Sat.Oct 21, 2017 - Fri.Oct 27, 2017

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What Are Customer Satisfaction Rating & Importance Scales? Challenges and Best Practices for Using Customer Satisfaction Rating & Importance Scales

Callminer

As companies strive to deliver exceptional customer experiences, they appreciate getting feedback – and its related insights – directly from the customers themselves.

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Why Are Customers So Rude, Stupid, Entitled? (Or Important!)

Comm100

Many of you will be familiar with Google’s autocomplete feature – the suggested phrases which pop up when you start to type in a word or phrase, based on phrases other people have searched for. Google’s autocomplete suggestions can be pretty telling in what people around the world are thinking about their customers – and as well as Google itself, there’s some great tools out there to help curious customer service professionals see all of the questions people are asking about customers all around

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Future Of Marketing Wins A Nobel Prize!

Beyond Philosophy

When Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago was awarded the Nobel Prize in economic science earlier this month, he said he’d try to spend his $1.1 million prize “as irrationally as possible.”. That gave me a chuckle, because Thaler is a pioneer in studying the role that irrational human nature plays in economic decisions. His field, behavioral economics, is also one of the main underpinnings of our customer experience consulting at Beyond Philosophy.

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The One Element Of Product & Tech Design That Kills Customer Experience

eglobalis

In the technology industry, specifically within software and hardware usability, design and services, one of the biggest elements that hurts customer experience -- and by that I mean B2B and B2C customers -- is overly-complicated product design. The post The One Element Of Product & Tech Design That Kills Customer Experience appeared first on Eglobalis.

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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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Unravelling The Relevance Of Social Cognitive Theory in Online Learning

ProProfs

Have you ever encountered a situation where you have been forced to use a machine with no clue about how to run it – probably at a self-check-in counter at an airport that has its default language set to language you don’t know or a self-service kiosk for a tram that needs you to share information and money to print your ticket? Thinking what would you do in such a situation?

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Phone Calls are Still Essential to Customer Service

Fonolo

As a customer, you have more options than ever when you want to contact a company. Non-voice channels such as email, chat, SMS and social media have been steadily growing in popularity. It’s natural to imagine that the plain ole’ phone call is past its prime, and declining in importance. While it’s true that the channel mix is shifting, it would be wrong to conclude that phone calls are any less essential to customer service.

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Breaking the Ice Episode #34: Annoying Roommates & Agent Engagement w/ Sean Hawkins

Customer Service Life

In Episode #34 we welcome our good friend, Sean Hawkins. He’s the Director of Contact Center and Customer Service at Framework Homeownership. Be sure to connect with Sean on LinkedIn , Twitter , and read his blog. Join us as we talk about some of our quirks that make us annoying roommates. We also share some practical ways to keep agents and employees engaged.

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Augmented Reality: Is it the Future of eLearning

ProProfs

The present era is dominated by interactive multimedia. Nobody wants to see static and one-dimensional objects and elearning is no different. In the technology space, people are extensively discussing the relevance of augmented reality (AR) and its varied applications. To many it may appear a bit “futuristic” in its approach, AR should be considered as a candidate for online learning.

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Maybe (Just Maybe) There’s Hope for Comcast Yet 

Heart of the Customer

Whenever I’m leading a workshop or giving a keynote, I know I can always get a laugh by putting “Comcast” and “Customer Experience” in the same sentence. But that’s way too easy, so I usually skip that line. But last week I saw something that gave me a glimmer of hope for the company. They seem to be learning how […]. The post Maybe (Just Maybe) There’s Hope for Comcast Yet appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Customer Experience Management Prevents Process Silos

ClearAction

Customer Experience Management Prevents Process Silos Lynn Hunsaker. Customer journey mapping is an eye-opener about process gaps — especially when it spans the end-to-end customer life cycle. It’s the job of customer experience management to drive smooth journeys and maximize value across the life cycle. Accordingly, it’s the role of customer experience managers to prevent process silos.

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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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The HAUNTED Call Center: 5 Party Ideas

Fonolo

Your call center works hard year-round to make sure metrics are being met and customers are happy. Often times, when you’re busy dealing with everyday tasks, it’s easy to forget the importance of a fun working culture. Studies have shown that call center agents quit most often because of their work environments rather than their compensation. Companies need to find more ways to increase agent engagement and motivate employees.

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Cloud Contact Center Solutions Improve Relationships between Business and IT

DMG Consulting

Thank you for your interest in DMG Consulting’s publications. Please complete the registration form below. First Name * Last Name Email Address *. Monthly DMG Newsletter. I would like to receive the monthly DMG Newsletter. Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Close. Cloud Contact Center Solutions Improve Relationships between Business and IT. 10/6/2017.

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3 Service Design Conferences in 3 Weeks? Wow!

Kerry Bodine

If you haven’t noticed, the field of service design has been picking up steam over the past several years—largely in part, in my opinion, to its natural alignment with helping organizations create better customer experiences. The latest evidence that the discipline is on a roll is that right now you can attend not one, not two, but three service design conferences in as many weeks.

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Now you can stop being part of the 70% that are inadvertently doing more harm than good

Waypoint Group

Research has shown that 70% of B2B companies collect NPS®-like data but only 30% actually use customer feedback. By participating in our no-risk trial you can gain immediate insights, help your company grow, and stop being part of the 70% that actually erode customer relationships by asking for feedback but do nothing with it. You have customer feedback data, […].

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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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Why the Customer Experience is Important for All Shoppers [Video]

Fonolo

It’s that time of year again, the holidays are creeping in, and before you know it frantic shoppers will be soaking up those Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals; soon enough everyone will be in shop till you drop mode. Whether you’re purchasing for your first cousin twice removed, or your Rolex wearing manager, the holiday season usually requires a great deal of customer service support.

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IT Managers’ Guide to Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure (whitepaper)

DMG Consulting

IT Managers’ Guide to Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure. 10/23/2017. By Donna Fluss. Introduction. If a company has required IT resources to support their on-premise contact center solution, they will need similar assistance with a cloud-based solution. The difference is that IT’s role in a cloud scenario will be more strategic and dedicated to security, integrations and system administration, and less to taking care of the hardware and software.

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Single Survey Design for Online and Offline Research

Confirmit

Focusing on the mode of connecting with the participants is so 2001.Survey technology allows you to create a single survey that can be used for online and offline research. The key to success is to have a single survey experience, something that is inherently people focused. Technology is at the center of this “seamless” or single survey experience as it provides a consistent survey look and feel across channels as well as enabling the completion of the same survey online and offline

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CX Complacency and the Lack of a Burning Platform

CX Journey

Image courtesy of Pixabay When it comes to a customer experience transformation, is there a burning platform in your business? Or is everyone happy with the way things are? No need to change how you do business? How leaders conduct themselves? How your people are treated? I've been writing a bit about complacency in business lately, including my last post from two weeks ago, Complacency or Innovation: You Decide.

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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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Top 5 Trends in Customer Service

Uniphore

As customers have more brands to choose from than ever, the businesses that win the battle of the customer service wins the game. In today’s world, more and more brands are chosen based on whether customer experience matches their rising customer centric expectations, and customer service plays the most critical role in creating that experience. It’s no surprise then that the top trends in customer service heading into 2018 all have one thing in common, the customer themselves.

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Contact Center KPIs: Less is More

DMG Consulting

Thank you for your interest in DMG Consulting’s publications. Please complete the registration form below. First Name * Last Name Email Address *. Monthly DMG Newsletter. I would like to receive the monthly DMG Newsletter. Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Close. Contact Center KPIs: Less is More. 9/15/2017.

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A Toolkit for Customer Experience Leadership in Government With CCO Anahita Reilly – CB74

Customer Bliss

Episode Overview. Did you know that government agencies are working hard to embed customer experience strategies in their operating plan and mindset? In this episode, Anahita Reilly walks us through her customer experience maturity map and actions to unite the leadership team, map the customer journey and drive transformation. Meet Anahita, CCO and Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

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15 Ideas for Halloween Office Party Games and Activities to Booooost Your Customer Service Morale!

Comm100

Introduction. Halloween is just around the corner, and people all over the world are scrambling to plan costumes, hang decorations, buy candy, and RSVP to Halloween parties (and, those who have kids are rushing to plan for them as well!). Out of the office, your hardworking customer service agents may be caught up in the Halloween scramble. But in the office, they are working tirelessly to bring satisfaction and happiness to your valued customers.

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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.

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Benefits of RPA for the Contact Center

Uniphore

Today, the emergence of robotic process automation (RPA) technology is stirring the winds of change in the business world, offering benefits which have a lot of appeal to various organizations and departments. However, one particular unit where robotic software provides a specific value for businesses is in their call centers where manual processes play such a significant role in the day to day operations.

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The Evolution of Survey Designer

Confirmit

It’s been over six months since we launched the much-anticipated Survey Designer , our slinky new interface for creating surveys for Market Research, Customer Experience and employee engagement programs. As with all elements of the Confirmit Horizons platform, Survey Designer receives frequent enhancements, tweaks and additions as part of our continuous deployment approach, so I thought now was an opportune moment to update you on some of the newer features you may have missed.

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Customer Success Innovations: Generate Renewal Reports in Seconds

ClientSuccess

Scenario. Many customer success leaders spend too much time acquiring information for renewal reports. These leaders spend hours or more gathering information from multiple sources, compiling the information, and analyzing it to create insights and trends. Problem. Often by the time the information is gathered it is stale and needs to be updated again.

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12 Reasons to Invest More in Customer Experience

PeopleMetrics

It’s the age of the customer and the world’s biggest brands are duking it out every day for a greater share of our hearts, minds, and wallets. Customers hold more decision power than ever in an era where information about any company’s products and services is just a mobile search away. Where does the Voice of the Customer (VoC) land in the priorities for your company’s overall strategy?

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7th Annual CX Report by The Northridge Group Uncovers Priority Training Focus

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