Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Many executives are interested in improving and understanding customer experience. When Oracle released their White Paper Why Customer ‘Satisfaction’ is No Longer Good Enough , the stats caused quite a stir, and rightfully so. 82% describe the customer service process as being a lot of effort. We have been there.

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Vonage

MARCH 26, 2018

Three years ago, Gartner predicted that more than half of businesses would implement significant changes to improve customer experience by 2018. The estimated price tag of losing customers due to poor service has reached $1.6 according to Accenture’s Digital Disconnect in Customer Engagement report. trillion in the U.S.,

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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.

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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.

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Customer Experience Insight

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Customer experience professionals might be the most valuable players in their company’s success in 2021. You hold the key to customer retention. Many just couldn’t retain the customers they had before they were forced to shut down. So retaining customers is more important than ever. Connect personally.

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TechSee

MARCH 12, 2019

Visual support – where service is provided over a live video connection – has proven to be an effective method of driving high customer satisfaction ratings and building customer loyalty through personalized service. Visual customer assistance and agent decision support are evolving symbiotically. Embracing the Future.

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Totango

MARCH 8, 2022

Getting involved in the best customer success communities can give you access to the resources you need to take your CS team to new levels of performance. Here’s our guide to the top customer success communities in 2022 and what they have to offer. What Is a Customer Success Community? Providing CS training opportunities.

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Andrew Mcfarland

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It takes seven or more touchpoints to convert a prospect into a customer. While salespeople work directly with individual customers, business development works across the company and uses various tactics to position a company for growth. It also helps to increase brand awareness and improve customer service.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Here are just a few powerful ways that any company can use social media to engage with their customers: If customer service is important to you, and it should be, then have someone (or a team) be part of your social service strategy. Read through the alerts for news that your customers may be interested in.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

Building trust and credibility with customers is essential for the long-term success of any business. Trust forms the foundation of strong customer relationships, which can lead to loyalty, repeat business, and positive word-of-mouth recommendations.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Whenever the subject of employee satisfaction and engagement arises, it is often difficult to differentiate between them. If you believe that “a satisfied employee IS an engaged employee.” However, there is little proven direct causation, the specific, defined linkage of employee thinking and behavior to customer loyalty and advocacy.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Before “customer service” was even a thing, the Seven Deadly Sins existed as a guideline for moral living. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, some of these “old school” lessons still have a place in the society of today, and have significant overlap with bad customer service practices. avaritia / Greed. acedia / Sloth. ira / Wrath.

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SaleMove

JULY 9, 2021

Supercharge P&C Insurance Sales with the Digital Customer Experience. The Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry is being dramatically transformed by digital technologies that are shifting the customer relationship back to the carriers. Customer-Centricity Accelerates Success.

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Customer Bliss

JUNE 27, 2017

Alice is relatively new to her role at Marks & Spencer, where she is head of customer experience. Recently appointed into a brand new role for the business as ‘Head of Customer Experience at Marks & Spencer’, Alice has 15 years’ experience of retailing. Alice made her own video explaining customer experience.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Meineke will present a fascinating session titled “Delivering High Performance, Personalized Brand Experiences to Customers,” at the 5th annual Engagement & Experience Expo presented by Loyalty360 – The Loyalty Marketers’ Association, which is set for Nov. 9-11 in Dallas, Texas at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center.

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Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 15, 2022

Listening” to customers and employees today can be complex. It involves capturing not just what people tell us, but also how they’re interacting with our customer experience channels and how they feel doing this. And it’s a critical step toward showing empathy in customer experiences. Original Article by Ginger Conlon.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

B2B Customer Journey Touchpoints: A Guide for CS Teams. B2B customer journey touchpoints mark the roadmap toward successful outcomes for clients and CS teams. In this way, customer journey B2B touchpoints serve as a powerful tool for increasing the effectiveness of your customer success strategy. Customer service.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Tom is one of the loyalty industry’s most respected experts, with over 15 years’ experience in analytics and customer engagement roles at the likes of IRI, Aimia, Reward Insight and Collinson.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Your customer retention is super important to your bottom line—after all, customer loyalty is well-known for being more valuable than customer acquisition. With stakes this high, it’s essential that you build a solid customer retention plan that can lead to long-term customer loyalty. Enhance your blog.

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Hallmark Business Connections

AUGUST 11, 2021

The differentiation power of mail delivered directly to your customers or prospects cannot be ignored. Chewy, an online pet product retailer, sends handwritten greeting cards to new customers and condolence bouquets when owners lose their pets. The permanence and materiality of print also allow audiences to engage differently.

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Strativity

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It takes a cohesive, engaged, and empowered team to bring any customer experience to life. That’s why we partnered with Medallia for a webinar on how companies can connect EX + CX to achieve greater business impact. Best practices for integrating EX and CX. Lessons learned from CX leaders.

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inmoment

AUGUST 4, 2020

Well, as any customer experience (CX) practitioner knows, it’s not that simple. More importantly, it will foster connections between employees, create grassroots support for the initiative, and help drive a customer-centric culture. Who doesn’t want that?

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Avaya

OCTOBER 6, 2016

I had the pleasure of speaking with many customers and presenting a keynote about the security concerns raised by the Internet of Things (IoT). Take a look at this white paper , which offers a roadmap for implementing smart, multilevel security capabilities. I was in London yesterday for IP Expo 2016.

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inmoment

JUNE 17, 2019

Brands are being inundated with talk about consumers’ increasing expectations when it comes to customer experience (CX). And as businesses deliver more creative and engaging experiences, forming impactful customer relationships becomes more difficult. So how can brands keep up with the change? Dismissing the Human Factor.

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Customers That Stick

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Building a base of loyal customers can be one of the most effective ways to increase your profitability and optimize your customer acquisition costs, but what does it take to win the favor of Millennials (consumers who are currently between 18 to 34 years old)? Focus on connecting personally, virtually.

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Innovative CX

JANUARY 2, 2019

Commit to calling 5 customers a month. Sure, it’s qualitative but one tweet by a customer that says you called could go viral. Take a class (check out @Rutgers customer experience management programs). Read articles, white papers, books. Connect with CX professionals online. Sign up for a webinar.

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Comm100

JUNE 7, 2016

If you read our last post, How to Prevent Difficult Customers in Retail: Online , you know we believe that when it comes to difficult customers, prevention is key. And just like in your online store, customers have plenty of room to grow difficult in a brick and mortar setting. Keep Your Customers Informed.

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North Highland

MAY 28, 2019

Discussions throughout the 3-day conference highlighted the need to continue to strive to ensure the customer is at the center of strategic business decisions. Engaging Executives to Effectively Build CX. During the conference, I was lucky enough to participate in a discussion titled “Effectively Engaging Executives.”

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The call center industry has been changing faster than ever, due to technological breakthroughs and constantly evolving customer demands. In 2024, businesses have the crucial responsibility of understanding and adopting the latest technology trends in customer service.

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ENGAGE.cx

JUNE 19, 2015

Disciple: The Secret To Today’s Customer. More than mere advocates in your brand, brand disciples understand and love your company — and they are your best customers. Brand disciples make up the 20% of customers that account for 80% of your busine ss. The Imperative of Understanding the Customer.

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Comm100

APRIL 6, 2020

Its effectiveness has been proven across industries, and its uses have expanded into many areas, from marketing to customer service. Its popularity comes as no surprise when you look at the stats: companies with strong omnichannel customer engagement see a 9.5% But what does ‘omnichannel customer engagement’ even mean?

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Many companies devote considerably more energy and resources to capturing customers than they do to keeping them. But, all customers are not created equal; some have more potential value than others. Companies can achieve a higher, more attractive cost/benefit ratio for customer acquisition and advocacy efforts.

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Avaya

AUGUST 25, 2017

Avaya can engage in a proactive support dialogue to help you avoid complexity from the outset. This white paper features an analysis of the top five causes of outages with the percentage of those outages that could potentially have been prevented had leading practices been followed. Before the Storm. The post Be Ready!

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COPC

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

hosted as part of this fall’s Execs In The Know’s Customer Response Summit. During the interactive workshop, customer experience (CX) leaders from over 40 top brands collaborated on how their organizations are reevaluating and redesigning their outsourcing strategies this year and next.

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Team HGS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Earlier this year, HGS released a white paper on this year’s top 10 trends in customer service. 8: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and 3D Holograms, highlighting strategies designed to drive the right answer, fast, for your customers—to ultimately result in higher CSAT and NPS scores for your business.

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COPC

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This blog entry was written in conjunction with our upcoming Optimizing Post-Pandemic Contact Center Outsourcing Relationships pre-event workshop during Execs In The Know’s Customer Response Summit. To learn more about these priorities, check out our white paper , The 2021 State of Contact Center Vendor Management.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

As he pulled up to my destination, Rodrigo asked only one thing of me: “If you wouldn’t mind filling out the customer satisfaction survey and rating my service today, I would really appreciate it,” he said. What is a Customer Satisfaction Survey? These surveys can reach customers as any of the following: Emails.

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