November, 2013

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Forget the customer experience: you have to remember the customer first

InMoment XI

How much difference does the customer’s engagement make to the customer experience? Note: the customer’s engagement NOT customer engagement. Or, in other words, do you get treated better as a customer if you are nicer to a brand’s customer service team? You may think that it is a fairly obvious answer, but is it?

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Why Map an Ideal Customer Experience?

Aveus

Like the old cliché “If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know if you get there?” there is a benefit for everyone in your organization to have a clear, unclouded vision of the point on the horizon to which you are aiming. In the cliché the risk is overshooting the target. In business the risk is that individuals, functions or even your whole company could be unwittingly marching away from the outcomes that would yield the best performance for your company.

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The Good Stuff on Customer Success you should be Reading

Amity

Customer support and customer service have been around for decades. These were the necessary evils of the traditional sector – the old-model reactive break/fix cost center – to resolve problems resulting from breaks and service interruptions. The misconception with SaaS is that there is no longer a need for a team of this nature in today’s organization.

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The top remedies to quell ‘customer rage’

Service Untitled

'In the world of social media, where consumers publicly speak out against poor customer service, it has been estimated that U.S. businesses can lose $60 billion in future sales of goods and services. A recent report from a cloud contact provider stated 85% of consumers retaliate against a company with bad customer service. “Customer rage”, as it is called, has caused 49% of consumers from doing business with a particular organization, and interestingly enough, the 18 through 34 yea

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

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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Twitter Application Use Across EMEA

Andrew Maher

As part of the Twittersphere and the data provided via its API I was curious as to how people here across EMEA from Scandinavia down to the Cape were accessing and tweeting. So, over a few months I tracked the use and have now compiled the results. This is in no way comprehensive and there […].

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Happy Holiday Shopping Season?? Ugh…

InMoment XI

Holiday shopping season is painful at best: crowded parking lots; congested aisles where carts play bumper cars with each other; standing in long lines thinking there must be something else you need to search for on your phone. Now, throw two little kids into the mix…and, well, you get the picture. This was my past.

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Touchpoint Measurement 101: Part III

Touchpoint Dashboard

'Touchpoint Measurement Challenges As we’ve outlined in Part I and Part II of our Touchpoint Measurement 101 series, a formal, ongoing and consistent touchpoint measurement system forms the backbone of any successful customer experience management program. But let’s face it. Touchpoint measurement is not the easiest thing in the world to do, especially if you […].

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Stop Building Your Competitive Advantage and Start Building Your Customer Advantage

Amity

That’s when it’s back to the lab again, He better go capture the moment, And hope it don’t pass him by. Lose Yourself , Eminem. Competitive Advantage isn’t Sustainable. Power has shifted from vendors to customers. Using everyday digital technology, customers have ready access to information, people and resources. These empowered customers have higher expectations and lower loyalty than just a few years ago.

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Service with a snarl: What to look for and how to avoid it

Service Untitled

'No doubt we have all been victims of bad customer service, and no doubt we have left companies and moved on to their competition because the experience, at least in our own eyes for the moment, had been intolerable. Of course, we all have those particularly heinous stories of sub par service and indignant insults, but fair is fair, and perhaps some of those “fly off the handle” experiences could have been handled better; both by the customer and the service person.

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4 HR Predictions for 2025: Supercharge Your Employee Experience with Internal Communications

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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Bank Mobile App and Customer Service

Andrew Maher

I just came across an article from 1to1 (sorry, login wall) but the point was it brought to my attention a US bank and its jump into Customer Input in designing a mobile application. You can see more about this application on their own web page as well. [link] has won an award from Forrester for their […].

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Customer service culture

Very Best Service

'Customer service culture Establishing the right customer service culture is a vital part of any customer service policy and a pre-requisite for delivering the best service possible. Companies want to make sure that their employees behaviours are conditioned by a set of values and beliefs which will protect the interests of all customers during their sales, marketing and servicing efforts.

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Forget the customer experience: you have to remember the customer first

InMoment XI

How much difference does the customer’s engagement make to the customer experience? Note: the customer’s engagement NOT customer engagement. Or, in other words, do you get treated better as a customer if you are nicer to a brand’s customer service team? You may think that it is a fairly obvious answer, but is it?

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Your Touchpoint Path May Be Slippery – Proceed with Caution

Touchpoint Dashboard

'“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looking down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;” -Robert Frost, from his poem “The Road Not Taken When Robert Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” in […].

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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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How Customer Success will Succeed

Amity

The customer success cat is out of the bag. There can be no doubt about the direct correlation between customer success and the long-term success of SaaS companies. There are calculations and strategies , analyst research , reports and findings , and numerous compelling blog posts – enough supporting evidence to motivate even the most skeptical C-suite.

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Video Surveillance: More is Good, But Smarter is Better

Customer Interactions

'A recent poll indicates that New Yorkers support the increased use of security cameras throughout the city. This begs the question: Is having more cameras better? While having more cameras is certainly a good start, using smarter video surveillance is an even better approach. So how can cities achieve this? Add intelligence to video with analytics By themselves, video cameras don’t see anything; they provide a mechanism for human eyes to detect what’s going on.

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Time of Ambient Everything?

Andrew Maher

Just had to repost this here as it is a challenge to context and a move to ambient. Here the original post: [link] Computerworld – While shopping at the grocery store recently and wearing Google Glass, I got an incoming social media alert referring to a phrase used by the Pew Research Center: “ambient news.” Wait, […].

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The Value Call Centers Create

Brad Cleveland Blog

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

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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Happy Holiday Shopping Season?? Ugh…

InMoment XI

Holiday shopping season is painful at best: crowded parking lots; congested aisles where carts play bumper cars with each other; standing in long lines thinking there must be something else you need to search for on your phone. Now, throw two little kids into the mix…and, well, you get the picture. This was my past.

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Forget the customer experience: you have to remember the customer first

InMoment XI

How much difference does the customer’s engagement make to the customer experience? Note: the customer’s engagement NOT customer engagement. Or, in other words, do you get treated better as a customer if you are nicer to a brand’s customer service team? You may think that it is a fairly obvious answer, but is it?

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Happy Holiday Shopping Season?? Ugh…

InMoment XI

Holiday shopping season is painful at best: crowded parking lots; congested aisles where carts play bumper cars with each other; standing in long lines thinking there must be something else you need to search for on your phone. Now, throw two little kids into the mix…and, well, you get the picture. This was my past.

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Video: Customer Journey – Part One

InMoment XI

I mentioned in the last posting that we just finished up our Customer Experience Summit in Las Vegas. This was a great opportunity for clients and other leaders in the CE field to exchange ideas and learn what’s happening in this critical area for OEMs. At the conference we released the Maritz Customer Journey. View Article.

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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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Video: Customer Journey – Part One

InMoment XI

I mentioned in the last posting that we just finished up our Customer Experience Summit in Las Vegas. This was a great opportunity for clients and other leaders in the CE field to exchange ideas and learn what’s happening in this critical area for OEMs. At the conference we released the Maritz Customer Journey.

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Customer Journey – Part One

InMoment XI

I mentioned in the last posting that we just finished up our Customer Experience Summit in Las Vegas. This was a great opportunity for clients and other leaders in the CE field to exchange ideas and learn what’s happening in this critical area for OEMs. At the conference we released the Maritz Customer Journey.

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Reciprocity – The capital “R” in customer Relationships

InMoment XI

When I look at my mailbox fill up, the messages I almost always read are the ones that are relevant and provide value to me. The rest go into the Junk Mail folder. I have even set it up with an automated filter that filter out the providers that have proven to be valuable from. View Article.

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Reciprocity – The capital “R” in customer Relationships

InMoment XI

When I look at my mailbox fill up, the messages I almost always read are the ones that are relevant and provide value to me. The rest go into the Junk Mail folder. I have even set it up with an automated filter that filter out the providers that have proven to be valuable from.

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

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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Reciprocity – The capital “R” in customer Relationships

InMoment XI

When I look at my mailbox fill up, the messages I almost always read are the ones that are relevant and provide value to me. The rest go into the Junk Mail folder. I have even set it up with an automated filter that filter out the providers that have proven to be valuable from.

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Getting customers to respond to your survey is now easier

InMoment XI

I was meeting with a well-known brand’s insight manager earlier this week and we had discussed the usual challenges that a medium sized retailer has. We had talked about some of our innovations and how they could help his brand improve customer satisfaction and loyalty. He nodded wisely – even appreciatively – when he cut.

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Engaging surveys for your customers so they give valuable feedback

InMoment XI

You remember last week that we posed the questions: How do your customers respond to the (Maritz enabled) survey and when they do, how do you engage with them? Last week, we answered the first part and this week I’ll answer the second part. So, to pick up where we left off……. So, how do.

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