Sat.May 11, 2019 - Fri.May 17, 2019

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Customer-Centric Culture

Totango

Culture is defined by actions. It is a tangible presence customers can see and feel in the way you engage them, respond to them, and present the product. Creating the right culture within your enterprise is, therefore, a matter of giving employees the right customer success tools and establishing best practices for using them. In today’s digitized, subscription-based environment, these best practices are based on finding out all you can about your customers and then using that data to create a c

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How AI is Transforming the Customer Experience

Ecrion

The floodgates have opened for industry disruption. Changing the customer experience, the applications of AI are thrusting us into the future of cx and beyond. It sounds like something from the Jetsons, but artificial intelligence is here to stay. Robotics and machine learning are driving new innovations across almost every industry, from mechanics to manufacturing.

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The Power of Transformation

Horizon CX

Many organizations have struggled with moving from product-centric to customer-centric over the years. Some have achieved this transformation, some have not. Of course, this transformation is just the beginning, as improving the customer experience will always be a journey and not a destination. However, for those well along the path toward being customer-centric, the results have been clearly positive.

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Post-Event Surveys: What is the Best Time to Send Them Out?

GetFeedback

The big event your team spent months planning for has finally come to a close, and it was a success. At least, you’re pretty sure it was. The only way to know for sure how well your event went is by sending out post-event surveys to attendees. Post-event surveys are a foolproof way to get direct, honest feedback about how you can improve your event for next time with valuable insights.

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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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The Voice of Employee (VoE) is Vital to the Customer Experience

InMoment XI

There has been a struggle for companies to connect the dots between employee engagement and customer experience. The bottom line is that employees are the driving force of business success, and their insights improve not only the customer’s journey, but the overall employee experience as well. Hear from Jason Macedonia, MaritzCX Senior Director of Employee.

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You Need These 9.5 Skills to be Friendly Enough for the Customer Service Industry

Steve DiGioia

I watched her smile at everyone who passed her. Her gaze fell naturally on each person and she took the time to acknowledge the children. Waves, “high-fives” and plenty of thank-yous always seem to be around her. No wonder why the customers love her. How does she do it? Good question? Is her friendly demeanor something she’s learned or was taught, or is she just “naturally friendly”?

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The Customer Experience You Didn't Know About

IntouchInsight

CX thought leader, Colin Shaw, shares research into how the subconscious plays an important role in the customer experience.

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The battle for superb CX: reasonable vs memorable

Vonage

You know it’s Salesforce World Tour when a legion of exuberant mavens native to AI, omni-channel and the IoT pack the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan to inspire and innovate. And just like in December of 2019, we brought together a group of thought leaders to exchange ideas over a breakfast about customer service in the context of inherently connected and demanding customers.

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Your Customer’s Priorities Drive the Customer Experience

Kristina Evey

Working with many business leaders over the years, I’ve seen many well-intended strategies, processes, and nuances built into the operations … Read More Your Customer’s Priorities Drive the Customer Experience. The post Your Customer’s Priorities Drive the Customer Experience appeared first on Kristina Evey.

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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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Six Categories Of X&O Data Insights

Experience Matters

Last week I attended SAP’s SAPPHIRE and CX Live events in Orlando. It was great to see 35,000 or so of my new friends. As you might expect, Experience Management (“XM”) was a dominant theme. Just about every SAP or Qualtrics keynote speech discussed XM, and it was a topic at many of the concurrent sessions. I really enjoyed seeing the XM message come to life in so many different ways.

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Survey Emails: How to Grab Your Customer’s Attention

GetFeedback

Survey emails are one of the best ways to get customer information straight from the source. But times are changing, and getting your customer’s attention over email is difficult. 20 years ago, when the world was just discovering the email , there wasn’t a whole lot more to do than simply sending your email. These days, we get bombarded with so many messages it’s hard to keep up with everything or know what’s worth looking at in the first place.

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Voluntary Response Sample – Know more about this research approach

QuestionPro Audience

Content Index. Voluntary response sample – Definition: Characteristics of a Voluntary response sample. Factors to consider while setting up a Voluntary response sample. Advantages and Disadvantages of voluntary response sample. The advantages of a voluntary response sample are listed below. The limitations of a voluntary response sample are. Overcoming limitations of voluntary response sampling.

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3 Actions to Take to Honor Customers as Assets

Customer Bliss

In my Daily Dose video series, I explore the topics that chief customer officers must grapple with on a daily basis. Join me as I discuss what I’ve learned over the course of my 35-year career, so that you can more effectively do the work that needs to be done. Today’s video is an excerpt from my online course , inspired by my book, Would You Do That To Your Mother?

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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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Do Your Service Channels Turn Your Customers into Net Promoters?

NICE inContact

When your customers are willing to recommend your company to friends and family members, you definitely are doing something right. And when the percentage of customer “recommenders” (aka promoters) greatly outweighs the percentage of detractors, that’s a big win. This is the basic concept behind Net Promoter Score®, which has been adopted widely as an indication of whether a company is successfully delivering the experience its customers want and need.

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Post-Event Surveys: What is the Best Time to Send Them Out?

GetFeedback

How to create and distribute post-even surveys that'll help you measure the success of your event and learn how to improve future events.

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Episode 50 – The Real Benefit of CX is AFTER the Sale

Kristina Evey

? Episode 50 – The sale is just the beginning My son is entering business college and he is a … Read More Episode 50 – The Real Benefit of CX is AFTER the Sale. The post Episode 50 – The Real Benefit of CX is AFTER the Sale appeared first on Kristina Evey.

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Leaders Need to Show, Not Just Say

CX Journey

Image courtesy of Pixabay How do leaders drive (lasting) change? Last week, I enjoyed spending a few days in Vegas, speaking and networking at Fiserv's annual client Forum. The keynote on the second day of the event was Troy Aikman, who was interviewed by Fiserv's CEO Jeff Yabuki about sports, of course, as well as about leadership and business. One of the stories that Troy shared resonated with me because it's exactly the kind of thing that I talk about when it comes to driving lasting change:

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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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New Era of Complete Digital Experiences to Expedite the Enterprise Transition to Smart Digital Conversations

NICE inContact

Consumers today expect to interact with companies via a variety of digital channels. In fact, 91% of consumers want seamless omnichannel across messaging and real-time voice and chat. Unfortunately, a digital divide exists today. While consumers have embraced messaging and a digital first world, companies have failed to deliver. As consumers, we’re very comfortable messaging with friends and families from our always accessible phones.

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Voice of the Customer (VoC) Feedback: Everything You Need to Know

GetFeedback

Learn how to gather Voice of the Customer (VoC) feedback, take action and how to prove the value of this program to your company.

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How to Build Your Customer Success Forecasting System with Eleanor O’Neil

Customer Bliss

“I was really looking to achieve an experience that was elegant. I’m a big believer in that,” said Eleanor O’Neil, regarding her decision to create a customer success forecasting system. Eleanor is the Chief Customer Experience Officer at Workshare , a B2B company that manages document productivity and security software for legal firms.

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3 Reasons to Attend the Amazon Connect Bootcamp in Amsterdam

Calabrio

Here at Calabrio, we’ve seen a huge rise in demand for cloud-based contact centre solutions over the last five years. More and more, businesses are enticed to the cloud by the scalability to accommodate both seasonal changes and organic growth as well as access to new, more robust technology such as customer interaction analytics. In order to help accelerate this cloud transformation, Calabrio and VoiceFoundry, a leading AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, are joining forces with Amazon Connect to

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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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Growth Hacking — What It Is, Why You Need It, and How to Do It

NICE inContact

If you’re part of a team responsible for driving growth, you know how difficult it is to achieve a very challenging revenue goal only to start over the next quarter or year. But simply starting over would be easier if you also didn’t have to exceed the target you just bloodied yourself to achieve! That’s why smart leaders look for “growth hacks!” A growth hack is a tactic that allows you to work smarter so that your efforts deliver even greater results.

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Survey Emails: How to Grab Your Customer’s Attention

GetFeedback

Survey emails are one of the best ways to get customer information straight from the source.

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Companies Use AI to Enhance Customer Service Experience

Uniphore

In today's world we have come to realize that technology makes our lives easier. Incorporated into almost all daily used devices, from smart phones to smart refrigerators, technology simply makes our personal lives easier to manage thereby creating a more efficient use of our personal time. Read More.

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Improve IVR to create a better customer experience

UJET

Interactive voice response ( IVR ) is a phone system that uses the phone keypad or voice recognition to direct customers through a company’s customer support system. Depending on the industry, customers might be calling about product support like a smart home device , subscription information or financial issues. IVR systems guide customers towards a specialized support agent or accessing a self-service solution.

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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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Intraday Management — GPS for the Contact Center

NICE inContact

When it comes to sense of direction, I’ll admit I’m closer to “can’t find her way out of a paper bag” than “has a strong internal compass.” So you can understand that GPS navigation is riding shotgun when I’m on the road and is in my top-five most frequently used apps. As I slogged along the 101 here in Southern California recently, I realized that my navigation is a lot like the intraday management and reforecasting capabilities available within workforce management platforms.

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Creating a Frictionless Experience

Beyond Philosophy

Creating a Frictionless Experience. As a global customer experience consultant for nearly two decades, I have never heard a customer say, “Gee! I wish that buying process was just a little more complicated!” Why? All customers want their experiences to be easy. When things aren’t easy in a given moment, we describe that as friction.

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Being the Bearer of Bad News

ShepHyken

It’s never fun to share bad news with a customer. Many people are scared to be the bearer of bad news. There are plenty of examples of bad news – an order didn’t ship, something was damaged, a deadline is not going to be met, etc. It doesn’t really matter what the bad news is; the key to managing the customer experience is how you deliver the bad news.