Customer Think
APRIL 7, 2023
The tide appears to be turning. In recent times, CMOs focused on innovation and growth, yet now economic uncertainty and the financial climate are making marketers take a long hard look at themselves. And when they do that, they focus on two things: the customer and revenue. As marketers, we exist for our customers.
Adrian Swinscoe
APRIL 28, 2023
This is a guest post by Michelle Huff, Chief Marketing Officer at UserTesting. With many physical bank branches closing, customers are forced to migrate to digital […] The post Why customer empathy is key to ensuring the older generation have a seamless digital banking experience first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
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Inside Customer Service
APRIL 13, 2023
Why are customers loyal to certain companies? People buy from Amazon because is it consistently solves one problem quickly and conveniently: "I need to buy __." You can fill in the blank with nearly every product imaginable. Whatever it is, Amazon has made it as easy as possible to get it fast. Starbucks has legions of loyal customers because it offers the most convenient way to get a caffeinated coffee drink.
C3Centricity
APRIL 18, 2023
As a leader, you know that customer centricity is critical to the success of your business. However, it is not enough to pay lip service to this concept; you must make it an integral part of your company’s culture and business strategy. In this post, we will explore what customer centricity means, why it is essential, and how you, as a leader, can successfully lead a customer-first strategy adoption in your organization.
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Customer Think
APRIL 11, 2023
It’s springtime, in the Northern hemisphere, and tech stacks are blooming. Zylo, a SaaS management platform that manages over 30 million SaaS licenses for its customers — more $30 billion in SaaS spend under management — just released their 2023.
Callminer
APRIL 27, 2023
NLP, ML and AI are everywhere in everyday life, and most people have encountered these technologies in action without even being aware of it. This blog shares 25 examples of NLP and ML.
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Adrian Swinscoe
APRIL 18, 2023
This is a guest post from Jill Goodwin, a Content Master & Writer of Amazing Ideas. Invoices may seem like purely procedural documents. But what […] The post Are invoices the key to improving the quality of your customer service experience? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Inside Customer Service
APRIL 27, 2023
Do your customer service goals inspire the team? If not, the FIT model might be the cure. It helps you write goals that give your team clarity, inspire teamwork, and encourage the right behaviors. The FIT goal model also makes costly incentives, prizes, and leaderboards completely unnecessary. In fact, the model works by getting rid of all that nonsense.
The DiJulius Group
APRIL 3, 2023
At most companies, policies and processes are put in place to deal with employees who exhibit sloppy, unprofessional, or irresponsible behavior. But if you avoid or move these people out, you don’t need so many rules. If you build an organization made up of high performers, you can eliminate most controls. The denser the talent, Read Full Article The post Want Your Leaders To Be More Successful?
Customer Think
APRIL 16, 2023
While people are hesitant to accept the likely reality that we are heading into a recession, we’re seeing higher interest rates, less venture capital funding, and widespread layoffs in the tech industry. Despite the uncertainty, there’s some good news: even if we are facing a recession, these moments are temporary.
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.
Steven Van Belleghem
APRIL 25, 2023
The new standards I for instance thought that Spotify’s demo of its artificial intelligent DJ looked pretty impressive. An AI DJ selects the music it thinks you might like, and then combines it with spoken commentary around the tracks or artists, delivered in a realistic-sounding, AI-generated voice. In other words, it allows you to have your very own personal radio DJ.
eglobalis
APRIL 18, 2023
Why Your Customer and Design Chiefs (CCO-CDO) Need to Collaborate to Make a Success of Your CX Peel back the layers of many successful customer experience strategies and you'll find that accountability sits with the Chief Customer Officer (when they have one). It also sits with the Chief Design Officer (or equivalent). Collaboration between the [.] The post Why Your Customer and Design Chiefs (CCO-CDO) Need to Collaborate to Make a Success of Your CX appeared first on Eglobalis.
Adrian Swinscoe
APRIL 9, 2023
Braze, the customer engagement software platform provider, recently released their third annual Global Customer Engagement Review. The research, by surveying 1,500 marketing executives across 14 markets, […] The post Too much data, too few skills. To achieve personalization, there is another way first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Intercom
APRIL 24, 2023
You satisfy your customers, but can you satisfy our curiosity? With Mara Vicente, VP, Customer Solutions at Pipedrive. Please tell us a little bit about your company and what you do there. Founded in 2010, Pipedrive is a global, sales-first customer relationship management (CRM) software company that helps small businesses drive revenue and become profitable.
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.
The DiJulius Group
APRIL 17, 2023
Caring for your employees does not just impact their professional lives and the company’s bottom line. It is impossible to separate one’s professional life from their personal life. If an employee is miserable at their job and works in a toxic environment, their psychological well-being will be impacted. There is an inevitable spill-over effect making.
Customer Think
APRIL 7, 2023
Creating mobile-friendly websites is more important today than it has ever been. If you’ve been putting off optimizing your company websites for mobile users, here are some of the reasons why you should make that a priority today. 1.
Totango
APRIL 18, 2023
Welcome to the era of “do more with less.” That phrase has become the earworm of 2023, stuck in our head no matter how many other tunes we try to sing. In this uncertain time, many business leaders are seeing budget cuts, longer sales cycles, and forecasts being continually reexamined … but there is good news. This is the moment for CS to shine. As businesses are laser-focused on retaining and growing current clients, they’re turning to their customer success (CS) teams and leaders to make it h
eglobalis
APRIL 24, 2023
$402bn is on the table for brands that simplify their CX and EX – Customer experience The post U$ 402bn is on the table for brands that simplify their CX and EX – here’s why appeared first on Eglobalis.
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?
Adrian Swinscoe
APRIL 24, 2023
Today’s interview is with Ray Biggs, Head of Customer Care at John Lewis & Waitrose. Ray joins me today to talk about their customer care programme, […] The post Well-being and the changing nature of management and leadership – Interview with Ray Biggs, Head of Customer Care at John Lewis & Waitrose first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Bill Quiseng
APRIL 5, 2023
QUI QUOTE: As their leader, the value to your employees is in their personal interactions, not your business transactions. For their well-being, employees want emotional remuneration, not just financial ones. Don’t ask them, “What can you do for me and my business?” Instead, ask your employees these two questions: “What do you think? and “What can I do for you?
Zendesk
APRIL 26, 2023
Customer experiences aren’t meant to be one-size-fits-all. With AI, it’s now possible for businesses to personalize for a wider spectrum of human needs. According to our research, 66 percent of customers believe that AI will revolutionize how we communicate and interact with technology. Much of this is already happening —how customers search for products, book reservations, or even get tailored help center content are just a few examples of AI’s current impact.
Customer Think
APRIL 11, 2023
Depending on the industry, “digital transformation” might signify many things. Delivering customer-facing mobile experiences may be a priority for certain businesses as they modernize their core systems to increase efficiency. A digital transformation journey, however, is a complex procedure with a beginning and an end.
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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
Lumoa
APRIL 18, 2023
As the volume of data companies collect grows and as artificial intelligence (AI) gets better, analytics is set to become a key differentiator for customer experience management. Think about it. Your organization probably already collects data in many of these categories: Customer metadata (age, location, etc) Product and website usage patterns Survey data (Net Promoter Score, customer satisfaction, etc.
TeamSupport
APRIL 24, 2023
As a customer support professional, you understand that customer experience is one of the key components to a successful business. Because of this, you’re continuing to navigate through the ever changing landscape of customer service by implementing solutions that enhance the customer experience. Nowadays, one of the most prominent ways to revolutionize your customer support efforts is to offer multiple channels of communication for your customers to reach out to you, including live chat.
Adrian Swinscoe
APRIL 14, 2023
Today’s interview is with Brian Tuite, the cofounder & CEO of Zenarate, a leader in developing top-performing customer-facing teams through AI Conversation Simulation. Brian joins me […] The post The connection between flight simulators, agent attrition and better outcomes – Interview with Brian Tuite of Zenerate first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Execs In The Know
APRIL 13, 2023
As eCommerce grows, so too does its vulnerability to friendly fraud. Underneath the glowing possibility of introducing your product or service to a much wider audience, there lies an underbelly – one populated by clever, tech-savvy fraudsters who use complex schemes and strategies to exploit businesses, often with massive consequences. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at what exactly friendly fraud is, how it happens, and why you should be especially aware of it as a CX leader i
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.
Zendesk
APRIL 18, 2023
Every business wants to understand what makes buyers come and what makes them go. Customer journey mapping is a simple yet powerful way to gain those insights. A customer journey map frames customer behavior as a story, providing a visual overview of the experiences consumers go through when interacting with a company. Much like the plot of a romance movie, a customer journey map starts with a consumer who has an unmet need, leading to a fateful encounter with a company that either turns into a
Customer Think
APRIL 13, 2023
With the average B2B purchasing journey taking approximately 350 days, it’s no wonder it is synonymous with being both long and laborious. But it doesn’t need to be. And the complexities that may at first seem like bumps in the road, should instead be viewed as opportunities to create a better experience.
Lumoa
APRIL 14, 2023
Lumoa Product News for March 2023 ???? Hey everyone! Lovely seeing you again, back with more exciting Lumoa updates! We have had a doozy of a month, with lots of features that we think will make Lumoa better for you. Let’s get started! A new way to invite others to Lumoa Lumoa just made it easier to bring in your colleagues, and have them start taking actions on the voice of your customers.
TeamSupport
APRIL 12, 2023
Any customer support team receives a range of customer requests throughout the day. These can include requests for adding new users, “how-to” questions, password retrieval, and more. The requests are often recurring, and a technology-based customer support tool is needed to implement an agent workflow that allows easy and efficient management of each customer request.
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Churn starts within the first 30 days of customers purchasing a product. A lot of it comes down to the first impression customers get through the onboarding process. A poor experience can result in losing current and future customers, and unnecessary overhead. It’s important to know what a poor onboarding experience looks like, the associated hidden costs, and how to build a top-tier onboarding experience for your customers so you can avoid losing hard-earned revenue.
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