Zonka Feedback

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The quote by the popular American football coach applies perfectly when we talk about improving our products. Nowadays, most users prefer to use products that they can use easily and smoothly without getting stuck on something and then following a long process of raising tickets and waiting for customer support agents to respond.

Social Media 96

Social Media Net Promoter Score Customer Satisfaction NPS 96

SugarCRM

MAY 16, 2023

Interacting with customers is challenging regardless of the industry you work in. Over the years, CRM tools have become the golden standard for businesses to better manage customer interactions and streamline operations. Naturally, this also helps sales teams close deals faster, reduce errors and maintain proper customer satisfaction.

CRM 26

CRM Sales Predictive Analytics Omnichannel 26

Hodusoft

JULY 3, 2023

When agents learn to make the most of their stipulated time and provide superior customer service within that, then nothing can stop money from pouring in. When customers call your call center (or contact center), they need their issues and queries to be resolved as fast as possible. Both scenarios are bad. How to calculate AHT?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Customer Relationship Management Start-ups 52

Totango

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Customer success vs. customer support: although these two terms appear similar, they actually refer to two different, yet complementary, functions within a company. Fulfilling a proactive role, customer success focuses on problem prevention and creates value by enabling clients to achieve business goals.

Construction 108

Construction Education Customer Retention Start-ups 108

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

In building relationships with customers, and value for them, my long-time observation is that most organizations tend to progress through several stages of performance as they are becoming truly customer-centric: a) customer awareness, b) customer sensitivity, c) customer focus, and d) customer obsession.

Customer Service 111

Customer Service CEM Retail Customer Retention 111

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 31, 2016

Many companies are attempting to improve their Customer Experience focus on some of the right things and then ignore the others. So while the vast majority of companies today know that putting the Customer at the heart of everything they do is important, when it’s time to do it, they are flummoxed. They don’t know what to do next.

CX 111

CX Education Customer Experience 111

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 12, 2015

I love watching what people, and Customers do. Have you ever got three quotes for a service and thought. Your Customers would raise their hands during this TED talk also. What baffles me, then is why some organizations choose to ignore feelings and how they affect the behavior of their Customers. I know I did.

CEM 166

CEM Customer Experience Management Retail Customer Retention 166

Customer Service Life

MAY 21, 2018

This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on March 29, 2018. The most alarming were those with high-quality scores but low CSAT — especially if you view quality as the company’s gauge of the customer experience and CSAT as the customer’s gauge. In the modern contact center, these ARE customer experience metrics.

Contact Center 68

Contact Center Customer Experience Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 68

CX Journey

MAY 8, 2019

It appeared on their blog on July 12, 2018. When companies focus on people, their people - employees first, then customers - the numbers will come. And that knowledge typically equates to focusing on marketing and sales first, i.e., do whatever it takes to acquire customers, drive sales, grow the business, etc.

Customer Loyalty 60

Customer Loyalty Customer Satisfaction Sales Customer Expectations 60

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2014

How can marketers avoid creating a disappointed Customer? I read the BusinessInsider.com blog about “ The 16 Most Disappointing Places to Visit on Earth ,” which included places like Casablanca, Jamaica, and the Pyramids in Cairo. Clearly avoiding disappointment means meeting the expectations of your Customers.

CEM 98

CEM Social Media Customer Retention Customer Satisfaction 98

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 4, 2015

Quality sales cultures are the ones where the Customer comes before the close, like Mackay’s quote indicates here. I wrote about Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and their role in the Customer Experience. A Customer Experience, however, is about how they feel about the transaction, not the transaction itself.

Sales 159

Sales Net Promoter Score CX Customer Satisfaction 159

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 30, 2016

When Customer Retention, my first book on customer behavior was published, now over 20 years ago, one of the strongest reactions voiced was my contention, and the proof offered, that satisfaction and retention were fundamentally different concepts, and that they required different measurement protocols. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

Customer Satisfaction 60

Customer Satisfaction Non-Profits B2C B2B 60

Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

That’s one of their most potent tools to deliver exceptional customer service. The MSP market has become extremely competitive and customer service matters a lot in providing a competitive edge. When MSPs serve this many clients, it’s quite important for them to provide the best-in-class customer service.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Social Media Compliance AI 52

SugarCRM

DECEMBER 12, 2023

If you haven’t read the first two parts, hop on to our blog section and read those before. And as a result, your sales reps might find it difficult to adequately quote those. As a result, mistakes can happen: delays, chargebacks, returns, and unhappy customers. Enter sales automation.

Manufacturing 26

Manufacturing Sales Data Entry Start-ups 26

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Creating a great memory of your experience in your Customer’s mind is critical to creating Customer Loyalty. Consider this quote from Professor Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize Winning Economist: “There is a big difference between an experience and the memory of an experience.”. Customers’ Emotions Are Predictable.

Customer Experience 109

Customer Experience Customer Loyalty CX 109

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 15, 2019

This oft-quoted line from Peter Drucker is more pertinent today than ever concerning Customer Experience strategy. Every marketer should measure their performance in Customer Experience to understand what drives value for customers. . We discussed measuring Customer Experience correctly in a recent podcast.

Net Promoter Score 125

Net Promoter Score VOC CX NPS 125

Totango

AUGUST 14, 2020

In customer success, your customers define their own victories. No one-size-fits-all finish line exists that clients must strive to cross, and there is no Harvard Business School concept of accomplishment you can award your customer before resting on well-earned laurels. Creating Better Customers, by Definition.

Start-ups 77

Start-ups Customer Feedback NPS Customer Satisfaction 77

CX Journey

MAY 8, 2019

It appeared on their blog on July 12, 2018. When companies focus on people, their people - employees first, then customers - the numbers will come. And that knowledge typically equates to focusing on marketing and sales first, i.e., do whatever it takes to acquire customers, drive sales, grow the business, etc.

Customer Loyalty 35

Customer Loyalty Customer Satisfaction Sales Customer Expectations 35

CX Journey

APRIL 5, 2016

How well do you know and understand your customers' expectations? Customers have them, but they are not in control of them, not in control of the outcomes. Customers have them, but companies must know them and understand them. The equation goes: Performance - Expectations = Satisfaction. Are customer expectations a myth?

Customer Expectations 51

Customer Expectations Customer Experience Management Customer Experience 51

Customer Service Life

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on August 28, 2018. Having worked in customer service for a couple SAAS (Software as a Service) startups throughout my career, I’d like to enlighten you on an important concept. Click here to read the original post. It’s called Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Know Your Drivers.

Contact Center 60

Contact Center CX Text Analytics Customer Service 60

Callminer

MAY 11, 2020

Ultimately, disgruntled employees can even have a negative impact on the customer experience , as unhappy employees are less likely to go the extra mile to ensure that your customers are satisfied. Meet Our Panel of Customer Service & Customer Experience Managers: Anh Trinh. lose it and fight with the customer…”.

Customer Experience Management 273

Customer Experience Management Customer Service Customer Experience Non-Profits 273

Shep Hyken

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. When CEOs Engage Directly with Customers by G. Harvard Business Review) Customer expectation in the United States has held steady for the last decade, while customer satisfaction has deteriorated.

Customer Service 11

Customer Service Contact Center Manufacturing Social Media 11

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

In the fourth episode of the Experience talk: Voice of Customer and Employee , Tanuj Diwan , Head of Product and Nandkishor Tripathi aka NK, Global Head of Customer Experience and Success at SurveySensum are running a workshop on Customer Journey Mapping. . What do you need before the Customer Journey Mapping workshop?

Customer Journey Map 59

Customer Journey Map Touchpoint VOC Start-ups 59

CX Journey

JULY 21, 2015

It appeared on their blog on February 19, 2015. Employees in these complicated organizations are three times more likely to be disengaged - and work satisfaction and productivity are much lower - than those in the other companies! Image courtesy of BeachBumBlu I originally wrote today's post for Intradiem. Something's got to give.

CX 84

CX Customer Experience 84

Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For many organizations, a huge part of this new year task is setting contact center priorities — priorities that can have a colossal impact on the customer experience. Tip: Designing annual priorities will be unique to each contact center, and may depend on company history, culture, and customer experience goals. 2 for Companies.

Contact Center 42

Contact Center Social Media Customer Journey Map Omnichannel 42

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 14, 2019

These days, progressive, modern marketers like you and me are always hearing about customer centric marketing. We know that it’s customers, not brands, who hold the power. Leela knows that slapping “customer centric” in your mission statement is rarely enough. 6 ways to create a customer-centric culture.

Customer Acquisition 178

Customer Acquisition Customer Feedback Customer-Centric Organization Construction 178

Zendesk

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2021, customers can check a business’s reputation just by pulling out their phones and doing a quick search. These days, 87 percent of buying decisions begin with research conducted online before the purchase is made,” says Rani Sivesind , a customer success operations manager at Zendesk. What is a customer testimonial?

B2B 98

B2B Entertainment Start-ups B2C 98

CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Many leaders do in fact think they are supporting Customer Experience in their organization. Budget, personnel, structure, culture, organizational habits, and lack of demonstrable progress impact sustained operational commitment to customer experience. How much authority will the Customer Experience function be granted?".

CX 208

CX Start-ups Finance Engineering 208

Hodusoft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Especially in the last few years, due to various factors such as cutthroat competition, changing customer behavior, rapidly transforming digital landscape, and more. The expectations of customers have increased dramatically. It’s critical to actively think about the entire customer journey, define it, map it, and document it.”

Start-ups 98

Start-ups Education Invoicing Customer Satisfaction 98

Comm100

AUGUST 11, 2016

There are so many different customer service support channels these days that it can be hard to know where to focus your efforts. The following list will provide you with 20 skills that customer service operators need to strengthen support across channels. In order to negotiate with customers, you should: Gain common ground.

Customer Service 43

Customer Service Start-ups Gaming Manufacturing 43

Totango

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Customer success tools extend the functionality of your CS platform, multiplying its value. By connecting data from other success tools to your CS tool, you can view and manage all your customer data from one place instead of leaving it isolated in separate information silos. CRMs: Salesforce and HubSpot. Data File Sharing: Dropbox.

CRM 113

CRM Social Media Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationship 113

Totango

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Customer success tools extend the functionality of your CS platform, multiplying its value. By connecting data from other success tools to your CS tool, you can view and manage all your customer data from one place instead of leaving it isolated in separate information silos. CRMs: Salesforce and HubSpot. Data File Sharing: Dropbox.

CRM 90

CRM Social Media Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationship 90

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Advertising is where your organization communicates with the customer. It is also where you begin to set customers’ expectations for your Customer Experience. When you compare advertising, or what an organization promises you, with the Customer Experience, I learned that they could often be quite different—and not in a good way.

Social Media 25

Social Media Education Start-ups Entertainment 25

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Several years ago, in worldwide customer service experience research conducted for a major high-tech client, to drive stronger downstream customer behavior, it was found that processes and customer interaction had to take service employees well beyond the basics of knowledge, efficiency, and friendliness. Today, is that enough?

Customer Experience 145

Customer Experience Customer Loyalty Customer Satisfaction Sales 145

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. Here is a list of 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leaders and Influencers who have taken Customer Experience to the whole new level.

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience CX E-commerce Social Media 132

Shep Hyken

JULY 5, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Experience Hotel Blog) The Experience Hotel team decided to conduct a survey on the impact of the different types of emails you can send to your customers. My Comment: Do your customers open your emails to them?

Customer Service 133

Customer Service Customer Loyalty CX Customer Experience 133

Comm100

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Out of the office, your hardworking customer service agents may be caught up in the Halloween scramble. But in the office, they are working tirelessly to bring satisfaction and happiness to your valued customers. Free Download] 50 Customer Service Training Activities for Live Chat and Telephone Teams. Download Now.

Gaming 11

Gaming Customer Service Start-ups Construction 11