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Data silos: The silent killer of great customer experience

Adrian Swinscoe

This is guest post from Joyce Kim, Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio. It was in 2006 that the British mathematician Clive Humby uttered the now legendary […] The post Data silos: The silent killer of great customer experience first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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3 Events Paved The Path For The Customer Experience Discipline

Kerry Bodine

I’m often asked why companies invest in customer experience — and when this whole customer craze started in the first place. Since I’ve already written about that in other posts, today I’ll tackle the second question: When did companies start caring about customer experience? July 2006: Twitter launched for public use.

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3 Events Paved The Path For The Customer Experience Discipline

Kerry Bodine

I’m often asked why companies invest in customer experience — and when this whole customer craze started in the first place. Since I’ve already written about that in other posts, today I’ll tackle the second question: When did companies start caring about customer experience? July 2006: Twitter launched for public use.

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And the Customers Tweeted Happily Ever After

Storyminers

Your customers have taken over managing your brand, and they’re having a great time (and drawing a crowd) on YouTube. If your customers cast you as Goliath, it’s going to hurt. Furthermore, you—as vendor/marketer—aren’t the best storyteller for your brand. What makes a customer eager to tweet their friends about your brand?

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xP&A: The New Approach to Navigating Market Uncertainties and Driving Business Value

SAP Customer Experience

Mathematician Clive Humby coined this phrase in 2006, explaining that data in the 21st century is like oil in the 18th century. Data is the new oil. It’s a valuable, unrefined resource with untapped potential. Those who work to extract it have a huge advantage over those who don’t.

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U.S. market access landscape: A push for control is erasing the boundary between payers and providers in U.S. healthcare

Clarivate

healthcare payers and providers are consolidating at a dizzying clip as they seek to gain market share, increase access to care and secure clinical control to improve health outcomes. CVS’ bid for Oak Street is in keeping with nearly two decades of evolution toward becoming an integrated payer and provider.

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A History of Customer Support Technology

Team Support

There are more ways than ever for customers to get in touch with tech support. Ever wonder what customer service looked like 50 or 60 years ago? Here’s a look back at how customer support technologies evolved over the last century, and a peak at where they’re going next. One of the early pioneers in CRM software was ACT!