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What’s On Your Customer Experience Governance Checklist? Three Must-Haves

InMoment XI

The term “ customer experience (CX) program ” refers to an immensely broad concept. But at the same time, a “customer experience program” encompasses countless daily actions and processes. How do you keep track of all your efforts? And what do you need to do to keep them going? That’s where a customer experience governance foundation comes in—and more specifically, where this governance checklist we put together for you becomes the most useful.

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How to Turn Customers into Storytellers

Alida

Customers always have stories to tell—but at first, they might not realize their feedback is a story that truly needs to be shared. To encourage them to share their thoughts, opinions, and unique perspectives, you need to turn them into storytellers.

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Don’t serve to satisfy customers. Serve to WOW them.

Bill Quiseng

Don’t serve to satisfy customers. Serve to WOW them. The customer does not “journey” sequentially over time, from start to finish. They journey emotionally with “ow” and “WOW moments” The more ow or WOW, the more emotional the moment, the more memorable the experience. The more ow, the more disgustingly memorable the experience, the more disloyal the customer.

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Why Your Measurement is Killing Your Customer Experience And What to Do About it

Beyond Philosophy

I am surprised daily about how many organizations can’t articulate how their improvement in various experience measures, like Net Promoter Score® , will benefit the organization. This connection is essential to understand to create a winning customer strategy. . The same is true for customer data. Too often, an organization is excellent at collecting data to measure the effects of their efforts but has no idea how they will use it.

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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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Three Considerations When Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Regulatory Compliance

InMoment XI

Companies are investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) to save money and time—especially those in industries who have to constantly deal with regulatory compliance documents. After all, who wants to sift through endless amounts of tables and lists? Those working in legal, medical, or financial sectors are often all too familiar with this infamous struggle.

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Three Steps to a Winning B2B Customer Experience Plan

Totango

Delivering a satisfying B2B customer experience is key to staying competitive in today’s SaaS market. Here, we’ll outline a strategic roadmap to developing a winning B2B customer experience strategy. First, we’ll take a look at what B2B customer experience is and why it’s an important priority. Then, we’ll walk you through three steps for creating a solid customer experience strategy.

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Is It Really That Important That I’m Wearing a Name Tag?

Steve DiGioia

There’s always that one employee who refuses to follow directions. It seems that no matter how many times you talk to him, he continues to “forget” to do what he’s told or at worst, intentionally refuses to do it. So, what do you do with an employee like this? Sure, we can give him a kick in the rear and show him the door, but you never want to lose an otherwise half-decent employee if you can help it.

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TrustRadius Awards ChurnZero with a 2022 Most Loved Award

ChurnZero

Love is in the air. TrustRadius has recognized ChurnZero with a 2022 Most Loved Award , and we couldn’t have done it without the support of our amazing customers and just want to say thank you! We love you too! Head over heels. There are 25,820 products on TrustRadius in more than 800 technology categories. ChurnZero is rated as one of the 101 “Most Loved” software platforms for 2022 – placing the company in the top.0004%.

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Amazing Business Radio: Steve Peltzman

ShepHyken

An Evolutionary Moment for CX. Building a Reactive and Predictive Customer Experience. Shep Hyken interviews Steve Peltzman head of FeedbackNow , Forrester ’s AI-powered physical & digital solution.?They discuss how companies can sense, analyze, and react to issues that affect customer experience. Top Takeaways: Wherever customers go, something is different.

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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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Cautionary tale—BNPL disrupts with faster, smarter, more personalized payment solutions

Maru Group

By Mallory Salerno, Vice-President, Business Development, Maru/Matchbox | February 7, 2022. The seamless experience of BNPL solutions has contributed to their exploding popularity. The global market continues to put extreme pressure on financial institutions to develop faster, smarter, more personalized payment solutions. However, traditional financial institutions and lenders continue to fall short by failing to provide a frictionless customer experience.

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Start Coloring Outside the Lines of Self-Imposed Boundaries

One Millimeter Mindset

Are you unintentionally creating self-imposed boundaries for your professional self? When do you create these? What stories do you tell yourself, denying the existence of these impediments? How do these limits make you feel secure, comfortable, and end up keeping you professionally static? Last week’s blog post focused on the importance of creating a habit of self-acknowledgment : inward affirmation.

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ChurnZero earns spot on G2’s 2022 Best Software Awards

ChurnZero

ChurnZero, a leading Customer Success software platform, today announced it has been named to G2’s 2022 Best Software Awards, placing #31 on the Project Management Products list and achieving the highest rating for Customer Success software. This award is earned by software products and companies that provide best-in-class customer service products and experiences for their customers.

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ContactBabel Report: The 2022 U.S. Contact Center Decision-Makers’ Guide

Playvox

As contact centers around the world grapple with the realities of hybrid work , the Great Resignation, heightened customer expectations, and supply chain woes, many are turning to industry research and data that can provide guidance, perspective, and clarity to help them maintain and grow their CSAT and NPS scores. Enter ContactBabel. As a leading analyst firm for the contact center and CX industry, ContactBabel publishes the Contact Center Decision-Makers’ Guide each year, giving the industry u

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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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Use Relationship Data to Build Stronger Connections

ShepHyken

First, I hope the word “data” doesn’t scare you off. We’re not going to discuss the typical customer data that might bore most people, although I’ll admit that I get excited and geek out about the data, stats, and facts that show trends in business. Today we’re going to talk about relationship data. . First, understand that relationship data is information you have about a customer that you can’t get by looking at a spreadsheet that includes information about all your customers.

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Seemingly Small People Skills Errors That Create Big Trouble | #PeopleSkills

Kate Nasser

These seemingly small people skills errors create big trouble. Alternatives from Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author Leading Morale. The post Seemingly Small People Skills Errors That Create Big Trouble | #PeopleSkills appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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How CX Influences Business Value with Christopher Stark

Kustomer

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Christopher Stark from Khoros. We brought him on the show today because of his unique background as a leader in CX and Business Value. Tune in to the episode to learn more about increasing your company’s value through a stellar customer experience.

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Customer Experience Trends to Expect in 2022: Part Two

Merkle

Thank you to the thought leaders who contributed to this article: Evan Nicholson, Digital Experience Practice Director, Merkle. Jen Karlson, Commerce Strategist, Merkle. Michela Baxter, Sr. Director, Promotions & Loyalty Solutions Practice Development, Merkle. Mike Adamson, Sr. Manager Experience Strategy, Merkle. Timea Szell, Sr. Manager Digital Experience Strategy, Merkle. .

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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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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 2-7-2022

ShepHyken

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. 9 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty by Ken Peterson. (CMSWire) This got me thinking about all the companies I’ve worked with and used over the years and what they actually did to earn my loyalty.

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Problem Solved: Software-Only MFA for Call Center PCI Compliance

CSM Magazine

In 2020 there were an estimated 2.83 million people working in call centers across the United States according to Statista.com. These facilities are the backbone of numerous industries’ customer service operations which rely upon these call centers and call center agents to ensure their customers are receiving the best experience possible. In an industry that employs millions and is also responsible for handling sensitive information for millions, security and efficiency are extremely impo

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Customer Success, Start Playing Offense to Build Your Executive Presence

ChurnZero

6 Ways to Capitalize on the C-Suite’s Attention on Customer Success. As a customer success leader, you’re likely familiar with the struggles of gaining executive buy-in and advocating for the criticality of customer success to the larger organization. For years, customer success has fought for the attention of the C-suite and to join them in their ranks.

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Let’s Talk Psychological Priming! Live 2/10 @ 10:00 am CT

Myra Golden

Learn how to guide challenging customers to the next steps using Psychological Priming! Pour up a cup of coffee and join me live! .

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Guest Post: How to Improve Your Post-Purchase Customer Experience

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Devin Pickell, Growth Marketer at Privy. He shares simple but effective ways to improve your post-purchase customer experience so your customers keep coming back for more. Getting a customer to make their first purchase is not easy. Out of all the options available today, they decided to go with your brand. Maybe they read a handful of 5-star customer reviews, perhaps your product page really stuck out to them.

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Functional Roles of Customer Success

Gainsight

Customer success plays an integral role in the success of any organization. CS efforts impact customer acquisition, upsells, expansions, renewals, and customer advocacy. Almost every business goal outlined by your company can be improved by someone in a customer success role. Customer Success Roles. Because customer success impacts so many sections of your business, it requires a specific mix of CS professionals in order to be successful.

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Five Contract Renewal Tools to Increase Customer Retention

Totango

The contract renewal stage of the customer lifecycle is a critical component of driving retention for SaaS products. Knowing how to use technology to optimize your contract renewal process can increase your retention rates and your revenue. In this article, we’ll discuss five essential technology tools you can use to automate your contract renewal procedures.

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How has the in-store experience changed in a post-pandemic world?

delighted

This post is a contribution by Ganesh Mukundan , Content Marketer at Hiver. Does the future look bleak for brick and mortar stores? 2020 sure made it seem that way. The COVID-19 outbreak showed no mercy. Along with alarming health concerns worldwide, it had most retail businesses running for cover, with some of them having to bear the brunt of overnight closures.

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AI for Business Outcomes: Selecting the Right Tools to Drive Results

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.