December, 2022

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My top six lessons learned from serving customers

Inside Customer Service

Where did you learn your customer service skills? There's a good chance many came from experience. You might even remember specific customer interactions that taught valuable lessons. Sure, you might have taken a class. Perhaps you had a good boss or mentor. Yet those lessons often didn't sink in until you tried them out with a customer. That's my story.

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How to track customer sentiment

Callminer

Customer sentiment is a crucial metric for every business. Read this blog to learn more about customer sentiment analysis and how it can help improve customer service, guide agent behavior, and more.

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Is it time to talk about a more sustainable approach to serving our customers?

Adrian Swinscoe

At a recent event, I spoke to a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) about how it was not untypical for him to have a day of 14 […]. The post Is it time to talk about a more sustainable approach to serving our customers? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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How do customers want to talk to businesses? Our new survey reveals what you need to know

Intercom, Inc.

We’re fast approaching a new year, with major changes in customer support trends and customer expectations. So what does “good customer support” look like for 2023? We conducted a major survey to find out what people want and expect from customer service, and made some fascinating discoveries. Our latest study contacted 1,000 US customers across generations, to learn more about what they want and expect from businesses as we enter 2023.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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4 Effective Contact Center Development Ideas

Fonolo

Entrepreneur and CRM expert Bobby Darnell describes business development as a “contact sport.” He’s right! When it comes to contact center development, what Darnell means is that you must engage. You can’t passively improve a call center. . As leaders and managers, you need to get down and dirty with metrics, KPIs, and agent performance to run a successful contact center.

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How Does the Metaverse Relate to Virtual Reality?

Customer Think

Metaverse is an emerging technology developed by Meta that is going to revolutionalise the online gaming industry. The technology is still in the development phase and there is already a significant amount of hype around it. Metaverse technology enables users to access a simulation of the real world where users can connect, interact, shop, and […].

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25 benefits and best practices to get started with real-time analytics

Callminer

Companies today manage ever-increasing volumes of data. Read this blog for expert tips and best practices for getting started with real-time analytics tools.

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9 ways to help get your budget approved

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by Tom Gibby, the Co-Founder and CMO of The Bot Platform. The first step in asking is always the hardest. You […]. The post 9 ways to help get your budget approved first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Intercom’s product principles: Creating personal products by design

Intercom, Inc.

Our mission – the change we want to create – is to make internet business personal. Whether we’re creating tools that improve personalization or strengthening our privacy and security, Intercom has always been committed to bringing a personal touch to every change we make to our product. This is the ninth post in a series exploring our product principles.

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7 Highly Effective Call Center Improvement Strategies

Fonolo

Call center leaders are always looking for ways to take their operations to the next level. But the question is: what does that next level look like for your business? That all depends on the goals your contact center sets. Success will look different for every organization. It’s up to you to set those standards and provide the right support and motivation for your call center team to achieve them.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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The ROI of Customer Experience

Customer Think

Knowing the ROI of customer experience helps to fund CX projects and make intelligent investments in customer experience. But a deeper examination into the question about CX return on investment gets to the heart of what customer experience means for y.

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Top five CX trends used in financial services

CX Network

, FS providers have had to optimize technology capabilities across multiple functions to ensure customer experiences have not suffered. This has resulted in many pandemic-related changes and related p.

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Three ways conversation intelligence can improve brand experience and the bottom line

Callminer

From campaign strategy, to crisis management, to brand sentiment, read about three ways CMOs can leverage conversation intelligence to understand customers' brand experience.

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Why you should prioritize accessibility in your customer service experience

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by Amanda Winstead, a freelance writer from the Portland area. Customer service should be one of the top priorities for every […]. The post Why you should prioritize accessibility in your customer service experience first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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2022 on Inside Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

Well that was quite the year. We’ve made it to the end of 2022 – 12 months in which everything changed for the tech industry. After booming for the best part of two decades, a number of factors coincided to transform the SaaS landscape and tech more broadly. Like so many other companies in the space, Intercom was also affected by these difficult economic headwinds.

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The most common mistake in building an Offer You Can’t Refuse

Steven Van Belleghem

How Decathlon is building an Offer You Can’t Refuse. I want to circle back a little bit to my Offer You Can’t Refuse concept, of which you can see a short refresher clip here: These days, customers have come to really expect four layers of value: They obviously want a good product. They want digital convenience, which has already become a commodity.

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9 must-haves for a successful B2B marketing strategy

Customer Think

No matter what business you are in, success depends on a good marketing strategy. A well-executed marketing strategy will help you attract your target audience, keep people interested in your offerings, and expand your reach. Not sure how to develop a marketing strategy that works for your small business or startup? I’m here to help […].

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23 Ways to Create an Amazing Experience In 2023

Shep Hyken

Happy New Year! I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions, which are often broken. Instead, I like setting and resetting my goals for the year, and in my world, those goals focus on delivering an amazing customer service experience. So, I’ve created a list of simple ways to deliver the experience that everyone wants. Here are 23 ways to help you and your teams provide an amazing customer experience in 2023. .

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.

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What is product innovation and why is it important?

Callminer

Read this blog to better understand product innovation, including new product development, and best practices for getting it right with conversation intelligence.

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Customer success and the role of community – Interview with Elaine Richards of 37signals

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with Elaine Richards, who is the COO of 37signals, the makers of Basecamp and HEY. She joined 37signals in 2021 and joins me today to talk […]. The post Customer success and the role of community – Interview with Elaine Richards of 37signals first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Intercom recognized with 101 badges and awards in G2’s Winter Reports 2023

Intercom, Inc.

We are delighted to announce that Intercom has once again been recognized as among the best solutions in a number of Customer Service categories in the newly released G2 Winter Reports 2023. This season, we were rewarded a whopping 101 badges and awards, a recognition of Intercom’s position as a leader in the field of Customer Service. #Humblebrags.

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How to use public reviews to improve customer experience

Lumoa

People give public reviews on your product whether it’s on the App Store or Play Store, on TrustRadius or Capterra, on Tripadvisor or Booking.com. And, it’s more likely that you’re very familiar with how many stars or thumbs up you get on average. On the other hand, you might not know why people rate your product high or low. Recently, we organized a webinar about how to integrate public reviews using Lumoa where “that cool guy Garen” showed: How to bring public rev

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The State of Digital Customer Experience Report 2024

This comprehensive report explores the evolving landscape of customer and business expectations, with five key trends that will help you understand your customers and stay ahead of the competition. Discover how your peers are implementing AI to improve customer experience with granular insights into their CX investments and specific AI use cases. For the first time, customers prefer digital channels when interacting with a business.

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8 Expert Tips to Make Your Hiring Processes More Efficient

Customer Think

A simple recruiting mistake, like a poorly crafted job description, can hamper your chances of attracting the right talent. However, having the proper hiring process allows you to recruit the best candidates to help your organizations grow. Here are eight expert tips on how to make your hiring processes more efficient! Did You Know? When […].

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Amazing Business Radio: Amy Brown

Shep Hyken

The Power of Listening to Your Customers . Using Conversational Data to Enhance the Customer Experience . Shep Hyken interviews Amy Brown, founder and CEO of Authenticx , a software that listens, analyzes and activates customer voices at scale. She shares findings from Authenticx’s Customer Voices Report and how organizations can use data to drive customer experience strategies.

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Stop Confusing Free Trials and Onboarding (It’s Costing You Customers)

SixteenVentures

Prospective customers use Free Trials as an opportunity to see if your product is right for them before they buy. Customer Onboarding is the process a new customer goes through to get up and running with your product after they buy. If you confuse Free Trials and Customer Onboarding, you’ll try to engage prospects as if they’re already customers, resulting in poor engagement and lower conversion from free to paid.

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Even CX champions are struggling to keep up with rising customer expectations – Interview with Adrian McDermott of Zendesk

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with Adrian McDermott, Chief Technology Officer at Zendesk. Adrian joins me today to talk about the new Zendesk CX Accelerator report, the main […]. The post Even CX champions are struggling to keep up with rising customer expectations – Interview with Adrian McDermott of Zendesk first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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How to Easily Navigate Crypto Accounting in the Web3 Era

Speaker: Aaron Jacob, VP of Accounting Solutions & Reagan Cook, GTM Lead

Are you struggling to navigate the complexities and challenges that come with crypto accounting? 🤔 This new webinar will cover everything businesses need to know to get started with crypto accounting after incorporating crypto into their business models! Industry experts Aaron Jacob and Reagan Cook of TaxBit will thoroughly explore the prevalent operational hurdles encountered by accounting teams when interacting with crypto on the books, and detail how software solutions can effectively

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2022 in review: Highlights from this year’s best conversations

Intercom, Inc.

 We’re not going to lie, 2022 was a challenging, nerve-racking, gripping beast of a year, but here we are at the end of it – and there’s plenty to be thankful for. Throughout the year, we’ve talked with and learned from industry leaders, experts, and innovators about a multitude of topics: from facing the tech slowdown to the dawn of machine learning, from the trends transforming customer support to using human insight to create memorable experiences.

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Why customer culture has replaced technology as the holy grail

Steven Van Belleghem

It’s Amara’s law. In cases like these, I always have to think about Roy Charles Amara who was the president of the Institute for the Future and who coined Amara’s law on the effect of technology in 2006: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. This effect is perhaps not exactly new, but it does clearly explain why hitting that 90% rate happens pretty fast (well, you know, considering…), while it takes a very

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Top 5 Ways to Improve Customer Retention Rate

Customer Think

Photo by Pexels, CC0 1.0 Customer satisfaction is the most crucial factor to run a successful business. Fostering long-term interpersonal relationships with customers should be the prime objective of your business. Even if your products are excellent and you are giving 100% effort but still seeing a dip in customer retention rate, then you must […].

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Guest Post: Is Your Customer Journey Aligned with Brand Expectations? If Not, It Could Be Costing You Sales

Shep Hyken

This week, we feature an article by Nick Bandy, Chief Marketing Officer at LiveVox , an omnichannel platform that helps brands seamlessly communicate with their customers. He shares how you can align your customer’s journey with their brand expectations. The customer journey is essential to any company’s success. And in today’s digital age, customer service is now more important than ever before.

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Building Your BI Strategy: How to Choose a Solution That Scales and Delivers

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.