Callminer

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Companies need to do more than meet customer expectations. Here’s a look at 3 ways to enrich customer interactions and drive customer engagement optimization.

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Customer Expectations 182

Uniphore

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

In 1947, General Motors saw the benefit of reducing labor through automation and established a department to save energy and materials and improve process quality, accuracy and precision. The latter three themes - quality, accuracy and precision - constantly elude many contact center operations where processes can be horizontally and vertically complex and inevitably span multiple business applications.

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Contact Center 140

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Let me set the scene. My career was plateauing. I had done well, but things had started to get a bit stale. Then, I had a meeting/interview with Neil Hobbs. Neil would have the biggest impact on my professional life. Neil had a reputation of being a tough boss. He set high standards and expected people to achieve them. He didn’t suffer fools gladly.

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Start-ups Customer Experience CX Customer Service 154

Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

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Customer Service 159

Customer Service 159

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Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Bad customer service experiences don’t just impact one customer. The costs of bad service compounds as poorly trained agents continue to make critical mistakes in the customer relationship. According to a new study by New York Times bestselling authors, Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield bad customer service experiences cost the average company $54,511 annually per employee.

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Customer Service Customer Relationship 145

Heart of the Customer

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Last week I had a computer problem that required me to contact technical support. I was sure I would have to send my computer in, but they were able to quickly solve my problem. So why was I so annoyed? And why does this matter to you? I started with phone support, but after hearing […]. The post Don’t Let Scripts Ruin a Great Customer Experience appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Customer Experience 107

Uniphore

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Clients have huge expectations for accepting incredible encounters of shopping experience across all greater part of the channels they utilize. Giving clients problematic or even run-of-the-mill isn’t an alternative – if clients are unsatisfied or baffled with their omnichannel encounters, they'll escape. Read More.

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Omnichannel 124

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In this series, professionals share their secrets to being more productive. Read the posts here , then write your own (use #ProductivityHacks in the body). Consistent productivity doesn’t happen by chance. Productive people have a secret to their productivity: Eliminate distractions. Were you hoping for something more complicated? It isn’t complicated.

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CX Customer Experience 154

Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

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Customer Service 149

Customer Service 149

Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In today’s customer-centric world, empathy, efficiency and sincerity in customer communications is non-negotiable. We’ve heard them all – from, “Thank you for being a valued customer” to “I understand your frustration.” Traditional, scripted support lines are not only sound inhuman, but they tend to upset customers even further.In today’s customer-centric world, support should still carry […].

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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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PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

When thinking about the customer experience, it’s smart to imagine it as a series of interactions. A series of tiptoe steps, taken by an individual customer, through your customer-facing people and technologies. If you think about the many ways a given customer can tiptoe through your experience, you might realize that a key element is consistency. Which is why new technologies can seem so promising.

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Customer Experience Gaming Technology Technology 100

Heart of the Customer

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

As a customer experience professional, you know CX pays. How could it not? Customer experience leads to loyalty – so if your customer experience is poor, you have to spend an inordinate amount of time replacing the customers you’re losing. You understand this, and you understand the ideas and practices that underlie CX and all […]. The post Proof That CX Pays appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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C3Centricity

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

In the UK, there was a recent, highly publicised “significant and sustained cyber-attack“ on the Telecom company Talk Talk’s website. According to the news as I write this, it seems that a fifteen (!!!) year old Irish lad and a 16-year-old Brit may be responsible. They might have been able to steal information such as [.]. The post How a Company Reacts to a Crisis Says a Lot About its Customer Centricity appeared first on C3Centricity.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

“Emotions are contagious. We’ve all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.”. Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ. If you read my rude title, you will be disappointed to discover that I don’t think you are pathetic, but a new scientific study proves being rude to someone is contagious.

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CX Customer Experience 147

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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Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

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Customer Service 143

Customer Service 143

Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Efficient customer service is essential to all businesses. Streamlining processes and functions could make or break your relations with your clients. In businesses across all industries, your customers are your lifeline. Without customers and their continued support, your business will not be able to flourish and take off. This is why it is imperative that you […].

Customer Service 124

Customer Service 124

CX Journey

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Today I'm pleased to share a guest post by Denise Lee Yohn. To excel in customer experience, you can't just rely on good design and solid execution. Your customer experience shouldn't just be great -- it should also be differentiated. Customer experience has evolved just as product and service did. Time was, all you needed was a good quality product.

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Customer Experience Retail Manufacturing Start-ups 96

Kate Nasser

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Leaders, is your organization process driven. Even addicted to process? Launch a leadership reawakening. Ignite and engage employee innovation this way. People, not process, create and innovate! The post Leadership Reawakening: People Not Processes Create & Innovate appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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Innovation 91

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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C3Centricity

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Stories exist in all cultures. They have developed down through the ages as a means of transferring knowledge, long before books and now the web enabled their storage. Today’s information-rich world has made storytelling a required talent for CEOs and CMOs alike to develop. And websites and Fan pages now make it a necessary skill for [.]. The post Clues to a Remarkable Brand Story appeared first on C3Centricity.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

In this series, professionals share how they embrace the entrepreneurial mindset. See the stories here , then write your own (use #BetheBoss in the post). I was a senior executive with 3,500 people reporting to me globally. I had worked my way up and found my place in corporate life. I had it all: a big expense account, a big budget, and a big salary.

Start-ups 137

Start-ups Customer Experience CX 137

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Your work will be successful when you take a stair-stepped approach to gaining leadership clarity and commitment to the CX competency framework. As you embed the five competencies, over time, what your company stands for will shift. Starting with the lives of customers and employees will drive decision-making and elevate how your company is perceived.

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CX Innovation 83

Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Millennials and Alphas are beginning enter into they period buying power. From boomers to alphas, the changing customer base signals the need for business owners to adapt and implement new marketing strategies. Over the last century, statisticians and researchers have organized age groups into cohorts that seem to carry buying and value trends. In population and workforce representation, […].

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Customer Service Customer Experience 124

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CX Journey

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Image courtesy of Alan Tunnicliffe Today's post is a modified version of a post I originally published on Touchpoint Dashboard's blog on June 15, 2015. You’ve got buy-in and commitment … all the right people in your company are on board to map your customers’ journeys. They realize the importance of walking in the customer’s shoes in order to understand the experience before they can fix it.

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Customer Journey Map Touchpoint Customer Feedback Customer Experience 83

PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

If you’re not a Reddit reader, you may not have heard of their popular “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) threads. The format is simple: a guest—who usually has a deep knowledge in a particular subject—invites questions and answers them. Guests can range from celebrities, to researchers, to business leaders. Recently, Jerry Stritzke, the CEO of outdoor retailer REI, was an AMA guest.

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Sales Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Retail 79

Kate Nasser

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

How is your customer service people skills timing? Improve it with these 4 steps fr The People Skills Coach™, The post Customer Service People Skills Timing: How to Sharpen Yours appeared first on KateNasser.com.

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Customer Service Contact Center Customer Experience 80

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Kate Spade New York has their hand in many types of luxury items these days, from handbags to clothing to fragrance to stationery. Their website claims the brand has 175 shops internationally. Something else they have? A great new retail strategy. Consumers for the luxury brand can look forward to a change in their experience. According to Business Insider, the new experience is called a “guest journey” and the sales associate is now their “muse.”.

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Retail Sales Customer Experience CX 127

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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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Using the Customer Room to drive monthly, quarterly and annual accountability is one of the most robust actions that we have been using to align leaders and drive a different kind of taking action. The Customer Room is a tangible depiction of the current customer journey. The Five Competencies come together to tell the story of your customers’ lives.

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Innovation Customer Experience 82

Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Your biggest assets are your customer service agents. To ensure those agents are able to provide the best service, you must provide them with the tools to be successful. As a customer service manager, you understand the importance of providing good customer service. Your team’s success can make the difference in the survival of the […].

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Customer Service Technology Technology Customer Experience 120

Heart of the Customer

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s the story: A health insurance company came up with an innovation for their health savings accounts, allowing account holders to select among three pricing plans. This would allow their customers to select the plan that best fit their needs. Their market research confirmed interest in the plan, so they implemented the new account types. […].

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Contact Center Innovation Customer Experience 68

Provide Support

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

How to Tailor Customer Service Based on Customer Personality Type. Always keep in mind that people are different, not difficult — Peter Urs Bender, “How To Deal With Difficult Customers” A key skill of a successful customer service professional is an ability to be flexible and use different approaches in different situations, that is, to tailor the way they respond to customer needs based on particular context of the situation.

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Customer Service 78

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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.