Alida

JULY 17, 2017

On July 13 2017, over two hundred Vision Critical customers, insights, marketing and CX professionals gathered in Sydney for the Asia Pacific Customer Intelligence Summit, Vision Critical’s 7th annual customer summit. Throughout the day, one clear theme emerged: shared value. Creating shared value is essential for developing an authentic brand and truly connecting with customers.

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Customer Bliss

JULY 11, 2017

Episode Overview. Catherine Courage is currently the VP of Ads and Commerce User Experience at Google, where she’s been since October 2016. This is his third time around in a tech customer experience role, previously having held similar jobs at DocuSign and Citrix. I’ve known her for several years and I thought she’d be a great guest because of the tech space background, the multiple times experiencing the role, and her overall understanding of products, experience, and how to

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JULY 17, 2017

According to Gartner’s research, nearly nine out of ten executives expect customer experience to be a key differentiator with today’s demanding customers. Yet a critical link — engaged employees — is often overlooked. A recent Temkin Group study revealed that CX leaders have 50% more engaged employees than laggards. Your front-line staff are the face.

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GetFeedback

JULY 25, 2017

Customer feedback plays a huge role in customer experience management. We put together a shortlist of CX metrics every company can benefit from tracking.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 17, 2017

In our customer experience consultancy, we spend a lot of time educating people about the components of a great customer experience. Some companies get it and they’re creating an emotional connection that brings them loyal fans. But many others look to technology. If customers just had a gadget that could do more or electronic kiosks they could play with in the store, or a virtual reality app – well, then the customer experience would be great.

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Alida

JULY 14, 2017

There was a time when the only way to get a Dell computer was to go directly to the company. The PC giant long ago decided to sell through partners and retail channels too, but today some established brands are opting to experiment with their own direct-to-consumer (DTC) models. They have good reason. According to Nielsen, 90 percent of consumers would rather buy directly from a brand if they could.

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Customer Bliss

JULY 20, 2017

This will be a shorter post than normal, but I wanted to put this out there. Sometimes with clients or companies, I’ll hear a concern about launching a full-scale customer experience program because “we’re far behind on it” or, more vaguely, “we already have something like that.” The status quo wins out and sameness persists, even though it’s not engaging customers and rivals are chipping away at market share because of their experiences.

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JULY 17, 2017

According to Gartner’s research, nearly nine out of ten executives expect customer experience to be a key differentiator with today’s demanding customers. Yet a critical link — engaged employees — is often overlooked. A recent Temkin Group study revealed that CX leaders have 50% more engaged employees than laggards. Your front-line staff are the face.

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ShepHyken

JULY 19, 2017

I just returned from Influence 2017 , the annual conference put on by the National Speakers Association. My friend and one of the world’s authorities on trust, David Horsager was one of the amazing keynote speakers. He shared an excellent customer service example that can be summed up this way: Trust your customers and they will trust you. The quick version of the story is this: A farmer owns a fruit and vegetable stand where his customers pay on the honor system.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2017

I was shopping for a graduation card the other day, and all of them seemed to say something like this: “Dream big and reach for the stars, your goals are within reach and you are on your way to an amazing future.”. If I was just getting out of school I would find this rather terrifying. I think I’d much prefer a hearty “Congratulations – well done!” instead of a bunch of vaguely inspirational words reminding me how far I had yet to go.

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GetFeedback

JULY 25, 2017

Customer feedback plays a huge role in customer experience management. We put together a shortlist of CX metrics every company can benefit from tracking.

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Alida

JULY 21, 2017

Most companies today have a customer relationship problem. Many brands simply have no idea about the evolving needs of their customers, and that’s impeding their ability to build a closer relationship with customers. In fact, according to a study commissioned by IBM , nearly 80 percent of consumers don’t think the average brand understands them as an individual.

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Customer Bliss

JULY 27, 2017

I’ve done some work over the past few years with Viveka Von Rosen , a foremost LinkedIn expert. Recently, she and an impressive suite of co-founders launched Vengreso , a digital sales acceleration platform. Vengreso teaches social selling and more. They already have actionable posts on their blog about LinkedIn lead generation , for example, and are creating social selling boot camps.

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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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JULY 21, 2017

Capitalizing on Small Wins for Agility and Growth Unifying the customer experience across every channel doesn’t necessarily have to start with a fully baked, end-to-end CX plan. In many cases, the best evolution happens as you follow the proverbial tea leaves—reading what the future holds and letting each initiative guide you to the next. In. View Article.

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ShepHyken

JULY 5, 2017

I will always remember my first marketing class in college when we learned about the 4 P’s – Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. Well, now there is a fifth P. Before I go any further, as a customer service and experience expert, I believe that service and experience are all about marketing. The first P is about Product. It is assumed that the product is going to do whatever it is supposed to do.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 10, 2017

Retailers are using technology used in espionage efforts to remain relevant in today’s online shopping world. Throughout Europe and the U.S., brick and mortar retailers are employing high-tech spy techniques to obtain information about a shopper’s in-store experience—and using it to improve their Customer Experience. Spy Tech and the Customer Experience.

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GetFeedback

JULY 11, 2017

Ticketfly uses GetFeedback to scale its support function and improve its customer experience. Learn how the events platform boosted agent productivity.

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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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Alida

JULY 28, 2017

Consumers are looking for more than low prices. They want a better customer experience (CX) and are willing to pay for it. While retail giants such as WalMart and Amazon have both risen to success by reducing their price, 81 percent of customers indicate that they’re willing to pay more online and in-store for a superior customer experience, according to a recent Capgemini report. “The Disconnected Customer: What Digital CX Leaders Teach Us About Reconnecting with Customers,” also found 90

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Customer Bliss

JULY 25, 2017

Episode Overview. Geeta Wilson is the VP, Consumer Experience – Enterprise Transformation at Humana, where she’s been since late 2013. In this episode, we primarily discuss how and when to know an organization is ready for customer-driven change. One interesting point (that I loved) which comes up here is how you absolutely need to honor the past as you shape the future, in any organization.

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InMoment XI

JULY 21, 2017

Capitalizing on Small Wins for Agility and Growth Unifying the customer experience across every channel doesn’t necessarily have to start with a fully baked, end-to-end CX plan. In many cases, the best evolution happens as you follow the proverbial tea leaves—reading what the future holds and letting each initiative guide you to the next. In.

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Win the Customer

JULY 31, 2017

According to research by Forrester, 77 percent of consumers claim that “valuing their time is the most important thing a company can do to provide them with good service.”. Businesses that are both thriving and progressive only get to such a level by mastering the art of pleasing and retaining customers. But even so, the best businesses are still more than eager to find new ways to improve their customer service experience.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 3, 2017

For many organizations, the initial improvements in Customer Experience have long since passed. The early gains in Net Promoter Score (NPS) have faded into legend and the NPS now languishes in a plateau, quarter after quarter. Many organizations are scratching their heads wondering, “What now? However, they would be better off asking, “What’s next?”.

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QuestionPro Audience

JULY 11, 2017

A year ago, we published a series of best practice for questionnaire development. This year, we would like to highlight some common mistakes that research practitioners should avoid, to ensure their data collection effort is not wasted. We are calling them The Seven Deadly Sins Of Questionnaire Design. The Seven Deadly Sins emerged from an ecclesiastic era, and since then have evolved as broader ethic markers for those who prefer disinfected consciences.

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Alida

JULY 6, 2017

Companies plan to invest heavily in customer experience (CX) in the next few years. In fact, according to a recent study, 60 percent of marketers already increased their CX budget this year. Money alone, however, won’t improve the experience customers have with your brand. Operationalizing CX and measuring its impact to the bottom line are important steps to scaling CX programs and accelerating buy-in.

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Customer Bliss

JULY 4, 2017

Episode Overview. Mark Slatin is the Director of Client Experience for Sandy Spring Bank. They won CX Innovation Awards in both 2015 and 2016, so he seemed like a great person to bring on and discuss what he’s doing with his team — and how/why. About Mark. Mark leads the client experience efforts at Sandy Spring Bank, the oldest and largest independent Maryland-based bank.

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