Callminer
MARCH 15, 2018
We decided to take a deep-dive into the latest debt collection industry figures and statistics to get a glimpse of the current state of debt collection.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 14, 2018
Prior to joining Intercom as a Product Manager, I had never run a structured beta. When it came to finally running my first one, I was surprised to find very little information online that could help me. I’ve run a lot of successful betas now but I learned my craft through tribal Intercom knowledge, built up by other Product Managers over the years.
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Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 16, 2018
You know that old saying about what you make of you and me when you assume something? Well, it turns out, that economists made quite an assumption for years: that people were entirely rational in their decision making. However, they were wrong and we know they were because of the scientific method. Best of all, the truth is fairly simple and makes a lot of sense.
ProProfs
MARCH 15, 2018
With an increased number of contract workers, remote employees, and freelancers, the onboarding process for new workers has become more complicated than ever. According to the Society for Human Resource Management , employee onboarding is a process of integrating a new member within a company and its culture. Although businesses rely on human resources for onboarding employees, the inconsistent training methods can cause immense frustration to the HR department.
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
MARCH 12, 2018
When you want to hear what your customers truly have to say, you are on the path to transforming your business.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 16, 2018
Sometimes your customers really want to use your feature or product, but they also want something else that simply isn’t compatible with it. People really want to be slim and healthy, but they also really want soft drinks and fast food. McDonalds and Weight Watchers are selling wildly different products, but they’re competing for the same customers.
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Return Customer
MARCH 14, 2018
You probably already know how important the voice of the customer is for your business, but are you placing equal importance on finding the time to read them? Reading your reviews can do wonders for your business, and in this post, you’ll learn why. Here are three critical reasons to be reading your customer reviews. 1. You’ll Gain Invaluable Insight.
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 12, 2018
I once chatted with QVC about the status of a return. I just wanted to confirm that my return was received, but I walked away from the chat session with a WOW reaction. The WOW started with this message from the Representative: “Ms. Golden, I’m so sorry the camcorder hasn’t been processed yet. I know you’re anxious to have this completed. The return processing time can take up to 17 days from the date an order is returned to QVC.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 15, 2018
As a startup scales, the importance of infrastructure engineers simply can’t be overstated. They’re the ones making sure your app is secure, that uptime looks good, and that the rest of your engineering org has the right tools to build features your users need and want. Will Larson has managed infrastructure teams for some of the biggest names in software.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 16, 2018
Too many organizations don’t know what customers really want! They blindly undertake research and then wonder why the rest of the organization ignores it. Colin Shaw & Professor Ryan Hamilton discuss why this is the case and what organizations should be doing to ensure success. The post Why Don’t Organizations Understand Their Customers?
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PeopleMetrics
MARCH 12, 2018
Do you ever wonder if you're doing as well as your competitors? Of course you do! This is the familiar exercise of external benchmarking, or comparing key metrics of your business against others in your space. Business leaders use this all the time as a way to set standards for performance evaluation on metrics such as Net Promoter Score (NPS) or overall satisfaction; and many look to external benchmarking results as key indicators for how to improve customer experience.
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 15, 2018
If you’re on a call with a customer, and more than three, or four seconds go by, and you haven’t said a word, that’s called dead air space. You’re working… you know that. But for the customer, dead air space feels awkward. So we need to learn the best way to fill the silent seconds. Today, I’ll show you five ways to avoid the uncomfortable dead air space. 1.
The DiJulius Group
MARCH 14, 2018
For employers faced with high staff turnover, it can be easy to point the finger at millennials. Millennials have gotten a bad reputation for being entitled job-hoppers who constantly need praise and recognition. It is my duty as a hard working millennial to defy the stereotype and recommend retention guidance to my clients. In order to. Read Full Article.
CX Journey
MARCH 13, 2018
Image courtesy of Pixabay I originally wrote today's post for CallidusCloud. It appeared on their blog on December 6, 2017. The good news is, more and more company leaders are starting to get that they need to focus on the customer experience; the bad news is, many – most – are still struggling with the concept , choosing instead to focus on sales, metrics, and maximizing shareholder value.
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.
Confirmit
MARCH 12, 2018
In this webinar, Claire Sporton, SVP CX Innovation speaks to some of the winners of the 2017 Awards to learn more about their Customer Experience program and the impact it has had on their business. Most importantly (we think!) they also talk about what winning an ACE Award meant to their business and provide ideas to help you complete your submission.
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 15, 2018
I was chatting with a company about a price drop. I’d bought something for my Dad and had it shipped directly to his home. Two days after the shipment arrived, I saw on the company’s website that the price had dropped by $20. So I reached out over chat, and this is what I was told: “We are constantly looking for the best prices to offer our customers, and that sometimes means a lower price is featured.
Fonolo
MARCH 15, 2018
If you’re on the hunt for great talent, you’ll appreciate how time consuming the hiring process can be. This is the starting point to finding your next great employee, someone who will take part in influencing the company culture and success – that’s no easy feat. Unfortunately, the contact center space is one that experiences great churn, making the interview process even more critical.
Taylor Reach Group
MARCH 13, 2018
Customer Experience and Contact Center consulting firm, The Taylor Reach Group , Inc., is designing an Agent On-Boarding Training Curriculum. TORONTO (PRWEB)March 13, 2018. The Taylor Reach Group, Inc., a globally acknowledged and leading Contact Center and Customer Engagement consulting agency, announced today that they have secured a Contact Center Agent Training Re-Design agreement with one of Canada’s largest, licensed Medical Marijuana Producers.
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?
Customer Bliss
MARCH 15, 2018
I’m so excited to say that the podcast is nearing its 100th episode! I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing customer experience leaders and industry trailblazers who’ve greatly contributed to the field. From detailing customer journey mapping, to assessing the work to be done in their first few months on the job, there’s so much I’ve learned from my guests.
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 15, 2018
Psychologists talk about what they call the Communication Chain. The Communication Chain says that when a person puts out a verbal message, they expect a response to that message. That first message is a link in the communication chain. If there’s no response to the link, the chain is left unlinked or broken. Let’s say that instead of reading this email, you’re a participant in one of my workshops.
Fonolo
MARCH 13, 2018
Twilio unveiled Flex, its new call center product yesterday and it definitely lived up to the anticipation that has been building since the rumors started last month. Our two stories on it Twilio Shakes Up the Cloud Call Center World with Flex and The Twilio / Amazon ‘Stack’ Will Dominate the Next Call Center Era broke our traffic records, so we knew the interest level was red hot.
Provide Support
MARCH 14, 2018
4 Dimensions of Customer Trust. Put simply, high trust is a dividend; low trust is a tax. In fact, in our increasingly low-trust world, trust has literally become the new currency of our global economy. — Stephen M.R.Covey. Digital innovation has transformed today’s business world: it has changed business environment and performance, as well as the whole landscape of customer choice.
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.
DMG Consulting
MARCH 16, 2018
DMG Consulting Releases 2018 – 2019 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. 3/12/2018. Strong momentum driving market growth and investment. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2018 – 2019 Workforce Management Product and Market Report.
Kerry Bodine
MARCH 14, 2018
One recent attendee called our journey mapping bootcamp “an MBA on steroids.” On May 16 & 17, join us in the heart of Chicago to find out why. Our signature two-day bootcamp is jam packed with content and exercises that will answer these questions: Why are customer journeys (and journey maps) important? What makes journey maps effective? How can you create journey maps?
Customer Bliss
MARCH 16, 2018
More organizations are adding the chief customer officer role to their C-Suite, and being responsible for bringing on this new high-level executive is no easy feat. To start, it’s a role that not all CEOs have figured out how to incorporate into the business. On top of that, the purpose of the CCO is to be a change agent within the organization, which inevitably stimulates more engagement from the C-Suite and team leaders.
ClientSuccess
MARCH 13, 2018
Since CSM from the Trenches launched as a community, many Customer Success Managers have been eager to join, contribute, or participate. Here are four ways to get involved: 1. Answer mentor questions: Submit your answers to the 7 mentor questions. Share your practical advice and better practices with the frontline CSM community. Example – Sam Feil, ClientSuccess. 2.
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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
DMG Consulting
MARCH 12, 2018
WFM for the Digital Age . Digital transformation is an essential direction for enterprises that are striving to deliver an outstanding customer experience cost effectively. A growing number of companies are recognizing the need to change the way they do business if they want to remain relevant to their customers. Many of these companies are not exactly sure what they need to do, but appreciate that the “old” way of conducting business is becoming less effective with each passing day, and even w
Kerry Bodine
MARCH 12, 2018
This is the fourth post in a series about how to scale service design, based on my closing remarks at the 2017 Service Design Global Conference in Madrid. The first three posts focused on technology , the ubiquity of contexts in which practitioners are now applying service design, and the discipline’s need for coaching. This final post will focus on service delivery.
Confirmit
MARCH 13, 2018
Thinking of entering the ACE Awards but not sure where to start? Fear not, help is at hand! Here are our top tips on getting your submission ship-shape and ready for our fearsome judges (slight exaggeration there, they have high standards but none of them is actually “fearsome”!). Which category should I enter? Good question! We have six categories available and two of them are new for this year.
ClientSuccess
MARCH 13, 2018
For those just joining our blog series CSM from the Trenches, welcome. This series, now a community for frontline Customer Success Managers (CSMs), discusses trends, best practices, and advice that can help the frontline. 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.
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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