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Maximizing customer experience in the omnichannel era

Callminer

Uncovering channel-specific insights can ensure a seamless customer journey, as well as driving business improvements that make a difference in EX and CX. Read more in our blog.

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15 Customer experience predictions for 2024

Adrian Swinscoe

For the last five years, around this time, I’ve compiled a set of customer experience-related predictions for the coming year. For each article, I gather together […] The post 15 Customer experience predictions for 2024 first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Gross Retention vs. Net Retention: What’s the Difference?

Totango

To make it to the Super Bowl, a football team must have two things: a strong defense and a strategic offense. The defense maintains a good field position and prevents the opposing team from scoring points, while the offense orchestrates smart plays to gain additional yards and score points. Similarly, to be successful, an enterprise needs to be able to prevent churn and increase revenue growth.

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15 Customer experience predictions for 2024

Customer Think

For the last five years, around this time, I’ve compiled a set of customer experience-related predictions for the coming year. For each article, I gather together a set of predictions that have been sent to me over the preceding month.

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The Pragmatic Path to Composability: Adapting to the Future through Modularity

Speaker: Jason Cottrell

Brands used to look for a vendor who could do everything. Over time, one vendor was no longer enough to meet a brand’s needs, and they added, added and added. Now they need all their vendors to work well together. That’s composable, and only some will make the cut. As customers — and your board — expect you to be in new channels and to rapidly adapt to shifts in the market, the need for true composability is more crucial than ever before.

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How to Connect With Your Customers on an Emotional Level and Drive Brand Loyalty

Beyond Philosophy

Practicality is essential. Great ideas you can’t do anything with in the real world are a waste of time. Bob Black, one of our avid podcast listeners, likes our concepts about eliciting particular customer emotions. But he doesn’t know how to do that in practical steps. So, this episode gives them to him. Bob isn’t alone. Numerous organizations struggle with eliciting specific emotions in their customers.

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Embracing Total Experience (TX): A Holistic Approach

Execs In The Know

In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, the emergence of the experience economy and digital transformation has significantly altered how organizations interact with their customers and employees. Let’s take a look at the concept of total experience (TX) , an approach that could redefine your business’s strategy for success. Here’s why organizations are considering shifting to TX.

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CEOs Say Employee Engagement and Retention Are Top Priorities

Customer Think

Employee experience. Employee engagement. Employee retention. Candidate experience. I’ve written many times about those topics in the past. Your employees should be your top priority, your hottest topic – right now. (Actually, always. Employees should always be more first.

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The Spectrum of Data-Driven CX (And Why There’s No Magic Metric)

Experience Investigators

Every team at an organization must prove how their work contributes to the bottom line — and customer experience is no exception. We know CX teams can deliver significant business advantages: Satisfied customers are much more likely to purchase more Revenue grows 40% faster by providing personalized experiences Businesses achieve a 2.3x higher customer lifetime value by prioritizing CX Now comes the tricky part: How can we connect day-to-day activities and specific investments to those undeniabl

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What I’ve discovered implementing an AI-driven customer service strategy

Intercom

As Intercom’s VP of Customer Support, I have had the opportunity over the last year to lead an AI-driven customer service strategy. It’s been one of the most fascinating and rewarding journeys of my career to date. Despite all of the great progress in that time, it still feels like the journey is just starting. There is so much more to be done to leverage AI to transform the customer experience, the employee experience, and the overall health of the business.

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Lack of Leadership Training Is The Reason 1/3 of Employees Quit

The DiJulius Group

Do You Have Accidental Bosses? An article in Fortune titled “Nearly all bosses are ‘accidental’ with no formal training—and research shows it’s leading 1 in 3 workers to quit” shares research conducted by The Chartered Management Institute revealing that many of those promoted into managerial positions are all title and no training. These startling findings.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Master the Art of Language: How to Transform Other People’s Opinion of You

Beyond Philosophy

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 80,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: Let’s begin this week’s issue with a test. I am going to share a British idiom, and you are going to determine what it means. It’s simple enough, yes? We will be on the honor system, so score yourself as you go along.

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Introduction to CX 101.

Bill Quiseng

Welcome to CX 101. Today’s course is a prerequisite for business professionals in the B2C or hospitality industry. It’s an elective for the B2B or the online/digital industry. This is not a customer service training class. Training is finite, usually one to three days. And training is top-down, one-way “I know everything, you know nothing” instruction.

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Customer Journey Map: What it is and How to Create One

Qmatic

When talking about improving customer experience, the suggestion of doing a customer journey map normally appears in the discussions. But really, what is a customer journey map, what does customer journey mapping mean, and why is it beneficial for businesses to consider when they want to improve customer experiences? In this article, I will explore the purpose and benefit of a customer journey map and what to consider when doing customer journey mapping in your organization.

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Customer Experience ROI Handbook: What is CX ROI?

Customer Think

What is Customer Experience ROI? This is a question with a hundred different answers, inaccurately. It’s not that complicated, but CX ROI advice is typically based on: — Inside-out viewpoints rather than outside-in perspectives. — A portion of customer experience management (selling, referrals, service, etc.).

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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.

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How many customer support agents do I need on live chat?

Provide Support

To find out how many customer support agents you need for live chat you need to make thorough analysis of your customer service needs and audience.

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You Had One Job!

The Squawk Point

Design Error I’m in the doghouse. Mrs Lawther asked me to do the washing whilst she was out. As I am a modern man and expect to do my bit, I was happy to comply with the request. Unfortunately, there was a complication. The washing included my wife’s very chic and expensive dress. Ordinarily, this is a hand-wash-only item, but Mrs Lawther assured me that putting it in with everything else in a “30 o C Mixed Load” wash would be fine.

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142: Customer Experience Design in Healthcare

The DiJulius Group

Unlock the secrets to elevating your business through the power of exceptional customer service with Matt Jensen. On this episode of The Customer Service Revolution, we cover Matt’s journey with Vance Thompson Vision, revealing how an unwavering commitment to customer experience has propelled them to the forefront of vision care. We uncover the necessary ingredients.

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How to Create Blog Posts that Resonate with Your Customers

Customer Think

Do you want to learn how to create blog posts that resonate with your customers? If so, you’re in the right place! Blogging is one of the best ways to improve brand awareness, build customer loyalty, and win over new visitors.

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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.

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Enhancing the agent experience with Tymeshift’s newest features

Zendesk

Artificial intelligence has the potential to not only improve the customer experience but also drastically improve the admin and service operations experience. We believe AI can make service operations much faster and more efficient, allowing service teams to focus on delivering better CX instead of being bogged down by time-consuming admin work. As such, we acquired Tymeshift in June 2023 to give organizations using Zendesk an easier way to manage their teams.

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Forecasting the Future: BPO Trends of 2024

Execs In The Know

2024 is the Year of the Wood Dragon, which is thought to signify unprecedented opportunities for evolution and abundance. This seems true for the BPO industry, where technological advancements and shifting dynamics drive a parallel transformation narrative. Riding this wave demands companies to embrace an adaptive mindset. As we step into the next 12 months, four key trends are poised to reshape the industry, each carrying the potential to propel businesses to greater heights if harnessed effect

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Text Mining: Unlocking Insights from Feedback Text Data

Zonka Feedback

Text mining enables organizations to retrieve information from text data. With Zonka Feedback, you can know customer's intent, emotions, and sentiments.

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The Critical Role of Enterprise Data in Generative AI

Customer Think

A huge number of Gen AI-based tools and applications have flooded the market. Some of these applications are clever and creative but they are mostly wrappers for the large language models (LLMs) behind applications such as ChatGPT.

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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?

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Strategic Insights: 7 Tips for Understanding Your Market Better

SurveySensum

Every business operates within the context of the marketplace. The changes occurring in the market can affect your brand’s marketability and performance. Customers can have changing needs and preferences, and global events can influence your industry. It is, therefore, important for businesses to continuously study and understand the market. This knowledge helps them make better decisions that contribute to their success.

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Customer win-back campaigns: How to build one + 10 templates

Zendesk

What are customer win-back campaigns? Customer win-back campaigns are marketing efforts designed to reengage inactive or churned customers. Businesses typically execute these campaigns through email, although they can also use other channels like messaging and direct mail. The goal is to win back the loyalty of these individuals through targeted messages, special offers, personalized discounts, and more.

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Intent Analysis: Uncovering Customer Intent Behind Feedback

Zonka Feedback

Understand the intent behind customer feedback to derive valuable insights and take instant actions with Zonka Feedback's intent analysis functionality.

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Market Research is Key to Understanding Customers Like Never Before

Customer Think

Market researchers and marketers have always maintained that understanding customer attitudes, behaviors, and unmet needs are critical for business success. In the past, this was simpler. There were fewer ways organizations engaged with customers and fewer ways customers engaged with organizations.

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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.

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7 Ways to Create an Emotional Connection with Your Audience

SurveySensum

In a world flooded with information and shrinking attention spans, grabbing your audience’s attention requires more than just catchy intros—it demands building a deep emotional connection. The key to winning the engagement battle? – Forging emotional bonds. Motista reveals a significant trend: a remarkable 71% of individuals recommend a brand influenced by the emotions it triggers in them.

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From KITT to Cobots: Driving the Future of Customer Experience

Execs In The Know

Growing up in the ’80s, I was obsessed with the television show “Knight Rider.” The idea of a talking, decision-making artificial intelligence like KITT wasn’t just cool; it felt like a peek into the future. Back then, KITT’s self-driving tech was mind-blowing—yet somehow, it seemed within the realm of possibility. I daydreamed about someday being Michael Knight, teaming up with my AI sidekick to make a difference.

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How to Create an Email Survey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Effective Feedback

Zonka Feedback

In a world driven by evolving consumer needs, understanding your audience is crucial. The easiest and the most effective way is by leveraging email surveys. Whether you're evaluating customer satisfaction, gathering product feedback, or refining services, email surveys provide a direct channel to engage your target audience.

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Leverage Buyer Goals to Drive Breakthrough Marketing Results

Customer Think

Source: Shutterstock I’ve always been skeptical of claims that using any one technique or tactic will consistently result in superior marketing performance. Simple, “silver bullet” solutions for big, complex challenges are incredibly rare in the real world.

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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