Inside Customer Service
MARCH 14, 2024
I bet I can diagnose your learning style with three questions. Where do you sit when you attend an in-person meeting? What do your eyes do when you're explaining something? How do you take notes in a training class? It was a fun trick I discovered as a new trainer. I usually got it right to the mild amusement of my learners. Years later, I was chastened to learn my hocus-pocus wasn't real.
Callminer
MARCH 11, 2024
Improving CX is critical, and sentiment analysis can empower companies to understand and respond to customers’ feelings and needs. This blog offers tips for selecting the best sentiment analysis tool.
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The Belding Group
MARCH 7, 2024
Overwhelmed? Stressed? Depressed? Years ago I learned this: “When nothing’s going right, the worst thing you can do is nothing” Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.
Futurelab
MARCH 22, 2024
#NoBullshitCX #20yearsFuturelab “Don’t think. Ask!” Think you know your customers? Think again. When we started to work on a Voice of the Customer (VoC) programme for a large building materials producer, we arranged a kick-off workshop to develop the roll-out plan with a local team. Their sales manager confidently claimed: “We know what our customers want.
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.
Adrian Swinscoe
MARCH 4, 2024
This is a guest post by Caroline Gleeson, CEO at Occupop. During the Great Resignation, which saw employees voluntarily leaving their jobs en masse, recent statistics […] The post IWD 2024: How Can Businesses Help Women Feel More Supported and Engaged at Work? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Zendesk
MARCH 13, 2024
Zendesk announced today that it will acquire Ultimate, an industry-leading provider of service automation, to deliver the most complete AI offering for customer experience (CX) in the market. The latest CX Trends data shows that unprecedented demand for AI is driving up the speed and frequency of customer engagement. In this new era of AI-powered CX, AI agents can push beyond traditional bot capabilities to help brands transform service into a competitive advantage.
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Customer Think
MARCH 13, 2024
Despite living in an era data is heralded as the new currency, a counterintuitive movement is gaining momentum among forward-thinking marketers and CX professionals: data minimization.
Bill Quiseng
MARCH 20, 2024
A veteran of over 40 years in hospitality leadership, I was, until several years ago, a customer service/customer experience speaker. Unfortunately, I suffered a stroke in April 2021. So, I have slightly slurred speech and a dead right side. Since my stroke, I’ve gone from Mr. “Let’s be GREAT out there!” as GM/Managing Director to Mr. Invisible, sequestered alone with my wife in my San Diego apartment.
Futurelab
MARCH 15, 2024
#NoBullshitCX #20yearsFuturelab “Question (almost) everything.” Are you innovating “a faster horse”?A few years ago, I worked with the world leader in logistics supplies. They wanted to refresh their innovation process. Until then they typically interviewed all their customers once a year with a 200-question-long survey and held co-creation sessions with some of them.
Adrian Swinscoe
MARCH 18, 2024
Today’s interview is with Jamie Smith, who is the Founder and CEO of Customer Futures Ltd, an advisory firm helping businesses seize the opportunity around disruptive […] The post What happens when you give data back to people? – Interview with Jamie Smith of Customer Futures first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
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Zendesk
MARCH 13, 2024
Bitly’s links and QR codes may be everywhere, but chances are you’ll find the company’s Global Head of Customer Support, in one of two places: running support experiments from his home office or collaborating with other leaders in his favorite community group, Zendesk for Startups. “That’s kind of the first place I go to when I’m saying, ‘hey guys, I’m going to test out turning off our chatbot for a bit,’” he said.
Execs In The Know
MARCH 7, 2024
The landscape of financial services evolves constantly, with tech advancements redefining the word “possible” for an industry that has long struggled to fully leverage customer insights. At the heart of this transformation lies the unique relationship between generative AI and big data. As financial institutions (FIs) face greater competition and steeper customer expectations, it’s clear that the convergence of generative AI and big data is not just a trend but a necessary paradigm shift.
Customer Think
MARCH 11, 2024
In talking to fellow customer marketers at the recent CustomerXCon 2023 conference held in Boston, it became clear that our charters and roles as marketers continue to evolve and change.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 29, 2024
Colin has been ghosted. He was surprised, considering he is married and has been for decades. However, his ghosting experience didn’t come from a romantic partner but a professional one. Since ghosting appears to be spreading into many interactions, we thought we should discuss it here. Ghosting, where someone suddenly stops communicating, has become more common, thanks to technology making it easier to cut off contact.
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.
Futurelab
MARCH 8, 2024
#NoBullshitCX #20yearsFuturelab “Numbers don’t take decisions, leaders do.” One of our clients is very numbers oriented in their CX approach. Whenever we discuss their Voice of the Customer (VoC)results, they want to look at all possible cross-sections: by segment, by brand, by day of the week that their customers birthday falls on, you name it. I am obviously joking, but it represents what we often get at companies: the more numbers, the better.
Adrian Swinscoe
MARCH 13, 2024
Every now and again, I come across a piece of research that makes me want to pull my hair out. One such piece of research was […] The post The worrying state of the European contact center space first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Bill Quiseng
MARCH 27, 2024
You’ve heard of The Golden Rule: Treat people as you want to be treated. Dr. Tony Alessandra has shared with everyone about The Platinum Rule: Treat people as they want to be treated. Today I offer The QUI Rule also known as the GREAT Rule: Treat customers a little better than they want to be treated. You are happy because customers leave satisfied with your product or service.
Execs In The Know
MARCH 31, 2024
During her keynote address at Customer Response Summit (CRS) in Tucson, Tracy Sedlak, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Offerpad and Execs In The Know Board Member, tackled the pivotal aspects of CX and the Voice of the Customer (VOC), weaving together insights and strategies critical for leadership. She began by emphasizing the dynamic nature of customer expectations, which are continually shaped by technology and societal shifts.
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?
Customer Think
MARCH 7, 2024
Employee experience (EX) goes hand-in-hand with customer experience (CX). It’s like the chicken and the egg: which comes first? Neither. Both rely upon one another for existence. EX and CX are immature fields of practice. That’s true in every industry and nation.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 15, 2024
You will have a customer crisis. We apologize for being so direct, but the fact is customer crises are inevitable. When it does happen, will you be able to navigate it to an acceptable outcome? Do you have a comprehensive approach? We doubt it. Few organizations do. Most think a customer crisis isn’t going to happen to them or that they will be able to manage it when it does with their business-as-usual approach.
Futurelab
MARCH 1, 2024
#NoBullshitCX #20yearsFuturelab “Unhappy customers cost you more than you think.” A customer is worth more than you think. In my previous column, I mentioned the surprisingly high lifetime value of individual customers–once you really get an understanding of the whole picture. The first time I realized was in the early 2000s, when we designed customer experience strategy for a Japanese luxury car brand.
Adrian Swinscoe
MARCH 11, 2024
Today’s interview is with David Powers, who is an author, podcast host, Chief Experience Officer at Rooter Hero Plumbing & Air and a true punk. David […] The post A look inside a punk-inspired contact center – Interview with David Powers first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
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.
C3Centricity
MARCH 25, 2024
It is a well-known fact that when budgets get tight, marketing is usually one of the first departments to suffer cuts, and market research in particular! Why is this? I believe it is because their ROI is longer-term and often difficult to prove. They therefore make the perfect target for sweeping reductions. What they all need is a strategic growth blueprint.
The DiJulius Group
MARCH 14, 2024
AI and the Customer Experience, Part 1 AI and Machine Learning (ML) are not only here, but if it’s not already a major part of your business strategy moving forward, you may be in danger of becoming the next Kodak. According to an article in Craving Tech, organizations that have integrated this new technology into. Read Full Article The post How Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Benefiting Customer and Employee Satisfaction appeared first on The DiJulius Group.
Customer Think
MARCH 29, 2024
Integrating a customer relationship management (CRM) system with QuickBooks, an accounting solution, can greatly benefit small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The integration can provide a centralized platform to manage customer relationships and sales processes, track expenses and generate financial reports.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 8, 2024
Have you ever come across the Abilene Paradox? It’s when everyone agrees to do something that no one really wants to do. Jerry B. Harvey coined “The Abilene Paradox” based on a family incident. They ended up driving 50 miles each way across the scorching Texas desert to Abilene for dinner, even though none of them wanted to go. They all thought everyone else wanted to go, so they reluctantly agreed.
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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
ECXO
MARCH 15, 2024
The 7 Sins of Customer Experience If you fancy watching a quick video summary of this article, click the link below and enjoy: The 7 Sins of CX Are you ready to discover some awesome strategies that can help you take your customers’ experience to the next level? In the dynamic and ever-evolving world of customer experience, there are countless possibilities and challenges that businesses need to tackle.
Experience Investigators
MARCH 5, 2024
There is an undeniable link between the customer experience (CX) and the employee experience (EX). But don’t just take my word for it: Engaged employees are proven to create better customer experiences. When organizations improve employee satisfaction, they also improve customer satisfaction. C-Suite leaders say employee experience is the top priority when thinking about customer experience.
C3Centricity
MARCH 12, 2024
What is the cornerstone of sustainable growth and competitive advantage today? The answer is that a business can benefit from technology in this digital age to attract high-quality traffic and engage customers effectively. This guide is for all executives who recognize the critical role that strategic, data-driven customer engagement plays in their company’s success.
The DiJulius Group
MARCH 7, 2024
#1 Predictor of a Child’s Lifetime Income / Howard Schultz Tell Starbucks’ Leaders They Lost their Soul / Wendy’s Walking Back Surge Pricing Strategy / No Dreams Left Behind Retailers Ditching Self-Checkout Lanes Industry giants such as Costco, Walmart, Target, Kroger, and Dollar General are reversing their strategy on the self-checkout lanes.
Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia
Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the
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