Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 1, 2022

We are in the midst of a complete transformation in how companies and customers interact with one another. As all businesses become at least partially digital businesses, customers expect those online interactions with companies to be convenient, effective, and personalized. That sort of engagement between businesses and customers is now happening on a scale that was impossible to imagine not so long ago.

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Customer Relationship Customer Expectations Customer Experience 211

Inside Customer Service

MARCH 3, 2022

"You're p **g me off!" The one-sentence email came from the company president. He was upset that the phones had been ringing all day, and blamed me for what was happening. Our phone lines rang throughout the office whenever a customer was holding for more than a minute. Everyone, including the president, was expected to drop what they were doing and answer the phone.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Start-ups Customer Feedback 189

Adrian Swinscoe

MARCH 2, 2022

Today’s interview is with Michael G. Bartlett who is the Director of Experience Innovation at JMARK, an I.T. support and I.T. services company, Founder of the […]. The post We should talk about moments that shatter rather than the moments that matter – Interview with Michael G. Bartlett first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

Innovation 190

Innovation 190

Futurelab

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Should acquisition vs. retention really be a dilemma? Can’t there just be a balance between the two? Must one outweigh the other? Companies have long been pouring disproportionate resources – human, time, effort, capital – into the top of the funnel, on attracting and acquiring new customers, while retention efforts have gotten little more than loyalty programs and discount offers.

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Customer Retention Customer Experience 246

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Callminer

MARCH 2, 2022

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Shaun Belding

MARCH 1, 2022

More than once over my career, I have been asked by people in customer service roles, "These customers are jerks. Why should I go out of my way for them?" The question, on the surface, seems fair. But here's the thing. I have seen more than one situation where a customer's 'jerkiness' was actually triggered by the employee in the first place. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com.

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Customer Service 147

Futurelab

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

I recently read an article on Bloomberg Businessweek (about culture and how to sustain it – or whether it’s sustainable – in the wake of so many employees working from home) in which a Stanford researcher interviewed for the article stated: Culture is a way for organizations to control their members, police their behavior. That’s difficult to do when you can’t—after a meeting—say: ‘You know, John, maybe you shouldn’t have said x or y.

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Shep Hyken

MARCH 2, 2022

Never being late … that’s not realistic. It’s going to happen. It’s not a question of if. It’s when. . But you might say, “It’s not my fault!” And maybe it’s not. For example, you may be driving to a lunch meeting, and a car accident shuts down the highway making you. And it’s not just about arriving late to a commitment. It could be a delay in shipping a product.

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SixteenVentures

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Having worked with hundreds of companies of different sizes, funding stages, and Customer Success maturity, around the world, I’ve boiled down what I believe are the five “secrets” of World-class CSMs. This is specifically about CSMs that are thriving, even if their environment is less-than-perfect. . It’s always best to have strong Customer Success leadership, buy-in from Executives, great processes, purpose-built CSM software, etc.

Hospitality 124

Hospitality Hospitality Technology Technology 124

Doing CX Right

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Howard Tiersky, author of Winning Digital Customers, shares how to drive customer behaviors, earn their love and emotional commitment to maximize your competitiveness. The post Influencing Desirable Customer Behaviors Through Experience Management appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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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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Futurelab

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

the language that you speak shapes the way that you think. And that gives you the opportunity to ask, “Why do I think the way that I do?” “How could I think differently?” And also, “What thoughts do I wish to create?” —  Lea Boroditsky (1) We choose labels to describe the world and these labels shape the lenses through which we understand and act on the world.

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Innovation Customer Experience 130

Conversation Agent

MARCH 2, 2022

“Look, part of the whole technique of disempowering people is to make sure that the real agents of change fall out of history, and are never recognized in the culture for what they are. So it's necessary to distort history and make it look as if Great Men did everything — that's part of how you teach people they can't do anything, they're helpless, they just have to wait for some Great Man to come along and do it for them.

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Totango

MARCH 1, 2022

Did you know that while women make up more than 50 percent of the U.S. workforce, less than one in five employees in the tech industry are women? Like in most male-dominated industries, there are many reasons for the lack of women in tech, including work culture and gender discrimination issues, a significant gender pay gap, and a lack of female representation in the workplace.

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CommBox

MARCH 2, 2022

As a business owner, you must provide excellent customer service. By helping customers out in any way you can, you help improve relationships with existing customers who, in turn, will swear their loyalty to your brand. But customer service isn’t just about answering questions from emails and phone calls. It’s about how you and your team answer them and what you do after.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service Social Listening Customer Journey Map Omnichannel 98

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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Futurelab

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

the language that you speak shapes the way that you think. And that gives you the opportunity to ask, “Why do I think the way that I do?” “How could I think differently?” And also, “What thoughts do I wish to create?”?—? Lea Boroditsky (1) Tags: HelgeTennø business design customer experience customer strategy Facebook Like. Linkedin Share Button. Tweet Widget.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience 130

Conversation Agent

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The restoration of value begins with fixing the language. And continues with adjusting expectations. When you tell a new story, you can begin to weave into an alternative narrative. This in turn allows you to tap into a new set of beliefs. And the path that seemed unimaginable before opens up. Childhood, for example, is an idea born in the Renaissance.

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Zendesk

MARCH 1, 2022

“Nobody really wants to contact support. They just want to use the application and get to do the thing that they came in to do…If we can take the edge off of that process and make it even quicker, I think we’ve won in that world.” Jared Loman, VP of Customer Experience at Kajabi. As part of Zendesk’s CX Moment virtual event series, we spoke with Jared Loman, VP of Customer Experience at Kajabi.

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CX ML Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 98

Execs In The Know

MARCH 4, 2022

As if the pandemic weren’t challenging enough already, many businesses are now also grappling a serious labor shortage on the seemingly endless road back to normal. Temporary layoffs accounted for essentially the entire increase in unemployment to its historically high rate in April 2020 , and tens of millions of Americans quit their jobs in 2021. Today, the “ Great Resignation ” is so ubiquitous that it even has its own entry on Wikipedia.

AI 98

AI Artificial Intelligence Contact Center Healthcare 98

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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Futurelab

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

I recently read an article on Bloomberg Businessweek (about culture and how to sustain it – or whether it’s sustainable – in the wake of so many employees working from home) in which a Stanford researcher interviewed for the article stated: Culture is a way for organizations to control their members, police their behavior. Tags: Annette Franz (Gleneicki) culture culture change customer-centric culture Facebook Like.

CX 130

CX 130

Help Scout

MARCH 4, 2022

It can be tricky to know exactly when it's the right time to hire for your customer support team. Here are some strategies for picking the perfect moment.

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Totango

MARCH 4, 2022

B2B customer service is often confused with B2B customer success, but they are not the same. Despite their differences, however, they do share an intimate relationship – you need strong customer service to achieve customer success. In this article, we’ll take a look at the relationship between these two important ingredients for a successful SaaS business model.

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B2B Customer Service B2C Net Promoter Score 91

Fonolo

MARCH 3, 2022

Call center management requires high levels of attention, coordination, and strategy, especially as remote work environments become more and more of a reality. . In an article by Destination CRM, founding partner of International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) Brad Cleveland asserts that COVID-19 shifted 80% of in-person call centers to virtual call center environments.

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Customer Satisfaction Technology Technology CRM 87

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The DiJulius Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

What is a price myth buster? It is the false assumption of industries, companies, leaders, and their employees that they are losing existing and potential customers due to lower prices. The following are four excellent examples of price myth busters. Price Myth Buster #1 Don’t ask the Customers what they want, give them. Read Full Article. The post 4 Price Myth Busters appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

Customer Experience 91

Customer Experience 91

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 3, 2022

It is essential to recognize when your customer decides to buy from you (or doesn’t). Once you identify when that happens, you can design an appropriate environment to get customers to decide to do what you want. . This customer decision point reminds me of the phrase, “Crossing the Rubicon.” The Rubicon river was a boundary to the north of Rome.

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CX 78

Buyer Persona

MARCH 4, 2022

Buying Decisions Are Affected By Intensified Buyer Activism Sentiments. During the past decade, we have seen a significant rise in consumer activism. And that has translated to a rise in both brand activism as well as shareholder activism. We have seen consumers changing buying behaviors with their pocketbooks. Refusing or boycotting certain brands due to their social or environmental stance.

B2B 90

B2B Education 90

Help Scout

MARCH 4, 2022

Is Outlook Shared Mailbox the right solution for your team? Learn the pros and cons, and read about seven alternatives you can consider.

Outlook 98

Outlook 98

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

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 1, 2022

Traditionally, the customer handoff process from sales to customer service for onboarding can be chaotic and more than a little confusing. Onboarding is, after all, the first real experience a customer has working directly with your team, using the platform to its full extent, and understanding how the working relationship will look between your two teams.

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Start-ups Sales Customer Relationship Customer Service 76

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Do you know when in your experience customers decide to buy from you or not? You should. Otherwise, how can you design an appropriate environment to get customers to decide to do what you want? It reminds me of the phrase, “Crossing the Rubicon.” The Rubicon river was a northern boundary outside Rome in the ancient Roman Empire. The Senate determined if a general crossed the Rubicon with their army, that was grounds for treason.

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Management Consulting Customer Experience CX 78

Buyer Persona

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Business Leaders Will Need To Account For Ongoing Uncertainty. The conflict resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine has heightened concerns on many fronts throughout the world. We are witnessing political, humanitarian, economic, trade, globalization, and governmental impact. The attempt by Russia to overthrow Ukraine’s leadership and bring the country into the sphere of Russia is intensifying uncertainty for businesses across the globe.

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Outlook B2B 82

Shep Hyken

MARCH 4, 2022

This week we feature an article by Mike Macpherson, Director of Sales and Marketing for VBO Tickets , a global provider of a total ticketing engagement solution. He shares how organizations can deliver a total customer experience. What is the total customer experience? Customer obsessive, customer-focused, customer-centric, the idea is to take customer service to a higher level.

Customer Experience 69

Customer Experience Social Media Touchpoint Sales 69

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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