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In this episode of CX Riot Radio, Dave and Suz show you what to cut before you cut staff; duplicate work, bad meetings, tool sprawl, rework, useless reports, and broken processes. Learn how to use AI voice agents, auto-responders, and automated dispatch the right way, without destroying morale, booking rates, or customer trust. Stop hiding costs in a smaller team. Cut waste first. Lead smarter. If you run a plumbing, HVAC, or electrical company and you’re under pressure to reduce labor costs, this one is for you. Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

Does CX need to be regulated by Big Brother or Daddy Government? I go through this article https://ryanadvisory.com/ballot-box/ by the Ryan Strategic Advisory and find out. The simple answer is: you first Big Daddy Government, you first. If it didn't take me a day and a half to reach someone at LITERALLY ANY GOVERNMENT SERVICE I would take this kind of overstep a little bit more seriously. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

You know what people hate more than reading verbatim scripts? Listening to people reading verbatim scripts. Stop it. Here's how. Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

Unless you've been living under a rock, or up your own... o_O, you've noticed the rise of digital leads. People who still want to do business with you, but just don't want to call you. They let their fingers do the walking, as my ex-step dad used to say. Like, when was the last time you phoned in a pizza order? Anyway, we're going to talk about why you should have Digital CSRs in your Blue Collar Call Center, and why you should NEVER treat them as back up for the phones. Yeah. Let's go. Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

That robotic voice menu is costing you jobs and pissing off your customers. When a homeowner is dealing with a flooded basement or a broken AC in July, they don’t want to “press 1 for emergencies.” They want help now. In this episode, Dave and Suz rip apart the classic phone tree disasters and show why most IVRs are straight-up customer experience war crimes. Plus: How modern voice agents are the new fast-track self-service weapon that books jobs faster, reduces missed calls, and actually helps instead of frustrates. Stop hiding behind 10-layer menus. Build a phone system that hunts revenue instead of repelling it. If your phone rings and customers hang up angry… this one’s for you. Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

Why most trade companies are quietly destroying their own growth. Plumbing. HVAC. Electrical. It doesn’t matter — the same mistake is killing efficiency in your call center every single day. You’re blending roles that should never be blended: -Inbound agents -Outbound sales reps -Dispatchers One person trying to be a helper, a hunter, and a commander at the same time? That’s not efficiency. That’s a Franken-team. The Website: https://cxriotradio.com/ Suz's Homepage: https://suzexe.netlify.app/ Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

On this episode of CX Riot Radio, we talk about why your agents shouldn't memorize scripts, but know the WHY behind the intent of the scripts. Some parts of your scripts SHOULD be verbatim; your greeting, your closing, any legal verbiage or coupon details, sure. But other aspects need to be fluid so you don't sound like robots in a dumpster fire. Join Dave and Suz as they tackle this issue and go through the Call Path. Website: https://cxriotradio.com/ Suz's Site: https://suzexe.netlify.app/ Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

Like we always say, the Call Center is where your marketing goes to thrive... or die :) Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

When AI is quietly eating all the easy customer service calls… what happens to the humans left behind? This episode of CX Riot Radio exposes the hidden cost of aggressive AI automation: agents stuck in an endless stream of angry, emotional, and complex escalations with zero breathing room. The website: https://cxriotradio.com/ More Suz: https://suzexe.netlify.app/ Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

Suz takes over the channel, and talks about bots. Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

Your call center isn’t losing people by accident. It’s bleeding them out. In this episode of CX Riot Radio, we break down the Headset Hemorrhage... the slow, quiet burnout happening in customer service teams everywhere. Too many companies treat agents like replaceable hardware… plug them in, track the metrics, and expect performance. But your CSRs aren’t machines. They’re human operators dealing with emotional, high-pressure work every single day. And when the system is broken, no amount of AI or automation will fix it. It just makes the problem scale faster Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

Human brain cells fused with silicon are literally playing Doom right now (Cortical Labs CL1). AI agents write full production apps 250× faster than human teams. Systems like DAC compile entire SaaS products, 100k+ lines of code from one prompt in under 50 hours, zero humans. This is wetware computing, autonomous code generation, and the coming era of bot-vs-bot customer service: your AI negotiates with company AIs in the background, booking jobs and closing deals without you ever intervening. High tech. Low life. Creativity is now the last human bottleneck. When the bots start talking to each other, you're no longer in the loop. Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx

When your feed shapes your reality and reinforces your beliefs, even if they're wrong... what do you do? Also, a new music video from my assistant, Suz. Here's the LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/caffcx