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3 key customer service trends for 2018

Vonage

Three years ago, Gartner predicted that more than half of businesses would implement significant changes to improve customer experience by 2018. We recently partnered with Bluewolf and Salesforce for a webinar on how today’s best service organizations are enabling those types of interactions, and the trends they will be focusing on in 2018.

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Deck the Halls 2018: Coping with Peak Season Holiday Spikes in the Contact Center

BlueOcean

In 2018, that number has skyrocketed to a massive $1.1 trillion, according to data from Deloitte , which is more than a quarter of annual retail sales. Of course, greater retail sales inevitably lead to higher call volume in the contact center. Constant and Effective Communication. Get Creative and Reward Team Achievements.

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Predicting new and existing product sales in semiconductors using Amazon Forecast

AWS Machine Learning

For this engagement, they sought to generate monthly sales forecasts for new and existing products across different material groups and business lines. In this post, we demonstrate how the MLSL and NXP employed Amazon Forecast and other custom models for long-term sales predictions for various NXP products. “We

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We Want To Be Customer-Centric: Now What!?

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

HOW exactly does a standard organization, built on the gospel of sales and customer acquisition, become customer-centric? Marketing and sales are the primary focus. They track sales, revenue, EBITDA, and profits, among other health measurements. So I asked, “What does that mean?” Short answer: It’s a marathon and not a sprint.

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Pulse 2018 recap: why winning in business depends on customer success

Vonage

This philosophy provided the inspriation for his opening keynote – and rap performance – at Pulse 2018, Gainsight’s annual conference for Customer Success professionals to share best practices, learn about new developments and network with peers in the industry. This purpose also informs our approach to Customer Success.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Month of May 2018

Comm100

In his post – Why Customer Success is the Future of Customer Service , he gives some real numbers and data that helps transform something we all know (post-sales support matters), into something that is unquestionable. Metrics and Measures. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Month of May 2018 appeared first on Comm100.

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Beat the Competition in 2018 (Higher growth, profitability, innovation)

C3Centricity

Do you know how you’re going to beat the competition in 2018? As you know, there are basically only three ways to grow your sales: Get more people to buy. sales Click To Tweet. ” To quote a comment in the excellent book Marketing Metrics, from the Wharton School Collection, by Paul W. Higher Growth.