Steve DiGioia
MAY 29, 2023
We shop at any business for the products or services they offer. Hopefully, their service and price are in line with our expectations too. But does the look of the business matter and can the visual appeal boost the customer experience? Here’s what I mean… The Power of Visual Appeal Many years ago, some themed restaurants like Fridays, for example, thought it was cool to hang all kinds of assorted “junk” on their walls.
Bill Quiseng
MAY 31, 2023
Every week, in the month of June, I will offer each one of the Three Principles to Build Customer Loyalty. Why only three? Because nobody can remember Number Four. Who is the first President of the United States? Surely, George Washington. Who is Number Four? Who is the first person to walk on the moon? Neil Armstrong, of course. Who is Number Four?
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CSM Magazine
MAY 30, 2023
Managing the hand-over from bot to agent is like taking part in a relay race. Jim Davies at Calabrio outlines 3 winning strategies for a seamless customer experience that are guaranteed to take you over the finish line in a record-setting way. The ability for customers to self-serve successfully is increasing steadily, in line with technological advances, but there is a long way to go before we can even begin to contemplate an exclusive reliance on such tools.
ShepHyken
JUNE 1, 2023
This week, we feature an article by Miika Makitalo, CEO of HappyOrNot , the company behind the Smiley Touch™ customer experience improvement solution and a leader in data analytics. He discusses how feedback and data analytics can make or break the customer experience. The customer experience has come a long way in the past decade. Ten years ago, customer interactions were often limited to in-person or phone calls, and businesses had limited means to track customer behavior and preferences.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
C3Centricity
MAY 30, 2023
If you haven’t already heard, AI is the key to winning customer loyalty today! As the digital revolution transforms the business landscape, customers demand more from their interactions with companies. They expect personalised, seamless experiences across all channels and touchpoints, and they want their needs to be anticipated so they are met both quickly and efficiently.
Customer Experience Update brings together the best content for Customer Experience and Customer Management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Team Support
MAY 31, 2023
Chatbots are fast becoming part of the digital core of tech tools that companies utilize as a secret weapon to increase their competitive advantage in the customer service arena. At the same time, chatbots are solving a very real problem taking place today: of a decrease in available customer service agents and positive customer experiences due to an economic downturn.
eglobalis
MAY 31, 2023
Why employee experience is the missing link in Europe's CX plans The post Why employee experience is the missing link in Europe’s CX plans appeared first on Eglobalis.
Feedbackly
JUNE 1, 2023
Today’s customers enjoy the availability of a wide range of choices, good quality products, and the convenience of e-commerce. They are now on the hunt for businesses that enhance their lifestyles with emotional value. Emotional value is when a customer experiences positive feelings like joy and happiness from the services offered by a business. In Seth Godin’s words, “People do not buy goods and services.
customer sure
MAY 30, 2023
We’ve had the privilege and pleasure of working with Polypipe Building Products, the UK’s leading manufacturer of plastic piping systems and low-carbon heating solutions for the residential market, for some time now. The team’s approach to customer feedback and improving customer experience are often cited by us as a beacon of best practice, but they’re actually going one step further.
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In 2025, contact centers aren’t just changing—they’re being rebuilt by AI. This no-fluff, executive-ready guide shows you how to capitalize on the transformation. Inside: proven ROI calculators, workforce optimization tactics, deflection strategies, and a 90-day AI deployment plan. Built for CIOs, COOs, CX leaders, and contact center strategists, it goes beyond buzzwords into play-by-play implementation.
IntouchInsight
MAY 29, 2023
Businesses have been benefitting from the efficiencies provided by machines since the 1700s. As technology continues to advance, new tools and applications arise. For restaurant operators facing persistent labor shortages and increasing wages, the more work that can be completed by machines the better.
Comm100
MAY 31, 2023
The competition for higher education students has potentially never been harder than it is today. Since 2017, postsecondary enrollment in the US has fallen by 9%. Worse yet, it doesn’t look like this trend is set to change any time soon. To tackle this competitive landscape, colleges and universities can’t rely on their current strategies to attract students.
TechSee
JUNE 1, 2023
Cochlear is the world leader in implantable hearing solutions. With over 700,000 devices implanted worldwide, the company’s customer service team assists people daily with a wide range of questions about their devices, including multiple types of implants, Sound Processors, and a portfolio of accessories. These devices are used by people of all ages, they serve kids, grandparents and connect them to the world around them through the miracle of hearing.
ShepHyken
MAY 30, 2023
“Please put me back on hold. I want to keep listening to the music,” said nobody, ever – unless they were listening to the hold music at the Kansas City Foot and Ankle medical practice. The owner of this four-office podiatry practice with seven doctors and 25 staff members, Dr. Mark Green, has always focused on creating a positive, unique and frictionless patient experience.
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What does customer service excellence look like in 2024? According to our report with insights from CX expert Shep Hyken, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and there’s a bigger shift toward self-service and leveraging AI capabilities.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
MAY 30, 2023
Upstream Works
JUNE 1, 2023
Upstream Works is excited to introduce you to our newest product offering – Upstream Works for Amazon Connect. We enhance Amazon Connect with a unified desktop, digital channel flexibility, seamless integrations and management simplicity The post During Cisco Live 2023 – Upstream Works Supports Cisco’s Commitment to Deliver Exceptional Customer Engagements appeared first on Upstream Works.
MyCustomer
JUNE 1, 2023
Martyn Lewis explores the unique role CX teams can play in positively influencing and managing the buying journey.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 31, 2023
PyTorch is a machine learning (ML) framework based on the Torch library, used for applications such as computer vision and natural language processing. One of the primary reasons that customers are choosing a PyTorch framework is its simplicity and the fact that it’s designed and assembled to work with Python. PyTorch supports dynamic computational graphs, enabling network behavior to be changed at runtime.
Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective
In a world where every brand is vying for attention, how do you make your events stand out? ✨ From creative swag strategies to immersive brand experiences, the key lies in fostering real connections that inspire action and leave a lasting impression. Whether you're planning a large-scale conference or an exclusive executive gathering, this session will explore how to elevate event engagement, strengthen brand perception, and maximize ROI.
The DiJulius Group
MAY 30, 2023
With overall customer satisfaction in all industries dropping to twenty-year lows, most likely caused by the great resignation, more and more CEOs have decided to literally get on the front lines on a regular basis to better educate themselves on what it is really like to be their customer and customer-facing employees. What about you? Read Full Article The post Are You Spending Enough Time Experiencing Your Own Customer Experience?
dscout People Nerds
MAY 31, 2023
Instead of prioritizing one-off requests, bring multiple departments together with a workshop designed for long-term impact.
CSM Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
Mike Myer, CEO of Quiq, explores the impact of ChatGPT on the world of customer service. Everyone is chatting about ChatGPT these days because it’s one of tech’s most intriguing new developments. Within five days of its November 2022 introduction, over a million people were using it. However, the fear, uncertainty and doubt about ChatGPT is rampant.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 31, 2023
Running machine learning (ML) workloads with containers is becoming a common practice. Containers can fully encapsulate not just your training code, but the entire dependency stack down to the hardware libraries and drivers. What you get is an ML development environment that is consistent and portable. With containers, scaling on a cluster becomes much easier.
Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified
Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.
Adrian Swinscoe
JUNE 2, 2023
This is guest post from Joyce Kim, Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio. It was in 2006 that the British mathematician Clive Humby uttered the now legendary […] The post Data silos: The silent killer of great customer experience first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
ChurnZero
JUNE 2, 2023
A Customer Success Manager at a Series-B stage SaaS company had just learned a key contact—their customer champion—was moving on to a new role. The risk of churn was high since the new point of contact indicated they wanted to make some changes. “I just want you to know I’m probably going to replace you all with another tool,” the customer said.
Blueshift
JUNE 1, 2023
In the fast-paced world of retail and e-commerce , staying ahead of the competition requires innovation, strategic decision-making, and the right tools to get it done. As the busy holiday season slowly approaches, it’s crucial that marketers adopt strategies now to ensure efficiency and maximize customer outreach later. This is where AI comes in, especially as marketers are tasked with doing more with less.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 31, 2023
The Amazon SageMaker Python SDK is an open-source library for training and deploying machine learning (ML) models on Amazon SageMaker. Enterprise customers in tightly controlled industries such as healthcare and finance set up security guardrails to ensure their data is encrypted and traffic doesn’t traverse the internet. To ensure the SageMaker training and deployment of ML models follow these guardrails, it’s a common practice to set restrictions at the account or AWS Organizations level throu
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BirdEye
JUNE 1, 2023
Benchmarking drives greatness. Consider the four-minute mile. Experts thought it impossible that anyone could run a mile so fast, that is until Roger Bannister did so in 1954. Since then, roughly 1500 people have achieved “the impossible,” and it’s pretty much the benchmark for becoming a world-class runner. In the same way, a benchmarking strategy can propel your company to achieve your loftiest goals.
MiaRec
JUNE 2, 2023
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was recently amended to include the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). What does this mean for contact centers that do business in California?
Optimove
JUNE 1, 2023
It’s one of the busiest crossroads at which the different revenue teams intersect and sometimes collide – attribution junctions. A well-documented battle of egos, bonuses, and, ultimately, optimization. At the heart of that low-key struggle is the cold hard truth that marketing touchpoints can become innumerable – not just in the figurative sense, but impossible to count, let alone quantify, measure and optimize.
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