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The Future of Vendor Risk Assessments for Data Security and Governance: A Zero Trust Approach

QuestionPro Audience

Data is the lifeblood of today’s digital businesses, and protecting it from theft, misuse, and abuse is the No. 1 responsibility of every data security professional. Hackers stealing customer data can erase millions in profits within weeks, stolen intellectual property can erase competitive advantage overnight, and unexpected privacy abuses can bring unwanted scrutiny and fines from regulators while inflicting reputational damage that can last months, even years.

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Realizing the Value of Executive Alignment Around CX

InMoment XI

Creating better executive alignment can skyrocket CX program ROI Is your company still struggling with getting executive buy-in for customer experience initiatives? If so, you’re not alone. Today, the customer experience (CX) has become the competitive battleground and differentiator for all businesses. By delivering a consistent, memorable experience, companies can create a competitive advantage that.

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CX Design Thinking in the Travel Industry, With Annette Höher-Bäuerle – CB64

Customer Bliss

Episode Overview. Annette Höher-Bäuerle went from being internal legal counsel at the Thomas Cook Group to leading all of Customer Experience globally. Her skills and long tenure with the company led her to use agile design thinking to prove and implement changes in the customer experience — to gain traction and drive real sustainable improvement.

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2017 Temkin Online Ratings (U.S.): USAA, Advantage Rent-A-Car, and Amazon.com On Top

Experience Matters

Temkin Group published the 2017 Temkin Online Ratings. Based on a study of 10,000 U.S consumers, the ratings benchmarks the online experience delivered by 282 companies across 20 industries. USAA took the top two spots for its banking and insurance businesses, and its credit card business tied for 4th. Advantage Rent-A-Car took third place and Amazon.com tied for 4th.

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Manual Call Reviews? There's a Better Way!

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 If so, this webinar is for you! What was once a common practice in the call center is now a barrier to success. Manual call monitoring is no longer an option if you want to proactively coach your agents to ultimately improve the customer experience using data-driven insights. Join this webinar with Angie Kronlage and April Wiita of Working Solutions to discuss how you can modernize outdated, manual call review processes through the power of autom

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CX now trumps brand loyalty, suggests a new study

Alida

Even your most loyal customers will not tolerate mediocre experiences. That’s one one of the key findings in a new CMO Council study , which found that 47 percent of loyal customers will stop doing business with a brand that provides “poor, impersonal or frustrating” experiences. While the study did find that most customers are fairly satisfied with the overall state of experiences they get from brands, many customers indicated that their patience will not last forever.

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Humanity is the crux of organizations, but…

Customer Bliss

I don’t want to discuss my next book too much, as we’re currently doing some planning and development work around it, but — as you would probably guess — the theme is customer experience. We’re going to spend a lot of time in the next book discussing the pros and cons of specific experiences, both good and bad. You may see a company one day go through a total customer experience/PR flame-out (United Airlines is a recent example, or Volkswagen) and wonder to yourse

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How Distributed Are CX Skills Across Organizations?

Experience Matters

In previous research, we described how CX organizations will need to evolve towards a Federated CX Model, which is made up of three components shown below. An important component of this model is the existence of distributed CX skills. To gauge where companies are in this journey, we asked large companies about the degree to which CX skills are distributed across their organizations.

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How to Create Your Punch List for Quick CX Wins

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Have you ever lived through a major renovation project or lived through construction of a house or condo? I say “lived through” because it can be harrowing, on a #firstworldproblems level for sure, but harrowing nonetheless. First of all, selecting the right shade of gray or arguing with your spouse about 1-inch or 1.5-inch tile becomes exhausting.

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6 Ways to Move from Measuring Scores to Measuring Outcomes

InMoment XI

In today’s world, receiving customer experience feedback surveys seems part of almost every transaction. From opening a bank account, taking out an insurance policy, to going on holiday and even buying groceries in the supermarket. There is no doubt that companies are seeing the value in collecting customer data. However, what is less certain is. View Article.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

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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How An Automated Customer Service Email Saved Us 8 Unnecessary Replies

Kayako

Even if you’re the best writer or can provide detailed and helpful screenshots, emailing customers can go only go so far. This is why remote sessions are a vital ally in our support strategy. Sometimes you need to hop on a screen share to guide a customer to a solution. But that strategy can fall flat on its face when it takes 9+ replies, 3 days, and double booking customer calls to arrange a remote call.

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CX Institute eLearning Module Teasers

Experience Matters

We recently introduced the CX Institute, which provides online training that creates a customer-centric mindset in employees across an organization. The CX Institute currently offers two eLearning modules, which can be deployed across a company or purchased individually: Customer Experience Foundations and Creating A Customer-Centric Culture. We just created these teaser videos to provide a sense of what’s in each course… eLearning Module: Customer Experience Foundations This interac

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Why Your HR Team Will Love You for Outsourcing Your Customer Service

BlueOcean

The procurement process for seeking an outsourced contact center is naturally focused on the tangible functionalities, capacities, competencies and capabilities of a potential vendor. A buyer is looking for a partner who can deliver cost savings, improved profitability, and lower risk, not to mention exceptional customer service. These factors are essential, of course, but they do not represent the whole story.

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6 Ways to Move from Measuring Scores to Measuring Outcomes

InMoment XI

In today’s world, receiving customer experience feedback surveys seems part of almost every transaction. From opening a bank account, taking out an insurance policy, to going on holiday and even buying groceries in the supermarket. There is no doubt that companies are seeing the value in collecting customer data. However, what is less certain is.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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5 trends in the Call Center

Uniphore

5 Technological Trends in the Call Center. What are the new technologies being deployed in the contact centers? Several key trends are currently dominating the landscape, and have already started to infiltrate the industry even well before this year. Read More.

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How to Make Your Customers Actually Like Your Email Communications

ijgolding

Email marketing is the digital equivalent of direct-mail marketing and in spite of social media’s recent rise in the marketing and communications department , it continues to produce results. However, surveys have shown that certain businesses enjoy significantly higher click through and conversion rates with their emails than others. Obviously, they do things in a different way than their competitors, but what exactly is it that they do differently?

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CX Journey™ Musings: Should You Invest in Customer Experience?

CX Journey

Image courtesy of Got Credit ROI is still our favorite "three-letter word." Nothing wrong with that! It's been a year or more since I've written about the ROI of customer experience. Always good to revisit this topic because it is such a hot one for customer experience professionals. Executives want to see hard numbers about any investments they make.

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What Type of Employee Are You? Room For Improvement?

Beyond Philosophy

How committed are you to your present employer? Are you wild about what you do or simply content in your position? Do you hate your job or are you ambivalent? It’s an important set of questions to consider. How you feel about where you work has a lot of influence on the job you are doing there. This concept becomes even more crucial when you become a manager and assess your team—especially as it pertains to how they work with or on behalf of customers.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Focus on Culture to Drive Customer Engagement

SuiteCX

In order to improve customer engagement, the organization needs to understand the customer needs and work together as a team to support the changes necessary to deliver new solutions. The customer’s expectations have risen to learning what to focus on and how to invest your resources is critical to success. We all tout the importance of customer engagement but 49% of organizations haven’t even started on the journey.

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{Infographic} Guilt or Greatness?

Michelli Experience

__. Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli. The post {Infographic} Guilt or Greatness? appeared first on Joseph Michelli.

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KPI Alphabet Soup: The Most Important Customer Service Performance Metric

Who's Your Gladys?

People who work in Customer Operations know of the “Alphabet Soup” of customer service performance metrics. In one expert's opinion, there's really only one that counts. The post KPI Alphabet Soup: The Most Important Customer Service Performance Metric appeared first on Who's Your Gladys?

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Shocking! Airports Trick You Into Spending More Money!

Beyond Philosophy

Years ago, I endured a long layover at the Detroit airport. It was cramped, noisy, outdated and humid. I vowed never to fly through Detroit if I could possibly avoid it. However, I passed through the Motor City’s airport more recently and what a difference a new terminal can make. The gleaming space is light and airy, with a bright red tram whisking passengers from one end to the other like something out of a sci-fi movie.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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Focus on Culture to Drive Customer Engagement

SuiteCX

In order to improve customer engagement, the organization needs to understand the customer needs and work together as a team to support the changes necessary to deliver new solutions. The customer’s expectations have risen to learning what to focus on and how to invest your resources is critical to success. We all tout the importance of customer engagement but 49% of organizations haven’t even started on the journey.

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Guilt or Greatness? Associations that Affect Customer Perception

Michelli Experience

When I was a kid, one of my mother’s favorite “mom-isms” was… tell me who you run around with and I will tell you what you are. Like many of my mom’s seemingly esoteric pearls of wisdom, that phrase was probably lost on me in my youth. Today, however, I understand the power of associations – not only in the context of one’s personal brand but for corporate brand health as well.

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Why Self-Confidence Matters in Customer Service

Customers That Stick

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Customers + Bad Math = Worse Strategy 

Heart of the Customer

There’s something that always bugged me about how people present their customer scores – whether satisfaction, NPS, Customer Effort, or anything else. There are really two primary approaches to this reporting: Give an average (4.65 out of 5, for example) Give the % of top box (5 out of 5, 9 or 10 out of […]. The post Customers + Bad Math = Worse Strategy appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib

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How Sticker Mule Became a World Class Company

Promoter.io

If you have not yet had the pleasure of ordering and receiving custom printed stickers from Sticker Mule, you’re absolutely missing out. I say “pleasure”, because there is no better way to describe the complete start-to-finish customer experience that the folks over at Sticker Mule have created. It doesn’t feel like a purchase, it feels […]. The post How Sticker Mule Became a World Class Company appeared first on Promoter.io Blog.

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Customers Today are in Search of Roadrunners!

Wired and Dangerous

We laugh at the inevitable outcome. The Road Runner is the epitome of confidence—power at warp speed. He doesn’t just escape; escape implies the threat of capture, and the Road Runner never seems seriously concerned. He emerges…victorious, again. The cartoon metaphor contains powerful lessons relevant for enterprises seeking marketplace victories.

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Amazing Customer Service with Shep Hyken

Customers That Stick

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