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About eight out of ten business leaders say they want to “improve” the customer experience (CX) to be more competitive. In CustomerThink’s recent study of 200+ CX initiatives, 74% agreed: “By 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator.”. And for good reason. Briefly, the argument is that leading CX brands outperform laggards by a lot.
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Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective
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Sometimes people say no to sales offers out of habit. They have rules or expectations going into the interaction that preclude them from saying yes. There are ways to overcome these habits. The scientific name for it is Escalation of Commitment, but it is also the basis of many sales techniques, and it is an excellent way to get your customers to say yes. .
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Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified
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