Fri.Sep 17, 2021

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How to Celebrate Customer Service Week (3 Steps)

Myra Golden Media

Download agenda, themes, certificates and more here! Are you still trying to figure out how to celebrate Customer Service Week? After the year and a half your team has pulled your company through, don’t let National Customer Service Week pass without an epic celebration of your front line! Here are three steps to easy National Customer Service Week planning!

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5 Ways to Design People-Centric Customer Service Training

Customer Think

People like helping people. The work of customer service—brightening someone’s day, solving a problem they’re facing, connecting them with the information they need—can be its own reward. It just feels good. The challenges of the last 18 months haven’t altered that fundamental truth, but they have complicated the customer service equation: • 24/7 omnichannel customer […].

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How to Enforce a Mask Mandate In Your Theater, Museum, Library or Store

Myra Golden Media

We thought we’d be done with COVID by now. Yet, here we are. I was supposed to be boarding a plane tomorrow to deliver the opening keynote for a large event in D.C. It’s now virtual. A workshop I’m facilitating in Tulsa in a few weeks is now online. My son’s school reinstated mask mandates this week. Speaking of masks, I’m doing a lot of digital de-escalation training for clients in museums, libraries, theaters, and medical offices.

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Four Steps to Conquering CX Today and in the Future

Customer Think

In 1965, Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore famously said, “The number of transistors in a microchip doubles about every two years though the cost of computers is halved.” Now dubbed “Moore’s Law,” the statement has been applied broadly to describe the rapid pace of change in technology. Nowhere is the spirit of Moore’s Law more applicable […].

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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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Guest Post: 5 Tips to Enhance the Customer Experience

Shep Hyken

This week we feature an article by Jeff Pedowitz, ForbesBooks author of F The Funnel: A New Way To Engage Customers & Grow Revenue, and President and CEO of The Pedowitz Group. He offers five tips for brands to enhance the customer experience and in the process build brand loyalty. Getting and keeping a customer’s attention can be a challenge for companies in today’s competitive marketplace.

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Customer Journey Mapping Tools in 2021

Customer Think

Before we dive into customer journey mapping tools, we must keep in mind that, by itself, journey mapping is not a customer experience product or service. A journey map is a visual representation of your end-to-end customer experience. Thin.

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Matching Price To Shopper: 5 Ways AI Can Help, Now

Customer Think

Who invests a database worth of intelligence into the price of a chocolate bar? Turns out, it could be more than half of all retailers. In 2020, 58% of top retailers said they planned to implement some form of AI pricing technology by the end of 2021, according to research conducted for Revionics, a pricing technology […].

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Should You Use a Freemium SaaS Model to Sell Your App?

Totango

The freemium SaaS model , where you offer limited free use of your product to promote a premium version, has become common in the tech industry. But is it the best way to sell a SaaS product? We’ll take a closer look at what the freemium SaaS model is and what its pros and cons are. We’ll also consider how technology can help you optimize a freemium model to maximize its advantages and minimize its weaknesses.

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Is Your Marketing Inadvertently Damaging Your Customer Focus?

Customer Think

Welcome to my second article in a series about assessing customer centricity in our global Customer Experience consultancy. All organizations are somewhere on a spectrum from Naïve to Natural, with Naïve being the least customer-centric and Natura.

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Sprinklr named TSIA STAR Award finalist for Best Practices in Education Services

Sprinklr

Today, I’m very excited to announce that Sprinklr is named a 2021 TSIA (Technology & Services Industry Association) STAR Award finalist for Best Practices in Education Services ! The award recognizes Sprinklr University as delivering outstanding best practice education services to customers, partners, employees, and the public. For more than 30 years, the STAR Awards have been one of the highest honors in the technology and services industry, recognizing commitment to outstanding innovation,

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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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For CX success, re-evaluate your purpose

Customer Think

For CX success, re-evaluate your purpose May I offer a modest suggestion about CX? Here it is: The purpose of Customer Experience as an endeavor (a department, a practice, a field of study, etc.).

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What is Workforce Management (WFM)?

Logicalware

Workforce management is a set of processes contact centres use to optimise operational performance and efficiency. The goal of workforce management is to schedule the right number of agents, with the right skills, at the right time, to meet customer demand and deliver the best experiences for customers and agents. So how does it work? Why is it important?

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Stop Asking B2B Buyers to Take Leaps of Faith with Content

Customer Think

The content we use to engage B2B buyers must resonate and be relevant. Unfortunately, this is a challenge that marketers continue to struggle with. And that’s not surprising given the rate things change in today’s market landscape. However, sometimes w.

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Report: The State of CX Maturity among Midsize and Enterprise Companies of Asia Pacific

Zendesk

A lot goes into delivering a great customer experience (CX), but it can be hard to know where to make the most strategic investments. To help businesses make good, data-driven decisions, Zendesk partnered with ESG Research to build a framework around CX maturity and CX success. The findings for midsize and enterprise companies based in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region are summarized in this report: The State of CX Maturity among Midsize and Enterprise Companies: Research Shows Advancing CX Maturit

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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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7 Retail Pharmacy Business Trends You Should Know!

Customer Think

Being in the pharmacy industry, it is essential to know the retail pharmacy business trends. Not just in pharmacy but in any industry, keeping up with the ongoing trends is a must. Why? As it will help you in shaping your business for future situations. Before Coronavirus hit the world with a pandemic, the retail […].

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Report: The State of CX Maturity Among Midsize and Enterprise Companies of North America

Zendesk

A lot goes into delivering a great customer experience (CX), but it can be hard to know where to make the most strategic investments. To help businesses make good, data-driven decisions, Zendesk partnered with ESG Research to build a framework around CX maturity and CX success. The findings for midsize and enterprise companies based in North America are summarized in this report: The State of CX Maturity among Midsize and Enterprise Companies: Research Shows Advancing CX Maturity is a Mission-cr

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29 visually striking martech stack illustrations from the 2021 Stackie Awards

Customer Think

Every year, when the entries to the Stackie Awards flow in, I feel like the kid in A Christmas Story, excitedly opening up that present he’d be dreaming of. I am always delighted and inspired by the creative ways marketing teams visually represent thei.

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Report: The State of CX Maturity among SMBs of North America

Zendesk

The pressure is on for companies to continuously optimize their customer experience (CX). Small businesses with fewer resources are no exception, but it can be difficult to know where to make those strategic investments. To help CX leaders at small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) identify where they stand and build a roadmap for the future, Zendesk partnered with ESG Research to build a framework around CX maturity and CX success.

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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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Building A Gig Mindset Means Changing How We View Work

Customer Think

Sometimes I wonder if Gig CX is the right name for the kind of flexibility that we see when applying the gig economy to customer service processes. The gig economy is generally seen as a very flexible way to design and manage labor, but most of the time this is seen negatively because risk is […].

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5 Signs Your Customer Might Be Ready for An Upsell Discussion

ClientSuccess

Today’s CSMs act as the one-stop go-between for a customer and the rest of a vendor organization. From product announcements to marketing requests, CSMs are typically the point of contact to relay this information to a customer. This same sense of leadership is also true for sales discussions. From renewals to upsells to expansion, the CSM is often the person who either opens up this conversation with a customer, announces to a customer that it is time to start having these sorts of discus

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4 Steps to Concept Testing Research

Customer Think

You’ve come up with some great ideas, and now you can’t wait to bring them to life and watch your sales soar. But for that to happen, your customers need to love it too. So how do you know if they feel the same way? You guessed it: Concept Testing. There is really no way […].

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Workforce Optimization Solutions Help Companies Through the Pandemic and Beyond

DMG Consulting

Workforce Optimization Solutions Help Companies Through the Pandemic and Beyond. April 20, 2021 Donna Fluss. View this article on the publisher’s website. DUE TO THE COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 will go down in the history books as an especially arduous year for economies and companies worldwide. But most have persevered, and some will be stronger due to the changes driven by the public health crisis.

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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

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Are You Important To Your Customer?

Customer Think

I have to admit, and apologize to a few folks, I lost it in a meeting today. We were talking about an account strategy. The sales person wanted to meet with the top executives of a very large corporation. I’d been asked to help strategize this and help figure out how they attract the attention […].

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Research provides hope for contact centre leaders

MyCustomer Experience

RThe CCMA has been tracking how the contact centre is evolving during times of real change. This is the fourth part in a series of research. 17th Sep 2021. By CCMA (Call Centre Management Association).

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How Good Transaction Security Makes Online Shopping Easier For Customers

Customer Think

Selling online has transformed trade, allowing innumerable enterprises around the world to grow and thrive. E-commerce, on the other hand, opens the door to fraud. Unfortunately, online fraud and identity theft occur almost as regularly due to cunning crooks and poor consumer internet buying habits. Online transactions are always risky, but customers can take several […].

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Cookies are leaving online marketing but data ?

MyCustomer Experience

CSince the start of the World Wide Web (and doesn’t that seem like an ancient phrase) as the main way for us to ride the Information. 17th Sep 2021. By JohnSpooner_H2O.ai Head of Artificial Intelligence, EMEA.

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How Personalized Customer Experiences Drive Retail Growth and Revenue

Speaker: Shaunna Bruton - Associate Director of Product Strategy at Orium | Sam Panzer - Director of Industry Strategy at Talon.One | Frank Passantino - Director of Product Management at Bloomreach

More and more, customers are expecting a better personalized CX. But can retailers actually deliver? Data from McKinsey shows that companies that excel in personalization increase their revenue by 40%, but despite these numbers, retailers struggle to implement customer personalization strategies. So what are the potential solutions? Join us to gain a better understanding of the current retail landscape and learn what you can do to translate personalization strategies into practical implementatio

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How to Build an Educational App for Android and iOS in 2021-22?

Customer Think

A smartphone is such a revolutionary device and deeply impacts our lives; from bill payment to ordering stuff online, we can do anything with it. Now due to the evolution in technology, everything is within our reach. In terms of knowledge sharing works great as there are several e-learning solutions available on the iOS App Store […].