Thu.Jun 29, 2017

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System Downtime: Act with Ownership to Regain Customer Trust

Kayako

System downtime can hit any online business at any time. And the way you find out about disruptions – a barrage of tweets, emails or chats – isn’t a nice experience. You’re never ready and there’s never an ideal moment to handle system downtime apart from ASAP. It’s Murphy’s Law of ‘ whatever can go wrong, will go wrong’. For many businesses that happened on the 28th February 2017 when AWS had a system outage.

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CX Journey™ Musings: We Have All the Customers We Could Want!

CX Journey

Image courtesy of Pixabay We have all the customers we could ever want. said no business ever! Oh wait. Except for Sears. Wow! What would ever possess a CEO to say that? It's what Ed Lampert, CEO of Sears Holdings, told investors as he was trying to reassure them that he could turn the retailer around. More specifically, he said: “We don’t need more customers.

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What is Customer Experience Design?

ReviewTrackers

There’s no shortcut to creating a great customer experience. It takes a thoughtful strategy, a customer-focused organization, and a design that delivers on your brand promise. In today’s consumer culture, the creation of a great customer experience — and the ability to continue redesigning the experience — gives companies the opportunity to solve problems, improve customer engagement, and build stronger relationships with customers.

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OpinionLab staff teach local sixth graders to code

OpinionLab

On a windy winter Wednesday back in February, three OLabbers and I went to DeWitt Clinton Elementary School to talk programming with Mrs. Ashley Danoff’s sixth grade Math & Science class as part of the continuing efforts of our CSR group, [+]Impact. She described the context of the neighborhood and students as: “Roger’s Park is one of Chicago’s (and the United States’) most diverse zip codes.

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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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Fluency: Why You Should Outsource To A Multilingual Call Center in Philippines

Magellan Solutions

Aside from the Filipinos’ intrinsic values of world-class hospitality and strong work ethic, another key factor why many business owners are outsourcing to Filipinos is because of their relatively high level of fluency in the English language. When you compare Filipinos’ English communication skills with the rest of their Asian neighbors, Filipinos are guaranteed to be included in the top ranks, if not at the first place.

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Rewarding and Encouraging Customer-to-Customer Support…With Games? (part 2)

Clicktools

by CallidusCloud CX Guest Blogger, Jeannie Walters. ~~~. I discussed why using gaming ideas and peer encouragement and competition could support your overall goals around customer experience in part 1. In part 2, we cover some of the best ways to achieve this. Gamification is really about motivation, rewards and trust! I’m more likely to believe in working towards a reward if I trust it’s going to happen, and I trust the brands offering those experiences to me.

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Workplace Culture and Operational Changes

ReviewTrackers

Welcome to Customer Insights , a weekly digest of the most important stories about online reviews, customer feedback, and customer experience. This week: The ability to provide an enhanced customer experience starts with improving workplace culture. Subscribe to receive these stories and more every week in your inbox. Email *. Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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Good News for Banks and Customers, It’s No Longer a Zero-Sum Game!

West Monroe

Welcome to 2017, folks! The year is half over and it’s been full of, well, uncertainty. Whether you’re questioning what will come from our current political climate or the fate of foreign relations, one thing you can count on is the Fed raising rates. For the first time in the post Great Recession era, the economy has proven it can withstand the effects of reversing the Quantitative Easing (QE) practices that began back in November of 2008.

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This is Why Survey Incentives Don’t Work

Promoter.io

I received an email the other day from a company (with a product that I use) that was offering me a chance to win a $300 gift card in exchange for completing their survey. While I was tempted, I decided to pass on the survey. Why? Because my time is a precious asset and one […]. The post This is Why Survey Incentives Don’t Work appeared first on Promoter.io Blog.

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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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Customer Experience is Everything

Avaya

Do you remember when you were young, the anticipation in walking up to your favorite theme park? Thrills and adventure awaited. And you just couldn’t wait to see and experience what was coming. Theme parks know: experience is everything. The best parks evolve year over year, adding little touches and big enhancements. Lately, this includes interactive social, mobile, touch-enabled experiences that add a touch of sparkle to a visitor’s journey.

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How is Field Service Changing Today’s Culture of Instant Customer Access?

West Monroe

So you may be asking yourself, what is field service and why is it important? Field service refers to the management of a company’s resources/employees/technicians at or en route to customers, rather than on company property (i.e. work done out in “the field”). It’s something that we all deal with as a customer. However, our present day culture of instant access and communication has revolutionized the benchmark of what field service can and will be in the future.

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6 AppConnect Solutions That Your Sales Team Can Use Today

Talkdesk

When Talkdesk launched AppConnect , the mission was simple: empower Talkdesk customers to get more value out of their call center by giving them easy access to try new technology and build an optimal stack. Sales teams at companies all over the world have become too stuck in processes tied to legacy tools, inhibiting their ability to try new things and improve their metrics.

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{Infographic} Customer Experience and Value Add

Michelli Experience

Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli. The post {Infographic} Customer Experience and Value Add appeared first on Joseph Michelli.

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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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Six Benefits of Co-creating your own Customer Management Model

Peter Lavers

Anybody who knows me knows that I am passionate about seeing and managing the customer experience as a business system which is why I want to share with you six benefits for co-creating your own CM Model. Systemic is defined as “of or relating to a whole system, especially as opposed to a particular part”, which in business infers a holistic approach, taking into account all the variables and soft/hard factors that affect the desired commercial and experiential outcomes.

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The role of the Chief Customer Officer in Europe

Customer Bliss

Although I’m honored on my podcast to speak with a number of customer-driven business leaders of global companies, admittedly the majority of them are based in the United States. I’ve been blessed to travel abroad for work and see what the CCO role looks like in other countries, but now there’s a new report out from Talecco about the Chief Customer Officer role in the UK and the rest of Europe.

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Consumer Goods is Changing the Game with Voice of the Customer

Clarabridge

Only 15% of newly introduced consumer goods will be around in two years, per a study from Neilson. With the consumer’s constant thirst for new products and services, monitoring and managing brand lines have become incredibly complex. You need to stay on top of everything if you’re going to meet the expectations of omnichannel consumers using a wealth of mediums to engage with you.

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Solution Enhancements Helping Customers Deliver on Critical Customer Service Objectives

Verint

You talk, we listen. The latest enhancements to the Verint Employee Engagement and Engagement Channels suites are based on feedback from our customers and the changing needs of the marketplace. Following are three customer examples of where these advancements are well underway. Global Warranty Company. Operating several contact centers around the world, a large warranty company has struggled with connectivity and bandwidth issues in some of its remote offices, cutting off access to the mission-c

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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.