Callminer

APRIL 26, 2017

Definition of First Call Resolution First-call resolution (FCR) is an important contact center metric and element of customer relationship management (CRM). The term is self-explanatory: a contact center’s ability to resolve customer problems, questions or needs the first time they call, with no follow-up required. FCR not only helps gauge customer satisfaction – the higher […].

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Uniphore

APRIL 6, 2017

There's no denying the fact that customer service is critical to any business. As customers have more alternatives than ever, the businesses that win the battle of customer service gain a clear competitive advantage. That's why it's so important to understand how new technologies can help your company keep that competitive edge in order to best serve your customers and ultimately improve the efficiency of your business Here are four of the hottest technology trends ready to significantly improve

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Customers That Stick

APRIL 10, 2017

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 5, 2017

Of course, we all make mistakes. Some of us make mistakes multiple times a day. Businesses need to be mindful of mistakes they make that impact their employees and customers. Company Apology Guidelines. A Company needs to have clear guidelines for handling a mishap and how to deliver an apology message. Also, someone in a Senior role needs to sound remorseful and express truthfulness when something wrong has occurred.

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Win the Customer

APRIL 6, 2017

Customer relationship management software has become an essential sales tool for businesses. The global CRM market grew 12.3 percent from 2014 to 2015, from $23.4 billion to $26.3 billion , Gartner reported. By 2020, the market is expected to be worth $48.4 billion. As CRM use has grown more widespread, the number of CRM options available to businesses has proliferated.

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PeopleMetrics

APRIL 4, 2017

Hey, we get it – nobody wants to fail. But the hard truth is that failure is a fact of life. We try, get knocked down, and pick ourselves up to try again. We hold the ‘dust yourself off and get back on the horse’ ethos as admirable. We teach it to our children, and encourage them to learn from their mistakes. And we try to do this ourselves, as well.

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Uniphore

APRIL 5, 2017

In today’s omnichannel world, the customer journey is no longer a straight line from A to B, but rather a meandering path, encompassing multiple touchpoints. Read More.

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Customers That Stick

APRIL 13, 2017

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 24, 2017

Lying is a rotten thing to do. However, the more you do it, the less rotten it seems. Or at least that’s what a recent study about lying revealed. The researchers, including Dan Ariely , author and Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, wondered if your brain adapted to being deceitful. To find out, the research team put participants in an fMRI machine (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to see what happened when they lied.

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Customer Experience 127

Heart of the Customer

APRIL 6, 2017

I’m a huge pizza fan. It’s a major character flaw, and hasn’t helped me in my goal to lose a little of this middle-aged weight. I normally get the expensive pizza from a local chain. But when the kids are home, I’m more likely to look for a less-expensive alternative. And Domino’s fits the bill. […]. The post Let Domino’s (Yes, Domino’s) Inspire Your Customer Experience appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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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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Customer Bliss

APRIL 6, 2017

eConsultancy just put out a guide around customer experience best practices , some of which are detailed in this blog post. Two stats jumped out at me right away — and those two stats are indicative of problems that some CX teams are having. Good news, though: they are also indicative of opportunities for growth and revenue within your organization.

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Callminer

APRIL 17, 2017

To learn about the various methods for capturing the VoC that go overlooked by customer-facing organizations, we asked a panel of experts to weigh in.

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Uniphore

APRIL 21, 2017

Once upon a time, price and quality were the essence of buying decisions, but today more and more people are choosing brands based on whether the overall customer experience meets their expectations, and the failure to do is leading customers to look for brands that will. As the Millennial generation has become the largest worldwide, it's now crucial that a brand’s customer service capabilities are ready to meet the needs of these customers and to provide the experience they expect.

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Customers That Stick

APRIL 25, 2017

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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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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 18, 2017

Every company has ups and downs, but what if yours has had a few quarters of disappointing revenue? You might be thinking it’s time for a big marketing investment, but where would you focus your energy? A. On rewarding regular customers with promotions to keep them coming back. B. On improving the customer’s experience at the time of purchase. C. On providing comparison shoppers with rational reasons to choose your product over another one.

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PeopleMetrics

APRIL 12, 2017

There was a time that businesses relied on anonymous, aggregated customer feedback as the sole input for their customer strategies. And that time is quickly fading away, along with once-common practices like writing checks to pay monthly bills and physically signing mortgage application documents. Technology has created a new age. It has driven innovation in banking, and it has tranformed how businesses can ask for, and act on, customer feedback.

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Customer Service Life

APRIL 20, 2017

This article was originally published on CustomerThink in my monthly advisor column on March 9, 2017. Click here to read the original. . A customer contacted support because she dropped her beloved Winston and he could no longer stand on his own. She and the support agent discussed various options like fitting him with a peg leg, but ultimately decided that it was best to replace Winston — at no additional charge to the customer.

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Callminer

APRIL 26, 2017

Definition of First Call Resolution. First-call resolution (FCR) is an important contact center metric and element of customer relationship management (CRM). The term is self-explanatory: a contact center’s ability to resolve customer problems, questions or needs the first time they call , with no follow-up required. FCR not only helps gauge customer satisfaction – the higher your first-call resolution rate, the more satisfied your customers tend to be – and, as a result, drive customer loyalty

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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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Uniphore

APRIL 28, 2017

Every company loves positive feedback, but the truth is it’s the negative feedback that really drives the company’s long-term success. How so? Just like any real and important relationship, only when customers complain, do companies truly discover, and hopefully solve, customer problems as they arise. Read More.

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Customers That Stick

APRIL 8, 2017

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 19, 2017

A new Kibo study called the “ Consumer Trends Report, 2017 Edition ” reveals that 76% of respondents research prices on a product they want to buy, up 10% from the year previous. Moreover, 68% said price is the biggest reasons they shop where they do. These numbers would lead one to believe that price is still king in Customer Experience, but one would be wrong.

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Customer Bliss

APRIL 4, 2017

Episode Overview. Southwest Airlines has an industry-standard approach to promoting people from within. Sonya LaCore actually began as a flight attendant, rose through many levels of service leadership with in-flight crews, and today is the leader of all in-flight operations. This conversation is about that journey, her calling to serve, and more. About Sonya.

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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

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ProProfs

APRIL 10, 2017

When it comes to learning in general, maintaining social learning has always been an important part of adopting new information and transforming it into long-term knowledge. In simple words, social presence refers to all the knowledge a person accumulates by watching other people’s behavior. That’s exactly where its importance lies: If someone realizes the benefits or the consequences of some actions based on other people’s examples, we can say that he/she learnt something new through social pre

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Callminer

APRIL 24, 2017

There are many lessons contact center professionals can take from Netflix.

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Uniphore

APRIL 10, 2017

5 Proof Points. Today, artificial intelligence is one of the fastest growing technologies within IT operations. Already in 2014, the global artificial intelligence market was valued at about $126 Billion, and that number is expected to reach around $3 Trillion by 2024, which means it is growing at a rate of about 36% a year, according to a report from Transparency Market Research.

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Customers That Stick

APRIL 3, 2017

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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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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 26, 2017

Theme parks aren’t really my cup of tea, partly because I don’t see the point of buying a $100 ticket so I can spend half my day sweating in long lines. Surely there are places that will let me stand in line for free! Universal Orlando seems to have heard me, or the tens of thousands of other people who say that standing in a two-hour line isn’t their idea of a good time.

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Heart of the Customer

APRIL 26, 2017

At a CXPA event my good friend Lisa told me about a conversation she recently had. She was talking about the need to do some journey mapping, and mentioned how a good map takes 12-16 weeks. Her conversational partners’ response was, “What do you mean? I have the software – I can have that knocked […]. The post You can’t have a customer journey map without a customer appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Customer Journey Map 68

ProProfs

APRIL 19, 2017

Elearning is a convenient and flexible way of improving performance and productivity across varied industries. The benefits are innumerable. It personalizes the training experience and allows timely feedback while being cost effective at the same time. When used properly, Learning management systems are capable of helping the hospital staff to enhance their learning without hampering and neglecting work.

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ClearAction

APRIL 19, 2017

10 Keys to Organic Growth via Customer Experience Lynn Hunsaker. User experience design, customer care, CRM, VoC, engagement / retention / loyalty programs — all of these inject insights and tailoring to customers’ needs and the company’s growth. However, the combination of these efforts falls short of what’s need for idiot-proofed customer experience excellence.

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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.