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ACI Partners with CallMiner to Deploy Speech Analytics Company wide

Callminer

American Coradius International LLC, a leader in 1st and 3rd party debt collection services, has partnered with Massachusetts-based CallMiner to launch CallMiner Eureka Speech Analytics companywide.

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Artificial Intelligence and Better Customer Service go Hand in Hand

Uniphore

For over a century we have been using machines, and as technology has advanced, they have taken on an increasing role in our lives, carrying out a variety of daily tasks. Today, it is safe to say we are even dependent for many things on machines designed to act intelligently. Nevertheless, when people hear the term “artificial intelligence,” the instinctual reaction is still one of confusion, concern, and even fear.

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Communication: The Most Important Skill in Customer Service

Customers That Stick

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Shocking: Another Uber Controversy!

Beyond Philosophy

Uber’s woes continue to escalate, and the ridesharing company is scrambling to get back on track. A few days ago, company president Jeff Jones decided to quit after just six months on the job. He cited the company’s culture as a reason, saying in a statement to Recode : “the beliefs and approach to leadership that have guided my career are inconsistent with what I saw and experienced at Uber, and I can no longer continue as president of the ride-sharing business.”.

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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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What is the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)?

Callminer

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act was enacted by Congress in 1991 to restrict telemarketing calls and the use of automatic telephone dialing systems

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Top 5 Customer Service Expectations in 2017

Uniphore

Customer service trends are today driven by the need to meet consumer expectations. However, the evolution of technological innovation together with the shift in the demographics of consumers has led to quickly changing expectations. The main challenge in customer service strategy today lies in its ability to adapt to these changes and to grow in complexity, especially as it becomes increasingly crucial to the success of a company.

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Revealed: 7 Essential Elements For Your Omnichannel Strategy

Beyond Philosophy

Omnichannel means at its foundation, integration. Therefore, an omnichannel strategy could also be called an integration plan. Furthermore, there are seven essential elements to your omnichannel approach that you can’t afford to forget. Forbes once described the omnichannel experience as the point where “ marketing meets ubiquity ,” an apt description.

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6 Ways Managers Can Become Better Listeners (and Why It Matters)

ProProfs

Hear this, businesspeople: Odds are you aren’t so good at listening. This isn’t just conjecture by disgruntled employees. It’s a statement backed by research. One study including hundreds of businesspeople found most of the participants only remembered half of what they heard immediately after a conversation. Many participants were fidgeting or not even paying attention.

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Digital Pivoting is Good for your Health

Uniphore

Getting consumers to utilize digital channels to raise queries is something the healthcare industry has struggled with – but this can easily be rectified. Read More.

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5 Kinds of Facebook Content that Will Engage Your Customers

PeopleMetrics

Today, content marketing is critical to your company’s success, and. utilizing social media is currently one of the best marketing strategies out there. Nearly everyone constantly carries a smartphone with them, and almost all of those people use Facebook. Why not utilize that fact to attract customers and build brand loyalty? If you choose to leverage Facebook to post content for your customers, remember to avoid aggressive advertising and sales pitches – content is about making your customers

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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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Keep Stepping to Succeed (Video)

Customers That Stick

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Why Values Matter to Your Customers

Customer Bliss

Guest Post by Rocky Romanella, author of Tighten the Lug Nuts: The Principles of Balanced Leadership. Your character and reputation are a direct reflection of your values. Rocky Romanella, author of Tighten the Lug Nuts: The Principles of Balanced Leadership. When I was young, I never really thought in terms of honor codes or values. I just knew there were certain things I needed to focus on; to do and to achieve.

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Digital Solutions Vendors can Implement Quickly

Uniphore

Partnering with an external provider is a no-brainer. The rapid implementation of new technologies is crucial to the success of the modern contact center. Read More.

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6 ways to use LMS for powering your channel partner performance

ProProfs

Are you using channel partners as a source to generate revenue for your business? It is true that using a large sales channel network for the distribution of a product can be excellent for sales. But with so many people representing your business, it isn’t an easy task to maintain your brand image. Moreover, equipping the channel partners with the right information, especially when you are handling an ever-growing network, is definitely tough and cumbersome.

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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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Patients want choices, but that doesn’t mean they want to choose

Heart of the Customer

I recently interviewed a specialty health care practitioner on behalf of a health device manufacturer. My client identified him as being less successful in equipping his patients with their device. We walked through the patient experience, from scheduling to the welcome and the examination. He shared his passion for his work, and how great it […].

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Customer Experience Labs: Your Strategic Weapon

Customer Bliss

When I work with clients, I always set up a “customer room,” which is another way of thinking about customer experience labs. I’ve written about this idea a few times , including in Chief Customer Officer 2.0. A customer room is a way for leaders (and other members of the organization) to really understand the customer experience.

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DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Contact Center Workforce Management Product and Market Report

DMG Consulting

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Contact Center Workforce Management Product and Market Report. 3/21/2017. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2017 Contact Center Workforce Management Product and Market Report. When: Today, 21 March 2017.

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Young Market Researcher Winners: Visualizing the Future of Market Research

Confirmit

There’s lots of talk these days about the changing landscape of Market Research – from evolving technologies to disruption of traditional processes to new entrants – even Google now on the scene! With this advance of technology, sometimes research best practice gets compromised. Most clients are looking for new ways to get insights with less cost and greater speed.

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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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Creating a Culture that Delivers Results

CX Journey

Image courtesy of hundrednorth I originally wrote today's post for Clicktools. It was published on their blog on April 26, 2016. I recently came across some research conducted among customer experience (CX) practitioners that found that their #1 challenge this year is creating a customer-first culture. I'm an "employees more first" advocate; so while I understand their point and this challenge, I'd still like to see more focus placed on employees.

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Chief Customer Experience Officer – San Antonio International Airport, With Karen Ellis – CB44

Customer Bliss

Episode Overview. Some people love flying, but many view it as a hassle — and a big part of said hassle is the airport itself. I found it interesting that our work in customer experience is now expanding to airports, and Karen Ellis of the San Antonio International Airport (previously in somewhat similar roles in Houston and Atlanta) was good enough to come on the podcast and discuss some of her initiatives and challenges.

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Your Customers Deserve a Better IVR (whitepaper)

DMG Consulting

Your Customers Deserve a Better IVR (whitepaper). 2/12/2017. By Donna Fluss. Introduction. DMG research has shown that both Baby Boomers and Millennials prefer to use self-service solutions to solve an issue, but will interact with a live person when the automated tools are not successful. This indicates the great potential for self-service solutions – companies can impove their customer experience (CX) by enhancing their IVR.

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How Positive Emotions Keep Customers Coming Back

Provide Support

How Positive Emotions Keep Customers Coming Back. Think of something you like to do regularly, whether it’s jogging, reading, or eating ice cream. What keeps you coming back? Chances are it feels good, and the emotions you associate with the activity make you want to do it again. In short, positive emotions lead to loyalty. It seems like a simple equation, but how a brand should go about inspiring positive emotions in customers is a complex question.

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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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Blurring the Digital and Physical Lines in Research

Confirmit

As technology advances, the line between the physical and digital consumer experience is blurring across all industries. For example, more people are shopping online than ever before. Even inside brick-and-mortar stores, 82% of shoppers consult their smartphone regarding purchases they're about to make. And, it’s not just in retail. Digital banking capabilities have moved an increasing number of transactions from local branches to desktop or hand-held devices.

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Why You Are Not As Good At CX As You Think You Are

The DiJulius Group

In Denial Bain & Company, a business-consulting firm, asked leaders of 362 companies if they felt their companies delivered superior customer service. 80 percent believe that the service they provided was indeed superior. What these companies didn’t know was at the same time, Bain & Co. was surveying over 3,000 customers, asking them if they […].

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4 Myths of Customer Success

ClientSuccess

When it comes to customer success, there are many ways for organizations to be successful. In past posts, we’ve explored different models of how to set up teams , what metrics to use when measuring retention and churn, how to align the department with other teams, and even how to onboard customers to a product. And for these aspects, there are no right or wrong answers, but rather each company needs to evaluate and decide how it will ensure success for its customers.

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Transformational Change. Seriously?

Confirmit

Transformational Change, a worthy goal indeed! But seriously, is it achievable? How do we as Customer Experience (CX) practitioners, help our organizations understand that a CX program CAN support transformational change, seriously! So, what does it mean and how do you deliver on this promise, using feedback from customers, employees, and others as the catalyst for change?

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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.