July, 2011

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Driving Competitive Advantage through Voice of the Customer

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Together with price and product, customer voice has become the accepted third tool that top companies use to beat out the competition. These companies are doing more than merely measuring customer satisfaction or driving marketing campaigns. They are using customer feedback to drive change among their many business units. Read on for some specific examples.

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A Happy Customer is a Free Sales & Marketing Rep

Win the Customer

Business are spending more and more each year to bring in new clients. In management and business courses, one of the classic ideas in business is that it costs much more to bring in a new customer than to keep a customer. With advertising, online ads, marketing campaigns from a White Label SEO Services , etc. It’s each to overlook one of the greatest assets business have in their marketing efforts: the existing customer base.

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How to effectively complain using social media

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It used to be the only way to make a profound impact with a consumer complaint when no one would listen, was to send a registered letter to the company headquarters. Before the days of Google however, it wasn’t easy to figure out the name of the right level of executive. Now the average customer can get immediate gratification; no phone calls to the organization to find out the CEO’s name and no waiting weeks for a response as the letter snakes itself around various departments looki

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Customer service: learn to bend the rules

Very Best Service

'Learn to bend the rules Customer service rules: social media requires a faster response time Customer service is often about excelling in the the delivery of rigid processes following a well defined set of rules and procedures. Developed over many years through the accumulated work of thousands of senior executives, this approach certainly appears rock solid and unbreakable.

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The 2023 Verint Experience Index: Retail

Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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On the Cutting Edge: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's Innovative Use of Situation Management Technology

Customer Interactions

'Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is the primary commercial airport for the New Orleans metropolitan area and southeast Louisiana. Spanning more than 1900 acres, with four concourses and two terminals, the Airport serves about 8 million passengers per year. Passenger safety and security are paramount. The focal point for that mission is the Airport’s new Security and Emergency Operations Center, headed by John M Lyon, Telecommunications Manager for the Airport.

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Driving Competitive Advantage through Voice of the Customer

InMoment XI

Together with price and product, customer voice has become the accepted third tool that top companies use to beat out the competition. These companies are doing more than merely measuring customer satisfaction or driving marketing campaigns. They are using customer feedback to drive change among their many business units. Read on for some specific examples.

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The Importance of Making Mistakes

Win the Customer

An expert, is an individual who has made all of the mistakes that can be made and has learned from them. It’s a fact of life that most people fail when attempting to do something for the first time. In business, you will often find your team members not doing things correctly at first. The process of making mistakes is natural, your team will make mistakes and if you are to be an effective manager and great leader, you will let them make those mistakes.

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The Mercedes Benz customer experience shines

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Even though most of us love new cars, the actual experience of visiting the dealership and dealing with a car salesperson can be closely akin to having a tooth drilled at the dentist. The biggest complaints are waiting for someone to help us, sales personnel with little knowledge of their product, and sales people who are pushy and obnoxious. Pied Piper PSI, a California-based dealership for sales and marketing sent 3524 secret shoppers to various dealerships across the country from July 2010 to

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Driving Competitive Advantage through Voice of the Customer

InMoment XI

Together with price and product, customer voice has become the accepted third tool that top companies use to beat out the competition. These companies are doing more than merely measuring customer satisfaction or driving marketing campaigns. They are using customer feedback to drive change among their many business units. Read on for some specific examples.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Uncover the Best Experience

InMoment XI

Your customers are comparing experiences as they deal with top-notch customer-focused organizations. It is important to determine how your organization’s customer experience stacks up against other experiences your customers are having on both the business and the consumer sides. Read more to learn the three steps that will help you begin to plan the best experience for your customers.

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Uncover the Best Experience

InMoment XI

Your customers are comparing experiences as they deal with top-notch customer-focused organizations. It is important to determine how your organization’s customer experience stacks up against other experiences your customers are having on both the business and the consumer sides. Read more to learn the three steps that will help you begin to plan the best experience for your customers.

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Uncover the Best Experience

InMoment XI

Your customers are comparing experiences as they deal with top-notch customer-focused organizations. It is important to determine how your organization’s customer experience stacks up against other experiences your customers are having on both the business and the consumer sides. Read more to learn the three steps that will help you begin to plan the best experience for your customers.

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Brick and mortar retailers can compete with their online competition

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There is a lot to say about the convenience of sitting down in front of my computer at 11:00 at night shopping for a little black dress I happened to see on a movie I was watching with my friends. Not that it matters what I’m shopping for, since online shopping has grown exponentially. The most popular products selling online are computer software, electronics, digital books and magazines, yet other online retailers have also taken a notable place in the wallets of American shoppers.

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib

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Consumer Reports’ fast food survey echoes public demand for service

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That McDonald’s motto “I’m Lovin’ It&# didn’t have much influence on the June 30 Consumer Reports’ survey where 36,700 subscribers made a total of 98,000 visits to 53 fast-food chains. It seems that McDonald’s scored as the worst fast food burger place in the nation; followed closely by Burger King. In the name of competition, fast food establishments are judged on their food, their customer service, and customer experiences.

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How supermarkets work to enhance the customer experience

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Self service popularity has taken a major role in airports kiosks, movie theaters, and even libraries, but in supermarket technology interest seems to ebb and flow – depending on the customer. There are always going to be some customers who want the traditional checkout person while other consumers prefer to do it themselves. Albertsons, a Boise, Idaho based supermarket chain is removing their self checkout lanes; the biggest complaint – slow lanes because someone is having trouble w

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Can’t get much customer satisfaction with Facebook

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Facebook has become a ubiquitous part of our national culture – like it or not. Just this week the American Customer Satisfaction Index partnering with ForeSeeResults polled 70,000 users of websites and social networks including Facebook, Google, CNN and Wikipedia. Facebook scored a low of 64 out of a 100; an “F&# for any high school report card.

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Customer service for Web users?

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It seems the federal government is making some strong suggestions to companies such as Google, Microsoft and Apple that it’s about time they employ some technology to prevent advertisers from tracking consumer movement across the Web. In other words, why isn’t consumer privacy protected when we power up and go online? Isn’t that all part of customer service; to protect our privacy wherever we shop?

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Customer services rate customer service

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If you sometimes find yourself hesitating when shopping online, you’re not alone. It doesn’t take much to set up an attractive website, display some fine merchandise or services, and go about the business of selling. If we’re lucky and our orders arrive just as we were promised, the sale is a success, and we most likely will give that company our repeat business.

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NG9-1-1: Past Lessons, Present State, Future Opportunities

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'The 77th APCO International Conference & Expo is coming up in August and it will be another chance to talk about NG9-1-1 and the scope of change it will bring. On August 7th at 1:15 PM, four professionals who have deep insight on this very topic will share their thoughts on how NG9-1-1 has been progressing so far and what to expect going forward. If you are planning to go to APCO this year, I would like to invite you to join us for this panel discussion on “NG9-1-1: Past Lessons, Present

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Dr. Bob Talks PSIM with Security Sales & Integration

Customer Interactions

'Most System Integrators (SIs) have to work thirty percent harder these days just to keep profits level with last year. Declining margins on commoditized products, increasingly complex implementations, and expanding competition are all encroaching on bottom lines. So for SIs, adding PSIM to the portfolio can be an effective strategy to put profits on an upward trajectory.

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Leading organizations are restructuring for better service

Brad Cleveland Blog

Many organizations are restructuring so that all channels of contact with customers are under the same management umbrella. This is causing enormous internal structural change that involves IT, HR, marketing, operational areas – and virtually every other department. Whatever the final structure, all contact channels must be planned and operated cohesively – each impacts the others.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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History’s Most Powerful Consumer Movement?

Brad Cleveland Blog

Some believe we are seeing the emergence of the greatest consumer movement in history. I agree. Studies suggest that the vast majority of consumers now use search engines and sites such as the [link] to review the comments of other customers before making brand or product decisions.

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History’s Most Powerful Consumer Movement?

Brad Cleveland Blog

Some believe we are seeing the emergence of the greatest consumer movement in history. I agree. Studies suggest that the vast majority of consumers now use search engines and sites such as the [link] to review the comments of other customers before making brand or product decisions.

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In Case You Missed Us at NENA…

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'Recently, NICE’s Dan Robinson and Diamond Chaflawee caught up with Glenn Bischoff, Editor in Chief of Urgent Communications, to share some news about two product announcements NICE was making at the national NENA conference. NICE introduced NICE Situator for public safety and also announced a fourth generation version of NICE Inform. You can read Glenn’s article here.