Sat.Dec 10, 2022 - Fri.Dec 16, 2022

article thumbnail

Customer First: Is It Always the Best Policy?

CSAT.AI

In our article “Failing in Customer Service” clearly there are companies that put profit first. To heck with employees and customers. However, a customer first policy is not always best, even for the customer, when it is missing key components for success. Losing the Big Picture. Sometimes companies focus so directly on customer centricity that they actually fail the customer.

article thumbnail

25 benefits and best practices to get started with real-time analytics

Callminer

Companies today manage ever-increasing volumes of data. Read this blog for expert tips and best practices for getting started with real-time analytics tools.

343
343
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

9 ways to help get your budget approved

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by Tom Gibby, the Co-Founder and CMO of The Bot Platform. The first step in asking is always the hardest. You […]. The post 9 ways to help get your budget approved first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

246
246
article thumbnail

How do customers want to talk to businesses? Our new survey reveals what you need to know

Intercom, Inc.

We’re fast approaching a new year, with major changes in customer support trends and customer expectations. So what does “good customer support” look like for 2023? We conducted a major survey to find out what people want and expect from customer service, and made some fascinating discoveries. Our latest study contacted 1,000 US customers across generations, to learn more about what they want and expect from businesses as we enter 2023.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

7 Highly Effective Call Center Improvement Strategies

Fonolo

Call center leaders are always looking for ways to take their operations to the next level. But the question is: what does that next level look like for your business? That all depends on the goals your contact center sets. Success will look different for every organization. It’s up to you to set those standards and provide the right support and motivation for your call center team to achieve them.

article thumbnail

28 mistakes to avoid when measuring customer churn

Callminer

In order to keep valued customers as long as possible, organizations must identify when customers leave and why. This blog looks at the common mistakes made when measuring customer churn.

182
182

More Trending

article thumbnail

Our biggest releases of 2022: A next-generation Inbox, our most powerful Messenger yet, and the introduction of tickets

Intercom, Inc.

2022 has been a year for the books, with major changes and uncertainty across every industry. . Through it all, we’ve focused on building delightful features for our customers – and today, we’re focusing on something a little more positive with our roundup of the biggest and best of what we’ve built for you this year. Below are the highlights of what we’ve built for you in 2022, but there’s so much more to see.

article thumbnail

Stop Confusing Free Trials and Onboarding (It’s Costing You Customers)

SixteenVentures

Prospective customers use Free Trials as an opportunity to see if your product is right for them before they buy. Customer Onboarding is the process a new customer goes through to get up and running with your product after they buy. If you confuse Free Trials and Customer Onboarding, you’ll try to engage prospects as if they’re already customers, resulting in poor engagement and lower conversion from free to paid.

Start-ups 107
article thumbnail

11 Potential Customer Experience Themes to Make 2023 Your Best Year Ever

The DiJulius Group

Now is the best time to create your Customer Experience theme for the new year, one that you can rally your entire organization around. Here are some excellent and actionable insights to kick off brainstorming for making 2023 your best year ever: 1. The Great Retention Great companies help people live amazing lives. Great. Read Full Article. The post 11 Potential Customer Experience Themes to Make 2023 Your Best Year Ever appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

article thumbnail

The ROI of Customer Experience

Customer Think

Knowing the ROI of customer experience helps to fund CX projects and make intelligent investments in customer experience. But a deeper examination into the question about CX return on investment gets to the heart of what customer experience means for y.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

The International Rescue Committee puts Afghan refugees on the path to safety

Zendesk

A little over a year ago, the United States evacuated the last of its troops from Afghanistan—leaving behind millions of displaced Afghan people, including allies who served alongside the U.S. government, NGOs, and media organizations, in roles ranging from professionals and journalists to translators and security personnel. And while the U.S. has put programs in place to help Afghan refugees begin the journey to resettlement and permanent residence, the programs rely on an application and verif

article thumbnail

Analyzing Survey Results to Make Effective Business Decisions

Zonka Feedback

Customer feedback helps companies and brands to identify areas that require modification to enhance customer satisfaction. How do you generate customer feedback ? Companies use different methodologies to get customer feedback after purchasing some of their products. But, surveys are the best when you want to get reliable information from customers.

article thumbnail

Let’s Talk About “Karen”

Dealing With Humans

Today’s entry is about the closest thing to a “rant” that you will find on this blog, so far. In fairness, I said “so far”. Here we go. I am tired of Karen. No, I am not tired of challenging customers. I am tired of the lazy act of calling someone Karen, simply because they challenged you a bit. Maybe it was too many questions. Maybe it was a perceived “attitude”.

article thumbnail

Top 5 Ways to Improve Customer Retention Rate

Customer Think

Photo by Pexels, CC0 1.0 Customer satisfaction is the most crucial factor to run a successful business. Fostering long-term interpersonal relationships with customers should be the prime objective of your business. Even if your products are excellent and you are giving 100% effort but still seeing a dip in customer retention rate, then you must […].

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

4 employee experience strategies for more resilient teams

Zendesk

The world of work has changed dramatically over the last several years, but something that has remained constant is the need for talented, engaged employees. The power of employee experience has never been clearer. You need passionate people at the helm if you’re going to weather the ups and downs of economic uncertainty. You need loyal employees who are committed to your vision and your customers.

97
article thumbnail

2022: Year in review

Logicalware

In his End of Year Message, Puzzel CEO Frederic Laziou reflects on how 2022 redefined customer engagement. What a year (again)! As 2022 draws to a close, I want to share a few observations and reflections. But firstly, I want to thank our customers and partners for a remarkable but challenging year and, of course, all our fantastic Puzzelers who went above and beyond during 2022.

article thumbnail

Top 14 Pipedrive Integrations to Improve Your Workflows

Zonka Feedback

Pipedrive is pretty useful and powerful tool and it's already fulfilling my organization's needs of tracking and managing deals, so what's with the integrations?

98
article thumbnail

On Sequences And “Touches”

Customer Think

The research tells us we need to be persistent in our outreaches to prospects and clients. To reach and engage them, we have to leverage multiple channels of engagement. Phone, email, social, texts, and other channels must be leveraged simultaneously to provoke a prospect–even a customer to respond. Data shows we often need to [.]. The post On Sequences And “Touches” first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

Beyond Philosophy - Untitled Article

Beyond Philosophy

Have you ever wondered why things go viral or, better yet, how you can make your #content gain millions of views and shares? If so, then you are in the right place because we are going to share the secrets of how to go viral on social media. Frame it Properly. So, let’s say we have a story we want customers to hear. We might send a press release to see if reporters will pick up the story.

article thumbnail

HoC is Hiring!

Heart of the Customer

As Heart of the Customer (HoC) grows, we need a new CX Strategist to lead relationships with our clients. This role serves as the face of HoC with our clients, working with executives to define their most significant business problems and identify ways for HoC to solve them. This is a senior-level consulting role, engaging […]. The post HoC is Hiring!

CX 78
article thumbnail

Tips for Configuring Compensation Plans for Customer Success Managers (CSMs)

ClientSuccess

Payday Vectors by Vecteezy. In today’s competitive customer success landscape, it is essential that CSMs are adequately and appropriately compensated for their work. To this end, I usually see three distinct compensation models: Base Only; Base + Bonus; or the preferred model of mine -Base+ Variable- to reward excellence in performance. Read further on why this structure can be beneficial when building out your ClientSuccess team!

Sales 87
article thumbnail

Why Net Revenue Retention Should Replace NPS

Customer Think

“Executives speak three languages: finance, finance and finance.” – Jeff Hiatt, Prosci Founder Speaking finance is tough for customer experience leaders. One key reason, which I discussed last week, is that we don’t often include financial information.

NPS 122
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

Forecasting: Using Patient Journey Management to Future-Proof Your Outpatient Clinic

Qmatic

The challenges of running an outpatient clinic are numerous, variable, and often relentless. Depending on the size of your facility, the number of services offered, daily patient volume, and the size of your workforce, getting a handle on how to best manage all the moving parts can be exhausting. This is especially true considering your operational objectives to improve productivity while reducing staff stress and enhancing the patient experience and quality of care.

84
article thumbnail

FOMU…The Fear of Messing Up

Shep Hyken

You have most likely heard people use the expression FOMO, an acronym for Fear of Missing Out. People have a hard time deciding what to do or where to go and worry about missing out on a fun experience, a business opportunity, and more. Recently, I interviewed Dominic Constandi for Amazing Business Radio. We talked about different customer service and experience topics, and he casually mentioned FOMU.

article thumbnail

Want your post to go viral? Here is the secret formula…

Beyond Philosophy

Going viral is the goal of any passionate social media poster. Posting your content and watching as the views and shares grow exponentially is the dream for marketers trying to build a brand online. Unless, of course, the viral post is about how you broke a guitar during a customer’s flight and then showed “indifference” to their complaint.

article thumbnail

Meeting customer expectations: Responsibility for on-time development and delivery

Customer Think

Did you know that 45% of products failed to be delivered on time and schedule? It’s true. Nearly half of the product launches are delayed at least one month, according to a 2019 product manager survey conducted by Gartner. In addition, only 1 in 10 products meets all the internal targets set by the management. […].

article thumbnail

Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib

article thumbnail

How To Improve Customer Experience Through Digital Platforms

cxservice360

It’s no longer news that the digital landscape is rapidly changing. You have seen various dramatic shifts in communication, as well as how you buy products and services. Brands must embrace digital transformation, which includes using digital platforms to keep up with the ever-changing digital world. Already, 90% of companies have some kind of digital.

article thumbnail

Guest Post: The Concept of ‘Quiet Quitting’ and Its Impact on Contact Centers

Shep Hyken

This week, we feature an article by Stephen Holliday, CEO and Founder of Level , an on-demand pay platform that helps employees manage their financial well-being. He writes about ‘quiet quitting’ and how contact centers can resolve this challenge in their organization. The concept of ‘quiet quitting’ has become a popular term within the working world.

article thumbnail

Nike’s Andrae Kirkland on the power of artificial intelligence

CX Network

Nike’s lead tech program manager explains how to get the most out of artificial intelligence and why a human element is still important.

article thumbnail

How to Create a Top-Notch Customer Experience in 2023 (6 Ways)

Customer Think

The year 2023 is almost here, so that means it’s time to put your marketing plans into action and find new ways to connect with your target audience. Business leaders and marketers want to do everything they can to create a top-notch customer experience (CX). It’s no wonder why; happy shoppers turn into long-term customers […].

article thumbnail

Your Expert Guide to CX Orchestration & Enhancing Customer Journeys

Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia

Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the