November, 2020

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Creating A Customer-Centric Strategy

Integrity Solutions

A customer-centric strategy is about more than just a values statement or a directive to the team. Are your customers truly at the center of your business universe? A customer-centric culture is one that is relentlessly focused on putting what’s best for the customer at the core of everything you do. Culture isn’t just about one function or department or role.

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7 Review Acquisition Strategies to Boost Customer Success

ReviewTrackers

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Best Customer & Employee Experience Design Books 2020 2021 List

eglobalis

Best Customer experience and Employee Experience experience Design Books of 2020 2021 List. The post Best Customer & Employee Experience Design Books 2020 2021 List appeared first on Eglobalis.

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Interview with CX Ambassador Matthew Phillip

GetFeedback

Interview with Matthew Phillip, Marketing Automation Manager at Mylo, a Lockton company, the insurtech leader revolutionizing insurance shopping, about his career in the customer experience space.

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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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Five Ways to Thank Customers — And How to Find Opportunities in Your Organization

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

When our waiter flagged us down by the door, I assumed we had left something behind or forgotten to sign the credit card slip or something. My husband and I were walking out of a restaurant with our two boys, who were 9 and 12 at the time, while on vacation in Florida several years ago. I was so surprised when our server made such an effort to stop us to say that he appreciated how polite our boys were. “Please’s and thank you’s aren’t very common anyway, but especially

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Are You Delivering “Comfort and Joy” to Your Customers?

Customer Bliss

Today’s guest post is from my good friend, Chip R. Bell , the best selling author of the 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service and many other customer service books. Chip has just released his latest book, Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions. Chip is also a customer service keynote speaker who educates organizations on how to create a customer-centric culture.

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Customer Care Outsourcing Amidst Uncertainty: A Pandemic Resource [eBook]

BlueOcean

When the world turned upside down in February and March of 2020, no one could have guessed what was ahead. Many of us hit the pause button with the assumption things would return to normal soon. Soon never happened, and so we are left with the question of when and how to get back to business as usual. For companies who outsource (or are thinking about outsourcing) their customer care, there is simultaneously a large degree of uncertainty and urgency.

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Don’t Talk about Great CX Culture if You Don’t Know MED

eglobalis

Don’t Talk about Great Customer Experience if You Don’t Know MED , customer experience , employee experience loyalty , human experience. The post Don’t Talk about Great CX Culture if You Don’t Know MED appeared first on Eglobalis.

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How to deliver the best mobile user experience

GetFeedback

Five key elements to delivering the best mobile UX and how to use customer feedback to optimize the experience.

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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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Be Found: How Moosend helps our marketing strategy

Storyminers

In this category of Storyminers’ blog, we talk about the client-facing and back-end tools that have helped us create our clients’ experiences. For 20+ years, many have considered email to be the most efficient way to turn strangers into customers. Now, there are hundreds of sites and technologies companies can use to communicate with prospects.

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Act on Early Warnings with Proactive Analytics

NICE inContact

One tool that helps businesses know their customers better, anticipate their needs, and proactively address emerging issues is interaction analytics. A recent Aberdeen report stated that 59% of companies rate Augmented Analytics as critical or very important in the COVID-19 environment. Additionally, the study found that investments in analytics correlate to strong business outcomes.

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How to optimize customer service costs with visual assistance

TechSee

The discussion around how to reduce customer service costs is not a new one. For decades, service organizations have been proposing innovative ways to cut operational costs in customer service: Let employees bring their own coffee? ??. Eliminate evening and weekend hours? Limit call times to 3 minutes each? Slash the number of technicians per shift?

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An Effortless Experience Isn’t Enough

Heart of the Customer

In CX, we all focus on making the experience easier on our customers. (We even made it the title of our book.) But building loyalty isn’t as simple as removing friction. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely worthwhile to simplify your customer experience. Friction is a key driver behind loyalty destruction, and your organization will […].

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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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Customer Transformation: Loyalty & Sentiment Are Your Challenges Ahead

eglobalis

Customer Transformation: Loyalty & Sentiment Are Your Challenges Ahead , People-centric enterprises will certainly have an advantage – not just today, but also down the road – when it comes to the memories they instilled in employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Customer Transformation: Loyalty & Sentiment Are Your Challenges Ahead appeared first on Eglobalis.

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5 Ways Support Teams Can Prepare for the COVID-19 Holiday Rush

GetFeedback

How to provide the best customer service and support during this unprecedented holiday season. Guides

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Going From Point A to Point B? Take the long way.

Storyminers

100 Architects ‘ work is all about turning concrete into color and pathways into experiences. . Check out their recent entry to transform an urban walkway in Shanghai, China, into an urban journey. Here’s a quick video overview: . . That’s so cool! What did you notice as different, and what surpassed your expectations? . . For me, it was the: Vibrant colors.

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The Best Customer Service Phrases That Will Help in Any Tough Situation

Win the Customer

Being an exceptional customer service representative comes with specific requirements. One of them is understanding the effect of using service phrases. Your goal as a customer service employee is to hear problems and bring solutions. As long as you know how to solve the issues arising, you’re successful. However, communicating well 24/7 can be difficult.

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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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The 5 Rules for Designing a Great Digital Experience

Beyond Philosophy

Digital experiences are a crucial part of your Customer Experience , especially during the pandemic. Some organizations are excelling, while others could use some work. No matter where you fall on that spectrum, we have some essential considerations for designing your digital experience in the form of 5 rules. On a recent podcast about these 5 rules, I shared a recent digital experience that was definitely on the “could use some work” side of the spectrum.

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The Mike Moment

ShepHyken

We’ve all heard the old adage: “It’s better to give than to receive.” That’s what customer service people do. They give and give and give. They help solve problems and resolve complaints. What they get in return—hopefully—is a nice thank you, which, when you think about it, is fairly insignificant , though appreciated, for the work they do. Yes, they are paid for the job they do, but the people who are amazing at this role aren’t doing it just for the money.

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Contact Center Digital Transformation Strategy

UJET

This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. It took a pandemic, but most companies have finally been convinced that they need to undergo a digital transformation to position themselves for success in the economy of the future, also known as the “new normal.” The only problem is that no one knows what the new normal will be, only that it is likely to be different from what the world looked like at the end of calendar year 2019.

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Why Academic Writing Skills Are Useful for Managers

CSM Magazine

Writing is seen as such a Herculean task that it is often outsourced and that can be a great idea. If you look at the writing involved in a task and you realise that it is something that you cannot handle, it’s easy to get an essay writing service to deal with it for you. Nonetheless, academic writing is a very useful skill that you must acquire as a manager.

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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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Setting up for CX success: Mike Wittenstein’s 7 core tips for nailing your customer experience design

Storyminers

Mike is the CEO of Storyminers. They help leaders win adoption for their boldest ideas and strategies. They know why people fight change, and how to engage and inspire them. He’s an inspiring CX professional and it has been a real pleasure to discuss as he’s a true storyteller. In this podcast we cover the next topic: Why CX design shouldn’t be about ROI.

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The Guide to Facebook Reviews

ReviewTrackers

Facebook Page reviews have the power to bring more customers for any business. In fact, Facebook is one of the top five sites that consumers check before they visit a business. In 2017 alone, Facebook held 19 percent of a business’ reviews , and it had the most positive reviews when compared to Google, Tripadvisor, and Yelp. Most people today have a personal Facebook account, and it only makes sense to allow users to leave their review of a business on the same platform.

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Digital Transformation Didn’t Work: This Is What You Should Do Now

Beyond Philosophy

An organization’s digital experience is vital to their success. We have been getting a lot of clients asking for a review of their digital experience. Many recognize that their digital transformation hasn’t resulted in the experience that they hoped it would be. On a recent podcast, we had our lead on digital transformation Zhecho Dobrev, Principal Consultant for Beyond Philosophy, tell us why that might be.

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Guest Blog: How To Improve the Customer Experience Starting Today

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article from Chelsea Lamb , co-founder and head tech writer at Business Pop. She provides multiple strategies to improve the customer experience in order to gain and retain repeat customers. It’s been said that customer service is dead. Unfortunately, for many businesses, this is true. We live in such an instant gratification world that customers will often simply seek the next best thing if they don’t get the desired outcome to start.

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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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Embrace the digital era by automating key business processes in the contact center

Talkdesk

Call centers are often high-stress environments, especially when customer demands relate to urgent issues such as health or financial well-being. Automating processes and tasks is a key step to reducing stress and boosting productivity. For contact centers, the competitive advantage lies with being customer-centric and providing the best customer experience (CX) possible.

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Testing in Production. Safely

Cyara

There is nothing as scary as testing against a production system. The number of possible “what if” scenarios include everything from system crashes and software failures, to faulty reporting and annoyed agents. Yet, running test calls through production is the only way to monitor all aspects of the customer experience. So is there a way to safely validate the production system without the risk of causing a career-ending situation?

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Kustomer To Join Facebook, Helping Brands Thrive In The Digital Economy with Modern Customer Service

Kustomer

When we started Kustomer in 2015, we did so with the vision of reimagining customer service for a new generation of businesses and consumers. We understand consumers want more from the companies they do business with. They want effortless and seamless customer service across all communications and social channels. They want businesses to understand them and keep pace with how quickly their needs change – especially when there’s a question or issue.