The Belding Group
JUNE 16, 2022
"How do you create customer loyalty?" It's a question I'm frequently asked. It's a great question, the answer to which is most often ignored when organizations are developing their business strategy. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.com.
Callminer
JUNE 1, 2022
Want to know more about AI’s role in conversation intelligence? This blog looks at four eras of AI and the impact they’ve made on customer-centric companies.
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Shaun Belding
JUNE 10, 2022
Last month we got not one, but three stories of truly WOW customer experiences. All three of them from a bank — the same bank. This, from my experience, is a customer service unicorn of the highest order. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.
Adrian Swinscoe
JUNE 24, 2022
As we emerge from the pandemic into a geopolitical crisis that is fueling inflation and shortages worldwide, the economic and competitive environment will become increasingly challenging […]. The post Building a robust digital customer experience strategy in 3 steps first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
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Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 7, 2022
The promise of live chat for sales teams is being able to connect faster with higher quality leads. But any target-focused sales professional will want to know: how well does live chat actually work? Live chat – especially when it’s part of a modern customer communications platform that helps you make the most of every engagement – is a powerful addition to your sales tech stack.
Inside Customer Service
JUNE 16, 2022
"I want them to be more proactive." The vice president was talking about his company's customer service team. His primary concern was customer retention. He worried that employees were too transactional and didn't work hard enough to retain customers. He shared a number of examples. Customer service reps didn't always see the big picture. They often failed to ask probing questions or use adequate listening skills.
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Callminer
JUNE 27, 2022
AI can play a vital role in the collections strategy. CallMiner’s Rick Britt, VP of AI, explore how at Credit Connects Online Collections Technology Think Tank on 7th July at 11:55am BST.
Shaun Belding
JUNE 27, 2022
This is what WOW experiences are all about. This fantastic story about the actions of Publix employee Gilnet Sainvil reaches to the very heart of creating loyalty. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.
Adrian Swinscoe
JUNE 6, 2022
At the end of March, Olga Khazan writing in The Atlantic published an article that asked “Why People Are Acting So Weird.” The article describes how, […]. The post New research finds that customer service agents are abusing customers first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 30, 2022
?. For years, people have been abusing surveys. From dull subject lines to the wrong questions, from sending out questionnaires after the fact to sending them way too often, there is a lot that organizations have gotten wrong about how to design a survey. Today’s guest is fighting to preserve the value of surveys in the face of all this misuse. Caroline Jarrett became interested in forms around 30 years ago while delivering optical character recognition systems to the UK Inland Revenue, which in
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.
Inside Customer Service
JUNE 23, 2022
My first customer service interaction didn't end well. I was sixteen and had been on the job for 15 minutes. An irritated customer approached and I said the wrong thing. He stormed out of the store. It was a terrible feeling to see a customer literally walk out the door. In that moment, I vowed to learn everything I could to prevent that from happening again.
Steven Van Belleghem
JUNE 19, 2022
A heavy devaluation of NFTs. I’m sure you remember that former CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet about a year ago as an NFT and that Malaysia-based entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought it for no less than 2.9 million dollars. His plan was to sell it again at a massive profit: for 48 million dollars. Turned out that the market thought otherwise.
Callminer
JUNE 13, 2022
Delivering exceptional customer experience is critical. This blog shares 25 expert quotes, with a wealth of valuable insights from the CX professionals who are driving value for their organizations.
Lumoa
JUNE 30, 2022
If you want people in your organisation to appreciate the value of customer experience, you need to learn how to sell customer experience (CX) to those who are not dealing with it day in and day out. It’s a rather simple idea to understand, but not an easy thing to do in practice. And that’s why CX is an area of business that’s often underappreciated, undervalued, and overlooked.
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.
Adrian Swinscoe
JUNE 30, 2022
Today’s interview is with Alfonso de la Nuez, the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of UserZoom, the pioneering UX Insights System. Alfonso joins me today to talk about […]. The post Design is not design without research – Interview with Alfonso de la Nuez of UserZoom first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 22, 2022
Today we’re delighted to announce new next-generation bot capabilities that will boost the power of your bots so that your customers get the help they need, faster. Bots are transforming the way businesses support their customers. At Intercom, we’re striving to make our automation bots as powerful as possible, offering companies the fastest way to resolve queries in the face of ever-increasing inbound volume and customer expectations.
Inside Customer Service
JUNE 2, 2022
There's a good chance you and your colleagues have had a tortured conversation about customer service surveys. What type of survey is best? How many questions should it include? Are the scores all fair? That last one is a doozy. Executives worry whether a customer upset about a defective product will “unfairly” give the customer service team a low score on its post-transaction survey.
Shep Hyken
JUNE 22, 2022
Not long ago, I wrote about calling your customer or an employee “honey.” It generated dozens of comments. One of our subscribers made a good point.? . He agreed that the lesson is about being “socially correct,” but perhaps we should look beyond the name that is used and instead consider the intent of the person using it. He was saying that the server may have intended to create a warm and friendly atmosphere, and calling a person “honey” was her way of doing it.
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?
Callminer
JUNE 29, 2022
It's important for contact centers to meet customers where they are and on their preferred channels. Read this blog to learn more about omnichannel contact center solutions.
Intercom
JUNE 8, 2022
As more and more business moves online, and customer expectations have risen accordingly, the demands on support teams have soared – it often feels like teams now need superhuman speed just to keep up. Increased volume, higher expectations, and team burnout are just a few of the issues businesses are facing. Ultimately, customer support reps are in need of tools that help them do their jobs more efficiently, effectively, and enjoyably.
Adrian Swinscoe
JUNE 20, 2022
Today’s interview is with Jimmy Hosang, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at The Modular Analytics Company (TMAC), a rapidly expanding artificial intelligence and machine learning provider […]. The post The idea that scripts ruin customer experience is a dangerous one – Interview with Jimmy Hosang of TMAC first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 13, 2022
Built for you is back – this time we’re revealing the powerful product updates we released in May! Last month we turned our attention to data – unleashing new features that help you improve how you collect, access, and use first-party data to influence your product and scale your business. Not only that, we also added some exciting new features that will help you enrich push notifications, manage your team permissions, perfect your Product Tours, and more.
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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
Inside Customer Service
JUNE 30, 2022
We've all had a mentor give us customer service advice. Some advice has withstood the test of time. My first boss stressed the importance of greeting every customer. A warm, friendly greeting sets the tone for a positive interaction. That advice still rings true today. Other advice hasn't aged so well. Like the old idea that companies should respond to customer emails within one business day.
Shep Hyken
JUNE 29, 2022
If you had to have surgery, would you rather go to the most skilled surgeon or the nicest surgeon? . I was at a party the other night and someone I met shared his opinion of the difference between a good doctor and a great doctor. A good doctor makes you well. A great doctor makes you well and calls you the next day to see how you’re doing. . I thought about that all weekend.
Steven Van Belleghem
JUNE 27, 2022
No more data. This change does not just have to do with the evolved attitude of customers. The story is a lot bigger than that. You know I have written quite a lot about the next new blockchain-based internet, which is called Web3 and where data ownership is supposed to come back to the user. The consequence of that is that organizations will have to make sure that they earn, and re-earn the trust of users so that they will grant them access to their data.
Totango
JUNE 3, 2022
Customer success email templates form a foundation for effective CS automation. While customer success management can result in a rewarding payoff, it can also be very time-consuming if you don’t use the right strategies. Keeping in touch with your clients is the best way to minimize churn, but it can take considerable time if you do it manually.
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.
Adrian Swinscoe
JUNE 15, 2022
This is a guest post from Ross Daniels, Chief Marketing Officer at Calabrio. The impact of the past few years has been wide-reaching and traumatic. Flexible […]. The post Workforce wellbeing – what does it really mean and why does it matter more than ever? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 9, 2022
Over the last 10 years, we’ve worked hard to develop and iterate on our product principles to codify our approach to decision-making, which has allowed us to consistently build great products at scale. They help us make sure everyone is working towards the same goals, that every new hire is aligned with how we do things and is empowered to make decisions from the get-go.
Inside Customer Service
JUNE 9, 2022
Several customer service professionals have recently requested advice on asking their boss for a raise. The timing is good. Unemployment is low, wages are rising, and companies are struggling to fill key customer service roles. Meanwhile, many customer service professionals still feel underpaid. I've successfully asked for a raise several times. The same techniques worked well in prosperous times and during a recession.
Shep Hyken
JUNE 8, 2022
I don’t know if it’s true, but it doesn’t matter. This is a great story with a great lesson. . Michelangelo was standing on his scaffold as he worked on painting a tiny leaf on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A colleague looked up from far below and shouted, “Why are you so concerned about painting that little leaf? Nobody from this distance will ever know.” .
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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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