Callminer

APRIL 27, 2021

The CallMiner Research Lab weighs in on the proposal recently released by the European Union on how to regulate artificial intelligence.

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Bill Quiseng

APRIL 25, 2021

When first confronted with this pandemic we moved quickly to identify the high risks for our employees and our customers and then worked to define the action steps required to minimize those risks. We got everyone involved at all levels of the organizations, followed local, state, and federal guidelines which changed week-to-week, and innovated, looking at every possible solution to keep us safe.

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Inside Customer Service

APRIL 29, 2021

Advertising disclosure: This blog participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon and affiliated sites. Dining out quickly loses its luster when you travel for work. Several years ago, I had a long-term consulting project in Portland, Oregon. I'd fly in on a Monday, work crazy hours, and then fly home at the end of the week.

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Customer Think

APRIL 25, 2021

To meet the needs of the empowered 21st Century consumer, most companies, especially larger enterprises, need to embark on a customer experience transformation. Imagine a car manufacturer that does not allow any vehicle customization, or a retail bank.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2021

Ideally, this wouldn’t be a conflict. Just ask any content marketer – they would rather have the resources and the time to focus on both, because to build a strong marketing brand, you need an approach that covers both the awareness and the acquisition. Striking that balance is of the utmost importance to Joei Chan , Director of Content at the e-learning platform 360Learning.

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PeopleMetrics

APRIL 30, 2021

What does world-class customer experience look like? Take a look behind the curtain. The key lies in how those experiences are designed and managed internally through things like survey design, program configuration, employee engagement and more. In this session, we reveal 5 CX secrets behind the world's best brands and provide real-world examples of how these beloved companies attract, retain and delight loyal customers by taking extra care behind-the-scenes to deliver exceptional customer expe

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Fonolo

APRIL 29, 2021

Call centers have traditionally been seen as unprofitable, and a necessary cost for businesses. However, recent data has shown that creating exceptional customer experiences and providing quality service with a human touch has a direct effect on consumer loyalty and how much they spend. With that said, call centers are expensive to run, so it’s important to consider the financial costs involved.

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Customer Think

APRIL 29, 2021

When a company tells a customer they’ll deliver product X by a certain date and fail to do so, it can cause their reputation, or brand, to suffer. Businesses rely on logistical management, or logistics, to avoid these problems and meet their customer’s expectations. Logistics is an essential part of any business strategy. It’s about […].

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Myra Golden Media

APRIL 28, 2021

This morning I hosted a webinar for leaders of customer service departments and operations. I walked everyone through how to prepare customer service specialists to apply psychological tactics to bring down the temperature in interactions and de-escalate. When we moved to Q & A, Sherry asked a question about training and supporting remote agents: Our contact center agents will work remotely for the foreseeable future.

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Heart of the Customer

APRIL 30, 2021

After more than 150 hours of interviewing CX leaders – and surveying 200+ more! – it’s clear that one thing separates the best from the rest: The best CX programs start, end, and do everything in between, based on how their efforts will add value to the business. Some companies start with their survey scores, […]. The post Six Ways to Show B2B CX Value appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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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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Fonolo

APRIL 27, 2021

Call center managers and agents know that a high volume of inbound customer calls can make or break a business day. During pandemics and other moments of crisis, call center agents are inundated with overwhelming spikes in call volume. That’s why it’s become increasingly important for businesses to upgrade their call center technologies, processes, and staffing practices to get ahead of the call-spike curve — ideally without breaking the bank.

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Customer Think

APRIL 25, 2021

The omnichannel customer service approach has long surpassed the multi-channel one as something all businesses should strive for. In a world where modern technology has given consumers more choice than ever before, adopting a customer-focused management strategy is essential. So what’s it all about? The old multi-channel approach offers a range of services for customers, […].

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

For customer service teams, the support queue shapes their work lives, shifting from a trickle of questions to a raging torrent of customer confusion throughout the various seasons of a business. Understanding and managing the power of the queue is critical to a sustainable customer service organization. The art of the support queue. You might well ask, “Why do we need a whole article about dealing with a list of questions?

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The DiJulius Group

APRIL 27, 2021

Do you feel your company has an obsessive customer service culture? Is the customer experience your company delivers the same regardless of who on your team a client interacts with? There is one simple way to find out: call your company and ask whoever answers the phone if they can tell you what the weather. Read Full Article. The post One easy way to find out if you have a strong customer service culture appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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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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Aquire

APRIL 26, 2021

If you’re curious about the state of chatbots, read further: we have shortlisted 30 chatbot statistics to give you an idea of what a chatbot can do for your business, and, more importantly, your customers in the years to come. You may know this already: the adoption of chatbots has been steadily on the rise for years now, as they’ve been helping businesses — not only increase conversions and sales — but also improve customer experience and customer satisfaction. .

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Customer Think

APRIL 29, 2021

If you’ve ever tried to build any kind of custom software or been involved in a software development project, you’ve likely run into problems where projects get off-track. They don’t stick to the three principal constraints of time, cost, or quality. The top 6 Dialpad alternatives for small businesses have all experienced such hiccups during […].

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

Every time I travel to Boston, I stay in the same hotel. It’s not fancy and the location isn’t great, but they know how to wow a customer. The way that I’m treated when I go there has always left an impression on me. The first time I stayed there, I arrived in the dead of winter. My face was chapped, and my hands were raw as I checked in. Ten minutes after I got to my room, guest services showed up at my door with some cookies and hot chocolate.

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Experience Investigators

APRIL 27, 2021

How important is customer experience in your organization? Most executives now consider customer experience a priority, but so many of them are still not ready to get serious about it. Yes, according to data from SurveyMonkey, 89% of C-level executives say they are “extremely invested” in CX, but we know that 89% of budgets don’t reflect that commitment.

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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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Doing CX Right

APRIL 25, 2021

In order to create great experiences for employees, colleagues, customers & yourself, it requires being intentionally organized. The post 10 Easy Ways To Get More Organized To Enhance Experiences appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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Customer Think

APRIL 29, 2021

Artificial Intelligence and automation are being increasingly adopted in contact centers to deliver self-service options for consumers and to assist human agents. Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) with advanced conversational AI capabilities are now helping customers resolve routine requests during self-service interactions while providing a smooth escalation path to the live agent, who is fully prepared […].

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

While I’m writing this in March of 2021, having just experienced a generational winter in my home state of Texas that created a source of stories I can use to bore my future grandchildren to death, I realize one nice thing about power outages is a return to books. I’ve always enjoyed reading, but I can’t say that it was a nightly affair for me like it has become during this stunning storm of 2021.

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Steven Van Belleghem

APRIL 27, 2021

1. Think about partner Experience. There has been a lot of talk about employee experience being the backbone of customer experience lately. And I truly believe that happy employees beget happy customers. Grab is taking this approach one step further, by creating a fantastic and empowering partner experience with its drivers. This stands in sharp contrast with how other platform companies in the US treat their drivers or other local entrepreneurs.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 24, 2021

This podcast is sponsored by Verint. Verint helps the world’s most iconic brands build enduring customer relationships by connecting work, data, and experiences across the enterprise. The Verint Customer Engagement Cloud Platform draws on the latest advancements in AI and analytics, an open cloud architecture, and The Science of Customer Engagement to meet ever-increasing, ever-shifting consumer interactions and demands.

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Customer Think

APRIL 25, 2021

Photo by Pixabay, CC0 1.0 Whether you’re just starting as a new construction company or have years of industry experience under your belt, your customers should always be your main priority. You need to attract new customers and new projects if you want your construction business to continue growing and surviving, but this can sometimes […].

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ECXO

APRIL 28, 2021

SHARE ARTICLE. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. Share on email. Share on whatsapp. Tabitha Dunn guest speaker for ECXO announced. You are invited to our second event with the fantastic Tabitha Dunn , the Chief Customer Officer, Head of Customer Experience and Global Sales Excellence at Ericsson. Taking Your CX Programme to the next level of Maturity Register in advance for this webinar.

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Steven Van Belleghem

APRIL 25, 2021

The average activation number on TikTok is 43.4 times a day! Assuming the fact that we are active during 16 hours a day (excluding sleeping time), we can see that the average user activated the app around 3 times per hour. 40% of users activate the app between 21 and 50 times, and 30% of them activate the app more than 51 times. Even if the Starbuck’s app is not an online payment platform, it continues to dwarf the likes of Google Pay and Samsung Pay users in terms of online payments made in the

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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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Zendesk

APRIL 28, 2021

To offer superior support, customer service teams need their systems, tools, processes—and most of all—people to work in harmony. But in lieu of personalized service, self-service support is your stand-in, and it needs to be just as good as your agents. This harmonious approach is important because 69 percent of customers want to resolve as many issues as possible on their own using self customer service options, according to the Zendesk Customer Experience Trends Report.

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Customer Think

APRIL 29, 2021

Customer data gives you a clearer picture of your audience. Just knowing the basic demographics of your customers helps you identify the right channels to target and refine your messaging. While information like age and income levels are useful, they don’t exactly tell you how customers feel about your products or services. Nor do they […].

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Doing CX Right

APRIL 25, 2021

In order to create great experiences for employees, colleagues, customers & yourself, it requires being intentionally organized. The post 10 Easy Ways To Get More Organized To Enhance Experiences appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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Execs In The Know

APRIL 27, 2021

The best quality assurance programs are designed to keep customer service agents informed about the standards they should be striving to meet, the steps they can take to improve, and how they’re doing on an ongoing basis. For QA managers looking to rate their team’s performance and ensure their QA program is optimized to drive important customer experience KPIs like customer satisfaction (CSAT), Net Promoter Score (NPS), and more, we’re outlining the five most important questions you need to

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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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