Adrian Swinscoe

MAY 8, 2024

Today’s interview is with Zig Serafin, CEO at Qualtrics, the leading Experience Management software provider. I spoke to Zig at Qualtrics’ recent X4 event in Salt […] The post If you aren’t fixing the bigger picture, then you are just putting a band-aid on the problem – Interview with Zig Serafin of Qualtrics first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Bill Quiseng

MAY 8, 2024

The customer is not always right. But the customer is ALWAYS YOUR customer. Listen intently, respond empathetically, apologize, and do whatever it takes to resolve the problem, even if it means having to go with your customer to your competitor. Contrary to popular customer service mantras, when all alternatives don’t work, DON’T fire the customer.

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Customer Think

MAY 7, 2024

Today’s post, which I wrote for NICE, covers the power of artificial intelligence when it comes to delivering a great customer experience. In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive business landscape, designing and delivering an exceptional customer experience is crucial for building brand loyalty and driving growth.

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Qmatic

MAY 6, 2024

Digital, hardwareless solutions and seamless integrations paired with data collection for business intelligence – all hosted in the cloud. That is how I would summarize the latest and greatest within customer journey management. Let me tell you a bit more about the opportunities at hand when it comes to modern digital customer journey management solutions.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell

Brands used to look for a vendor who could do everything. Over time, one vendor was no longer enough to meet a brand’s needs, and they added, added and added. Now they need all their vendors to work well together. That’s composable, and only some will make the cut. As customers — and your board — expect you to be in new channels and to rapidly adapt to shifts in the market, the need for true composability is more crucial than ever before.

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Zonka Feedback

MAY 7, 2024

With customer expectations evolving continuously, the ability to deliver personalized customer experiences has become a necessity for businesses nowadays. Marketing automation enables businesses to streamline repetitive tasks, nurture leads effectively, and engage with customers across various touchpoints effortlessly. Effective marketing automation tools help serve this purpose.

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NGDATA

MAY 8, 2024

The annual list of independent bankers' best-performing community banks showcases the success achieved by these banks through their hard work, flexibility, and expertise. The right employees, mindset, and offerings have been identified as vital factors in the success of these community banks, as they continue to hit their stride in 2024 and intend to maintain their momentum.

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TeamSupport

MAY 8, 2024

TeamSupport is excited to announce the launch of its newest release, Status Approval Workflow—the first release in a series of workflow options that will be available in TeamSupport in the coming year. TeamSupport currently allows any user within an organization to update the status of a ticket, but in some cases, these actions need to be signed off or approved by a specific team member.

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The DiJulius Group

MAY 8, 2024

Revolutionize your customer interactions and presentation skills on a path to service excellence. Picture a world where artificial intelligence redefines our potential and empowers customer service agents. In this episode of The Customer Service Revolution, we reveal how AI liberates and uplifts the spirit of service, turning every customer interaction into an opportunity for extraordinary.

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NGDATA

MAY 8, 2024

The "Main Street" banking model is being squeezed due to various factors, including changes in the definition of community, generational changes, product pricing, the economics of talent, and government regulations. These factors have been years in the making and are only exacerbated by current economic conditions. However, small businesses may help save community banking in the long run.

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Customer Think

MAY 7, 2024

If we are talking about marketing through video, one of the most powerful tools you can have in your arsenal is an explainer video optimized to communicate complex ideas or concepts in a way that is simple, engaging, and easy to understand. But making a video like that is no easy feat!

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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MattsenKumar

MAY 7, 2024

As organizations grow, outsourcing customer service has become necessary to ensure customer satisfaction. The expansion of organizations brings forth new challenges that require the expertise of a skilled customer service team to provide optimal solutions. Third-party vendors and service providers can manage client requests, policies, and brand voices for quality customer satisfaction.

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Experience Investigators

MAY 7, 2024

Why Customer Experience Leaders Need to Develop an AI Strategy Today (Even if You’re Not Ready) Artificial intelligence is so ingrained in our daily lives that it’s now unavoidable — and evolving rapidly! As customer experience leaders, it’s our responsibility to learn how we can apply AI to transform our customer experiences. It’s time to test AI’s limits, see what it’s good at doing, and find out where it falls short.

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NGDATA

MAY 8, 2024

Checks are still commonly used for high-value transactions due to their ease of use and lack of fees. However, they remain an insecure and expensive payment method, with check fraud on the rise. While the check-clearing process has become more efficient, the cost of fraud makes it less cost-effective. Source The post Is it time to kill the paper check?

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Customer Think

MAY 6, 2024

Want to call yourself a true customer-centric organization? With the significant rise of digital technologies in the workplace, companies today need to create holistic, intuitive, and connected experiences that meet their customers where they are to foster high trust and loyalty.

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Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

SurveySensum

MAY 7, 2024

Welcome to the private marketplace (PMP), where advertisers and publishers come together to optimize the buying experience and maximize campaign performance. In 2034, it’s anticipated that real-time trading will seize 25.9% of the market share, with the private market (PMP) segment forecasted to claim 19.0%. Sounds like PMP is a promising tool to use in a digital marketing strategy, doesn’t it?

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Experience Investigators

MAY 7, 2024

Discover the future of customer experience as we tap into the wisdom of industry leaders who are redefining the landscape. In this CX Pulse Check, Jeannie Walters asked CX leaders at CXPA CX Leaders Advance and Qualtrics X4: The Experience Management Summit what we should have our finger on the pulse of when it comes to customer experience today. We’re peeling back the layers of integrated strategies and customer-first culture, offering you unique perspectives that could very well shape yo

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NGDATA

MAY 8, 2024

OpenAI’s collaboration with Microsoft may revolutionize marketing strategies by emphasizing personalization and user experience through AI-powered search engines. This shift would require marketers to adapt their SEO and content strategies, potentially changing the competitive landscape. Additionally, new AI-powered analytics tools could enhance targeted marketing efforts by providing deeper insights into user behaviors.

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Customer Think

MAY 6, 2024

Picture this. You’re a waiter at a coffee shop. You get numerous customers every day. You notice issues or expectations drastically differ for different people, especially regarding age groups. For example, a GenZ individual would have a problem if you need help understanding their requirements immediately, while a Boomer will have more patience.

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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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Comm100

MAY 7, 2024

The demand for fast, efficient, and personalized customer service is growing – and growing fast. 54% of global consumers have higher customer service expectations than they did just one year ago, according to a recent Microsoft study. So how can businesses rise to mee these expectations, while keeping a lid on budget and resources? The answer is to streamline customer service through intelligent technology, AI-powered automation, and empowering agents.

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The DiJulius Group

MAY 6, 2024

Designed to Gauge a Candidate’s Service Aptitude Potential The brands that will survive the next decade will be the ones that remained relentless with their hiring standards. You get what you pay for; hiring great people is an investment. Every employee is like a stock in your investment portfolio. The rock star rule is. Read Full Article The post Interviewing for Customer Experience Rockstars appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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SurveySensum

MAY 6, 2024

Personal branding refers to achieving a prominent identity for an individual. Having a strong personal brand is necessary if you want to be recognized as an authority in your field. Personal Branding Strategies What matters most in personal branding is connecting with your target audience and paying close attention to their feedback. Cultivating a warm and authentic relationship with all those connected to your personal offerings is key to earning trust and credibility.

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Customer Think

MAY 7, 2024

The News On April 15 to April 18, 2024, Zendesk held its annual Relate event, including a half day analyst track on April 15. The event was attended by around 1,600 customers, partners and analysts. It was about Zendesk’s strategy, which revolves around – no surprise here – AI to deliver better customer experiences.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Help Scout

MAY 6, 2024

When something goes wrong, that’s not the end of the story. Learn how to turn a negative situation into a positive customer experience with a service recovery plan.

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1 to 1

MAY 7, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce our new thought leadership partnership with the European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) , a leading CX business network that empowers leaders, people, and organizations in Europe and around the world to collaborate, discuss, generate brand awareness, learn, and grow. Join us as we continue to explore exciting developments in customer experience, innovation, employee experience (EX), design, adoption, and more—all related to digital media and customer eng

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MattsenKumar

MAY 7, 2024

Inbound Call Center Metrics to Measure for Better Customer Service Inbound call center employees are front liners and the flagbearers of every organization. Being the first person of contact, they need to be informed, well-versed and accurate at all moments. It is indispensable to measure how fast, how accurate, and how supportive they are with the inbound customers.

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Customer Think

MAY 7, 2024

The CDP Institute runs periodic roundtables where our members discuss industry issues. We had one earlier this week on the topic of helping companies make use of an existing CDP. We chose that topic because we frequently hear that many users don’t know what to do with a CDP after it’s built.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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Totango

MAY 7, 2024

Both CS and Sales leaders agree: Retention is the #1 priority. But there’s a problem. Achieving higher retention requires close alignment between CS and Sales teams, yet 87% of CS and Sales leaders told us there’s significant room for improvement in their collaboration. If you’d like to see more data around the top priorities and challenges for CS and Sales leaders this year, check out our report.

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SugarCRM

MAY 6, 2024

On this episode of the Fuel Growth podcast series, my co-host Lizzy and I were privileged to meet with Javier Castillo, CEO of Empresas ADOC , a leading Central American footwear and apparel company. I say privileged because Javier is a truly impressive “servant leader” CEO. Javier has driven the company’s expansion and solidified its market presence through strategic innovation and operational excellence.

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Customer Think

MAY 7, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Brandon Nye, Vice President of Sales for Inmode, shares the key qualities to look for when hiring salespeople, including a proven track record in B2B sales and a competitive mindset.

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Customer Think

MAY 6, 2024

Companies are taking customer experience more seriously than ever. Markets, technologies, and customers are evolving more quickly than ever. The ways we manage the experiences we design and deliver to our audiences need to evolve as well; and organizations are taking note.

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JUST RELEASED! New research reveals 92% of business leaders would like to provide additional training to their customer service representatives. Soft skills training stands out as a priority area of investment and/or improvement. Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report —the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall exper

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