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Net Promoter System Imperfections

Retently

Over the last decade, Net Promoter Score® has gradually become the new standard for measuring customer loyalty and satisfaction, not just for startups but for businesses around the world. Popularly labeled as the “ultimate question”, the NPS® survey has made the long customer satisfaction surveys obsolete (for good!), introducing a new, simple and convenient way for businesses to measure customer happiness.

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CX ROI Metrics Roadmap

ClearAction

CX ROI Metrics Roadmap Lynn Hunsaker Your CX ROI metrics roadmap is a cause-and-effect sequence that multiplies growth. All customer experience metrics used today are lagging indicators of growth. You’re measuring what already happened with customers. Therefore, it’s lagging. Leading indicators are what you are doing that causes the lagging indicator.

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Large Language Models for Feedback Analysis: Which ones are cutting-edge?

Thematic

There is a lot of talk about Generative AI and Large Language Models. Analysts and vendors encourage everyone to jump on the “AI train” to save costs and upskill yourself. Practitioners share war stories of working with data scientists to test out the latest LLMs. When it comes to Gen AI, there’s lots of marketing speak, but then, there’s research!

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The 3 Principles of Brand Loyalty in a Highly Disruptive World

BlueOcean

Brand loyalty is a reflection of a customer’s commitment to a relationship with a given retailer or service provider. But, of course, the current era of disruption is changing everything about all our relationships. The way we interact with people and brands has changed—and consumer spending priorities have evolved just as fast. Read on to discover the three principles of brand loyalty in a world where disruptions continue to shift our buying behaviors (and one interesting exception to the rul

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Unlock the Future of Learning Growth and Retention at Cognition24!

The annual Cognition virtual conference is back on October 16, and this year it’s FREE! You’ll enjoy: Inspiring Keynotes from top learning industry leaders, providing fresh perspectives to help you outperform the competition. Hands-on, Skill-Building Sessions to elevate your growth, retention, and product adoption strategies. Exclusive First Look at the latest innovations from Thought Industries, empowering you with tools to grow faster.

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Lessons in Gaining C-Suite Support From a Veteran of the Board Room

Beyond Philosophy

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 85,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: Sanjay Patel has a pickle, and he wants our help. It’s a simple question but a profound one: How do you get the senior exec to buy into your program? In other words, how do you deal with senior management?

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[Experience Action Podcast] CX Pulse Check – July 2024

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

We unravel how customer success principles are reshaping B2C and B2B industries on this special CX Pulse Check edition of the Experience Action Podcast, with Jeannie Walters and special co-host David Sakamoto. Dive into the fascinating world of AI in the fashion industry, where artificial intelligence is transforming design, marketing, and personalization.

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Don’t Throw Fellow Employees Under the Bus

ShepHyken

I couldn’t hold back. I told an employee to stop complaining about her fellow employees in front of us, her customers. Here’s the story. My wife and I were at a restaurant. The server seemed pleasant and professional, but as our food was delivered, we saw a different side of her. There was a mistake in the order. The side dishes we received were not the ones we chose.

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Introducing the Braze Data Platform

Braze

Today, we’re introducing the Braze Data Platform : A comprehensive, composable set of new and existing Braze capabilities and partner integrations available in our customer engagement solution, designed to help marketers leverage data to deliver more impactful, scalable customer experiences powered…

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AI CoPilots Are Incremental, AI Agents Are The Real Breakthrough

TechSee

The initial promise of artificial intelligence was intriguing: machines capable of augmenting human tasks, enhancing productivity, and optimizing operations. As we stand on the cusp of a new era, the real breakthrough for AI lies not in merely augmenting our existing staff but in fully automated AI agents. AI agents will free valuable resources from mundane tasks.

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The State of Digital Customer Experience Report 2024

This comprehensive report explores the evolving landscape of customer and business expectations, with five key trends that will help you understand your customers and stay ahead of the competition. Discover how your peers are implementing AI to improve customer experience with granular insights into their CX investments and specific AI use cases. For the first time, customers prefer digital channels when interacting with a business.

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How to Understand Your Customers Hidden Motivations to Gain ROI Sub Title: Master Class Part 7: Unlocking the Psychology of Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

Customers can tell you why they do something, But they might be wrong. It’s not that customers are stupid. No, it is quite the contrary. Customers’ thinking and decision-making are complicated; multiple things happen simultaneously. Sometimes, the reason customers do things is hidden, even from the customers themselves. In our penultimate masterclass episode, we explore how you can get at these hidden motivations when designing a Customer Experience that surprises and delights cust

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of July 8, 2024

ShepHyken

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 comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This is What is Missing From Your Customer Experience Playbook by Anne Marshall (Entrepreneur) One-size-fits-all customer experience playbooks don’t exist — and for good reason.

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QUI TAKEAWAY: Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect … for your customers. Don’t be just good. Be GREAT out there!

Bill Quiseng

QUI TAKEAWAY: Customers pay for their experience, not your product or service. The customer’s best value in their experience is one that is “just perfect.” Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect … for your customers. Don’t be just good. Be GREAT out there!

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Unlocking Business Success: 5 Key Trends in 2024 to Succeed Your Customer-First Strategy

C3Centricity

As we debut the second half of the year, the ever-evolving landscape of customer experience (CX) is making business success even more challenging than usual. Are you finding this too? If so, then I have some ideas to help. We already know that businesses that embrace a customer-first strategy successfully lead their markets by driving growth from increased loyalty.

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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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How to help CSMs succeed in 2024: a VP’s perspective

ChurnZero

Last month, Jared Orr made three strong recommendations, from a CSM’s perspective, for customer success leaders looking to help their CSMs succeed. I wanted to complement his suggestions with three of my own, written from the perspective of a VP of customer success. In both cases, we’re addressing the findings of the 2024 CSM Confidential Report , which reveals that while CSMs are generally happy, motivated, and dedicated in their roles, the majority are struggling with heavy workloads and goals

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5 Key Components for IVA Success

Interactions

How to assess your organization’s ability to fully harness the power of an IVA Today’s Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) bring an effortless ease and human-like interaction to customer service. Customers can resolve issues in less time on the channel they prefer, while contact centers reduce live agent minutes, average handle times, and costs. Yet, before implementing a modern IVA solution, organizations should consider if they have the right elements in place to best optimize an IVA.

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AI-Orchestrated Gamification: Its Time is Now

Optimove

Take your customer segmentation to the next level with our advanced guide Download Now Why it Matters: AI-orchestrated gamification combines the dynamic management of customer interactions with game-design elements to enhance user engagement. This innovative approach leverages advanced analytics and AI to understand player behaviors and preferences, ensuring that every interaction is contextually relevant and engaging.

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What is a Customer Journey Map?

Heart of the Customer

Customer Journey Mapping is often the first step in developing a customer experience program. This webinar breaks down what is a Journey Map, what it does, and how to make it most effective. The post What is a Customer Journey Map? appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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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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10 Benefits of Outsourcing Customer Service in 2024

Helpware

Customer support plays a decisive role in business growth. Why do companies outsource customer service, then? If it truly is such a meaningful component of the business success equation, shouldn't brands handle customer service with their own hands? The answer is more simple than it seems.

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What is a Customer Experience Manager?

CSM Magazine

What exactly does a Customer Experience Manager do, and how do they contribute to a company’s success? Let’s find out. According to research by Zippia, more than 2,670 companies in the United States have a Customer Experience Manager overseeing their customer experience initiatives. As companies wise up to the importance of keeping customers happy, this role has shifted from a supporting player to a starring role, with businesses seeking out experts who can make it happen.

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AI-Journey Orchestrated Gamification: Its Time is Now

Optimove

Take the next step with our CRM marketer evolution curve Download Now Why it Matters: AI-journey orchestrated gamification combines the dynamic management of customer interactions with game-design elements to enhance user engagement. This innovative approach leverages advanced analytics and AI to understand player behaviors and preferences, ensuring that every interaction is contextually relevant and engaging.

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Is generative AI is making customer experience worse?

Think Customers

By Tom Lewis, Senior Vice President of Consulting, TTEC Digital When ChatGPT burst onto the scene, it was so widely adopted – and so quickly, by so many – that consumers soon started to expect generative AI-level responses from customer service bots. As generative AI suddenly infiltrated so many aspects of daily life, consumers assumed brands would be using it to deliver relevant information and answers at a moment’s notice.

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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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7 Lessons To Learn From Starbucks NPS To Boost Your Customer Loyalty

SurveySensum

Did you know that Starbucks customers visit the store approximately 6 times per month on average? Why do you think that is? – It’s the experience they create from the moment you walk into their store to the moment you leave and even beyond that. And because of this experience, the coffee giant currently enjoys an NPS score of 77, one of the highest in the sector!

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GEM Rolls-Out BigChange Mobile Tech for Building Services Contracts

CSM Magazine

GEM Environmental Building Services has rolled-out a job management system from BigChange. The cloud-based, 6-in-1 solution live links engineers in the field with back-office management systems providing real-time updated customer interfaces. Using the system GEM has reduced the admin resource required to manage multi-million-pound contracts by around 50 percent whilst improving engineer efficiency by 10 percent.

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Genesys Agent Copilot: Enhancing Customer Support Efficiency

VDS

Genesys Agent Copilot is a tool designed to streamline customer support by automatically providing agents with relevant knowledge articles and information during customer interactions. This system uses advanced AI to analyze the context of each interaction, ensuring agents have the right information at their fingertips, reducing response times, and improving overall customer satisfaction.

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SurveySparrow - Untitled Article

SurveySparrow

The internet offers a variety of ways to earn extra cash, and online surveys are a popular option. This blog will explore the world of paid surveys, helping you decide if it’s right for you and navigate the process effectively. Let’s be honest, who wouldn’t love a little extra cash? That’s what initially drew me to the world of online surveys for money.

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3 Ways Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Can Improve Customer Experience

Today’s digitally savvy customers have high expectations of retailers for convenience, responsiveness, and ease of doing business both in-store and online. Our recent survey of over 2,000 US consumers found that retailers that can drive a seamless, omnichannel customer experience (CX) – across physical and digital channels – have huge benefits for brand relevance, profitability, and customer loyalty.