CX University

MARCH 4, 2024

Customer experience (CX) has taken center stage, reshaping the way businesses engage with their audience. The rise of omnichannel experiences has revolutionized the traditional customer journey, offering a seamless and integrated approach across various touchpoints.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This week we feature an article by Brian Cantor who gives us a list of ways to achieve success and consistency when communicating with customers on any channel. – Shep Hyken. Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

VoC — or Voice of the Customer programs — helps businesses learn more about their consumers’ wants, needs, and preferences. How do they apply customer feedback to enhance and transform the customer experience? The good news is that there are still ways to get VoC programs back on track.

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OpinionLab

APRIL 28, 2017

Hold that thought and think about the journey from your customer’s perspective. While those poor delivery or return ratings aren’t telling you directly about website satisfaction, they are VERY LIKELY to influence whether your customers return to your site to purchase another item. And you need to be able to adapt accordingly.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 16, 2018

When it comes to delivering exceptional customer experiences, true omnichannel service and quick resolution go hand-in-hand. While the CX Transformation Benchmark Study reveals the emphasis customers place on wanting omnichannel service, it also found that the leading indicator of successful customer service is speed.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

87% of senior business leaders see customer experience as their top growth engine, and yet only one in three feel prepared to address this. Although this level of uncertainty is worrisome, the first step towards improving customer experience (CX) is far simpler than many realize. Personalized conversations.

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Comm100

MARCH 9, 2022

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the top strategies that credit unions can employ to improve member experience. Through a combination of innovative services and new technology, you’ll learn how credit unions can improve member experience with current and future members, as well their customer service reps too.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 24, 2019

In today’s competitive environment, the most successful businesses are the ones that have been able to establish themselves as leaders in Customer Experience. In the digital age, much of the customer journey happens independently through tailored web experiences or applications. New Challenges. Last Mile CX. The CX Gap.

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Comm100

APRIL 27, 2020

In a truly customer-centric organization, the only real way to deliver cohesive digital support is with an omnichannel approach. Omnichannel platforms give agents visibility into their customers’ entire conversation history, no matter which channel they reach out from.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 2, 2024

Are customers becoming more and more demanding with time? With the growing customer expectations, enterprises are under great pressure to deliver exceptional service. May offer less flexibility in terms of customization and integration, with pre-defined workflows and limited compatibility with other systems.

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ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Dan Rood, writes about the precious commodity of time and why we must use the latest technologies to help customers save time and have amazing customer experiences. That perfectly describes an omnichannel customer experience platform. Shep Hyken.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The importance of customer service cannot be understated. A positive customer service experience makes 94% of consumers more likely to purchase. With a higher value placed on customer service comes higher expectations too. In fact, 99% of customers believe that companies need to improve their support offering.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 29, 2019

Customer experience comes first. The pricing process is a crucial element in building a successful shopping journey. It is something the buyer looks back at to understand if the whole relationship, or customer experience, was worth it. Customers choose retailers with optimal prices. Definitely, no.

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GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

And in order for brands to grow and build meaningful relationships with their customers in today’s industry, they need to be available on these various channels by adopting an omnichannel approach. What is the omnichannel approach? It’s also about optimizing the customer experience at every touchpoint.

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ShepHyken

MAY 3, 2019

This week we feature an article by Jaime Bailey who writes about how important convenience has become to the customer experience and how it is a necessity for providing a competitive edge in today’s marketplace. . And the latest area widely touted to provide a competitive edge in the customer experience is convenience.

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NICE inContact

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, 91% of consumers want seamless omnichannel across messaging and real-time voice and chat. Also, a customer card for each interaction offers full customer context, journey history, and sentiment to easily keep agents focused on each new customer. This is omnichannel done right.

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is fine for routine updates of existing technology, but this is not sufficient for legacy-based contact centers as they try to keep up with digital-first customers. A transformational approach is needed, making omnichannel a top priority for IT decision makers. Learn more about our omnichannel contact center solutions here.

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Feedbackly

MAY 11, 2023

In this age of convenience, customers demand a lot more agility from brands than before, and omnichannel customer experience is one of them. A study by Harvard Business Review shows that the majority of customers prefer to use multiple channels in their buying journey, and omnichannel clients tend to spend more than others!

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BirdEye

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Customer experience is much more than just a buzzword, especially in the insurance industry. And that is why it is time to understand the factors contributing to customer experience in the insurance industry. This blog post explores the importance and methods of delivering an exceptional customer experience to your clients.

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NICE inContact

JULY 5, 2019

I’ve just returned from Las Vegas where I attended my first visit ever to Customer Contact Week – it’s the world’s largest customer contact event, in its 20th year. For the uninitiated, CCW is like those popular comic book fan conventions – except, instead of comic books, the hero is THE customer.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Does your customer service team have big plans for 2022? With the turbulence of the pandemic now settling down, there’s no excuse not to begin implementing strategies to improve your customer service and support operations. Be everywhere your customers need you with omnichannel . But where to begin?

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BirdEye

AUGUST 29, 2023

Happy customers build successful businesses. You can grow, scale, and develop your business if you understand your customers’ feelings about you. Great products, the best marketing campaigns, and the costliest ads are all playing second fiddle to the power of customer satisfaction. Why is customer satisfaction important?

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Comm100

AUGUST 31, 2020

Delivering the perfect customer experience on every occasion across all your touchpoints is no easy feat. With increasing customer expectations and the rise of new support channels, customer service complaints are inevitable – but this doesn’t mean they’re irreparable. Handoffs are just an occupational hazard, right?

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Comm100

AUGUST 31, 2020

Delivering the perfect customer experience on every occasion across all your touchpoints is no easy feat. With increasing customer expectations and the rise of new support channels, customer service complaints are inevitable – but this doesn’t mean they’re irreparable. Handoffs are just an occupational hazard, right?

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NICE inContact

MARCH 1, 2018

Customer service was falling way short—and member satisfaction was a key determinant in membership retention and renewal levels. AAA Central Penn chose NICE inContact CXone because of its scalability, omnichannel functionality and ease in configuring and upgrading the system. A move to NICE inContact—and the cloud—was just the ticket.

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NICE inContact

APRIL 11, 2019

Today’s customers are digitally savvy, more demanding and expect instant service. Contact centers face a constant challenge in managing customer expectations. . Here are some key customer expectations and some tips towards managing them . Leverage omnichannel analytics tools to understand true customer insights. .

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The customer service landscape is forever changing as technologies and consumer expectations develop, but 2021 has seen a shift of proportions that we have arguably never experienced. Query volumes spiked as customers (and companies) faced unprecedented problems, placing huge stress on customer service agents.

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GetFeedback

APRIL 3, 2019

The company’s success hails from their ability to produce need-to-have products inspired by firsthand experiences and their relentless pursuit of delivering the best customer experience. As YETI’s popularity grew, their customer base increased along with it. Chris Hogan, Business Analytics and Modeling, YETI.

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Optimove

JUNE 8, 2023

So embedded in our daily lives are omnichannel interactions with our favorite brands that we barely notice if they’re doing it properly. Reaching customers where you find them with relevant, valuable messaging is critical to remaining relevant and valuable. OK – so what makes a great omnichannel experience? Bottom line?

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Vera Bradley’s customers reflect the colorful vibrance of this popular accessories brand. It’s all part of a robust customer experience , a central focus for a company that’s grown over the years by not only listening to but delighting its customers. Customers were sending an important message.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 17, 2018

At the risk of stating the obvious, customer experience (CX) can make or break your contact center operation. CX is the yardstick by which every customer judges their relationship with your business. At the heart of outstanding CX is a true multichannel or omnichannel approach to contact center service. Playing the CX long game.

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Uniphore

JUNE 17, 2021

3 Ways to Boost FCR and Reduce Customer Churn With AI & RPA. Few KPIs have a bigger influence on the customer experience than First Call Resolution (FCR). When customers call in with an issue, they expect it to be solved then and there. In fact, 63% of customers churn after a bad experience.*. Why FCR Matters to CX.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 9, 2018

The last entry detailed how designing your automation based on existing live agent behavior is essential to a consistent and efficient customer experience. This post details the importance of omnichannel, and how to consider introducing AI self-service across all channels in an integrated way. But not all customers are alike.

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Upstream Works

JANUARY 12, 2022

Driven by a desire to cut costs with operational efficiencies and provide a better omnichannel experience to an increasingly digital customer base, executives are honing in to upskill their contact centers. See how Upstream Works enhanced omnichannel solutions can help with your digital transformation efforts.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Together, the two companies would implement a unified, scalable, omnichannel contact center solution that would provide 360-degree customer management, as well as evaluate marketing channel performance and determine which were delivering the highest ROI. Sales are high, and customer satisfaction is growing.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Are you measuring Customer Effort Score? First introduced in 2010, Customer Effort Score (CES) is a fairly new contact center metric. Together with the “tried, trusted and true” Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) it helps you to measure just how happy your customers really are. Easy, right?

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Avaya

DECEMBER 13, 2017

At this point, you know customer experience is the competitive battleground in today’s smart, digital world. When done right, customer engagement can increase revenue and overall lifetime value by approximately 20%. You know, actually enabling an exceptional customer experience. There’s just one problem: executing!

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