Genroe
OCTOBER 4, 2023
It’s Tuesday afternoon and you’ve just been handed a stack of customer feedback forms with a wealth of information and data to analyse before Friday. You look at the forms; there are numbers, scales, and paragraphs upon paragraphs of commentary. You pause for a moment to breathe. Where do you begin? What can you even […] The post The Critical Differences: Qualitative vs.
Forrester's Customer Insights
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Text analytics is a peculiar software market segment. Vendors typically have a main offering that heavily relies on text mining and analytics, but they rarely position themselves explicitly as “text analytics platforms.
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InMoment XI
OCTOBER 5, 2023
A lot of customer experiences hinge on your contact center’s effectiveness, which is why it’s important to ensure it’s a resource your customers find helpful, professional, and expedient. However, building an effective, consistent contact center experiences can be overwhelming. That’s why we’ve taken everything we have learned by working with best-in-class brands and distilled those learnings into five simple steps you can follow to make sure you build a contact center that works for you, and wo
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Your customers actively give clues about (or directly tell you!) how to improve their experience. But are you listening in the right ways? A lot of customer experience teams focus on collecting surveys. And they send the same surveys each quarter or year, like clockwork. Surveys can certainly help us see patterns around satisfaction, loyalty, and other key performance indicators—but customers are getting tired of them.
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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.
InMoment XI
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Today, there are a lot of customer feedback management (CFM) companies talking about integrated CX. Integrated CX isn’t a new concept by any means, and InMoment is not so bold as to say we invented the concept. But, we are confident in saying that the strategies we are developing that view the customer experience as the sum of integrated feedback, insights, and actions are going to distinguish us from our competitors in a significant way.
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Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Like many of you, our listener Brian Williams is grappling with the additional costs of doing business in our era of sustained inflation. He and his colleagues are in a pickle, and they asked for our help. Williams and the company wondered if they should raise prices or add additional fees to cover it. Since I am sure many of you have been wondering along the same lines, I wanted to share what we discussed about this business problem here, too.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Whoever said “the customer is always right” didn’t hear this about this story. Fox News just posted an update to a 2021 story about a man arrested for pointing an AK-47 at an employee at a pizza shop in Knoxville, Tennessee. The short version of the story is this. A customer walked into a Little Caesars restaurant and became angry when he was told he would have to wait a few minutes for a pizza.
TechSee
OCTOBER 2, 2023
In the world of customer loyalty, service is the currency paid. It’s a fundamental truth backed by decades of research – when mistakes happen, customers expect service providers to step up and help them make the most of their offerings. The rare 30-year customer embodies this loyalty, having been part of the company’s successes and growing pains.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Ever wondered about the optimal frequency to revisit your customer experience mission statement, success statement, and team charter? We’ve got you covered! This week, our host, Jeannie Walters, founder of Experience Investigators, answers this very question from one of our listeners. You’ll hear some insights and practical advice on why and when to refresh these important tools.
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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.
Optimove
OCTOBER 5, 2023
As Halloween looms closer, there are some chilling challenges lurking that can send shivers down the spines of marketers — but fear not – there are solutions as well. Below are six of these “horrors.” Many were uncovered in our 2023 Marketer’s survey that are below. Respondents included 221 executives at companies, and included CEOs, CMOs, and SVPs of marketing.
Call Experts
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Today, customer support plays a pivotal role in maintaining and growing a loyal customer base, enticing many companies to hire a contact center for their answering services. Ultimately, a well-managed contact center can be the lifeline of your customer service operations. It bridges your business and customers, handling inquiries, resolving issues, and building lasting relationships.
BirdEye
OCTOBER 3, 2023
What do you do when someone leaves a negative review of your business online? Ignore it and hope it goes away? Delete it and pretend it never happened? These kinds of reactions are only natural — no one enjoys receiving negative feedback. However, according to customer experience expert Jay Baer, these reactions will only backfire. During our digital conference, Birdeye View, our VP of Product Marketing, Rebecca Colwell, sat down with Baer to discuss strategies for constructively handling negati
IntouchInsight
OCTOBER 2, 2023
For over two decades, the Annual Drive-Thru Study has provided restaurant operators with benchmark data to track trends and compare their performance against key competitors.
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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Retently
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Have you ever walked into a room full of people and wondered how to start a conversation with each individual? Likewise, businesses meet plenty of customers with unique needs and preferences. Understanding them becomes key to creating memorable experiences and fostering loyalty. But here’s a twist: what if we told you there’s a handy tool to help categorize customers, making it easier to cater to their needs?
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Top Takeaways: Outsourcing customer service and support functions can be an effective strategy for businesses, especially startups, to offload non-core tasks and focus on their core competencies. It can be beneficial as it allows companies to provide 24/7 support and access to properly trained professionals, even if they are not direct employees of the company.
BirdEye
OCTOBER 5, 2023
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions your brand name? The gut reaction people have to your business can make or break its success. Today’s marketplace is competitive and transparent, so managing brand perception isn't just important - it's imperative. The stakes are high, with 91% of customers admitting they'd switch to a competitor following a poor customer experience.
CSM Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Did you know that holiday accident claims spike by 15% each year? As a business owner, you’re directly affected. You’ve got a responsibility to ensure customer safety, but you’re also caught in the crossfire of potential legal issues. This article will help you navigate these choppy waters with strategies for accident prevention, effective responses to claims, and understanding the legal implications.
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.
Currency Alliance
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Recognizing loyalty program members at the Point of Sale (POS) has been challenging for over 30 years. Large brands with their own loyalty program typically invest heavily to integrate the loyalty platform into one or more POSs, but for smaller and medium-sized companies, this is often out of reach in terms of cost and technical complexity. The result is that it can be difficult for a retailer to deliver a smooth customer experience when identifying their own loyalty program members, or customer
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Speed Doesn’t Equal Success: The Limitations of AHT as a KPI by Othmar Mueller Von Blumencron (VIPdesk Connect) While top-notch products and services remain vital, the spotlight in recent years has undeniably shifted to the customer experience as a pivotal factor distinguis
BirdEye
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Your business’s online reputation management is your bread and butter. Your brand reputation management should be your #1 marketing priority. It takes years to build and only takes seconds to destroy. In our digitally connected world, information spreads like wildfire. Reputational risk is the potential harm to an organization's credibility. It occurs when actions, events, or circumstances lead to a negative perception that can damage one's reputation.
CSM Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Loyalty schemes have been around a lot longer than you think, going back even further than the frequent flyer programmes that took off in the late 1970s. Hamish Sherlock of Applause , explains how to build a next-generation loyalty scheme. For centuries, merchants have been offering special tokens that repeat customers could redeem for goods. Today, stamps, vouchers and coupons have mostly been replaced by apps and digital methods of tracking customer engagement.
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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.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Sometimes it’s a “processing” fee. Sometimes it’s called an “admin” fee. We have even seen it labeled “convenience fee,” a refreshingly candid explanation for it. However, they are always additional fees, and if you have them in your pricing, they might have terrible implications for your customer experience.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 6, 2023
This week, we feature an article by Claron Kinny, Content Specialist at Beaconstac , the one-stop solution for all things QR. He writes about the strategies and tools to build customer loyalty. Building and maintaining customer loyalty is more critical than ever in today’s highly competitive business landscape. In 2023, businesses face unique challenges in understanding and retaining their customer base.
The DiJulius Group
OCTOBER 2, 2023
By John DiJulius and Dave Murray “When your company says you want your employees to be leaders, what that really means is that you want their emotional commitment to your vision. A leader’s emotional commitment is about taking on the company success as a personal crusade.” – Stan Slap When entrepreneurs start a company, they. Read Full Article The post How To Identify Talent: 7 Key Traits That Set Emerging Leaders Apart appeared first on The DiJulius Group.
CSM Magazine
OCTOBER 3, 2023
(l to r) Sabio’s Joe O’Brien, Stuart Dorman and Craig Pumfrey at the House of Lords The retail sector is undergoing a seismic shift. Artificial intelligence will – and is – transforming customer experience and will help to turn shoppers into loyal brand enthusiasts. This was the key takeaway from a recent House of Lords thought leadership breakfast I attended, organised by ourselves at Sabio Group alongside Nutun CX, the Durban-based contact centre BPO, and the Retail Trust, the UK
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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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