InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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Alida

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Personalization and two-way communication are key to engage and build loyalty among your customer base.

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IntouchInsight

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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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Heart of the Customer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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BirdEye

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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Heart of the Customer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

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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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This article was originally posted on Quirk’s Media. Every successful business outcome benefits from having a reliable, flexible, actionable and amply proven template and improvement guide. This is as true for employee experience (EX) as customer experience (CX). There is a clear path to greater, more progressive employee experience, insights and greater stakeholder centricity for any organization, and it begins with understanding the concept of experience improvement (XI) as it proceeds a

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Conversational automation is crucial to great customer support. An effective customer service chatbot can communicate with customers and answer important questions, streamlining the customer support process. Furthermore, consumers are increasingly expecting chatbots to be a part of your customer support strategy. According to Kustomer research , younger generations have a much higher appetite for self-service and chatbots, with 77% of consumers under 25 saying that they find chatbots to be helpf

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Laura Bassett, Vice President of Product Marketing at NICE CXone , a complete platform for delivering an end-to-end customer experience. She shares five key tips for creating an exceptional experience for customers. Customer experience is constantly changing and evolving. Processes that worked a year ago might not be suitable for a business today.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Customer Enablement Essentials: What B2B and SaaS Brands Need to Know. Customer enablement empowers customers by giving them the resources they need to use your product successfully. This helps deliver more satisfying customer experiences , promoting customer renewals and referrals, which are critical to B2B SaaS businesses. Here we’ll walk you through the essentials you need to know to harness customer enablement to increase B2B and SaaS sales.

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SaleMove

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Small business optimism hasn’t been high and they're inclined to switch financial institutions if their needs aren’t met. Here's 3 ways to retain your SMBs. The post Three Ways for Financial Institutions to Retain Business Customers appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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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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Playvox

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Playvox Announces AutoQA. Whether you work in what is called a contact center, customer support center, or customer experience center, you likely always need to figure out how to do more with less. This need persists, even though we can easily point to research that shows: Companies that lead in customer experience outperform laggards by nearly 80%. 84% of companies that work to improve their customer experience report an increase in their revenue. 73% of companies with above-average customer ex

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about how to create trust with customers. No doubt, a customer who trusts you is more likely to do business with you. And while that is obviously important, creating trust with employees may be even more so. A company that is trusted by customers is first trusted by employees. . With that in mind, here are my top three ways to create employee trust: .

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Russel Lolacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with Senior Manager for Marketing Solutions at Linkedin Amber Naslund on Imposter Syndrome. As someone challenged by it, she shares what she’s learned, what it feels like and how it shows up and how leadership can better support those with this issue. A few reasons she is awesome – Keynote speaker and writer through her Brass Tack Thinking brand, she’s got 20+ years of marketing under her belt, she co-authored the book The NOW Re

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

SaaS Tools to Jumpstart Your Business Growth: Five Essential Apps. Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) tools automate your business functions, fueling your growth by increasing efficiency. For customer success teams, SaaS tools serve to optimize the customer life cycle, improving your marketing, sales, and customer service to deliver better results to clients.

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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.

Customer Insights

Kayako

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The customer relationship management space is buzzing with tips about providing a unified customer experience, but what exactly does that mean in the context of customer experience management (CXM)? Simply put, a unified customer experience is when customers feel like they are interacting with a single company, regardless of their channel. The reality is that it takes quite a bit of work to accomplish a unified experience in today’s digital environment.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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. 4 Ways Brands Are Boosting Customer Loyalty by Scott Clark. (CMSWire) Customer loyalty refers to customers who continue to do business with a brand as a preference over competitors.

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ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

CX Annuities Solve CX ROI & Tenure Dilemmas Lynn Hunsaker. CX annuities is a phrase I coined to represent massive savings and impressive gains available through a different approach to management of customer, partner, and employee experience. Customer experience management typically revolves around touchpoints : service, personalized marketing, loyalty programs, voice of customer, design and digitalization of journey steps, and management of Detractors, Passives, and Promoters.

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Solvvy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With more people using apps, web-based services, and fintech solutions, businesses must overcome the challenge of providing the best possible customer service to these new customers. Complementing your team with chatbots for customer service can help you meet the increased demand and execute a strategy that resolves issues faster and results in happier customers cost-effectively.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Memory Mini Series Part 1: Our Behavior is Motivated by What We Recall. So, How Are Memories Formed? This newsletter is the first of three I will publish on the subject of Memory. Memory is fascinating and a broad topic related to experiences. Therefore, one issue of the newsletter won’t be enough. In this issue, we explain why memories are essential to experiences, when we use them to decide sometimes, and how memories form.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

How to Deliver an Amazing (Versus Unamazing) Customer Experience. How to Use Proactive Communication to Manage Increasing Customer Expectations. Shep Hyken interviews Laura Bassett, Vice President of Product Marketing at NICE , a complete platform for delivering an end-to-end customer experience. Bassett shares how customer expectations have changed over the years and how companies can provide amazing customer experiences through proactive communication.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Integrating chatbots powered by AI into your business is a fantastic way to keep one step ahead of your competitors and provide superior customer service. It also improves the level of interaction between your company and its customers. The primary reason for implementing chatbots into customer service is to improve communication with customers and help them get answers to their queries in real-time.

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Solvvy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

What is a Customer Service Knowledge Base? To build strong relationships with your customers, you must be transparent and provide information. A customer service knowledge base gives you an easy way to provide tips and guidance to educate your users or customers. A customer service knowledge base is a repository of information that people can access to find information, answers to FAQs, and steps they can take to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

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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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