InMoment XI

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the era of customer-centricity, contact center analytics stands as a beacon, guiding businesses and contact centers toward informed, data-driven decisions. This article delves deep into the intricacies of contact center analytics, showcasing how they can be the linchpin in enhancing customer experience and driving business growth. Demystifying Contact Center Analytics: More than Just Numbers What are Contact Center Analytics?

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Zonka Feedback

OCTOBER 25, 2023

What do your customers really think of you? This has been a question that many businesses have been struggling with. In search of answers, organizations have tried many methods ranging from conducting surveys to monitoring online reviews. Whilst these are useful, there has never been a sure-fire way of knowing what customers truly think. That is, until now.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If you want to understand how to protect your customers’ data and the most common threats in 2023, read on. We’ll dive into five different ways in which cybercriminals can steal your customers’ sensitive information, and then we’ll explore how to avoid these types of attacks. 1. Phishing attacks Phishing is, undoubtedly, the most common kind of hacking technique.

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SurveySensum

OCTOBER 23, 2023

GetFeedback is a customer feedback platform that empowers businesses to capture real-time data from customers at different touch points of the customer journey. The tool provides several exciting features, like survey customization, a gamified user interface, feedback segmentation, custom reports, and many more. Like any other great tool, GetFeedback also has some limitations.

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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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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. With every evolution in technology, workforce trends, and consumer expectations, the questions shift—which is testament to why generic, boilerplate RFPs never work for outsourcing customer care.

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Bill Quiseng

OCTOBER 25, 2023

QUI QUESTION: Customer service is a performance art. Are you Oscar-worthy? Movie actors like Sandra Bullock, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Dwayne Johnson, and Keanu Reeves act to be happy, sad, scared, scary, or angry. Yet, we, as the audience, believe they are genuinely real. The actors may “act their part”, but they are so good that we, as the audience, believe they are real.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Not long ago, I wrote an article and created a video on Doing More Than Expected – even when it’s not included in your job description. I used the example of the server at a restaurant who ran outside during a storm to move the outdoor furniture blowing across the patio to a safer, more secure spot. He returned to the restaurant, drenched from the rain, to applause from the guests.

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Alida

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Customer experience teams and market researchers told us that they’re often overwhelmed with data. They said they’re struggling with disconnected surveys, interviews, and customer listening tools that collect information but don’t bring it together in an effective way. As a result, they need to spend their valuable time combing through responses, interpreting meaning, and looking for patterns.

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Retently

OCTOBER 26, 2023

One of the biggest benefits of Net Promoter Score® is that it gives you timely, relevant customer feedback when you need it most. With this feedback, you can make changes and improvements to your product or service. Do it right, and there’s a chance you’ll win back an uncertain customer or earn the long-term respect and loyalty of a valuable client.

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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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Zeisler Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We recently needed a battery replacement in one of the household computers, so I made an appointment at the brand’s retail location in a local mall. The process of registering and scheduling an appointment was super easy, and the appointment times were remarkably specific, so I figured I was in for a very tightly-run experience. I also had a few other questions about other devices and things I was sort of shopping for at the store anyway, so depending on how efficient they were (fix our device

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BirdEye

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With over 431 million active accounts worldwide, PayPal has become one of the most widely used online payment methods. Whether you’re an individual buying goods online or a business accepting customer payments, PayPal can make transacting fast, easy, and secure. PayPal primarily offers two account options: Personal accounts and Business accounts.

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Lumoa

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Success in customer experience (CX) can be represented by numbers. A high Net Promoter Score (NPS), a large number of new customers in a month, or fewer unsatisfactory customer service request conclusions, are just some of the metrics we use to measure an effective customer experience. But in this pursuit of numbers, we mustn’t lose sight of what truly drives customer experience: Happiness.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Top Takeaways: Transformational experiences involve understanding what truly motivates and inspires customers. This goes beyond mere metrics and focuses on the holistic changes people experience. Meaningful motivation is key to creating a valuable relationship between a company and its customers. It involves understanding customers’ needs and building experiences that cater to those needs, leading to a more lasting and meaningful connection.

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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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Totango

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Brent Cogswell, Head of Customer Success at Schneider Electric, shares the organization’s principles and milestones for building a customer success strategy that unites the company and their customers around a shared mission. “It became our mission to get rid of the spreadsheets and bring all the data and telemetry into one tool, so customer success could control outcomes for our customers and positively affect recurring revenue and growth.

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BirdEye

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For businesses, customer feedback is the anchor to growth, improving customer experience , and increasing revenue. Through the power of AI and automation, businesses can revolutionize the ways they gather, analyze, and capitalize on customer feedback. AI and automated methodologies are adept at processing large volumes of customer feedback. This empowers businesses to take out actionable insights from what customers are telling them.

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Doing CX Right

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Why does podcasting matter? Award-winning podcaster, Stacy Sherman, highlights its role to amplify speakers, boost brands, and enrich customer engagement. The post Podcasting Power: Elevating Brands & Speakers appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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SAP Customer Experience

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Way to the Perfect Set of Use Cases As a CX architect, I am regularly confronted with which use-cases are suitable for improving the customer experience. This question comes not only from sales staff, but often directly from the customers themselves. Companies know their business best, therefore the use-cases.

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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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COPC

OCTOBER 26, 2023

AI is advancing rapidly and will have a revolutionary impact on customer experience. The potential of AI to enhance customer engagement, streamline operations, and foster efficiency is undeniable. This article explores the inner workings of AI assistants, showcasing their ability to provide direct answers to customer inquiries. We begin by laying the groundwork with a comprehensive review of AI terminologies.

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BirdEye

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today, reviews have become more than just words on a screen. They are a powerful tool for businesses to gain credibility, build trust, and promote their products and services. Online reviews are a goldmine of insights. Positive reviews create a sense of social proof, making it more likely for others to buy, while negative reviews repel. A good review creates a sense of urgency, driving customers to purchase so they don’t feel they might miss the opportunity.

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Optimove

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Why it matters: Without the harmonious operation of a Customer Data Platform (CDP) and a Multichannel Marketing Hub (MMH), B2C marketers looking to employ Customer-Led Marketing strategies risk alienating customers with mistimed, irrelevant, and impersonal messages. This post provides valuable insights into what marketers should demand from their CDP and MMH to ensure an optimal customer experience.

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SAP Customer Experience

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A Deeper Analysis of the Benefits of a Customer Data Platform By Peter Gergen, Solution Architect CX A Customer Data Platform (CDP) offers companies a wide range of benefits when it comes to using and managing their customer information. It enables extensive insights into customer behavior, personalized customer journeys, improved.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A listener, Irene Beard, is starting her own company. She’s always believed in a strong brand, but how can she plan what people take away from her brand? Since we discussed this on a recent podcast, and I thought many of you might have the same problem, I thought I would also share our insight on this topic here. Before we get into that, I thought I would mention that Beard contacted us as part of our “I’m in a pickle!

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BirdEye

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Visibility is the cornerstone of business growth and success. The easier it is for customers to find you and assess your reputation, the higher your conversion rate will be. Online listings play a crucial role in every business’s digital strategy. However, there is so much a business needs to know, monitor, and leverage to make the most of listings.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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. Constructing Care: How Your Customers Know They Matter by Chip Bell (Forbes) It sounds like a broken record. “We love customers,” “Customer satisfaction guaranteed,” or “Service is our number one product.” However, the clichéd promises ca

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SAP Customer Experience

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Advantages and demands of customer data optimization By Peter Gergen, Solution Architect CX As a company, you have a wide range of interactions with your customers: through your website, newsletter, or personal meetings at trade shows. Your customers buy products, place orders, make complaints, open support tickets, express criticism, pay.

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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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