GlowTouch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

5 Trends to Watch. The National Retail Foundation is forecasting a sales increase of 10-13% from a year ago. Merchants always look forward to the year’s fourth quarter; this season provides even more reason to be jolly. It also reinforces the value of the customer experience – if there is more traffic and more sales volume, there is a concurrent increase in demand for high-quality customer service, which we’ll touch on a bit later.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Would you ever get a retail or office space, hang a sign outside with your business's name on it… but then just leave it standing there, unstaffed for long periods of time? And the front door unlocked, no less?

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Comm100

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, maintaining high levels of student engagement appeared to be a losing battle for many institutions. Spring break 2020 heralded the most sudden of changes in the span of a few days, putting an end to traditional face-to-face tutoring and in-person events and activities, and heralding remote digital teaching and learning experiences.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Each week I read many 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. What Kind of CX Do Customers Really Want? by Eric Krapf. (No Jitter) Many customers still prefer email and voice channels for customer service requests over chatbots.

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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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Comm100

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Engaging with students is difficult in higher education. Engaging with international students is even more difficult. Besides potential language barriers, institutions also need to be sensitive to cultural differences and customs. Poor engagement can have a severe impact across the student experience – results, satisfaction, and even dropout rates.

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Adrian Swinscoe

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In 2015, I wrote an article called “Why Relying Only On Reactive Customer Service Is No Longer Good Enough.” In it, I quoted a couple of […]. The post On-site search, customer experience and inexplicable inaction first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Constant feedback is the lifeblood pumping into every successful product delivery. And if you want to unleash a steady flow of products and features that your users love, you have to keep your finger on their pulse constantly. Product feedback loops are the ultimate tool for scanning a user’s experience, pinpointing product shortfalls, and boosting your product.

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Kapta Customer Success

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The tools you choose to utilize will make or break your success. In the key account management world, all too often, we see that companies prefer to pair a customer relationship management platform with various software platforms to perform tasks and manage their clients. However, this only hurts your managers and their clients in the long run.

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BirdEye

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How many times have you scrolled through Instagram and looked at bucket-list-worthy images or a delicious-looking meal, or even discovered a new product? Instagram is known as a popular way to share images and videos, but it can be capable of much more. Enter Instagram payments. With roughly one billion monthly active users, Instagram belongs to the most popular social network worldwide.

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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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Help Scout

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Check out the companies who are delivering exceptional customer experiences in B2B, B2C, and Ecommerce.

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Helen Dewdney

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Major supermarket online shopping hit by mystery attack? Tesco’s website was been “down” between Saturday 23 October 2021 and today (Monday 25 October 2021). The website and app crashed after what Tesco said were attempts “to interfere with our systems” In other words, hacking… This has obviously been annoying for anyone trying to book a shopping delivery slot but also for anyone wanting to change their order or cancel it.

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Topdown

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One of the oldest sayings in insurance goes something like, “you don’t want it until you need it, and then it’s too late.” While the saying is a little bit of a sales-phrase, the core concept is pretty much spot-on and does a good job of illuminating the value that insurance policies provide to the holders. Consumers who have been through a claims process before know firsthand how valuable their insurance policy is.

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SAP Customer Experience

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This blog is the 2nd in a series on SAP Sales Collaboration and the ongoing integration developments with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and the SAP Platform. View Part 1 >> Amongst the most important collaborations for an organization is the sales outreach to customers, prospects, and partners.

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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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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Over the past two decades, the evolution of help desk ticketing systems has been rapid. Here we explore some of the key features to look out for. Introduced initially to assist help desk professionals solve customer issues, they are now the backbone of multiple help desk teams across the globe. When evaluating help desk systems, be sure to look for the following. 10 Must-Have Features of a Great Help Desk Ticketing System.

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Provide Support

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The post How Digital Transformation Can Revolutionize Your Customer Service appeared first on Provide Support Blog.

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Magellan Solutions

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Industries Which Benefit from Multilingual Call Center Services. Call center services are all about providing services tailor-made for every business. Call center providers aim to maximize their efficiency by identifying their clients’ needs, and making constant innovations to further fulfill the clients’ requirements in order to help them meet their goals.

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2020 Research

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Rob Berger Joins Schlesinger Group. We are excited to announce that Rob Berger has joined Schlesinger Group to lead our global quantitative strategy in his role as EVP, Global Quantitative Solutions. Using his 25 years of research experience, Rob will drive excellence across our global proprietary panels , advanced programmatic capabilities , and world-class team of survey programmers, data scientists, and project managers.

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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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SurveySparrow

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In this blog post, we go all guns blazing on the different purchase order formats you can download in a click! But, before that, just in case you want to know the textbook definition of what a purchase order is… A purchase order is a commercial document sent by the purchasing department of the buyer to a supplier requesting the product or services in the form of an order.

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inSided

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Our inSi-DED series is back! ?? Starting this week, you'll get to enjoy one hair-raising story daily. Leave the light on, check under your bed, or in this case, make sure the correct user permissions are enabled. ?? If you want to submit your own CS or community horror story, do so here. (And just like this contributor, you can choose to be completely anonymous!).

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SurveySparrow

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Evaluating employee performance is key to the growth of your business. The performance of your employees hugely influences the success or failure of your company. Evaluations typically include a review of an employee’s performance and how it compares with the company’s expectations. But it’s critical to get employee evaluation right. It can empower your employees to reach new heights or drive them away from your company.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A great digital experience starts with the basics: a strategy for omnichannel engagement; great design; personalized, yet trustworthy, experiences; and, of course, the technology and operations to support it. But to differentiate your company’s digital presence, you will also need to be creative in your approaches and solutions. Partners are key to that effort, particularly […].

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Perkville

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A referral program is the easiest way to generate new members for your gym.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2021

For Asia Pacific firms, 2022 is a year to be bold. Our predictions for the region show that APAC organizations will take significant steps forward in some areas, but lag behind in others.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Role: Director of Customer Success Location: Remote, United States Organization: SheerID As a Director of Customer Success, you will assess Customer Segmentation and make recommendations to ensure our customers’ success as well as the scalability of the customer success program at SheerID. Build the process of working with SheerID’s largest customers and partner with Sales in developing a roadmap for revenue growth and retention.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How mature is your organization’s sustainability strategy? Our upcoming research on sustainability includes a model that outlines the five levels of sustainability maturity that all firms must progress through. For each level, we explore the crucial sustainability decisions organizations must make. Ultimately, firms must mature toward the future-generation-safe level.

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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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Comm100

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Today’s customers expect digital communication channels from the businesses that they connect with. It’s well documented that millennials hate phone calls , and to meet the needs of these customers, businesses are undergoing digital transformation to remain competitive. Call centers are evolving to become contact centers in increasing numbers, supporting a wide variety of contact channels for customers.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Facebook continues to battle gale force headwinds. The Facebook Papers still dominate the news cycle and during today’s Facebook Q3 2021 earnings call the company reported quarterly revenue below market expectations (like Snap, the company pointed to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency, or ATT). To counter, Mark Zuckerberg emphasized the company’s commitment to help bring the […].

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You might have come across the adage, ‘Customer is the King’, quite a number of times. There sure is a reason behind it. You have started your business for your customers and keeping them at the center of your business does make some sense. Though spotlighting customers is no new concept yet it still remains a highly underutilized content strategy for some of the brands.

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