InMoment XI

MAY 17, 2024

Maintaining customer loyalty has become increasingly challenging in today’s digital-first environment. According to Stanford Swinton, Executive VP at Bain & Company and Founder at NPSx by Bain in Company, we’re witnessing the dawn of the “Third Wave of CX” But what does this mean for CX leaders? In a recent podcast featuring Simon Fraser, VP Insights and Consultancy at InMoment, and Stanford Swinton, key strategies to secure brand loyalty amidst the evolving landscape

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Loyalty Brands Net Promoter Score Omni-Channel 260

Alida

MAY 21, 2024

A Q&A with Chief Advisor for Insights & Development at Greenbook, Lenny Murphy

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How To Marketing 130

IntouchInsight

MAY 14, 2024

When it comes to quick-serve restaurants (QSR), one thing is clear: customers crave speed, convenience, and good food. But with an overwhelming amount of information available to help restaurant operators please guests, how to know what really works?

Guest Experience 156

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 14, 2024

Unlock the secret to ensuring your customer-facing employees are as invested in your customer experience vision as you are! As your trusted guide, Jeannie Walters is delving into the critical strategies you need to align your frontline team with the customer experience goals that your C-suite has already embraced. We’ll dissect the challenges, pinpoint the missteps, and celebrate the successes that come from elevating your brand ambassadors—those who have the power to make or break your cu

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Today’s digitally savvy customers have high expectations of retailers for convenience, responsiveness, and ease of doing business both in-store and online. Our recent survey of over 2,000 US consumers found that retailers that can drive a seamless, omnichannel customer experience (CX) – across physical and digital channels – have huge benefits for brand relevance, profitability, and customer loyalty.

Customer Experience

ECXO

MAY 19, 2024

Experience the Difference: On the podcast of the European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) this week, Nicolette Wuring joins our host, Christopher Brooks. Hear Nicolette and Christopher here: [link] About Nicolette: Nicolette shares what years of practice, both client-side and as a consultant, have taught her. Like all the best CXers, she’s happy to share it all in conversation with ECXO podcast host Christopher Brooks.

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Zeisler Consulting

MAY 14, 2024

Your mom may have told you to always read the fine print. Or maybe it was a college professor or something along those lines. If you’ve ever interacted with an attorney of course you’re familiar with the admonition. By and large that’s always a great idea, even when working with a trusted and Customer-centric brand. After all, it’s important for both parties to understand what’s expected of the other, and it’s not necessarily a sign of mistrust to get certain things down on paper, just to be

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Feedbackly

MAY 16, 2024

The Finnish clothing store chain Kekäle wants to differentiate itself from competitors by offering customers the best emotional experience in the industry, and measures it with the Emotional Value Index (EVI®). The case study with Kekäle reveals that when customers have a positive emotional experience, the likelihood of making a purchase is 40 percent higher compared to a negative experience.

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ShepHyken

MAY 19, 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. 99% of Consumers Rely on Online Reviews Before Making Purchases by Jon McDonald (CardRates) Reviews offer insight that an online description can’t and provide feedback from customers who have used or previously purchased the product of interest.

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Totango

MAY 17, 2024

Some believe AI is overhyped. Others think we are already in the midst of transformation. The reality is that most of us sit in the middle. A recent poll taken during the Higher Logic Super Forum SPARK conference in April says 61% of CS professionals sometimes use AI platforms alongside other systems, while 11% always leverage AI in various instances and workflows.

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Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 If so, this webinar is for you! What was once a common practice in the call center is now a barrier to success. Manual call monitoring is no longer an option if you want to proactively coach your agents to ultimately improve the customer experience using data-driven insights. Join this webinar with Angie Kronlage and April Wiita of Working Solutions to discuss how you can modernize outdated, manual call review processes through the power of autom

Call Center

Retently

MAY 15, 2024

Have you ever read an online newspaper, blog or magazine only to be asked for your feedback as a reader? Most of us associate customer feedback with, well, customers. However, for many businesses in the publishing industry, whose readers are their customers, asking for feedback directly is a way to optimize their product and learn more about user experience.

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AWS Machine Learning

MAY 15, 2024

ONNX is an open source machine learning (ML) framework that provides interoperability across a wide range of frameworks, operating systems, and hardware platforms. ONNX Runtime is the runtime engine used for model inference and training with ONNX. AWS Graviton3 processors are optimized for ML workloads, including support for bfloat16, Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), and Matrix Multiplication (MMLA) instructions.

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Integrity Solutions

MAY 14, 2024

For many in sales, negotiation is one of the most challenging aspects of the job. More often than not, these salespeople approach negotiation as a win-or-lose endurance game, a contentious battle that pits two opposing sides against each other. “Winning” means convincing the customer to accept your point of view—even if the outcome isn’t necessarily in the customer’s best interest.

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Sales Exercises Communication ROI 89

The DiJulius Group

MAY 14, 2024

How to Woo Job Candidates Recently, I interviewed author Scott Greenberg on the Customer Service Revolution podcast episode 147. Scott shared a great example of how to woo potential job candidates during an interview process. One business owner reserves a parking spot right up front that says, “Welcome, Sherri.” Then, when the candidate walks inside, Read Full Article The post Learning What Frustrates Your Customers from Unexpected Sources/ Making Your Entry-Level Positions More Attractive / How

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Speaker: David Nisbet, 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.

Data

Helpware

MAY 14, 2024

Are you tired of juggling the demands of different IT projects and constantly trying to do more with less? You are not the only one. A Clutch study found that over 37% of small businesses currently outsource at least one business process, with IT services making the top of the list. This number grows even larger when we look at enterprises, about 90% of Fortune 500 companies outsourcing at least some portion of their IT needs.

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Strategy How To Study Company 87

Retently

MAY 21, 2024

Is your Net Promoter Score a reliable metric for judging what customers think of your business, or is it biased? This is a common question that can be particularly worrying for small businesses that maintain a close relationship with their customers and clients. For example, can you trust Net Promoter Score data if the customer who left it happens to be a friend or acquaintance?

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Net Promoter Score NPS Culture Survey 78

AWS Machine Learning

MAY 16, 2024

This post is co-written with HyeKyung Yang, Jieun Lim, and SeungBum Shim from LotteON. LotteON aims to be a platform that not only sells products, but also provides a personalized recommendation experience tailored to your preferred lifestyle. LotteON operates various specialty stores, including fashion, beauty, luxury, and kids, and strives to provide a personalized shopping experience across all aspects of customers’ lifestyles.

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delighted

MAY 20, 2024

When it comes to getting high survey response rates , nothing beats out a survey that meets your users right where they are, on your website or in your app. However, web surveys can be notoriously finicky to implement well, often requiring multiple rounds with designers and developers to get a survey that looks native and triggers seamlessly. Our new Web Widget for Surveys makes it unbelievably easy to set up a native pop-up survey.

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Customers

SaleMove

MAY 17, 2024

Learn from Glia’s own conversational designers as they share how to craft effective responses for your virtual assistant. The post 10 Tips for Writing Effective Virtual Assistant Responses appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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Tips Customer Service How To Chatbots 76

Adrian Swinscoe

MAY 20, 2024

Sitting and watching the keynotes from Day One of the recent Adobe Summit, there were times when I must admit I felt a little overwhelmed by the […] The post The limiting factor to achieving personalized experiences at scale first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Customer Journeys Consumers Customer Experience Management Leadership 59

Zonka Feedback

MAY 20, 2024

Market research is essential for business growth as it enables businesses to understand their customers, identify market opportunities, mitigate risks, optimize marketing strategies, and make informed decisions. It helps businesses identify the preferences, behaviors, and pain points of their target market.

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Marketing Feedback Strategy Survey 59

Help Scout

MAY 20, 2024

Two very different approaches to the application of technology in pursuit of a particular goal, the outer edges of the responses that individuals and companies have to every new technology. Between Bjorn Borg and The Borg.

Technology 57

Technology Company 57

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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?

Customer Experience

ECXO

MAY 16, 2024

Customer-centric leadership – what does it mean? In an increasingly competitive world where customer needs and expectations are continuously evolving, the concept of “customer-centric leadership” has become a cornerstone for driving successful businesses. Being customer-centric is not just a trendy phrase; it involves a deeper understanding of and alignment with customer needs, desires, and experiences.

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Customer Centricity Leadership Customer Journeys Touchpoint 69

The DiJulius Group

MAY 15, 2024

Growing up in the shadow of a family business feels like living within the pages of history, every turn a new chapter waiting to be written. On this episode of The Customer Service Revolution, that’s the energy Brian Blaushild, president of Famous Supply, brings as he recounts the story of a company that has weathered. Read Full Article The post 156: The Famous Way appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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VDS

MAY 20, 2024

Implementing a Cloud Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solution is a significant step towards enhancing customer service operations. However, the true measure of success lies not just in the initial deployment but in the continuous support that follows. At VDS, we understand that ongoing support is critical for maximizing the value of your CCaaS investment and ensuring long-term success.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 20, 2024

The Philippines’ BPO industry is now considered one of the biggest suppliers of global outsourcing solutions. The noteworthy revenue earned by the BPO industries was more than $32.5 billion in the year 2022. No business will miss out on any chance to tap this thriving sector to ensure its fast-track growth. Whether you are a small to mid-sized enterprise or a multinational company, the Philippines provides first-class outbound call center services focused on boosting engagement with custom

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The 5 Essentials of a CX-First Platform Customer experience was once considered a soft metric, or a “nice to have.” But it is now a board-level priority for many brands. The experience you provide your customers is a defining way to differentiate your business from the competition. But how can you really make CX a priority when you have competing budget and resource constraints?

Customer Experience

Think Customers

MAY 20, 2024

This article was written as part of a partnership between 1to1 Media and the European Customer Experience Organization. Criminy! Blast! Ouch! Barnacles! That pebble in your shoe elicits a yelp and other colorful expletives. And yet, companies too often ignore this root friction point — all in pursuit of quick wins. Stop that, said Lynn Hunsaker, chief customer officer of ClearAction Continuum , a Phoenix-based CX consulting and training company.

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AWS Machine Learning

MAY 21, 2024

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) models have emerged as a promising approach to enhance the capabilities of language models by incorporating external knowledge from large text corpora. However, despite their impressive performance in various natural language processing tasks, RAG models still face several limitations that need to be addressed. Naive RAG models face limitations such as missing content, reasoning mismatch, and challenges in handling multimodal data.

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Adrian Swinscoe

MAY 17, 2024

Today’s interview is with David McIntosh, who is VP and GM of Connected Stores at Instacart. David joins me today to talk about innovation in the […] The post Making in-store grocery shopping fun and going viral on TikTok – Interview with David McIntosh of Instacart first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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