Mon.Apr 08, 2019

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Is Customer Satisfaction Really a KPI?

Alliance by IFS

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Three Types of CS Representatives That Drive Customers Away

Second to None

Excellent customer service is a foundational component of a great customer experience. In customer service, there is a right way to do things—and a wrong way. Your customer service team is the front-line, directly interacting with consumers. Their role is highly influential over your brand’s reputation and customer loyalty. Take the time to ensure that your customer service team is well-trained and prepared to act as the face of your company.

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The Truth About Digital Experience Architecture

Topdown

Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms [paywall] (Gartner, Inc., February 11, 2019) predicts that through 2021, 85% of the effort and cost in a digital experience platform (DXP) program will be spent on integration. That’s partly because Gartner has refined its definition of a DXP, i.e., it is not a monolithic product from a single vendor anymore.

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What is a Good NPS Score?

GetFeedback

The question of what is a good NPS score is popular among brands who value customer experience. A Net Promoter Score, or NPS, has become a necessary customer experience metric. In fact, an estimated 65% of companies track NPS scores , making it the most coveted customer experience metric measured by companies. Your NPS score is based on customers responding to one question: “How likely are you to recommend us to a friend or colleague?”.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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5 Phone Greeting Types and Tips to Maximize Your Call Center Experience

NICE inContact

Greeting customers. Aaaaah, that crucial first impression and what to do with it. Before we get started with the how, what, and why, let’s take a step back… Ask yourself, what is your sole purpose in your contact center? To make your customer happy? To drive revenue? The answer to this question should be a cornerstone to drive home the importance of the customers experience from the moment they connect with your company – over any channel!

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Creating Actionable Insights from Irrational Humans

Beyond Philosophy

Whenever I talk about Customer Experience with audiences, I begin by explaining that customers do not buy things rationally. Customers buy things emotionally and then justify the purchase with logic. Irrationality and data don’t mix. However, there are ways that people’s irrational behavior reveals a rational pattern in the data. Let’s take a look at actionable insights about people’s irrational behavior as customers and the importance of the human touch in a digital transformation.

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6 Deep Audience Research Methods to Improve Your Targeting

GetFeedback

Try these deep audience research methods to uncover who your audience truly is and what they want. Only then can you give users the experiences they crave.

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10 Quotes from Oracle CEO Mark Hurd on Evolution of Sales and Customer Experience at ModernCX

Oracle

This past month at Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience conference , CX leaders from 37 countries gathered in Las Vegas for three days of customer experience insights, trends, and technologies. The event featured 300+ educational sessions and 400+ speakers, including a keynote session with Oracle CEO Mark Hurd. Oracle CEO Mark Hurd has regularly spoken at Oracle Modern Customer Experience, with past keynotes available on his official YouTube channel.

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6 Deep Audience Research Methods to Improve Your Targeting

GetFeedback

Try these deep audience research methods to uncover who your audience truly is and what they want. Only then can you give users the experiences they crave.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of April 8, 2019

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. To Provide the Best Customer Experience, Be Proactive by Frank Konkel. (NextGov) “Be where your customers are” and other helpful tips from customer experience professionals.

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What is a Good NPS® Score?

GetFeedback

The question of what is a good NPS score is popular among brands who value customer experience.

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Modeler 3.4 – Exclusive Updates for Modeler Users ?

Bizagi

Modeler 3.4 is here! Learn about the fantastic new features we’re launching to give you the best process modeling experience. Over the last few months the engineering team have been working hard to bring you some exciting new updates. We take your feedback very seriously, reading and re-reading all comments on our user forum so that we can continue to provide you with the best process modeling experience.

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Why Business Decision Makers tune out Left Brain Thinkers

One Millimeter Mindset

Ah, the life of left brain thinkers is complex and frustrating. These professionals, including STEM professionals (Science-Technology-Engineer-Mathematics), often are the smartest people in the room. Hands down. They also are the hardest-to-understand people in the room. That is why business decision makers turn off and tune out presentations and communications from the left brain thinkers in your organization.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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Using Biometric Research to Enhance Customer Experience

Truthlab

The User Perception, Cognition & Interaction (UPCI) lab at the University of Southern Indiana (USI) is known for its unique approach to research and their latest project or Escalade Sports’ e-commerce website is no exception. Escalade Sports’ wanted to know how the updates to their e-commerce website impacted customer’s experience. As more and more people shop online, they wanted to ensure their website stayed ahead of the curve.

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This week in CX: Amazon, Starbucks and Uber

MyCustomer

8th Apr 2019. T. Customer Experience Rockstar, James Dodkins, gives us his weekly round-up of the past seven day’s happenings in the wonderful world of. By. Neil Davey. Managing editor.

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Reducing call center volume while maintaining C-SAT scores: No joke

Connective DX

Online support is a golden opportunity, but it requires applying the same service-minded approach that makes our most valued employees the best assets we have.

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Nobody Goes There Anymore… It’s Too Crowded!

CSM Magazine

When your business becomes so successful that you can’t serve your customers, you need to get creative. Shep Hyken explains. The other day I was driving by a Chick-fil-A restaurant at lunchtime. I was blown away by how many people were in the drive-through lane. There had to be at least 20 cars. I thought to myself, “That’s a long line. You really have to love Chick-fil-A to brave that line at lunchtime.”.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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How Can a Help Desk Software Improve Customer Service in Healthcare?

ProProfs Chat

Did you know before making an appointment with a doctor, 83% of patients visit the hospital’s website? Around 1 in 20 searches on Google are health-related topics. These numbers show how important it is to have a responsive website for a healthcare business. Now, along with creating and maintaining a website for your healthcare business, it is also important to reach out to your customers and provide instant resolution to their queries.

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Talkdesk Organizational Security

Talkdesk

Security is one of the most critical aspects of any enterprise cloud contact center. Talkdesk understands that the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our customers’ data is vital to your business operations and our own success. This blog post is the first in a four-part series outlining Talkdesk’s security policies. In this post, we cover Talkdesk’s approach to organizational security.

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Martech West and the rise of Customer Data Platform

Connective DX

One thing was evident last week at Martech West in San Jose, California: The Customer Data Platform (CDP) is settling in as a foundational element in the marketing technology stack. As a topic of conversation, CDP worked its way into every presentation I attended. And, without exaggeration, each person I spoke with was there, at least in part, to learn more about the category.

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When Mistakes Happen.

Innovative CX

And you know they will if humans are involved in delivering products and services to your customers. Are you ready? Do you have an effective service recovery process in place to handle those mistakes? As evidenced by our own experiences, many organizations do not possess the type of recovery process that will retain unhappy customers. Here is a simple CX fact – when an organization makes a mistake and recovers from it effectively, customers are more forgiving and less critical.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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Release Notes: Channel-Based Reports Are Rolling Out!

Help Scout

Release Notes is our monthly update that highlights recent product improvements we’ve made so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new. What’s New. Introducing channel-based reports. Up to this point, Help Scout’s reports have always been a bit more email-centric, as email is the primary channel we’ve been focused on. But with the launch of Beacon and Chat , it was time to take a different approach, and the end result is channel-based reports.

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This week in CX: Amazon, Starbucks and Uber

MyCustomer

8th Apr 2019. T. Customer Experience Rockstar, James Dodkins, gives us his weekly round-up of the past seven day’s happenings in the wonderful world of. By. James Dodkins. Customer Experience Rockstar.

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Executive Perspectives: Shauna Geraghty

Talkdesk

Talkdesk is home to inspiring leaders who have amazing stories to tell. Our executive team is comprised of a diverse group of individuals who have varied career paths and knowledge they’ve gleaned from years of experience inside and outside of the contact center industry. We want to share their insights with you, which is why we’re launching a blog series called Executive Perspectives!

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Customize Banking Statements for Greater Customer Experience

Ecrion

Creating a great customer experience is paramount to the success of your company, no matter the industry. There are many ways in which companies can do this, but for the financial industry, the easiest way is through banking statements. Your customers receive banking statements every month. Have you thought about how to provide customers more value through this consistent banking correspondence ?

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Navigating the Future: Unveiling Trends and Bold Predictions in Customer Experience

Ready to explore 2024’s CX landscape? Join experts from SMG and guest Forrester as they discuss prominent trends actively shaping the industry and dive into a stack of bold predictions for the year ahead. Will the average customer experience improve? How can leaders leverage their CX metrics to establish financial linkage? What will global firms achieve using customer-facing generative AI?

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AI IRL Podcast Episode 14: Is Predictive Analytics In Your Future?

Bold360

Subscribe via iTunes , Spotify and more. Artificial intelligence and machine learning deliver serious ROI when you’re dealing with large data volume, but sometimes you need to know when a human should intervene. There are also times when we need to give up a little control to let the AI help drive the conversion process. Finding that happy medium is an ongoing challenge according to Jaime Romero , Global Head of Marketing and Customer Delivery at MRP , a leading global predictive intelligence or

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McDonald’s is buying nuggets

Thunderhead

Why it’s early days for the new AI-driven personalization engine at McDonald’s. If ever there was a story to indicate the pace of change, it’s the McDonald’s decision to purchase a tech business whose speciality is AI-driven personalization. On the one hand, the Dynamic Yield acquisition is a fascinating example of the blurring of digital and real-life channels – exactly the vision of omnichannel we at Thunderhead have been championing for years.

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How Can a Help Desk Software Improve Customer Service in Healthcare?

ProProfs Chat

Did you know before making an appointment with a doctor, 83% of patients visit the hospital’s website? Around 1 in 20 searches on Google are health-related topics. These numbers show how important it is to have a responsive website for a healthcare business. Now, along with creating and maintaining a website for your healthcare business, it is also important to reach out to your customers and provide instant resolution to their queries.