eglobalis

JANUARY 13, 2025

Introduction Salesforces new product, AgentForce, is redefining the agent experience with advanced AI capabilities. Designed for seamless integration with CRM systems, it offers real-time insights, proactive recommendations, and automation to streamline workflows. Competing tools like Microsoft Dynamics 365 AI and Zendesk AI Suite provide similar functionalities, but AgentForce stands out for its ease of use and integration depth.

Customer Experience 333

Customer Experience Marketing Chatbots e-support 333

IntouchInsight

JANUARY 12, 2025

Efficient retail stocking procedures ensure merchandise is available for customer purchase. When shelves are well-stocked and organized, it creates a positive customer shopping experience, increases sales opportunities, and ensures smoother store operations. Additionally, a study revealed that out-of-stock items result in $1 trillion in lost sales globally every year, with 34% of shoppers choosing to go to a competitors store when faced with an empty shelf.

Retail 291

Retail Study Sales Customer Experience 291

ECXO

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Turning the Tables: Why a Proactive Sales Process is the Ultimate Customer Experience Hack Introduction In the fast-paced world of sales, one thing is clear: the customer experience can make or break your success. Todays customers expect more than just a product or servicetheyre looking for meaningful interactions, personalized attention, and a team that understands their needs before they even voice them.

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Sales Customer Experience e-support Examples 265

InMoment XI

JANUARY 22, 2025

Too often, growing retail businesses end up with a growing image problem. By the time a company has dozens or even hundreds of locations, many processes have become standardized and efficient. But not everything that worked well with just a handful of stores scales as effectively as company leaders hope. One of those complexities is what to do about all the online reviews streaming in.

Management 195

Management Multi-Channel Effort Score Social Media 195

Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified

Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.

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C3Centricity

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Organisations are facing unprecedented challenges in remaining competitive and maintaining business success in 2025. The three fundamental pillars of sustained success are deep customer insights, meaningful innovation, and inclusive leadership. Let’s explore why this powerful trinity is more relevant than ever in 2025 and how you can leverage it to grow your business.

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Innovation Leadership Customer Insights Report 156

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 7, 2025

An intentional, proactive customer experience (CX) has unmatched power for attracting new customers and earning their lifelong loyalty. But this is easy to say and harder to do. To really deliver for your customers and your organizational goals and achieve scalable growth by operationalizing CX you need a calculated CX strategy. People today have countless options for where to shop and how to solve their challenges.

Customer Journeys 143

Customer Journeys Strategy Customer Experience Touchpoint 143

TechSee

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

At launch, chatbots made a huge splash. They handled FAQs and quick questions, giving us a taste of automated CX and support. But in today’s world, your customers expect more. They want to feel seen , heard , and valued —and they want more than just answers; they want solutions. This is where AI-driven customer service experiences truly stand out.

Customer Service 124

Customer Service ROI Average Handle Time Multi-Channel 124

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 23, 2025

When I wrote Listen or Die in 2017, I made the case that NPS is invaluable for understanding the overall health of your customer relationships, but its not enoughespecially in a transactional VoC survey. To truly improve the customer experience, you need to combine NPS with metrics like Customer Satisfaction (CSAT), Customer Effort Score (CES), or overall experience ratings to evaluate specific interactions.

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NPS Effort Score Metrics e-support 118

Retently

JANUARY 13, 2025

The secret to effortless customer experiences lies in understanding one simple truth: effort matters. Think about the last time you had to navigate a clunky website or deal with a long-winded support call. Frustrating, right? Customers feel the same way. Thats where Customer Effort Score (CES) steps in to save the day. CES is laser-focused on one thing: how easy it is for your customers to get what they need.

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Measurement Tools Effort Score Multi-Channel 115

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

Marketing

Comm100

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Think about the last time you had a frustrating customer experience; maybe a bank that put you on hold for an hour, or an airline website that somehow made it impossible to book a flight without a degree in cryptography. Now imagine that level of friction stretched across four (or more) years of a students life. Thats the reality in many universities today.

Self Service 130

Self Service Chatbots Knowledge Base Financial 130

eglobalis

JANUARY 20, 2025

The article was originally posted on Eglobalis.com/blog. You can find it here: Introduction B2B loyalty conjointly with adoption are the cornerstone of sustainable growth in an increasingly competitive global market. Unlike B2C relationships, which often revolve around needs, impulse and emotional buying, B2B relationships are built on a foundation of trust, consistent delivery, and mutual value creation.

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Bill Quiseng

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

English writer Samuel Johnson said, People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. So, I encourage you to remind your colleagues, people, and yourself of one of the QUI QUOTES for QUI TAKEAWAYS. With that in mind, here is today’s: QUI TAKEAWAY: To customers, their perception is reality, image is everything, and their feelings are the facts.

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Customers Customer Satisfaction Loyalty 132

ECXO

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Great Illusion: How Reality is Just a Matter of Perspective (and Why It Matters for Customer Experience) Ever had a conversation where one person insists it’s freezing cold while the other swears it’s just mildly chilly? Or arguing about whether a songs lyrics say one thing while your friend hears something completely different? Or had a friendly argument about whether “The Matrix” was a mind-blowing sci-fi masterpiece or just a two-hour headache?

Customer Experience 177

Customer Experience Self Service Social Media Customer Expectations 177

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

Retail

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Whether you run a small business or a global enterprise, you need to have customers constantly coming through your doors to promote business continuity and growth. For retail businesses with brick-and-mortar stores, customer reviews are one of the most effective ways to increase traffic and drive offline sales. With 36% of customers browsing two review sites and 41% checking three or more sites when deciding which local businesses to visit, the power of online reviews is undeniable.

Tips 195

Tips Feedback Retail Social Media 195

C3Centricity

JANUARY 10, 2025

Here at C3Centricity, we publish books ( Winning Customer Centricity, The Winning Secrets Series ), articles, online courses and one of the most popular CPG blogs on customer centricity. That’s because we’re passionate about helping companies successfully adopt a customer-first strategy. Since we founded C3Centricity in early 2011, one of our traditions has been to share the most popular posts on customer experience at the beginning of each new year.

Consumers 156

Consumers Customer Centricity Competitive Advantage Sports 156

Calabrio

JANUARY 27, 2025

Customer Interaction Analytics How to Use Contact Center Speech Analytics Share Speech analytics solutions gather insights into the performance of contact centers and other operating areas within an enterprise.These solutions analyze recorded conversations, which means that they know what is happening in the contact center and can often identify what needs to be done to resolve the issues.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Analytics How To Gamification 130

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 28, 2025

What if your training methods could bridge cultural divides and turn challenges into opportunities for growth? Join me, Jeannie Walters, as we unravel the complexities of creating an inclusive and accessible customer experience that caters to the diverse needs of your team. This episode contains insights into overcoming literacy and tech barriers with empathy, transforming potential roadblocks into pathways for success.

Training 143

Training Communication Culture Resources 143

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

Employee Experience

AWS Machine Learning

JANUARY 24, 2025

A common use case with generative AI that we usually see customers evaluate for a production use case is a generative AI-powered assistant. However, before it can be deployed, there is the typical production readiness assessment that includes concerns such as understanding the security posture, monitoring and logging, cost tracking, resilience, and more.

Knowledge Base 114

Knowledge Base Groups Data How To 114

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

No matter how talented you are as a customer experience or market research professional, you need a team to build and sustain a world-class Voice of the Customer (VoC) program. In this lesson, were focusing on the internal help youll need. (In the next blog post, I focus on Lesson 16 in the age of AI and external partners.) As I outlined in the book , the reality is, VoC doesnt live in a vacuumit touches multiple departments, each playing a crucial role in making customer insights actionable.

Analysis 109

Analysis Healthcare Feedback Analytics 109

Alida

JANUARY 21, 2025

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Tips 130

Tips 130

Comm100

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

I could start this article with a history of how technology has impacted sports betting. I could drone on about the incremental benefits that iGaming operators get whenever a new tool, platform, or algorithm enters the mix. Faster odds updates, smoother interfaces, sharper risk management. All useful, sure. I wouldnt fault you for putting the dawn of AI in that same bucket.

Sports 130

Sports Chatbots Social Media Competitive Advantage 130

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eglobalis

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Empathy in customer experience is essential, but businesses must follow through with actionable solutions that drive results and improve growth and client retention. The Gist Action over sentiment. Empathy alone isnt enough. Swift, measurable actions must follow to resolve issues and drive client satisfaction. Proactive problem-solving. Using predictive analytics and AI, businesses can anticipate and address client concerns before they escalate.

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Analytics Measurement Metrics Feedback 239

TechSee

JANUARY 19, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere these days, and it’s changing how businesses interact with their most prized asset: their customers. We’ve all experienced chatbots that can’t quite understand us or voice assistants that miss the mark. That’s where AI Orchestration comes in. Orchestration helps ensure that the right AI or multiple AI solutions come together to handle the right job at the right time, making service smoother and more effective.

Net Promoter Score 109

Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Chatbots NPS 109

ECXO

JANUARY 21, 2025

The Tale of Apex Gadgets: A Cautionary Tale of Ignoring Customer Experience Hey everyone! After a couple of weeks of holiday bliss, Im back and ready to dive into sharing more knowledge about one of my favorite topics: customer experience. I hope your holiday season was as refreshing and fun as mine and that youre kicking off 2025 feeling energized and ready to tackle whatever comes your way!

Customer Experience 156

Customer Experience Social Media Net Promoter Score Innovation 156

InMoment XI

JANUARY 27, 2025

In a world where value is defined relative to the bottom line, its easy for call centers to come under scrutiny when it comes time for budget allocation. Part of that is just the nature of the business, with primary use cases revolving around KPIs weighed down by negative connotationsmetrics like problem resolution rates, customer effort scores, and churn.

Call Center 195

Call Center Contact Center Effort Score Social Media 195

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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C3Centricity

JANUARY 25, 2025

The promise of AI in marketing has never been greater! But ifyou’re like most CPG CMOs, your AI investment isn’t delivering the promised returns. IDC’s latest Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide shows that the global AI software market is expected to reach $251.4B by 2027, far exceeding earlier projections. However, most organisations are seeing disappointing returns on their AI investments. ( Source ) This is confirmed by McKinsey’s 2023 State of AI report ,

Marketing 156

Marketing Strategy How To Analytics 156

Calabrio

JANUARY 27, 2025

Customer Experience How to Use Contact Center Speech Analytics Share Speech analytics solutions gather insights into the performance of contact centers and other operating areas within an enterprise.These solutions analyze recorded conversations, which means that they know what is happening in the contact center and can often identify what needs to be done to resolve the issues.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Analytics How To Gamification 130

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 14, 2025

Discover the secrets to transforming customer experience from a mere concept into an actionable strategy that propels business success. In our landmark 100th episode of the Experience Action Podcast, I’m thrilled to share the pivotal elements of mindset, strategy, and discipline that can significantly enhance your organizations customer journey.

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Consulting Customer Journeys Innovation Strategy 143