Tue.Dec 19, 2023

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The Gift of Data: Transforming Customer Engagement with a CDP

Blueshift

The Holiday Season often brings to mind the joy of giving and receiving, but not every gift hits the mark. Have you ever unwrapped a present that left you scratching your head, wondering if the sender really knew you at all? It happens more often than we think. Just like receiving a moldy fruitcake, customers often find themselves on the receiving end of experiences that feel disconnected, impersonal, and downright baffling.

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A Lofty Goal: Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company

ShepHyken

If I asked 10 people who they thought could be planet Earth’s most customer-centric company, I bet a majority would have the same answer. I’ll share that company’s name at the end of this article. For now, you can guess. Cindy, from my office, had a customer service issue. Here are the steps she took to resolve the problem: She went to the company’s website and clicked on customer support.

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Lessons Learned When Constructing A Seamless Customer Journey

Gainsight

A carefully crafted customer journey is not static. They shift and change with your products, your markets and even your go-to-market strategy. If you’re facing the need to revisit and revamp your customer experience, our discussion with Mai Elizer, Senior Solutions Engineer at Comeet , offered invaluable insights into constructing a predictable and efficient customer journey.

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5 Creative Ways to Use AI for Sentiment Analysis

Lumoa

Have you ever thought about how some businesses manage to analyze thousands of customer reviews and feedback quickly? The secret lies in the capabilities of AI and its proficiency in conducting sentiment analysis. Customer feedback is a precious resource for understanding what’s effective and what needs improvement. However, manually sifting through and evaluating this feedback can be incredibly time-consuming.

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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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SAP Utilities Roadmap 2024 and 2025

SAP Customer Experience

Providing our customers, partners, and stakeholders with timely information on upcoming topics in the utilities industry is extremely important. To facilitate this, we have created a matrix that outlines the relevant topics for the next two years, helping to illustrate these highlights. You can access the detailed information and, if.

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Packet Loss: The Impact on Your Communications

Cyara

Today’s users have very high expectations regarding the quality they expect when they make a call, whether that be through voice or video. Unfortunately, however, there are a wide variety of issues that can occur and affect their experience. And this includes packet loss.

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How to Level Up Your Customer Service Game: 4 Ways

CSM Magazine

In today’s competitive landscape, exceptional customer service isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a critical differentiator. This guide explores four transformative strategies to elevate your customer service, ensuring your business not only meets but exceeds customer expectations. By embracing these approaches, you’ll not only retain loyal customers but also turn them into advocates for your brand.

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9 Ways to Boost Customer Engagement With Digital Signage Surveys

SurveySensum

Imagine walking into a store and being greeted not just by the usual array of products and promotions but by a vibrant, interactive screen asking for your opinion. It turns out, this isn’t just a novel experience – it’s a highly effective one. Studies have found a staggering 71% of consumers agree that digital signage captures their attention far more than online advertisements.

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SAP Sales and Service Cloud – 2402 Release Briefing Webcast

SAP Customer Experience

Dear Community, The 2402 release (February 2024) for SAP Sales and Service Cloud is approaching. We will be adding the release webcast-related information and assets here in our community. This will allow you to access the on-demand recording after the live event, short demos if available, slide deck, and also.

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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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12 Examples of Bad Customer Service with Solutions

Helpware

Customers form the core of every business. Even if your product is the best in the world, but your customer support team is not ready to convey its value and great attitude to consumers–all the efforts are meaningless. Bad customer service experiences can significantly damage a company's reputation and success.

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Call Experts Earns 15th CAM-X Award of Excellence!

Call Experts

Call Experts of Charleston, SC has been honored with the exclusive 2023 CAM-X Award of Excellence! The CAM-X Award of Excellence is presented annually by the Canadian Call Management Association ( CAM-X) , the industry’s Trade Association for providers of call center services, including telephone answering and message delivery. Call Experts was presented with the Award recently at the CAM-X 59th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Calgary, AB.

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Process Mapping for Software Development and IT Projects

CSM Magazine

In today’s complex world of technology, software development and IT projects require a systematic approach. To ensure projects run smoothly and deliver the desired results, process mapping can be a game-changer. This tool provides a visual representation of workflows, highlighting every step and potential obstacle, making it easier to understand, analyze, and improve.

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Considerations for Your Voice of the Customer Program

Keatext

Learn about the major activities and considerations involved in effectively implementing a VOC program to close the customer feedback loop.

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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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A year in review: How HappyOrNot launched market firsts in 2023

Happy or Not

Looking back at 2023 and the innovations and developments that HappyOrNot made, the first word that comes to mind is busy, and the next one is unique. The past year has certainly been busy – we released not only one, but two hugely significant and unique developments alongside continuous incremental improvements: 1.Demographics: a market-first innovation in AI-enabled feedback The first, and arguably most significant new capability we launched in 2023 was Demographics.

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CX Leaders: What’s on Your Agenda for 2024?

Forrester's Customer Insights

I’m approaching two years in my role here at Forrester, where I serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior customer experience (CX) leaders. As a long-time CX practitioner and enthusiast, it’s been inspiring to be part of the “extended team” across such a diverse set of brands and industries.

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The Ultimate Guide to Growth Marketing

Braze

The complete guide to growth marketing, what it means, how it differs from traditional marketing and how you can add these results-driven growth strategies to your business.

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The 3 Elements of SEO: A Guide to Creating Optimized Content

DemandJump

While there are far more than three paths to content optimization , there are key elements of SEO you should keep in mind.

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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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Five of MyCustomer’s most popular podcasts of 2023

MyCustomer

2023 was a major year for the MyCustomer podcast space, having launched MYC'D Up with Tech Leaders [1], providing our listeners with insights from some of

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Software AG webMethods: The Farewell Sale

Forrester's Customer Insights

Yesterday, I was surprised to learn that IBM is acquiring webMethods from Software AG (and also StreamSets, but I’ll focus on webMethods here). It surprised me for two reasons. First, private equity firm Silver Lake completed its acquisition of Software AG (previously a publicly traded company) on September 28.

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The top 9 customer success metrics for 2024

ChurnZero

Metrics are the language of business. Metrics are the key to aligning with finance , proving value to your leadership and of course understanding the health of the business. So what metrics are customer success teams tracking as we move into 2024? Net revenue retention (NRR) was the top metric at the end of 2023, according to our annual survey of customer success leaders.

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European Tech Spend Bounces Back In 2024

Forrester's Customer Insights

2024 promises a better tech spend outlook for Europe — Forrester forecasts that European tech spend will bounce back to grow 5.1% in 2024, almost double its rate in 2023.

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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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What Is an AI Tool for Content Optimization?

DemandJump

AI tools for content optimization make use of AI’s strengths to boost a page’s organic search traffic. Artificial intelligence is particularly good at automating rote tasks and handling large amounts of raw data, both of which make it a useful content optimization tool —especially for mapping user intent.

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Kommunicate Vs Tidio: A Head-to-Head Comparison for Customer Support

kommunicate

Last Updated on December 19, 2023 Everyone likes the story of David v/s Goliath. Or the movie Rocky Balboa. The small guy taking on the big guns. A company of 180+ v/s a company of 32. A company that was founded a decade ago v/s a company that started in 2019. Yup, we are talking [.] The post Kommunicate Vs Tidio: A Head-to-Head Comparison for Customer Support appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.

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What Is a Content Optimization Tool?

DemandJump

Way (way) back in 1996, Bill Gates famously declared that “ content is king.” He didn’t stop there, though, as he commented on the seemingly endless (even then) amount of content on the internet and the importance of creating something that stands out. In fact, he went on to predict that “ there would eventually be an enormous breadth of information, and as such, it would take a high volume of content to stand out.

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Top 10 Proven Strategies to Expand Your Small Business

CSM Magazine

Did you know that all the big businesses you see today began as small ventures? It takes time and effort to grow your business. And looking at the competition in the market, you might also need to invest in digital marketing. According to statistics, around 60% of small businesses rely on digital marketing, whereas 90% use some form of advertising for promotion.

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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.