Eptica

JANUARY 22, 2016

Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 So how did customer service perform in 2015? The US picture – could do better Overall 2015 was a poor year for customer service across the US, with close to six out of ten companies (59%) seeing a fall in customer ratings according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 31, 2014

2015 is locked and loaded, right? We have big plans ourselves in 2015. In the months ahead, 360Connext will be offering some great content to help you deliver MORE for your customers. See you in 2015. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Email delivers the fastest and most accurate customer service in US retail, far exceeding social media and other channels, according to new research from multichannel customer engagement software provider Eptica. Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study methodology.

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets. Published on: January 06, 2016. Read the full post here.

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Author: Robin Tandon While the peak season for retailers isn’t yet over, many companies are already taking stock and looking at their performance, as well as studying the wider trends that emerged in the run up to Christmas 2015.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2016

Forward thinking companies are using social media to further engage their customers. Here are five tips to help you use social media to take your customer service to the next level. APIs can be hooked up and performance metrics and social data can be overlaid with CRM systems for traditional channels.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 23, 2015

We get asked a lot about how to help customers in the 24/7 always-connected world we live in. Customers turn to social media to get questions answered quickly, report issues about products, praise great service and much more. Social Customer Care: Best Practices for Major Engagement. 30, January 2015.

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Experience Matters

APRIL 7, 2015

Today we announced the results of the 2015 Temkin Group CX Vendor Excellence Awards. In its third year, these awards recognize companies that provide products and services that help companies improve the customer experience they deliver. We brought the industry’s first customer engagement hub to market. Clarabridge.

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BirdEye

APRIL 24, 2023

Digital marketing is a powerful way to connect with your customers and grow sales. From the exciting growth of social media to the importance of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), today’s digital landscape presents an abundance of opportunities for marketers to connect with customers like never before.

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Marketing Social Media B2C Advertising 93

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 31, 2015

SXSW 2015 was no exception. Jeannie Walters Jeannie Walters is the Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ and founder of 360Connext, a global consulting firm specializing in the cornerstones of customer experience: customer engagement, employee engagement and connections like social media.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

He has 30 years of experience in inbound, outbound, chat, analytics, AI, and social media. Jim has been instrumental in setting up services for the customers needing quick and apt solutions for their daily customer experience needs. Tom Hinds, SVP Customer Engagement at Advocate Aurora Health.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2015

Jon Galloway (@jongalloway) April 12, 2015. Vocal customers offer valuable ideas. I asked Amy about how she hears from customers like me, who sometimes are using their app on a daily basis. Amy shared how they rely a lot on social media , where travelers tweet or post about both the good (it saved me!)

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Social Media Travel Rewards Programs Innovation 110

GetFeedback

JULY 11, 2018

As a result, they overlook the pain points damaging the customer experience. In order to bridge it, you need a clear customer engagement strategy. And that starts with listening to the voice of the customer. Why companies fall out of sync with customers. Customer disconnect always begins with internal disconnect.

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CRM Social Media Customer Satisfaction Customer Centricity 207

Eptica

AUGUST 11, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 The importance of emotion to customer engagement. Published on: August 12, 2015. Building an emotional connection with customers isn’t easy. Author: Steve Nattress Many studies show that people are much more emotional and less rational than we like to think.

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Customer Engagement Engagement Social Media Sports 48

Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Is your customer-centric team actively working on providing better customer service in 2015 ? Have you been searching for trends that will help them optimize customer interactions and get a leg up on your competitors ? Below are the top six customer service trends for 2015 according to Forrester : 1.

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Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 1, 2015

But are customer service preferences and expectations? The 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature, from Microsoft and Microsoft Dynamics CRM shows that geography does play a role in customers’ views on service. Global Similarity Highlights. Download the Full Report.

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Self Service Customer Expectations Report Customer Service 40

Comm100

JUNE 15, 2022

Digital customer engagement is always evolving. Just as live chat was a technological leap over telephone communication and is proving to be the most essential of all channels, chatbots are the latest technological milestone in customer support. Provide cost-effective 24/7 support to improve customer engagement.

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Chatbots Industry Customer Service Wait Times 217

Comm100

MARCH 4, 2021

In fact, it was the highest CSAT score recorded in our annual benchmark reports since its launch in 2015. While there are many reasons for this, one that is at the heart of it is their ever-increasing embrace of omnichannel customer engagement. Recommending reading: What does omnichannel customer engagement mean? .

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Data Omni-Channel Effort Score Report 131

Influitive

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Marketers know that finding ways to increase customer engagement is good for the bottom line. Customer engagement is highly correlated to customer loyalty ,” says Aimee Lucas , Customer Experience Transformist and VP at the Temkin Group , a customer experience research and consulting firm.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Mansi Bhatia who looks at ways organizations can transform contact centers into a customer engagement center. I like the idea of a customer engagement center. – Shep Hyken. Customer service has the power to make or break a company. Contact Customers on their Preferred Channel.

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Vonage

OCTOBER 2, 2017

With the rise of social media, businesses are no longer talking to one customer, they’re talking to a customer and their audience, and potentially their audience’s audience. It’s therefore not surprising that positive or negative customer experiences spread like wildfire. Share your thoughts below.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 24, 2015

There were sessions on co-creating with customers, social media, and customer journey mapping. Mike Zarin (@zarin) March 24, 2015. Leaders often not aligned: what they want for the customer. via Gina Bhalwalker @scottrade #ngce — Jeannie Walters (@jeanniecw) March 23, 2015. So many answers!

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Vonage

JULY 31, 2017

With the rise of social media, businesses are no longer talking to one customer, they’re talking to a customer and their audience, and potentially their audience’s audience. It’s therefore not surprising that positive or negative customer experiences spread like wildfire. Share your thoughts below.

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Social Media Multi-Channel Consumers Connections 120

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

China is in the Early Stages of Customer Experience Discovery. The opportunity to excel in Customer Experience in China is still wide open, however. Last year, Forrester published the Customer Experience Index, China 2015, ranking 60 brands for their performance in Customer Experience. Billions of them.

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Social Media Multi-Channel Customer Centricity Consulting 113

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We documented why we chose each of these customer service leaders in detail along with where to follow them on social media below. Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker, and frontline trainer who helps organizations get results by thinking differently about customer service.

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Influitive

OCTOBER 28, 2015

And both are easily nurtured and spread through social media channels. A 2015 B2B Buyer’s Survey report found that 75% of buyers rely on social media to research potential vendors. A Guide To Engaging B2B Customers In The Digital Age. After all, their jobs are on the line.

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B2B Marketing Social Media eBook 89

Comm100

MAY 4, 2022

In this article, you’ll see why credit union digital transformation must be a priority and how credit unions can accelerate their digital transformation with the introduction of digital customer engagement software and tools. This improves CX while also increasing engagement with potential members. This has two major benefits.

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Chatbots How To Omni-Channel e-support 209

Eptica

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 The importance of customer service to midsize businesses. Published on: December 02, 2015. Given these challenges, how are they coping with becoming more customer centric? There should be agent tools and customer tools, designed on a common platform.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 15, 2015

Women, he believes, consider the customer more. YWCA Chicago (@YWCAChicago) June 10, 2015. Impressive #leader who understands what #customer first leadership means. A photo posted by Jeannie Walters (@jeanniewalters) on Jun 10, 2015 at 11:26am PDT. Jack Ma @AlibabaGroup “women are key to #success “!

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The least Customer-focused companies either don’t have any one person who owns it, leaving each department to determine their way of doing things or let Customer Experience happen by chance. How do you use Social Media to enhance the experience? Social media is a great channel for enhancing the Customer Experience.

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Customer Centricity Omni-Channel Net Promoter Score Strategy 129

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We documented why we chose each of these customer service leaders in detail along with where to follow them on social media below. Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker, and frontline trainer who helps organizations get results by thinking differently about customer service.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Eptica

APRIL 29, 2016

In total, across the web, email and Twitter channels insurers successfully answered 58% of all questions, an 18% increase since 2015. Falling behind on the web In 2015 insurance was the bottom of ten sectors surveyed when it came to providing answers online. In 2015 just half gave accurate answers. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 Festive failings in UK customer service. Published on: December 11, 2015. In this post we will focus on the UK results of the 2015 Eptica Retail Black Friday Customer Experience Study in which there were three main findings: 1. billion was spent on the day itself.

Self Service 48

Self Service Customer Service Social Media Retail 48

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 11, 2014

How Developed is Your Customer-Centric Strategy for 2015? Jeannie Walters Jeannie Walters is the Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ and founder of 360Connext, a global consulting firm specializing in the cornerstones of customer experience: customer engagement, employee engagement and connections like social media.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Leadership Airlines 272

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Syndicating our content on appropriate partner sites (CustomerThink, Business2Community, Social Media Today , etc.). Publishing original content on sites in our sphere of influence ( Retail Customer Experience , Multichannel Merchant, iMedia, Social Media Club). We built our email list and will continue to do so.

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Marketing Social Media eBook Infographics 110

ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To help you understand this further, we’ve put together a list of 60+ customer loyalty statistics that have been divided into the following categories: Customer Loyalty Program Statistics. Benefits of Improving Customer Loyalty. Customer Loyalty B2B Statistics. Social Media & Customer Loyalty.

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Eptica

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 Telecoms customer complaints rising in the UK. Published on: December 18, 2015. However, the rise of superfast broadband, social media, IP telephony and on-demand/pay-TV services mean that it is now an essential part of the Christmas experience for the majority of families.

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