May, 2012

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Video: F1 Cutaway is Fascinating

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Good morning. In case you’re bored today or looking for a quick break at lunch, take a look at this video put out by the Sauber F1 Team. It’s quite astounding how they can fit everything into such a confined area and highlights the incredible technical complexities of F1. Down where the rest of us. View Article.

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Social CRM: An Idea Whose Time has Come?

Customers Rock!

Social Media CRM, or Social CRM, is getting a lot of air time these days. But where does it fit? Today’s post is by Laurie Shook. Laurie is a technology marketer creating solutions that help people communicate and collaborate more effectively. When not blogging, on Twitter, or on Facebook, she is marketing WikiThreads , her small business featuring Dallas t-shirts and logo embroidery.

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Using Story to Weave Emotionally Engaging Customer Experiences

Customer Input

'Using the power of storytelling, organizations can create not only more seamless cross-departmental interactions, but create more emotionally engaging customer experiences.

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Take lessons from the leaders in customer service

Service Untitled

If I have a problem with Comcast, I am obligated to call their toll-free number and begin the maze of selecting the right option. When I finally arrive at choice #3 I am then instructed to hold on for the next available agent who will assist me with my problem. There is no relaxing elevator music where I can work until an agent answers; instead I’m forced to listen to a litany of advertisements offering me more services that might very well call me back to this same maze of customer servic

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Motivating Your Customer Service Team

Pretium Solutions

Effective customer service leadership requires setting high standards and expectations for your customer service team and then doing what it takes to help them get there. In this video blog, Jack explores how setting the right performance standards for your customer service team can mean the difference between mediocrity and excellence. The post Motivating Your Customer Service Team appeared first on Pretium Solutions.

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Video: F1 Cutaway is Fascinating

InMoment XI

Good morning. In case you’re bored today or looking for a quick break at lunch, take a look at this video put out by the Sauber F1 Team. It’s quite astounding how they can fit everything into such a confined area and highlights the incredible technical complexities of F1. Down where the rest of us.

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Customer Experience Food for Thought

Customers Rock!

I want to eat there! As many of you know, I have been doing quite a bit of traveling lately, speaking about my book and sharing the Customers Rock! message all over the world – most recently in Bogota, Colombia! As most travelers are aware, the customer experience is especially important when you are away from home; it becomes something we are truly living.

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Customer service is in the eye of the beholder

Very Best Service

'Beauty has long been recognised to be in the eye of the beholder. Could the same be said about customer service? The ideal customer service standards have been established for many different services across all sectors but do we give customers enough choice? Do they have the ability to put emphasis on certain element of the service and totally ignore others.

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How to treat bad comments on social media sites

Service Untitled

Social media customer service is the quickest way for organizations to handle customer complaints, but it’s for all the world to see and can definitely have some negative effects on a company’s reputation. Facebook, Twitter, and company blogs are the most popular social media sites, and a proactive campaign to handle negative press can save an organization’s brand.

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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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Sleepy Guy’s Excellent Customer Experience Adventure

Pretium Solutions

OK, I’m all about true confessions. I’ve already admitted in prior blog posts my addiction to The Voice and that I play tennis with some gentlemen twice my age; now I have yet another tidbit to share about the mundane life I live. I certainly don’t lead a crazy college lifestyle anymore; I never did really. Nothing racy, I live in a mother’s world of carpools, homework and kids’ activities.

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Using Story to Weave Emotionally Engaging Customer Experiences

Customer Input

Using the power of storytelling, organizations can create not only more seamless cross-departmental interactions, but create more emotionally engaging customer experiences.

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F1 Cutaway is Fascinating

InMoment XI

Good morning. In case you’re bored today or looking for a quick break at lunch, take a look at this video put out by the Sauber F1 Team. It’s quite astounding how they can fit everything into such a confined area and highlights the incredible technical complexities of F1. Down where the rest of us.

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Bringing Clarity to PSIM and VMS

Customer Interactions

'The term PSIM was coined within the physical security industry to describe a software platform that integrates different security systems and sensors. But can’t you do the same with VMS? In this article in the May issue of Security Dealer & Integrator, NICE’s Dr. Bob Banerjee explains why this definition of PSIM barely scratches the surface and gets to the bottom of the question on everyone’s mind: what’s the difference between PSIM and VMS?

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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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Lithium’s Customer Heroes

Customers Rock!

I recently attended the 2012 Lithium Network Conference (LiNC for short) in San Francisco to hear about the latest and greatest from Lithium Technologies as well as from thought leaders such as Brian Solis , photo left, who shared about Digital Darwinism from his new book The End of Business as Usual. Lithium’s software powers the social customer experience, including online branded communities, for over 300 brands including AT&T, Best Buy, Sephora, Skype, and most recently added Nestl

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What Mickey Mouse can teach us about customer service

Service Untitled

It’s the Disney Institute’s 16th birthday, and as with all Sweet Sixteen parties, it’s a chance to celebrate successes and see how the pixie dust of enchantment mixes so effectively with the success of one man’s dream. Walt Disney stated, “You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality.” The Disney Institute originally began in 1986 in Orlando offering “leisure learning&#

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6 Ways to Advance Your Call Center Performance (Part II)

Pretium Solutions

As customer experience and customer service increasingly become a strategic priority for companies looking to differentiate themselves, call center leaders are under more pressure than ever to ramp up their call center performance. Recap: In Part I of this blog post, I covered the following three areas to focus on in order to advance your call center performance : 1.

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Surveying Non-Desk-Bound Staff

InMoment XI

Everyone agrees that it is important to gather feedback from employees in both a structured and unstructured fashion. Communication and transparency are critical to building a culture of trust and engagement where employees thrive and strive to provide their best performance. High levels of employee contentment are reflected in the customer experience.

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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?

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Surveying Non-Desk-Bound Staff

InMoment XI

Everyone agrees that it is important to gather feedback from employees in both a structured and unstructured fashion. Communication and transparency are critical to building a culture of trust and engagement where employees thrive and strive to provide their best performance. High levels of employee contentment are reflected in the customer experience.

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Surveying Non-Desk-Bound Staff

InMoment XI

Everyone agrees that it is important to gather feedback from employees in both a structured and unstructured fashion. Communication and transparency are critical to building a culture of trust and engagement where employees thrive and strive to provide their best performance. High levels of employee contentment are reflected in the customer experience.

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Industry Study Worthwhile Reviewing

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I came across a study that was done by Booz & Co. entitled the US Automotive Industry Study and Confidence Index. The sub-title is A Return to Optimism and the report does a nice job at covering some of the more salient issues facing the industry. The link is: [link] Topics covered include: 1. The. View Article.

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Industry Study Worthwhile Reviewing

InMoment XI

I came across a study that was done by Booz & Co. entitled the US Automotive Industry Study and Confidence Index. The sub-title is A Return to Optimism and the report does a nice job at covering some of the more salient issues facing the industry. The link is: [link] Topics covered include: 1. The.

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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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Industry Study Worthwhile Reviewing

InMoment XI

I came across a study that was done by Booz & Co. entitled the US Automotive Industry Study and Confidence Index. The sub-title is A Return to Optimism and the report does a nice job at covering some of the more salient issues facing the industry. The link is: [link] Topics covered include: 1. The.

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Day Two at VoCFusion 2012

InMoment XI

After an evening party at the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s Bamboo pool, VoCFusion attendees were up early for Wednesday’s events. The day started out with a demo of new Allegiance capabilities that will help companies uncover insights fast by identifying patterns in customer feedback and operational data.

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Day Two at VoCFusion 2012

InMoment XI

After an evening party at the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s Bamboo pool, VoCFusion attendees were up early for Wednesday’s events. The day started out with a demo of new Allegiance capabilities that will help companies uncover insights fast by identifying patterns in customer feedback and operational data.

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Day Two at VoCFusion 2012

InMoment XI

After an evening party at the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s Bamboo pool, VoCFusion attendees were up early for Wednesday’s events. The day started out with a demo of new Allegiance capabilities that will help companies uncover insights fast by identifying patterns in customer feedback and operational data.

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The Open CCaaS Advantage Report

Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.

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Highlights from Day One at VoCFusion 2012

InMoment XI

More than 350 Voice of Customer (VOC) and customer experience professionals gathered today at the Metropolitan Hotel in Las Vegas for the first day of VoCFusion 2012. In temperatures approaching 100 degrees, attendees stayed cool inside and shared experiences on how to apply customer intelligence to fuel financial and operational growth.

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Highlights from Day One at VoCFusion 2012

InMoment XI

More than 350 Voice of Customer (VOC) and customer experience professionals gathered today at the Metropolitan Hotel in Las Vegas for the first day of VoCFusion 2012. In temperatures approaching 100 degrees, attendees stayed cool inside and shared experiences on how to apply customer intelligence to fuel financial and operational growth.

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Highlights from Day One at VoCFusion 2012

InMoment XI

More than 350 Voice of Customer (VOC) and customer experience professionals gathered today at the Metropolitan Hotel in Las Vegas for the first day of VoCFusion 2012. In temperatures approaching 100 degrees, attendees stayed cool inside and shared experiences on how to apply customer intelligence to fuel financial and operational growth.

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