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Are You Delivering “Comfort and Joy” to Your Customers?

Customer Bliss

Today’s guest post is from my good friend, Chip R. Bell , the best selling author of the 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service and many other customer service books. Chip has just released his latest book, Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions. Chip is also a customer service keynote speaker who educates organizations on how to create a customer-centric culture.

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Conversational AI in Customer Service: An Interview with Dawn Varghese of Agara

Customers That Stick

Note: This blog post contains information related to and provide by a client of CTS Service Solutions. With our webinar upcoming this week, Hassle-Free CX: Define, Design, and Deliver, I enjoyed getting to talk to Dawn Varghese of Agara Labs about the role conversational AI is playing in today’s customer support environment and what the near-term future looks like.

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Developing Unique Growth Mindset That Fuels Growth, Success, and Innovation

Strikedeck

Vincent Manlapaz, in an interview with Brett Andersen talks about the dynamic role of CS and the importance of having clear cut strategies to structure growth, manage customer expectations and opportunities throughout the organization.

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Best Customer & Employee Experience Design Books 2020 2021 List

eglobalis

Best Customer experience and Employee Experience experience Design Books of 2020 2021 List. The post Best Customer & Employee Experience Design Books 2020 2021 List appeared first on Eglobalis.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Five Ways to Thank Customers — And How to Find Opportunities in Your Organization

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

When our waiter flagged us down by the door, I assumed we had left something behind or forgotten to sign the credit card slip or something. My husband and I were walking out of a restaurant with our two boys, who were 9 and 12 at the time, while on vacation in Florida several years ago. I was so surprised when our server made such an effort to stop us to say that he appreciated how polite our boys were. “Please’s and thank you’s aren’t very common anyway, but especially

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The Loyalty Question 2.0

ShepHyken

If you have been following my work, you may remember something I refer to as The Loyalty Question. It goes like this: What am I doing right now to make sure the customer comes back the next time they need whatever it is we sell? Most people think customer loyalty is about a lifetime. That’s a pretty big goal—making a customer stay for a lifetime. But if you break it down into smaller parts—as in the next time —it becomes much easier.

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Lippert Components fueled innovations using GetFeedback

GetFeedback

After implementing GetFeedback, Lippert improved its customer experiences within a matter of weeks of receiving customer insights. It also built a community of brand advocates that provided feedback and shared new product and service ideas.

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What Do The Pioneers of Customer Experience See for the Future: And What Should You Do About It?

Beyond Philosophy

From time to time, I participate in speaking engagements and, in the time of COVID-19, virtual speaking engagements. I recently participated in a Customer Experience Day webinar with two other leaders in our field, Joe Pine and Lou Carbone. I learned a few things that I would love to share with you, and discussed on my most recent podcast , regarding where we are now with Customer Experience and, perhaps more importantly, where we are heading.

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Mind the VoC gap: What customers think of you and what they’re actually hearing

BirdEye

We’re now much more attuned to seeking the “Voice of the Customer” (VoC) than we were back when our only method for receiving customer feedback was the impersonal and often inefficient contact center. In the years that accompanied the rise of online commerce, social media and webchat, we’ve all learned that a customer feedback process that was dependent on a single support channel for customer insights was ultimately a process that wasn’t actually capturing any true insights at all.

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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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Guest Post: A Guide to Training Employees to Deliver Outstanding eCommerce Customer Service

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article from Pawel Lawrowski, Head of Growth at Tidio. He shares six tips and strategies to share with your team for improving the eCommerce customer experience. Poor customer service costs businesses over $75 billion a year in lost profits. It can turn into hundreds of negative reviews and bad word of mouth, which spreads quicker than a wildfire.

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Why Academic Writing Skills Are Useful for Managers

CSM Magazine

Writing is seen as such a Herculean task that it is often outsourced and that can be a great idea. If you look at the writing involved in a task and you realise that it is something that you cannot handle, it’s easy to get an essay writing service to deal with it for you. Nonetheless, academic writing is a very useful skill that you must acquire as a manager.

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What Do The Pioneers of Customer Experience See for The Future

Beyond Philosophy

What happens when you get three Customer Experience Pioneers together to discuss the past, present, and future of Customer Experience? This episode of The Intuitive Customer, for starters. Recorded in celebration of the recent CX day, Colin joins fellow experience experts and champions Lewis Carbone and Joe Pine to talk all things Customer Experience.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Employee Engagement Surveys

ProProfs Chat

Did you know that engaged employees are 44% more productive as compared to just satisfied workers! Engaged employees are your best assets to grow your business. Their efforts are aligned to the business goals. They act as role models to other employees by setting a standard benchmark. But, how to measure employee engagement to ensure maximum productivity?

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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.

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Contact Center Digital Transformation Strategy

UJET

This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. It took a pandemic, but most companies have finally been convinced that they need to undergo a digital transformation to position themselves for success in the economy of the future, also known as the “new normal.” The only problem is that no one knows what the new normal will be, only that it is likely to be different from what the world looked like at the end of calendar year 2019.

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How marketers can build a Voice of the Customer program

BirdEye

Providing great customer experiences is critical in today’s world. However, it requires real effort on the part of managers and team members. Typically, it’s the result of months or even years of experimentation, testing, and listening closely to the voice of the customer. Turning away from the voice of the customer has real consequences. Customer expectations are changing rapidly. 66% of consumers say they’re likely to switch brands if they feel they’re being treated as a number rather than an

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The Benefits of Building a Solid Customer Relationship: How CRM Can Help

Ecrion

What Is Customer Relationship Management? | 1. Treat Each Customer as an Individual | 2. Customer Feedback |. 3. Explore Customer Intelligence | 4. Maintain Trust and Transparency. Did you know 90% of Americans use their experience with customer service to determine where they spend their money? This decision is based on the emphasis a company places on a customer relationship.

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Embrace the digital era by automating key business processes in the contact center

Talkdesk

Call centers are often high-stress environments, especially when customer demands relate to urgent issues such as health or financial well-being. Automating processes and tasks is a key step to reducing stress and boosting productivity. For contact centers, the competitive advantage lies with being customer-centric and providing the best customer experience (CX) possible.

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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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Listening Epiphany: Discover Your Future | #PeopleSkills #LeadMorale #CustServ

Kate Nasser

When you want to stop listening, wait & listen for the next listening epiphany. Power of listening from Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author of Leading Morale. The post Listening Epiphany: Discover Your Future | #PeopleSkills #LeadMorale #CustServ appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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Best Practices for Generating Leads in Contact Centers and Call Centers

Call Experts

Are you in charge of finding new ways to generate leads for your business? Have you ever considered contact centers and call centers? You have come to the right place. Success with lead generation strategies makes a significant difference in your business’s bottom line. But, the practice doesn’t end with the lead generation. Once you receive the lead, you have to nurture their experience to convert them into customers!

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Spectating is the New Cancer

The DiJulius Group

4 Quick Tips to Help you Make Price Irrelevant 1) Feature Story How to Reduce the #1 Cause of Anxiety For most people uncertainty triggers high extremes of anxiety. As human beings, we like predictability in our lives. That is why we check the five-day forecast, so we know how to dress. That is why. Read Full Article. The post Spectating is the New Cancer appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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Testing in Production. Safely

Cyara

There is nothing as scary as testing against a production system. The number of possible “what if” scenarios include everything from system crashes and software failures, to faulty reporting and annoyed agents. Yet, running test calls through production is the only way to monitor all aspects of the customer experience. So is there a way to safely validate the production system without the risk of causing a career-ending situation?

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Preparing for Healthcare’s Next Act: A guide to shaping the customer experience

Hero Digital

Healthcare feels like it’s been on the verge of transformation for years, if not decades. Unlike retail, tech, or even financial services, things move slowly in a complex, high-stakes industry whose only product is our health and wellbeing. In a matter of months, COVID-19 changed all of that. The pandemic broke down longstanding barriers and accelerated digital health at a pace few could have imagined.

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5 Digital Technologies Transforming Contact Center Customer Service

Oracle

Thanks to advanced digital technologies, companies now find themselves in a position to truly transform the contact center customer service experience. From a host of stunning new capabilities driven by AI to a migration to cloud-based services, and from an overhaul in both internal and customer-facing communication to message error removal technology, it’s an exciting, unprecedented period for contact centers.

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Amazing Business Radio: Jeffrey Hayzlett

ShepHyken

Customer Service is Engagement . Staying Focused on What Customers Want and Need . Shep Hyken interviews Jeffrey Hayzlett , Chairman of C-Suite Network. They discuss strategies for persevering in business and providing amazing customer experiences in challenging times. Top Takeaways: . No matter what you’re selling, there will always be certain conditions of satisfaction.

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2 Ways to Purposefully Navigate Your Team Towards 2021

One Millimeter Mindset

How can you purposefully navigate your team through end of 2020 into first quarter 2021? And purposefully leverage your team’s story? Because 2020 continuously presents you with a never-ending set of choices. Obstacles to overcome. And hard calls and major decisions for all team members to make. Working together, whether virtually, hybridized or physically together, is overwhelming and exhausting.

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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.