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DECEMBER 2, 2021

In 2021, evolving customer experience trends shook up the financial services industry. Customers demanded digital services to meet their needs, and as organizations rose to the demand, these high customer expectations led to innovative new services. As we look ahead, 2022 promises, even more changes for the financial services industry. To help cut through the noise, we’ve looked at emerging data and expert opinions to predict the CX trends that we expect to see in 2022 for financial services. 1.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

This article was originally published on CustomerThink. Santa Claus (with the help of Mrs. Claus) gets much of the credit for spreading Yule joy; but, isn’t it really the elves who are most responsible? Several years ago, business consultant Matthew T. Grant interviewed me for his blog site ([link] and the subject was how, through their employees, companies can move beyond satisfaction to create real customer loyalty behavior.

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Alida

DECEMBER 17, 2021

What happens when a beloved business rebrands? Or when new product formats emerge that risk alienating some audiences while impressing others?

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It’s time to wrap up another year. 2021 was another strange, unpredictable, not-quite-back-to-normal trip. When it came to customer experience, leaders dealt with all sorts of changes and challenges. The introduction of vaccines led to some employees coming back to the office. And some swearing they’ll never return. Customers were able to pick out their produce again at the grocery store.

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Speaker: Becky Parisotto

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

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C3Centricity

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Technology is often seen by marketing as a disruptor of business as usual, but it isn’t. Technology is in fact an enabler, at least when used properly and appropriately. So what is disrupting business as usual? It’s the customer, especially in industries that are not customer-centric. It was Marco Pacheco , Executive Director at JP Morgan who first inspired me to talk more about this aspect of a customer-first strategy, when he shared the slide on the right on LinkedIn a few years

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Do you wish you had a crystal ball that would tell you what 2022 has in store for your contact center? We're not fortune tellers, but we do have plenty of insights about what lies ahead.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In the world of experience (especially when we’re talking about digital customer experience), we’re constantly making predictions or hypotheses about what the customer is expecting from their experience. And whether we’re making a change to the website, opening a new store, or debuting a new product, that prediction will either be right or wrong. When we’re wrong, or surprised, it can be easy to feel like we have failed.

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Alida

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Alida has been a significant voice of the customer (VoC) vendor for over two decades. Last year, Gartner included us in its 2020 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Voice of the Customer. And now, in 2021, Gartner has positioned Alida as a Visionary in its latest 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Voice of the Customer.

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Bill Quiseng

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It is really disappointing to new employees that the first day of orientation is spent on defining the rules and restrictions, usually required by the legal department, that, if not followed, will result in termination. At the end of the day, someone is asking, “How was your first day at work?” You don’t want their answer to be, “Well, all I learned was what will get me fired.” While that information is important, consider the overall message you are giving new empl

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Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

The future of HR is here, and it's all about collaboration, innovation, and impact. Join us for a forward-thinking session where seasoned experts Miriam and Carolyn will share insights and practical strategies to help you stay ahead of evolving HR trends. Discover how to build strong partnerships with internal teams to craft a transparent, authentic, and connected workforce experience.

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Lumoa

DECEMBER 17, 2021

M.Sc., MBA and a co-founder of Lumoame Oy Carlos del Corral , has been appointed as the CEO of Lumoame Oy, (“Lumoa”) as of 17th December 2021. Johanna Sinkkonen , a co-founder, will leave her position as CEO. The business and growth of Lumoa are driven by the megatrends of data driven decision making, customer focus and digitalization. Lumoa AI is used in multiple industries, such as telco, ecommerce, logistics, retail, banking and utilities.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As we begin to close out another year filled with massive, seize-the-day opportunities, I like to look at what our team achieved, even amidst significant challenges, and what’s to come. 2021 has been a year for record Uniphore growth in revenue, customers, and size of our organization. Today we are more robust than ever before. The momentum we’ve gained over the past several months (and years) has positioned us as the foremost leader and innovator in our industry.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The holiday shopping season can make or break a retailer's entire year. Contact centers are used to the holiday spike in transaction volume, but this year may be even more challenging for retail businesses and contact center agents to navigate.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Every holiday season, we at team InMoment like to look back and reflect on what we’ve learned about employee and customer Experience Improvement, and then put those top learnings into a “cheat sheet” of sorts for our readers. And let’s be honest, that refresher is exactly what we all need after the holiday break. So, are you looking for some inspiration to start your experience mindset off on the right foot in 2022?

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Alida

DECEMBER 7, 2021

At Alida Activate 2021, industry leaders around the world gathered to share the latest and greatest in customer experience (CX) best practices, thought leadership, and more. One of the most impactful sessions was with Maxie Schmidt, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester breaking down the best approach to implementing a successful CX program.

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Bill Quiseng

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Customer loyalty is not by offering discounts, upgrades, or subscriptions to repeat customers. Real customer loyalty is built on service so great that customers return again and again, raving to others along the way. This week guest blogger Karen Hertzberg offers three QUI strategies to improve your service to keep customers coming back. You can read more about Karen at the end of her post.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The other day my friend asked me, “Is mediocrity the new customer experience?” He mentioned how he’s had to wait longer when he called customer support and that there weren’t enough cashiers at the grocery store. . I said, “You are a victim of skimpflation.” . The word skimpflation was introduced recently on NPR’s Planet Money podcast. I’ve already written several articles about this ugly word, and I thought it was time to introduce it here.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The IT help desk is becoming an increasingly critical component for the hybrid workforce. However, despite its newfound prominence, many help desks struggle to effectively resolve its employees’ issues. In fact, according to a recent Computer Weekly article, employee confidence in their help desk’s ability to address their needs has dropped to 25 percent.

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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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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Imagine having a gold mine in your yard and never venturing out to dig up some nuggets.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 30, 2021

After a year of quarantine, brands had a lot of gaps to fill in their customer experience (CX) programs. Most businesses around the world seemed to be asking, “what’s changed or stayed the same for our customers?” It’s fair to say that we all learned a few crucial lessons within the past year(s) about the shift in customer expectations and needs—and we’ve strived to put our learnings into a few CX strategy webinars.

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Alida

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The best decisions are made with customers, not for them. But this isn’t always easy. During Alida Activate—Fall ‘21 , however, we got to hear from two pioneers in this area who showed us that type of transformation is entirely possible.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As the year comes to a close, we hope you find yourself working towards a very restful, well-deserved holiday season. But don’t set that “out of office” notification quite yet. Before you unplug and spend time with the people you care about, let’s look back on some of the most important contact center topics from 2021. Below you’ll find five of our very favourite articles from the Blue Ocean blog—we hope you find them useful!

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Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.

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IntouchInsight

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Happy holidays and happy new feature releases! This month we have added several new features and product enhancements to the Intouch Platform and IntouchCheck™.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2021

One of our loyal subscribers, Darrell Grant, The CXO at Hightower Wealth Advisors, shared a great story that provides an excellent learning opportunity. . Darrell stopped by a local bakery to pick up some treats for a client. There was a longer than usual line, and some of the customers were becoming frustrated. Apparently, the internet was down so they couldn’t ring up sales.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 6, 2021

For years, we’ve been championing the idea that modernizing to an all-in-one cloud platform to power your contact center was an urgent “must-have.” The benefits of agility, flexibility, cost, reduction, and access to rapid innovations seemed obvious.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the latest 2021 Insights Association Top 50 Market Research and Data Analytics report, InMoment ranks in the top 20 established industry reports and market research or market experience (MX) brands, alongside other powerhouse brands such as JD Power, Gartner Research, and Forrester Research Services. About InMoment’s Market Research and Data Analytics Approach.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Being in the hospitality industry for 20+ years, and providing customer service for many more, I have learned that you win some and lose some. No customer interaction will be perfect for your business. A customer’s taste, perception, culture, expectations, etc. all boil down to “their” opinion of your product or service. What you offer is not what YOU think it is but what the CUSTOMER thinks it is.

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dscout People Nerds

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Design professionals report on organizational trauma—and the inadequate ways their org address It.

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Beyond the Arc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As we look out over the horizon of 2022, one thing is clear — we can only move forward. We won’t just dust off old habits, even for workers who finally return to the office. As individuals, our mindset, our needs and our priorities have shifted. And companies in technology, financial services, logistics, and [.]. The post 6 fintech and technology trends that will redefine CX in 2022 appeared first on Beyond the Arc.

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