Tue.Jun 06, 2017

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The Truth About Attrition in the Contact Center

BlueOcean

At first glance, attrition seems like a chink in the armor for contact centers. Across every industry, the fact that people leave their jobs and move on is a basic truth, but in the contact center, the attrition metric receives quite of a bit of negative attention. In fact, the International Customer Management Institute pegs the average call center turnover rate at 33%.

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Mastering Email Surveys from Beginning to Send

GetFeedback

We’ll cover email survey best practices that help you maximize response rates and get data you can count on.

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From the C-Suite and Beyond: Driving the Value of Customer Experience

NICE inContact

How inContact “Walks the CX Talk”. inContact believes that the customer experience (CX) and the customer’s satisfaction are critical to the long-term success of our business. After all, the entire foundation behind inContact and our solutions is to help contact centers transform their customers’ experiences! We genuinely believe in the power of customer experiences and take steps every day to prove our commitment to our customers. inContact certainly feels an ethical responsibility to drive exce

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SVP Member Experience at Peloton, With Brad Olson – CB54

Customer Bliss

Episode Overview. Brad Olson talks with me about his work to velocitize the member experience at Peloton, and creating a movement and a beloved brand. Peloton is a mission based company that deliberately crafted every element of its experience, from the build of the bike to its delivery, usage and even helping people move their bike from one home to another.

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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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Listen for the right words to measure customer service

Vonage

You can tell a lot about a company and its commitment to customers in the words employees use. Open your ears and you will find it’s easier to measure customer service levels than you might think. I enjoy high-end music systems in my home and office. One day I called the dealer to order extra CD cartridges, wanting to pre-load them with different music.

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Journey Mapping Q&A: Customer Recruiting

Kerry Bodine

We learn something new every time we facilitate a workshop with customers. Often our new learning is about the challenges of customer recruiting—and ways to overcome them. For example, to ensure that customers at a recent workshop showed up on time, we told participants that everybody who arrived 15 minutes early would have their name entered in a raffle for a $50 gift card (in addition to the compensation we’d promised them for participation).

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Sometimes, meeting customer promises isn’t so impressive.

Heart of the Customer

A few weeks ago, I found myself flying Air Canada for the first time. There were multiple issues – both flights were delayed without notification, three flights were scheduled from the same gate within an hour, leaving nowhere to put all the passengers, and agents didn’t have working scanners so had to manually write down […]. The post Sometimes, meeting customer promises isn’t so impressive. appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Amazing Business Radio: Bryan Eisenberg

ShepHyken

Bryan Eisenberg Tells Us The Secrets of Amazon’s Success. How can your business be more like Amazon? Shep Hyken interviews Bryan Eisenberg co-author of the book, Be Like Amazon: Even a Lemonade Stand Can Do It. First Up: Shep Hyken’s opening comments focus on how any company can improve their customer service, by thinking about how they can become more convenient for their customers.

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Colt Proves NPS® is More Than Just a Number

CustomerGauge

As businesses in the telecommunications industry continue to battle for customer loyalty, one company sets itself on the right track to become the most customer centric data center provider. Colt Data Centre Services combines its 15-year experience of designing, building and managing data centres with its strong commitment to customer experience and loyalty.

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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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Have you Hired the Wrong Customers?

Andrew Mcfarland

I once read that one of the most important jobs of a CEO was to hire the right customers. I liked the concept because we rarely think of “hiring” customers. Too often we just assume that a customer with money.

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Customer Service Qualities You Need to Provide Memorable Customer Experience

LiveChat

When you step into the customer service world, you must go through the customer service training first. During this training, you will learn about a product, a company’s culture and a service that you should provide. If your training is advanced, a manager tells you what characteristics you can have to make customers satisfied. For example, they can say: “You should always listen to customers,” “You shouldn’t interrupt them,” “You have to be patient with them” and so on.

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Improving Engagement Through Technology

Uplight

In an era of increasing choice for customers in terms of how and from whom they source their energy supply, customer engagement and satisfaction rank among key customer service goals for utility executives. The post Improving Engagement Through Technology appeared first on FirstFuel.

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So, Here’s the Thing About Journey Mapping

Clarabridge

It’s still the rage. Marketing departments in dimly lit offices everywhere are either beginning to see the value in mapping the customer journey or have a beautifully designed one collecting dust on a shared drive. Some call it a Customer Journey Map, User Experience Journey, or Customer Decision Journey. Regardless of what name sticks in your industry, one theme still rings true- it should be the customer’s story, based on truth and fosters compassion for consumers.

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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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Engaging Business Energy Customers – Is Everyone on Board?

Uplight

You’ve invested in business energy customer engagement software – but, how do you align your people and processes behind it? The post Engaging Business Energy Customers – Is Everyone on Board? appeared first on FirstFuel.

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App Development In A Mobile World

CXApp

Flappy Bird. Pokemon Go. Snapchat. Facebook Messenger. Instagram. Uber. Countless others. What do they all have in common?

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Is the Solution to Engaging Business Customers in the Cloud?

Uplight

A key focus of a business customer engagement strategy is to move the utility-customer conversation on, both in terms of the type of information utilities provide to customers, and the communication channels they use. The post Is the Solution to Engaging Business Customers in the Cloud? appeared first on FirstFuel.

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Your Employee Gets Called Out In a Review. Now What?

Grade.us

Pick one, quick. Your company has just received a negative review. One where the customer says some pretty terrible things about one of your employees. Your employee is an all-star as far as you’re concerned. On the other hand, your customer may be right. Both your employees and customers expect you to pick a side. Get it wrong and you may do lasting damage to your business, customer and employee relationships.

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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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Engaging Your Business Customers – How Data Can Help

Uplight

Small and medium-sized companies want more information about their bills and energy use, so what are energy providers waiting for? The post Engaging Your Business Customers – How Data Can Help appeared first on FirstFuel.

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Driving Holistic Customer Engagement Excellence

Verint

As discussed in a recent blog post by Laurie Wickham, the 2017 Verint Engage Global Customer Conference took place recently in Orlando, Florida with attendees from 17 countries and a variety of industries. Attendees hosted sessions and exchanged best practices on topics including voice of the customer, desktop and process analytics, automation/robotics, employee engagement, quality management, back-office and branch operations, compliance recording and workforce management.

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Brands Need Causes

Smith+co CX

It might sound like an extract from a socialist party manifesto, but it turns out that 63% of consumers believe brands have a responsibility to give back to society. Recent MediaCom research also found that half of their 2000 interviewees would pay more for a brand that supports a cause that is important to them. This shouldn’t surprise us. From customers boycotting United Airlines for its appalling treatment of passengers to runners dropping their branded trainers on the doorstep of their suppl

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5 Secrets to Better Scheduling Results

Brad Cleveland Blog

The very forces that are making scheduling difficult — more complex products and services, additional contact channels, faster pace of change, and the need for diverse agent skills — are creating an environment in which accurate scheduling is absolutely essential. … Continue reading → The post 5 Secrets to Better Scheduling Results appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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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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How to Get Your Customer Service Employees to Care About Customers (Infographic)

Provide Support

The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers. – Sybil F. Stershic. Companies like Zappos, Southwest Airlines and Ritz-Carlton Hotels have one thing in common – they are worldwide famous for providing excellent customer service and having friendly employees. Their employees are obviously passionate about their work and are willing to go the extra mile to help customers.

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5 Secrets to Better Scheduling Results

Brad Cleveland Blog

The very forces that are making scheduling difficult — more complex products and services, additional contact channels, faster pace of change, and the need for diverse agent skills — are creating an environment in which accurate scheduling is absolutely essential. Fortunately, scheduling is a process that can be learned and continuously improved. You get better at it with practice!

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5 Secrets to Better Scheduling Results

Brad Cleveland Blog

The very forces that are making scheduling difficult — more complex products and services, additional contact channels, faster pace of change, and the need for diverse agent skills — are creating an environment in which accurate scheduling is absolutely essential. Fortunately, scheduling is a process that can be learned and continuously improved. You get better at it with practice!