Futurelab
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
One of the most-commonly requested needs – often as a result of CEO/executive asks – is to build the business case for the business to focus on the customer experience. (It’s painful just to write that without thinking about this open letter to CEOs , excerpted from my book, Customer Understanding.) Tags: Annette Franz (Gleneicki) business outcomes change management customer experience outcomes Facebook Like.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Read how top call center initiatives can boost team morale and foster a sense of achievement among your call center agents, improve call center efficiency, and more.
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Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
In this era of ever-increasing digital disruption and innovation, category design can be the ultimate business strategy for brands wishing to stand out from the crowd. And one of the biggest advocates behind the movement is author, columnist, and advisor Kevin Maney. As a tech journalist, Kevin has been witnessing the evolution of the tech industry for more than 20 years.
Inside Customer Service
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
"The shipping container is stuck in customs." That's the best update I could get from our buyer and it wasn't encouraging. We had been waiting for a replenishment order from our overseas supplier for weeks. Backorders were piling up and customers were getting agitated at the wait. We had been getting a slew of angry phone calls and emails from customers who wanted to know why their order hadn’t arrived.
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.
Futurelab
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
What is a brand? And what does it mean to ride for the brand ? Tags: Annette Franz (Gleneicki) brand customer loyalty employee experience employee expectation Facebook Like. Linkedin Share Button. Tweet Widget.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Customer expectations are always evolving. It’s up to businesses and brands to understand those expectations and deliver exceptional customer service.
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Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
As the old saying goes: “you can hear a smile through the phone.” It may be a bit cheesy, but it’s true. Studies have proven that tone of voice in customer service is even more important to a successful interaction than the specific words that are being said, and that an agent’s energy will translate to their customer even without face-to-face interaction.
Futurelab
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Every time you choose a model like e.g. a business model canvas or a customer journey you are choosing which information is important to you and which information is not. e.g. if you map a customer journey for a trip from home to work using public transport you are saying that how many buss drivers there are is not a part of your problem to solve, or that you don’t need to calculate in the scarcity of busses, cost of fuel or the city’s traffic or noise pollution regulations.
Myra Golden Media
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Download agenda, themes, certificates and more here! Are you still trying to figure out how to celebrate Customer Service Week? After the year and a half your team has pulled your company through, don’t let National Customer Service Week pass without an epic celebration of your front line! Here are three steps to easy National Customer Service Week planning!
Shep Hyken
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Think about this … what if you were to charge a customer just to talk to you about what you would sell them? Or, if you own a retail store, a fee to enter the store. What would you have to do for your customers to be willing to pay for the privilege of buying your products or services? I’m not suggesting that you should. This is just to get you thinking about how good you really are.
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.
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Your call center’s customer service strategy dictates customer loyalty, agent satisfaction, and company growth. No matter what product or service you offer, your approach needs to be nothing short of “customer-obsessed.”. Knowing exactly what your customers want and don’t want will help you to maximize your call center’s customer care, leading to growth and revenue opportunities for your business.
Futurelab
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
There’s a difference? Yes, there is. I’ve been involved in a few conversations lately where it was quite obvious that what these folks were talking about clearly described sales-driven and sales-centric organizations, but not all parties to the conversations agreed with my assessment of the situation. How do you know when a company is sales-centric?
Customer Think
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Customer journeys are as individual as customers. Every customer has different needs, preferences, knowledge, information and another way to resolve their issues. In brief, every customer has a context of their own. As a consequence, customer journe.
Myra Golden Media
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
We thought we’d be done with COVID by now. Yet, here we are. I was supposed to be boarding a plane tomorrow to deliver the opening keynote for a large event in D.C. It’s now virtual. A workshop I’m facilitating in Tulsa in a few weeks is now online. My son’s school reinstated mask mandates this week. Speaking of masks, I’m doing a lot of digital de-escalation training for clients in museums, libraries, theaters, and medical offices.
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Shep Hyken
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The Ultimate Marketing Engine. Creating Customers for Life. Shep Hyken interviews John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and author of The Ultimate Marketing Engine. They discuss how to serve, understand, and create evangelists out of your ideal customers. Top Takeaways: A repeat customer keeps coming back but a loyal customer is someone who will do even more business with you once they come back.
Help Scout
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
With access to fewer resources and generally leaner teams, small businesses need to be more creative and tactful in their approach to customer service. That’s not to say they can’t provide a top-notch experience — they absolutely can. They just need to be a little more focused with their efforts. In this guide, we cover some common topics surrounding small business customer service and provide some insights gained from our years of working in support — as well as insights from small business lea
Customer Think
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Granted, customer engagement has gone through massive changes in recent years. The digital age has propelled brands’ omnichannel presence across phone, chat, self-service, SMS, and so on. But still, one thing remains, customers prefer the phone above all other channels. Why do customers still prefer phone support over any other channel? If we’re in the […].
Kate Nasser
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Impersonal medical care undermines patient trust & follow-up. Real life examples fr Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™ Healthcare Medicine. The post Impersonal Medical Care Creates These Problems | #Healthcare #PeopleSkills appeared first on KateNasser.com.
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.
Shep Hyken
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. What Is Customer Loyalty and Retention (And 3 Tips for Improvement) by Scott Clark. (CMSWire) Although the terms “customer loyalty” and “customer retention” are often used interchangeably, they actually refer to two different things.
DMG Consulting
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Workforce Management Software Improves Employee Engagement. Jul 12, 2021 Donna Fluss. Read this article on the publisher’s website. Changing employee expectations is one of the hottest workplace topics and touches on many aspects of the employee/employer relationship. Companies are beginning to rethink how they treat their employees, which is creating complications for many organizations in the short term but will likely drive positive (and overdue) changes that will be beneficial in the l
Customer Think
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Have you ever been instructed to “put your customer hat on?” That may be bad advice. “Put your customer hat on” is a favorite line of process improvement consultants and workshop facilitators. I’ve even said it myself. It means to imagine yourself as a customer, empathize with them, and approach the problem from the customer’s […].
Hodusoft
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
HoduCC Named Best Telemarketing Software By Digital Dot com. Little did we know five years back, when HoduSoft started its journey that we will become part of the growth stories of the most enterprising companies in the world. The latest recognition comes from Digital.com. HoduSoft’s HoduCC omnichannel contact center software has been named as the best telemarketing software by the online review platform, Digital.com.
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?
CommBox
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Businesses are widely deploying AI-powered service chatbots to improve customer service and increase sales. In fact, between 2018 and 2020, the adoption of chatbots increased by 67%. More recently, Covid-19 accelerated the adoption of chatbots. The majority of industry leaders (81%) said the pandemic changed their technological needs and 73% see it affected how they interact with customers. .
Zendesk
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Digital customer experiences are critical for surviving in a connected world. According to a survey of C-suite executives, more than 70% of CIOs increased investments heading into 2021 to improve customer experience. At an increasing rate, restaurants have adopted app delivery services, fitness memberships pivoted to virtual exercise experiences, retail now rely heavily on e-commerce, and office work accelerated business services like Zoom, Slack, and DocuSign.
Customer Think
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Here is the leading indicator that your organisational culture is customer-centric, or moving rapidly towards customer centricity; your CEO is leaning into customer empathy. More than ‘talking the good CX talk’, these CEO’s are demonstrating the right behaviours; setting an example for their leadership teams and their workforce. They are demonstrating empathy in action.
Help Scout
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
These days it’s easier than ever to outsource customer support, even for small teams that prioritize customer experience and quality. A new crop of companies that specialize in brand-forward customer experience outsourcing for small teams has emerged in the past five years. Gone are the days that outsourcing was only accessible to companies that have 25 or 50 seats to fill.
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.
Shep Hyken
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
This week we feature an article by Jeff Pedowitz, ForbesBooks author of F The Funnel: A New Way To Engage Customers & Grow Revenue, and President and CEO of The Pedowitz Group. He offers five tips for brands to enhance the customer experience and in the process build brand loyalty. Getting and keeping a customer’s attention can be a challenge for companies in today’s competitive marketplace.
Zendesk
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Contrary to what you might expect, potential clients are often receptive to cold calls. A study by Rain Group found that 82% of buyers are open to booking meetings when sales reps reach out. Nevertheless, cold-calling and discovery calls can be terrifying for many sales reps. You’re trying to sell a new prospect on a product they know little or nothing about.
Customer Think
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Discovery is most often considered a function performed by sales reps. But in this context, it’s more about discovery FOR the sales rep, NOT B2B buyers.One of the problems marketing and sales have as B2B buyers’ roles shift is that they start too late.
Totango
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Knowing what influences customer satisfaction can help you improve your clients’ experience and increase retention rates. Here we’ll focus on five of the top factors which shape clients’ experience of your brand. We’ll cover a range of variables, spanning customer service performance to customer loyalty incentives. We’ll look at both how these elements impact satisfaction and how you can manage them to optimize the customer experience.
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