Mon.Nov 27, 2023

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Benefits of Outsourcing your NPS process

Retently

Outsourcing has become increasingly popular these days, as more companies worldwide are exploring different destinations for outsourcing their business activities, and it’s no wonder why. The many advantages of outsourcing make it an attractive strategy in today’s global economy, turning it into a common practice. But before diving into the benefits of outsourcing services, it is essential to understand what exactly outsourcing means.

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14 tips on how to deal with difficult customers (+ examples) 

BirdEye

What’s that one thing every business must face, even when they don’t want to? It is dealing with difficult customers. When customers are hard to deal with, the saying “the customer is always right” matters more than ever. It means you must try your best to make customers happy, especially when things get tricky. But here’s the kicker: those seemingly unpleasant interactions are not headaches.

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How a Simple Search Bar Creates a Better Customer Experience

ShepHyken

Top Takeaways: Businesses use advanced technology like search and generative AI to create better customer experiences. When customers visit a company’s website and use the search bar to find information, the technology behind it can provide relevant and helpful results, making it easier to get the answers they need. Searching on the internet used to be about using keywords, but now it’s smarter!

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The next generation: Leveraging customer success to drive value

Totango

“Customer success is driving value to customers. Digital customer success is driving value more efficiently using a software or service that allows companies to grow and deliver value without using excessive resources” – Chris Dishman, SVP Customer Success, Totango. In a recent episode of The Digital Customer Success Podcast , Totango’s SVP of Customer Success, Chris Dishman had an insightful conversation with host Alex Turkovic about digital customer success (CS) hot topics, including health sc

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2024 State of Customer Education Report

Customer education has become a key driver for growth, retention, and product adoption. Our latest 2024 State of Customer Education Report uncovers critical data and insights from a survey of over 200 industry leaders, offering a look at the evolving role of education in driving business success. Inside, you'll find data on key trends and strategies, including: Strategies for Scaling & Customization: Find out which investments in learning technology deliver the biggest ROI and scalability.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of November 27, 2023

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Field Tested Tips for Aligning Customer Service and Marketing by Ronnie Gomez (Sprout Social) If a business is an orchestra, then every department is its own instrument.

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10 Strategies for Successful Lifecycle Email Marketing 

Optimove

Why It Matters: Lifecycle email marketing is a strategic approach that involves sending targeted and timely emails to customers throughout their entire journey with a brand. It’s designed to nurture customer relationships, enhance engagement, and ultimately contribute to increased customer retention and lifetime value. Utilize the following 10 strategies to get the right messages in front of the right customers at the right time — and gain their loyalty for life. 1.

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Trends shaping The Forrester Wave™: Customer Success Platforms report

Totango

After several years of relentless pursuit of new business, 2023 made it clear to many companies that growth at all costs is not a sustainable strategy. With acquisition costs proving too high in today’s constrained environment, many businesses are finally putting greater focus on nurturing existing customer relationships to ensure retention and expansion.

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How to create an inspired workforce: Connect

Customer Enthusiast

This post is the fifth in a series devoted to creating an inspired workforce. I will share additional posts over the coming weeks to support leaders, managers, and supervisors in this effort. In summary, the first four steps are 1.

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CustomerSure named as Finalist in the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards

customer sure

We’re delighted to announce that CustomerSure has been named as a finalist in the Trusted Quality Provider category at the Institute of Customer Service ‘UK Customer Satisfaction Awards’ for 2024. These awards, part of the ICS Annual Conference , recognise and celebrate the organisations delivering outstanding customer experience, whether it be through people, initiatives or software like ours.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.

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Exploring the Value of SDKs: Elevating Customer Engagement

Braze

To better understand SDKs and their value, let’s take a closer look at how they operate, challenge some common misconceptions, and explore how they can transform your customer experience—without weighing down your platform or team.

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SAP Premium Engagement Session "Replatforming - Integration strategy for the transition to cloud and hybrid landscapes" (Virtual, November 23, 2023

SAP Customer Experience

Virtual November 23, 2023 Agenda Slides & Recording Dear Valued Customer, The SAP Premium Engagement Session ‘Replatforming – Integration strategy for the transition to cloud and hybrid landscapes’ took place virtually on November 23, 2023. Please find the agenda here. The slides of the workshop can be found here and.

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10 Ways to Deliver Great Customer Service

Magellan Solutions

Have you heard that 81% of buyers say that experiencing good customer service increases their likelihood of making a repeat purchase ? In a world of choices, attention is crucial for your business to stand out. Exceptional customer service is a guiding light, capturing attention amidst many options. Creating a memorable experience is more important than making sales.

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Research office leaders say funding and societal impact are biggest priorities

Clarivate

A new global survey captures community challenges and views on the future of research A new report from Research Professional TM News, an editorially independent part of Clarivate TM , explores the key priorities, challenges and drivers of change for academic research offices. Based on a global survey of more than 1,600 research office staff and researchers, Research Offices of the Future provides a comprehensive snapshot of the current state of research offices and their relationship with resea

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Unlock the Future of Learning Growth and Retention at Cognition24!

The annual Cognition virtual conference is back on October 16, and this year it’s FREE! You’ll enjoy: Inspiring Keynotes from top learning industry leaders, providing fresh perspectives to help you outperform the competition. Hands-on, Skill-Building Sessions to elevate your growth, retention, and product adoption strategies. Exclusive First Look at the latest innovations from Thought Industries, empowering you with tools to grow faster.

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7 Common Challenges in In-App Feedback Analysis

SurveySensum

Imagine you spend most of your time on social media apps because you love sharing pictures. But today you’re unable to upload multiple photos in one post – a technical glitch. Now after a few days, while using the app (as you’re a frequent user), an in-app survey popped up. You leveraged this moment and explained the issue step by step. You gave detailed feedback and suggested making it easier to add multiple pictures and organize them in a single post.

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SAP MaxAttention Innovation Workshop "Downtime Optimization for SAP S/4HANA Move" (22 de November, 2023)

SAP Customer Experience

Virtual 22 de Novembro, 2023 Agenda Caro cliente, Temos o prazer de o convidar para o SAP MaxAttention Innovation Workshop focado em ‘Downtime Optimized Conversion for SAP S/4HANA’ que terá lugar virtualmente a 22 de novembro de 2023. Consulte a agenda atual aqui. No mundo atual, as organizações que inovam.

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Isaac Rogers Answers Your Questions on the State of the MR Industry

2020 Research

Sago President Isaac Rogers hosted an “Ask Me Anything” webinar that was all about unraveling the mind-blowing changes happening in the industry. We dove deep into the juicy details, discussing burning questions like where businesses should put their money during these unpredictable times. Read on as we unravel more of Isaac’s enlightening answers to your pressing queries.

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Key Account Managers: The Unsung Heroes of Your Business

Kapta Customer Success

Hitting your business goals would be more difficult without key account managers. Here are their many contributions to your long-term business growth and success.

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AI for Business Outcomes: Selecting the Right Tools to Drive Results

Customers expect to be able to interact with your organization whenever and however they want. They also expect your agents to have insights into their journeys so that they don’t have to repeat themselves as they move through various channels. And, if they’re not able to, they just might find one of your competitors who will offer the flexibility they are looking for.

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SAP MaxAttention Innovation Workshop "SAP Business Technology Platform – Unleash the Power of Business Data" (Virtual, November 21, 2023)

SAP Customer Experience

Virtual November 21, 2023 Agenda Dear Valued Customer, We are pleased to invite you to the SAP MaxAttention Innovation Workshop focusing on ‘SAP Business Technology Platform – Unleash the Power of Business Data” taking place virtually on November 21, 2023. Please find the agenda here. As SAP ERP users, you.

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Harmonizing sales and CS to drive revenue growth and deliver value

Totango

We know that sales and customer success (CS) teams must work together to drive revenue growth and expansion. How teams accomplish this challenging dance, however, is an ongoing question. Totango’s SVP of Customer Success Chris Dishman recently sat down with the Customer Success Collective in an exclusive episode of the CS School Podcast where he offered some keen insights into how to create and foster a harmonious relationship between sales and CS.

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SAP MaxAttention Innovation Workshop "Downtime Optimization for SAP S/4HANA Move" (Noviembre 22, 2023)

SAP Customer Experience

Virtual Noviembre 22, 2023 Agenda Estimado Cliente, Nos complace invitarlo al SAP MaxAttention Innovation Workshop centrado en ‘Downtime Optimized Conversion for SAP S/4HANA’ que tendrá lugar virtualmente el 22 de noviembre de 2023. Por favor encuentre la agenda actual aquí. En el mundo actual, las organizaciones que innovan más rápido.

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OpenAI Has Five Possible Paths To Monetization

Forrester's Customer Insights

What OpenAI’s Future Monetization Model Might Mean For The Company — And For You OpenAI has been all over the news recently, for all the wrong reasons. A dramatic showdown between members of the board of directors, company executives, investors, and even employees caught everyone’s attention.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

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? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Closed Ended Questions

Zonka Feedback

Closed-ended questions are survey or feedback form questions that provide customers some predefined choices of answers to choose from, which may be in the form of options like Yes or No, ratings from 0 to 10, opinions from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree, or a range of options depending upon the context of the question. Basically, the customer is not asked to write their opinion in their own words.

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A Recap of Uplight’s Summer Demand Response Success

Uplight

Learn about the highlights of Uplight’s summer Demand Response (DR) season from Emma Nault, Operations Analyst for Uplight’s Intelligent Orchestration team. Discover how we achieved a remarkable 81% growth in our portfolio, dispatched over 400 MW, and maintained an average customer satisfaction score of 77, 50% higher than the industry norm. Watch the video to Read More The post A Recap of Uplight’s Summer Demand Response Success appeared first on Uplight.

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The State Of B2B Marketing Measurement In 2023: Five Key Observations

Forrester's Customer Insights

What exactly is the current state of B2B marketing measurement, what do B2B marketing leaders need to look out for, and what can be improved? Here are five key measurement observations from Forrester’s Marketing Survey, 2023.

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Guardians of trust: How fake review checkers shape your online reputation 

BirdEye

Online reviews wield immense power. Yet, lurking amidst the genuine feedback are deceptive whispers—fake reviews. They can tarnish your image and mislead customers. According to a Birdeye survey , customers check online reviews 68% of the time before engaging with a local business. This makes it super important for you to showcase positive reviews and filter fake reviews to safeguard your brand’s integrity.

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The State of Digital Customer Experience Report 2024

This comprehensive report explores the evolving landscape of customer and business expectations, with five key trends that will help you understand your customers and stay ahead of the competition. Discover how your peers are implementing AI to improve customer experience with granular insights into their CX investments and specific AI use cases. For the first time, customers prefer digital channels when interacting with a business.