Thu.Jul 06, 2017

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Silos don’t have to hurt your CX, but they often do

Customer Bliss

Let’s talk about silos for a second. The concept of silos is so pervasive in business that I don’t even need to define what they are for you — there’s nearly a 100 percent chance you already know. And, to be honest, they’ve been around for years. Machiavelli was actually writing about them in 1513. There’s an argument among some future of work thought leaders that silos don’t even need to exist anymore.

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Mystery Shop Program Design in Financial Services

InMoment XI

In an earlier blog, my associate—Al Goldsmith—talked about what Mystery Shopping is used for. In essence, it is used to measure against service metrics in an effort to identify gaps in customer service delivery. But how does an organization, when considering a mystery shop program to assess site-level compliance, ensure maximum benefit while meeting budgetary.

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Operationalizing and measuring CX: A Q&A with Kia Puhm

Alida

Companies plan to invest heavily in customer experience (CX) in the next few years. In fact, according to a recent study, 60 percent of marketers already increased their CX budget this year. Money alone, however, won’t improve the experience customers have with your brand. Operationalizing CX and measuring its impact to the bottom line are important steps to scaling CX programs and accelerating buy-in.

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Welcome

Michelli Experience

Welcome to Generation Focus. This blog is where we share our perspective on all things market research. Generation Focus gives companies a new way of connecting with their customers. We are passionate about what we do and hope you will enjoy getting to know us.

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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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Your business doesn’t really care if your customers are likely to recommend you 

Heart of the Customer

And neither should you. In CX, we love to talk about our survey results. We report the latest Net Promoter Scores, or show how we did in satisfaction last quarter. Yet, as I talk with CX practitioners, I hear about how it’s often hard to get the business to care. And, really, why should they? […]. The post Your business doesn’t really care if your customers are likely to recommend you appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Customer Communication Affects Brand Perception

ReviewTrackers

Welcome to Customer Insights , a weekly digest of the most important stories about online reviews, customer feedback, and customer experience. This week: create emotional experiences with consumers by responding to customer feedback. Subscribe to receive these stories and more every week in your inbox. Email *. Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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Net Promoter® News: Macquarie Telecom Group, Vodafone Australia and Telstra

CustomerGauge

Today’s Net Promoter News’ series will cover the stories of telecommunication companies Macquarie Telecom Group, Vodafone Australia and Telstra. All three companies and their NPS scores were recently added to our sister website NPSBenchmarks.com. In today’s Net Promoter News we will explore their NPS scores, along with the business initiatives that have helped each one improve or […].

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Qualities Of An Exceptional Outbound Call Center

Magellan Solutions

The plethora of outbound call center s all over the world can pose a challenge to clients who are looking to work with only the best. With so many outbound call centers to choose from, all claiming to be leaders in their industry, clients may feel confused and end up choosing an outbound call center that is not up to their standards, leading to wasted effort, money and time of a stressed client. .

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10 Ways to Increase Customer Engagement in eCommerce (Infographic)

Provide Support

Customer engagement is the future of e-commerce. – Brennan Loh, head of business development of Shopify. Now that global consumers are able to purchase nearly anything they wish on whatever device they want and wherever they happen to be, the eCommerce customer experience has dramatically changed. And while competition has grown and will continue to grow (according to Big Commerce, eCommerce is growing 23% year-over-year ), businesses of all sizes ultimately must learn to separate themselv

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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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Amazon’s Whole Foods deal proves the ‘retail mullet’ is the future of grocery | RetailCustomerExperience

ForeSee

Amazon's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Whole Foods has already sent eruptions throughout the grocery industry, including a decline to stock prices for competitors. It's prompted a slew of commentary from the business media about how Amazon's plans will unfold and the broader industry impact. Surprisingly, not much has been said about the real logic behind the deal, which has far more to do with Amazon expanding into an area it knows it can win, and far less to do with battling rivals such

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Transform Your Phone Service Performance With These 4 Call Center Solutions (Part 1)

Stella Connect

Thanks to digital technologies like chat , SMS, and social media , customer service delivery has come a long way. It’s smarter, more convenient, and more efficient than anyone could have imagined a decade ago. And yet, like a comfortable old pair of shoes, phone as a service channel still holds a special place. It remains the highest volume channel for most of our clients.

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Fast Track for Contact Centers Financial Services Industry Fact Sheet

Confirmit

The stakes in delivering a high quality experience at the moment of customer engagement are especially high since insurers usually only engage policyholders at the time of sale, renewal, or when a claim is filed. At the same time, insurers have been doubling their compliance efforts in an age of increased regulatory demands. Ensuring customer expectations are met while adhering to legal guidelines challenges insurers to continuously retool and retrain the contact center workforce on both technic

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Phone Service Performance: Transform your Call Center with 4 Solutions (Part 1)

Stella Connect

Thanks to digital technologies like chat , SMS , and social media , customer service delivery has come a long way. It’s smarter, more convenient, and more efficient than anyone could have imagined a decade ago. And yet, like a comfortable old pair of shoes, phone as a service channel still holds a special place. Phone service performance is crucial as it remains the highest volume channel for most of our clients.

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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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Verint Speakers: Gaining Customer Insights for Better Decisions

Verint

CRMXchange Roundtable: Best Practices in Workforce Management. July 11; Online Webinar. Jenni Palocsik, senior director, solutions marketing, will present “Best Practices in Workforce Management” at 2 p.m. ET. Organizations need to be able to react swiftly and efficiently to the intraday management environment and 'day-of’ changes to scheduling, as well as be fully prepared to meet seasonal and changing service demands.

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4 Great Examples of Social Media as an Effective Customer Service Tool

transcosmos Information Systems

Customer service defines a brand, as it can make or break your business. If you want to establish your brand as trustworthy and reliable, it’s important to provide exemplary customer support services. The increasing popularity of social media has given businesses a great opportunity to reach their customers where they’re at in real time. Today, social media plays an important role in the customer service industry.

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The Retail Ombudsman is no more

Helen Dewdney

Former “Ombudsman” loses the right to use respected title. Reblogged from [link]. The Retail Ombudsman (TRO) is no more. The private company, set up in 2015 to. provide dispute resolution for consumers, has lost the right to use the respected. title of “Ombudsman” TRO has resigned from the Ombudsman Association (OA), its trade body, for reasons. that remain unclear.

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Challenger banks must get the basics of customer experience right - Banking CX Part 2

Chattermill

Challenger banks must get the basics of customer experience right - Banking CX Part 2. by Oliver Preece on 7 Jul 2017. customer experience. nps. finance. CX is a competitive advantage but is now becoming essential to customer attraction and retention in a competitive banking market. Challenger bank dashboards graphic customer experience (CX). Customer experience is key to the success of challenger banks, but some are not always getting the basics right.

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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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Energy Products & Services: Are You Thinking About the Human Element?

Uplight

Customer needs should trump utility priorities when developing new products and services. The post Energy Products & Services: Are You Thinking About the Human Element? appeared first on FirstFuel.