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From sole ambassadors, to the heart of business decisions: the UX evolution of the last decade

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by Dana Bishop, VP of Experience Research Strategy at UserTesting. Over the last decade, the user experience (UX) industry has not […] The post From sole ambassadors, to the heart of business decisions: the UX evolution of the last decade first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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How To Optimize Your Support Strategy for Messaging Channels

Help Scout

It’s easy to add a new messaging support channel, but can your business deliver high-quality service through that channel at sufficient scale? Here are some ways in which you can make it happen.

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GigCX Levels Up: 5 Key Takeaways from the 2023 GigCX Report

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The 2023 GigCX Report features the results of Limitless’ annual GigCX survey, with headline data taken from over 400 CX leaders from the U.S. and U.K., and over 600 GigCX Experts across 34 countries in six continents, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, India, South Africa, France and Germany.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Help Scout

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This guide will walk you through how to get started with Help Scout. You’ll learn all the fundamentals of the platform, from managing your mailbox to creating self-service support with Docs, Beacon, and more.

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The Pragmatic Path to Composability: Adapting to the Future through Modularity

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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SMS Queues: The Next Frontier in Enhancing Customer Experiences

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Looking for a way to deliver better customer experiences? The solution is a lot closer than you think. In fact, it's already in your hands: smartphones.

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Using ChatGPT for Customer Service

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How ChatGPT — or other generative AI tools — can be used to help answer customer service queries and deliver better service. How good is ChatGPT and in what other ways could it be used in customer service situations?

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The Ultimate Guide to Knowledge Base Management

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Learn what a knowledge base is and discover how to plan, create, and deliver effective help center content to create better customer experiences.

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Customer Service vs. Customer Experience: Explained

Help Scout

The terms customer service and customer experience are often confused or used interchangeably. They’re not the same thing, but they are related.

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These 13 Stories of Remarkable Customer Service Will Put a Smile on Your Face

Help Scout

In a world where support is often thought of as a cost center, these remarkable customer service stories will remind you of its true potential.

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How Beacon Helps You Deliver Great Customer Service

Help Scout

Help Scout’s Beacon gives your customers access to email and live chat support, help documentation, and proactive messaging—all right where they need it.

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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.

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5 Ways to Automate Support Without Degrading Service

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Customer support automation can leave customers feeling underappreciated. Here are 5 ways to automate without degrading service quality.

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GPT-3 and AI in Customer Support

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GPT-3 has been making news recently, so it’s worth taking a look to understand what it is and how it might help with customer support.

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12 Customer Service Phrases to Use (+ 8 You Should Avoid)

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Discover the 12 most useful customer service phrases for improving your support conversations, and learn which 8 common phrases you should avoid.

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16 Customer Service Tips to Never Forget

Help Scout

The best customer service tips can only come from world-class teams. Here are 16 tips for delighting your customers.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

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.

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7 Predictions for Customer Service and Support in 2023

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Here are 7 important trends that will affect your work in customer service and experience for 2023, from supply chain recovery to AI-driven productivity.

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Quarterly Release Notes, September 2020: Article Ratings, New Messages Editor

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Release Notes is our bimonthly update that highlights recent product improvements we’ve made so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new.

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Quarterly Release Notes, March 2020: COVID-19 Resources, Chat Ratings, and More

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Release Notes is our bimonthly update that highlights recent product improvements we’ve made so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new.

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Quarterly Release Notes, November 2020: Advanced Permissions, Message Reports

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Release Notes is our bimonthly update that highlights recent product improvements we’ve made so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

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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10 Live Chat Examples for the Entire Customer Journey

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We've pulled together 10 creative live chat examples so you can see how useful chat can be in helping you meet a variety of company goals.

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How We Replaced Our Weekly All-Hands Meeting with Video

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Weekly videos are a fun, easier-than-you-think alternative to all-hands meetings and boring email updates. Here’s how Help Scout does it.

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How Building a Community Can Supercharge Your Customer Service

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Brand communities are helping companies supercharge their customer service with insights into customer needs, expectations and desires.

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Why All Hands Support Didn’t Work for Our Company

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Anna Brozek, operations director at Big Cartel, explains why her company tried and eventually ended the practice of all hands support.

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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.

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Relationship Marketing: The Value of Marketing to Current Customers

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Relationship marketing is customer marketing strategy that emphasizes retention, loyalty, satisfaction, and lifetime customer value.

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21 Key Customer Service Skills (and How to Develop Them)

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Learn what customer service is and why it's important. Discover the 21 customer service skills every support professional needs to thrive.

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6 Tips for How to Collaborate on Remote Design Teams

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Remote designers face unique challenges and rewards. Here’s what we’ve found works for our distributed design team.

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How We Use Video to Build Remote Culture

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Team building activities can often feel forced, but video is a surprisingly easy way to strengthen company culture and have fun.

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib

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How to Stand Out in a Crowded Market

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The way to stand out from the competition in a crowded market is to tailor your offerings to an underserved segment — here’s how.

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Keep Customers In the Flow With Messages

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Introducing Messages, a new way to convert more customers, reduce support requests, and build a better business proactively.

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The Complete Guide to Email Management in Higher Education: Ebook

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Learn how to create high-quality experiences for students, faculty, and staff by taking control of your university inboxes.

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The Role of Customer Stickiness in Building Enduring Loyalty

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Learn what customer stickiness is and how SaaS businesses can both improve stickiness and transform it into enduring customer loyalty.

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Your Expert Guide to CX Orchestration & Enhancing Customer Journeys

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