Tue.Nov 01, 2016

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What Makes a Good Client-Side CX Leader?

InMoment XI

Recently, I was asked to help a client interview for their newly created Director of Customer Experience (CX) position. They had several strong candidates with many years of experience managing Voice of the Customer (VOC) programs. So, how does one differentiate? Characteristics of a CX Leader As a supplier, we have the opportunity to engage. View Article.

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Connecting With The Need To Connect: Watching People Eat Online

Michelli Experience

In his 1943 paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation”, Abraham Maslow foreshadowed a key ingredient to modern customer experience design. In essence, once you are able to meet a customers’ basic or functional need…there are higher needs you can address to drive their loyalty with your brand. Assume for example, that you and a competitor both have fabulous widgets and that those widgets are provided at similar prices.

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What Makes a Good Client-Side CX Leader?

InMoment XI

Recently, I was asked to help a client interview for their newly created Director of Customer Experience (CX) position. They had several strong candidates with many years of experience managing Voice of the Customer (VOC) programs. So, how does one differentiate? Characteristics of a CX Leader As a supplier, we have the opportunity to engage.

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Speech Analytics: Five Ways to Set Your Company up for Success

Calabrio

Speech analytics is a huge opportunity for brands. If you aren’t at least considering speech analytics for your contact center, you risk missing out on valuable information that can improve the entire customer experience. While many companies know that speech analytics is something they should do, the question we hear most often is: where do I start?

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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5 Quick-Fire Tips for More Personal Customer Support

Kayako

This is a guest post by friend of Kayako, Alice Clark. Aside from building an excellent product, companies should also focus on outstanding customer support. Research has shown that around $83 billion is lost by businesses every year just because of poor customer service. This indicates that you cannot afford to neglect this part of business. It’s ineffective to follow strategies to upgrade customer support while bad customer service is causing you to leak business.

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Amazing Business Radio: Merrick Rosenberg

ShepHyken

Merrick Rosenberg on How To Understand and Adapt to Your Customer’s Communication Style. Shep Hyken speaks with Merrick Rosenberg, CEO of Take Flight Learning and author of The Chameleon: Life Changing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has a Personality or Knows Someone Who Does. They discuss how understanding your customers better will lead to a better customer experience.

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3 key takeaways from Forrester CXSF 2016 for CX professionals

OpinionLab

I was fortunate to attend the recent Forrester CXSF show in San Francisco. 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. Mobile as a de facto customer engagement channel has been a theme for years, but what struck me from the CXSF was its acceleration in terms of interaction volume, sophistication and opportunity to monetize.

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Customer Experience Unforced Errors

Andrew Mcfarland

Think about this for a moment… what unforced errors is your company making with its customers right now? Customers have developed thick skins as it relates to product quality and customer experience.

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Gartner on Integrating CCM and CX

Topdown

In an August 2016 report entitled Three Steps to Enrich the Customer Experience with Contextualized Communications , Gartner analysts Karen M. Shegda, Mick MacComascaigh and Pete Basiliere make the case for deploying customer communications management (CCM) and web content management (WCM) solutions synergistically to deepen customers’ engagement and loyalty.

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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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3 key takeaways from Forrester CXSF 2016 for CX professionals

OpinionLab

I was fortunate to attend the recent Forrester CXSF show in San Francisco. 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. Mobile as a de facto customer engagement channel has been a theme for years, but what struck me from the CXSF was its acceleration in terms of interaction volume, sophistication and opportunity to monetize.

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No Medals for Complaint Complacency

Clarabridge

By: Dale Roberts, VP of Professional Services for Clarabridge. Glass. As a true Brit, part of our national identity is our inability to complain or at least to do so well. If it were an Olympic sport, we would be coming home empty handed. Years ago, while taking a break for lunch during a spell working with McGraw Hill and Reuters in New York, I actually apologised for finding glass in my soup.

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The Most Crushing Mistake Most Customer Service People Make: Not Being Friendly o_O

Myra Golden

On the way into my office this morning I stopped to get coffee and breakfast for my team. I don’t do this often enough. When I managed a call center, I would regularly pick up donuts or pastries. I have to do better in my own company. Do you bring treats in for you team? If so, how often do you do it? I need motivation to get back in gear. I wanted to treat my small team today for working so hard over the weekend and yesterday into the evening on the big project of moving our entire eLearning ro

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For financial institutions, your first impression is your only impression

ForeSee

Banking and financial services aren’t afforded the same opportunities to acquire new customers as other industries. Often times you get one chance to make a great impression on a potential. The post For financial institutions, your first impression is your only impression appeared first on ForeSee.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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The Most Crushing Mistake Most Customer Service People Make: Not Being Friendly o_O

Myra Golden

On the way into my office this morning I stopped to get coffee and breakfast for my team. I don’t do this often enough. When I managed a call center, I would regularly pick up donuts or pastries. I have to do better in my own company. Do you bring treats in for you team? If so, how often do you do it? I need motivation to get back in gear. I wanted to treat my small team today for working so hard over the weekend and yesterday into the evening on the big project of moving our entire eLearning ro

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4x Conversion Lift: Urban Ladder Finds The Secret Sauce to Reach Online Furniture Shoppers

Blueshift

Urban Ladder is a leading online furniture and home decor company that provides a curated shopping destination for your home. Their modern designs and uniquely styled products attract millions of customers and has propelled them to be the #1 source for furniture in India. With millions of customers coming to their site via multiple channels and […].

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Is Your Business Ready to Start Texting?

Talkdesk

If you aren’t letting your customers communicate with your business via text message, you’re not making them happy. According to a recent survey , nine out of 10 consumers would like to be able to use messaging to communicate to businesses — both from and to them. The survey of 6,000 consumers in Europe, Asia and North America was conducted by Twilio , a technology company that allows software developers to integrate phone calls, text messages and IP voice communications into their web, mobile a

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4x Conversion Lift: Urban Ladder Finds The Secret Sauce to Reach Online Furniture Shoppers

Blueshift

Urban Ladder is a leading online furniture and home decor company that provides a curated shopping destination for your home. Their modern designs and uniquely styled products attract millions of customers and has propelled them to be the #1 source for furniture in India. With millions of customers coming to their site via multiple channels and […].

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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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The FCC Ruling And Why It Foreshadows Big Changes In Privacy

Forrester's Customer Insights

Like other privacy nerds all over the land, I've been anxiously awaiting the results of the Federal Communications Commission's vote on some stringent new privacy rules for internet service providers (ISPs). Last week, we got news that the vote passed, and now it's time to start taking stock of what this means for digital advertisers, publishers, and the US privacy landscape overall.

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Bad News is the New Good News

dscout People Nerds

Reflections on why “designing for bad news” is a thing, and how people bounce back from a letdown.

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That Customer Experience Sweet Spot

Customer Interactions

For CXSF 2016 Attendees, CX Innovation Is Where the Money Is

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Rejection, Disappointment and Badness. Oh My.

dscout People Nerds

Research Insights: Designing for “bad news” in the user experience.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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Random & Unintentional Customer Experiences: an example from BT

ijgolding

If I am asked my opinion of the state of Customer Experience around the world, I make a number of rather bold statements. For example, I believe that whilst most organisations are now capturing and measuring Voice of the Customer in some way, the vast majority are measuring it incorrectly or badly. A bold statement indeed – and one that I have addressed in another blog post.

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Scout Management: Remind, Redirect, Reward

dscout People Nerds

3 ways to improve your research participants’ submissions.

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Changing the world with user research

dscout People Nerds

A People Nerds interview with Aruna Balakrishnan.

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