Second to None

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

As technology increases, customers are interacting with brands in completely novel ways. This piece was originally published by Forbes on February 8, 2018: “You may still be writing “2017” on forms, but no one can deny that 2018 is in full swing. Customers Will Contact You On Social Media.

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Oracle

JANUARY 16, 2020

In 2018, shifting tax policies and a stock market setback combined to stanch the lifeblood of the vast majority of nonprofit organizations: Charity giving declined 1.7% Admittedly, limited budgets and restricted donations can hamstring a nonprofit on the technology front. With more than 1.5 With more than 1.5

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Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX What are, in your opinion, the top challenges in customer experience that companies should be aware of in 2018?? That’s what we asked each of them: How do you see the future of customer experience??

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Grade.us

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Social media's not going away any time soon. 2018's Best Social Media Marketing Blogs. These blogs are consistent providers of top-notch social media content. Social Media Explorer. Social Media Today. Social Media Biz. Ignite Social Media.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 29, 2018

Customer Service Report 2018 by Olga Kolodynska, Justyna Polaczyk, Malgorzata Buksinska and Lukasz Labedzki. LiveChat) The report contains key customer service findings from 2017 and trends for 2018. My Comment: My friends at LiveChat have put out a 2018 customer service report. Plenty of interesting information here.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 9, 2018

Businesses that already have a strong digital customer service strategy in place are steps ahead of the competition, however here’s how you can catch up in 2018. This type of technology is still very juvenile and even the top tech giants such as Facebook were receiving high failure rates during 2017. Provide a Quicker Answer.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

Could social media be realizing its true calling as the ultimate customer service channel? Power, overall satisfaction is highest when customers ask questions or make requests of their wireless carriers via social media. The 2018 U.S. Wireless Customer Care Full-Service Performance Study—Volume 1 and the 2018 U.S.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 26, 2018

You’ll love this story about how a member of the airline’s social media customer care team took care of a passenger during her flight. . However, with advancing technology and decreasing face-to-face encounters, companies are having to find new ways to get customers excited. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Lithium

AUGUST 8, 2018

Demonstrate how leveraging technology has powered a successful holistic approach to delivering world-class digital customer experiences. Social Marketing Champion. Recognizes a social campaign that has successfully acquired customers, served customers and/or grew a customer base. Social Support Champion. Topline Titan.

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Lithium

AUGUST 8, 2018

Demonstrate how leveraging technology has powered a successful holistic approach to delivering world-class digital customer experiences. Social Marketing Champion. Recognizes a social campaign that has successfully acquired customers, served customers and/or grew a customer base. Social Support Champion. Topline Titan.

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Lithium

AUGUST 8, 2018

Demonstrate how leveraging technology has powered a successful holistic approach to delivering world-class digital customer experiences. Social Marketing Champion. Recognizes a social campaign that has successfully acquired customers, served customers and/or grew a customer base. Social Support Champion. Topline Titan.

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Avaya

JANUARY 16, 2018

40% of executives recently polled by Avaya rate their company’s customer experience as “poor” or “average,” and 93% say they’ll be focusing on improving customer experience in 2018. This reminds me of a piece I once wrote about Tool vs. Toy , which explores the changing value of technology driven by users vs. investors.

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Lithium

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s time to party and celebrate our 2018 Lithy finalists! Our 2018 Lithy finalists are: Digital All-Star. Demonstrate how leveraging technology has powered a successful holistic approach to delivering world-class digital customer experiences. Social Support Champion. There is no cost to attend this bash. Topline Titan.

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Lithium

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s time to party and celebrate our 2018 Lithy finalists! Our 2018 Lithy finalists are: Digital All-Star. Demonstrate how leveraging technology has powered a successful holistic approach to delivering world-class digital customer experiences. Social Support Champion. There is no cost to attend this bash. Topline Titan.

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Lithium

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s time to party and celebrate our 2018 Lithy finalists! Our 2018 Lithy finalists are: Digital All-Star. Demonstrate how leveraging technology has powered a successful holistic approach to delivering world-class digital customer experiences. Social Support Champion. There is no cost to attend this bash. Topline Titan.

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Lithium

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s time to party and celebrate our 2018 Lithy finalists! Our 2018 Lithy finalists are: Digital All-Star. Demonstrate how leveraging technology has powered a successful holistic approach to delivering world-class digital customer experiences. Social Support Champion. There is no cost to attend this bash. Topline Titan.

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Eptica

JANUARY 31, 2018

Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 The Year of Humanity: Putting the customer first in 2018. Published on: January 31, 2018. While technology such as self-service can provide answers to a huge range of routine consumer queries, there are times when consumers want to speak to another human.

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Oracle

JANUARY 11, 2018

As we move into 2018, every SMB should ask these four questions: Are we on the right road to success? What worked to engage your customers in 2017, or earlier, may not bring you success in 2018. Thanks to the internet, social media, and virtual assistants in our pockets and on our wrists, we now live in a customer-centric world.

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Lithium

AUGUST 2, 2018

We are pleased to announce our esteemed panel of 2018 Lithy Award Judges: Joe Cothrel, Former Chief Community Officer @ Lithium Technologies- In his 20-year career, Joe has arguably touched more customer-facing online social efforts than anyone in the world. Rules and overview of 2018 can be found here.

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Lithium

AUGUST 2, 2018

We are pleased to announce our esteemed panel of 2018 Lithy Award Judges: Joe Cothrel, Former Chief Community Officer @ Lithium Technologies- In his 20-year career, Joe has arguably touched more customer-facing online social efforts than anyone in the world. Rules and overview of 2018 can be found here.

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Lithium

AUGUST 2, 2018

We are pleased to announce our esteemed panel of 2018 Lithy Award Judges: Joe Cothrel, Former Chief Community Officer @ Lithium Technologies- In his 20-year career, Joe has arguably touched more customer-facing online social efforts than anyone in the world. Rules and overview of 2018 can be found here.

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Lithium

AUGUST 2, 2018

We are pleased to announce our esteemed panel of 2018 Lithy Award Judges: Joe Cothrel, Former Chief Community Officer @ Lithium Technologies- In his 20-year career, Joe has arguably touched more customer-facing online social efforts than anyone in the world. Rules and overview of 2018 can be found here.

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transcosmos Information Systems

MARCH 20, 2018

Here are the top five trends for customer care service that will take your business to greater heights in 2018 and beyond: 1. Customers are expecting speed-lightning support due to the influx of technologies. You could also implement a data-driven type of customer service with the help of machine learning technologies.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 21, 2018

Some of this occurred through collaboration and technological optimisation – also anticipated. Technological Innovation. The app cuts through to attention-starved consumers by offering a ‘daily hit of new rewards and experiences’, and is also social-enabled, allowing members to boost their points by sharing the app with friends.

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LiveChat

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Bot creation is considered to take a center stage by the year 2021 and these changes will start picking up in 2018 henceforth. The companies involved in mobile app development are now helping both small and medium–sized organizations to excel by embracing these new technologies supported by Artificial Intelligence.

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Russel Lolacher

MARCH 8, 2020

They tend to: Find solutions using technology. 2) Millennials Expect You to Engage with them on Social Media. Growing up in an era where social media is just a natural part of daily life brings with it numerous expectations, not only of an online presence but also around its usage and engagement. Value diversity.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 12, 2018

(Brandwatch) As a reflection of both a brand’s promise and a commitment to customer service, social media is every company’s main channel for showcasing customer experience. My Comment: Here is a list of the top brands focused on customer experience with a focus on social media. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 28, 2018

We even got a shout out from HubSpot as a top blog you should be reading in 2018. Customer Success Happens on Social Media – Did you know Customer Success happens on social media? It’s either you embrace technology, or your business is rendered obsolete in he modern do-or-die business landscape.

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Lumoa

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Using NLP algorithms like RNNs and LSTMs , it analyzes vast textual data from social media and news to spot emerging topics and sentiment shifts. This involves analyzing information from various sources, including customer reviews, surveys, and social media conversations.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 15, 2018

This week we feature an article by Ayush Chaudhary who writes about the social media customer support experience. Social customer service allows you to take the interactions with your customers to an even higher level. – Shep Hyken. Setting up this process for your social media customer support is not trivial, obviously.

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Lithium

JULY 13, 2022

In 2018 during the Lithium and Spredfast merger, the idea of centralization was first envisioned to change the way brands and customers interact. Agile brands that succeeded in the evolving customer engagement world used various customer support and community technologies. Leverage social media marketing.

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Customer Guru

OCTOBER 9, 2018

According to Merriam-Webster, digital means “characterized by electronic and especially computerized technology.” Computer technology, and the internet specifically, have been catalysts and enablers in redefining and revolutionizing the way businesses across the world function. Social Media. Source: [link].

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

However, the past couple of years has seen its importance within customer service skyrocket as companies adopted new technologies to stay connected during the pandemic. As the name suggests, digital transformation is the process of adapting business using digital technologies. Digital transformation is by no means a recent trend.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 12, 2018

However, if your 2018 contact center is treating incoming customer conversations as blank slates, you are ignoring the rich context that could make this call an opportunity to create loyalty. The majority of today’s customers are digital first and prefer to handle simple issues with self-service technologies.

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Talkdesk

JANUARY 12, 2018

However, if your 2018 contact center is treating incoming customer conversations as blank slates, you are ignoring the rich context that could make this call an opportunity to create loyalty. The majority of today’s customers are digital first and prefer to handle simple issues with self-service technologies.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

2018 is just around the corner, which means that companies around the world are planning (or have already planned) their business goals for next year. With technologies and consumer demands constantly evolving, what unconditional priorities can companies set for their contact center that won’t be shattered by ever-changing standards?

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NetBase

JUNE 4, 2020

In this channel exploration, we’ll share consumer and market intelligence around: Pinterest’s latest ecommerce offering and why other social sites -and ecommerce contenders, need to worry. Social media truly becoming a one stop shop for consumers. 55% of online shoppers made a purchase via social media.

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