Kayako
MAY 11, 2017
This is a guest post from our friends over at FieldBoom. Josh Brown will walk you through ways to analyze your customers and their needs. Consistently exceeding expectations is what any entrepreneur or startup should aim for to increase customer bookings and enjoy growth. Companies like Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, and Zappos go the extra mile to ensure their customers receive top-notch customer service.
InMoment XI
MAY 11, 2017
Editor’s note: This is a chapter from the ebook Unlocking the Value of CX. You can download the entire ebook here. In today’s day and age, where companies and consumers impact the messaging of products and services (P&S), creating emotional connections is taking on more prominence. Studies indicate that positive emotions may have more of an impact.
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Experience Matters
MAY 8, 2017
We just published a Temkin Group report, What Happens After a Good or Bad Experience, 2017. This is our annual analysis of which companies deliver the most and least bad experiences, how consumers respond after those experience (in terms of sharing those experiences and changing their purchase behaviors), and the effect of service recovery (see last […].
Storyminers
MAY 8, 2017
In the last decade, many brands have used customer experience processes and perspectives to complete corporate turnarounds and experience make-overs. Some have seen their fortunes rise. Some have even stayed at elevated levels. They all use the six customer experience pillars. [SIDEBAR: The six essential disciplines of the Customer Experience Professionals Association: Customer-Centric culture, CX Strategy, Experience Design Improvement & Innovation, Metrics & Measurement and ROI, Organi
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.
Customer Bliss
MAY 10, 2017
Guest post by Blake Morgan, Customer Experience Futurist, Author, Speaker. For a customer experience program to be effective, the most senior leaders at the company must take ownership of the program. But unless the CEO appoints a chief customer officer, a chief customer experience officer, or even a chief marketing officer who is empowered to get things done for the customer, it’s hard to say who will lobby for the customer across the organization.
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Vonage
MAY 8, 2017
What works for six people can become a mess when applied to 60, 600 or 6,000. From the technology you use, the people you employ and the business processes you set in motion, everything has to be scalable. This is particularly true in customer service; a rapidly growing business with a stagnant customer service team can become a nightmare scenario. To offer a truly personalised experience, businesses need to think beyond the physical size of their business and instead look to the anatomical stru
BlueOcean
MAY 11, 2017
The road to choosing an outsourced contact center provider is usually a long one. It’s a strategic decision to protect your brand and put customer care in the hands of experts so you can focus your organization’s resources on your core competencies. But it’s a lengthy process loaded with informal conversations as well as the more formal call center RFP process.
ijgolding
MAY 9, 2017
If you have read my articles in the past, you will know that I am an ardent fan of investigating the definitions of certain words and phrases. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating as a judge at the International Business Excellence Awards in Dubai. One of the awards entrants used the word ‘benchmarking’, multiple times in his presentation.
InMoment XI
MAY 9, 2017
Customer experience (CX) has been a part of business, well, since the beginning of time. It’s only been the last decade that an entire industry has boomed around it. There couldn’t be a more exciting time to be in the CX field. It’s recently come out of its infant stages and not only are we. View Article.
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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.
Experience Matters
MAY 10, 2017
Temkin Group has found that the only path to sustainable customer experience differentiation is to build a customer-centric culture. How? By mastering Four Customer Experience Core Competencies. This video provides an overview of one of those competencies, Compelling Brand Values, where the goal is to deliver on your brand promises to customers. Here Are Three Steps to Compelling Brand […].
NICE inContact
MAY 9, 2017
As diligent managers and engineers of the Interactive Voice Response (IVR), we have a critical role in identifying and handling the tasks and subtasks that comprise the IVR. I want to share three keys for improving Interactive Voice Response for effectiveness. First, optimize repetitive subtasks. Let me give an example of subtask needing optimization.
Steve DiGioia
MAY 8, 2017
a restaurant story adapted from my book This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. Do you know the other businesses around your restaurant or hotel? Are you one of those that just drive straight from your home to work without noticing what’s around you? If so then snap out of it! You need to be a fountain of knowledge… and I don’t mean about the menu.
InMoment XI
MAY 9, 2017
Customer experience (CX) has been a part of business, well, since the beginning of time. It’s only been the last decade that an entire industry has boomed around it. There couldn’t be a more exciting time to be in the CX field. It’s recently come out of its infant stages and not only are we.
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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.
CX Journey
MAY 10, 2017
Image courtesy of Pixabay What motivates you to go to work every morning? What drives you to do good work every day? What motivates you to want to work for your employer every day? What are the things that your manager and your executives do that encourage you to work hard for them every day? What motivates your staff? Do you even know? Have they ever shared with you what their motivators are?
Uniphore
MAY 12, 2017
Solving the customer’s problem – before they are aware of it. A proactive approach to customer service may be more difficult to pull off, but it offers a wide array of benefits that should excite any enterprise. Read More.
Customer Bliss
MAY 11, 2017
I just hit Episode 50 of my customer experience podcast. It’s been so interesting to talk to CCOs and SVPs in different industries and get actionable customer experience examples from them. After 12 episodes (feels long ago), I did a recap post. I’m not going to recap Episodes 13-50 here (would be a lot for you to consume), but my favorite aspect of the podcast is when the guests get into tactics.
NICE inContact
MAY 12, 2017
2017 was arguably the biggest and best year ever at Enterprise Connect 2017 for those who care about contact centers. And I ought to know. For ten years, I have attended virtually every contact center session held at the show, the past few years as the Contact Center Track Chair. So, what were the contact center themes this year? Cloud, cloud and more cloud.
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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?
Vonage
MAY 10, 2017
I came across an interesting article recently recapping many of the current themes and trends being discussed in customer experience. The article is ostensibly a recap of Sprinklr’s Digital Transformation Summit , held recently in Nashville. If you’re unfamiliar with Sprinklr — it’s not quite a huge name in enterprise circles yet — it’s a social media management and automation tool that’s gained a lot of traction.
Uniphore
MAY 11, 2017
While focusing on the customer experience today is required, the multitude of touchpoints involved makes it increasingly difficult to keep customers happy all the time, which is necessary if you are to build brand loyalty. Read More.
Beyond Philosophy
MAY 8, 2017
Back in 2011, Boston College performed an interesting study involving everyone’s favorite energy drink, Red Bull, and the behavior it evoked in study participants. In brief, the study asked a number of participants to “drive” a car in a video game and they measured several factors, including speed, power, aggressive behavior and risk-taking. Interestingly, those driving the cars painted with a Red Bull logo consistently drove faster and more aggressively than other participants, apparently beca
Michelli Experience
MAY 9, 2017
When asked if customers would like to have more exciting products, faster delivery, lower prices, OR friendlier service, the answer is always YES. The challenge of customer experience excellence isn’t whether to improve products, people, process, or technology. The challenge is to identify which product, process or technology improvement will produce the greatest benefits for your core customer segments.
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.
Esteban Kolsky
MAY 11, 2017
A knowledge summary is a semi-long to a long post that synthesizes positions, concepts, and lessons learned around a topic. They consist of a mix of primary research with ideas and frameworks I built based on conversations and working sessions. This knowledge summary will focus on concepts you have to know to succumb to embrace digital transformation in the next decade.
Uniphore
MAY 10, 2017
An increasing number of senior citizens are making use of smartphones when communicating with contact centers. Adopting a visual IVR is the ideal way to make their lives easier and reduce your own costs at the same time. Read More.
Beyond Philosophy
MAY 10, 2017
If you’re like me, you have loyalty cards for three different supermarkets, a half dozen airlines, several hotels, a dozen or so assorted retailers and the local frozen yogurt shop. But how can I be loyal to Florida grocer Publix and also their competitor Winn-Dixie? Can I be loyal to American, United and Delta? To Starbucks and the coffee shop down the street?
Aveus
MAY 10, 2017
We encounter many business to business clients who have realized “what got them here is not what is going to get them there.” One of the consistent themes that emerges regardless of industry is that over time, B2B companies often develop a portfolio of customers with different requirements. As illustrated in the grid below, we find that there are often certain characteristics associated with clients who are satisfied with a “vendor” relationship vs. those that are seeking a partner to “advise”
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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,
Wired and Dangerous
MAY 8, 2017
Ramen is a traditional Japanese noodle dish that, well prepared, is a highly-desired delicacy. That is the back story for the movie, The Ramen Girl. A young woman finds herself in Tokyo and wants to understudy a master ramen chef who speaks no English; she speaks no Japanese. He’s impatient and demanding; she works hard to be perfect. The climax of the movie (without giving away too much) happens when the frustrated chef takes the equally frustrated protégé to visit his mother, the person who ta
Uniphore
MAY 12, 2017
If you want your contact center to keep pace with increasing customer expectations, you need to focus on the key areas of choice, availability, responsiveness and personalization. Read More.
Bill Quiseng
MAY 8, 2017
This week’s post is from Swiftpage CEO John Oechsle. He examines the evolution of how organizations connect with their customers and how smaller and midsized businesses are finding ways to compete for customers with larger players in their space through the 4 C’s of customer information. Swiftpage is the owner of Act! , the first to market customer relationship management software solution that pioneered the space 30 years ago and is still innovating today, so he has a bit of a uni
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