Doing CX Right
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Businesses need to take extra care of high-value customers, or they'll go to a competitor Read & apply customer appreciation best practices. The post Not All Customers Are Created Equal appeared first on Doing CX Right.
NICE inContact
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
In these days of striving for excellent CX, it's important to use every tool available. The best cloud ACDs can help contact centers improve experiences and avoid service failures through sophisticated routing, smart self-service, and providing agents and supervisors with enhanced capabilities. Additionally, modern ACDs provide contact center leaders with real-time information for better decision-making and empower them to make quick, effective configuration changes.
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BirdEye
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
A complete guide to creating rewarding interactions and experiences that delight through customer messaging. Here’s what you need to know and how to implement it. Table of contents asdasd asd h3 Decide Delight Customer interactions and customer experience: How are they linked? Build customer loyalty Repeat business. The communication between business and customer is described as customer interactions.
InMoment XI
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
There’s a problem with how many businesses view customer experience (CX) data: human beings cannot (and should not) be distilled down to numbers. For many years, experience programs have hailed numbers as a sort of holy grail, but the reality is that numbers are no substitute for genuine human connection. None of this is to say that metrics aren’t important, but companies should remember that they can only reveal so much about why customers may be experiencing an issue or even why they remain lo
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Experience Investigators by 360Connext
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
This article is sponsored by PayPal. ne·glect /n???lekt/. verb: fail to care for properly. noun: the state or fact of being uncared for. from Oxford Languages. Neglect can feel like a harsh word. It’s easy to think that if we’re neglectful toward our customers, it must be through some negative action. But the most common type of customer neglect we see is simply the lack of attention paid to putting the customer first.
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BlueOcean
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Call volume forecasts are inarguably an essential tool in the successful delivery of customer care excellence. Your program’s forecast is the map that tells you where to go based on where you’ve been. Without it, you’re lost at sea. With it, you’re one significant step closer to delivering an exceptional customer experience. But customer care volume forecasting typically relies heavily on historic trends.
InMoment XI
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Every business can agree that a sterling brand reputation does wonders for both the customer base and the bottom line—but how can companies build a better rep by leveraging customer experience (CX) tools? Additionally, why are CX programs (especially those that drive Experience Improvement (XI)) ideal for building a reputation that your existing customers will love and that new customers will find enticing?
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
This week we feature an article by Noa Danon, co-founder and CEO of EverAfter, a company that helps build lasting relationships with customers and partners using data and content. She writes about how companies can keep their customers happy while looking for opportunities to sell more. SaaS has changed the traditional sales rules. With SaaS, purchases are mainly cloud-based with major demand.
ReviewTrackers
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Cultivating a high level of customer satisfaction is a priority for all restaurant brands because foodservice is one of the most competitive industries. The 2018 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) reported that American now spends more than half of their food budget on dining out, which puts the annual sales projection for the restaurant industry at nearly $800 billion.
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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.
Thematic
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
When we conduct research, need to explain changes in metrics or understand people's opinions, we always turn to qualitative data. Qualitative data is typically generated through: Interview transcripts Surveys with open-ended questions Contact center transcripts Texts and documents Audio and video recordings Observational notes Compared to quantitative data, which captures structured information, qualitative data is unstructured and has more depth.
Help Scout
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Since there are multiple, distinct steps in the customer journey , some companies choose to separate these steps and have them managed by separate roles: The sales team handles pre-sales. A customer onboarding specialist manages onboarding. A customer success specialist owns lifecycle management. If your company is splitting responsibilities in a similar way, this post will teach you how to write a customer onboarding specialist job description that attracts the most qualified candidates and get
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Creating the I’ll Be Back Experience. How to Get Your Customers to Come Back Again and Again. Shep Hyken talks about his new book I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again. The book comes out on September 21, 2021. Top Takeaways: Questions like, “Are you happy with our service?” and “Would you be willing to recommend us?
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
We all want customers that return and buy more for us. Returning customers often buy more than new customers and require fewer resources to attract. So, how do you get customers to come back? . I went outside my own resources to get you an answer to that question. On a recent podcast, we hosted speaker and author Shep Hyken, one of the most influential voices in Customer Experience today.
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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.
Totango
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
What is CSAT , what is it good for and how do you track it and use it? In this post, we’ll focus on this important customer satisfaction metric. We’ll define what it is and how it contrasts with another popular key performance indicator, NPS. We’ll consider the benefits of tracking CSAT and how it can help your business. We’ll discuss how to measure CSAT within the context of your customer lifecycle.
Magellan Solutions
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Leverage outsource telesales to improve your online digital marketing efforts. To go digital has become the mantra of most businesses. Thus they amp up their marketing and sales efforts online, which is the practice of online digital marketing. However, outsource telesales is still a key strategy to ensure your sales pipeline is full. While it is true that online digital marketing is a great strategy to get leads, to ditch your B2B or B2C telecalling marketing strategies is not smart either.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out. (Shameless plug: Get it today!) . It’s always been my philosophy that customer service is not a department.
CSM Magazine
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart famously said – “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary” In today’s competitive business world, it’s not just sunshine and rainbows. Businesses are bombarded with endless customer issues and of course, stories of poor support experiences. When the margin for error is so low, how do you improve your customer service?
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!
Comm100
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Technology continues to evolve across all business sectors. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, and analytics are part of the technology stack that every company has actively started using to enhance productivity and efficiency. However, regulated organizations must have a clear and intense focus on customer experience and loyalty to achieve their business objectives, even as they embrace this new technology.
Daniel Group
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Welcome to Success Strategies. What’s the best way to get feedback? Is it phone, web, email, or text? Well, unfortunately, there is no one correct answer. It depends on multiple factors, from the complexity of the transaction to your customers’ preferences. Remember, for deep analysis, there is no substitute for talking to your customers one at a time.
Magellan Solutions
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Wondering how Lead Generation Services can help your company’s bottomline? We got some answers! Do you find it difficult to meet your development targets? Have you fallen into the referral trap, where the majority of your development is based on referrals? . If that’s the case, you’re not alone. It’s not a good idea to rely solely on referrals for new business.
Lithium
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
In this episode, Cyber Security Evangelist at Check Point , Dameon Welch-Abernathy (aka ) talks about launching, growing, and leading user communities. A community, whether in-person or virtual, isn’t just a set-it-and-forget-it type of project. It takes a lot of involvement from all types of users and leaders to create a space that invites participation.
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BirdEye
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
The average American checks their phones over 60 times daily? If you’re not using text to reach your customers, that’s over 60 missed opportunities! Texting is convenient and that’s what busy consumers expect these days. Research indicates 85% of customers prefer to text a business. If you’re looking for text message marketing examples that you can start using today, read on!
Daniel Group
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
CX Success Stories – HOLT CAT. Edward Craner, SVP of Strategy and Marketing, HOLT CAT , shares how they have transformed their company with feedback over the past 13 years. Lynn Daniel (00:03): I’m with Edward Craner, who is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy with Holt Cat of San Antonio, Texas. Edward, thank you. Glad to have you with us today.
Eptica
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Date: Friday, September 24, 2021 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Why we need to think of the contact centre as a revenue engine. Published on: September 24, 2021. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager In the old days, the contact centre was seen primarily as a cost centre. Managing it successfully relied on improving productivity and keeping costs low, without impacting the service that was delivered.
Kustomer
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by the Director of Customer Service at McKesson, Kenny Middlebrooks. Kenny’s a CX expert and is on a mission to help leaders simplify their CX in complex situations. Listen to the full podcast to learn more. Filling in the Gaps with Different Skill Sets.
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