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The Meeting Missing Boss

The Belding Group

"I have a great boss. The one problem I have with her is that she quite often misses our meetings. She keeps meetings with everyone else, but she seems very comfortable continually postponing meetings (with me), or just not showing up until a considerable time later. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.com.

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Four ways to go beyond “basic” in customer service

Customer Think

Basic. The classical definition is one of being fundamental in nature. Slang has turned this categorization into an insult. In either case, using the term “basic” to describe an organization’s customer service is not a positive thing. That’s not to say covering “the basics” isn’t important. In fact, the basics are the absolute starting point […].

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-12-2021

Shep Hyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. The Top Customer Service Trends: Digital Channels Overtake Service Options by Phillip Britt. (DestinationCRM) Even as interactions move to digital channels like chat, email, and social media, the companies providing the best customer service are ensuring that they don’t over

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How to Succeed in Collaborative Marketing

Customer Think

The world of marketing is always changing, and businesses must keep up. Today, more and more brands are beginning to realize the benefits of a symbiotic relationship with one another through collaborative marketing. What is collaborative marketing? It’s a special relationship between two brands with similar interests where parties combine their strengths to their benefit. […].

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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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Using SMS Surveys for Delivery Feedback

Zonka Feedback

While there are several ways to send surveys to your customers, SMS is one of the best among them. It is quick, easy, cost-effective, and can reach a wide range of customers. Almost everybody uses a cellphone, and Short Messaging Service is one of the basic features of every cellphone. Whether it is a smartphone, iPhone, or any mobile phone, the option to send and receive SMS is always there.

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How to Succeed with B2B Facebook Ads

Customer Think

Long before anyone was learning TikTok choreography or saying regrettable things on Twitter, there was Facebook. Though it’s still the most widely-used social network in the world, B2B marketers don’t always see it as a viable platform for generating leads. It’s easy to dismiss Facebook as a place for sharing memes and getting into arguments […].

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Pandemic or No Pandemic, ‘Always Be Evaluating’ Your Customers’ Journey

Customer Think

If customer experience professionals have learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s the unpredictability of the world and the long-lasting effects these types of events have on the customer experience. For example, now, customers are heavily scrutinizing store cleanliness and whether management enforces mask-wearing. Their reactions — good or bad — are posted online for […].

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Episode #143: It’s Hard to be Humble, with Neha Saxena

Sprinklr

Too often, humility is in short supply among business leaders. And yet it’s a powerful quality that can affect real change in your organization. Today Neha and I take a humble look at leadership, and learn how to balance confidence with humility. Plus, a couple of breathing exercises (of course). See all CXM Experience podcasts. The CXM Experience on Apple Podcasts.

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Announcing a New Publication for Mission-Driven Founders

Help Scout

Help Scout was founded on the principle that there’s a more socially conscious and intentional way of doing business. We believe that it’s possible to be successful while doing right by your community, the environment, and society at large — and we know there are plenty of other founders and small businesses who feel the same way. We even featured a few in our documentary video series “ Against the Grain.”.

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Post-COVID, Here’s Why Contact Centers Should Keep AI Around

Customer Think

Misconceptions around AI in the workplace have existed for as long as the technology itself. And to this point, the dominant narrative around its role in the contact center has been negative, often associated with job displacement for agents and frustrating phone trees for consumers. Even so, COVID-19 forced many companies to increase their use […].

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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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How Work from Home Contact Center Software Can Solve Remote Work Challenges?

Hodusoft

How Work from Home Contact Center Software Can Solve Remote Work Challenges? The Covid-19 has altered our work life in many ways. Most of us are still working in the pandemic-ushered work from home mode. What has not changed, however, is reaching for our phones to call customer service contact center agents, for a myriad of issues. In fact, throughout the pandemic period, contact centers witnessed long waits.

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7 Useful Tips to Optimize Your Facebook and Instagram Live Videos

Customer Think

Live streams on Facebook and Instagram have always been an excellent way of creating a direct connection with an audience. And now more so than ever, in these times of increased online engagement, their importance cannot be overstated. So, while traditional video content still leads the pack in terms of audience outreach, companies and content […].

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Creating a customer-first culture: build momentum before tackling the sceptics

CX Network

Award winning logistics firm DSV Panalpina gives tips on introducing customer centricity and building a customer-first culture.

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What If You Couldn’t Discount?

Customer Think

How would buying and selling change if you couldn’t discount? What if the price is the price period? There would be no more, “If you give me an order by the end of the quarter, I’ll give you X% off…” or, “We’re running a promotion… ” or, “What if I could come in Y% lower [.]. The post What If You Couldn’t Discount?

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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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Customer Engagement to Match Today’s Expectations

MyCustomer Experience

CHeavy investment in technology is being made by customer-facing organisations in a bid to provide a fantastic customer experience whilst. 12th Jul 2021. By Simon Thorpe EMEA Solutions Ambassador Director.

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Call center talk script – How to make Call Center Agents talk like Pros

Knowmax

Call center talk script – How to make Call Center Agents talk like Pros.

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How three financial service providers are using XM to improve their customer and employee experience

Qualtrics

One of the headline findings from our recent study into the state of customer experience in financial services in Asia Pacific (APAC’s) was that despite relatively high levels of consumer satisfaction with their banking and Insurance providers, people are still willing to switch in search of better and more personalised experiences, as well as flexible products.

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The ultimate guide to lead nurturing

Zendesk

Say you’re new in town and want to make friends. You wouldn’t introduce yourself to a new person, get their phone number, and then never reach out to them. To form a friendship, you’d need to connect with them and spend time together. Building and maintaining relationships takes work. They grow over time through continual contact and investment. Your company’s relationships with your leads aren’t any different—you must nurture those connections for them to develop and thrive.

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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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Why Document Collection is an Important Investment for Auto Lenders

Lightico

Customers looking to purchase a vehicle on a contract need to provide a series of documentation. Document collection is therefore an important process within the auto finance industry. Paperwork is one of the biggest headaches for both employees and customers. When someone purchases a car on finance, they have to show proof of a utility bill or credit score to prove they can afford to pay the lender back monthly.

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