CloudCherry
JANUARY 21, 2020
Gathering customer feedback is a mainstay in business. However, most companies have recognized that closed-ended surveys aren’t enough to gain powerful insights into the customer experience (CX). Instead, a voice of the customer (VoC) program is a necessity for any company that wants to understand and act on customer sentiment. Today, there is good news and bad news about VoC.
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Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JANUARY 21, 2020
How do you make your Voice of the Customer plan more meaningful? Four words: More customer, more voice. Quick Voice of the Customer Overview. You are probably familiar with the term Voice of the Customer, often referred to with the shorthand “VoC.” The idea behind a true Voice of the Customer program is to consistently, reliably and intentionally gather customer feedback.
InMoment XI
JANUARY 21, 2020
Maximize the Effectiveness of Your Dashboards Fighting for the attention of our colleagues and executives is hard, let alone, having the ability to inspire them to think differently or make necessary changes is even harder. As experience management practitioners you need to find ways to connect emotionally, and an important part of your role is. View Article.
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.
GetFeedback
JANUARY 19, 2020
To prepare for a recent business trip, I booked a roundtrip flight, hotel, and rental car. All done via Expedia, because it gives me one place to handle all travel arrangements, and provides a very nice app to remind me what I booked along with directions, phone numbers, and more. . As my trip progressed, I got email requests for feedback at each step.
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C3Centricity
JANUARY 18, 2020
How do you know when you have too many variants in your brand portfolio? In my opinion, the answer is that it’s when you can’t answer that question! Can you? One of the most popular evergreen posts on C3Centricity is “The Beginners Guide to Brand Portfolio Management.” It seems that we all suffer from a deep-rooted fear in managing and reducing our brand portfolio, especially when it includes many historic or regional variants.
Thematic
JANUARY 21, 2020
Last year was a hard one for me! . To reset and recharge, I booked a 2-week retreat in a remote part of Peru. . To get there, I had to take a flight to San Salvador, stay there overnight, board onto another flight, take a boat trip, and then walk for 3 hours into the jungle. . As usual, I am most productive on the road, and this was a long one! . So here I am, getting ready for my trip, when I realized that the popular (paid!
Customers That Stick
JANUARY 22, 2020
Is customer service dead? Absolutely not! . Customer service is not dead, but it is changing. Part of that change is that we now look at the broader concept of customer experience, which is that overall journey a customer takes with a business or brand. However, customer service is still an integral part of customer experience. It is a subset of customer experience and often one of the most important parts of any experience because it is often the part of the experience that is the make or break
NICE inContact
JANUARY 21, 2020
Most, if not all businesses are wrapping up an informal ‘stress test’ on their customer service operations that could have a big impact on their business for the coming year and beyond. The holiday rush not only drives big business for retail, distribution and travel/hospitality – but also a surge in customer service opportunities.
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Thematic
JANUARY 21, 2020
At Thematic, we’ve spent years researching, designing and developing our customer feedback analysis platform. . While I’d love for everyone to be using ours, I understand that you might have the resources, time and the data required to build one in-house. . There are benefits to building vs. buying. You can customize it to your needs. You can use it as much as you want!
ShepHyken
JANUARY 24, 2020
This week we feature an article by Brett Patrontasch, CEO of Shyft. Brett provides three insightful ways to help improve customer satisfaction and employee empowerment. Most retail businesses understand that the best service strategies won’t succeed if store-level employees don’t feel motivated. When given proper training, support, and encouragement, employees can make your business.
Customers That Stick
JANUARY 24, 2020
So, how do you nail your customer service job interview? The first thing is to do all of the basics: be professional, research the company, even research the person you’re interviewing with. Past that, if you’re trying to get into customer service, I’ll give you one tip. Show that you have a focus on customers and what that means. Show that you believe in the importance of customer service and that — and here’s a keyword that should score you points — that you believe customer
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 23, 2020
Forrester predicted that one in four Customer Experience Professionals will lose their job in 2020. It is a bold prediction, and I agree with it. Why are so many Customer Experience professionals facing the ax this year? They have neglected to focus on return on investment for the initiatives they have implemented. . We discussed this problem in a recent podcast.
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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?
ReviewTrackers
JANUARY 22, 2020
Optimizing a website for local search results is a top priority for any business. Not only does it improve your ranking on search engines, but it can also bring in more customers. Our 2017 Local Search Report showed that 35 percent of all search traffic is local. Within that group, 53 percent of customers will convert within the next 48 hours of a search.
Totango
JANUARY 23, 2020
You are not powerless in the face of churn. There are almost always indicators that a customer is going to churn, which means that if identified early, a good Customer Success team can mitigate the risk and execute a successful recovery plan. Some churn is inevitable no matter what business model you employ, but it does not just occur randomly. Think of churn like a risk that can be negotiated like any other. .
The DiJulius Group
JANUARY 21, 2020
This article is brought to you by Nick Glimsdahl, MBA. As the primary point of interaction between your business and your customers, a contact center is often the heartbeat of an organization. Switching to a cloud contact center offers businesses of all sizes significant benefits, including newfound flexibility, new and often better cost structures, and.
SurveySparrow
JANUARY 20, 2020
Most businesses miss out on the big picture when they don’t have a marketing strategy on post purchase experience, that is set in stone. Your customers traverse through a myriad of emotions after they make the purchase. They are excited that they are going to have something new and are also anxious to see if they have made the right decision. Understanding how your customers behave after a purchase can give marketers a lot of information about how to build more trust.
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.
TechSee
JANUARY 21, 2020
With days jam-packed with frustrated customers, confined to a cubicle and often on a low pay scale, it is inevitable that poor agent experience leads to reduced motivation and even burnout. In fact, the latest research shows that small-sized call centers (less than 50 seats) have an annual turnover rate of 17%, medium-sized contact centers witness a 37% attrition rate and large-sized operations lose 44% of their reps per year.
Interactions
JANUARY 23, 2020
This blog was written with help from Sheetal Sekhar. Conversational AI is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that refers to building a voice or text assistant that can engage in human-like dialogue, capture context, and provide intelligent responses. A common example of where Conversational AI is used is in personal virtual assistants such as Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant.
InMoment XI
JANUARY 23, 2020
How the Worst Team in Baseball History Innovated to Win the World Series 50 Years Ago The New York Mets of 1969 Even if you’re not a baseball fan, the magical tale of the Miracle Mets of 1969 is captivating. It’s one of those, “you’d never believe it if it didn’t actually happen” stories that. View Article.
CloudCherry
JANUARY 22, 2020
As with any business solution, it’s not uncommon for companies to feel trapped by their voice of the customer (VoC) vendor once they’ve already implemented VoC tools and attempted to put them into practice. Even if the solutions in place aren’t delivering the desired return on investment, and even in the face of vendor incompetence, the prospect of switching vendors may appear more costly and disruptive than sticking with the existing solution and hoping it eventually works to the company’s adva
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.
Steve DiGioia
JANUARY 20, 2020
I saw this written on a resume the other day. One of her past job duties was “ Joyfully greeted guests “ My first reaction was, “What kind of B.S. is that to write? You must be padding your resume ‘cause you can’t be that good. Then I started to think… How does one joyfully greet a guest (customer)? I ran a scenario through my mind of someone browsing through rack after rack of clothes when a store employee pounces over and says “Hey, good afternoon.
GetFeedback
JANUARY 21, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) is improving all the time and slowly making its way into our offices, activities, and homes. The idea of AI holds a lot of promises such as savings in cost and time for businesses as well as supporting skilled professionals by effectively executing the mundane routine tasks. Artificial Intelligence has already been making an impression on the business industry with data collection for marketing and changing how people interreact with IT.
Experience Matters
JANUARY 21, 2020
The XM Institute is kicking off the year with a research bang. In a previous post, I mentioned two reports from late last year that show the business value of CX, The ROI of CX and What Consumers Do After a Bad Experience. Since then, we’ve actually published a number of new research reports with an emphasis on industry-specific data. These reports are based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers and examine almost 300 companies over 20 industries.
Comm100
JANUARY 21, 2020
Whether you’re new to digital omnichannel or your company is already deep into digital transformation for customer service, it’s always important to check the health of your digital customer journey. The digital customer journey describes how your customers move across digital touchpoints as they progress from prospect to customer to advocate. Examining your digital customer journey is critical to improving your customer experience by ensuring that every touchpoint is monitored and optimized.
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NICE inContact
JANUARY 24, 2020
NICE inContact has sought the guidance of our customers that are succeeding in call center excellence from Amy Latzer, Chief Operating Officer of 211 LA, Los Angeles County’s Health & Human Services Organization which provides citizens access to social services.
GetFeedback
JANUARY 21, 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool for delivering great customer experience (CX). Here are 4 ways you should apply AI in your CX program.
BlueOcean
JANUARY 21, 2020
Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a Finalist today in the “Customer Service Success – Technology Industries” category in the 14 th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie placements from among the Finalists will be revealed during a gala banquet on Friday, February 28 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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