December, 2010

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Marconi and Social Media: Allegiance Radio Debuts!

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Join us for Allegiance Radio in 2011. Every week, Allegiance will announce the weekly topic and time along with the URL to connect to the live broadcasts. These will come as tweets on the Allegiance Twitter account or Allegiance on Facebook. You are invited to “call in” to chat live on the air, or you can listen after the airing of the broadcast via podcast on iTunes or any other audio playback device.

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Tweets Not All Sweet on Black Friday

Customers Rock!

Social media has brought the customer experience more in-focus than ever before, and this became very apparent during the start of the 2010 holiday shopping season on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Consumers made their lists of who had the best deals, based on what they learned on Twitter and other sites. The brave ones, armed with their mobile phones, made the trek into the brick-and-mortar retail stores to fight the crowds for their coveted items.

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Customer service mistakes that go bump in the night

Service Untitled

Every business is bound to have unhappy customers; there’s always some variable that can go wrong despite all safeguards to make things perfect. Great customer service extends beyond answering the phone after two rings, beyond the twitter and Facebook entries, and even beyond the gentle ego stroking of an already angry customer. The Society for New Communications Research, which tracks the latest trends and best practices in communication and social media, states that 59 percent of consume

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Can Your Customers Tell When You’re Feeling "Bleh"?

Annie Tsai

The short answer is "Yes". The long answer is something like this: often yes, sometimes not because customers reaching out to you are often consumed with their task at hand, but usually yes because your tone or lack of spark can be a dead giveaway. The more relevant question is this: Does you feeling "bleh" […].

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2024 State of Customer Education Report

Customer education has become a key driver for growth, retention, and product adoption. Our latest 2024 State of Customer Education Report uncovers critical data and insights from a survey of over 200 industry leaders, offering a look at the evolving role of education in driving business success. Inside, you'll find data on key trends and strategies, including: Strategies for Scaling & Customization: Find out which investments in learning technology deliver the biggest ROI and scalability.

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Customer service: relationship management

Very Best Service

'For better or for worse. Customer relationship management is all about working together, not imposing what suits one party or the other. Irrespective of the initial engagement, companies which can demonstrate flexibility, and wish for the relationship to succeed, will stimulate their customers to adopt the same behaviour. And, long after the wedding day all will live in harmony in the long term.

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Marconi and Social Media: Allegiance Radio Debuts!

InMoment XI

Join us for Allegiance Radio in 2011. Every week, Allegiance will announce the weekly topic and time along with the URL to connect to the live broadcasts. These will come as tweets on the Allegiance Twitter account or Allegiance on Facebook. You are invited to “call in” to chat live on the air, or you can listen after the airing of the broadcast via podcast on iTunes or any other audio playback device.

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Marconi and Social Media: Allegiance Radio Debuts!

InMoment XI

Join us for Allegiance Radio in 2011. Every week, Allegiance will announce the weekly topic and time along with the URL to connect to the live broadcasts. These will come as tweets on the Allegiance Twitter account or Allegiance on Facebook. You are invited to “call in” to chat live on the air, or you can listen after the airing of the broadcast via podcast on iTunes or any other audio playback device.

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Closing the Loop

InMoment XI

The design of any world-class customer feedback program should include a closed loop process that makes the customers feel that they have been heard and promotes learning about what to do to improve the business in ways that drive customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Closing the Loop

InMoment XI

The design of any world-class customer feedback program should include a closed loop process that makes the customers feel that they have been heard and promotes learning about what to do to improve the business in ways that drive customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Closing the Loop

InMoment XI

The design of any world-class customer feedback program should include a closed loop process that makes the customers feel that they have been heard and promotes learning about what to do to improve the business in ways that drive customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Closing the Loop

InMoment XI

The design of any world-class customer feedback program should include a closed loop process that makes the customers feel that they have been heard and promotes learning about what to do to improve the business in ways that drive customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Where’s VOC Going, Anyway? Answer: VOCi

InMoment XI

The focus of VOC is not to gather more surveys and data; it is to create actionable business intelligence that moves the needle. VOC practitioners are not great at this second part today, but getting better, and quickly. This is the reason VOC programs are gaining quick adoption now when they have stalled in the past. VOC best practices require a shift from data gathering, creating charts and reports, to providing prescriptive and predictive outcomes that support a business story.

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Where’s VOC Going, Anyway? Answer: VOCi

InMoment XI

The focus of VOC is not to gather more surveys and data; it is to create actionable business intelligence that moves the needle. VOC practitioners are not great at this second part today, but getting better, and quickly. This is the reason VOC programs are gaining quick adoption now when they have stalled in the past. VOC best practices require a shift from data gathering, creating charts and reports, to providing prescriptive and predictive outcomes that support a business story.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

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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Where’s VOC Going, Anyway? Answer: VOCi

InMoment XI

The focus of VOC is not to gather more surveys and data; it is to create actionable business intelligence that moves the needle. VOC practitioners are not great at this second part today, but getting better, and quickly. This is the reason VOC programs are gaining quick adoption now when they have stalled in the past. VOC best practices require a shift from data gathering, creating charts and reports, to providing prescriptive and predictive outcomes that support a business story.

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Announcing VOCi; Voice of Customer ‘Intelligence’

InMoment XI

After months of client meetings, focus groups and quantitative studies, one thing stands out: data is everywhere, and VOC pros want help making decisions from their mountains of data. That’s why we are committed to accelerating the delivery of actionable business intelligence from VOC data. It’s not about gathering more survey data, it’s about the insights business leaders need to move the needle.

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Announcing VOCi; Voice of Customer ‘Intelligence’

InMoment XI

After months of client meetings, focus groups and quantitative studies, one thing stands out: data is everywhere, and VOC pros want help making decisions from their mountains of data. That’s why we are committed to accelerating the delivery of actionable business intelligence from VOC data. It’s not about gathering more survey data, it’s about the insights business leaders need to move the needle.

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Announcing VOCi; Voice of Customer ‘Intelligence’

InMoment XI

After months of client meetings, focus groups and quantitative studies, one thing stands out: data is everywhere, and VOC pros want help making decisions from their mountains of data. That’s why we are committed to accelerating the delivery of actionable business intelligence from VOC data. It’s not about gathering more survey data, it’s about the insights business leaders need to move the needle.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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Saying “Bon Voyage” to Your Customers

Service Untitled

As service professionals, we all understand the commitment and effort needed to acquire new and retain our existing customers. But what about the customer who has decided to leave? What do we typically do for them? In his book It’s Your Ship , Michael Abrashoff talked about how important it was to give a warm send off and thank you for Navy personnel who served under him but opted not to re-enlist.

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Work on improving customer experiences

Service Untitled

The Business Impact of Customer Experience Report 2010 examines how customer experiences affect the overall success of businesses: - It affects a customer’s intent to purchase from a particular organization. - It affects the likelihood of a customer switching to a competitor. - It affects the likelihood of a customer to recommend the business or organization to a friend, coworker, or relative.

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Marriott employees keep guests coming back

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Since it’s getting cold in most of the United States, I thought I might end the week with a few words about the Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel which has just been awarded the Marriott’s Customer Excellence Award for demonstrating exemplary guest services. It is classified as a luxury AAA 4 Diamond hotel on seven and one-half acres of waterfront property.

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How to improve customer satisfaction

Service Untitled

This year may be fading away swiftly, but a better, new one is on the horizon. So what does that mean? Well, it means that we all make plans for a successful new adventure into a promising new time, however the basic ingredients of success haven’t changed nor does it change with the drop of a brightly lit ball in Times Square at the stroke of midnight.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Warm thoughts for customer service during the holidays

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You’re most likely sending out emails, brochures, and promotions with greetings of the season, but what happens after the lights are removed and the tree is packed away? Are you still showing your customers that you appreciate their business all year round? You want to show sincere appreciation for customer patronage and want them to feel valued for making the choice of spending their hard-earned money at your organization.

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Airlines snow storm or snow job?

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Can you even imagine waiting all year for a great holiday weekend, and then getting stranded at an airport not just for hours, but two or three days? Travelers are blaming the airlines for not being prepared. The airlines have always used weather conditions as their fall back , but consumer advocates state that they should have been prepared. Thousands of stranded passengers couldn’t get through to reservation agents to rebook their flights.

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Amazon.com takes first place in customer satisfaction

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A Christmas Customer Satisfaction Index survey showed Amazon as the top online retailer to best satisfy consumers during the busy holiday shopping season. The study, done by Fore See Results stated that Amazon offered the safest and best online opportunities, but also showed the lesser e-commerce sites slipping and failing to meet the improving standards of the larger companies.

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Is customer satisfaction exploited by the fine print?

Service Untitled

In Flanders, New Jersey, George Filimonchuk planned his Black Friday shopping expedition at Walmart. He received a flyer two days earlier advertising Walmart’s sale of a 32″ Emerson LCD television for $198 which Filimonchuk had planned to present to his teenage daughter Alexis for Christmas. He made arrangements for Alexis to sleep over at one of her friend’s home so he could be sure the television would be a surprise.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Google’s involvement in negative customer reviews

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It seems that bad customer service can benefit a business, and while companies scurry to hide their bad reviews and complaints from customers, others revel in the dishonesty. Let’s take the latest example of Decor My Eyes, an online glasses and eye wear shop owned by the unsavory character, Vitaly Borker. His mission statement echos, “if a customer costs him money, he tells them where to go.&#.

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What do re-stocking fees say about a retailer?

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Christmas is the time for good will toward shoppers, and with that in mind, Target, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy have dropped their re-stocking fees to boost customer service. Ethan Jones, a customer service administrator for Best Buy assures customers that as long as everything is returned in the original box, all re-stocking fees will be waived. Other stores, in an effort to boost customer loyalty offer generous return policies.

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Make it personal to build customer loyalty

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While successful businesses have always been about price, quality, and customer service, what can an organization do to guarantee that a particular customer will keep coming back? With so much competition out there and everyone trying to outdo each other, building customer loyalty is not an easy task. No matter how you address it, customer loyalty emanates from excellent customer service.

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