2012

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Complimentary Webinar Oct. 29: Customer Service in the Age of the Customer

InMoment XI

How do customer service execs strike the right balance of cost and quality in the new age of the customer? This is one of the questions addressed in the complimentary webinar Customer Service in the Age of the Customer: The Secret to Balancing Cost and Customer Experience” on Monday, October 29, 2012, at 12 p.m. CDT (10 a.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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How ramping up customer service is paying off for Home Depot

Service Untitled

Years ago when contractors were so busy building houses, supply giant Home Depot paid a lot more attention to the builders than to the do-it-yourself home owners. After all, the economy was booming and a realtor could scarcely keep any home inventory available for new buyers, and so the prices kept climbing while customers lined up at the cash registers.

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Using Story to Weave Emotionally Engaging Customer Experiences

Customer Input

'Using the power of storytelling, organizations can create not only more seamless cross-departmental interactions, but create more emotionally engaging customer experiences.

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Customer-Obsessed Service

Customers Rock!

Social media has pushed customer service to the forefront for many organizations. Responses are often faster in social media than they are in traditional service channels, since social media makes everything extremely visible. And when things go wrong, customers often flock to social media to air their grievances; a perfect example is the article I recently co-authored for Forbes Online, with Mark Fidelman , about the Southwest Airlines 3 Million Fan Flash Sale fiasco.

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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.

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Will your customer service leave a long lasting impression?

Very Best Service

'Giving a good impression is the ambition of many companies and it is fair to say that with the investment in technology, social media and training much progress is being achieved across the board. The basis for competition has shifted though and with no immediate prospect of a sustained improvement in the economic environment, customer service''s importance keeps growing.

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Customer-Centricity Is Not the Solution; It’s the Problem

Sampson Lee

I just read a blog post by Bob Thompson titled “Starbucks is customer-centric, because it listened… to ME.” To summarize the post in a few sentences: Bob is a regular customer of a Starbucks store near his house. He had an unsatisfactory experience with that store. He then wrote to Starbucks to voice his dissatisfaction. […].

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NICE Casts Its Magic over the Home of the Hogwarts Express

Customer Interactions

'In the famed Harry Potter movies, when the young wizard, Harry, begins each new school year he catches the Hogwarts Express, which departs from platform 9¾ at King’s Cross station in London. Visit King’s Cross today and you will see signs for J. K. Rowling’s fictional platform. But it is behind the scenes that the real magic is happening.

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Consider Posting Customer Service Statistics

Brad Cleveland Blog

Posting statistics on your customer services can be smart move. It tells your customers that you care, emphasizes important aspects of performance, provides your team with focus and, yes, provides useful information to customers. Real time and rolling stats can be posted in many places, including your website, mobile apps, overhead screens like this example (London’s Heathrow Airport), and elsewhere.

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Complimentary Webinar Oct. 29: Customer Service in the Age of the Customer

InMoment XI

How do customer service execs strike the right balance of cost and quality in the new age of the customer? This is one of the questions addressed in the complimentary webinar Customer Service in the Age of the Customer: The Secret to Balancing Cost and Customer Experience” on Monday, October 29, 2012, at 12 p.m. CDT (10 a.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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Manual Call Reviews? There's a Better Way!

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? 🤔 If so, this webinar is for you! What was once a common practice in the call center is now a barrier to success. Manual call monitoring is no longer an option if you want to proactively coach your agents to ultimately improve the customer experience using data-driven insights. Join this webinar with Angie Kronlage and April Wiita of Working Solutions to discuss how you can modernize outdated, manual call review processes through the power of autom

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Complimentary Webinar Oct. 29: Customer Service in the Age of the Customer

InMoment XI

How do customer service execs strike the right balance of cost and quality in the new age of the customer? This is one of the questions addressed in the complimentary webinar Customer Service in the Age of the Customer: The Secret to Balancing Cost and Customer Experience” on Monday, October 29, 2012, at 12 p.m. CDT (10 a.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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5 Point Versus 11 Point Scales – Part 1

InMoment XI

At MaritzCX, we are often asked, “Which scale should I use on my customer experience study?” In this three part series, we will look at some of the analytical differences between scales that can be attributed to only the scale itself. MaritzCX clients use a variety of rating scales for different reasons. In some cases a.

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Survey Says

InMoment XI

Michael Allenson just launched his first in a series of monthly articles for Survey Magazine. His column “Survey Says” features CEBenchmarks–a new approach to gathering benchmark data for customer experience research. To kick it off, Michael questions: Do consumers from different economic standing, different life situations, etc. have different expectations of the companies they do business.

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Survey Says

InMoment XI

Michael Allenson just launched his first in a series of monthly articles for Survey Magazine. His column “Survey Says” features CEBenchmarks–a new approach to gathering benchmark data for customer experience research. To kick it off, Michael questions: Do consumers from different economic standing, different life situations, etc. have different expectations of the companies they do business.

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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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Survey Says

InMoment XI

Michael Allenson just launched his first in a series of monthly articles for Survey Magazine. His column “Survey Says” features CEBenchmarks–a new approach to gathering benchmark data for customer experience research. To kick it off, Michael questions: Do consumers from different economic standing, different life situations, etc. have different expectations of the companies they do business.

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Allegiance Welcomes Veteran Marketer Carine Clark as President and CEO

InMoment XI

We are very excited to announce that Carine Clark has joined Allegiance as president and CEO, effective January 2, 2013. Formerly SVP and CMO for Symantec, Carine has twenty five years of experience building successful software companies. As an experienced CMO, Carine knows what CMOs and the C-suite need, and what keeps them up at night. She recognizes that Allegiance can become a game changer and drive the trend toward customer empowerment with technology that helps companies achieve greater cu

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Allegiance Welcomes Veteran Marketer Carine Clark as President and CEO

InMoment XI

We are very excited to announce that Carine Clark has joined Allegiance as president and CEO, effective January 2, 2013. Formerly SVP and CMO for Symantec, Carine has twenty five years of experience building successful software companies. As an experienced CMO, Carine knows what CMOs and the C-suite need, and what keeps them up at night. She recognizes that Allegiance can become a game changer and drive the trend toward customer empowerment with technology that helps companies achieve greater cu

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Allegiance Welcomes Veteran Marketer Carine Clark as President and CEO

InMoment XI

We are very excited to announce that Carine Clark has joined Allegiance as president and CEO, effective January 2, 2013. Formerly SVP and CMO for Symantec, Carine has twenty five years of experience building successful software companies. As an experienced CMO, Carine knows what CMOs and the C-suite need, and what keeps them up at night. She recognizes that Allegiance can become a game changer and drive the trend toward customer empowerment with technology that helps companies achieve greater cu

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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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Compare Your CX Program with the Best in Financial Services – Free Webinar

InMoment XI

In the competitive world of financial services, a good customer experience (CX) program can create millions of dollars more in revenue, and make its program leaders look like rock stars. How does your program stack up against the best in the financial services industry, and what are the practical next steps to 'level-up' your program? To find out, join us for our complimentary webinar on Tuesday, December 11.

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Compare Your CX Program with the Best in Financial Services – Free Webinar

InMoment XI

In the competitive world of financial services, a good customer experience (CX) program can create millions of dollars more in revenue, and make its program leaders look like rock stars. How does your program stack up against the best in the financial services industry, and what are the practical next steps to 'level-up' your program? To find out, join us for our complimentary webinar on Tuesday, December 11.

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5 Point Versus 11 Point Scales – Part 1

InMoment XI

At MaritzCX, we are often asked, “Which scale should I use on my customer experience study?” In this three part series, we will look at some of the analytical differences between scales that can be attributed to only the scale itself. MaritzCX clients use a variety of rating scales for different reasons. In some cases a.

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5 Point Versus 11 Point Scales – Part 1

InMoment XI

At MaritzCX, we are often asked, “Which scale should I use on my customer experience study?” In this three part series, we will look at some of the analytical differences between scales that can be attributed to only the scale itself. MaritzCX clients use a variety of rating scales for different reasons. In some cases a.

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Revolutionizing Contact Centers: Next-Gen Tech for Enhanced CX

Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group

As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX

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Marrying a brand with the customer experience

InMoment XI

When thinking about brands immediately power brands like Coca-Cola, Nike or Apple come to our minds. We may also recall some famous advertising campaigns that were communicating the values of these brands. At the end these brands have created a strong image and we associate specific attributes with them, like fun, freedom, dynamism or exclusivity. View Article.

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Marrying a brand with the customer experience

InMoment XI

When thinking about brands immediately power brands like Coca-Cola, Nike or Apple come to our minds. We may also recall some famous advertising campaigns that were communicating the values of these brands. At the end these brands have created a strong image and we associate specific attributes with them, like fun, freedom, dynamism or exclusivity.

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Marrying a brand with the customer experience

InMoment XI

When thinking about brands immediately power brands like Coca-Cola, Nike or Apple come to our minds. We may also recall some famous advertising campaigns that were communicating the values of these brands. At the end these brands have created a strong image and we associate specific attributes with them, like fun, freedom, dynamism or exclusivity.

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The Time Isn’t Now: Could Online Reviews Replace Customer Experience Surveys?

InMoment XI

I saw an interesting commentary in Automotive News (an automotive trade publication geared mostly for dealers) titled, “Do Online Reviews Trump CSI Surveys?” The basic gist of the article is that dealers are relying more and more on online consumer feedback to run their businesses, so shouldn’t the auto manufacturers use this information as a. View Article.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.