Sat.Jun 07, 2014 - Fri.Jun 13, 2014

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Who Wants To Talk To Dad About Life Insurance?

InMoment XI

The life insurance business is facing an unprecedented falloff in insurance purchase rates by Generations X and Y, those born after 1965. Interestingly, these age groups know they are underinsured, especially if they have families, but they have not corrected the situation. At the same time, recruiting agents in these generations is also becoming increasingly.

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Is your value proposition this strong?

Joe Rawlinson

'Every company, including your company, needs a strong value proposition. At the core, the value proposition is why a customer should do business with you and not somebody else. If you don’t have this differentiation, your business is doomed to struggle or die. Take a look at this email I got from L.L.Bean, the outdoor clothing retailer, and pay special attention to the big reminder they give the customer of why they should do business together: 1.

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Driving Incremental Service Revenue from Customer Success

Amity

I have participated in several discussions around how to manage your Customer Success organization and the value it brings to your customer base and company. And a question I hear quite often is – is there opportunity to also drive incremental service revenue from your Customer Success staff? Traditional Professional Services offerings such as training and consulting services will likely always be offered on a cost basis, as these services are key to a successful new customer deployment, a

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Invest in customer service for a rainy day

Very Best Service

'Invest in customer service for a rainy day Sometimes, the trading environment for your company deteriorates considerably. This might be due to factors beyond your control such as interruption of public services, supplier failure, natural catastrophe or other unforeseen circumstances. When this happens, customer and employee loyalty becomes a major determinant of a company''s survival.

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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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Two Things Keeping Me Up At Night: A Bad Mattress and Bad Salespeople

InMoment XI

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ? Ernest Hemingway Perhaps the most important factor in delivering a great customer experience is listening. A recent shopping experience left me wondering if my salesperson was wearing earplugs or if English was not his native tongue. It was time for a new mattress. My husband. View Article.

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The Journey to Excellence or Excellence as a Journey?

Strativity

What do you envision when you think of excellence? Is it a Nobel Prize winner? A world leader? With the FIFA World Cup right around the corner, could it be Lionel Messi… or Cristiano Ronaldo? When you associate excellence with people like that, you subconsciously put excellence out of your reach. You make the concept unattainable by relating it to people you’ve never met and only read about post-achievements.

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Why You Should Build Customer Relationships with Email Marketing

customer sure

Customer relationship building is essential in converting prospects and web visitors to full paying customers – and even advocates of your business. Email is one of the best ways to do that, and relationship building should be the no.1 priority of all your email marketing activities. All too often ecommerce stores take the view that email marketing is about delivering mini-catalogues of products and special offers into the inbox of past and potential customers.

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Two Things Keeping Me Up At Night: A Bad Mattress and Bad Salespeople

InMoment XI

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ― Ernest Hemingway Perhaps the most important factor in delivering a great customer experience is listening. A recent shopping experience left me wondering if my salesperson was wearing earplugs or if English was not his native tongue. It was time for a new mattress. My husband.

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Empowering Agents with the Right Information and Training

Brad Cleveland Blog

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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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News and Updates – June 2014

Strativity

Webcast: Accelerating Cultural Transformation. Date: June 17, 2014 Time: 3pm – 4pm EDT . Click here to register. Consistently engaged employees are the key to creating better customer experiences and loyal customers, but as companies struggle to keep up with the fast-paced world of cultural transformation they are losing the hearts and minds of their employees.

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CS In Conversation: The Ideal Customer Success Platform

Amity

Amity sat down with Daniella Degrace, Former EVP of Customer Success at radian6 and Salesforce.com, to talk about customer success and posed a series of questions leading to the ultimate: If a development team were at her disposal what kind of customer success platform would you ask them to develop? Amity: Daniella, as a Customer Success executive what is critical to you?

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Two Things Keeping Me Up At Night: A Bad Mattress and Bad Salespeople

InMoment XI

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ― Ernest Hemingway Perhaps the most important factor in delivering a great customer experience is listening. A recent shopping experience left me wondering if my salesperson was wearing earplugs or if English was not his native tongue. It was time for a new mattress. My husband.

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Empowering Agents with the Right Information and Training

Brad Cleveland Blog

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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 Top 3 Company Culture Fixes That Don’t Work

Strativity

People create culture- so why is it so hard for people to change it? Culture is made up of many influences over the course of a long period of time. It’s a pattern that has evolved with the people that practice it. It’s not a written law. When you’re changing culture, you’re changing the intangible. Companies know culture is important, but they tend to get a little lost when they try to make positive, lasting changes to it.

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Getting Ready to Take the Text-to-911 Plunge?

Customer Interactions

'As of May 15, 2014, the four major carriers in the US – Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile – all voluntarily committed to providing text-to-911 as a service in areas where 911 call centers are prepared to receive them. While text-to-911 is a voluntary option for PSAPs, some have already taken the initiative to become text-to-911 capable.

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Who Wants To Talk To Dad About Life Insurance?

InMoment XI

The life insurance business is facing an unprecedented falloff in insurance purchase rates by Generations X and Y, those born after 1965. Interestingly, these age groups know they are underinsured, especially if they have families, but they have not corrected the situation. At the same time, recruiting agents in these generations is also becoming increasingly.

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WHEN Do You Need a Chief Customer Officer?

CCO Council

'I am often approached by senior level executives and asked whether their company really needs a chief customer officer. Their idea seems to be that some companies need a CCO and some don''t. My answer is often in the form of a correction. Hiring a chief customer officer is not an issue of if, but of when. Every company needs a CCO. However, timing is essential if the role is to be successful.

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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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Who Wants To Talk To Dad About Life Insurance?

InMoment XI

The life insurance business is facing an unprecedented falloff in insurance purchase rates by Generations X and Y, those born after 1965. Interestingly, these age groups know they are underinsured, especially if they have families, but they have not corrected the situation. At the same time, recruiting agents in these generations is also becoming increasingly.

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Video: Taking Your CE Program Global: Data Privacy

InMoment XI

Data privacy is an increasingly important issue when you’re planning and executing a global customer experience program. Some thoughts to keep in mind. Until next time. @christravell PS For those looking for thought starters regarding improving the customer experience, I would recommend customerthink.com. Bob Thompson has created a very useful central repository of ideas that.

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Video: Taking Your CE Program Global: Data Privacy

InMoment XI

Data privacy is an increasingly important issue when you’re planning and executing a global customer experience program. Some thoughts to keep in mind. Until next time. @christravell PS For those looking for thought starters regarding improving the customer experience, I would recommend customerthink.com. Bob Thompson has created a very useful central repository of ideas that.

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Taking Your CE Program Global: Data Privacy

InMoment XI

Data privacy is an increasingly important issue when you’re planning and executing a global customer experience program. Some thoughts to keep in mind. Until next time. @christravell PS For those looking for thought starters regarding improving the customer experience, I would recommend customerthink.com. Bob Thompson has created a very useful central repository of ideas that.

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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,