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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 7, 2024

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 80,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: You have a hidden impact on your return on investment for your customer experience management programs. This hidden impact kicks in between a given moment in your customer process and the customer behavior that results from it.

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Customer Think

MARCH 7, 2024

In the previous article in this series on Outcome-Centric Selling® we addressed the importance of identifying and targeting our customer’s most pressing business issues – and now we are going to turn our attention to identifying and targeting our most valuable potential customers.

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Customer Think

MARCH 7, 2024

Cross-channel marketing has emerged as a crucial tactic for customer engagement. It is an approach that aims to create brand consistency across various channels and requires consideration of all buyer interactions and the smooth integration of both online and offline channels (like email, website, push notifications, SMS, and in-app alerts) for effective customer communication.

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Intercom

MARCH 7, 2024

Over the last decade, support tech stacks have become fragmented and clunky, slowing support teams down and holding them back from providing fast, personal customer experiences. Now, with recent tech advancements, support teams that adopt a complete AI-first platform can provide world-class customer experiences at phenomenal scale. With an AI engine at the core – rather than bolted on to the edges – your team can provide personalized support at scale, boost team and operational efficiency, and i

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Customer Think

MARCH 7, 2024

A few years ago, when I was in Nashville, I wandered into a used bookstore and bought called Foremanship1 written in 1927 by Glenn L. Gardiner, the “former director of foremanship development at the Oakland Motor Car Company.” Part of General Motors since 1909, it later became known as Pontiac.

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TeamSupport

MARCH 7, 2024

In today's highly competitive business environment, a company's success hinges on its ability to provide effective customer support. A key aspect of this is team collaboration - the more effectively your team can work together, the better they will be at solving customer issues and delivering a superior experience. Let's discuss how team collaboration and customer intelligence can enhance your team's performance.

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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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Zendesk

MARCH 7, 2024

What is workforce optimization? Workforce optimization (WFO) is a business strategy that combines workforce management (WFM) and quality assurance (QA) principles to maximize workforce efficiency. WFO intertwines performance data, emerging technologies, and coaching to help employees, departments, and businesses operate at peak performance. Businesses today walk on a tightrope when it comes to customer service and efficiency.

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TeamSupport

MARCH 7, 2024

In today's highly competitive business environment, a company's success hinges on its ability to provide effective customer support. A key aspect of this is team collaboration - the more effectively your team can work together, the better they will be at solving customer issues and delivering a superior experience. Let's discuss how team collaboration and customer intelligence can enhance your team's performance.

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SurveySensum

MARCH 7, 2024

Corporate Social Responsibility has evolved from being a buzzword to a critical aspect of modern business practices. At its core, CSR involves businesses taking responsibility for their impact on society and the environment. As consumers become more conscious of the ethical and social implications of their purchasing decisions, the importance of CSR in the corporate landscape has grown significantly.

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CX Network

MARCH 7, 2024

Travel Counsellors’ CTO Jon Bauer explains how the 2023 acquisition of Planisto is taking personalized travel to the next level

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Customer Think

MARCH 7, 2024

As indicated above, the difference between leaders and laggards is a whopping 18.8X on customer profitability, 6.5X on customer retention, and 9X on customer loyalty. According to another McKinsey study organizations currently implementing data-driven approaches—ranging from predictive systems to AI-driven automation—are doing sporadically across their operations, resulting in missed opportunities and inefficiencies.

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CX Network

MARCH 7, 2024

In the world of finance, wealthy clients demand sophistication, foresight and bespoke solutions.

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Logicalware

MARCH 7, 2024

The financial services industry has changed radically in the past decade. From relying on traditional in-person meetings as the main point of contact, the industry has now fully embraced a digital-first approach. At the same time, clients demand convenience, security and personalised interactions. In fact, 80% of clients say the experience a company provides is as important as its products and services.

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1 to 1

MARCH 7, 2024

Humanizing AI was a dominant theme at last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where an estimated 93,000 attendees soaked up insights from brilliant leaders like DeepMind Founder and Google’s head of AI Demis Hassabis, along with all kinds of curious technology innovations. In a panel discussion, Hassabis acknowledged flaws in the image-generation tool of Google’s Gemini AI (previously known as Bard) and said the feature was taken offline with plans to relaunch in a few weeks.

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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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