CX Accelerator
JANUARY 7, 2019
I’m not known for being quick on the uptake by those closest to me. A couple prime examples include long division and driving a stick-shift. When my only option was a manual transmission, my parents just sort of cut me loose on the streets of Rancho Cucamonga, California to learn to drive (Yes, I already had my driver’s license but on an automatic transmission).
BlueOcean
JANUARY 8, 2019
One negative customer experience may seem like a drop in the ocean of all your customer interactions, but it’s never that simple. Consider these statistics from a recent survey from NewVoiceMedia: After experiencing poor customer service: • 37% of customers would change their supplier. • 28% would post a negative online review. • 26% would complain via social media. • 13% would tell friends/colleagues. • 10% would inform the media.
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GetFeedback
JANUARY 7, 2019
Live chat customer service has become an expectation to the modern customer—more than half of all customers prefer chatting with someone in real time via chat rather than picking up their phone. As a result, live chat is expected to grow by as much as 87% in the next 12-18 months. While live chat is the perfect addition to any customer service program, it doesn’t come without its challenges.
Alida
JANUARY 7, 2019
In 2018, Experience Management (XM) arrived. Customer centricity is now a long-term, strategic imperative at the executive level. With one successful IPO, one mega acquisition and accelerating consolidation, 2019 will see the Data Management Platforms (DMPs) take over as the sources of truth in the enterprise. That takeover will drive significant change across corporate structure, technology and data workflows.
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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.
Customer Bliss
JANUARY 11, 2019
Are you doing all that you can to help your company earn customer-driven growth? The key word here, is, earn. You can earn customer growth by anticipating their needs, extending patience, and showing respect at all times. This is a topic I address in my latest book, Would You Do That To Your Mother? My goal with the book is to help you focus your decision making and actions on what matters most so you can inspire new behaviors inside of your company.
CXDNA Update brings together the best content for customer experience professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Michel Falcon Experience
JANUARY 10, 2019
There are many customer service skills that employees must possess to contribute to the success of a company. Things such as friendly, proactive, going above-and-beyond all come to mind. It’s likely that you clicked through to read this post because you want new customer service ideas, not the same old run of the mill concepts that have been suggested by everyone else online…am I right?
InMoment XI
JANUARY 8, 2019
MaritzCX Provides the Tools and Technology Needed to Research, Measure, and Focus the Customer Experience Chris Neeson, Customer Experience Leader at Ohio Mutual Insurance, attributes their CX Program success to a combination of knowledge, expertise, and selecting the right partner. Hear how they deliver the best experience to their policy holders by identifying issues and.
Customer Bliss
JANUARY 10, 2019
As conversations around sustainability and corporate social responsibility continue to increase, I think you’ll enjoy this timely conversation with Michael Bair , Senior Director of Member Experience at Inspire , a clean energy tech start-up. Inspire uses technology to bring clean energy sources to businesses and the homes of everyday Americans. With over 10 years of experience under his belt, leading customer-facing teams, Michael sheds some insight into how he breaks through some of the challe
GetFeedback
JANUARY 7, 2019
Live chat customer service comes with its unique challenges. Do you know what they are? Here are 5 live chat service pain points and how to overcome them.
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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.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 10, 2019
Understanding Customers’ Mental Budgets. I won some money at a Casino recently, an unusual outcome for me. It wasn’t a huge amount, but it was a nice windfall. Did I spend it on something practical? No. Save it? Nope. Give it to charity? Not a chance. I bought a fancy new fishing reel that I had my eye on but previously had felt was too expensive. It’s excellent, and I couldn’t be happier.
Experience Matters
JANUARY 7, 2019
If you’ve followed our research, then you know that we’ve always viewed employee engagement as a fundamental component of customer experience. One of our Six Laws of Customer Experience is that “Unengaged employees don’t create engaged customers.” It just makes sense. How can you possibly expect to consistently deliver great customer experience with apathetic or disengaged employees?!?!
ShepHyken
JANUARY 8, 2019
The Culture of Caring. Creating an Unforgettable Customer Experience Every Time. Shep Hyken interviews Claire Boscq-Scott. They discuss the importance of a workplace culture of caring and how it can positively impact the customer experience. Shep’s Opening Monologue. In Shep’s opening monologue, he elaborates upon the idea of amazing your employees so that they, in turn, can amaze your customers.
UJET
JANUARY 10, 2019
Great omnichannel support requires the right tools and training to ensure that your team provides a consistent customer experience. As your company grows, you'll need to support a higher volume of customers—which means scaling your customer-support team to meet their needs.
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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CX University
JANUARY 8, 2019
In the Bible of Self-Help Books, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” by Dale Carnegie, the author spends at least two out of every three chapters discussing an aspect of empathy. Two out of every three. The rest he spends on communication tactics you can employ to make it easier for people to follow your advice. But two out of three boils down to empathy: how to listen, how to consider someone else’s point of view, how to validate their point of view.
Lumoa
JANUARY 8, 2019
Find out what are 5 leading trends in B2B customer experience management in 2019. Drive your business-to-business operations to customer success and advocacy. Understand the influence of customer feedback on B2B operations.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 7, 2019
Each week I read a number of 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’s in the box? Insights into the Subscription Based Economy by Sonakshi Nathak. (LinkedIn) Glancing over the New York Times app for your daily briefings as you brew your coffee, you head to the counter to discover a box from Blue Apron to prepare Mexican-Sp
Eptica
JANUARY 9, 2019
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director Reviewing 2018 – our top 10 blog posts from the year. Published on: January 09, 2019. Author: Anne-Claire Bellec - Marketing Director As we come back to work after the holiday season and settle into 2019, it’s a good time to review last year and what we’ve learned.
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.
Amity
JANUARY 9, 2019
This article was originally published on WnTD's blog. With Elizabeth's permission, we are republishing and sharing it with our community. One of the most exciting aspects of developing customer success strategies is looking at how Customer Success is (or should be) integrated with other areas of the organization. It’s where you start to see the positive impact CS can have on the entire organization and how CS is truly a cross-functional business discipline.
Thematic
JANUARY 7, 2019
Are you doing customer engagement right? Too many marketers assume that their strategies and offers are engaging their customers. This assumption is often wrong. Unless you are engaged in two-way dialogue and providing value-added communications, you have no idea what customers think about your business and your marketing tactics. Our company ( ERDM) just completed VOC research for a major up-and-coming brand.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 11, 2019
This week we feature an article by Agi Marx who shares 3 ways to close the customer feedback loop to prevent churn and increase revenue. – Shep Hyken. What is the customer feedback loop? Customer feedback loop is the practice of responding to customers meaningfully when they leave feedback. For example, if a customer complains about being overcharged, the company may respond with an apology and issue a refund.
ProProfs Chat
JANUARY 10, 2019
A robust customer service strategy helps your brand increase its customer base and also keep its existing ones delighted. However, building an amazing strategy requires an organization to keep up with the changing customer service trends every year. While many experts in this segment may offer you great insights, finding all the trends at one place is kind of tricky.
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NetBase
JANUARY 7, 2019
January 2019 Update: As trends change and technology advances, social media tools become more powerful as well. Here’s an updated list of some of what’s out there right now, as well as what you should look for in a social analytics tool. Already know what matters? Skip right to the list of tools! A Quick Refresher on Why You Need Social Analytics Tools.
Answer Dash
JANUARY 9, 2019
(This article is first published at Forbes ) Before we get into my fifth annual piece on customer experience predictions, let me introduce myself to new readers. I started writing about customer experience for Forbes in 2014, simply because I thought it was interesting–I was fascinated by human behavior and by the idea of a brand. I’ve been lucky enough to work in some type of “customer” area since 2007, starting off in the conference industry, then media about customer management (that’s what w
ShepHyken
JANUARY 9, 2019
Some people claim that customer service is getting worse. I disagree. Customers are getting smarter and expecting more. The customer service “bar” is raised by great companies who teach us what good customer service should be. And, when there is a customer service “horror story,” it seems to stand out much more than when everything is right and works the way it’s supposed to.
Brandwatch CX
JANUARY 7, 2019
Believe it or not, people took photos before Instagram. People even shared photos before Instagram. With its snazzy filters and easy sharing options, soon we were all addicted to posting our holiday hot dog legs and hipster food snaps. With many millions now using the app every day, there is no shortage of Instagram stats and facts that show how popular it is.
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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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