Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. According to Gartner’s annual CMO spend survey, as customer experience becomes the key to gaining a competitive advantage, CMOs will spend more on tech to support their CX goals.

Trends 100

Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 100

Alida

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Content marketing has become more than a strategy: it’s today’s marketing. Content marketing is more effective and efficient than other marketing strategies, and costs less for a greater return. Yet, according to Altimeter, 70 percent of marketers lack a consistent or integrated content strategy.

Feedback 213

Feedback Strategy Marketing Social Media 213

Alida

JUNE 1, 2017

The conference promises to provide actionable information to help automakers, dealers and finance companies improve customer experience. How Cadillac put customers in the driver’s seat in the luxury hybrid market. The connection between the employee and customer experience. When: June 21, 9:15 am – 10 am.

Automotive 157

Automotive Conference Retail Employee Engagement 157

TechSee

APRIL 3, 2018

Customer churn in the age of information is a fact of life for every business in every industry. Customers have unprecedented access to data, enabling easy comparisons of alternatives, as well as hassle-free provider changes with a simple click of a button. Customer churn formula. The price of a high customer churn rate.

Customer Retention 141

Customer Retention Technology Strategy Analytics 141

Advantage Communications

JUNE 10, 2020

An effective customer support strategy is the foundation of any successful and sustainable business. In fact, according to the American Express 2017 Customer Service Barometer , US consumers are willing to spend 17 percent more to do business with companies that deliver excellent service.

Strategy 64

Strategy Customer Experience Consumers Customers 64

Alida

DECEMBER 22, 2016

We’ve collected 10 of the most insightful predictions that we believe will define not just 2017, but also the years ahead. Likewise, companies must get closer to their customers—both local and international—to continue to deliver products and services that are relevant and valuable to their target market. Global uncertainty.

Trends 0

Trends Social Media Advertising e-support 0

Win the Customer

MAY 15, 2018

Abercrombie & Fitch is counting on direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales to counter the retail apocalypse, Columbus Business First reports. leases expiring over the next two years, the fashion brand saw a 4 percent increase in sales, largely thanks to direct-to-consumer sales. billion a year to $5 billion. Appealing to Online Shoppers.

Retail 110

Retail Consumers Sales Industry 110

Uniphore

MARCH 28, 2017

Customer service trends are today driven by the need to meet consumer expectations. However, the evolution of technological innovation together with the shift in the demographics of consumers has led to quickly changing expectations.

Customer Service 100

Customer Service Customer Service Strategies Trends Innovation 100

ReviewTrackers

APRIL 10, 2017

Key Takeaways from ReviewTrackers Local Search and Online Reviews Survey 2017. Over 50 percent of consumers often or always check out online reviews, while only 34 percent seek out information on discounts and pricing. percent of consumers say that at least half of their searches result in a visit to a local business.

Survey 101

Survey Social Media Automotive Analysis 101

delighted

JUNE 3, 2021

Consumer spending plunged amidst lay-offs and shelter-in-place orders. Niche and boutique stores without an online presence suffered the most, as consumers migrated to big box stores and online shopping to satisfy all their shopping needs in fewer trips. However, this decrease in spending did not affect all retailers equally.

Omni-Channel 101

Omni-Channel Retail Consumers Trends 101

Alida

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Rather, they’re going to have to work on the customer experience if they want to capitalize on opportunities for growth. between 2017 and 2022. Meanwhile, IHL Group recorded a net increase of 4,000 new store openings in 2017—a far cry from a collapse. Finally, consumers are feeling pretty good about the economy with 59.5%

Retail 243

Retail Company e-support Competitive Advantage 243

ShepHyken

APRIL 3, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Track Shines at Social Media Marketing World by Dan Gingiss. In 2016, the conference organizers added a Customer Service track to the list of 20 or so other tracks. Want Loyal Customers? by AJ Agrawal .

Social Media 76

Social Media Customer Service Hotels Hospitality 76

Maru/HUB

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

This week we’ve been focused on customer service in the wake of new experiences in the way we shop, interact and provide feedback. An interesting study conducted by Aspect in 2017 revealed that amongst the 1,000 American consumers surveyed, nearly a third would rather clean a toilet than talk to customer service.

Omni-Channel 80

Omni-Channel Consumers Self Service Effort Score 80

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 3, 2017

Some interesting, if not surprising, news from the customer experience world recently. Forrester recently released their US 2017 Customer Experience Index , which goes through data from 120,000 online consumers to rank 300 brands across 21 industries. Customers actually want more of the emotional side of it.

Customer Experience 236

Customer Experience Travel Touchpoint Connections 236

ReviewTrackers

MARCH 31, 2021

Improving customer retention can prevent billions of dollars of lost revenue in the insurance industry. What’s worse than losing billions in revenue is the amount that insurers have to pay to acquire new customers. According to Hubspot, the insurance industry is tied for the third-highest customer acquisition cost at $303.

Insurance 123

Insurance Customer Retention Industry How To 123

Thematic

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Think customer loyalty programs are all about getting generic discounts, points and rewards? Today, it’s more about offering customers something as personalized as possible, so that they feel truly special. So, let’s look at ways to reduce churn with customer retention analytics and why it’s important in the first place.

Customer Retention 96

Customer Retention Analytics Data Strategy 96

ProProfs Chat

JULY 27, 2018

Customer engagement happens to be a very popular buzzword among most marketing and customer success teams these days. Be a part of any planning and strategy making discussion, and it’s almost impossible not to find a mention of phrases like customer service , customer engagement and customer experience.

Customer Engagement 93

Customer Engagement Engagement Strategy Marketing 93

ReviewTrackers

APRIL 19, 2017

The Forum for Healthcare Strategists is presenting the 2017 Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit , to be held May 8 to 10, 2017 at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas. He will discuss the importance of innovation during a time when healthcare consumers (rather than healthcare brands) have the power.

Healthcare 101

Healthcare Innovation Strategy Marketing 101

ShepHyken

MAY 8, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 10 Content Marketing and Customer Experience All-Stars by James A. By the way, these align with the things we expect from our colleagues at FCR on every customer interaction. Just think customer first in everything you do.

Customer Service 81

Customer Service Airlines Contact Center Conference 81

ReviewTrackers

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Corporate reputation management is a combination of strategies that are used to shape consumer perception of your brand. Today, consumers rely on current customers to tell them whether or not a business is worth their time and money. There is only one way a customer can start a journey with your brand.

Management 123

Management Social Media Culture Advertising 123

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. You’ll have to read this excellent article by Vala Afshar, a genius in the world of customer service and CX. Retail Customer Experience) If service was an impulse encounter, what would be its features? Customers — specifically, loyal customers.

Customer Service 74

Customer Service Retail Customer Service Training Measurement 74

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. A 4-Step Formula to Create Freakishly Loyal Customers by Josh Linkner. Josh Linkner) In our transactional world of fickle customers, how do we snag the prize? CIOs need to focus on customer experience now by Zavalaeus Kerr.

Loyalty Programs 76

Loyalty Programs Customer Service Loyalty Retail 76

Michelli Experience

MAY 1, 2018

In those days, consumers were at the mercy of advertising claims made across traditional outlets (e.g., Thanks to social media, many brands have softened their traditional media buys and have focused instead on influencing purchasers through a variety of strategies. network television, radio, newspapers, and magazines).

Social Media 185

Social Media Customer Experience Advertising Multi-Channel 185

Clarabridge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2017 Clarabridge Customer Experience Champion (CxC) awards – North America. This is your chance to shine a light on all that you’re doing to put the customer first. They will be awarded two free passes to the C3 2017 event. Who can apply?

Customer Experience 49

Customer Experience Hotels Airlines Social Media 49

Maru Group

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Ten years ago, the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) was founded to understand the wants/needs of energy consumers in North America and share those learnings with industry stakeholders. The 2020 Symposium gathered members to reflect on the past decade and look to where consumer needs are heading into the next decade.

Consumers 52

Consumers Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer Government 52

ViiBE Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In 2020, having a CX strategy is key, as customers are more selective with their loyalty. They are not asking for much, but they do expect timely, personal, and positive customer service. In fact, 60% of consumers report that customer service and brand loyalty are directly correlated. Links to loyalty.

Strategy 52

Strategy Exceptional Customer Service Loyalty Employee Experience 52

COPC

APRIL 3, 2018

This 76-page report extends trendlines from previous CXMB Series Corporate Edition reports and continues to provide broad channel coverage, while also exploring new topics such as channel consistency, quality programs and customer experience priorities. About the CXMB Series. A joint research project between COPC Inc.

Customer Experience Management 40

Customer Experience Management Customer Experience Management Chatbots 40

Clarabridge

JULY 20, 2017

Show us how you’re delivering state-of-the-art customer experiences! We are excited to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2017 Clarabridge Customer Experience Champion (CXC) awards – Europe. Award winners belong to an exclusive circle of leaders and innovators in customer experience.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Multi-Channel Hotels Social Media 40

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Social media has changed the rules of customer service. There was a time when if a customer wanted to complain, they’d have to dial the customer service number and then wait in a queue for 10, 20 or 30 minutes. It’s therefore not surprising that many businesses have concerns about social media customer service.

Omni-Channel 253

Omni-Channel Customer Service Social Media Customers 253

Vonage

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Social media has changed the rules of customer service. There was a time when if a customer wanted to complain, they’d have to dial the customer service number and then wait in a queue for 10, 20 or 30 minutes. It’s therefore not surprising that many businesses have concerns about social media customer service.

Omni-Channel 253

Omni-Channel Customer Service Social Media Customers 253

Kerry Bodine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

A couple of months back, I wrote a post called You Must Invest In Customer Experience. In it, I detailed research by the American Customer Satisfaction Index that shows that an investment portfolio that takes long bets on CX leaders and shorts CX laggards outperforms the S&P 500 by nearly a factor of five. Among them: IBM.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Innovation Trends Consumers 120

Team HGS

JUNE 14, 2017

2017 Trend 3: The Beginning of Channel Guidance. Earlier this year, HGS released a whitepaper on this year’s top 10 trends in customer service. In 2016, customer service professionals continued to work hard to figure out how to best integrate and connect all of the disparate communication channels. Here we dissect CX Trend No.

Self Service 52

Self Service Trends Multi-Channel Effort Score 52

ShepHyken

MARCH 20, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. No More Nonpologies: Apologize to Customers Like You Mean It by Leslie O’Flahavan. Here are three tips for writing a heartfelt apology to a customer. Want to Build Customer Loyalty? Done wrong, you lose the customer permanently.

Customer Service 75

Customer Service Social Media Travel Loyalty 75

Magellan Solutions

JULY 27, 2017

But even if the call center industry of the Philippines is in a position of steady growth, challenges concerning customer satisfaction are still prevalent. These are the trends of the call center industry this year of 2017: The growth of the cloud call centers. Utilization of remote call center agents. Contact us now!

Call Center 56

Call Center Trends Industry Report 56

Clarabridge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2017 Clarabridge Customer Experience Champion (CxC) awards – North America. This is your chance to shine a light on all that you’re doing to put the customer first. They will be awarded two free passes to the C3 2017 event. Who can apply?

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Hotels Airlines Social Media 40

Talkdesk

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Despite the rapid evolution of consumer technology (and consumer expectations), the experience customers have when they call into a contact center is still the same as it’s always been. After far too long, the call ends and the customer is usually still left with a partially resolved issue. It’s unsatisfying.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Self Service Industry Customer Satisfaction 40

Bold360

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The financial services industry is changing and developing at a ferocious pace, and 2017 is expected to be a year of growth, at least for those companies able to provide their customers with access to the best technology available to assist them throughout their online journey.

Self Service 63

Self Service Financial Banking Exercises 63