NICE inContact
DECEMBER 7, 2020
To maintain your service level, what are the top metrics you should be tracking? Check out the list in our blog of top 10 metrics and KPIs to keep your customers satisfied and loyal to your brand.
Think Customers
DECEMBER 11, 2020
There’s no doubt the COVID era is reshaping the consumer goods industry, possibly forever. Consumers’ shift to digital, which had been steadily gaining momentum prior to the pandemic, has ratcheted into overdrive during this time of social distancing and stay-at-home orders. Against this backdrop, the sales cycle continue to get faster, meaning companies looking to prioritize sales acceleration have to be smart – and quick – when it comes to devising and implementing strategies to boost sales.
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Topdown
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Human communication has been a vital aspect of society since the beginning of time. Even before written languages developed, tribal societies developed an iconographic form of communication depicting their primitive versions of verbal communication. In today’s business, personal, and professional relationships, communication is the essential ingredient to creating successful and long-lasting connections.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Within the natural cycles of any business, there are times that offer a chance to review, reflect and recharge. Some of the most common moments include: The end of the calendar year. The end of your fiscal year. As you wrap one quarter and prepare for the next. Before budgeting season. Any time changes demand you assess and adjust your goals, strategy, and tactics.
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Today’s digitally savvy customers have high expectations of retailers for convenience, responsiveness, and ease of doing business both in-store and online. Our recent survey of over 2,000 US consumers found that retailers that can drive a seamless, omnichannel customer experience (CX) – across physical and digital channels – have huge benefits for brand relevance, profitability, and customer loyalty.
GetFeedback
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Customer feedback prompted changes that resulted in month-over-month revenue growth for Mylo.
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Lumoa
DECEMBER 9, 2020
As every customer experience professional knows, surveys represent an invaluable tool for improving the customer experience , by understanding the strong and weak points about your business, and ultimately boosting revenues. Questions posed in surveys tend to take a range of different forms, with the most popular being multiple choice questions. However, although widely used, multiple choice questions alone are not always able to produce the helpful data you need to make smart business deci
Alida
DECEMBER 10, 2020
At the beginning of 2020, Vision Critical made the strategic decision, guided by new leadership , to continue to help brands deeply understand their customers AND make it easier for them to manage the end-to-end customer experience. As part of this vision, our new brand, Alida , was unveiled to the world in September. By that time, we had successfully executed 3 on-time, compelling product releases, and unveiled our fourth product release the next month.
GetFeedback
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Everything you need to know about website surveys, from deciding what kind of survey you want to run to asking the perfect questions.
Calabrio
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Originally deployed primarily by larger or more sophisticated contact centers, analytics quickly emerged as a “must-have” application for modern customer service teams. Yet confusion still surrounds the optimal functionalities these analytics must have. Look at the term “real-time feed.” You’ve probably heard contact center system vendors touting their ability to provide real-time feeds of data.
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
Storyminers
DECEMBER 7, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing each of us to respond to change. It is causing many of us to become leaders. In “ What We Say And How We Say It Matters More Than Ever ” (and in the accompanying video), you’ll learn about how to frame communications, not as a chore or a pattern. Instead, we’ll remind you how to communicate in profoundly human terms.
NICE inContact
DECEMBER 9, 2020
When history is written about the pandemic, there will be chapters on the increasing importance of customer service, adaptation, and the evolving role of contact centers in the quest to survive. Stories of automating routine tasks and providing automated self-service options, while highlight how contact center focused on enhancing personal CX by allowing agents to do their best work will be a focal point for businesses.
GetFeedback
DECEMBER 7, 2020
How to set up a closed-loop feedback program to improve the customer experience and increase customer loyalty.
BlueOcean
DECEMBER 8, 2020
This national sports association leads the US in governing and promoting one of the nation’s well-loved sports, including its annual pro championships, community involvement and coaching programs, charitable initiatives, and more. In the downloadable case study, discover how we: Pivoted to 100% remote recruiting, onboarding, and training. Launched on-time despite major challenges of the pandemic.
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.
Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 11, 2020
When I was in corporate life, my boss asked me to improve the Customer Experience and do it for the least cost. I remember thinking, “Ok. Sure, but….what is a Customer Experience?” Nobody knew back then. I defined it for myself as the mix of rational and emotional parts of an interaction with a customer, which later became my first book, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002).
NICE inContact
DECEMBER 10, 2020
The holidays are upon us, and you can make this holiday season merry and bright not only for your customers but for your agents too. Here are easy tips and ideas for low-cost ways to diffuse tension and bring more fun to December, no matter what industry you’re in.
GetFeedback
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Everything you need to know about using microsurveys to improve your product and customer experience.
Calabrio
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Originally deployed primarily by larger or more sophisticated contact centers, analytics quickly emerged as a “must-have” application for modern customer service teams. Yet confusion still surrounds the optimal functionalities these analytics must have. Look at the term “real-time feed.” You’ve probably heard contact center system vendors touting their ability to provide real-time feeds of data.
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Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.
Comm100
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Owning a business is not a piece of cake. It takes careful management of a lot of moving parts. It takes patience and dedication. Plus, streamlined processes to get things rolling in the right direction. And with so much work, it’s no wonder that the need for simpler solutions has become essential to a business’s success. Enter automation. Using artificial intelligence to make business processes more efficient is no longer a thing of the future.
NICE inContact
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Even the biggest skeptics have found benefits with WFH that enable them to now rethink how they want to operate customer interactions. Most organizations (56.8%) in our Customer Engagement Transformation: 2020-21 Research Study already have decided to continue with a WFH strategy once the pandemic has passed. The reimagined, work-from-anywhere contact center has several benefits.
Storyminers
DECEMBER 10, 2020
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Calabrio
DECEMBER 10, 2020
This guest post is authored by Steven Kaish , SVP, Product Marketing & Technical Partners at Glia. ‘A change will do you good,’ sang Sheryl Crow in the 90s. Since then, we’ve experienced entire paradigm shifts in technologies, which in turn have fueled a complete and ongoing transformation of the contact center. Nostalgia aside, the changes have been mostly positive, especially for those willing to embrace the new opportunities they have provided.
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The 5 Essentials of a CX-First Platform Customer experience was once considered a soft metric, or a “nice to have.” But it is now a board-level priority for many brands. The experience you provide your customers is a defining way to differentiate your business from the competition. But how can you really make CX a priority when you have competing budget and resource constraints?
Comm100
DECEMBER 8, 2020
If you’re reading this blog, then you probably already know that live chat is the most popular digital customer service channel – and it keeps on growing. From January to August 2020, chat volume increased by 24% compared to 2019. And the reasons are straightforward. When a customer is looking for an answer to their question, they want three simple things – speed, ease, and accuracy (plus often a touch of personalization).
NICE inContact
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Contact centers are a critical touchpoint that can make or break a customer journey. Having the best cloud call center software can ensure this particular part of the journey is smooth sailing rather than rough seas. We explore the critical role contact centers play in customer journeys and how the best cloud call center software can ensure this particular touchpoint offers frictionless service.
ShepHyken
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Last week, I covered the idea of the story. Customers love to read the stories of other customers using the products they are interested in purchasing. Reviews are where they start. High ratings can turn into high interest. Customer commentary in the review—as in how much they are enjoying the product and how they are using the product—can push a potential customer to make the purchase.
TechSee
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, organizations have always looked to robotic technology as a way to advance their operational efficiency. Think sewing machines, factory conveyor belts, even traffic lights. As industries digitize, more and more manual or routine repetitive activities can be automated – a phenomenon known as Robotic Process Automation (RPA).
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Ready to explore 2024’s CX landscape? Join experts from SMG and guest Forrester as they discuss prominent trends actively shaping the industry and dive into a stack of bold predictions for the year ahead. Will the average customer experience improve? How can leaders leverage their CX metrics to establish financial linkage? What will global firms achieve using customer-facing generative AI?
Cyara
DECEMBER 7, 2020
The Gift of Time: Give More to Your Customers, and Keep More for Your Organization. Time, quality, and cost—pick only two. If you sacrifice time’s speed and efficiency for the sake of elevating quality or reducing cost, you realize what you’re truly giving up. The business world won’t wait for you to play catch-up, and deadlines are deadlines for a reason.
Talkdesk
DECEMBER 10, 2020
We talked to almost 900 consumers and hundreds of customer experience (CX) professionals to understand the changing landscape of CX in financial services and insurance. We heard the same thing over and over: the expectations for CX have skyrocketed. . We’re calling it the CX revolution in financial services and insurance. . With this revolution comes the opportunity for companies in the industry to transform their contact centers into strategic assets.
The DiJulius Group
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Before I share how to make 2021 your greatest year ever, let me first ask two questions: #1 What do Uber, Airbnb, Warby Parker, Venmo, & Square all have in common? All of these revolutionary companies started during the great recession between ’07-’09. #2 Why do so many companies and industries get. Read Full Article. The post How to Make 2021 Your Greatest Year by Weaponizing Adversity appeared first on The DiJulius Group.
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