decisions. As a result, you are facing a new\u00a0customer service challenge, one after the other. With this article I want to help you cope with them, reading between the lines.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Goals vs. (shrinking) budgets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There shouldn&#8217;t be a contrast between these two terms, yet actually this is often the case. In fact many companies have dramatically raised the bar of their business goals &#8211; thus adding more pressure to their customer service \/ experience managers. On top of that, as a result of worldwide rising costs of goods and services, most of budgets have shrunk. Sounds familiar? With this regard, <em>Reuters Events<\/em> have recently taken an emblematic snapshot interviewing over 300 Customer Service &amp; Experience managers, outlining their priorities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What investment areas are key for them?<\/li>\n<li>How are they optimizing their budget in 2023?<\/li>\n<li>What is their n\u00b01 customer service challenge?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This infographic sums up how respondents have reacted, focussing on main pain point areas customer service managers are currently experiencing. Have a read below, then I&#8217;ll ask for your feedback about them. \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33175\" src=\"https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-150x150.png\" alt=\"State of CS &amp; CX 2023\" width=\"800\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-200x79.png 200w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-400x158.png 400w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-600x237.png 600w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-800x315.png 800w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-1024x404.png 1024w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-1200x473.png 1200w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023-1536x606.png 1536w, https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/State-of-CS-CX-2023.png 2110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Useful read<\/strong>: since getting a proper budget for customer service is still quite often like climbing a steep hill, I suggest you to harness <a href=\"https:\/\/customerserviceculture.com\/en\/digital-customer-service\/getting-your-yearly-budget-for-customer-service\/\">these actionable tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Over to you<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Back to the main responses provided by customer service managers, I have a question for you : what&#8217;s your current top customer service challenge?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Shrinking budgets<\/li>\n<li>Soaring costs<\/li>\n<li>Proving Digital Customer Service ROI<\/li>\n<li>Choosing the right technology \/ platform<\/li>\n<li>Getting leadership buy-in for your digital CS \/ CX initiatives<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;Other?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p>Have your say now: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/41xKXSf\">drop me a line<\/a> or send a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speakpipe.com\/CustomerServiceCulture\">voice message<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have great conversations. \ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: Unsplash.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a manager in the customer support \/ experience arena, you have my sympathy. 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