Team Support

JULY 26, 2019

Please hold. There are 12 callers ahead of you. Your business is important to us. This scenario is still far too common in customer support, even in the B2B (business-to-business) industry where the average customer value is higher and business relationships matter more. Sometimes waiting on hold for a half hour may be because of understaffing. But, other times it’s simply due to an inefficient customer service team.

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Survicate

JULY 26, 2019

Customer engagement marketing indicates the emotional connection between your brand and your customers. Engaged customers not only tend to buy more but also are more likely to become repeat clients and to promote your brand. The post How to Boost Your Customers’ Engagement with Live Chat Triggers appeared first on Survicate.

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ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2019

This week we feature an article by Charles Richard who shares an article about how important it is for software development companies to have a successful customer experience strategy. We all crave for “more”- entrepreneurs expect more from their employees whereas your coworkers as well customers may expect more from you. Basically, each one of us wants slightly more bang for their buck.

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InMoment XI

JULY 26, 2019

Someone asked me the other day whether I had ever taken an on-line training class and what was my impression and experience of having done so. If ever there was a loaded question for me, that one gets top billing. My initial response and emotional reaction to that question was that I had taken many. View Article.

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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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NICE inContact

JULY 26, 2019

Chatbots are coming. Consider these stats*: 4 minutes is the average time savings with a chatbot enquiry vs. a traditional call $0.70 is the average cost saved per chatbot interaction for messaging-based banking bots 11,000 operating chatbots now are on Facebook Messenger $174 billion could be saved across insurance, financial services, sales, and customer service.

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NICE inContact

JULY 26, 2019

Think adding artificial intelligence (AI) to your contact center means dramatic technology shifts? Huge investments? Lots of additional resources? Think again. Adding AI actually doesn’t require a big investment or big changes to deliver a big return. Explore why in our latest whitepaper, AI for CX: Practical Investments, Proven Return. With nearly every major player in customer experience utilizing AI to increase their capabilities and improve results, now is the time to get on track and make p

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SuiteCX

JULY 26, 2019

We have some new curated resources to help you broaden your knowledge around customer experience, journey mapping, and journey analytics. Please visit our new SuiteCX Brand Channel on YouTube for additional resources. Karmic networking. What is networking? What is Karmic Networking? View Document. Life as a Consultant. So, you want to be a consultant?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 26, 2019

How Customer-Facing People Should Evoke Emotions in Customers. I have always thought that talking about how to do something was important, but not as important as actually doing something. I feel so strongly about this idea that I named my company after it. I want my clients to take their ideas “beyond the philosophy” and into action. To that end, this episode of The Intuitive Customer discusses how organizations can take theories and use them in their everyday operations to improve

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Alliance by IFS

JULY 26, 2019

Astea’s North America team is proud to sponsor and participate in WBR’s Field Service Amelia Island 2019 on August 19-21 in Amelia Island, FL. This year, the event will focus on topics such as shifting to predictive service models , adopting emerging technologies like AR, AI and IoT, and solving workforce challenges more effectively to provide a better customer experience.

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NetBase

JULY 26, 2019

Every brand needs a champion. Someone to spread awareness and cast the brand in a positive light both on- and off-line. But brands often confuse influencers with champions, and they are very different people. Each serves a purpose though – and Next Generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps clarify important distinctions between the two. Brand Champions vs Influencers.

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Oracle

JULY 26, 2019

Strategies for driving ecommerce growth are important, whether you’re launching your company or finding new ways to expand an established brand. WebContinental launched in 1997 and today is one of Brazil’s leading online marketplaces. Innovation and a focus on ecommerce growth has been a key to their success. Recently, they partnered with Oracle to upgrade their ecommerce infrastructure. “ Consumer habits and technology are continually evolving , and we have to stay ahead of th

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Forrester's Customer Insights

JULY 26, 2019

The internet of things (IoT) and blockchain. They should go together like strawberries and cream, right? What could make more sense than a constant stream of data about devices, their state, and their use, combined with a distributed and trustworthy mechanism for anyone to read or say things about the data? And yet, almost three […].

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Talkdesk

JULY 26, 2019

Woof! . This is Caramel, and I am here to end your contact center dog days. I am back for my third post with some more tips on how you can create amazing customer experiences that will transform your contact center. . Update your IVR system. I don’t actually have a phone or understand what this means (because I am a dog), but have you tried calling your own customer service line and listened to the automated message?

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Forrester's Customer Insights

JULY 26, 2019

Many of the most advanced and successful blockchain projects involve use cases related to supply chain and logistics, ranging from documentation management and goods tracking to trade finance. Having access to a ‘golden record’ of key data is clearly a benefit in its own right – no more phone calls and email exchanges to reconcile […].

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Survicate

JULY 26, 2019

The post Online Marketing Leadership: How to Outpace Your Competitors appeared first on Survicate.

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SurveySparrow

JULY 26, 2019

“Nike makes the best running shoes in the world”- says Nike. How would that feel for a potential customer? Not much, because they know Nike is trying to sell. The same sentiment, when shared by many customers, will make it easy for a potential customer to make a buying decision. Imagine your start-up being mentioned by many customers across the world in the same vein.

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Integrity Solutions

JULY 26, 2019

When call center and customer service teams are trained to recite from a script, they spend more time talking about products than listening for cues, asking the right questions and creating true customer engagement. Each year, Customer Contact Week (CCW) provides a good opportunity to get a pulse of the trends, possibilities and challenges of leading contact centers and customer experience organizations.

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ChurnZero

JULY 26, 2019

Moving away from Customer Support and into Customer Success often brings up a number of different questions. How is Customer Support different than Customer Success? How do your Customer Success Manager’s prioritize their day? How can you most effectively manage the day-to-day without getting off track? To help answer these questions we hosted a well-attended webinar last week to focus on helping you to guide your Customer Success team to more easily lead, prioritize, and manage their book of bu

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