Fri.Jan 12, 2018

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“OK, Google…” How Smart Speakers Will Evolve in 2018

QuestionPro Audience

Move over, smartphone. Smart speakers are the new “it” device. While not exactly new to the market (both Amazon Echo and Google Home launched over a year ago) consumers are coming out in droves in 2018 to purchase these smart speakers. Consumers are drawn to the ability to use these voice activated assistants to make their lives easier, from creating shopping lists to calendar reminders and beyond.

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Customer or Hostage? The unfortunate story of the UK passenger rail industry

ijgolding

If you happen to live in the UK and regularly have to rely on public transport to commute to and from work, the heralding of a brand spanking new year is unlikely to have filled you with much joy – from the commuting perspective that is. Travelling to and from work can rarely be described as an experience we look forward to – whatever part of the world you come from.

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Problem Solving and Customer Experience Transformation in the Australian Postal System with CCO Christine Corbett

Customer Bliss

Overview. How do you transform customer experience within the postal service – an industry that affects the whole nation? In this episode, Christine Corbett , a hybrid CCO of Australia Post , shares how she’s using her background in operations and communications to unite the organization and reinvent the Australia Post customer and employee experience.

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How to Make Your Customers Happy

GetFeedback

Focusing on customer satisfaction on the frontline isn't enough. Here are 5 tactics to build a customer-centric philosophy that breeds happy customers.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Guest Blog: Customer Service Role … Avoid these Myths on Customer Service

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Mike Schoultz who shares his top 20 list of myths on customer experience not to tell yourself or things you should never say to a customer. This is a great list and one you should pay attention too. – Shep Hyken. The problem is never how to get new ideas into your mind, but how to eliminate the old ideas. Customer service designs that are remarkable get talked about.

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Utilizing Data Mining Services In Creating Effective Merchandising Strategies

Magellan Solutions

Data mining is one of the most powerful tools that every business needs today. It is the process of computing and analyzing large sets of data to get new ones and different patterns. Computer systems and databases are used to get this fresh and innovative information. It is not exactly what the term implies because many researchers have denied calling it “data mining”.

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Better Customer Service with Chatbots?

CSM Magazine

Malene Wessel, Head of Marketing at Live Guide Chat believes chatbots can boost a company’s customer service, easily taking over the most simple and frequent types of customer contacts. . Many companies have FAQs and tutorials and try their best to optimize the design of their website to enable customers to find answers themselves. However, most customers want answers handed to them with minimum effort and can’t be bothered to browse around hoping to find an answer.

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How to Meet Customers’ Expectations for Hyper-Personalization

Topdown

There’s no doubt that personalization is important in today’s business world. Customers don’t just think of it as a nice thing to have anymore — they demand it. According to the 2017 Global Consumer Pulse Research , published by Accenture, 48% of consumers expect specialized treatment for being a good customer, with 33% of those consumers who abandoned a relationship doing so because personalization was lacking.

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Reputation Is an Effect, Not a Cause

Vocalabs

Reputation Is an Effect, Not a Cause. Peter Leppik. Fri, 2018-01-12 15:05. Customer Experience. One of the reasons to invest in improved Customer Experience is the positive effects it will have on your company's reputation and word-of-mouth. That's great and well-deserved for companies that truly internalize CX. But I've seen a few companies where they treat their Customer Experience as a marketing campaign, and it never ends well.

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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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Creating the Ultimate Service Culture: Episode 14 of Experience This!

Oracle

? ?. Episode 14 of Experience This! – a new customer experience podcast series – is now available. Listen here. Episode 14 summary: Hear why a great service culture starts with corporate culture, how brands are pushing new frontiers in experiential marketing, and what gas rewards can teach us about the importance of a frictionless customer experience.

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Multilingual Customer Support Services: Essential Facts and Truths

Grupo Noa

Multilingual contact centers strive towards offering outstanding customer services to its customers all the time. Obviously, a contact center has to communicate with hundreds of customers round the clock, and not necessarily everyone knows English. In such a situation, telecallers having multilingual proficiency would be apt for inbound customer support services.

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6 Characteristics Your Contact Center Should Have in 2018

Talkdesk

Let’s face it: today’s customers are savvier and more mobile than ever. They have probably already used your digital self-service solution to find answers to common questions, so if they are calling your contact center, it means they have relatively complex issues. However, if your 2018 contact center is treating incoming customer conversations as blank slates, you are ignoring the rich context that could make this call an opportunity to create loyalty.

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Top Reads of 2017 feature Quadient

Quadient

2017 was a big year for Quadient, and a big year in technology. We spend a lot of time writing articles, because it helps us share the things we see when we meet with clients and prospects as they redefine their communication strategies.

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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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A Contact Center Features Checklist for 2018

Talkdesk

To gain a competitive edge with today’s customers, your contact center features need to continually improve your customer service offering – doing nothing is not a viable option. In fact, a recent Avanade report found that in the US, there is a $3 return on investment for every $1 invested in the customer experience. Hopefully you’ve evaluated your legacy contact center vendor’s roadmap to see if they can give you the next-generation contact center features you need to meet the new expectations

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Top 4 mistakes companies make when it comes to personalization

Quadient

A personalized experience can be defined as an interaction or engagement that a customer has with a company that leaves them feeling as though their interests, behaviour and preferences were thoroughly taken into account. Organizations who are able to meet their consumers' emotional expectations at an individual level are better able to foster loyalty.

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A Contact Center Features Checklist for 2018

Talkdesk

To gain a competitive edge with today’s customers, your contact center features need to continually improve your customer service offering – doing nothing is not a viable option. In fact, a recent Avanade report found that in the US, there is a $3 return on investment for every $1 invested in the customer experience. Hopefully you’ve evaluated your legacy contact center vendor’s roadmap to see if they can give you the next-generation contact center features you need to meet the new expectations

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Four Strategic Questions to Ask Before Your Digital Transformation

Strativity

First posted at www.Chiefexectutive.net. Digital transformation is high on executives’ agendas for 2018. Many have started the move and are investing millions of dollars in digitizing their operation. They do so in the name of customer convenience, frictionless interactions and the pursuit of delivering an “Amazon-like” customer experience. News flash: Amazon is not profitable and does not care about profitability.

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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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6 Characteristics Your Contact Center Should Have in 2018

Talkdesk

Let’s face it: today’s customers are savvier and more mobile than ever. They have probably already used your digital self-service solution to find answers to common questions, so if they are calling your contact center, it means they have relatively complex issues. However, if your 2018 contact center is treating incoming customer conversations as blank slates, you are ignoring the rich context that could make this call an opportunity to create loyalty.

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Don’t get blue this Monday, get away from it all…

Helen Dewdney

Don’t get blue this Monday, get away from it all… Holiday companies use Blue Monday for marketing – here’s how to turn the tables and make it sunny for you and for your wallet! Blue Monday is the third Monday in the first month of the year, falling this year on 15 January… It is claimed by some to be the most depressing day of the year.

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Is CX Treated as a Strategic Imperative in Your Business?

Verint

If not, it really should be. The benefits of a superior customer experience are now widely accepted. Great CX can equal a loyal and growing customer base, which in turn can equal increasing revenue and market share. But even if CX is a strategic imperative, proving your CX initiatives drive discernible and quantifiable business value can be a tough challenge.

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How to Prevent Customer Experience Efforts from Failing (part 2)

SAP Customer Experience

How to Prevent Customer Experience Efforts from Failing (part 2). jwalters. Fri, 01/12/2018 - 15:11.

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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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A Day in The Life of a Customer Service Manager at Online Estate Sale Company, EBTH

Stella Connect

EVERYTHING BUT THE HOUSE (EBTH) is so popular now that when you sign up to be a bidder, your account number will have 11 digits. Marc Broering, Customer Service Manager at EBTH, can boast of a 4-digit bidder number, meaning he is one of the first ten thousand registrants. “EBTH was a great idea eight years ago, a great idea today, and just a wonderful service to people that are in need.

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Our customer experience analytics and reporting software

Maru/HUB

We are very happy to show you all our brand new video introducing Syngro Eye, a world-leading customer intelligence platform enabling businesses to put customers at the centre of everything they do. Our omni-channel platform offers a range of customer experience specific analytics, performance management and self-service reporting functions that can be overlaid with your businesses financial, operational or other data to identify crucial relationships.