August, 2024

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DCX #115 | 5 CX Strategies to Crush Q4

DCX

Weekly inspiration, education, and coaching for customer-obsessed leaders. The DCX Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. Please consider joining the community as a Premium subscriber to support the continued creation of posts like this. Get 30 day free trial Welcome to the DCX Newsletter Here's a sneak peek of what's in store: Become a Customer Anthropologist Flip the Organizational Chart Embrace Productive Failure Cross-pollinate with Unlikely Partners Implement Micro-Experiments Ready?

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Customer Experience Experimentation: Your Final Frontier

ECXO

All pictures generated with DALL-E are copyrighted by ECXO. Customer Experience Experimentation: Your Final Frontier Introduction Customer Experience (CX) is a critical battleground in today’s competitive market. To excel, businesses must continuously refine their CX strategies, and one of the most effective ways to do this is through strategic experimentation.

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CX Titans: Samsung & Apple’s Rivalry and Collaboration for Excellence

eglobalis

Rivalry and Collaboration: How the Titans Samsung & Apple Set the New CX Standard of Excellence Introduction In the dynamic and highly competitive world of consumer electronics, two giants consistently stand out: Samsung and Apple. Both brands have set benchmarks in innovation, design, and customer experience (CX), often drawing comparisons. Despite their rivalry, there is an underlying synergy in their approaches, where each brand’s strengths and weaknesses drive the other to improve.

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CX Design Matters: The Hidden Key to Boosting Tech Adoption Rates

ECXO

Designed by DALL·E. All rights reserved © ECXO.org CX Design Matters: The Hidden Key to Boosting Tech Adoption Rates In today’s fast-paced digital world, the design of technological products plays a crucial role in determining their adoption rates and the overall experience they deliver to users. This article explores the intricate connection between digital product design, adoption rates, and customer satisfaction, offering essential insights and strategies for tech companies aiming to strength

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How To Drive Retail Results With Integrated Tech And UX Design

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

Navigating the complexities of e-commerce requires more than just the right technology - It demands a holistic strategy that aligns platform capabilities with customer- centric design and marketing. This webinar will provide a roadmap for building a robust e-commerce strategy, guiding you through key decisions from platform selection to creating user experiences that convert, and leverage digital marketing to reach and retail customers.

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CX Education for Employees: Why it Matters & How to Develop Your Program

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Why does Customer Experience Training Matter? Customer Experience (CX) is commonly misunderstood as reactive customer service, support, or even just ‘being nice to customers.’ CX is much more than these, though. I like to define Customer Experience as: A mindset A strategy A business discipline Customer experience is more than one area, product, service, or person.

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Survey Automation: Turning Data into Delightful Customer Experiences

Zonka Feedback

Imagine this: You’ve just launched a new product, and you’re eager to know what your customers think. Traditionally, you’d spend hours crafting surveys, manually sending them out, and then waiting—sometimes for weeks—before you could even begin analyzing the responses. But what if you could automate this entire process? What if, instead of waiting, you could sip your coffee while your survey system collects, analyzes, and even acts on feedback in real-time?

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From Government CX to Private Sector: Breaking Through ‘Doom Loops’ and Red Tape

Doing CX Right

Government CX is just as important as private sector customer experience. Read lessons about new initiatives that can benefit all industries. The post From Government CX to Private Sector: Breaking Through ‘Doom Loops’ and Red Tape appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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How to Build an Effective Customer Experience Dashboard

InMoment XI

Customer experience programs can be complex. Often, a customer experience program includes multiple different initiatives running simultaneously throughout the organization. With so much going on in different places, it is beneficial to have one place to be able to see how your CX program is performing. This is where customer experience dashboards come in.

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MarTech-Driven Transformation: Navigating the Future of Customer Experience

ECXO

Created by DALL-E with all rights reserved to ECXO.org. MarTech-Driven Transformation: Navigating the Future of Customer Experience Introduction In today’s fiercely competitive business landscape, delivering a superior customer experience (CX) is not just an advantage—it’s essential. Marketing technology (MarTech) is at the heart of this evolution, integrating data, automating processes, and enabling personalized, real-time customer interactions.

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The State of Digital Customer Experience Report 2024

This comprehensive report explores the evolving landscape of customer and business expectations, with five key trends that will help you understand your customers and stay ahead of the competition. Discover how your peers are implementing AI to improve customer experience with granular insights into their CX investments and specific AI use cases. For the first time, customers prefer digital channels when interacting with a business.

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[Experience Action Podcast] So Many Improvements! Where to Start?

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

How do you prioritize customer experience improvements in a way that truly makes an impact? Discover the answer as an insightful question from Allison Shapira (www.linkedin.com/in/allisonshapira/) sets the stage for an engaging exploration into aligning customer experience enhancements with your organization’s core goals. By mapping out the customer journey, we uncover the pain points and opportunities that matter most, using a combination of customer feedback and operational data to guide

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Can you really make a choice? The Power of Free Will in Enhancing Customer Experience

eglobalis

Guest post by: João Pereira In the bustling corridors of the business world, where brands and businesses compete for the attention of discerning customers, the concept of free will stands as a beacon of human autonomy and conscious choice. Free will is not just a philosophical musing but a practical tool that can profoundly transform customer experience.

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CX Tech Top-ups: IntouchSurvey® Updates and New Templates!

IntouchInsight

At Intouch, we are committed to continuously improving our platform to meet the evolving needs of our clients. This month, we’re excited to introduce several updates to enhance the IntouchSurvey ® experience. Our latest improvements include an upgraded Smiley Face Rating system and new Skip Logic features based on Location and Location Tags, offering more flexibility in survey customization.

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You can’t satisfy customers with disengaged employees. Start there. CARE for your people first. 

Bill Quiseng

QUI TAKEAWAY: You can’t satisfy customers with disengaged employees. Start there. CARE for your people first. COMMUNICATE openly, interactively, frequently, and continuously any information your people need and want to know. Listen empathetically to their concerns, questions, and complaints. Express compassion and encouragement. APPRECIATE your people’s roles and responsibilities.

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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How to Improve Call Center Customer Service

TechSee

Call centers are the frontline of customer service for many businesses. Providing excellent service in call centers is crucial for maintaining customer satisfaction and loyalty. However, call centers face a variety of challenges that can prevent them from delivering the best possible service. In this blog post, we will explore these pain points, discuss best practices, and describe how AI and automation can not only improve call center customer service – they can revolutionize it.

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Listen to your canary

ECXO

Listen to your canary During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, coal mining was an essential industry, providing fuel for various industries and households. However, mining was an inherently dangerous job, primarily due to the presence of toxic gases like carbon monoxide, methane, and others that could accumulate in the mines. Miners needed a reliable and early warning system to detect these hazardous gases.

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[Experience Action Podcast] CX Pulse Check – August 2024

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Ready for another CX Pulse Check? Special Co-host David Avrin joins Jeannie Walters on Experience Action to highlight current events and innovations in customer experience (CX) and discuss their impact for CX leaders. What would our world look like if businesses prioritized protecting their service workers from abusive customers? First, we navigate a cultural revolution in Japan, where companies are redefining traditional norms to support their employees.

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Build custom generative AI applications powered by Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning

With last month’s blog, I started a series of posts that highlight the key factors that are driving customers to choose Amazon Bedrock. I explored how Bedrock enables customers to build a secure, compliant foundation for generative AI applications. Now I’d like to turn to a slightly more technical, but equally important differentiator for Bedrock—the multiple techniques that you can use to customize models and meet your specific business needs.

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The AI Superhero Approach to Product Management

Speaker: Conrado Morlan

In this engaging and witty talk, industry expert Conrado Morlan will explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, he’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in data management and reporting, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation.

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Spotlight on CS Ops: Supercharging Customer Success with Data-Driven Strategies

Totango

“If you invest in the post-sale, and you have somebody that can focus just on the digital journey, you’re going to keep more customers, and you’re going to expand them, because they’re going to have a better experience.” – Katie Yagodnik, Director, Customer Success Operations and Digital Programs, Totango + Catalyst Customer success operations (CS Ops) can be the “wizard” behind the scenes of your customer-centric strategy.

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Climb the ranks: Free Google review calculators for a higher star rating

BirdEye

Online reviews are the most essential source of truth for customers to understand your business. Customers read between two to five reviews before making a purchase decision. With Google commanding a massive 79% share of online reviews, it’s crucial to dominate this space. That’s where Google review calculators come in, empowering you to outrank your competitors, reach your target star rating, and attract more customers.

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Customer Experience Automation: Transforming the Future of Customer Service

TechSee

Customer experience (CX) is a focal point for businesses striving to achieve a competitive advantage. Online reviews and consumer feedback are paramount, and social media only magnifies the importance of creating positive customer experiences. A series of glowing reviews can enhance brand loyalty and attract new patrons, whereas negative feedback may meaningfully impact business.

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Future Thinking: A Complex and Multifaceted Ability that Deeply Influences Customer Experience

ECXO

Future Thinking: A Complex and Multifaceted Ability that Deeply Influences Customer Experience On Customer Experience, future thinking involves envisioning and planning for future needs, preferences, and behaviors of customers. When companies struggle with future thinking, it can negatively influence their ability to meet customer expectations and adapt to changing market conditions.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

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? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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[Experience Action Podcast] Turning Negative Touchpoints into Positive Ones

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Can sending an invoice actually enhance your customer relationship? Hear how to transform routine tasks into positive touchpoints and memorable experiences. In this episode, Jeannie Walters tackles the often-overlooked touchpoints like invoicing, providing three actionable strategies to infuse positivity and alignment with your brand’s promise into these interactions.

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Connect the Amazon Q Business generative AI coding companion to your GitHub repositories with Amazon Q GitHub (Cloud) connector

AWS Machine Learning

Incorporating generative artificial intelligence (AI) into your development lifecycle can offer several benefits. For example, using an AI-based coding companion such as Amazon Q Developer can boost development productivity by up to 30 percent. Additionally, reducing the developer context switching that stems from frequent interactions with many different development tools can also increase developer productivity.

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Factors driving the gap between customer expectations and satisfaction

Adrian Swinscoe

Customers are generally not happy with the experiences they are having with brands. Last month, Forrester published the US 2024 Customer Experience (CX) Index, which found […] The post Factors driving the gap between customer expectations and satisfaction first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Silence Speaks: Leadership Lessons from 7 Days Without My Voice

Doing CX Right

A week of silence revealed surprising truths. Could these lessons transform your leadership style and business? Read more now. The post Silence Speaks: Leadership Lessons from 7 Days Without My Voice appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

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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Why Trades People Have Such A Poor Reputation And What To Do About It

Beyond Philosophy

Colin has a bone to pick. No, it’s not with cable providers this time. It’s with the tradespeople involved in his latest home reno project. They are living up to the poor reputation that precedes them, and he has a list of complaints. Key problems included inaccurate pricing, disdain for previous workers’ efforts, lack of collaboration, excessive use of jargon, and poor time management.

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What is Outbound IVR & How NobelBiz Can Help

NobelBiz

It is a fact that the most essential thing behind all businesses is effective customer communication. One of the best tools that help businesses succeed is an outbound interactive voice response system (IVR). This system differs from the traditional IVR system in that it is applied for outbound calling. Let’s take a more detailed look at what outbound IVR is, how it works, its uses, and the benefits it brings to businesses.

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[Experience Action Podcast] Countdown to CX Day

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

How can you celebrate CX Day on a limited budget and with a small team? Tune in to hear some ideas for acknowledging your organization’s unsung heroes and making this special day truly meaningful. Join Jeannie Walters as she shares innovative and heartfelt ways to celebrate the outstanding work of customer experience professionals, from promoting their efforts in internal communications to surprising them with small tokens of appreciation.