Callminer
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Both UK energy and water companies offer services specifically designed to support customers in vulnerable positions due to situations such as medical and mental health issues, disability, etc.
Uniphore
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
More and more customers are choosing to use low friction channels as their point of contact for customer service. Chat, which includes automated chatbots and interfaces to chat with live agents, is perhaps the most suitable of all such channels. Read More.
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Fonolo
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
The 2017 edition of the Magic Quadrant report for cloud-based contact centers was released by Gartner last week. That’s a good reason to revisit a long running theme on the Fonolo blog: the cloudification of the call center. Compared to other enterprise software, the transition to cloud has been a difficult road for the call center. There were some good reasons for this: the lack of sufficient or reliable bandwidth for voice, the real-time demands of call handling, the mission-critical nature of
Provide Support
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
5 Reasons Unhappy Customers Don’t Complain. The times when customer complaints were seen as a distraction that should be eliminated are over. Most businesses today understand that complaints are a valuable source of information. In fact, there might be no better way to collect direct feedback from your customers. A complaint not only shows what and where went wrong, whether it’s a problem with your product, service, customer support or internal processes.
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.
Callminer
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Definition of QA Metrics Quality assurance, or QA, metrics refer to the data and facts your company uses to measure performance. Interestingly, QA metrics can vary significantly by industry, since they reflect performance as defined by that industry. For example, QA metrics for software development could measure production cycles and average costs, while QA metrics […].
ClearAction
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Is Operations Involved in Customer Experience? Lynn Hunsaker. How would you like to reduce customer churn by 27%, increase Net Promoter Score TM by 65%, and outperform competitors by 20% in sales, purchasing, ordering, installation, billing, service inquiry, maintenance and account management processes? This progress was achieved by engaging employees company-wide in coordinating customer-focused improvements across Operations, Marketing, Service and other functional areas.
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Uniphore
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
When it comes to providing the best customer service, there are certain skills that everyone staffing your contact center should possess. The following may seem basic for many but it is surprising to me how many times these basic skills are overlooked. More often than not, it is the people themselves who make the difference when it comes to an organizations ability to provide great customer service.
eglobalis
OCTOBER 29, 2017
What is simplicity exactly? To me, simplicity means a demonstration of features, functionalities, processes, governance and design which are really necessary. The post Customer Experience Simplicity in Technology: How Quality & Design Impact the Bottom Line appeared first on Eglobalis.
CX Journey
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Image courtesy of Pixabay Culture is best defined as "values plus behavior" and is often described as "how employees act when no one is looking." Culture is such an important part of your business. It's really the foundation of the organization. I've previously defined culture as the set of values and norms that guides how the business operates; culture happens when we operationalize the values.
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Big banks have proven yet again that they cannot be trusted to do what is best for the consumer. And this time, the U.S. Senate agrees that they don’t have to! Last week, the Senate voted to repeal a rule that banned most mandatory arbitration clauses in credit card agreements, checking account agreements, car loans, and many other types of consumer banking transactions.
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Comm100
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Christmas is coming, and in the spirit of the season of giving, it’s a great time to show your customers how much you care about them with a gift or token of your appreciation. While it’s a wonderful thing to try to show you care, too many businesses miss the mark by buying gifts for customers that are boring, bland or thoughtless – think corporate personalized pens, coffee mugs or gift cards.
Taylor Reach Group
OCTOBER 31, 2017
By: Colin Taylor . Recently I was asked to participate in an expert round-up on How Fortune 500 companies Manage Their Contact Center(s). More specifically, I was asked to provide insight on the importance of consistency among different channels within a Contact Center. There is a wide range of channels available in the Contact Center industry. Traditional calling is no longer the sole standard and thus the Call Center has evolved to the Contact Center, offering multiple channels such as email,
Heart of the Customer
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
In any customer experience, certain phases have more impact than others – either positive or negative – and create a measurable impact on the rest of the relationship. Positive results lead to customer who trust you, are more willing to forgive mistakes, and are more interested in your other products or services. But if they […]. The post B2B Companies: Focus on Onboarding First appeared first on Heart of the Customer.
Fonolo
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Many organizations now report that outsourcing decisions are no longer solely based on cost reduction, but to utilize value-added services that improve the customer experience. As the demand for outsourced call centers grows annually by 6%, it’s critical for BPOs to offer services that meet these growing expectations. The ability to offer callers the option of a call-back is a popular request from companies choosing a contact center BPO.
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.
ClearAction
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Actionability of Customer Experience Intelligence Lynn Hunsaker. Do intelligence and actionability go hand-in-hand? The basic difference between data and intelligence is this: data are facts, and intelligence is the arrangement of data to convey meaning. In other words, intelligence is a capacity for applying a combination of facts. Customer experience intelligence, then, is a capacity to apply facts about what customers perceive, with the aim of improving their experience.
Comm100
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
It was a Friday afternoon and Rodrigo, my Uber ride, was pulling up in a black Chevrolet Onix. Like the other times I had used the controversial cab service , I popped him a smile and a casual greeting as I swung into the back seat of his car. “Candy?” Rodrigo offered me as he started driving. He nodded towards the cup holder, which held at least ten colorful lozenges.
DMG Consulting
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Workforce Optimization Mid-Year Market Share Report. 11/1/2017. WFO market is contracting; future is in the cloud. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2017 Workforce Optimization Mid-Year Market Share Report.
Fonolo
OCTOBER 31, 2017
In a perfect world, your contact center would never put callers on hold. If hold time is unavoidable, the next best thing to do is offer a call-back option. Removing the frustration of hold time will lead to happier callers. For many contact centers, this improvement in the customer experience is the primary, or even sole, motivation for adding call-backs.
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?
ClearAction
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Customer Experience Handoff Silos are the Heart of Success Lynn Hunsaker. One of the most profound discoveries from customer experience journey mapping is interdependencies across data, systems, channels, processes and people. Customers experience our companies horizontally. Accordingly, smooth handoffs between departments can make all the difference in poor versus great customer experience.
C3Centricity
OCTOBER 29, 2017
I’ve just returned from a speaking invitation in Las Vegas. It was an incredible Symposium run by Sitecore and I was blown away by the importance placed on customer centricity during the whole event! From the opening keynote by Sitecore’s new CEO Mark Frost , to the second-day keynote by Kirsten Newbold-Knip p from Gartner, everyone in this tech and data heavy conference understood that data is only as good as the use you put to it.
Customer Bliss
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Episode Overview. In today’s show with Anne Witherspoon, we learn that sometimes implementing customer experience efforts has to start as a grassroots engagement across the organization. We discuss the skills and approach you need to build a customer experience program and its baseline foundation. Plus, Anne shares the strategy and game plan that helped her succeed in this role.
Confirmit
OCTOBER 29, 2017
Halloween is a time when the spookiest, scariest ghouls come out to play. While we hide behind the couch waiting for them to go away, we’ve been considering some of the terrifying Customer Experience horrors we’ve heard about over the years. If you want your CX program to drive value and business change… and you have the stomach for it, take a look at the evil that lurks below and make sure you do the exact opposite for fear of terrifying your customers and driving them into th
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.
Comm100
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Introduction. Social media is chaotic, but your social media team shouldn’t be! In order for your social media strategy to work, it’s important that your team be onboard with what you are trying to achieve, and have the knowledge and resources to help you achieve it. The problem is that social media is such a broad topic, and an effective social media team comes from a variety of knowledge levels and backgrounds.
ClientSuccess
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Being on the CSM frontline allows us to directly influence the success of our clients. I love that; as our clients are successful, we’re successful. We’re lucky to have this weeks CSM from the Trenches post from Priscilla Zorrilla of 15Five. Priscilla has been a Customer Success Manager for 15Five since January 2015, with a background as both an Account Executive and National Sales.
Customer Bliss
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
The following post is an excerpt from my book: Chief Customer Officer 2.0. Below, I share a “My Rock, My Story” snippet – which is one of many featured throughout the book. These stories come from CCOs who have faced numerous challenges, yet persevered in pushing their metaphorical “rock up the hill” by uniting their leadership teams, working through challenges, and ultimately achieving success in doing so.
Confirmit
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Whether you are preparing a PowerPoint, putting together a report, or creating a dashboard, the best way to ensure everyone in your business understands the customer insights you’re sharing is to tell a compelling story with the data. In this webinar, guest speaker Eric Brown, Forrester’s VP Research Learning and Development and Holly DeMuro, Product Marketing Director with Confirmit, discussed how you incorporate the characteristics of a good story to better communicate your message
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Waypoint Group
OCTOBER 31, 2017
I’m going to get a bit snarky. Maybe I’m not entitled to, so let me know if there’s anything disagreeable here… Seems to me that the shortest path to accelerating profitable growth is through customer loyalty. We’ve seen so many examples where this is true and following below is why and how to make it happen in B2B. Of course there […].
ClientSuccess
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
The live webinar happened on Tuesday, November 7th at 2:00 pm EST. You can access the recorded webinar here. Join Dave Blake (CEO of ClientSuccess) and Dan Demas (VP of Customer Success at Pendo) as they share 5 metrics that matter for product and customer success teams. This webinar will help product and customer success teams, understand which metrics are unique and which are shared.
Comm100
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Contact center management is a difficult job. Even as an outsider, if you’ve spent any time at all working alongside a call center or contact center you’ve probably seen the same mistakes being made by management over and over regardless of the company, the market, the product or customer base. Many management mistakes come about from an effort to do the right thing and with the right intentions , but they either were not carried through correctly, or they were incorrectly implemented right from
DMG Consulting
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
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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
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