OpinionLab

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As I spoke with customers and analysts, and listened to the keynote presentations, I found emerging commonality across three main themes: 1) Mobile is a mainstay. One Forrester analyst coined the term “landmarks” to describe the critical moments that matter in the customer journey. 2) CX is a business priority. Gain clarity on cost.

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Innovation Return on Investment Airlines Study 60

OpinionLab

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As I spoke with customers and analysts, and listened to the keynote presentations, I found emerging commonality across three main themes: 1) Mobile is a mainstay. One Forrester analyst coined the term “landmarks” to describe the critical moments that matter in the customer journey. 2) CX is a business priority. Gain clarity on cost.

Innovation 60

Innovation Return on Investment Airlines Study 60

Comm100

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

All of these pandemic repercussions will continue to reverberate across customer service teams and drive the major trends in the year to come, and likely far beyond. In this blog, we’ll look at the top customer service trends to expect in 2022 so you can build a team of customer experience excellence.

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Trends Customer Service Chatbots Omni-Channel 214

Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience). 2016 Answer.

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Trends Customer Experience Wireless Entertainment 171

Comm100

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

All of these pandemic repercussions will continue to reverberate across customer service teams and drive the major trends in the year to come, and likely far beyond. In this blog, we’ll look at the top customer service trends to expect in 2022 so you can build a team of customer experience excellence.

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Trends Customer Service Chatbots Omni-Channel 159

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

But James was quick to point out that there are times when the auto industry has made mistakes by listening too much to customers and not anticipating the next trends in technology or elsewhere. To that end, all GM cars will have in-car wifi by the end of 2016.

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Innovation Consumers Social Media Feedback 110

Uniphore

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Given the massive engagement between customers and a brand, creating a positive, and personal experience is essential. Where customer engagement happens. It’s a foundation for dynamic, frictionless customer engagement. Check out our website , connect with me on LinkedIn , or contact us.

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Omni-Channel Video Contact Center Sales 100

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Contact Center Satisfaction Negatively Impacting the Customer Experience by Andrew Berger. Telecompetitor) Contact center satisfaction has worsened over the last two years despite investments in new customer engagement channels, according to new market research released by BoldChat. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken .

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Customer Journeys Customer Service Contact Center Culture 48

Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience). 2016 Answer.

Trends 100

Trends Customer Experience Wireless Entertainment 100

OpinionLab

JUNE 8, 2017

In my last blog , I explained why listening to customers can provide greater customer understanding than merely observing their behavior. Many companies seem to agree as evidenced by the number of Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs that exist and increasing amounts of feedback consumers are being asked for.

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Customer Experience Social Media Feedback Survey 68

BirdEye

JULY 5, 2023

However, constantly acquiring new customers without investing in strategies to retain them can prove quite harmful to the bottom line. To first time customers turn into loyal customer, it is important to invest in building relationships with them. This blog helps you grow your business with relationship marketing.

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Eptica

JANUARY 20, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Looking into the customer service crystal ball. Published on: January 20, 2016. Author: Robin Tandon Having recently looked back on customer experience in 2015 , what is predicted for the coming year? Will all of these predictions come to pass in 2016? Share this page on: Tweet.

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Self Service Customer Service CRM Contact Center 48

Avaya

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The evolving demands of digital-savvy customers have a deep impact on the contact center. In today’s highly connected society, customers are relying on other people around them to find information to solve issues. Technology has essentially given it a facelift and elevated its importance in the customer relationship journey.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Omni-Channel 81

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 15, 2017

With malls looking at the writing on the wall, businesses are now focused at effective customer engagement strategies. This is the reason brands are focusing on a customer experience module so that they can handhold customers through this process. Key insights for customer handholding. Look at customer psyche.

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Omni-Channel Social Media e-support Retail 133

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The Interaction Metrics 2016 Customer Listening Study evaluated the customer satisfaction surveys of 51 top US retailers. The first study of its kind, it found that retailers like Lowe’s and Wal-Mart waste customers’ time—and their own—with critically flawed surveys. Poor customer listening.

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Retail Survey Study Metrics 48

Optimove

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Think about marketing professionals from lastminute.com, ZEE5, Carbon38, Groupe Dynamite, MyTheresa, GlassesUSA, Lifesum, Rebecca Taylor, DVF, Culture Trip, and Talkspace gathering and answering burning questions, such as how to create value for every customer, always? How to win with long-term customer engagement?

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CRM Connections Groups Strategy 53

Calabrio

JUNE 23, 2016

So, any organization whose bottom line is directly impacted by customer experience must go digital, too. According to Dimension Data’s 2016 Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report , phone is rapidly declining in popularity among young customers who are trying to communicate with a business.

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Communication Omni-Channel Social Media Contact Center 100

Avaya

APRIL 3, 2017

The accessibility of devices has led to a preference for human-less customer services, including web commerce applications, chatbots for addressing basic questions like order status, and electronic updates via SMS for transactions like shipping notifications. That customer might even tell their friends about the experience.

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Customer Journeys Contact Center Conference Chatbots 58

Storyminers

MAY 16, 2016

[Originally published on APADMI Apr 20, 2016 – Advice & Guides, Blog as:]. In addition to this, apps can rely too heavily on the user having a fast internet connection. As speed is one of the biggest keys to success for mobile devices, apps should be able to function offline or with poor internet connection.

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Retail Omni-Channel Ecommerce Multi-Channel 113

Avaya

APRIL 6, 2016

Customer engagement is a competitive battleground. After all, customer expectations are always high, and technology always evolving. To stay ahead of the competition, we have to be vigilant about meeting or exceeding the needs of our customers. The Internet makes finding and switching to a competitor easier than ever.

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Self Service Contact Center Omni-Channel Video 40

Avaya

MAY 10, 2016

This is where companies need to move service reps from mere dispensing of services to customer engagement. Today, communications must be centered on improving human connections, delighting customers, and energizing employees.

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Customer Service Representative Social Media Call Center Engagement 40

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

These new perks revolutionize how all Hilton Honors members can use their Points, senior vice president and global head of customer engagement, loyalty and partnerships Mark Weinstein said in a press release. So how does Hilton or any other company create true customer loyalty? Start by engaging the employees.

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Rewards Programs Hotels Travel Chief Customer Officer 60

CX Journey

AUGUST 23, 2016

It was published on their blog on February 23, 2016. Employee turnover is expensive to any company in a variety of ways, not the least of which is the impact on the customer experience, too. According to Gallup : Engaged employees are involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their work. And it ought to.

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Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Only 10% of contact center professionals surveyed for the 2015 Call Center IQ Executive Report on the Omnichannel Contact Center identify their contact centers as omnichannel capable (compared to 68% multichannel and 22% neither) – 25% said achieving omnichannel capabilities will be a priority in 2016.

Self Service 40

Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Omni-Channel 40

CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

SaaS businesses that thrive during this period not only retain their customers but also sell more of their services to them. For these companies, any revenue lost to churn is recovered through the expansion of the customer. We covered how to make renewals in another blog. Aim to Connect. 1. Fewer New Prospects.

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Company Strategy Tips Sales 71

Avaya

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Last year, NYC311 set a new record for the most annual contacts with 35,982,514 customer requests for services or information in 2016—surpassing its 2015 record by 5%. The post Recognizing Greatness: NYC311 Drives Next-Gen CX with Major Milestone appeared first on Avaya Connected Blog.

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Government Social Media Call Center Communication 51

Tricia Morris

MAY 31, 2016

Engaging customers does, and involving them in the best way to engage is even better.”. The four top customer investment priorities for 2016 – 2017 in customer service are… (1) cloud (2) knowledge (3) analytics and (4) employees, says ThinkJar founder Esteban Kolsky.

CRM 40

CRM Customer Experience Self Service Conference 40

Avaya

AUGUST 12, 2016

We didn’t waste any time connecting with them. For our customer engagement enterprise business, again we chose to partner with one of the large Internet companies in China whose major business is around social and connections. We narrowed in on a prospective networking partner very quickly. Wait, There’s More ….

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Omni-Channel Self Service Case Study Innovation 40

Avaya

JUNE 14, 2016

In fact, a study by Marchex released earlier this year estimated that I and my fellow Americans will be on hold in 2016 for more than 900 million hours. This is why I think eGain Corporation , one of our 2016 DevConnect Innovation Award winners , is onto something really big. That’s a lot of wasted time. So what do I end up doing?

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Innovation Self Service Knowledge Base Contact Center 40

Avaya

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

We did so because our customers had already told us that they wanted to grow their presence and reach without incurring huge costs, and while building on their existing customer engagement solutions and assets (the teller machines, the contact centers, relationship agents, and so on). So what are we bringing for 2016?

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Innovation Feedback Contact Center Customers 40

Avaya

JULY 27, 2017

It’s the digital customer’s world—banks just live in it. 20% of bank customers are now digital-only users. In an age of intelligent, connected capabilities, consumers expect nothing short of a sophisticated banking experience that meets their evolving needs.

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Financial Customer Experience Multi-Channel Banking 50

Avaya

JUNE 1, 2017

The 2016/2017 season saw an average per game attendance of 69,487 for the NFL, 30,163 for MLB, 21,692 for MLS, 17,884 for NBA, and 17,500 for NHL for American professional sporting leagues. Customer experience is also impacted by the human connection experienced when purchasing tickets and merchandise. Was it what you expected?

Sports 50

Sports Technology Engagement Wireless 50

Calabrio

JANUARY 6, 2016

CEO of Calabrio shares his predictions for the Contact Center, for 2016 and Beyond. billion devices are connected to the web, a phenomenon industry folks refer to as “The Internet of Things” (IoT). By 2020, the number of connected “things” is expected to rise to 30 billion. Look at 2016. Should we be worried? Automation?

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Customer Engagement Omni-Channel Engagement Self Service 133

Customer Guru

OCTOBER 9, 2018

While for some, digital is a new way of doing business, for others, it is an innovative way of catering to their audience, while still others believe that it is being connected to everyone at all times. The use of interactive media to engage the audience with high-quality content is the need of the hour for businesses. Social Media.

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Customer Experience Social Media How To Customers 119

CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

SaaS businesses that thrive during this period not only retain their customers but also sell more of their services to them. For these companies, any revenue lost to churn is recovered through the expansion of the customer. We covered how to make renewals in another blog. Aim to Connect. 1. Fewer New Prospects.

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Company Strategy Tips Customer Success 71

Avaya

AUGUST 26, 2016

2016 is shaping up to be quite a year for the tech sector in the UK, with the UK digital economy growing 32% faster than the wider economy, according to Tech City UK. At Avaya we’ve been busy working with our partners to help new and existing customers transform their businesses to be more competitive in today’s hyper-connected world.

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Video Communication Meeting Course 40

Avaya

DECEMBER 1, 2016

According to the Wall Street Journal, 2016 Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales have already accounted for more than $3 Billion in “desktop spending”—aka, e-commerce. While many of these purchases are simply one click and a check off of gift lists, the customer probably made several decisions well before the submit-order button was activated.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Contact Center Self Service CRM 40