GetFeedback

MAY 13, 2019

The most critical element to improving your company is not having a visionary CEO, leaders who have “been there/done that,” or teams working long hours to deliver the product: it’s actively capitalizing on the voice of the customer feedback. Voice of the customer feedback is any comment or concern given by a customer to your company. 67% of customers are willing to pay more for better customer experience and the best way to improve is to listen to your customers.

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MAY 15, 2019

There has been a struggle for companies to connect the dots between employee engagement and customer experience. The bottom line is that employees are the driving force of business success, and their insights improve not only the customer’s journey, but the overall employee experience as well. Hear from Jason Macedonia, MaritzCX Senior Director of Employee.

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Customer Bliss

MAY 15, 2019

In my Daily Dose video series, I explore the topics that chief customer officers must grapple with on a daily basis. Join me as I discuss what I’ve learned over the course of my 35-year career, so that you can more effectively do the work that needs to be done. Today’s video is an excerpt from my online course , inspired by my book, Would You Do That To Your Mother?

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ShepHyken

MAY 17, 2019

This week we feature an article by Ashwini Dave who writes about how important it is to show your customer’s appreciation in order to retain their loyalty. Organizations are irrelevant without customers. They are the major reason why you are in business. Data from NewVoice Research revealed that 53% of customers switched brands because they felt unappreciated.

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GetFeedback

MAY 13, 2019

The big event your team spent months planning for has finally come to a close, and it was a success. At least, you’re pretty sure it was. The only way to know for sure how well your event went is by sending out post-event surveys to attendees. Post-event surveys are a foolproof way to get direct, honest feedback about how you can improve your event for next time with valuable insights.

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Customer Bliss

MAY 17, 2019

“I was really looking to achieve an experience that was elegant. I’m a big believer in that,” said Eleanor O’Neil, regarding her decision to create a customer success forecasting system. Eleanor is the Chief Customer Experience Officer at Workshare , a B2B company that manages document productivity and security software for legal firms.

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ShepHyken

MAY 14, 2019

Being Human in a Technology-Driven World. Why Connections Matter More Than Ever. Shep Hyken interviews Jill Nelson. They discuss her company, Ruby Receptionists , and how to use both technology and humanity to deliver an amazing customer experience. The Interview with Jill Nelson: The driving force behind good customer service should be human engagement and connection.

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GetFeedback

MAY 17, 2019

Survey emails are one of the best ways to get customer information straight from the source. But times are changing, and getting your customer’s attention over email is difficult. 20 years ago, when the world was just discovering the email , there wasn’t a whole lot more to do than simply sending your email. These days, we get bombarded with so many messages it’s hard to keep up with everything or know what’s worth looking at in the first place.

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Survicate

MAY 14, 2019

You should never ignore the importance of customer satisfaction. There are dozens of factors contributing to the success (or failure) of a business, customer satisfaction is one of them. It’s important to track this factor and work on improving it in order to make your customers more loyal and eventually turn them into brand ambassadors. If you don’t care about customers’ satisfaction, don’t expect them to care about your services or products.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 17, 2019

Creating a Frictionless Experience. As a global customer experience consultant for nearly two decades, I have never heard a customer say, “Gee! I wish that buying process was just a little more complicated!” Why? All customers want their experiences to be easy. When things aren’t easy in a given moment, we describe that as friction.

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ShepHyken

MAY 15, 2019

It’s never fun to share bad news with a customer. Many people are scared to be the bearer of bad news. There are plenty of examples of bad news – an order didn’t ship, something was damaged, a deadline is not going to be met, etc. It doesn’t really matter what the bad news is; the key to managing the customer experience is how you deliver the bad news.

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ReviewTrackers

MAY 17, 2019

Social media gives consumers ideas about things to do and buy to make their lives better. . These ideas include which restaurants to go to on Saturday nights. . Restaurant Customer Statistics for Every Social Media Manager. An effective social media strategy in marketing is a must for all restaurants. Here are five statistics that prove just how successful social media can be for restaurants when there’s an emphasis on the customer.

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Second to None

MAY 17, 2019

We are not looking to toot our own horn, if you will, but we were recently inspired to explore the regional differences across the U.S. when a potential client pointed out the positive differences between working with Second to None, a Midwest-based company, versus those on the East Coast or the West Coast. Of course most people are aware of the verbal differences, like how people in the south say coke whereas those in the west say soda, but the differences extend beyond accents. .

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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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Interactions

MAY 15, 2019

What does it mean to be conversational? We’ve seen a rise in conversational marketing over the past few years. Conversational marketing is exactly what is sounds like, a marketing style the companies use to engage and interact with their customers in a way that feels natural, casual, and informal. Because of this demand in conversational marketing, we have seen companies introduce chatbots that speak to customers in a seemingly conversational way.

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ShepHyken

MAY 12, 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. Bad Experiences Aren’t Always The Problem for Companies by Mary Drumond. (LinkedIn) When it comes to the strategic decisions that will help you thrive as a company, a positive experience is not the only factor that will make customers choose you, or stay with you.

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Totango

MAY 15, 2019

Culture is defined by actions. It is a tangible presence customers can see and feel in the way you engage them, respond to them, and present the product. Creating the right culture within your enterprise is, therefore, a matter of giving employees the right customer success tools and establishing best practices for using them. In today’s digitized, subscription-based environment, these best practices are based on finding out all you can about your customers and then using that data to create a c

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UJET

MAY 14, 2019

Interactive voice response ( IVR ) is a phone system that uses the phone keypad or voice recognition to direct customers through a company’s customer support system. Depending on the industry, customers might be calling about product support like a smart home device , subscription information or financial issues. IVR systems guide customers towards a specialized support agent or accessing a self-service solution.

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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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Survicate

MAY 16, 2019

Customer satisfaction – once a buzzword, now a standard. Not to measure it, is just like asking your clients to unsubscribe from your service. Customer satisfaction became one of the most important factors deciding whether a particular company is successful or not. To know if you’re on the right track to provide the best Customer experience, it is crucial to measure your efforts and optimize your performance.

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Eptica

MAY 15, 2019

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager Which sectors do consumers trust most for CX? Published on: May 15, 2019. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager If you don’t build consumer trust in your brand, you risk undermining customer loyalty and damaging sales revenue. According to our 2019 Digital Trust study , over three quarters (79%) of consumers said they would move away from a supplier if they lose trust in them.

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Totango

MAY 14, 2019

Customer success initiatives are critical in ensuring your product gives customers the positive outcomes they’re looking for. But how can you tell if your customer success team’s hard work is paying off? One way is to use key performance indicators (KPIs) to make an abstract concept, like customer success, quantifiable. There are many different KPIs, and each evaluates progress toward goal completion from a different angle.

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Call Experts

MAY 17, 2019

Call Experts is the premier call center, answering service, and contact center in South Carolina, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Our trained experts specialize in customer service, order entry, HR call, sales, information technology, software development, and more. We realized that often times in any workplace, the people we see every day have interesting hobbies and skills that you never know about.

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Ecrion

MAY 17, 2019

The floodgates have opened for industry disruption. Changing the customer experience, the applications of AI are thrusting us into the future of cx and beyond. It sounds like something from the Jetsons, but artificial intelligence is here to stay. Robotics and machine learning are driving new innovations across almost every industry, from mechanics to manufacturing.

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Gravy Analytics

MAY 14, 2019

Coach’s new advertising campaign continues to evangelize its modern luxury leather goods to fashionable, younger buyers. The company’s handbags, clothing and accessories take center stage in spots featuring actor Selena Gomez , the current face of Coach. With highly-embellished handbags and shoes, and whimsical clothing and accessories, Coach’s latest line gives a youthful, eclectic aesthetic a luxurious feel.

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Steve DiGioia

MAY 13, 2019

I watched her smile at everyone who passed her. Her gaze fell naturally on each person and she took the time to acknowledge the children. Waves, “high-fives” and plenty of thank-yous always seem to be around her. No wonder why the customers love her. How does she do it? Good question? Is her friendly demeanor something she’s learned or was taught, or is she just “naturally friendly”?

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delighted

MAY 17, 2019

A landmark study found that 86% of 362 companies surveyed thought they provided a “superior experience,” but only 8% of their customers agreed. That huge disparity highlights how sorely companies can miss the mark when it comes to understanding their customers’ needs and expectations. A key way to close that gap and develop solid, lasting relationships with your customers is to ask them for feedback with customer satisfaction surveys.

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