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Building a Successful Customer Experience Strategy

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Companies frequently designate customer experience (CX) as the most exciting opportunity for their business, according to the Digital Marketing Trends Report. Successful customer experience strategies will lead to greater customer satisfaction, higher revenue, and diminished customer churn. Indeed, American Express research shows that a better experience is worth a higher cost for 60% of customers.

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How One Insurance Company Transformed its Customer Experience at the Enterprise Level

Customer Bliss

Today I’m chatting with Scott Campbell , the senior vice president, and chief client officer at American National , which offers personalized life, business, and auto insurance. . Before leading client experience at American National, Scott spent a large chunk of his career in marketing and communications. He previously served as the company’s chief marketing officer.

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How to Create the Best Customer Experience Solutions

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Customer experience solutions are readily available these days. There are robust platforms that promise a seamless journey for your customers. There are feedback tools to help you gather JUST the perfect, most meaningful insights. And there are data sets and analytics and pivot tables, oh my! The real challenge in any customer experience scenario is the cold, hard fact that your customers are…human.

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The Route to Fully Autonomous AI Self Service Starts at your Contact Center

TechSee

We still read periodic scare stories about the rise of self-aware machines that could suddenly decide to put an end to humanity. But a more pressing concern for many is being rendered obsolete by intelligent systems that can outperform us in our daily work. Human-AI interaction, for years held up as the final frontier, is now giving way to autonomous AI-powered customer self service becoming a part of our daily experience.

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2024 State of Customer Education Report

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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Introducing SMS Invitations

GetFeedback

Collect real-time, quality feedback from on-the-go customers. Today we’re excited to announce the newest addition to our suite of survey distribution channels: SMS. This feature helps companies connect with modern customers on their favorite channel and collect even more customer experience data, giving them the insights they need to deliver great experiences and boost loyalty.

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Amazing Business Radio Jon Ferrara

ShepHyken

A Social CRM. Growing Your Business by Growing Your Soul. Shep Hyken interviews Jon Ferrara. They discuss his company Nimble , the history of CRMs, customer service philosophies, and life. In Shep’s Opening Monologue… He considers the balance between the digital and the human experience in customer service. The Interview with Jon Ferrara: Jon Ferrara created GoldMine, the pioneer CRM program, by synthesizing existing technologies at the time.

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3 Customer Loyalty Trends for 2019

Oracle

From the continued growth of ecommerce to the rise of experiential retail , 2018 saw a number of changes within the retail industry. And as retail trends continue to evolve in 2019, so do customer loyalty trends and programs. As retailers big and small reimagine their loyalty programs to meet evolving customer expectations, the experts weigh in on the loyalty trends they believe will be hot in 2019, as reported in Oracle’s 2019 Loyalty Predictions Report.

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4 Metrics for Measuring Live Chat Success

GetFeedback

Customers want solutions, and they want them fast. It’s one of the main reasons why live chat customer service is in such high demand. Implementing a live chat feature is not easy, but definitely feasible. The real hard part is measuring your live chat’s success. How can you tell if it’s working? At GetFeedback, we use four metrics to measure the performance of our live chat support.

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5 things to look for in a customer experience tool

Centriam Customer Experience Lab

Managing customer experience has become increasingly difficult because an organization's experience is impacted by nearly every department. Plus, to get executive buy-in to invest in customer experience (CX), processes and technology are needed to track CX programs and quantify their impact on the bottom line.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

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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Five Ways to Say Thank You to Your Customers

ShepHyken

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. This is the day where we send our spouses, partners, and loved ones a gift. Often it is out of obligation. I have plenty of friends who tell me if they don’t get their spouse some flowers and a card, they will pay for it. So we feel obligated to express our love and appreciation to those close to us. I’ve written several articles about this before, and my favorite one is called The Valentine Obligation.

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Are You Making THIS Mistake with Theory in Your CX Strategy?

Beyond Philosophy

A psychology theory is all very well and good. However, if you can’t apply it to solve your practical needs, it is useless. However, there is another crucial thing you need to know about theory, especially regarding Customer Experience. People get theory wrong with Customer Experience. A lot. We discussed a common mistake a lot of people make with psychological theory in our recent podcast.

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How to Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to Drive Growth

GetFeedback

Interested in learning more about your customers so you can improve products, enhance customer experience , and ultimately drive growth? It’s time to implement a Net Promoter Score (NPS) program. Net Promoter Score is a trusted measure of customer loyalty. It can help companies understand their audiences by quantifying customer sentiment toward products and services.

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How to Create the Best Customer Experience Solutions

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Customer experience solutions are readily available these days. There are robust platforms that promise a seamless journey for your customers. There are feedback tools to help you gather JUST the perfect, most meaningful insights. And there are data sets and analytics and pivot tables, oh my! The real challenge in any customer experience scenario is the cold, hard fact that your customers are…human.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

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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Guest Blog: 5 Ways Your POS Will Empower Your Staff

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Heather Hamilton who shares why investing in a point of sale (POS) system can empower your staff and improve the employee experience. – Shep Hyken. Investing in a point of sale (POS) system is a game changer for your retail business. From stock management to sales reports, customer loyalty, and much more, a POS system streamlines your efficiency in ways that pen and paper just can’t.

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We’re Feeling the Love – for Customers, Agents, and Business Growth

Upstream Works

There’s a lot of pressure to make Valentine’s Day count. After all, it’s one single day dedicated to achieving your relationship goals when there may be 364 other days that go unrecognized. At Upstream Works, we are all about customer relationships. They are at the heart of what we do all year round, and with good reason. Customer love translates to customer loyalty and advocacy.

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How the South Dublin County Volunteer Centre Tripled Survey Response Rates and Measures Success

GetFeedback

The South Dublin County Volunteer Centre’s mission is to promote the value of volunteer work and increase its range and quality in Ireland. The volunteer centre’s role is to connect individuals with an organization that matches their job preferences. For example, if a volunteer is looking to work with animals, the centre will match that individual with an organization that handles animals.

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5 Actionable Strategies To Drive More Sales Using Net Promoter Score

Retently

While NPS® can be an excellent loyalty and customer satisfaction metric , it can also be much more than that. When used properly, Net Promoter Score® can play a significant role in your prospecting and sales process, essentially doubling your growth efforts by focusing on both customer retention and prospects conversion. But how do you use NPS to drive more sales and revenue?

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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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Why I Moved From Customer Success to Product-led Growth

Gainsight

Last month, I quit my position as head of Customer Success at my company, RD Station. It was a dream job for a CS leader, if I may say so myself. In those six years leading the team, I’ve led its growth from one person to 180 people that are now spread across five different functional teams: Customer Success Manager (CSM), Partner Success Manager (PSM), Professional Services, Support, and CS Ops.

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What Do The Financial Times, ROI, and CX Have In Common?

Beyond Philosophy

My company, Beyond Philosophy was named as one of the Best Management Consultancy firms in the UK by the Financial Times. I was surprised and honored. Getting recognized from the outside feels fantastic. What’s more, this award was voted on by clients and peers. All the hard work by my team has paid off, and I couldn’t be prouder of them. When I started my global Customer Experience consultancy in 2002, I had not been a consultant.

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Building a Successful Customer Experience Strategy

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It's quite simple to create a successful customer experience strategy for your organization if you follow these seven steps. .

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The Top Customer Experience KPIs that you Should Know

Second to None

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) allow for a company to visualize and track their progress towards key business objectives. In the customer experience domain, KPIs provide insight based on consumer data. Collecting tangible consumer statistics aides CX teams in building stronger programs based on customer needs. Additionally, these metrics let companies track their progress against their competitors’.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Is Your Contact Center Training Missing These Things?

Integrity Solutions

The reality is, your contact center’s success still hinges on the quality of the conversations your agents have with your customers. By Bruce Wedderburn. The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in investments in AI, data analysis and other technologies designed to increase contact center efficiency. But in spite of all the technology that’s now available, the #1 factor contributing to whether or not your contact center achieves its objectives hasn’t changed.

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The One Word That Makes Customers Accept Your Word As Final

Myra Golden

If you say “because” when you’re telling a customer something, you’ll significantly increase the chance that they’ll accept your word as final. Here’s Why Saying “Because” Works. Research by psychologist Ellen Langer found that saying “because,” and then tossing out a reason as insignificant as a discarded rubber band, got people to agree.

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Building a Successful Customer Experience Strategy

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It's quite simple to create a successful customer experience strategy for your organization if you follow these seven steps. .

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The Best Instagram Analytics Tools

Brandwatch CX

If you want to go a bit deeper than Instagram’s own analytics offering, this list is for you. Instagram has been expanding its marketing options for some time, and accordingly the number of brands marketing on Instagram has grown from 11.5% in 2013 to 32.3% in 2015. Furthermore, it is one of the best platforms to advertise on – a Forrester report has shown that engagement with brands on Instagram is 10 times higher than Facebook, 54 times higher than Pinterest, and an astonishing 8

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AI for Business Outcomes: Selecting the Right Tools to Drive Results

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.