InMoment XI
AUGUST 6, 2024
Customer experience programs can be complex. Often, a customer experience program includes multiple different initiatives running simultaneously throughout the organization. With so much going on in different places, it is beneficial to have one place to be able to see how your CX program is performing. This is where customer experience dashboards come in.
Interactions
AUGUST 6, 2024
The most marvelous customer experiences often feel effortless. Yet behind the scenes, hard, thoughtful work has been done to pull off the magic. Take Disney parks, for example. They are famous for invisible touches that deepen immersion, such as their “Smellitizer” scents piped in on Main Street and on rides like Soarin’ Over California and Soarin’ Over the World.
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Zonka Feedback
AUGUST 5, 2024
In today's competitive market, customer experience (CX) has become a critical differentiator for businesses. While much of the focus often falls on B2C (business-to-consumer) interactions, the significance of B2B (business-to-business) customer experience cannot be overlooked. According to a study by Salesforce, 80% of B2B customers now expect the same personalized experience as when they are buying for themselves.
ECXO
AUGUST 6, 2024
Future Thinking: A Complex and Multifaceted Ability that Deeply Influences Customer Experience On Customer Experience, future thinking involves envisioning and planning for future needs, preferences, and behaviors of customers. When companies struggle with future thinking, it can negatively influence their ability to meet customer expectations and adapt to changing market conditions.
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The AI era isn’t coming—it’s here. But over 70% of AI projects fail before they scale. Why? No strategy. No alignment. No ROI. We worked with a $50M company that wasted a year and half their budget chasing AI pilots with no payoff. Sound familiar? That’s where our four-step transformation system comes in: Assess, Strategize, Execute, Scale. We help you cut through the hype, find what actually moves the needle, and build a roadmap that delivers results.
TechSee
AUGUST 7, 2024
Customer experience (CX) is a focal point for businesses striving to achieve a competitive advantage. Online reviews and consumer feedback are paramount, and social media only magnifies the importance of creating positive customer experiences. A series of glowing reviews can enhance brand loyalty and attract new patrons, whereas negative feedback may meaningfully impact business.
Customer Experience Update brings together the best content for Customer Experience and Customer Management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Optimove
AUGUST 5, 2024
How AI is Transforming CDPs Download Now >> Why it Matters: Navigating thousands of concurrent customer journeys in marketing is like managing a thousand flights at once and more. In essence, marketers must act as air traffic controllers, pilots, and flight attendants all rolled into one, striving to create a seamless journey for every consumer.
C3Centricity
AUGUST 6, 2024
Adopting a customer-first strategy isn’t just an option these days. But did you know that, perhaps surprisingly, it can answer most business challenges? And it is therefore essential for the survival and growth of every single business. Yet, I know that this paradigm shift can present formidable challenges that many organisations struggle to overcome.
Zeisler Consulting
AUGUST 6, 2024
I posted about this way back when it happened, but I’m enjoying working from the mountains these past couple weeks, so the experience is in mind, and I figure it’s worth drawing your attention to it in a more formal manner: Copper Mountain ski resort in Summit County, Colorado, is my mountain. I love it, so I’m partial to them anyway. If your kid brings home an A, he’s the smartest one in school.
Feedbackly
AUGUST 6, 2024
While you may already know the answer to ‘What is customer sentiment?’, you would want to know its relevance in customer experience and how you can quantify customer sentiments. Let’s address it today. What is customer sentiment? Customer sentiments are customer emotions, opinions, or attitudes that reflect their perception of your brand. While sentiments, in general, are complex, they are an integral focal point for any brand prioritizing emotional experience.
Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Global Sales and David Phelan, Account Executive
In a world where buyers are more informed and objections are more nuanced, confidence isn't optional—it’s a competitive advantage. In high-stakes conversations, knowing how to handle pushback can make or break the deal. Join industry experts Brendan Sweeney and David Phelan for a behind-the-scenes look at how teams are transforming sales coaching with real-time feedback, objection-handling role plays, and pre-call preparation that actually sticks.
Forrester's Customer Insights
AUGUST 7, 2024
Forrester’s Budget Planning Survey, 2024, uncovers a dual narrative for marketers in the coming year: The challenge lies in managing tight budgets but also in the dichotomy of needing to invest in recent technology- and process-related advancements to stay relevant. Strategic budget divestment is required in this environment.
Call Center Pros
AUGUST 5, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently implemented a new regulation known as the “1:1 Consent Rule,” which carries significant ramifications for the telemarketing sector. Telemarketing professionals must understand the intricacies of this rule and the potential effects on their operations. The Basics of Lead Generation Imagine you have a company that sells travel packages.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
AUGUST 6, 2024
Ready for another CX Pulse Check? Special Co-host David Avrin joins Jeannie Walters on Experience Action to highlight current events and innovations in customer experience (CX) and discuss their impact for CX leaders. What would our world look like if businesses prioritized protecting their service workers from abusive customers? First, we navigate a cultural revolution in Japan, where companies are redefining traditional norms to support their employees.
InMoment XI
AUGUST 9, 2024
Think of your favorite clothing brand. Why is that brand your favorite? It is probably because you enjoy their clothes, but also because every time you buy something it is an easy, enjoyable process. The way you feel about that brand is because of the customer experience you have every time you make a purchase. The customer experience you have with a brand will cause you to be a lifelong customer, or never shop there again.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
IntouchInsight
AUGUST 6, 2024
Retail trends and technologies, such as virtual queues, self-checkout, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and retail media networks, are changing the way we shop. But how do consumers feel about these new technologies?
AWS Machine Learning
AUGUST 6, 2024
With last month’s blog, I started a series of posts that highlight the key factors that are driving customers to choose Amazon Bedrock. I explored how Bedrock enables customers to build a secure, compliant foundation for generative AI applications. Now I’d like to turn to a slightly more technical, but equally important differentiator for Bedrock—the multiple techniques that you can use to customize models and meet your specific business needs.
Retently
AUGUST 5, 2024
Welcome to The Ultimate Guide to the Best B2B NPS Software of 2024 ! If you’re looking to boost your customer satisfaction and drive business growth, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s dive in and understand why NPS (Net Promoter Score) is such a big deal and how the right software can make all the difference. We know that choosing the right NPS software can be overwhelming, with so many options out there.
InMoment XI
AUGUST 5, 2024
What Is a Reputation Score? A reputation score is a numerical representation of a brand’s reputation performance, calculated based on various factors such as customer reviews, online ratings, response rate, response time, local listings being in sync, and more. This data-driven score reveals the overall brand health, allowing brands to grasp their reputation standings at a glance and take rapid actions where needed.
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What does customer service excellence look like in 2024? According to our report with insights from CX expert Shep Hyken, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and there’s a bigger shift toward self-service and leveraging AI capabilities.
CX Network
AUGUST 5, 2024
Nick Glimsdahl shares the value-first strategies that can help you shift from customer acquisition to sustainable growth and loyal communities
AWS Machine Learning
AUGUST 7, 2024
AI chatbots and virtual assistants have become increasingly popular in recent years thanks the breakthroughs of large language models (LLMs). Trained on a large volume of datasets, these models incorporate memory components in their architectural design, allowing them to understand and comprehend textual context. Most common use cases for chatbot assistants focus on a few key areas, including enhancing customer experiences, boosting employee productivity and creativity, or optimizing business pr
The DiJulius Group
AUGUST 8, 2024
*The following is an excerpt from our new book, The Employee Experience Revolution: Increase Morale, Retain Your Workforce, and Drive Business Growth “Your vision needs to be your wildest dream of the impact your organization can have on the world.” Great leaders are paranoid that there is a better way to do something. Read Full Article The post LEAVING A LEADERSHIP LEGACY appeared first on The DiJulius Group.
NobelBiz
AUGUST 6, 2024
It is a fact that the most essential thing behind all businesses is effective customer communication. One of the best tools that help businesses succeed is an outbound interactive voice response system (IVR). This system differs from the traditional IVR system in that it is applied for outbound calling. Let’s take a more detailed look at what outbound IVR is, how it works, its uses, and the benefits it brings to businesses.
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IT teams are under pressure to do more with less. AI isn’t just hype—it’s already helping lean IT teams cut support volume by up to 60%, reduce cloud waste, and eliminate risk from their stack. In this executive playbook, you'll learn how mid-sized companies are deploying AI to automate tier-1 tickets, predict outages, optimize SaaS spend, and secure infrastructure without hiring a bigger team.
CX Network
AUGUST 9, 2024
CX Network’s research into how and how much CX practitioners are investing to deliver their customer experience strategy
AWS Machine Learning
AUGUST 9, 2024
This post is co-written by Kevin Plexico and Shakun Vohra from Deltek. Question and answering (Q&A) using documents is a commonly used application in various use cases like customer support chatbots, legal research assistants, and healthcare advisors. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has emerged as a leading method for using the power of large language models (LLMs) to interact with documents in natural language.
The DiJulius Group
AUGUST 7, 2024
Could your company’s high turnover rates directly result from poor leadership? On this episode of The Customer Service Revolution, explore the startling reality that 82% of managers are considered “accidental managers”—individuals with job function expertise but lacking crucial leadership skills. We unpack the extraordinary impact on organizations, leading to workforce dissatisfaction and ineffective leadership, and.
Beyond Philosophy
AUGUST 9, 2024
Friction occurs when a customer has to work or think hard during an experience. Many times, friction is accidental or the result of organizational apathy. In these instances, friction is a bad thing. Friction is rarely a good thing in a Customer Experience. However, there are times when it can be beneficial. For example, when your bank uses two-factor authentication to ensure you are who you say you are.
Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective
In a world where every brand is vying for attention, how do you make your events stand out? ✨ From creative swag strategies to immersive brand experiences, the key lies in fostering real connections that inspire action and leave a lasting impression. Whether you're planning a large-scale conference or an exclusive executive gathering, this session will explore how to elevate event engagement, strengthen brand perception, and maximize ROI.
ShepHyken
AUGUST 4, 2024
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 comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How to Build a Customer Experience Strategy to Boost Your Marketing Campaign by BBP Media (BBP Media) Connecting with your customers can be done in many ways, with businesses investing a lot of time and money into it.
AWS Machine Learning
AUGUST 8, 2024
This post is co-written with Aishwarya Gupta, Apurva Gawad, and Oliver Cody from Twilio. Today’s leading companies trust Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform (CEP) to build direct, personalized relationships with their customers everywhere in the world. Twilio enables companies to use communications and data to add intelligence and security to every step of the customer journey, from sales and marketing to growth, customer service, and many more engagement use cases in a flexible, programmatic
Joe Rawlinson
AUGUST 8, 2024
Most of today’s businesses need an online presence. Yes, there are exceptions, but they are few and far between. But, unfortunately, only a fraction of startups actually get the attention they want. And sometimes, it’s because of weird reasons. Fortunately, that’s where this post can help. We run through the strange problems brands encounter online when trying to get their audiences to notice them, and what can be done about it.
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