Sat.Oct 23, 2021 - Fri.Oct 29, 2021

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Who Owns Your CX Program? (Hint: It’s Everyone)

InMoment XI

In my last post, we discussed the difference between interactions, engagement, and customer experience. Now, I’d like to dive deeper into customer experience and the role everyone in your organization plays in delivering that experience. You heard me right: not one department owns the customer experience—it’s every department! I often talk about customer experience lying at the intersection of communications, operations, technology, and employees.

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Fall ‘21 Product Release—Deeper AI, Analytics, and CXM Integrations

Alida

Today, we’re thrilled to announce our Fall 2021 product release. Alida brings new capabilities in customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX), product experience (PX), and brand experience (BX). New product features include AI-driven text analytics and dashboards, improvement to administrative tasks for Alida Touchpoint users, and easier integration into 100s of third-party customer systems.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-25-2021

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. What Kind of CX Do Customers Really Want? by Eric Krapf. (No Jitter) Many customers still prefer email and voice channels for customer service requests over chatbots.

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Embed Trust, Energy and Joy in Work: A Case Study in Empowering Employees

Customer Bliss

Have you ever played service roulette? Here’s how it goes: you’ve got a problem, and you call in or chat in, or tweet out the problem. The more urgent the issue, the more direct communication you want. During your first conversation, you explain your problem and get told immediately, the reasons for your predicament, the company’s stance on the matter, and the rules of the road.

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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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3 Elements to Consider When Selling CX to Your Boardroom

InMoment XI

Getting your C-suite onboard with customer experience (CX) programs can be a real challenge. If you’re reading this, chances are it’s the same story at your organization! While there’s no silver bullet for getting boardroom approval on more CX resources or program renewals, we’re going to break down three elements that can help warm the execs to your Experience Improvement (XI) initiatives.

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Dealing With Angry Customers: Be Sincere When You Apologize

ShepHyken

“I’m sorry.” Customers love to hear those important words, especially when they are calling about a problem or have a complaint. I briefly covered this in a recent article ( The Five Best Things to Say to an Angry or Upset Customer ), but I want to dive into the “I’m sorry” comment a little deeper. . Not long ago I called a customer support center and early in the conversation the agent said, “I’m sorry you are experiencing this problem.

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Announcing Help Scout's 2021 Customer Service Awards

Help Scout

Check out the companies who are delivering exceptional customer experiences in B2B, B2C, and Ecommerce.

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A Tale of 2 Support Calls: Utilizing Visual Customer Support To Improve KPI’s

TechSee

When customers need help, they most often turn to the company’s 800 number for support. According to research , more than 50% of customers across all age groups typically use the phone to reach customer service, making it the most used channel for customer support. But not all voice-based calls are considered equal. The quality of an agent-customer interaction is impacted by the customer’s ability to describe the problem accurately, the agent’s skill level in diagnosing the issue, and individual

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Service Is Not Servitude

Bill Quiseng

Several days ago, I was told that the counter person did not want to say, “How may I serve you?” “I’m not a servant,” she said. She already had an attitude that disdained servitude. To her, servitude meant slavery, having no liberty to determine one’s own way of life. Servitude is having no freedom, consigned to a lifetime of misery and boredom. Service is not servitude.

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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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Social customer service is key: Don’t leave your customers high and dry

NICE inContact

Would you ever get a retail or office space, hang a sign outside with your business's name on it… but then just leave it standing there, unstaffed for long periods of time? And the front door unlocked, no less?

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Optimove and Criteo Announce Partnership to Scale Multichannel Marketing Orchestration and Personalization

Optimove

Today, Optimove is excited about the latest addition to our robust list of exclusive partners as we announce our partnership with Criteo. This global technology company is powering the world’s marketers with trusted and impactful advertising. And, a CRM Marketing hub such as Optimove, partnering with an advertising powerhouse such as Criteo, is our way of offering brands some next-level dot-connecting.

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Contact Center Digital Transformation – The Essential Stages for a Smooth and Successful Transition

Comm100

Today’s customers expect digital communication channels from the businesses that they connect with. It’s well documented that millennials hate phone calls , and to meet the needs of these customers, businesses are undergoing digital transformation to remain competitive. Call centers are evolving to become contact centers in increasing numbers, supporting a wide variety of contact channels for customers.

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Celebrating Customer Service with Gordana Warga and Chad Horenfeldt

Kustomer

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Phil Irvine. In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by two other CX pros at Kustomer – Gordana and Chad. Both have experience in service and support and are celebrating customer service week with their agents.

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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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5 Ways to Increase Customer Loyalty

FiveStars

Loyal customers keep your revenue flowing. In fact, loyal customers spend 67 percent more than occasional customers, which is why focusing on repeat business is a necessity. But, how? The post 5 Ways to Increase Customer Loyalty appeared first on Fivestars Insights.

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Online reviews: The ultimate guide to customer reviews

BirdEye

Online reviews are a critical element of a business’s success. Reviews show valuable social proof, create trust, and help you rank higher in search results. Help your business be chosen over your competition through online reviews. Table of contents Chapter 1: The importance of online reviews Why online reviews matter Top 10 online review statistics How online customer reviews influence sales The value of negative reviews Frequently asked questions Chapter 2: Getting started with online reviews

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Improving Student Engagement – Why Phone Support is Dead

Comm100

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, maintaining high levels of student engagement appeared to be a losing battle for many institutions. Spring break 2020 heralded the most sudden of changes in the span of a few days, putting an end to traditional face-to-face tutoring and in-person events and activities, and heralding remote digital teaching and learning experiences.

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ChurnZero Named Overall SaaS Category Winner in 2021 APPEALIE Awards

ChurnZero

2021 SaaS Awards Announced – APPEALIE Honors The Very Best In Software. APPEALIE has announced the winners of the 2021 SaaS Awards and ChurnZero is honored to be recognized for the fifth year in a row. 41 SaaS apps were recognized for their demonstrated excellence and customer outcomes. Winning SaaS platforms included ChurnZero, Hopin, Intercom, CallRail, and Chargify.

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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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Embedding a Customer Feedback Loop Into Your Product Delivery

Gainsight

Constant feedback is the lifeblood pumping into every successful product delivery. And if you want to unleash a steady flow of products and features that your users love, you have to keep your finger on their pulse constantly. Product feedback loops are the ultimate tool for scanning a user’s experience, pinpointing product shortfalls, and boosting your product.

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Why review sites matter

BirdEye

Look up at the sky on a clear night, and you would swear there are billions of stars, but did you know only about 5,000 stars are visible to the naked eye? Visible stars are also important for your business, reviews. Luckily, unlike the universe, you are in control of the stars visible to others, and how you achieve this is by having strong visibility on review sites. .

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The Top 5 Survey Solutions for Enterprises

SurveyGizmo

Finding the right survey solution for your enterprise is as much about knowing what you want to do with surveys as understanding how to navigate your internal approval processes. Most survey solutions will help you with a simple poll of how people feel or help you build a form to find out what people want to eat. But when it comes to building complex surveys for market research, customer experience, employee experience, or more, you need a solution that is more business software than consumer.

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4 Ways Improved Customer Satisfaction can Drive Business Growth

Advantage Communications

Research shows that “ 93 percent of customers are likely to make repeat purchases from companies who offer excellent customer service.” There’s no doubt about it, customer service is a huge part of customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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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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Is Customer Experience Dying? The Pioneers of CX Discuss

Beyond Philosophy

Is Customer Experience dying? Maybe it is. At the very least, Customer Experience is dying as we know it. I recently discussed whether Customer Experience is dying on LinkedIn Live with two other Customer Experience champions, Joe Pine, co-author of The Experience Economy , and Lewis Carbone, Customer Experience expert and speaker, and founder of ExpereinceEngineering.

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9 reasons to embrace messaging for customer service

Eptica

Date: Friday, October 29, 2021 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager 9 reasons to embrace messaging for customer service. Published on: October 29, 2021. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager The rise of messaging apps has made them a key communication channel for chatting to family, friends, and colleagues. Using the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger for customer service is also growing – but what are the advantages, and what are the challenges?

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Join eGain at KMWorld Connect 2021

eGain Blogs

KMWorld Connect 2021 is happening as a virtual conference, for the second year in a row. While it is disappointing to not be able to meet our peers, colleagues, and experts in person, an online event does give us the flexibility to attend and switch between as many sessions as we like! This year’s conference theme is Impacting the Future: Knowledge Sharing in the Age of New Technologies.

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Get paid quick and easy with Instagram payments

BirdEye

How many times have you scrolled through Instagram and looked at bucket-list-worthy images or a delicious-looking meal, or even discovered a new product? Instagram is known as a popular way to share images and videos, but it can be capable of much more. Enter Instagram payments. With roughly one billion monthly active users, Instagram belongs to the most popular social network worldwide.

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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.