Tue.Mar 27, 2018

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Before “Watson” Visits the Dealer Service Center, Changes Will Have to Occur!

InMoment XI

What does “Watson” and elevator repair have in common with dealership “predictive” maintenance? The following 30 second spot will tell you more. But the final explanation is that the process of “predictive maintenance” will both keep people from getting stuck in between floors and drivers from being stranded in poorly lit parking lots.

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Report: State of the CX Profession, 2018

Experience Matters

We just published a Temkin Group report, State of the CX Profession, 2018. This is the fifth year that we’ve examined the roles of CX professionals and the third year that we’ve done a compensation study. Here’s the executive summary: To understand the mindset and roles of customer experience professionals today, we surveyed 221 CX professionals and then compared their responses to similar studies we’ve conducted over the previous six years.

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Before “Watson” Visits the Dealer Service Center, Changes Will Have to Occur!

InMoment XI

What does “Watson” and elevator repair have in common with dealership “predictive” maintenance? The following 30 second spot will tell you more. But the final explanation is that the process of “predictive maintenance” will both keep people from getting stuck in between floors and drivers from being stranded in poorly lit parking lots.

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The realities of life as a Customer Experience Professional – an interview with Richard Shenton

ijgolding

As the launch of my first book get’s ever closer to becoming a reality, my level of personal excitement is almost at its peak!! However, I would never have got to the point of being on the brink of achieving my ambition without the support of many people. A significant amount of support came via my crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. I feel genuinely blessed that so many people believed in what I am doing enough to pledge their support to make my dream come true.

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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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Two Reasons Why AI Won’t Replace Contact Center Agents, One Reason Why it Might

NICE inContact

A major conversational shift around artificial intelligence (AI) occurred in 2017. For the first time, AI was considered leading edge for a wide range of business applications – and no longer “bleeding edge.” Some pundits are fearful that AI will replace certain groups of employees entirely. While the jury is still out on that concern, contact centers and their agents will experience a significant boost in productivity and their ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences through AI.

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How Hong Kong’s top brands lead with relationships

Alida

At Customers for Life, a recent Vision Critical event in Hong Kong, we immediately felt the grandeur, magnificent presence and ambience of the flagship Mandarin Oriental (MO) hotel in Central Hong Kong as soon as we stepped in. With more than 200 leaders in insight, innovation, marketing and customer experience in attendance, the luxurious MO was the perfect location for the sold-out, informative event.

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The Future of Customer Experience Delivery

Michelli Experience

My crystal ball says winning experiences will deliver. I lay no claim to my prognostic ability, but when it comes to the future of customer experience delivery, I’m willing to venture an educated guess. I predict future retail wars will involve online brands (whose value proposition will be an expansive choice, “best pricing” and quick delivery) pitted against traditional retailers who will rely on (reasonable prices, reduced customer effort, sufficient selection, and immediate product availabil

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The 3 M’s For Improving Customer Experience SUCCESSFULLY

Customer Guru

Written by Vivek Jaiswal | Co-founder, Customer Guru. What are the three most critical things an organization should do to achieve sustained customer experience improvement? I am regularly asked about the top three things an organization should implement in order to improve customer experience sustainably. The answer isn’t simple because improving customer experience takes time and there is no shortcut to it.

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Doing Heroic Work in Customer Experience? How to Become a CX Hero at Oracle ModernCX

Oracle

It’s serious business fighting off the industry villains like rising costs, proliferating channels, disconnected experiences, or unmined data. Whether you’re part of service, marketing, sales, commerce, operations, or IT, if you’re working hard day (and night!) to improve customer experience and exceed skyrocketing expectations, you may be eligible to be recognized as a CX Hero at Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience 2018 conference in Chicago.

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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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That Facebook Thing? We’re Stupid, That’s Why We’re Mad

Esteban Kolsky

Oh, Facebook — you had us all at “free games and pictures of high school crushes today” So, why are we that mad at them? Why is Facebook’s the new incarnation of evil? I talked about this with Ray Wang and Vala Afshar last Friday during the latest and greatest episode of DisrupTV – and here is how you can watch that video.

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Why Red And Green Compliance Programs Don’t Work

Second to None

If your brand is sending any group of independent contractors to monitor the compliance rate of your employees, there is an inherent risk of a negative interaction taking place. Brands that stock and sell products like alcohol, tobacco or mature video games have a responsibility to their community to ensure that they are training employees to adhere to federal and local regulations.

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That Facebook Thing? We're Stupid, That's Why We're Mad

Esteban Kolsky

Oh, Facebook — you had us all at “free games and pictures of high school crushes today” So, why are we that mad at them? Why is Facebook’s the new incarnation of evil? I talked about this with Ray Wang and Vala Afshar last Friday during the latest and greatest episode of DisrupTV – and here is how you can watch that video.

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4 Things You Can Do To Help Your Customers Cut to the Point

Myra Golden

I just finished recording a fully customized 14-module video course for a new client. My client’s biggest challenge was how to navigate through complex calls, like situations with ramblers and challenging customers. One of the strategies I prepared for my client’s customized training is 4 Things You Can Do To Help Your Customers Cut to the Point.

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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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Stop Practicing the Conventional Customer Experience Management – Part 4

Sampson Lee

Why is there a high failure rate of customer experience (CX) initiatives? And why do most CEOs not buy into CX? Because CX professionals and companies are not practicing a Real CX. Conventional and Real CX in a Nutshell Many CX professionals currently assess customer experience through the lens of biased ‘service’, and are becoming […].

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10 Words and Phrases Customers Hate to Hear

CSM Magazine

Shep Hyken looks at some of the most common words and phrases that are guaranteed to get customers rattled. You have a problem. You call the phone number listed on the company’s website. You wait on hold for what seems much longer than the ten minutes they said you would be holding. You finally get to a customer service rep. You tell your story and the customer service rep responds, “I’m sorry, that’s not my department.

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Experiences Before Stages – How to Build Out Your Customer Experience Journey

ClientSuccess

I recently watched a video of Rob Jeppsen , CEO of Xvoyant , explaining how to take a different approach when building out your pre and post sales funnel stages. Many times the process of defining the pre and post sales stages is part of building out a customer journey map or strategy. One of the key takeaways from Jeppsen’s approach is to define what you want the customer to experience along the journey before you define the stage names.

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Focus on Metrics: Visual Insight into Proactive Service Management

Forcivity Salesforce

Today’s leaders in the service industry must focus on measuring metrics to proactively manage their business – recall the famous quote by Peter Drucker “What gets measured, gets managed.” But how do leaders measure real-time results in an environment where analysis paralysis exists because data can become overwhelming?

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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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Customer Emotion: How to Understand, Measure, and Deliver an Emotional Engagement Strategy

Rant And Rave

Companies spend a great deal of time, effort and money gathering and evaluating mountains of customer data in their increasing desire to optimise the customer experience and maximise customer value.

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How would you Rate your Social Media Customer Service?

Ann Michaels and Associates

Why is it that negative comments on social media always generate more interest than positive ones? You know what they say, misery loves company! It is imperative for businesses to have a plan in place to respond to complaints in the right way and via the right channel. Social media has become a customer service venue for your customers. Customers are flocking to the platforms where they know they’ll be heard and, more importantly, where they know they’ll get a response.

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Miller Homes Scores Five Stars for Customer Satisfaction

CSM Magazine

Miller Homes is delighted to have achieved five stars for customer satisfaction in the Home Builders Federation (HBF) National New Home Customer Satisfaction Survey. This is the sixth time in seven years that the leading homebuilder has achieved five stars in the independent survey, which was launched by the HBF to provide a guide for homebuyers in making purchasing decisions and to encourage high levels of service within the industry.

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A sub-contracted Customer Experience shambles

Customer Alignment

An Insurance policy should give us confidence that we and our possessions are taken care of at a time of need. If something does go wrong, and customers make a claim, our chosen insurance company be helping to get life back on track at difficult times – not making life harder. Our daughter, who passed her driving test 8 months ago, turned 18 in early February.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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Building Ethics Into Your AI Strategy

Solvvy

The post Building Ethics Into Your AI Strategy appeared first on Solvvy.

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Retailers Without Chat: A Missed Opportunity

Forrester's Customer Insights

Chatting, by definition, is meaningless, trivial talk – but web “chatting” is anything but; it is starting to transform digital customer experiences. And it works. Customers want to use chat. Forty-five percent have used it to interact with a live agent in 2017. The companies that get it are moving towards a holistic chat strategy […].

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3 Insights For Crafting An Effective Review Request Email Drip Campaign

Grade.us

You've asked your customer for a review face to face. You did everything you were supposed to do. They're really happy with you, but your customer has decided to blow you off. What do you do? Is it worth it to send a reminder or are you more likely to come off as a pest? Will asking hurt the customer relationship? Your customers are ignoring you on purpose.

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How Can CX Tools Elevate Your Brand? Find Out At Forrester’s Consumer Marking Forum

Forrester's Customer Insights

Marketers work hard to define their brand promise and build their customer engagement strategy to showcase it. But we know that, in the end, all the hard work only pays off if the customer receives, and remembers, the brand as intended across all touch points.

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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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Visiting The Big D in May? Get Engaged with The World’s Tallest Cowboy

Verint

Engage18: On The Inside. The tallest cowboy in Dallas. Big Tex is a 55-foot statue of a cowboy that sports denim jeans, a plaid shirt, and of course, an awesome 95-gallon cowboy hat and a pair of high-stepping size 96 cowboy boots. Big Tex is designed to speak, turn his head, and wave his hands. He weighs an impressive 25,000 pounds and can maintain his big smile even when hit with winds up to 100 miles per hour.

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Next Generation Access and Zero Trust

Forrester's Customer Insights

A few years ago, the concepts of micro-segmentation and micro-perimeters for Zero Trust were championed by Jon Kindervag, and he showed us how those concepts and their technologies could enable a more secure enterprise. Once those concepts and their associated best practices hit the street, organizations from VMWare to Cisco and Palo Alto Networks quickly […].

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Getting emotional: experts share secrets to CX success

Vonage

A customer’s interaction with a brand evokes strong emotions that can have a lasting impact on the business – for better or worse. Brands that get this right and create customer experiences that drive positive emotions dramatically outperform those that get it wrong in retention, revenue and even stock price growth. So, what’s their secret? And how can other businesses follow suit to successfully harness the power of emotion in their customer experience strategies?