July, 2012

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Mystery Shops To Help Build Process Improvements

InMoment XI

I have some homework for you as you plan your summer vacation. I want you to do some mystery shops for me. Try dropping in to various dealerships in and around where you live. Shop different brands, not just your own, and see what happens. It can be incredibly enlightening to see how you.

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How to improve customer service in the digital world

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Wachovia turned into Wells Fargo in March 2011. The conversion had been going on since 2008, and Wells Fargo promised to become more environmentally friendly and use less paper and forms. They also promised to have more in-house personnel to assist customers and to become more efficient. There’s no denying that the Wells Fargo branch I use in Jupiter, Fla. has had the best and brightest customer assistance I have ever had the pleasure to meet in a long line of mediocre banking institutions

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Even Your Dog Deserves Excellent Customer Service

Pretium Solutions

I sent my husband off to work today with our two St. Bernards, Otis and Rosie. Both stood on the back seat of his little car, one gigantic head sticking out of each back window, on their way to a very personal experience at the groomer – bath, brush and beautification. They are always an amusing sight that draws attention and smiles from passersby. My husband’s task is simple – drop off Otis and Rosie at the groomer on the way to a meeting, wrangle the collective 280 pounds of beasts into

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Service Outage Customer Experience Management and Social Media: My Advice to 3.

Customer Input

'An unforeseeable service outage could happen to any company, but it is not only technical crisis; it is also a customer relationship one. How prepared you are to inform customers through different channels will affect their perception of the company, and ultimately their loyalty.

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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-Centricity Is Not the Solution; It’s the Problem

Sampson Lee

I just read a blog post by Bob Thompson titled “Starbucks is customer-centric, because it listened… to ME.” To summarize the post in a few sentences: Bob is a regular customer of a Starbucks store near his house. He had an unsatisfactory experience with that store. He then wrote to Starbucks to voice his dissatisfaction. […].

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Dishonesty Equals Disloyalty: Consider Measuring Honesty

InMoment XI

In business, being honest is essential to retaining loyal customers. Often you hear of customers turning away and not returning because they didn’t feel the company they were dealing with treated them honestly. So, if this was happening to your business, wouldn’t you want to know about it? Research provides an important manner to learn.

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Is British Airways providing better customer service or are they stalking you?

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British Airways has initiated a new customer service program called “Know Me.” The company claims the iPad based system is intended to proactively recreate “the feeling of recognition” a customer often delights in when they walk into their favorite restaurant and the maitre d’ or the owner of the establishment knows their name and greets them personally.

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How to Create Customer Delight

Pretium Solutions

One of the more well-known customer service goals is delighting your customers, a self-explanatory outcome for sure, but exactly how do you go about achieving this goal? More specifically, how do you get your customer-facing employees to delight your customers? Customer delight is created first by how we listen and then respond to the customer , not just how we respond to them.

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Service Outage Customer Experience Management and Social Media: My Advice to 3.

Customer Input

An unforeseeable service outage could happen to any company, but it is not only technical crisis; it is also a customer relationship one. How prepared you are to inform customers through different channels will affect their perception of the company, and ultimately their 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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Small City Makes Big Strides with NICE Technology

Customer Interactions

'The City of Bethlehem (PA) Communications Center isn’t your typical 9-1-1 center. In addition to handling emergency calls, telecommunicators at the center monitor the city’s surveillance camera network. Since its inception in 2009, the wireless surveillance network has been credited with solving crimes and improving response times. But there’s another twist to the story that few know.

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Customer service: should you blow your own trumpet?

Very Best Service

'With the increasing emphasis on customer service , more and more companies claim that they offer a very good service, the very best service even. But is it wise to blow your own trumpet? Any service delivery hick-up could then lead to a severe back clash, with many customers using the high quality service expectations set by the company as an excuse for complaining, mocking the company and thereby damaging its reputation.

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Dishonesty Equals Disloyalty: Consider Measuring Honesty

InMoment XI

In business, being honest is essential to retaining loyal customers. Often you hear of customers turning away and not returning because they didn’t feel the company they were dealing with treated them honestly. So, if this was happening to your business, wouldn’t you want to know about it? Research provides an important manner to learn.

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When businesses decide to neglect customer service

Service Untitled

Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn no longer maintain call centers claiming the costs are too high. Do these powerful organizations therefore view customer service as an operational cost rather than a marketing investment? In a study from CRM Guru, bad customer service accounts for 70 percent of customer attrition followed by poor quality at 30 percent, price at 25 percent, and functionality at 15 percent.

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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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Behavior: The First Mile of the Exceptional Customer Experience

Pretium Solutions

I recently attended the CXPA Members Insight Exchange in San Diego. It was an excellent conference with well over 100 customer experience professionals in attendance. The presentations about creating the right customer experience culture and programs were refreshing and insightful. The journey toward becoming a customer-centric organization is not an easy one.

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Do Customers Understand Your Access Alternatives?

Brad Cleveland Blog

Brad discusses steps you can take to ensure that your customers understand the access alternatives available to them. Brad discusses steps you can take to ensure that your customers understand the access alternatives available to them.

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What can happen in 60 minutes?

Customer Interactions

'Just think about what you''ve done in the last hour. Is it possible you were touched by a NICE security solution without even knowing it? With thousands of deployments worldwide in airports, transit systems, banks, major landmarks and city centers, NICE security solutions are making the world a safer, more secure place. In fact, in just one hour of a typical day, our solutions not only secure millions of people, they also help many different types of organizations improve their operations by wo

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Dishonesty Equals Disloyalty: Consider Measuring Honesty

InMoment XI

In business, being honest is essential to retaining loyal customers. Often you hear of customers turning away and not returning because they didn’t feel the company they were dealing with treated them honestly. So, if this was happening to your business, wouldn’t you want to know about it? Research provides an important manner to learn.

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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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The Long Tail of Word of Mouth?

InMoment XI

A few days ago I was attending a celebration dinner with my family, including my mother-in-law. As you might guess, my mother-in-law can be classified as an early baby boomer. I won’t be more specific than that as it might get me in serious trouble. So, back to the story. We were at dinner and. View Article.

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The Long Tail of Word of Mouth?

InMoment XI

A few days ago I was attending a celebration dinner with my family, including my mother-in-law. As you might guess, my mother-in-law can be classified as an early baby boomer. I won’t be more specific than that as it might get me in serious trouble. So, back to the story. We were at dinner and.

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The Long Tail of Word of Mouth?

InMoment XI

A few days ago I was attending a celebration dinner with my family, including my mother-in-law. As you might guess, my mother-in-law can be classified as an early baby boomer. I won’t be more specific than that as it might get me in serious trouble. So, back to the story. We were at dinner and.

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How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program: Allegiance/AMA Webinar on July 31

InMoment XI

Learn how these leading companies are using new processes and technologies to generate more insights from existing data in the complimentary webinar “How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program” on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by Allegiance and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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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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Roger Penske and the Global Urban Explosion

InMoment XI

Roger Penske recently opened a combined Nissan and Infiniti dealership in San Francisco. This was intriguing, not only because he was able to put the dealership into an abandoned building thereby furthering urban renewal, but because it addresses the future challenge that will face all brands and dealerships in the not-too-distant future – the projected.

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How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program: Allegiance/AMA Webinar on July 31

InMoment XI

Learn how these leading companies are using new processes and technologies to generate more insights from existing data in the complimentary webinar “How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program” on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by Allegiance and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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Roger Penske and the Global Urban Explosion

InMoment XI

Roger Penske recently opened a combined Nissan and Infiniti dealership in San Francisco. This was intriguing, not only because he was able to put the dealership into an abandoned building thereby furthering urban renewal, but because it addresses the future challenge that will face all brands and dealerships in the not-too-distant future – the projected.

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How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program: Allegiance/AMA Webinar on July 31

InMoment XI

Learn how these leading companies are using new processes and technologies to generate more insights from existing data in the complimentary webinar “How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program” on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by Allegiance and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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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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Roger Penske and the Global Urban Explosion

InMoment XI

Roger Penske recently opened a combined Nissan and Infiniti dealership in San Francisco. This was intriguing, not only because he was able to put the dealership into an abandoned building thereby furthering urban renewal, but because it addresses the future challenge that will face all brands and dealerships in the not-too-distant future – the projected.

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Does your survey tell customers “We care, but only for a week”?

InMoment XI

I received an email customer satisfaction survey invitation a few weeks ago. In the interest of full disclosure, the survey was from a Maritz client and it was one I immediately recognized as a program we manage. But, that fact is immaterial to the issue I want to talk about, and truth be told, I.

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Does your survey tell customers “We care, but only for a week”?

InMoment XI

I received an email customer satisfaction survey invitation a few weeks ago. In the interest of full disclosure, the survey was from a Maritz client and it was one I immediately recognized as a program we manage. But, that fact is immaterial to the issue I want to talk about, and truth be told, I.

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