Oracle

APRIL 3, 2019

Now, instead of focusing on how one message appears on targeted platforms, marketing teams are scrambling to create multiple messages for a singular campaign to deploy over various channels — all with the hopes of getting the attention of the right customers. Enter customer engagement marketing (CEM). What is CEM?

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CustomerSuccessBox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Your goal as a business is to reduce churn, increase customer retention, product adoption, and aim for customer success. The underlying theme for all of these is customer education. Research by TSIA shows that customer education can immensely enhance your retention. What is customer education?

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The Retail Trends Report from Retail Customer Experience is full of valuable insights on both consumers and retailers and how they’re feeling about the way we are shopping today. Customer engagement. I find the operational “challenge” of customer engagement particularly telling.

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COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

The challenge of keeping pace with changing customer expectations looms large. Technological advancements, notably artificial intelligence (AI), fuel customer experience transformation. Companies worldwide are grappling with leveraging technology to enhance the overall customer experience (CX).

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Customers expect better and faster pre and post purchase services. Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 24, 2016

We know that when a brand delivers great customer experience, customers are more likely to establish a positive connection and long-term loyalty towards that brand. Given this, most companies, including your own, spend countless hours and resources looking for ways to improve customer experience strategies.

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inSided

APRIL 21, 2021

A few years back, software company Thinkwise went from consultancy firm to license-based platform vendor. This is when they found themselves in a new customer engagement ecosystem, one that required new technology to deliver an optimal customer experience.

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Kustomer

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen uncovers the secrets to establishing employee and customer engagement with expert Suzzanna Rowold. Listen Now: Listen to “Best Practices of Employee and Customer Engagement | Suzzanna Rowold” on Spreaker.

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Wootric CX Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A common issue that marketers face when adapting to a changing market is maintaining and increasing customer engagement. . In lieu of in-person interaction, remote businesses rely on social media marketing to increase engagement and direct more traffic to the website. Know Your Customer Base. A Website Audit.

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Bold360

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

It’s no surprise that how an organization chooses to communicate with its customers and prospects has a significant impact on the overall customer experience. In fact, 85% of businesses view customer experience as a competitive differentiator. Enthusiasts – shifting to support the entire customer journey.

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Heart of the Customer

JULY 24, 2023

Partnering with Heart of the Customer, the leading customer experience consulting firm, offers numerous competitive advantages for your organization. At Heart of the […] The post The Competitive Advantages to Partnering with Heart of the Customer appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 30, 2024

Get ready to navigate the cutting-edge of customer experience (CX) with Jeannie Walters and special co-host Michelle Morris – Associate Director of CX Business Transformation at Verizon Connect. Discover how this innovation could transform the checkout experience, tackle theft, and what it means for customer engagement.

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Micah Solomon

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The author, Micah Solomon, is an author, consultant, influencer, keynote speaker, and trainer in customer service, customer experience, customer service culture, and hospitality. Train your employees to handle unhappy customers–and to win them back when things go wrong. [Originally published in Forbes.com.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The North Face asked customers to walk their talk recently in Korea. In this viral video, customers who identified as those who seek adventure were given a choice. And it’s a great way to help customers identify with your products and experience. These customers had, after all, self identified as adventure seekers.

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Bold360

AUGUST 18, 2020

Digital-first customer engagement has never been more important than today, especially amidst a business landscape shaped by COVID-19 where the majority of customers are working remotely, purchasing products online, streaming entertainment, and engaging with brands from their homes. More measurement supports strategy.

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Second to None

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Adopting these novel methodologies as a cog in your brand experience platform can help your team encourage high levels of customer engagement across different points along the customer journey. Meeting customers where they already are reduces the effort it takes to find your brand.

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Bold360

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

It’s hard to stand out based on products or services alone, so customer experience is often the deciding factor. All things being equal, if a customer has a better experience with your company, that’s the one they’re likely to pick. A big part of customer experience is how you engage with them. But how do you get there?

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ClearAction

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Rethinking Customer Engagement: Put Your Relationship First Lynn Hunsaker. Sounds way out of sequence, but it’s often exactly how we treat our customer relationships. Sounds way out of sequence, but it’s often exactly how we treat our customer relationships. Or asking them to meet your parents and friends?

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Interactions

MARCH 28, 2019

Customer experience is more important than ever. Modern customers dictate why, when, and how they would like to engage with a brand, and companies are looking for innovative ways to elevate their experience. Naturally, they are exploring the potential of conversational AI and its promise of transforming the customer experience.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 25, 2018

To develop a strong and lasting relationship with customers, you must first strengthen the camaraderie within your organization. To keep the customers satisfied, you must first create a great corporate culture. Start with the basics — customer service training. Start with the basics — customer service training.

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Merkle

AUGUST 20, 2018

Establishing a loyal customer base is essential for business success these days, with the internet making it far easier for brands of all shapes and sizes to reach people. Which is why it’s so important that you regularly review your customer engagement strategies to see what works and what doesn’t.

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Strativity

JANUARY 18, 2018

The proliferation of firms and individuals offering customer experience consulting services makes it difficult for organizations to make the right selection. It is imperative to understand the objectives and goals of your customer experience project first. How will you measure the outcomes of your customer experience project?

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Second to None

MARCH 7, 2018

The ability to curate high levels of customer engagement can help brands to increase their customer retention rate, which can have a direct impact on overall profitability. To learn more about customer engagement strategies, check out the following piece written by Kenneth Adams for Forbes.

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Micah Solomon

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The author, Micah Solomon, is an author, consultant, influencer, keynote speaker, and trainer in customer service, customer experience, customer service culture, and hospitality. Yet the odds are high that none of these factors is going to make your company truly indispensable in the eyes of its customers.

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Bold360

OCTOBER 28, 2019

There has been a litany of research over the last decade or so showing that the experience a company gives its customers is now more important than things that were traditionally most important, such as product quality and price. Making Maturity your Customer Engagement Secret Weapon. STOP before you go.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 3, 2014

moments that make a big difference in the customer experience. Jeannie Walters Jeannie Walters is the Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ and founder of 360Connext, a global consulting firm specializing in the cornerstones of customer experience: customer engagement, employee engagement and connections like social media.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Cooks and the customers they serve who can see each other – literally – both feel better about the experience. A recent study found that if cooks in a restaurant kitchen could see the customers ordering and enjoying their food and the customers could see the cooks preparing it, the food tasted better.

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Social Media Study Consulting Customer Engagement 282

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Sure, you may not intend to, but there are probably ways you, as the leader of your department or organization, are sabotaging the experience your customers have. Watch out for these sneaky ways typical business methods lead to customer defection. Never dealing with customers. Keeping customer praise to yourself.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Customers, and those of us who serve them, have one thing in common, no matter what the industry or situation. The most exciting companies change the game by innovating around their customer experience. These are the types of questions Adam Toporek and I will be covering in our new business podcast: Crack The Customer Code!

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Apply this idea to relationships with customers , and you’ll see everyone, whether customer or company, needs to make a withdrawal from the relationship bank at times. It only works when your customer believes it was beyond your control , not foreseeable, or the like. Care about your people before they become customers.

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Avaya

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

If you have customers that are 55 and under you need a customer experience plan to address digital channel preferences and AI in contact centers now, before it’s too late. Avaya recently announced Avaya Ava ™, our cloud AI solution that supports your customers who use social media, chat and messaging channels to engage with you.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

If there is one way to create a better customer experience, it’s this: Advocate. But what about customer advocacy? They became antagonists to the very customers they are supposed to serve. And they are never asked to advocate for the customer. Shame on the C-level for assuming customers aren’t paying attention.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 29, 2014

It feels that way to loyal customers sometimes, thanks to customer rewards reserved for those walking in the door. When customers feel neglected, they take to the Internet , and on these companies’ very sites I found dozens upon dozens of customers voicing how frustrated they felt. This is truly outrageous!”

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 9, 2014

For the second year in a row, customer experience professionals around the globe celebrated Customer Experience Day , affectionately known as CX Day. In Chicago, I was happy to be a part of the celebration, as one of the Customer Experience Professionals Association local networking events happening simultaneously around the world.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 2, 2014

This Best of 360Connext post was part of the Customer Experience Professionals Association’s 2013 Customer Experience Day celebration. What’s the value of customer experience? Whether by your customers or from within your organization, the value of customer experience can be measured in so many ways.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 8, 2021

Verint helps the world’s most iconic brands build enduring customer relationships by connecting work, data, and experiences across the enterprise. Even your customers have done it. We also explain what happens to your relationships with customers when you lie to them. Key Ideas to Improve your Customer Experience.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2024

Spotting Customer-Centric Companies I. In today’s fast-paced marketplace, this vision is a reality for some, and it all centers around the compass of customer service. Recognizing the pivotal role customer service plays in this quest is the first step towards a more rewarding consumer journey.

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