January, 2024

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Help phone customers faster with visual communication

Inside Customer Service

Your customer struggles to describe the problem over the phone. "The doohickey won't connect with the thingamajig," they stammer. Their words don't make sense. You try to walk them through some diagnostics. It's equally muddled. The customer can’t see something that should be right in front of them. Are you two even looking at the same thing? This would be so much easier if you were face-to-face.

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Six AI questions to ask to drive customer service success

Callminer

Despite all the buzz around AI, most business leaders still struggle to fully understand it. This blog answers six common AI questions to help you understand how it's used in the CallMiner platform.

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Our CX Accelerator Board of Directors

CX Accelerator

We have big time news for CX Accelerator! We've been on the path to establish the organization as a non-profit to help amplify our mission of equipping CX professionals on every stage of their career journey. A HUGE piece in this puzzle is the creation of our Board of Directors. Please join me in welcoming Matt Lyles , Juanita Coley , Jim Rich , Sally Mildren and Justin Robbins who have graciously offered to serve in this way.

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Technology choice, adoption and the paradox of choice

Adrian Swinscoe

Have you ever found yourself going to a Lego store intent on buying an assortment of Lego pieces as a gift for someone, but when faced […] The post Technology choice, adoption and the paradox of choice first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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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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A Guide to Choosing the Right Text Analysis Software for Your Business

Lumoa

So, you’re eyeing growth and a healthy ROI for your business, right? I’m guessing that’s a big ‘yes.’ It’s a common goal, after all. And, if you’re nodding along, I’m also betting you’re savvy enough to know that the future of business success is tightly intertwined with embracing Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Five Tips For Being Decisive

The Belding Group

It’s no accident that these are the people we turn to when whenever a decision needs to be made. The skill of being decisive creates respect and trust, and one of the core qualities that employers look for when hiring or promoting. It is also key component of being perceived as competent – which tells customers and colleagues that they can trust you.

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The ultimate guide to understanding brand sentiment

Callminer

When you understand what’s affecting brand sentiment positively, you can work toward honing in on those features for continued improvement. Read more in this blog.

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Evolving Conversational AI for Enhanced Customer Experiences: Navigating Ethics, Privacy, Metrics and Trust

Customer Think

This article was originally posted on [link] In the era of Conversational AI, where voice assistants and chatbots have become integral parts of our daily interactions, the evolution of AI conversations plays a pivotal role in shaping enhanced Customer Experiences (CX).

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Navigating cultural variances in global marketing: Insights from around the world

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by David Beasley, director at Washington Direct Mail. According to a recent research by Equinix, 72% of global businesses are looking to […] The post Navigating cultural variances in global marketing: Insights from around the world first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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New year, new CS: 2023 recap and what’s to come in 2024

Totango

As we kick off 2024, it’s time to reflect on the past year and look forward to what the future holds for customer success. It’s been an exciting journey, marked by significant milestones and a ceaseless effort to support our customers in achieving their goals. Now, as we step into a new year, we’re witnessing an evolution of customer success, and there’s a new and improved Totango to help enterprise business leaders deliver business results and drive customer outcomes.

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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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The Shortcut Seeking Employee

The Belding Group

It can be frustrating when an employee seems be focused on doing the absolute minimum, but before pointing fingers at them, make sure they shouldn't first be pointed at you. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.

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Explore the Unique Experiences That Await You at CRS Tucson

Execs In The Know

Customer Response Summit (CRS) returns in Tucson, Arizona, March 12-15, 2024. Join your fellow CX leaders and colleagues for a dynamic experience of learning, sharing, networking, and engagement. CRS is an event that promises to ignite your passion, spark innovation, and forge lasting connections. It is so much more than just a conference – it’s an experience!

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Four financial services CX trends to watch for 2024

Callminer

Financial services teams must maintain sky-high CX and EX standards in 2024, despite major challenges. Explore the top four 2024 financial services CX trends.

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Unlocking Success in 2024 With These 6 Essential Learnings From 2023

Beyond Philosophy

It’s that time of year for one of my favorite traditions, my end-of-year reflections. I appreciate the opportunity to look back upon what has happened and what I learned from it. We did this on the podcast recently. My podcast partner and I came up with six we learned this past year, and I wanted to share them with you as well. So, without further ado, here are the six learnings from 2023 that I hope help you as we head into 2024, starting with: Learning #1: Accomplishments in your persona

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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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BrandGPT and the future of CX

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by Jay Wolcott, CEO and co-founder of Knowbl. Statistics show that 81 percent of US consumers shopped online in 2022, but […] The post BrandGPT and the future of CX first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Unlock growth potential with Totango revenue intelligence integrations

Totango

Totango now offers integrations with leading revenue intelligence platforms Gong and Chorus to help teams enhance operational efficiency and leverage the insights gleaned from customer interactions to drive strategic decision-making. In the world of customer success (CS), every customer interaction is an opportunity to hone insights that can sharpen their path to success.

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What Have You Done For Your Coworkers Lately?

The Belding Group

For an organization to be truly customer-focused, internal customers - those colleagues who depend on us to get their jobs done - need to be treated with the same care and respect with which we show external customers. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.

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4 Lessons Learned from Leading the Industry in Customer-Facing LLM-Powered AI Assistants

Execs In The Know

As businesses strive to enhance user experiences and streamline customer interactions, deploying advanced LLM assistants to automate customer interactions has great potential. It’s something we’ve learned a thing or two (or four) about as the vendor that’s launched the most LLM-powered AI assistants in the market to date. In this article, I’ll share four invaluable lessons we’ve learned as a business.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Announcing ‘The Intercom Customer Service Trends Report for 2024’

Intercom

⚡️ Ready to dive straight into the insights? Get the report → Customer support teams will remember 2023 as the year that everything changed. In just 12 months, generative AI went from being an emerging possibility to a stop-you-in-your-tracks, drop-everything phenomenon. It’s transforming the customer service landscape at lightning speed, and heading into 2024, the race for competitive advantage is well and truly on.

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Unlocking Customer Insights Mastering the Art of Effective Customer Research

Beyond Philosophy

This has been created in partnership with YouGov. Our listeners will enjoy $ 500 off their first survey from YouGov. Click here. Customer research has some big problems. You might think the big problem with customer research is not asking the right questions. But it isn’t. Then, surely it’s asking the wrong people the wrong way, right? But that’s not it either.

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Using a “Give and Get” Philosophy to Improve Employee and Customer Satisfaction

Doing CX Right

Are toxic employees driving your customers away? Learn how to attract top talent and increase customer satisfaction on Doing CX Right Podcast with host Stacy Sherman & guest Bryan Adams. The post Using a “Give and Get” Philosophy to Improve Employee and Customer Satisfaction appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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Expert tips to unlock business growth with customer success operations

Totango

In an era when customer success (CS) has become pivotal, it’s no longer enough to have a team dedicated to CS. More importantly, you need an organizational strategy that ensures your customers don’t just come to you but stay, thrive, and become your biggest promoters. To transform your organization to reach this next level, enterprises often need a change agent who can help both functional teams and customers shift their behaviors to drive better results in the post-sales journey.

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7th Annual CX Report by The Northridge Group Uncovers Priority Training Focus

JUST RELEASED! New research reveals 92% of business leaders would like to provide additional training to their customer service representatives. Soft skills training stands out as a priority area of investment and/or improvement. Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report —the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall exper

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Text Analytics in Customer Feedback: The CXO’s Secret Weapon

Lumoa

Have you ever traveled to a country where you didn’t speak the language? If you have, you must know how exhausting it can be to get help with the simplest of requests. I remember spending over 40 minutes trying to get change for a €20 bill in Paris until a kind stranger finally understood what I was asking for. After that frustrating experience, I had a newfound appreciation for customers who have to deal with unresponsive customer experience (CX) teams that fail to act on customer feedback!

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How to get started with AI in 5 simple steps

CommBox

Things we knew in 2023: Leveraging AI greatly increases the operational efficiency of your business – impacting everything from customer satisfaction to cost savings. The challenge in 2024? Businesses of all sizes and across all industries need to find the best way to integrate AI technology into their daily business operations. The biggest deterrent of AI is no longer a commitment to innovation, but rather strategic planning – or more accurately – knowing how to get started.

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Why Contact Center Quality Assurance Matters

Customer Service Life

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Throughout my career in the contact center, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with quality assurance (QA). I was already two years into a role as a customer support manager when I hired someone with actual contact center experience (I had none) who informed me that I should be “doing quality.” He helped me create a basic form with a somewhat elaborate scoring system and I began scoring my team’s interactions with customers.

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What Sport Teaches Us About How to Improve Your Customers’ Experience

Beyond Philosophy

We want to hear from you. Simply record a video with your thoughts, ideas, reactions, lists, or whatever else you have to offer, and we might discuss it on the podcast. It’s called None of Us Are As Clever As All Of Us. To learn more, click here. Justin Stafford ( justin@customersmarts.co ), founder of a Customer Smarts shared how sports can teach us how to improve your Customer Experience.

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When Customers Win, You Win: How to Deliver Value That Transforms Your Customer Experience

Speaker: Donna Weber - Customer Onboarding Expert

Customer onboarding is so much more than going live with your product and driving adoption. The truth is, onboarding is the most important part of the customer journey. When you set positive first impressions, establish trusting relationships, and quickly deliver meaningful outcomes, you create customers for life. Invest an hour with Donna Weber to learn why your customer onboarding is critical to your success.

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Actioning Customer Feedback: The Secret to Turning Difficult Customers into Loyal Advocates

C3Centricity

Difficult customers! Every business has them, and no one likes to get customer feedback that is challenging to handle. So what’s the secret to turning difficult customers into loyal advocates? The most important thing to remember is not to think of customers as difficult but merely as angry, frustrated or disappointed with the product or service they bought from us.

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2024 Expectations: The forefront of the next generation of customer success

Totango

This year, the customer success (CS) industry faces a critical choice — either assume the role of strategic growth driver by adopting revenue goals for the business, providing greater accountability to customers, and forming tighter cross-functional alignment with partners—or stick to the status quo, maintaining business as usual and leaving untapped potential on the table.

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How to Elevate the Customer Experience with Conversational Commerce

Lumoa

When customers shop in physical stores, they might have several questions about a product: Is it available in a different size? What’s the warranty? If there is no one to answer their questions, there’s a good chance they’ll walk out of the store. The scenario is now much the same for online customers who increasingly expect a seamless, personalized experience.

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Addressing Common Misconceptions About BPO: Debunking Myths

Execs In The Know

In the dynamic world of business and customer service, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has emerged as a powerful strategy for organizations to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and focus on core competencies. However, misconceptions and myths about BPO often cloud its true potential and benefits. In this blog, we aim to debunk common misconceptions surrounding BPO and shed light on its significant contributions to modern business practices.

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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.