The State of Remote Workforce Compliance
Callminer
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Read this article to learn how organizations can achieve and maintain legal compliance with a remote workforce.
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Six principles of system design
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
The start of any journey begins with consulting a map. But if you’re a product designer starting out on a new project, you might find yourself with a blank page, and the job of drawing the map: of defining the high-level design direction that your team is going to use to chart their course. Mess it up, and you could find yourself quickly marching your team off a cliff.
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An Effortless Experience Isn’t Enough
Heart of the Customer
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
In CX, we all focus on making the experience easier on our customers. (We even made it the title of our book.) But building loyalty isn’t as simple as removing friction. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely worthwhile to simplify your customer experience. Friction is a key driver behind loyalty destruction, and your organization will […].
Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed
Fonolo
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Read the Full Industry Report Here: Contact Center Trends 2021. Here’s what they said.
The Pragmatic Path to Composability: Creating Efficient Commerce Systems
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Brian Walker
Brands used to look for a commerce platform that could do everything. But over time, one vendor was no longer enough to meet a brand’s needs, so they added, and added, and added— and now it's essential that these vendors work well together. That’s composable, and it’s important to get it right. Customers and your board expect you to be in new channels and to adapt quickly to market change.
The Best Customer Service Phrases That Will Help in Any Tough Situation
Win the Customer
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Being an exceptional customer service representative comes with specific requirements. One of them is understanding the effect of using service phrases. Your goal as a customer service employee is to hear problems and bring solutions. As long as you know how to solve the issues arising, you’re successful. However, communicating well 24/7 can be difficult.
The 5 Rules for Designing a Great Digital Experience
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Digital experiences are a crucial part of your Customer Experience , especially during the pandemic. Some organizations are excelling, while others could use some work. No matter where you fall on that spectrum, we have some essential considerations for designing your digital experience in the form of 5 rules. On a recent podcast about these 5 rules, I shared a recent digital experience that was definitely on the “could use some work” side of the spectrum.
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S.H.O.P.: Making the move Online
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Welcome to S.H.O.P. , our series examining the changes in retail and commerce. Over the course of four weeks, we’re exploring some of the key topics around the past, present, and future of retail, looking at the technologies and behaviors that have enabled – and transformed – shopping as we know it. This week, we’re looking at the tools and infrastructure needed to facilitate the move Online.
Best Customer & Employee Experience Design Books 2020 2021 List
eglobalis
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Best Customer experience and Employee Experience experience Design Books of 2020 2021 List. The post Best Customer & Employee Experience Design Books 2020 2021 List appeared first on Eglobalis.
Why You Should Hire Agents Based on EQ Not IQ
Fonolo
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
When hiring new talent, it’s easy to get caught up in qualifications and work experience. However, customer service professionals need more than smarts to be successful — especially when working in a contact center. Empathy is one of the hottest topics in the industry right now, with the pandemic revealing how important genuine human connections are.
Contact Center Digital Transformation Strategy
UJET
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. It took a pandemic, but most companies have finally been convinced that they need to undergo a digital transformation to position themselves for success in the economy of the future, also known as the “new normal.” The only problem is that no one knows what the new normal will be, only that it is likely to be different from what the world looked like at the end of calendar year 2019.
Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data
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.
Digital Transformation Didn’t Work: This Is What You Should Do Now
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
An organization’s digital experience is vital to their success. We have been getting a lot of clients asking for a review of their digital experience. Many recognize that their digital transformation hasn’t resulted in the experience that they hoped it would be. On a recent podcast, we had our lead on digital transformation Zhecho Dobrev, Principal Consultant for Beyond Philosophy, tell us why that might be.
25 Indicators of Fraud on Inbound Calls
Callminer
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Here are 25 indicators of fraud on inbound calls in call centers.
Transforming customer support with automation: Key trends and challenges for support leaders
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Companies that automate support are 4x more likely to see CSAT improvements, according to a survey we conducted with support leaders. That’s an incredible statistic – but how can these benefits be realized? Today, support teams are navigating an increasingly demanding support landscape. With customer expectations and conversation volumes on the rise, businesses need a way to effectively deliver on-demand, personal support while maintaining customer satisfaction.
Don’t Talk about Great CX Culture if You Don’t Know MED
eglobalis
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
Don’t Talk about Great Customer Experience if You Don’t Know MED , customer experience , employee experience loyalty , human experience. The post Don’t Talk about Great CX Culture if You Don’t Know MED appeared first on Eglobalis.
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3 Reasons Why Agent Satisfaction is the New Customer Satisfaction
Fonolo
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
We spent the last couple of months asking influencers and industry leaders how they thought the pandemic had impacted customer service. One recurring theme was that of agent satisfaction. Our research for The State of the Contact Center 2020 Report indicates that the change to remote work, along with increasing public scrutiny and growing corporate EQ, will cement Agent Satisfaction as the ‘Master KPI’ on which all other metrics depend.
Five Ways to Thank Customers — And How to Find Opportunities in Your Organization
Experience Investigators
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
When our waiter flagged us down by the door, I assumed we had left something behind or forgotten to sign the credit card slip or something. My husband and I were walking out of a restaurant with our two boys, who were 9 and 12 at the time, while on vacation in Florida several years ago. I was so surprised when our server made such an effort to stop us to say that he appreciated how polite our boys were. “Please’s and thank you’s aren’t very common anyway, but especially
What Do The Pioneers of Customer Experience See for The Future
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
What happens when you get three Customer Experience Pioneers together to discuss the past, present, and future of Customer Experience? This episode of The Intuitive Customer, for starters. Recorded in celebration of the recent CX day, Colin joins fellow experience experts and champions Lewis Carbone and Joe Pine to talk all things Customer Experience.
The 3 Reasons Customers Pushback or Ask for a Supervisor, and What to Do About It
Myra Golden Media
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
If a customer gives you pushback, argues, or asks for a supervisor, one of the three things is going on: The customer doesn’t trust you The customer fears something The customer sees you as a threat to getting what they want. Watch my video to get two powerful techniques you can use to preempt an escalation when you get pushback. Was this helpful?
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.
S.H.O.P.: Making a Habit of it
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Welcome to S.H.O.P., our series examining the changes in retail and commerce. Over the course of four weeks, we’re exploring some of the key topics around the past, present, and future of retail, looking at the technologies and behaviors that have enabled – and transformed – shopping as we know it. This week, we’re looking at how consumers’ shopping Habits have changed.
7 Reasons To Update Your Buyer Insights And Buyer Personas
Buyer Persona
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
We have all encountered an experience where we happenstance upon a picture. Seeing an old picture in a new light. Perhaps it is a picture of your children. Or a photo of a relative in their later years and no longer with us. A momentous occasion, such as a family vacation, captured in a photo evoking fond memories. When you happenstance upon such a picture, it can bring to mind the story behind the picture.
Contact Centers Are Using More Call-Backs Than Ever
Fonolo
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
As the contact center continues to evolve rapidly, it’s important to take a step back and evaluate the big picture periodically. Over the past few months, our team at Fonolo has been working diligently to explore the latest contact center trends. Unsurprisingly, technology adoption and customer experience continue to be hot topics — and as the demand for cloud-based software grows to accommodate remote work, call-back technology is steadily gaining popularity.
Why a Customer Success Plan Is the Best Thing You Can Do for Your Customer Relationship
Totango
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
A key component of creating customer success is working with your customer to identify and organize mutual goals into a standardized customer success plan. Outcome success plans focus on capturing mutual objectives, documenting the steps toward achieving them, and sharing information between both clients and your own internal teams—driving interconnectivity and displaying progress through one easily accessed live portal.
Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity
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?
Diagnosing Customers’ New Behavior During the Pandemic
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
The last time you looked up product reviews, which ones did you notice first, 5-star, or 1-star? Also, how many 5-star reviews does it take to offset a 1-star review? Probably more than one. Today, I’m talking about why that is, and it comes down to two words that describe our instinctive behavior: Negativity Bias. We discussed Negativity Bias on a recent podcast.
This Tip Will Reduce Agent AHT by Moving Customers Out of Venting
Myra Golden Media
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Twice in the last week, Contact Center Agents have reached out to me for help on reducing Average Handle Time (AHT). I’m listening, and I have an answer. I say “an answer” because I’ll be sharing more solutions in the coming weeks. You can move customers out of venting, rambling, and storytelling using Reframing Statements. Reframing Statements shift conversations with challenging customers from focusing on the problem to what you can do about it.
Just the ticket: The power of customer support ticketing workflows in Intercom
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
We recently released more than 20 new features that make Intercom better at handling complex queries and therefore a better tool for offering world-class support at scale. The features combine to allow for sophisticated ticketing workflows behind the scenes, but with all the advantages that make our Messenger so popular with customers. For a long time, online customer support has revolved around issuing tickets, with help desk software primarily designed to keep track of long, multi-digit refere
Adopting a “One to say yes. Two to say no” Policy in the Contact Center
Customer Service Life
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. I was trying to remember where I originally heard or read the concept, “One to say yes. Two to say no.” Of course, it was on Shep Hyken’s blog some seven or so years ago. The concept has certainly remained top of mind since that first reading. At its core is the guideline that if an employee is empowered to do so, they may say yes to a customer.
7th Annual CX Report by The Northridge Group Uncovers Priority Training Focus
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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
COVID is Creating a Surprising Contact Centers Trend
Fonolo
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
We spent the last couple of months asking influencers and industry leaders how they thought the pandemic had impacted customer service. Their insights were varied and detailed, but we kept hearing one word again and again: empathy. We had to listen to that. Read the Full Industry Report Here: Contact Center Trends 2021. The Crisis has Fostered a Sense of Empathy.
Customer Transformation: Loyalty & Sentiment Are Your Challenges Ahead
eglobalis
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
Customer Transformation: Loyalty & Sentiment Are Your Challenges Ahead , People-centric enterprises will certainly have an advantage – not just today, but also down the road – when it comes to the memories they instilled in employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Customer Transformation: Loyalty & Sentiment Are Your Challenges Ahead appeared first on Eglobalis.
How to Reduce the #1 Cause of Anxiety
The DiJulius Group
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
4 Quick Tips to Help you Make Price Irrelevant 1) Feature Story How to Reduce the #1 Cause of Anxiety For most people uncertainty triggers high extremes of anxiety. As human beings, we like predictability in our lives. That is why we check the five-day forecast, so we know how to dress. That is why. Read Full Article. The post How to Reduce the #1 Cause of Anxiety appeared first on The DiJulius Group.
What do you do when you can’t give the customer what they want?
Myra Golden Media
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
I created a worksheet to help you practice the Feel, Felt, Found Method so you can apply it in your specific situations. Grab the worksheet here. I was working with a client that sells food products. A frequent question they get from customers is, “What ingredients are in this yogurt?” for example. When a customer asks for ingredients, it’s usually because they or one of their children has a food allergy, and they’re trying to make sure the product is safe for them.
When Customers Win, You Win: How to Deliver Value That Transforms Your Customer Experience
Speaker: Donna Weber - Customer Onboarding Expert
Customer onboarding is so much more than going live with your product and driving adoption. The truth is, onboarding is the most important part of the customer journey. When you set positive first impressions, establish trusting relationships, and quickly deliver meaningful outcomes, you create customers for life. Invest an hour with Donna Weber to learn why your customer onboarding is critical to your success.
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