Heart of the Customer

MARCH 30, 2023

Like its cousin manufacturing, distribution seems more about price than customer experience (CX). This makes it harder to engage executives in the importance of CX. That is, until customers start churning, complaining that it’s too difficult to work with you. That’s where CX becomes critical. It’s not that price doesn’t matter – it obviously does! […] The post How Do I Get Distribution Executives to Care About CX?

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Doing CX Right

MARCH 25, 2023

Improve your podcast engagement and attract loyal listeners who return & tell others. Read & apply simple customer experience tactics now. The post 8 Proven Customer Experience Tactics For Boosting Podcast Results appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 27, 2023

Top Takeaways: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) bring significant innovations that can truly transform customer service and experience. We now have technology that companies can apply quickly and cost-effectively to deliver the transformational experience customers have expected from the support industry for a long time. Technology can now deliver a conversational feel to the customer’s interaction with a chatbot.

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Alida

MARCH 28, 2023

Employee experience is the beating heart of any company and must be prioritized to build a winning culture. The result: fully engaged employees taking great care of their clients.

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Blueshift

MARCH 29, 2023

It’s no secret that AI is shaping marketing this year. With the launch of ChatGPT, AI has been at the center of many of our conversations, particularly in marketing. Without even realizing it, AI is already ingrained into most of our day-to-day lives – Alexa turns on our lights, our iPhones unlock with facial recognition, our favorite shows are suggested on streaming platforms, and our GPS uses AI to calculate the best route.

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TechSee

MARCH 28, 2023

A few days ago, we hosted a webinar on the topic of Generative AI, Hype or Practical? We were joined by two of our senior technology experts, Hagai Ben Avi, VP of Integrated Solutions) and Renan Schilman, (VP of R&D). Couldn’t make the entire webinar? Not to worry, we have summarized six of the key takeaways below. To watch the webinar, check it out on demand here.

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Feedbackly

MARCH 30, 2023

Customer behavior is a complex phenomenon that evolves continuously. While it’s difficult to fit it within a framework, understanding your customers and forecasting how they will behave can help businesses to a great extent. A customer journey or buying journey encompasses every interaction that a customer has with the business from beginning to end.

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Team Support

MARCH 30, 2023

TeamSupport is all about customer-centricity; it’s built in our DNA. So, we regularly update and enhance our products to ensure we’re providing you, our customer, with software that can grow with you and support your customer service efforts. Detailed below are the features we’ve released in the first quarter of 2023: SUPPORT OUR CUSTOMER SUPPORT TICKETING SYSTEM New Ticket Template Customers can now enhance their customer support team efficiency by creating ticket templates based on their produ

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ChurnZero

MARCH 31, 2023

The purpose of a Customer Success team is to help a company’s customers get the most value out of its product. The hypothesis is, if a customer maximizes the obtainable value, they will remain loyal and spend more with the company. This isn’t merely a theory. Case studies have shown loyal customers spend more— up to six times more —over the customer lifetime.

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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.

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BirdEye

MARCH 29, 2023

“I am consistent with my social media posting, but I still fail to see an increase in followers or leads.” Does this sound like you? Does generating leads and building a more prominent brand for your business through social media seem challenging? What if we told you that monitoring a few social media engagement metrics can make all the difference? Yes, you heard it right.

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Optimove

MARCH 30, 2023

Something about the passage of time repeatedly catches us all off-guard. And sure, 2023 just started, but summer’s somehow approaching. This, for us, immediately begs the question, what will summer shopping look like this season for brands? Will it sizzle or fizzle? To find out, we did what we always do in these situations: fielded a consumer survey.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. The key to maintaining peak performance is to continuously optimize productivity and streamline operations. Whether you’re looking to implement new technologies, fine-tune your staffing strategy, or empower your agents to provide exceptional customer service, you’re in the right spot.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Josh Centers, a Business Journalist at TextExpander , a platform that empowers teams and individuals to save time and eliminate repetitive typing with just a few keystrokes. He shares the challenges that customer service representatives face and how companies can overcome them. Good customer service is something we cherish.

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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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SaleMove

MARCH 31, 2023

A panel of credit union and fintech experts gathered with our partner Tethr and Glia to discuss their experiences. Read their tips and thought processes. The post The Future of Member Service: Credit Unions Discuss Technology and Service appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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DemandJump

MARCH 28, 2023

You’ve written a ton of educational and engaging blogs, white papers, case studies, and more. You’ve developed graphics, infographics, and maybe even some videos to go along with your written content. You’ve posted it all to your website, you’ve shared it out on your social media channels, and maybe you’ve even put some money behind your most important articles.

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kommunicate

MARCH 31, 2023

Last Updated on March 31, 2023 Customer support is the backbone of any successful business, as it directly impacts customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention. In today’s digital age, most of the communication happens virtually. To meet and exceed customer expectations, customer support teams must possess a range of skills. This can vary from effective communication [.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 2023

On a recent flight, the captain of the airplane announced over the PA system what time we would arrive at our destination. That would have been enough to make most people happy. However, he continued his announcement with a three-minute-plus speech. We learned that we would take off to the west, make a U-turn a few minutes later to head east, how high we would go, the various cities we would be flying over, that we would take a right turn as we approached the runway to land, and more.

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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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The DiJulius Group

MARCH 27, 2023

The highest level of customer experience goes hand in hand with customer retention. Admittedly this might sound like a no-brainer. Yet—despite it costing 5-10x more to gain new customers than to get more business from current ones, and that current customers spend a whopping 67% more, on average—companies often focus more on customer acquisition than.

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Customer Enthusiast

MARCH 31, 2023

Last month, I presented to a group of hotel general managers. These were the presentation’s three main objectives: Reveal the totality of employees’ job roles. Connect daily work activities to the higher purpose of the job role. Inspire greater employee engagement. Studies confirm that learning retention evaporates quickly without reinforcement.

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Thematic

MARCH 30, 2023

Gathering customer feedback is essential for any business that wants clear insights into customer interests and needs. With the right feedback form, you can collect valuable insights from your customers to help you identify areas of improvement. Getting feedback may seem simple. Ask people what they think! Right? It’s not that easy. Did you know that only one out of 26 customers share their negative feedback with a business?

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West Monroe

MARCH 27, 2023

Subscribe Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts iHeart Stitcher Pandora Group Copy Created with Sketch. Email LinkedIn Twitter icon Facebook printer copy Print this page Listen to "How AI and the Next Generation of Employees are Shaping the Workplace" on Spreaker. About the episode Workplace 2.0 is about to revolutionize companies. How can they harness younger, tech-savvy talent—their ideas, their energy, and their ability to break through siloes?

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SurveySparrow

MARCH 29, 2023

In today’s age, eCommerce has become a pivotal part of our lives. It is impossible to think of a time when we couldn’t order something online. From groceries to jewelry, everything is available at the click of a button. Well, a few buttons. With the increasing number of eCommerce stores, business owners should find ways to streamline the experience of their customers.

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Method:CRM

MARCH 28, 2023

In 2023, customer experience is going to play a bigger role in businesses than ever before. To stay ahead of the curve and create a good customer experience, companies need a clear customer-centric strategy. This blog dives into some of the ways you can provide the best customer experience. You’ll also learn how to measure and analyze customer experience.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 28, 2023

Early-stage SaaS businesses tend to put most of their focus on acquiring net new customers. For a little while, customer retention is a manageable task with existing staff. When you have only a handful of customers, your sales team, product team, customer support team—and even executives—can join forces to keep them happy. However, this isn’t scalable.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Microsoft recently announced the launch of Copilot, a new tool that is set to bring massive productivity gains for professionals across the globe using its Office 365 application suite. But – and granted the official launch never mentioned any features or capability directly related to customer experience (CX) – it got me thinking none-the-less, could this be the latest disruptive AI capability for our industry ?

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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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