Resources

To Text or To Talk? Understanding Customer Care Preferences for Voice and Digital Channels

Interactions LLC

As customer care channels continue to evolve and expand, there’s been a lot of debate about which channels customers actually prefer to interact with brands. Based on a recent Harris Poll, learn why consumers choose one channel over another, and how common frustrations with specific channels drive consumers to pick alternatives.

The SaaS Guide to Customer Engagement, Retention, and Advocacy

Want to lead customers down the path to retention and advocacy? After onboarding, most SaaS customers have to find their own way to success—with little more than a few CSM calls (if they’re a large enough account to have one), and a knowledge base to get them there. This ebook by Influitive is a compilation of some of the best examples of programs and campaigns designed to drive customer retention and advocacy, with examples from some of the world’s largest and most innovative SaaS vendors—inclu

The Rise of the Customer Marketer

Fully engaged customers spend more and stay around longer. Ultimately, if you treat them right, they’ll turn into advocates for your brand. As more companies turn their focus away from short-lived marketing campaigns, and toward building ongoing relationships with customers, the role of the customer marketer is changing—and becoming more important than ever.

9 Award-Winning Customer Advocacy Success Stories

Influitive's annual BAMMIES - Best Advocate Marketing Awards - eBook has been read by 2,000+ savvy B2B marketers and business leaders. In this year’s edition, advocacy leaders from companies like ADP, Cisco, and Ceridian reveal how to harness the power of advocates to drive growth across every area of an organization. These 9 short, easy-to-read success stories will teach you new strategies to mobilize your advocate community to drive ROI.

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.

Navigating the Future: Unveiling Trends and Bold Predictions in Customer Experience

Ready to explore 2024’s CX landscape? Join experts from SMG and guest Forrester as they discuss prominent trends actively shaping the industry and dive into a stack of bold predictions for the year ahead. Will the average customer experience improve? How can leaders leverage their CX metrics to establish financial linkage? What will global firms achieve using customer-facing generative AI?

The State of Customer Onboarding 2024

Building lasting customer relationships has always been top-of-mind for businesses. However, in the last decade, organizations have recognized that the customer journey beyond the initial sale is as critical as the sale itself. Customer onboarding, or the customer’s first impression of you, is critical to forging lasting relationships and long-term success.

ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

ZoomInfo

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

A 360-Degree Approach to Customer Feedback - Using Online Reviews & Surveys

Delighted customers are more likely to be loyal to your brand and refer your business to friends and family. But delighting your customers doesn’t just happen magically. Even the best managers have blind spots. There may be areas of your customer journey that look great from the employee’s perspective, but look entirely broken from the customer’s side.

Maximizing Productivity in the Contact Center

In 2022, businesses recognized the value of optimizing their contact center operations to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and meet the rising expectations of their customers. However, only 10% of customers believe that experiences have significantly improved over the past year, making productivity a non-negotiable metric for success. To empower agents to do more with less, this report highlights the leading pain points that prevent efficiency and establish a framework for maximizing p

Is Customer Experience Part of Your Brand Yet?

Your customer experience (CX) is a critical part of your brand. B2B branding isn't just about logos, taglines, or selling products or services; it's about building a relationship with your customer, ensuring effective product support, and creating an all-encompassing solution. Our blog dives deep into the intimate connection between your brand and CX, emphasizing that even the most innovative product may only succeed with excellent support.

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

Get More Responses With Automated Voice Surveys

Get the masterclass for CX professionals on automated voice surveys by phone. This eBook from IVR Technology Group walks you through the basics of collecting fresh and accurate customer feedback in the most frictionless way possible. You'll learn about: Post-call surveys Outbound surveys Customer pulse surveys Qualtrics integration Voice survey ROI 6 CX case studies using automated voice surveys CX professionals need a current and accurate Voice of the Customer to provide the necessary insights

How Government Services Can Provide Better Citizen Satisfaction & Experience

Attention government agencies and BPO partners! CXperts is your go-to solution for improving citizen experience. Our omnichannel and digital contact center solutions are designed to supply superior CX, reducing costs and maximizing efficiency. Plus, we are a Minority Owned Business (MBE). With our certifications, we are the perfect partner to help government agencies meet their CX goals and fulfill federal deal requirements.

Improve Contact Center Outcomes with Key Insights

Contact center leaders are skilled at balancing competing day-to-day priorities. They help others make informed business decisions, all while working to keep agents and customers engaged in positive experiences. Rapid access to the most relevant and actionable information is critical to managing agents, supervisors, and communicating with executive leadership to improve efficiencies and business outcomes.

The Hidden Costs of Poor Customer Onboarding

Churn starts within the first 30 days of customers purchasing a product. A lot of it comes down to the first impression customers get through the onboarding process. A poor experience can result in losing current and future customers, and unnecessary overhead. It’s important to know what a poor onboarding experience looks like, the associated hidden costs, and how to build a top-tier onboarding experience for your customers so you can avoid losing hard-earned revenue.

The Ultimate CX Solution: Combining Software + Service

In today's competitive business landscape, customer experience (CX) has emerged as a critical differentiator. Companies are increasingly investing in CX services to optimize customer satisfaction, drive customer loyalty, and ultimately, enhance their bottom line. Traditionally, businesses have had to choose between a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) approach or a full-service model, where an agency handles the entire CX program.

The CX Leader’s AI & Automation Toolkit

This comprehensive collection of templates and practical guides will help CX leaders make the most of customer service automation with AI. If you’re starting from scratch with no automation in place at all, use this toolkit as a foundation. If you already have an automation platform and want to start introducing generative AI, use it as a guide to optimize your strategy and roadmap.