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How to make a great customer experience: The ultimate guide

Method:CRM

Improving the customer experience of a business brings many benefits, like happier customers and stronger feelings of loyalty to your company. However, creating a great customer experience isn’t as easy as it sounds. Read on for a complete guide to making a great customer experience that’s sure to make your brand a favorite among customers! What is customer experience?

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What's the difference between customer centric vs. customer focused?

Alida

A customer-centric approach goes beyond selling products and services. It aims to understand the customer and establish long lasting relationships.

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4 Tips to Improve CX with Conversational Customer Service

Kayako

Before the COVID-19 lockdowns, many companies were moving toward automation and using technology to improve customer service functions. During the stay-at-home orders and aftermath, companies accelerated their digital technology initiatives. McKinsey reports that some companies achieved seven years of progress in less than a year. Innovating the customer service experience at a rapid pace continues, especially from the customers’ point of view.

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18 Live Chat Best Practices to Help You Deliver Superior Customer Service

Comm100

Note: This blog post was originally published in January 12th, 2017. Because it is one of our most popular posts, we have updated it to include the latest research, up-to-date statistics and best practices in this topic. More companies all the time are experiencing the benefits of live chat , but how does one maximize these benefits? By making the most of live chat features while working on the human side of live chat interactions, it’s possible to see improved outcomes and deliver superior cust

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How AI Is Revolutionizing Contact Centers: 2025 Strategy + ROI Playbook

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.

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CX 101: What Is Primary Research?

InMoment XI

If you want to get to know someone, the best way to get an accurate assessment is to ask them questions yourself. You may want to know what they like and don’t like, what makes them happy, sad, or angry, how they feel about specific topics, or anything else that gives you greater insight into their personality. The same is true when you’re trying to understand market research ; having an accurate assessment of your audience and their buying patterns will make all the difference when it comes to

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Building the Digital Customer Journey

Gainsight

Customer success (CS) didn’t start out digital but, rather, as a collection of practices to maintain customer relationships after a sale. Organizations felt their way toward a better understanding of their value, learning how to improve implementations and developing new solutions to serve customers as their businesses advanced. The process required a lot of hands-on attention, with new departments and customer success agents being added to meet evolving needs.

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This Is How to Communicate with Customers

ShepHyken

In our customer service workshops , we do an exercise in which we ask participants what their favorite companies are to do business with and why. We almost always get Amazon as an answer. One of its success traits is communication. When a customer places an order, he or she is immediately notified by email. Another email is sent once the order ships with tracking information.

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How Streamlined Onboarding Can Win You Customers for Life

Helpware

Congratulations! You just landed your company a new customer. You're both excited about working together, but you still have to onboard the customer before the real partnership can begin. Unfortunately, more than 90% of customers think companies they buy from could do a better job at onboarding new customers. To avoid being one of those companies, it's important that you find the right balance between going above and beyond expected customer service without wasting time, energy, and resources.

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The Customer Success Manager Capabilities Model

CSM Practice

The Customer Success landscape has massively evolved in recent years, and the demand for Customer Success talent consistently grows. As the domain is relatively young in age, there is a shortage of experienced CS professionals consequently posing challenges to CSM recruitment and later, on their training and professional development. . The role of Customer Success Manager (CSM ) has been a subject of interest in various webinars and professional forums, leading to meaningful discussions among in

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Fall 2022 Mobile Ordering Trends

IntouchInsight

The rapid evolution of technology continues to impact every industry and raise consumer expectations around how brands incorporate it into their customer experience. The rise of 3rd party mobile ordering and delivery services has helped many businesses offer a mobile shopping experience quickly, but at a cost.

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Planning Your Live Chat Experience: How Many Agents Do I Need?

Comm100

After you have defined your live chat objectives , it is time to consider the next step: beginning to implement your live chat software. In order to do this, it is important that you hire live chat agents who are professional and all about ensuring customer satisfaction. But exactly how many live chat agents do you need to hire to provide the happily-ever-after customer service that you dream of?

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You Don’t Have To Be An Expert

Steve DiGioia

Job descriptions expect it. Social media “influencers” claim it. And we listen to those we assume are one. An “expert”. But who is really an expert? What Are the Requirements to be an Expert? Is it someone who has multiple advanced degrees and took place in hundreds of clinical trials but has never worked outside of academia adapting to real-world market conditions?

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Market Research Participants: What They Are + Steps

QuestionPro Audience

Finding the right Market Research Participants for your research studies can be challenging. That’s why at QuestionPro, we want to ensure you have all the resources needed to find just the right sample for you. . First, let’s understand what a Market Research Participant is…. What are Market Research Participants? A Market Research Participant can take up many names, such as a human subject, survey participant, control, and/or survey respondent, among many others.

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Next-Gen Cloud Contact Centers For Dummies®

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.

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How to Use Survey Templates to Drive Your Customer Feedback Efforts

InMoment XI

Have you ever needed to get information from your customers, but weren’t sure what the best way to get it was? Or you weren’t sure which questions were the right ones to ask? Or you simply don’t have the time to build an entirely new survey from scratch? That’s where survey templates come in. Whether you are a small business owner looking to run your first survey, or you’re building a new transactional survey for all your locations nationwide, survey templates are there to guide you through the

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A Guide To Monitoring Your Remote Contact Center Agents

Omnicus

A contact center is an essential part of every company’s business. With the increasing sophistication and complexity of customer demand, it has become increasingly important to have a team of skilled agents who can handle any query easily and gracefully. The Coronavirus has forced companies to adapt in rapid ways When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, contact center operations were immediately impacted.

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Why You Need an Emotional North Star

Heart of the Customer

We may not want to admit it, but we’re emotional beings. We attempt to make rational decisions, but despite our best intentions, our emotions continually sway us. Don’t take my word for it. Mountains of academic literature, articles, and studies explore the importance of emotions in decision-making. More recently, Daniel Kahneman raised mass-market awareness of […].

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How Are Customer Service Teams Using SMS Support?

Comm100

Thirty years after the first text message was sent in 1992, SMS is more popular than ever – but not just in the realm of texting friends and family. SMS messaging has taken off among customer service and support teams too, and the reasons are straightforward. Customers find SMS support more convenient and faster than other communication channels, while organizations offering SMS customer support can engage with more customers and prospects.

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The Ultimate Blueprint for an AI-First Contact Center

Start building the AI workforce of the future with our comprehensive guide to creating an AI-first contact center. Learn how Conversational and Generative AI can transform traditional operations into scalable, efficient, and customer-centric experiences. What is AI-First? Transition from outdated, human-first strategies to an AI-driven approach that enhances customer engagement and operational efficiency.

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5 rules for a highly successful customer experience implementation with amazing ROI! – A case study

Beyond Philosophy

A lot of the behavioral sciences can feel intimidating. However, it doesn’t have to be. The Five Rules Podcast Series is our attempt at giving you an easy entry point into the complex and messy world of Behavioral Science. In my 20 years as a consultant for Customer Experience, I have been involved in several successful implementations. The Maersk Line project that I worked on with Michél Patterson , a continuous improvement expert in Lean Six Sigma was one of the most, with an improvement

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What Is a Quarterly Business Review? Three Keys to a Great QBR

Totango

What Is a QBR? How to Make Quarterly Business Reviews Count. A quarterly business review (QBR) gives you four opportunities per year to showcase the value your product delivers to customers. For a SaaS company, an excellent QBR strategy can help you ensure you’re providing a product experience that will make customers want to renew their subscription during renewal time.

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Transfer learning for TensorFlow image classification models in Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning

Amazon SageMaker provides a suite of built-in algorithms , pre-trained models , and pre-built solution templates to help data scientists and machine learning (ML) practitioners get started on training and deploying ML models quickly. You can use these algorithms and models for both supervised and unsupervised learning. They can process various types of input data, including tabular, image, and text.

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Why Companies are Switching from Zendesk to Comm100 (and why you should do the same)

Comm100

The importance of customer service is no longer debatable. 90% of Americans use customer service as a factor in deciding whether or not to do business with a company. With the need to offer exceptional customer service, choosing the right technology to deliver this is more crucial than ever. With this in mind, many organizations are switching from Zendesk to Comm100 and its omnichannel customer engagement platform.

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Making the Moment: The Art of Creating Events That Drive Results

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.

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The 5 Biggest Regrets About Customer Experience That CEOs Have On Their Deathbed

The DiJulius Group

There is irrefutable evidence that the best customer experience brands from every industry outperform their competitors and the stock market by a significant margin, in any economy—yet often there are regrets about the customer experience that CEOs have on their deathbed, having been caught up in the short-term artificial gains. When profits are the sole.

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Delivering Happiness with AI-Powered Customer Support

Solvvy

We live in a new era of expectations. Customers want accuracy, speed, and convenience when they’ve got an issue that needs to be resolved. That makes great CX essential, and we all know it when we experience it. We want fast accurate support and resolutions—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year—across every channel. . In fact, research shows that when brands provide customers with accurate answers and resolutions in real-time, customers are 30% more likely to make a pu

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Improve transcription accuracy of customer-agent calls with custom vocabulary in Amazon Transcribe

AWS Machine Learning

Many AWS customers have been successfully using Amazon Transcribe to accurately, efficiently, and automatically convert their customer audio conversations to text, and extract actionable insights from them. These insights can help you continuously enhance the processes and products that directly improve the quality and experience for your customers.

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CCMG & COPC Inc. Partner to Propel South Africa’s Contact Centre Industry Development  

COPC

WINTER PARK, Fla., Sept. 8, 2022 – COPC Inc. is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Contact Centre Management Group (CCMG) in South Africa. This partnership will provide the South African contact centre industry with research insights into its market and those it supports, ensuring improvement in professional competency. “The CCMG is very proud to partner with COPC Inc.,” says Sharon Haigh, CEO at CCMG. “Our quest to deliver global best practices with our designation

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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QBR Meeting Agendas: Best Practices for QBR Prep

Totango

How to Make Your QBR Meeting Agenda Count. A quarterly business review (QBR) allows you to bring together your executives and your clients’ executives to assess the health of their business and your relationship, discuss their future goals and plans, and strategize how you can deliver more value to them. These meetings can play a crucial role in your customers’ overall health and success.

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5 Product Feedback Survey Templates & Most Asked Questions

Zonka Feedback

Whether you are just starting a SaaS business or you are into the advanced stages of product development, collecting feedback from the users should be the topmost priority. And feedback from properly delivered product surveys can help you understand all stages of the user story.

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Use ADFS OIDC as the IdP for an Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth private workforce

AWS Machine Learning

To train a machine learning (ML) model, you need a large, high-quality, labeled dataset. Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth helps you build high-quality training datasets for your ML models. With Ground Truth, you can use workers from either Amazon Mechanical Turk , a vendor company of your choosing, or an internal, private workforce to enable you to create a labeled dataset.

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