C3Centricity

MAY 25, 2020

Were you surprised to read the title of this post? Do you believe that using technology to understand customers is the only way today? Then let me explain why I believe it’s not quite that simple. . In today’s data-rich environment I’m not really suggesting that you actually ignore data nor technology! However, in working with clients around the world as well as in numerous industries, I have found that many are lost by the wealth of information that is available to them.

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Kerry Bodine

MAY 11, 2020

As cities and countries around the world grapple with plans to reopen, we’re all wondering what our “new normal” will look like — both personally and professionally. But if you’re reading this post, you don’t have the luxury of sitting on the sidelines and watching it unfold. To succeed throughout the rest of the pandemic and whatever comes next, you need to proactively develop a customer experience strategy that will serve both your customers and your business.

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Heart of the Customer

MAY 12, 2020

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Talkdesk

MAY 11, 2020

This is a guest blog from Lindsey Plocek, Head of Marketing at Observe.AI. With a deep technology background and intimate understanding of the contact center space, our team at Observe.AI built a Voice AI platform that supports teams to be faster, more accurate and more human in every interaction. . Talking about performance It’s a blessing and a curse that the show must go on in contact centers right now.

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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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GetFeedback

MAY 3, 2020

The top 9 skill sets you need in your core customer experience team in order to succeed.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 1, 2020

What’s driving your call centre demand? Most callers look to clarify something. Maybe they just received a notice around revised terms for an insurance policy. Questions typically relate to these three things: payments, charges or queries around a specific product or service. For all these categories, clarity of communications is key. And conversely, complex communications drive increased calls, and increased costs.

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Alida

MAY 21, 2020

Amidst the global COVID-19 crisis, financial organizations big and small are struggling to keep up with changing circumstances and are preparing for what comes next. Keeping communication channels open for two-way conversations with customers is pivotal in maintaining relationships while also enabling organizations to listen and adapt to their customers’ changing outlook, actions, and brand satisfaction during the pandemic.

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TechSee

MAY 19, 2020

Product registration – the process of capturing new customers’ information – enables brands to connect directly with consumers and engage with them during their relationship with the company. It allows device suppliers to communicate updates, safety recalls, and recommendations for product accessories or consumables such as capsules and cartridges.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 7, 2020

Do you love your cable company? . If you do, you are in the minority. People almost universally align on their distaste for their cable company. However, we do love complaining about them, or at least I know I do. Cable companies are an excellent example of what NOT to do with your experience to promote customer-driven growth. Cable companies are an excellent example of what NOT to do with your experience to promote customer-driven growth.

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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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GetFeedback

MAY 3, 2020

Our 2020 research reveals a new outlook on the CX space and how to thrive in it.

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ReviewTrackers

MAY 11, 2020

Social media gives customers the opportunity to voice their opinion about your business in an open space. It’s a space that exists for everyone to see — friends, family, and other consumers. That’s why businesses should manage their reputation on social media. But what exactly is it? And how exactly can it help your business? . Here is a guide to help you understand social media reputation management and why you need to incorporate it into your marketing strategy.

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Michel Falcon Experience

MAY 22, 2020

In this episode, I welcome Troy (@troy), the co-founder of Juice Marketing (NYC) and we chat about: – If Zoom meetings will become more popular than face-to-face interactions with customers. – How to identify what type of interaction each customer wants. – How he has been managing his B2B customer experience. – What is the best restaurant in NYC?

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Alida

MAY 19, 2020

Amidst the global COVID-19 crisis, organizations big and small are struggling to keep up with changing circumstances and preparing for what comes next. Keeping communication channels open for two-way conversations with customers is pivotal in maintaining relationships while also enabling organizations to listen and adapt to their customers’ changing wants and needs.

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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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TechSee

MAY 20, 2020

Two years ago, we cracked open the champagne when Gartner named TechSee as a Cool Vendor in its CRM Customer Support and Service Report. TechSee was honored as a pioneer in Computer Vision AI-powered Visual Assistance for customer service, based on our proprietary, multi-patented technology. TechSee provides automated visual guidance for customer self-service, contact center agents and field technicians.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 14, 2020

Influence and persuasion are critical skills for salespeople. However, they are also crucial for fostering customer-driven growth in your organization. In this issue of Why Customers Buy, we are going to discuss the six fundamental principles of how to influence people, and you might be surprised by what you discover. We spoke to Brian Ahearn, CMCT®, who is the Chief Influence Officer at Influence People in a recent podcast.

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ShepHyken

MAY 20, 2020

My friend Stacy Sherman , head of customer experience at Schindler Elevator Corporation , is personally dedicated to “humanizing business.”. She is not only “in the trenches,” working in the customer service and experience world, she has also been recognized as a customer experience thought leader. She recently responded to one of my tweets, which was the creative spark for this post.

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One Millimeter Mindset

MAY 21, 2020

There’s nothing novel about virtual post-sale client abandonment. Upon consideration, you realize your company’s been doing this for years. In fact, virtual abandonment is a key component of “business as usual.”. What is novel about this post-sale scenario, to you, is that now you have to sell virtually. That’s all that’s changed. And your new perspective makes all the difference for what’s next: for you and your client relationships.

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Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Eptica

MAY 20, 2020

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Author: Steve Nattress The impact of knowledge on current customer satisfaction. Published on: May 20, 2020. Author: Steve Nattress Being able to deliver fast, accurate and consistent information to consumers and their queries has always been a central part of successful customer service. In the current crisis, its importance has deepened even more - knowledge is vital to delivering seamless, reassuring customer service that meets changing consumer needs.

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Alida

MAY 7, 2020

We’ve heard it said over and over again: these are unprecedented times. Every interaction—from the small-scale to the large-scale—is intrinsically different than it was prior to COVID-19. It is crucial for companies to prioritize people, both customers and employees.

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ReviewTrackers

MAY 14, 2020

We here at Review Trackers love HootSuite. To us, it’s one of the world’s best social relationship platforms, and our team uses it every day to engage with fans and followers on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and more. We think you ought to give the tool a try, if you aren’t yet using it. Not only does HootSuite help business owners connect with existing and potential customers on their favorite social networks; it also serves as a great tool to establish and boost yo

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 28, 2020

It seems logical to do what everyone else is doing successfully when you get into business. It makes no sense at all to do it differently, does it? It won’t be good for your career, your team, or your bottom line. So why is it that doing something different does create such success for specific brands? We discussed the surprising way that new ideas that seem crazy can do amazing things for your brand in a recent podcast.

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Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group

As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX

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ShepHyken

MAY 6, 2020

I’ve written about the concept of a “gap” a number of times over the years. Each time, the gap was different. The first time, I shared Dan Sullivan’s principle about the gap between the goal you wanted to achieve and your actual results, if you didn’t hit the goal. The difference was the gap. Another time I wrote about the competitive gap , which is about the gap or distance you put between you and your competition.

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Talkdesk

MAY 12, 2020

Customer expectations for service are rapidly evolving, so training a team of at-home agents to align with these expectations can bring tangible benefits to any company. The latest trend in at-home agent training centers around online, specialized tools that offer hands-on practice with a contact center interface, testing employees’ ability to learn and adapt to a technology they’ll be using daily.

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One Millimeter Mindset

MAY 26, 2020

Consider that you just may be wrestling with professional burnout, at this point. By now, you realize your “temporary” hiatus from the workplace does not represent anything close to a 14-day quarantine exercise. And your adrenaline-driven rush during March only represents the front end of the pandemic bell curve. Not the entire cycle. And, Memorial Day comes and goes.

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PeopleMetrics

MAY 13, 2020

As the world of work continues to change in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, communication skills are increasingly seen as the crucial glue that holds a company together. Working remotely , uncertainty in the workplace and disconnection from colleagues mean that communication in the workplace must be more effective than ever. But clear, effective top-down employee communication isn’t enough.

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