August, 2013

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Jeans, Babies, and Loyalty

InMoment XI

When it comes to customer experience, retailers and most restaurants are struggling. We can see this clearly from our CEBenchmarks™ program, which tracks customer experience activity across eleven different industries. While we believe that companies should use the best customer experience metric that predicts business outcomes, many retailers are currently using what’s commonly known as the.

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Authenticity: Lesson in Exceptional Service from a Small Coffee Shop

Customer Input

'A small coffee shop provides an example of one of the most important principles in delivering truly great and unique service: authenticity.

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Memorable experiences make for “WOW” customer service

Service Untitled

'Perhaps the best of the best try to make every experience memorable by paying special attention to details. One recent experience at the Ritz Carlton where my real estate partner and I recently visited for lunch to meet with a European client who had flown into Palm Beach for the day to preview a listing we were offering, certainly left a wonderful customer service memory I had never experienced before, but have mentally earmarked as one of the most memorable customer appreciation opportunities

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I share therefore I am?

Andrew Maher

What do you think? Are we, as the presenter says, “sacrificing conversation for mere connection”? Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.

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3 Ways Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Can Improve Customer Experience

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.

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Good Agent, Bad Policy

Pretium Solutions

Today we are pleased to feature a post by guest blogger Sarah Simon. Sarah shares a recent personal experience to demonstrate how important it is for companies to take a good hard look at their policies and procedures through the lens of the customer experience. Some great tips, and a great read! Background. Recently, I stopped at a big box hardware store to purchase a residential wood chipper to help manage my five acres of forest.

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Video: How to Market Electric Cars in the U.S. – Part II

InMoment XI

Last week I told you about a presentation I gave at the National Academies of Sciences in Washington. I want to continue on that theme and present some of the other information that I talked about to the group. As always, I appreciate your thoughts and comments, especially as it relates to the future of. View Article.

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Authenticity: Lesson in Exceptional Service from a Small Coffee Shop

Customer Input

A small coffee shop provides an example of one of the most important principles in delivering truly great and unique service: authenticity.

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Customer experience is now mainstream. So why is it still so mediocre in most organisations?

Smith+co CX

'Customer Experience has become one of the most important factors in business today but with the emergence of new channels it is not easy to implement successfully. However, some brands across a myriad of sectors are shaking up the landscapes of their industries by creating dramatically different customer experiences both online and offline. At the recent London Business Forum event, Shaun Smith talked about how ‘bold’ brands, from both b2c and b2b sectors, are doing just this.

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Every CSR Needs to Understand Their Importance

Brad Cleveland Blog

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Manual Call Reviews? There's a Better Way!

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

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Good Agent, Bad Policy

Pretium Solutions

Today we are pleased to feature a post by guest blogger Sarah Simon. Sarah shares a recent personal experience to demonstrate how important it is for companies to take a good hard look at their policies and procedures through the lens of the customer experience. Some great tips, and a great read! Background. Recently, I stopped at a big box hardware store to purchase a residential wood chipper to help manage my five acres of forest.

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Is the 9-1-1 QA Market Finally Maturing?

Customer Interactions

'I’m just back from a week-long trip to Anaheim, CA for the annual APCO conference. It’s one of my favorite shows to attend because you get to meet people from different spectrums of Public Safety, share ideas, and see all of the new and hot products and solutions for 9-1-1. APCO is also one of the largest shows for public safety communications professionals – so vendors tend to use it as a launching pad for 9-1-1 products.

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Strong Partnerships for Success

InMoment XI

I am always amazed at the great things an organized group of people working together can accomplish. Here at Allegiance we have a terrific team who love what they do. We have made great strides to get us where we are today and are refining the way we do business to effectively meet the needs. View Article.

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Video: How to Market Electric Cars in the U.S. – Part II

InMoment XI

Last week I told you about a presentation I gave at the National Academies of Sciences in Washington. I want to continue on that theme and present some of the other information that I talked about to the group. As always, I appreciate your thoughts and comments, especially as it relates to the future of.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

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.

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Strong Partnerships for Success

InMoment XI

I am always amazed at the great things an organized group of people working together can accomplish. Here at Allegiance we have a terrific team who love what they do. We have made great strides to get us where we are today and are refining the way we do business to effectively meet the needs.

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How to Market Electric Cars in the U.S. – Part II

InMoment XI

Last week I told you about a presentation I gave at the National Academies of Sciences in Washington. I want to continue on that theme and present some of the other information that I talked about to the group. As always, I appreciate your thoughts and comments, especially as it relates to the future of.

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Strong Partnerships for Success

InMoment XI

I am always amazed at the great things an organized group of people working together can accomplish. Here at Allegiance we have a terrific team who love what they do. We have made great strides to get us where we are today and are refining the way we do business to effectively meet the needs.

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It’s the Little Touches That Help the Customer See Clearly

InMoment XI

A short time ago I was visiting our Chicago office and one night we all went out for dinner. I won’t say who else was there but I think it’s fair to say that I was the youngest but one out of a group of five. Now I’m in my mid-Forties (okay, the wrong side. View Article.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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It’s the Little Touches That Help the Customer See Clearly

InMoment XI

A short time ago I was visiting our Chicago office and one night we all went out for dinner. I won’t say who else was there but I think it’s fair to say that I was the youngest but one out of a group of five. Now I’m in my mid-Forties (okay, the wrong side.

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It’s the Little Touches That Help the Customer See Clearly

InMoment XI

A short time ago I was visiting our Chicago office and one night we all went out for dinner. I won’t say who else was there but I think it’s fair to say that I was the youngest but one out of a group of five. Now I’m in my mid-Forties (okay, the wrong side.

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Did You Seriously Say That?

InMoment XI

Surveys consistently put cable companies at or near the top of most hated “service” provider lists and with good reason. Quick—can you think of a good experience with your cable company? Needless to say, I was not looking forward to making a call to find out why our main TV’s screen said the set was.

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Did You Seriously Say That?

InMoment XI

Surveys consistently put cable companies at or near the top of most hated “service” provider lists and with good reason. Quick—can you think of a good experience with your cable company? Needless to say, I was not looking forward to making a call to find out why our main TV’s screen said the set was.

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Navigating the Future: Unveiling Trends and Bold Predictions in Customer Experience

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?

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Did You Seriously Say That?

InMoment XI

Surveys consistently put cable companies at or near the top of most hated “service” provider lists and with good reason. Quick—can you think of a good experience with your cable company? Needless to say, I was not looking forward to making a call to find out why our main TV’s screen said the set was.

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Video: How to Market Electric Cars in the U.S.

InMoment XI

I had a chance to speak at the National Academies of Science about electric cars. The committee I was presenting for is charged with developing a strategy to encourage the use of electric vehicles in the US. One of the first steps is to understand who these customers are, where are they coming. View Article.

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What Do Consumers Value Most In Retail Banking, and How Are Banks Delivering?

InMoment XI

As I described here recently, banks can get big financial rewards for even modest improvements in customer experience (CX). Allegiance’s Pulse of America benchmark data and some conservative industry assumptions show that a bank with a million retail customers can gain $14M in increased retention, $12.5M in increased referrals, and $7M in increased share of.

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Video: How to Market Electric Cars in the U.S.

InMoment XI

I had a chance to speak at the National Academies of Science about electric cars. The committee I was presenting for is charged with developing a strategy to encourage the use of electric vehicles in the US. One of the first steps is to understand who these customers are, where are they coming.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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What Do Consumers Value Most In Retail Banking, and How Are Banks Delivering?

InMoment XI

As I described here recently, banks can get big financial rewards for even modest improvements in customer experience (CX). Allegiance’s Pulse of America benchmark data and some conservative industry assumptions show that a bank with a million retail customers can gain $14M in increased retention, $12.5M in increased referrals, and $7M in increased share of.

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How to Market Electric Cars in the U.S.

InMoment XI

I had a chance to speak at the National Academies of Science about electric cars. The committee I was presenting for is charged with developing a strategy to encourage the use of electric vehicles in the US. One of the first steps is to understand who these customers are, where are they coming.

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What Do Consumers Value Most In Retail Banking, and How Are Banks Delivering?

InMoment XI

As I described here recently, banks can get big financial rewards for even modest improvements in customer experience (CX). Allegiance’s Pulse of America benchmark data and some conservative industry assumptions show that a bank with a million retail customers can gain $14M in increased retention, $12.5M in increased referrals, and $7M in increased share of.

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