September, 2022

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3 Areas of Customer Experience Where Human Expertise Is Absolutely Vital

InMoment XI

Customer experience (CX) measurement has become a priority for most large organizations. Systematically gathering and analyzing data from online surveys and other sources such as product reviews, customer complaints, etc., is viewed as an imperative. And for good reason. 21st century business is won and lost based on who can deliver the best customer experience.

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Should You Stay or Should You Go? Reading the Signs and Leading CX Buy-In at Your Organization

CX Accelerator

Sally Mildren, CEO Clarity PX & Boss Lady Consulting. Matt Beran, Sr. Product Marketing Specialist InvGate. Many leaders do in fact think they are supporting Customer Experience in their organization. After all they have approved a resource and some budget to it. If we are being honest, that’s as committed as it gets for many executive and operational leaders.

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Posters on the Walls

ShepHyken

I’ve been working with an amazing client. We have helped the client create a customer experience vision and define five behaviors everyone must exhibit to bring the vision to life. This makes me very proud of the work we do. . Communication is one reason that their vision is coming to life. The CEO has sent out videos, regularly schedules town hall meetings, and shares best-of-the-best examples of how team members are creating amazing experiences and Moments of Magic® for their colleagues and

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The Benefit of Loyalty Programs Amidst Rising Inflation

IntouchInsight

As anyone who has recently filled up their gas tank or purchased groceries will tell you, the cost of living just keeps going up. Consumer reactions to this vary greatly. Some people will shop sales while others will buy in bulk. The common goal, however, is to get the best value for every dollar spent.

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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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5 rules for a highly successful customer experience implementation with amazing ROI! – A case study

Beyond Philosophy

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Closing the Outer Loop with the Six Sigma Methodology

InMoment XI

Customer feedback is critical for helping your customer service agents tackle problems—whether closing the inner loop directly with customers, or closing the outer loop with problems that keep surfacing over and over again. Organisations are typically quite comfortable tackling inner loop programs. If you have agents that review and action customer feedback, and enough resources to contact unhappy customers, you’re off to a good start.

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What Is a Quarterly Business Review? Three Keys to a Great QBR

Totango

What Is a QBR? How to Make Quarterly Business Reviews Count. A quarterly business review (QBR) gives you four opportunities per year to showcase the value your product delivers to customers. For a SaaS company, an excellent QBR strategy can help you ensure you’re providing a product experience that will make customers want to renew their subscription during renewal time.

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Bad Customer Service Isn’t the Problem. A Bad Culture Is the Problem

ShepHyken

More and more people are complaining about bad customer service. The demand for better service continues to grow, as evidenced in our customer experience research (2022 Achieving Customer Amazement study sponsored by Amazon Web Services). However, customer service trends seem to be heading in the wrong direction. Even several years before the pandemic began, The American Customer Satisfaction Index found the overall ratings slipping, even with brands most recognized for high levels of customer s

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Quiet Quitting Isn’t the Problem. Your Managers Are.

Integrity Solutions

One of the first big workforce catchphrases to go viral after the onset of the pandemic was “The Great Resignation,” as employees began to reevaluate their careers and leave their jobs in record numbers. This max exodus of talent may be slowing down a bit, but it’s far from over. More than two years later, even with the threat of a recession looming in the background, companies continue to struggle with finding talent to fill open positions.

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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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The Myth Of Experience

Beyond Philosophy

We’ve all had experiences where we can anticipate what’s coming. So, today we are going to talk about intuition. But you knew that already, didn’t you? Intuition might be more valued in business than analysis. Many of us want a quick answer we can trust from somebody who would know. Some proponents of intuition suggest that we should rely on our intuition more, that our guts are very wise, and that our lizard brain is very well attuned to what’s happening.

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Do B2B Better Excerpt #2: Nancy Flowers

Heart of the Customer

As I mentioned in previous posts, being a Change Maker requires a different way of thinking, so it’s helpful to have guides to show you the way. In my new book, Do B2B Better, which comes out next month on CX Day, I provide deep dives into numerous real-world customer experience programs and lots of practical […]. The post Do B2B Better Excerpt #2: Nancy Flowers appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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5 Ways Retail Banks Can Leverage Customer Data Effectively

InMoment XI

Collecting data with no way to use it is like learning to drive without a car; it just doesn’t make sense. For retail banks, and most organizations, collecting data is only half the battle in the world of customer experience. Whether it be transactional surveys , online reviews , or a market research report about your customers, the data you collect needs to not just be analyzed, it needs to serve as a road map of future business decisions.

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The Future of Customer Experience in Banking in 2023

Lumoa

By now, the importance of delivering a superb customer experience in banking is crystal clear. It’s estimated that financial brands that deliver a better customer experience (CX) receive twice as many recommendations. Plus, their customers are also two times more likely to try new products or services. . That said, there are a huge number of factors that influence the customer experience or CX of your financial institutions.

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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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How to select the right team chat software for your business

BirdEye

As a business owner, you already know communication is key to maintaining a successful operation. Whether you’re chatting with employees, customers, or vendors, it’s important to have a clear and concise communication method. That’s where team chat comes in. In this article, we’ll dive into why businesses need team communication software to run efficiently.

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Building the Digital Customer Journey

Gainsight

Customer success (CS) didn’t start out digital but, rather, as a collection of practices to maintain customer relationships after a sale. Organizations felt their way toward a better understanding of their value, learning how to improve implementations and developing new solutions to serve customers as their businesses advanced. The process required a lot of hands-on attention, with new departments and customer success agents being added to meet evolving needs.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Social Customer Relationship Management: What Is it and How it Develops Relationships

Kustomer

In the span of two decades, social media has gone from being an afterthought to being an integral component of pretty much all modern marketing and support strategies, as well as sales funnels. In this post, we’ll be taking a look at an approach to customer relationship management (CRM) that places social media and the data it can create front and center of efforts to build and develop strong relationships with your customers.

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Do B2B Better Excerpt #1: Roxie Strohmenger

Heart of the Customer

Being a Change Maker requires a different way of thinking, so it’s helpful to have guides to show you the way. In my new book, Do B2B Better, which comes out next month on CX Day, I provide deep dives into numerous real-world customer experience programs and lots of practical tips. But I am particularly […]. The post Do B2B Better Excerpt #1: Roxie Strohmenger appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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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Staying Ahead of the Game: Behind Foot Locker’s Innovative CX Program to Fit the Modern Athlete

InMoment XI

We at InMoment have had the pleasure of working with some of the world’s greatest brands—and one brand that definitely stands out on that list is global footwear retailer, Foot Locker. Foot Locker is constantly striving to deliver the most memorable, innovative experiences to their “modern athlete” customers, and they have some incredible exciting initiatives planned for the next year!

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Do Your Live Chat Agents Measure Up? The 9 Best Key Performance Indicators and How To Use Them

Comm100

Looking to improve your customer service? Before you begin making changes to your service delivery and your staffing practices, it’s important to understand how your organization compares against industry. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are performance measurements that show how effectively a company is achieving its goals. KPIs can measure the success of a company’s customer service strategy, the quality and effectiveness of its support, how well its agents are performing, and more.

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4 ways to get started with online business reviews

BirdEye

If you’re looking for an effective way to market your business, online business reviews could be the answer. As a business owner, you already know reviews can help make or break your business – especially when it comes to attracting new customers. Getting started with online reviews can be challenging, but don’t worry – we’re here to help. In this blog post, we’ll outline some tips for getting started with online business reviews and provide examples so you can see the benefits for y

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How to Improve Engagement with a Customer Service Chatbot

Zonka Feedback

Increasing customer satisfaction and engagement with your brand requires a lot more than bombarding them with targeted ads and weekly mailers. There are proven techniques and tools being used by marketers every day that allow them to engage with customers. One such tool is a customer service chatbot.

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Revolutionizing Contact Centers: Next-Gen Tech for Enhanced CX

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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Customer Success Playbook Tips: Five Proven Tactics

Totango

Customer Success Playbook Strategies: Mapping a Path to Winning Outcomes. A customer success playbook maps out a game plan you can use to automate successful outcomes for your clients. Having a playbook in place can help you deliver better results for your SaaS customers and yield higher satisfaction, retention, and revenue for your business. Here we’ll show you how to use customer success playbooks to support your CS strategy: We’ll define the customer success playbook and clarify

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Why You Need an Emotional North Star

Heart of the Customer

We may not want to admit it, but we’re emotional beings. We attempt to make rational decisions, but despite our best intentions, our emotions continually sway us. Don’t take my word for it. Mountains of academic literature, articles, and studies explore the importance of emotions in decision-making. More recently, Daniel Kahneman raised mass-market awareness of […].

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How to Overcome Declining Survey Response Rates

InMoment XI

Of all the unicorns that brands and organizations chase with their customer experience (CX) programs, higher survey response rates are one of the best-known… and sometimes the most elusive. This is especially true right now, when survey response rates are declining due to a litany of new and unprecedented causes. Today, we’re going to go through those causes, how their impact goes far beyond surveys, and what brands like yours can do to respond to this continuous drop in numbers.

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Why Customer Success and customer education are your BFFs in uncertain times

ChurnZero

This is a guest article by Andrew Brown , content marketing manager, Northpass. . Searches for customer retention peaked in early 2022. . Searches for customer churn neared their all-time high around the same period. . Why? . The pandemic. Or, more specifically, the uncertainty it caused companies of all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a page in the playbook to turn to. .

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.