August, 2020

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Personas, Interviews, Data & More: How to Know Your Customer

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Does Your Organization Agree on Who Your Customer Is? My workshopping and consulting leads me to work with a wide range of clients with all sorts of goals. Often these goals are focused on updating and improving existing customer experience policies, but sometimes I get to work with clients on an enormous goal: Redesigning their customer experience from the ground up.

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5 Keys to Hiring Customer Service Frontline Reps During COVID-19

Customer Bliss

This is a guest post from Niraj Ranjan, CEO & CO-founder of Hiver – a Gmail-centric customer service solution. At Hiver, Niraj is responsible for defining the vision and strategy of the business. With over 1500 customers across 30 countries. Niraj’s focus with Hiver has been to empower companies to provide customer experiences that are more human and empathetic. .

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Cultivating Trust in Times of Change: An Interview with Jeanne Bliss & Erin Fenn

IntouchInsight

Highlights from a recent interview with Jeanne Bliss of Customer Bliss and Erin Fenn of Intouch Insight on listening to hear, humanity, and how to grow your customer experience practices to earn trust.

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Is Your Diversity and Inclusiveness Real, or Imagined?

eglobalis

Culture Experience Is Your Diversity and Inclusiveness Real, or Imagined? Customer Experience Human Experience. The post Is Your Diversity and Inclusiveness Real, or Imagined? appeared first on Eglobalis.

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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 to Calculate Your Net Promoter Score (NPS)

GetFeedback

NPS calculation formula and interpretation of data.

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Reviews Completed on Your Phone Are More Emotional

Beyond Philosophy

How we share information is affected by the medium that we use to communicate it. We can see this concept manifest in customer reviews and advertising response behavior. The technology through which customers write reviews and interact with your organization influences the content produced and information shared. . We discussed the findings of the interface of technology and human beings with Professor Shiri Melumad on a recent podcast.

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Address the Argument the Right Way

Steve DiGioia

Always address the point of the argument, NOT, the emotions attached to it. Example: John is upset that his suggestions for improvements to an upcoming project weren’t adopted, so he vents his frustrations about being overlooked or undervalued. He lashes out at those around him and storms out of the meeting. It’s easy to dismiss John as “having a tantrum” or “acting childish”.

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Three Lessons From Leaders on Adapting During the Pandemic

Customer Bliss

Over the past few months, I’ve been hosting live interviews with a range of C-Suite leaders on my LinkedIn and Twitter. We’ve had discussions about their role in developing a customer experience strategy within their organization or for other organizations, and about how they’ve had to recently pivot in their jobs. I’ve also spoken to gurus, authors, and evangelists about the ways in which leaders can continue to guide their teams through the pandemic as customer behaviors continue t

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Simplify employee and customer experiences to adapt and grow On Tech Target

eglobalis

Simplify employee experience and customer experiences to adapt and grow On Tech Target. The post Simplify employee and customer experiences to adapt and grow On Tech Target appeared first on Eglobalis.

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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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How to Deliver a Seamless Customer Experience in the New Normal

GetFeedback

How to rethink your omnichannel CX strategy for 2020 and onward as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What a Customer First Strategy Means Post Pandemic

C3Centricity

Denyse Drummond-Dunn · What a customer first strategy means today. “Never miss an episode. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to get new episodes as they become available.”. I know, you probably don’t want to read yet another article about the post-pandemic era, especially when the infection numbers in many countries are once again headed in the wrong direction!

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WFM in the Palm of Your Hand: The Calabrio ONE Mobile App

Calabrio

Workforce managers need a better process to communicate with agents about events impacting their schedule. This could be everything from intraday events—such as working overtime or voluntary time off—to notifying employees about weather related events such as snowstorms that would impact their ability to safely come to work. With mobile use only increasing, managers and employees should be able to access their schedule information when and how they want from the palm of their hand.

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What Do You Do With Deadwood Employees? – Tip #11

Steve DiGioia

Great employees are the heart and soul of any business, especially a successful one. Their efforts cannot be understated enough. But there are always one or two poor performers or “deadwood employees” – those who contribute little to the company’s success and at times undermine it. And they hang on year after year. They never seem to get fired and amass a laundry list of disciplinary actions with little substantive repercussions.

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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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Engaging owners through feedback tools

Customercount

View or download the presentation by Lisa Kobek from CustomerCount® on why resorts should be focusing on owner engagement with feedback tools at this difficult time for the hospitality sector. The post Engaging owners through feedback tools appeared first on CustomerCount.

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How to Build Customer Trust: 4 CX Leaders Share

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Trust is a core factor in facing the future of CX. There are known challenges and many, many unknowns in the months ahead. Customers are figuring out the “next normal” and what that means to their daily experiences. Businesses are looking to stay ahead of the challenges by creating better customer journeys and reassuring customers they’ll deliver what they need and how they need it.

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What is Learned Helplessness and How Does it Hurt Employee Experience?

GetFeedback

A look into how the way we're wired impacts employees' perception of work and satisfaction.

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And the Customers Tweeted Happily Ever After

Storyminers

What makes a story stick around? Why do we enjoy hearing some stories again and again? More importantly, how do you turn your brand into a story? And how do you make your story tweetable, i.e., told in 140 characters or less? Let’s look at the ancient story of “David and Goliath.” It’s remarkably sticky. Having been around for more than 10,000 years, it continues to find its way into TV shows, movies, the news, and media ads.

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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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Promoting Openness and Flexibility: Calabrio and Genesys Engage

Calabrio

Calabrio is a company that has thrived through strategic partnerships. Whether long-term partnerships like Cisco or Avaya , or newer collaborations with Amazon Connect , Twilio or UJET , we deliver value to customers by making the connection between their on-prem or cloud contact center to our leading workforce engagement management platform. We see our services through the lenses of openness and flexibility — we want to work with what you have, not the other way around.

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According to Steve #4 – I Can Do Without

Steve DiGioia

People tell us that we should “love” this or that. Well, that’s their opinion. I like to make my own assessment based on my impression of a situation. Example: You’re trying on a suit and the salesperson says, “That suit looks great on you, it’s just your style”. How the heck does he know “my style”? I can do without the kissing-up just for him to make the sale.

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Going Beyond the Survey

Alida

A Q&A with Crystal Miceli, Vice President of Products. Q: Don't companies have enough data now in existing systems to know how customers feel without asking with an NPS survey?

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Use SMIRC Goals to Define Customer Experience Outcomes

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

You’ve heard of SMART goals… But what about SMIRC goals? It’s not uncommon in my experience coaching, consulting, and workshopping with business leaders to come across goals that are vague, impossible to quantify, or otherwise unhelpful. I don’t say this to shame anybody, but to highlight it’s so easy for all of us to do.

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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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The Ultimate Guide to Employee Experience

GetFeedback

How to run a successful employee experience (EX) program that also empowers teams to provide better CX and improve the bottom line.

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Customer Focused Business Culture

Storyminers

Customer Focused Business Culture Tips. Creating a standout customer experience is an all-hands approach. Every employee needs to understand the importance of their individual contribution when it comes to customer happiness and the overall experience. Mike Wittenstein – Managing Partner, StoryMiners. Go into the field and get the same experience your business is giving your customers.

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Celebrating Sharon Jones, National Debt Relief—SWPP’s WFM Professional of the Year!

Calabrio

Last week, we announced two Calabrio customers were named finalists in the Society of Workforce Planning Professionals’s (SWPP) “2020 Workforce Management Professional of the Year Award” program. And one of them— Sharon Jones of National Debt Relief (NDR)—WON!! According to Sharon, “I’ve had the opportunity to review the resumes and write-ups of my fellow nominees, and I can’t believe I was named—they all represent the best of workforce planning!

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Management’s Ideas Are Always Better – Tip #10

Steve DiGioia

Many times, we managers think we have all the answers, that we know it all, and our way is the one correct way to do things. After all, we’re management, and our ideas are always better. But that’s not the case. The employees who do the job each day usually have a better understanding of what works and how to perform the task than the boss who sits in the office thinking up policies and procedures.

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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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Guest Post: How to Enhance Customer Experience Through Change

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Ricardo Saltz Gulko, managing director and co-founder of Eglobalis. He shares 5 habits of companies that went through dramatic transformation and still managed to improve the customer experience. Over the last few months, most businesses have had the opportunity to reconsider processes, products, and people. For some, it has been a monumental and frustrating struggle, while others have been able to plan and execute deep changes that have improved adoption, sati

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How Would a 100% Satisfied Customer Service Guarantee Change Your Business?

Wired and Dangerous

Lifetime warranties are a common feature of the product world. They essentially say “we guarantee that the object you bought will work as long as you own it. If the product ever fails, we promise to replace it or repair it to your satisfaction.” Lifetime warranties, as opposed to limited warranties, are designed to be bold statements communicating confidence in a product.

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The Pandemic’s Impact on the State of Online Shopping Worldwide

GetFeedback

This report examines how COVID-19 has affected the ecommerce industry and the customer experience space.

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