InMoment XI
MAY 11, 2018
Once Upon a Time… It’s the 2nd business day of the month. The Digital Channel Manager just received the monthly scorecard, and she can’t wait to open it and see what her OSAT score is this month! “Oh, yes!” she exclaimed. It was a 72%!!! This was great news, because it was only 69% last. View Article.
Customer Bliss
MAY 9, 2018
Uniting the leadership team in the purpose of delivering one-company experiences and connecting it to business growth occurs with my clients when we can simplify the “why” behind this work in a manner that they can stand behind and communicate as their own. I’ve been asked, “How do you persuade top management that customer centricity is not a cost?
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Vonage
MAY 9, 2018
Many of the ways that a company and its employees can go wrong in serving customers are subtle, but the following five certainly aren’t. If any of these serious customer service missteps are happening, or have happened recently, at your company, it’s time to look into a company culture (and perhaps personnel) overhaul, sooner rather than later. 1. Misleading a customer.
Lumoa
MAY 7, 2018
A story of how a startup nailed customer relationships since day one. Many startups think that customer experience management equals unnecessary work and financial costs. However, more and more startups that emphasise the uniqueness of customer relationships are growing faster than ever. Some of the familiar names include the two fastest growing companies in the world , Slack and Intercom.
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InMoment XI
MAY 7, 2018
A comprehensive CX strategy is incomplete without industry benchmarks and competitive data. Benchmarking your CX scores against other companies in your industry will allow you to identify areas for improvement along with areas to identify your advantages. This will ensure you not only make better decisions, but the right decisions for your CX program.
Customer Experience Update brings together the best content for Customer Experience and Customer Management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
QuestionPro Audience
MAY 10, 2018
Food, and what consumers expect from food manufacturers and grocery stores, is evolving. Case in point: after almost a decade of discussion, the FDA is now requiring restaurants and food chains with 20 or more locations to post calorie counts. One loud voice leading this charge is the millennial generation. Here are 4 ways millennials are changing the way we eat.
Omnicus
MAY 7, 2018
Create a seamless customer experience to boost your revenue. Has this happened to you? You emailed a company with a customer support question, typing in a 10-paragraph message explaining the issue in detail. In response, you just got an automated reply from a robot saying that the company will get back to you in 24 - 48 hours, and you decided that you didn’t want to wait that long.
InMoment XI
MAY 11, 2018
Once Upon a Time… It’s the 2nd business day of the month. The Digital Channel Manager just received the monthly scorecard, and she can’t wait to open it and see what her OSAT score is this month! “Oh, yes!” she exclaimed. It was a 72%!!! This was great news, because it was only 69% last. View Article.
Experience Matters
MAY 7, 2018
Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs are a critical component for many CX efforts. This infographic examines those efforts. Make sure to visit our VoC/NPS Resource Page for more help in building your VoC program. Here are links to download different versions of the infographic: Infographic: in .png format, in .pdf format 18? x 24? poster: in .jpg format, in .pdf format Here are links to the research referenced in the infographic: State of VoC Programs, 2017 Renovating Your Voice of the Customer
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Comm100
MAY 10, 2018
Introduction. If you work in customer service, chances are you know the signs of a complaining customer. You might recognize them by their pointed tones, their defensive, often raised voices (over email or live chat, this may present itself as all caps writing), and their creative use of insults. You may recognize the way they hold up the line at checkout, the way they demand to speak to management, or the way a look of disbelief plants itself on their faces when they hear that what they are ask
Steve DiGioia
MAY 7, 2018
This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. Those of us in the customer service industry have much to deal with. Payroll, purchases, inventory, market share, etc. take a lion’s share of our daily tasks. But, there’s one thing I left out: the customers. No matter what we deal with we must also deal with the occasional upset customer (whether we like it or not).
InMoment XI
MAY 9, 2018
Employee Experience (EX) Monitoring As an HR Professional, a senior leader, or an engaged employee at large, you may find yourself asking, “What can I do to engage those around me?” Employee Engagement doesn’t have to be difficult to measure, but it can be challenging for anyone in an organization to take on the initiative. View Article.
Experience Matters
MAY 9, 2018
We’ve heard from many of our readers that they often use our blog content, especially our videos, as part of their team meetings. They find that the information we share can initiate powerful discussions. We decided to more actively support this usage with a new offering, CX Sparks. These are free guides that we’ve created to help you drive stimulating discussions.
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.
QuestionPro Audience
MAY 7, 2018
We happily admit it: here at QuestionPro Audience, we are research and data nerds. We love to know the latest research, and if it’s in an informative and easy-to-read infographic, even better! We’ve compiled this week’s best infographics, for your reading and visual pleasure. Enjoy! 1 – MUSIC’S GENDER GAP . Last.fm compared their listening data to awards and festivals from the last 16 years to find out if female artists are being rewarded as much as they are being listened to.
CX Accelerator
MAY 8, 2018
Let’s imagine, for one moment, that you’re casting your agents and customers in a movie. What roles would they play? Would your agents make their screen debut as wise sages, imparting knowledge and truth to help spur your customers to a glorious conclusion in their customer service journey? Or would your agents be more like sword-wielding fighters, battling to defeat angry customer ogres before they burn your contact center to the ground?
InMoment XI
MAY 9, 2018
Employee Experience (EX) Monitoring As an HR Professional, a senior leader, or an engaged employee at large, you may find yourself asking, “What can I do to engage those around me?” Employee Engagement doesn’t have to be difficult to measure, but it can be challenging for anyone in an organization to take on the initiative. View Article.
ijgolding
MAY 10, 2018
I first started writing my blog six years ago. Since that time, I have crafted hundreds of articles – producing them, almost religiously, on a weekly basis. Regularly, I am asked how I generate the ideas behind the articles – ‘do I have a plan and schedule for the year?’ No – is the simple answer. When customer experience is your passion; your vocation; and you have a desire to share thought, knowledge and opinion; then identifying suitable topics to write about is
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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?
Customer Bliss
MAY 7, 2018
They share freely. They have our back. They are there, in good times and bad. They always have our best interest in mind. They are brave. This describes our moms. It also describes companies who follow her lead in how they grow their business. The lessons we learned as kids stick with us. And often they have our mom’s face all over them. Her lessons, her rules, and her sayings are still in our heads.
GetFeedback
MAY 9, 2018
Modern customers prefer modern support. Stay ahead of the curve by providing great mobile customer service. Alexa Lemzy from TextMagic explains how.
InMoment XI
MAY 7, 2018
A comprehensive CX strategy is incomplete without industry benchmarks and competitive data. Benchmarking your CX scores against other companies in your industry will allow you to identify areas for improvement along with areas to identify your advantages. This will ensure you not only make better decisions, but the right decisions for your CX program.
CX Journey
MAY 9, 2018
Image courtesy of Quadient Where does your company put a greater focus, on acquiring new customers or on retaining existing customers? It seems there ought to be a balance, or a shift in balance, no? The old debate stands: should companies focus on customer acquisition over retention ? Despite the fact that the cost of bringing in new customers is much higher than the cost to keep existing customers, companies place a disproportionate focus on marketing and advertising in order to attract new cu
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Omnicus
MAY 8, 2018
Create a seamless customer experience to boost your revenue.
GetFeedback
MAY 8, 2018
Great customer support is about to sustain your business. Why measure is about quality, not quantity. Learn how to measure .
IntouchInsight
MAY 9, 2018
Meet the latest addition to the Intouch product family, our customer experience management software, LiaCX.
Michelli Experience
MAY 9, 2018
As a customer experience designer, the end goal of all process improvement is to do more that will increase customer value and effectiveness. Every process improvement effort should seek to effectively add value to customers. __. Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr.
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.
Customer Bliss
MAY 8, 2018
Today’s post is from Robert Spector , best-selling author of The Mom & Pop Store: True Stories from the Heart of America and The Nordstrom Way to Customer Experience Excellence: Creating a Values-Driven Service Culture. As a customer service pioneer, I’d consider Robert Spector a global authority on “make mom proud” companies.
Beyond Philosophy
MAY 11, 2018
I was texting with my daughter the other day and there was a pause in the conversation. I could see the three little dots. Surely she was typing a clever response to the remark I’d just made. I couldn’t wait to see it, so I sat there, phone in hand, staring stupidly at the little dots. I went on like this for maybe a minute and a half before I realized I was being silly.
Amity
MAY 10, 2018
A customer success plan is a blueprint by which both you and your customer can achieve mutual success. Are they really necessary? I mean, a lot of times, success is pretty obvious. If I have a Gmail account, isn’t success sending and receiving emails? How much more can it be? Maybe I chose Gmail because it was a light SaaS platform, or I have an Android phone, or because it's free vs. other options?
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