Fri.Aug 16, 2019

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Is Your Customer Engagement Really Customer-Centric?

ClearAction

Is Your Customer Engagement Really Customer-Centric? Lynn Hunsaker. Customer engagement can yield short-term or long-term rewards or penalties, depending on how customer-centric they are. Are you tracking all of these? Short-term rewards: uptick once or for one period — engagement value exceeded underlying value. Long-term rewards: uptick that sticks or increases organically — engagement fit the customer’s expectations and circumstances.

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Are You Taking a Data-driven Approach to Managing Customer Support?

Team Support

There’s no way around it – in the modern business world, companies need data from all areas of their business to keep up. One industry that hasn’t typically been at the forefront of the data revolution is customer support. However, with many businesses now realizing that support isn’t always a cost center (and can sometimes even pay for itself) the demand for actionable data has been on the rise.

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The telephone is a dying communication channel. And it’s being killed by robocalls.

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My phone rings. It’s a mobile number, and I’m expecting a call. I pick up the phone. An automated voice responds: “We are calling to inform you that the IRS has filed a lawsuit against you…”. I hang up, frustrated, and block the number. I’ve heard this same message all month long. The death of the phone. During the course of a normal day, I rinse and repeat this sequence usually at least once, sometimes five or six times.

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The Benefits of Using Celebration Alerts in CX Surveys

InMoment XI

Encouraging Customer Response by Focusing on the Positive Recent MaritzCX studies show that voice of the customer (VoC) survey respondents who are prompted to share a positive or “celebration” comment during the survey are 5 times more likely to provide feedback. What’s more, in some instances, MaritzCX found over 80% of that verbatim to be. View Article.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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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Consumer Demands are Changing Faster than Ever. Is your Contact Center Keeping Up?

NICE inContact

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? It used to be possible to win with a top product or a competitive price, but more than ever, customer experience is now top of mind for consumers — and crucial for bottom-line growth.

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Contact Center Agents – Soaring up From Heroes to Super Heroes

NICE inContact

Agents remain the most critical resource in any contact center. But, every contact center continues to struggle with big challenges when it comes to engaging, motivating and retaining agents. Agent turn over continues to soar at over 30-45%, more than double the average of all industries ( Research, The Quality Assurance & Training Connection ).

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Guest Blog: 7 Games to Train Your Team’s Communication Skills

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Michelle Jarsen who shares seven ways your support team can learn and practice essential communication skills. Any job that involves interacting with people requires clear communication. It’s crucial that your support team learns and practices new ways of exchanging information and ideas. Good communication isn’t a skill you’re born with or one that comes naturally.

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Contact Center Agents – Soaring up From Heroes to Super Heroes

NICE inContact

Agents remain the most critical resource in any contact center. But, every contact center continues to struggle with big challenges when it comes to engaging, motivating and retaining agents. Agent turn over continues to soar at over 30-45%, more than double the average of all industries ( Research, The Quality Assurance & Training Connection ).

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Astea International Sponsors Field Service Amelia Island 2019

Alliance by IFS

Astea showcases its new integrated field service management and Internet of Things solution at Booth #200. Amelia Island, FL (August 16, 2019) — Astea International Inc., a leading global provider of field service management and mobility solutions , is proud to be showcasing its new integrated FSM and IoT solution at the Field Service Amelia Island conference that starts on Monday, August 19th at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island.

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The 2023 Verint Experience Index: Retail

Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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Consumer Demands are Changing Faster than Ever. Is your Contact Center Keeping Up?

NICE inContact

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? It used to be possible to win with a top product or a competitive price, but more than ever, customer experience is now top of mind for consumers — and crucial for bottom-line growth.

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Get NetBase LIVE in LA & NY on Your Calendar Now!

NetBase

As the weather cools off, holiday shopping heats up, along with brand competition. Our NetBase LIVE conferences in Los Angeles and New York will have you in fighting shape to end 2019 on a high note! Are you ready to enter the new era in social analytics ? Let’s see what you can expect at each of these super informative sessions: NetBase LIVE LA. Where will you be on October 22 nd and 23 rd 2019 ?

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How To Use AI for Better Customer Engagement to Boost Sales

SurveySparrow

We can safely say that “Artificial intelligence has taken the business world by storm.” It has evolved into one of the most powerful business tools in the world. AI can be defined as nothing but a disruptive technology that is changing the way businesses do pretty much everything. Among the top of the list is the fact that AI is overhauling the entire customer experience.

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Ready for Vacation? 4 Tips to Help Every CSM Relax & Disconnect

ChurnZero

Author: Alexander Weihmann. As a member of the ChurnZero team, I’m lucky enough to work only a few desks away from our Customer Success Managers (CSMs). Summer vacation mode is in full swing, and many of my colleagues have planned trips to destinations near and far. It’s safe to say that members of our Customer Success (CS) team are ready to enjoy some well-deserved time off.

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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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4 Tech Tools for Back to School

Oracle

It’s back to school time — for children and some adults. With this season comes a big schedule change. No longer are beach days marking the calendar, but early wake-ups and homework after school. The change of routine means that families and teachers need all the help they can get. What’s the best tech to keep everyone organized, learning, and enjoying the school year?

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Are we making it too complicated when trying to improve the customer experience?

Innovative CX

I’m continually amazed how difficult it is to do business with organizations of all sizes across a variety of industries. For some reason, when we walk through the doors of our organizations, we sometimes forget that we too are consumers. We should ask ourselves, “Is that the experience I would want as a consumer of my organization’s products and services?

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Why Using a VPN Service Is Crucial for Customer Service Professionals

CSM Magazine

You’ve probably heard that it’s essential for businesses to use a VPN to protect their data. What you might not know is that using a VPN is just as crucial for customer service professionals. This is because they are the employees who deal most directly with clients. A great deal of these interactions take place online, and customer service professionals often have access to customers’ sensitive data.

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Revlon’s Cautionary Tale: The Changing Nature Of Influencer Marketing

Forrester's Customer Insights

A Giant In Trouble: Revlon Considers A Sale Cosmetic giant Revlon is exploring the sale of all or some of its business amid lackluster sales and a crushing debt of $3 billion. The iconic company’s 2016 acquisition of brand Elizabeth Arden apparently isn’t rescuing it from the Sephora and DTCs of the world. Revlon’s tale […].

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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What is digital CX? The digital customer experience journey

delighted

The fast rise of digital channels where consumers can engage with or talk about your brand has created loads of challenges. 71% of consumers want a consistent experience across all channels, but only 29% say they actually get it. Consumers will leave your business altogether if they aren’t getting a personalized experience across channels. 33% of consumers who ended their relationship with a company in 2018 did so because the experience wasn’t personalized enough.

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The Insights Beat: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Forrester's Customer Insights

Come gather ’round, people, wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’ — Bob Dylan The […].

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Loyalty personalization: harness deep insight through partner brands

Currency Alliance

Loyalty programs once enabled relatively personalized marketing. From a standing start of zero customer data some 20 years ago, brands became able to incentivize desired behaviors in highly-predictable customer segments. They did this by embarking on ‘no-brainer’ partnerships: where the customer journey is so linear (think airline + car rental) or the customer frequency so high (think grocery store + fast-casual dining) that a brand partnership creates obvious value.

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