Thu.May 11, 2023

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The Machine is Out of Order [Again]

TechSee

It’s almost a joke now, isn’t it? You go to a popular fast food chain or pharmacy, or something similar and find that whatever you were there to do, get a milkshake, or print some photos, can’t be done because “the [insert machine] is down” One reason could be that these machines are complex pieces of equipment that require regular maintenance and cleaning.

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Meet your new little helper: Optimove’s AI Copy Assistant

Optimove

Remember the early noughties (what do you mean you weren’t alive yet?!) when AI started to make its way into our collective marketing consciousness? For those of us long enough in the tooth to remember the birth of digital marketing, most of us didn’t foresee AI’s huge potential at the time. It was hard to see the connection between what we thought we knew about AI (thanks, Matrix and Terminator!

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The Impact Of Remote Work On Workforce Management

Playvox

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have opted for remote work. In the midst of “ quiet quitting ” and continued low unemployment, contact centers are leveraging remote work as a way to attract team members. The contact centers that offer this flexibility for their workforce realized that their remote workers could have the same performance and productivity they do in an office — if they implement practices for efficient work.

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How to Integrate ChatGPT with WhatsApp for Seamless Conversations

kommunicate

Last Updated on May 11, 2023 In recent years, chatbots have become increasingly popular due to their ability to automate customer service and improve user experiences. With advancements in natural language processing (NLP), chatbots can now understand and respond to human queries more effectively than ever before. One of the most widely used messaging apps [.

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3 Ways Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Can Improve Customer Experience

Today’s digitally savvy customers have high expectations of retailers for convenience, responsiveness, and ease of doing business both in-store and online. Our recent survey of over 2,000 US consumers found that retailers that can drive a seamless, omnichannel customer experience (CX) – across physical and digital channels – have huge benefits for brand relevance, profitability, and customer loyalty.

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How to Create a Seamless Omnichannel Customer Experience

Feedbackly

In this age of convenience, customers demand a lot more agility from brands than before, and omnichannel customer experience is one of them. It is a term that got increasingly popular ever since e-commerce disrupted the traditional market. But, it wasn’t until a decade ago that it became a necessary strategy for every business, and it was fuelled by the increase in digital channels available for customers to connect with a brand.

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What is a Service Level Agreement? How to write an SLA?

ViiBE Blog

ViiBE Blog What is a Service Level Agreement? How to write an SLA? Anna Gorina May 11, 2023 Share this article Contents Share this article Contents Enhancing the Digital Experience with Remote Assistance Free Retail E-book available now! Download now Remote Assistance and how it Boosts Petroleum Operations Free Oil & Gas E-book available now! Download now Read now In the world of a large variety of services, it becomes crucial to establish the “rules of the game” meaning to define what servi

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Leveraging WhatsApp to Boost Your ROI

Braze

With companies monitoring their marketing spend with more scrutiny than ever, find out how WhatsApp can help you increase conversions and improve customer engagement to boost ROI.

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Customer service representative

Very Best Service

Photo by Maria Lindsey Qualities of a Good Customer Service Representative In today's competitive marketplace, customer service is more important than ever. Customers have more choices than ever before, so they are more likely to take their business elsewhere if they have a bad experience with a company's customer service. That's why it's so important to have good customer service representatives.

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Holiday blues: The challenges of travel customer experience

MyCustomer

Voice of the Customer The challenges of travel customer experience

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Manual Call Reviews? There's a Better Way!

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 If so, this webinar is for you! What was once a common practice in the call center is now a barrier to success. Manual call monitoring is no longer an option if you want to proactively coach your agents to ultimately improve the customer experience using data-driven insights. Join this webinar with Angie Kronlage and April Wiita of Working Solutions to discuss how you can modernize outdated, manual call review processes through the power of autom

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What Does It Take To Successfully Execute A Marketing Transformation?

Forrester's Customer Insights

Marketing transformation, which is a significant shift in an organisation’s marketing approach, often becomes necessary for companies striving to remain relevant and competitive in today’s rapidly changing market landscape. From evolving customer needs and preferences to emerging technologies and channels, businesses must continuously adapt their marketing capabilities to drive revenue growth and increase customer engagement.

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May 11 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: United States (Remote) Organization: Cherry As a Customer Success Manager, you’ll establish connections with a variety of partner practises to promote mutual success by retaining and increasing Cherry transaction volume. Utilise technology, data, and insights proactively to enhance partner practise portfolio engagement and maximise intended results.

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The What, Why, and How of Values-Driven Marketing

Forrester's Customer Insights

In the upcoming CX APAC 2023, I’m going to present on How To Embed Values-Driven Marketing In Customer Journeys. I’m excited to lay out the key concept of values-driven marketing and share a sneak peak of the new model and framework. But before we talk about values-driven marketing, let’s start with values-motivated consumers.

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Colleges with Declining Enrollment – Why & What Can They Do to Reverse the Slump

Comm100

The latest higher education enrollment rates paint a bleak picture. Since 2017, total US postsecondary enrollment has fallen every year, resulting in a 9% overall drop. This equates to over 1.9 million less students in higher education. Colleges with declining enrollment feature across sectors and regions. Community public colleges have been worst hit with enrollment dropping by 6.7% from fall 2020-2021.

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What Does it REALLY Mean to Put CX First?

The 5 Essentials of a CX-First Platform Customer experience was once considered a soft metric, or a “nice to have.” But it is now a board-level priority for many brands. The experience you provide your customers is a defining way to differentiate your business from the competition. But how can you really make CX a priority when you have competing budget and resource constraints?

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With WebRTC, a dashboard is worth more than 1,000 words

Cyara

When trying to figure out your testing or monitoring solution for a WebRTC application, one of the most important parts (and often overlooked) is the dashboard.

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4 Major Questions on the Minds of UX Industry Leaders

dscout People Nerds

After two days of discussion, dscout’s VP of Research shares what surfaced for the builders and scalers of UX.

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Conversation Intelligence Vs Conversational Intelligence: The Difference Is Much Greater Than You Think!

SmartKarrot

“85% of employers say they directly benefit from AI in the workplace” – MIT Sloan Management Review The difference between conversation and conversational intelligence and how they can improve the customer experience. In the world of artificial intelligence and advanced communication technologies, the terms “conversation intelligence” and “conversational intelligence” might sound similar, but they have distinct concepts that can significantly impact vari

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Mainland China’s regulatory evolution brings greater access to novel drugs

Clarivate

Mainland China has streamlined regulatory protocols for testing and approving prescription drugs in recent years, making dozens of urgently needed treatments, from domestic and international manufacturers alike, available to patients in the process. Over the past five years, healthcare leaders in Mainland China have made significant strides in their efforts to reduce lag time in availability of novel drugs versus western markets.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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5 popular ways to use 5-star surveys [Video]

delighted

You’re likely familiar with 5-star surveys. Whether you’ve seen them on an email survey or at the bottom of a help center article, 5-star surveys are universally recognized. They keep feedback collection as simple as possible by asking customers to rate your product or service on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. Why are they so popular? They’re easy to make, simple for respondents to understand, quick to take, and even translate across languages.

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Empowering the Next Generation: Merkle's Dream Grant at Cristo Rey High School

Merkle

“We don’t ever click through ads.” The conversation ground to a halt in the conference room, the presenters’ eyebrows lifting in surprise. As marketing technology consultants, digital ads remain a keystone element of the marketing strategies we develop with our clients. To be presenting in a room where this basic tool of the marketer has no respect from the audience is rare.

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How to generate mortgage leads in 2023

BirdEye

If you’re a mortgage broker or a loan officer, generating mortgage leads is your top priority. A steady stream of purchase-intent leads is vital for your businesses and you’re always seeking to fill your leads pipeline for the next quarter. But the process of generating these leads can be challenging, especially in the competitive real estate and mortgage industry.

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Stop using Customer Engagement as jargon and let’s truly understand it

Beyond Philosophy

We have been remiss. In the past five years, we have talked about the Cleveland Browns, a struggling team in the NFL, several times but we haven’t discussed customer engagement once. I became aware of this deficit after receiving an email from Vijay, one of my podcast listeners, asking me what we had on it. So, to remedy that, today we will focus on what customer engagement is and what you can do to promote more of it in your experiences.

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Customer Experience Myths Guidebook

A CX myth is something widely believed or implemented that is based on “how we’ve always done it” thinking, rather than delivering truly innovative customer experiences. What CX myths are holding organizations back from top-level customer experience performance? What can companies do to find solid ground and move forward successfully? In this guidebook, we answer those questions and more as we explore three key myths and two strategies that you can use to replace them.

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Effective Steps for Powerful Small Business Reputation Management

ReviewTrackers

A small business is defined as an organization that employs 500 people or less. Surprisingly, small businesses are responsible for over 50 percent of the jobs in the United States, and there are over 22 million small businesses currently active in the economy. Over half a million small businesses get started every month, but very few survive. For a small business to survive and thrive, it is essential to get the basics right and find creative ways to create buzz about their offering, without sac

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What HR Leaders Told Us Keeps Them Up At Night

Forrester's Customer Insights

HR Executives Gather to Discuss the Future of Work at UNLEASH US In April, I joined with my colleagues Betsy Summer and Katy Tynan at the UNLEASH US 2023 event held in Las Vegas.

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Strategic Services: Weekly Trend Report - 8/5

Lithium

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What’s Driving The $2 Trillion Technology Services Market?

Forrester's Customer Insights

Co-innovation is driving the $2 trillion technology services market — 48% of the $4.2 trillion tech economy. And it has been growing faster than GDP for decades. Why? Simple: Companies and organizations run on technology. They turn to services providers to help them translate technology’s potential into customer and business outcomes.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,