2022

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Customer Service Video Chat: The Ultimate Guide

Aquire

Using video chat technology for customer service is becoming a popular practice. That’s because businesses have grasped the benefits of video chat technology — in large part thanks to increased working-from-home and the rise of digital purchasing. Rather than relying purely on live chat or chatbots, adding video chat will ensure you offer more personal experiences to online customers.

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Is the contact centre going to be the next big tech frontier?

Adrian Swinscoe

Many publicly listed technology stocks have been having a torrid time of late as investors move away from lofty visions and future promises of growth to […]. The post Is the contact centre going to be the next big tech frontier? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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10 tips for combining the ‘human’ and ‘technology’ elements of your quality monitoring process

Callminer

Read on for our list of tips to automate your quality monitoring process.

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Writing Excellent Customer Service Emails: Tips & Templates

Help Scout

Here are the best tips, tricks, and templates to use to improve your team’s processes for writing exceptional customer service emails.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Three ways to predict and avoid service failures

Inside Customer Service

Imagine you had a customer service crystal ball. This crystal ball could magically predict service failures. It would give you just enough time to swoop into action and avoid disappointing customers. While I don't have a crystal ball, I can share three proven techniques that do the same trick. Each of these techniques can help you predict when something will go wrong and give you just enough time to prevent it.

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How to Empower Women in Tech

Totango

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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What is the ROI of Customer Experience

Shaun Belding

CX successes that I've seen have had one thing in common -- a consistent and intensely passionate focus on their customers that extended throughout their organization. They focused on their journey, not the end. . They decided they were in, not out. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.

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My top six lessons learned from serving customers

Inside Customer Service

Where did you learn your customer service skills? There's a good chance many came from experience. You might even remember specific customer interactions that taught valuable lessons. Sure, you might have taken a class. Perhaps you had a good boss or mentor. Yet those lessons often didn't sink in until you tried them out with a customer. That's my story.

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The Best Customer Experience, Data and Design Books of 2022

eglobalis

The Best Customer Experience books 2002 list, Data and Design Readings of 2022, CX, experience design, cx strategy. The post The Best Customer Experience, Data and Design Books of 2022 appeared first on Eglobalis.

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A true global CX organization needs to speak and understand cultures, languages and differences. ECXO understands you, fluently.

ECXO

A true global CX organization needs to speak and understand cultures, languages and differences. ECXO understands you, fluently. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. The quickly growing European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO), understands its diverse community on a unique level. We are a global community who thrives on celebrating everyone’s individuality and not creating a “one size fits all” approach.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.

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Intercom on Product: How ChatGPT changed everything

Intercom, Inc.

In a recent episode, our Director of Machine Learning, Fergal Reid , shed some light on the latest breakthroughs in neural network technology. We chatted about DALL-E, GPT-3, and if the hype surrounding AI is just that or if there was something to it. He told us things were starting to scale. And just like that, we’re at it again. ChatGPT , OpenAI’s prototype artificial intelligence chatbot, launched last week and it has been making the rounds in the halls of the internet, inspiring amazed react

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Is it time to talk about a more sustainable approach to serving our customers?

Adrian Swinscoe

At a recent event, I spoke to a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) about how it was not untypical for him to have a day of 14 […]. The post Is it time to talk about a more sustainable approach to serving our customers? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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What is customer journey analytics?

Callminer

Customer interactions don’t exist in a vacuum, and neither should your data. Find out how customer journey analytics break down data silos to provide better insight throughout the customer journey.

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Three Key Challenges Healthcare CX Leaders Face Today

Uniphore

Convoluted journeys. Compromised trust. And the looming threat of overpayments. These are just a few of the patient service challenges healthcare leaders are grappling with today. With more patient and member interactions happening remotely, the pressure to deliver a seamless digital experience is all too real. How can healthcare CX providers ensure that members consistently receive positive, high-quality service while meeting strict compliance and privacy requirements?

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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It’s time for a Customer Service Culture Transformation to Customer CARE

Bill Quiseng

Is customer service the frontline? Really? Are we called to duty on the frontline battling customers? Doctors and nurses don’t serve their ailing patients. They care. So shouldn’t customer service be customer care? Or even better …. We are the Customer CARE team. We CARE for each member of our team: We COMMUNICATE with each other. We listen to our team’s questions, concerns, and complaints with empathy and compassion.

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The Boss With Low Standards

The Belding Group

Have a Boss With Low Standards? Here’s What To Do Some bosses just don’t seem motivated to perform at high levels. Nor do they seem interested in motivating their teams to perform at high levels. They’re quite happy, it seems, with mediocre — which can be a frustration for team members who would like […]. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.com.

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68 Customer Support Email Address Name Ideas

CX Accelerator

Written by Jenny Dempsey, 5.25.2022 You don’t actually want to contact customer support. If you have to, this means you have a problem or an unanswered question. You can’t find the answer in the knowledge base on the company website, instruction book or the FAQs. When you do reach out, you want to know that you’re in good hands and that an answer or resolution to your issue is waiting at the end of that interaction.

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Who Says Banks Can’t Deliver WOW Customer Experiences?

Shaun Belding

Last month we got not one, but three stories of truly WOW customer experiences. All three of them from a bank — the same bank. This, from my experience, is a customer service unicorn of the highest order. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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How to build better customer relationships by following up

Inside Customer Service

Paul Harvey was on the radio in my house a lot when I was a kid. Harvey was famous for a segment called "the rest of the story" where he shared a forgotten story or little-known fact about a famous person or event. Each ended with with a surprise twist and his famous phrase, "And now you know. the rest of the story!" We often miss the rest of the story when we interact with customers.

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Is Your Company Product-Centric or Customer-Centric?

Futurelab

Today’s post includes an excerpt of a guide I wrote for GetFeedback in November 2020. The original guide can be found here , and a video excerpt can be found here. Tags: Annette Franz (Gleneicki) culture customer experience customer-centric product design Facebook Like. Linkedin Share Button. Tweet Widget.

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Journey Orchestration (JO) in Practice II by Ray Gerber at Thunderhead

ECXO

SHARE ARTICLE. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. Share on email. Share on whatsapp. Journey Orchestration (JO) in Practice II by Ray Gerber at Thunderhead. The European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) invites you to Journey Orchestration (JO) in Practice II by Ray Gerber at Thunderhead. You are all welcome to the open-access webinar with 120 places available.

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Introducing Intercom on Product: A series exploring the principles that shape what and how we build

Intercom, Inc.

Intercom is built on principles. I mean that in a very practical sense: PMs, Designers, and Engineers at Intercom use our R&D principles every single day to guide their decision-making. Having clear principles keeps everyone pointed in the same direction, and empowered to move quickly and with confidence. “Defining and distilling these principles has been one of the biggest contributors to our ability to consistently build great products at scale”.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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9 ways to help get your budget approved

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by Tom Gibby, the Co-Founder and CMO of The Bot Platform. The first step in asking is always the hardest. You […]. The post 9 ways to help get your budget approved first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Top call center metrics your organization should care about

Callminer

Call center metrics, including call tracking metrics, can make improving operations at your contact center much easier to manage. Read this blog for the top metrics to consider and measure.

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Life at Uniphore: Meet Andrew Dahlkemper, Chief People Officer

Uniphore

As part of our ongoing “Life at Uniphore” series, we interviewed Andrew Dahlkemper, Uniphore’s new Chief People Officer. Andrew shared his thoughts on the value of company culture, how to empower a growing workforce and what leadership lessons he’s learned from nearly two decades in the tech industry. He also revealed what gets him going and what excites him the most about the future of Uniphore.

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QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations.

Bill Quiseng

QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations. When you are working in customer service, you have been happy that your customers leave satisfied. You have sold them a product or service that meets their wants or needs. Or you solved their problem for them. You were happy because, in the end, you met their expectations and they were satisfied.

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How to Easily Navigate Crypto Accounting in the Web3 Era

Speaker: Aaron Jacob, VP of Accounting Solutions & Reagan Cook, GTM Lead

Are you struggling to navigate the complexities and challenges that come with crypto accounting? 🤔 This new webinar will cover everything businesses need to know to get started with crypto accounting after incorporating crypto into their business models! Industry experts Aaron Jacob and Reagan Cook of TaxBit will thoroughly explore the prevalent operational hurdles encountered by accounting teams when interacting with crypto on the books, and detail how software solutions can effectively

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Why Your Measurement is Killing Your Customer Experience And What to Do About it

Beyond Philosophy

I am surprised daily about how many organizations can’t articulate how their improvement in various experience measures, like Net Promoter Score® , will benefit the organization. This connection is essential to understand to create a winning customer strategy. . The same is true for customer data. Too often, an organization is excellent at collecting data to measure the effects of their efforts but has no idea how they will use it.

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5 Tips for Being More Transparent with Your Customers

CX Accelerator

I can remember it well. I was in charge of a contact center a few jobs ago and we were having our second outage in as many days. After service had been restored, I got a call from a customer. It just so happened to be from a customer to whom I had issued a service credit just a day earlier in hopes of restoring his confidence in our company. Hearing of his disappointment for the second day in a row, I fumbled around in my managerial bag of tricks for the right words to say along with the appropr

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3 Ways to Prevent “Customer from Hell” Experiences

Shaun Belding

There has been a lot of research over the years on the things that make customers cranky. There is some surprising science to preventing customer conflict. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.

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Three ways to test your company values

Inside Customer Service

The data was shocking. Even hurtful. An employee who worked for another department was sometimes loaned to my team. A monthly payroll report showed a lot more hours were charged to my team than she had actually worked. This was a great employee. Someone who did good work and was well-liked. She was recently recognized as the employee of the month. I wanted to believe this was a simple error, so I shared the report with the employee's boss.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!