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Power from the People. Employee insights can come from a multitude of sources like unstructured data; and, with churn at record levels (estimated at 30% – 40% per year, and with Gen Z changing jobs at a rate 134% higher than in pre-pandemic 2019)—and the cultural, operational, and customer value discontinuity this can create—it’s essential for every company to have, and apply, every piece of relevant data. .

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BlueOcean

MARCH 31, 2022

If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. The common thread between what workforce management experts and what the manager of a pro sports team might do when the game is on the line is pretty obvious once you think about: we both depend on both statistics and relentless practice to make informed decisions and react to changing dynamics.

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CX Accelerator

APRIL 1, 2022

I can remember it well. I was in charge of a contact center a few jobs ago and we were having our second outage in as many days. After service had been restored, I got a call from a customer. It just so happened to be from a customer to whom I had issued a service credit just a day earlier in hopes of restoring his confidence in our company. Hearing of his disappointment for the second day in a row, I fumbled around in my managerial bag of tricks for the right words to say along with the appropr

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Bill Quiseng

APRIL 1, 2022

QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations. When you are working in customer service, you have been happy that your customers leave satisfied. You have sold them a product or service that meets their wants or needs. Or you solved their problem for them. You were happy because, in the end, you met their expectations and they were satisfied.

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Alida

MARCH 29, 2022

86% of buyers are willing to pay more for a better customer experience. But at the same time, 92% of customers with just two or three negative experiences will abandon working with a company and never look back.

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Totango

MARCH 29, 2022

Customer success goes beyond just viewing and knowing data points about your customers, and checking in periodically. Having real-time data and predictive insights connected to each customer’s individual journey can go a long way to increasing a company’s understanding of how their customers are interacting with their products and organization overall.

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Kayako

APRIL 1, 2022

Every eCommerce company juggles the balance of where to prioritize resources and drive revenue. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what to focus on in 2022 to set yourself up for growth in 2023 and beyond? It turns out that there is an answer. Good customer service is the number one quality customers seek from eCommerce companies. A PwC study found that 73% of consumers say customer service experiences are more important in purchasing decisions than price or product features.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 31, 2022

In the late 1970s, we had a 25 percent inflation rate. It was astronomical. Lately, in some of my experiences as a consumer, I feel a sense of Deja vu. Inflation is everywhere, from the gas pump to groceries to cars and real estate. Inflation is also problematic for businesses. It is frustrating as a brand trying to control an image with customers while feeling pressure to raise prices and cut costs.

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Call Experts

MARCH 31, 2022

Tax season is here, and your business needs help. . So when it’s tax season, and your phone is ringing off the hook, what do you do? It can be a little overwhelming. And scary. You need some help, but who can you trust? We’re here to answer that call! Call Experts is a nationwide answering service committed to giving you the support you need during tax season.

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West Monroe

MARCH 29, 2022

What is the main difference between market makers and market takers? Tangible value. Apple, the prime example of a market maker, consistently creates products that consumers never imagined they needed. From inventing digital music and the iPod in 2001 to launching the iPhone in 2007 to imagining a new way to experience television with AppleTV, the company has innovated to provide a value so high that people are willing to give up a week’s salary to buy an Apple product.

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Russel Lolacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Social public service isn’t effective off the side of your desk. Whether you’re trying to start a successful social media presence for your public service organization or grow an existing one to better serve the public and your organization, there are a few key ingredients you’ll need to be impactful. And if you don’t have them, you’re going to suck or stall.

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Kustomer

MARCH 31, 2022

The transformation is underway and happening fast. Almost every aspect of the way we shop, sell and connect is evolving. Messaging is becoming essential to solve customer issues on-demand, and as a way to build lasting relationships — on channels that customers use every day to communicate with their family and friends. Modern consumers want to connect with businesses at every stage of their journey – from pre-purchase to post-sales support.

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COPC

APRIL 1, 2022

There is an adage in machine learning, garbage in, garbage out. Customer experience management platforms Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like Nexcom’s RevealCX Boost (1) offer customer experience departments innovative ways of efficiently collecting data. The vast potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is lucrative, but rushing to implementation can be a recipe for disaster unless we eliminate biases first.

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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

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Bill Quiseng

MARCH 30, 2022

We don’t offer customer service training. Training is top-down, one-way “I know everything, you know nothing” instruction. Training is the “how” of service. Training is to develop THE BUSINESS. Training is for a job. And the job of employees is to serve to satisfy the customer. In the end, training instructs students on how to TAKE CARE of the customer.

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Totango

APRIL 1, 2022

When it comes to creating winning customer experiences, consistency is key. Your customers should experience the same level of quality from your company at each stage of their journey and from each department in your organization. However, you can’t provide valuable and consistent experiences with disconnected systems and siloed teams. You need a shared space that allows for visual collaboration across departments so everyone can stay up-to-date and on the same page.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 1, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Arvind Kumar, head of product marketing at Zonka Feedback , an all-in-one customer feedback and survey management software. He writes about the future of digital customer experience and explores the CX predictions and trends for 2022. Digital Marketing and purchasing have grown to a large extent over a couple of years.

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Interactions

APRIL 1, 2022

We know that customer experience is important, and businesses are investing a lot of money to improve it. However, the field of customer experience, especially digital experience, is still relatively new. Therefore, it’s common for companies to be learning as they go. This however, doesn’t always yield the best results. In a recent Gartner study , it showed that many customers can’t actually tell a huge difference between digital experiences among many brands. .

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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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ChurnZero

APRIL 1, 2022

Have you ever achieved the career growth you’ve always longed for, only to be attacked by an inner critic who says you’re not capable and it’s only a matter of time until you’re found out? “You’re not alone,” says Sharon Winterton , vice president of Customer Success at Catalina Marketing during her session “ Battling imposter syndrome in Customer Success ” at BIG RYG, ChurnZero’s annual Customer Success conference.

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Vanilla Forums

MARCH 29, 2022

One thing that most organizations struggle with when it comes to their online community forum is engagement. Getting members to stay, participate and continue to be engaged is, in fact, the biggest challenge facing online communities, according to a recent study. That being said, this article will discuss how to design a community engagement plan in three easy steps.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 29, 2022

Rolling the Red Carpet Out for Your Employees. Employee First: How Culture, People, and Service Work Together. Donna Cutting is the Founder and CEO of Red-Carpet Learning Systems, Inc., an organization that provides training and tools to transform your customers into loyal fans. She is the author of Employees First!: Inspire, Engage, and Focus on the Heart of Your Organization.

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Gainsight

MARCH 29, 2022

As a product leader or manager, it may feel like you’re being asked to help your company outrun the competition while the field becomes more and more crowded. You’re not alone. Across the globe, SaaS products are flooding the scene, and the market is becoming saturated with competition. For many companies, it’s up to Product teams to pump up the product and help the organization break away from the pack.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 31, 2022

Did you catch our Customer Success and SaaS metrics crash-course webinar with leading SaaS expert Dave Kellogg, of Dave Kellogg Consulting ? The audience had a ton of great questions that we couldn’t let go unanswered. Following the webinar, we invited Dave to give his rapid-fire takes on tracking the retention of auto-renew customers, calculating customer lifetime value as a startup, comping CSMs on expansion, determining the importance of measuring time to value, and much more.

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Playvox

MARCH 31, 2022

It probably comes as no surprise that customers are at the center of all we do at Playvox. We love when our customers have the systems, processes, and tools they need to delight their customers. Every interaction our workforce engagement management (WEM) software enables helps agents love their job and encourages customers to love their favorite brands.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 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. Research: How Employee Experience Impacts Your Bottom Line by Kate Gautier, Tiffani Bova, Kexin Chen, and Lalith Munasinghe. (Harvard Business Review) Most people believe — and research backs them up — that great customer experience drives revenue growth.

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Happy or Not

MARCH 28, 2022

Part two: Whe n , whe re and how to measure peak-end experiences. And what do you ask? . In part one we discussed the peak-end rule and the importance of triggering positive emotions to drive customer satisfaction and loyalty. We also shared a few examples of how companies create positive peak and end experiences. In this second part, we’ll discuss when, where, how and what to measure, so that you get meaningful insights to improve customer satisfaction. .

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