Cyara

JANUARY 11, 2021

High quality customer service has always been the unsung hero of driving company profits, and the contact center experience often plays a key role in how that service is delivered and received. Back in 1990, a Harvard Business School and Bain & Company study revealed what is still one of the most quoted customer service insights: "In industry after industry… increasing customer retention rates by 5% increases profits by 25% to 95%," reported Harvard Business Review.

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Strikedeck

JANUARY 14, 2021

Mel Bilge shares her approach to growing success inside of a startup, and moving from the individual contributor role into a leadership position. The post Moving into CS Leadership Through Growth first appeared on Strikedeck | Customer Success Platform.

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Advantage Communications

JANUARY 12, 2021

With the hope and foresight of a new year now here, many executives are now proactively looking at new ways to grow their business in 2021, drive profitability, and improve the satisfaction and loyalty of their customer base.

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 11, 2021

Top tips to provide better service that’ll benefit your business and your customers.

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A high-quality customer experience creates loyal customers for years to come and makes for an easy win against businesses that are competing on other factors like price and quality. We partnered with ContactBabel to uncover the biggest hurdles businesses face when trying to improve CX and offer practical suggestions to overcome them.

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C3Centricity

JANUARY 13, 2021

Traditionally C3Centricity publishes a list of the most popular customer-centricity posts on its blog in January and this year is no exception, despite covid’s extraordinary impact on businesses the world over. Many people were working from home this year, were you? If so, then I’m sure that because you avoided commuting most days, you had the chance to discover some new blogs and podcasts.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 12, 2021

Voice of the Customer: An Overview. Businesses who do well with customer experience initiatives do so because they know exactly what their customers are feeling and experiencing. . No, the secret to success isn’t mind-reading. It’s a Voice of the Customer program (VoC). Why Implement a Voice of the Customer Program? Your VoC program can allow your leaders to follow a standard and sustainable model of collecting feedback at key moments along the journey, analyze that feedback, then tu

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 14, 2021

20 essential customer loyalty survey questions and surveying best practices.

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Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 14, 2021

In 2020, many contact centers were forced into “do or die” changes in order to overcome the challenges brought on by the pandemic. However, these often heroic changes haven’t come without their consequences. With the world still in a state of flux, how can global CX leaders navigate the uncertainties of 2021 while optimizing the changes they implemented in 2020?

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

by Jeremy Watkin and Community. The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2021

The post The Future of Customer Experience – Virtual Course appeared first on StoryMiners.

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 13, 2021

Become a CSAT expert with our comprehensive 4-week email course.

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Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 9, 2021

I’m thrilled to announce our new three-part open-enrollment virtual journey mapping bootcamp. And the best part is, you can mix and match the sessions based on your role or business needs. Pair Part 1 with Part 2 to learn how to identify the root causes of your customer experience pain points — and prioritize solutions that will benefit your customers and your business.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 12, 2021

Ringing in the new year provides an opportunity to create a fresh start for your agents and your contact center – even despite the stale circumstances. So while the start of 2021 might not bring the overnight “new year, new you” fix we were all hoping for, here are some workforce engagement ideas to help refresh your agents’ mindset to start the year on the right foot.

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Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 13, 2021

If you’ve been following my work, you know I’m a huge fan of the Ritz-Carlton. I was recently on a Zoom presentation with Horst Schulze , first president and co-founder of the Ritz-Carlton chain. When Horst speaks, I listen and take lots of notes. One of the questions he was asked had to do with empowerment, specifically about the $2,000 the Ladies and Gentlemen – what Ritz-Carlton calls its employees – are allowed to spend to ensure a guest has a great experience.

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 9, 2021

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Comm100

JANUARY 12, 2021

Customer service departments are highly integrated and diverse teams that thrive on precision, productivity, and agility. With countless emails, queries, calls, messages, and social media mentions pouring-in from every direction; it becomes hard to not miss a single incoming query. As a support agent, when the first thing you encounter on a regular office day is an overflowing inbox with nothing but customer grievances and queries, a subtle frown finds its way on your forehead.

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Steve DiGioia

JANUARY 14, 2021

Customers need to know that you have their best interests at heart. As business owners or managers, we get too bogged down with the day-to-day machinations of business and forget the ultimate goal; to satisfy our customer’s needs. We forget what Peter Drucker famously said that the purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer. We focus more on payroll than the proper staffing needed to service our customers.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 15, 2021

This week we feature an article from Thomas Fordham, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at TAP London. H e shares different strategies to help your business monitor and measure customer satisfaction. Customer experience is crucial for businesses looking to retain existing customers and attract new ones. But monitoring it is sometimes easier said than done.

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Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2021

2021 is already a year of big changes. That makes planning tough. Let’s make it easier. Click on the video and ask a question that’s important to you. Go ahead, just ask it. Our team will consider it and I’ll get back to you with an answer. No fluff, no sales. It’s that simple. Go ahead, ask. You might get just what you need. The post You Ask, Mike Answers appeared first on StoryMiners.

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Alida

JANUARY 11, 2021

Elevate your existing Voice of the Customer strategy with a customer insight community comprised of thousands of highly engaged customers and prospects.

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Comm100

JANUARY 10, 2021

It may sound contradictory, but shopping for free live chat is both easy and difficult. It’s easy because there are many free live chat solutions to choose from – a testament to the fact that live chat is the most popular emerging customer service channel. The ability to offer live chat support to your customers – for free – is fantastic. But with so many free live chat software options to choose from, it can be difficult to compare them and figure out what is best for you and your customers.

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Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you’ve ever been tempted to smash your wireless router or take a bat to your smart thermostat out of sheer frustration, then you already have a pretty good idea of why we do what we do at TechSee. Never heard of TechSee? That’s ok, we may be a relatively new startup (founded in 2015) but we are really starting to make a splash, so expect to hear more about us going forward.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2021

Applying analytics to pinpoint customer relevancy. The value of positive customer experience continues to grow. The 2019 Gartner Customer Experience Management Survey found that 86% of respondents say they will compete based on customer experience (CX) two years from now. The challenge for CX leaders is to build a multichannel communication strategy to reach customers either in a way they want or via channels they prefer.

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Myra Golden

JANUARY 13, 2021

We kicked off De-escalation Academy yesterday, and a student asked a question that I think is important for us to discuss here. His question was: “Our team is working 99% by email, will we able to apply everything that we learn here and translate it into a purely written environment? Any advice is appreciated.” Customers escalate in chat and email interactions intensely!

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How to Measure Your Customer Experience Maturity by Sharon Florentine. (CMSWire) A customer experience (CX) maturity assessment is a great way for an organization to understand where it is on its path to customer-centricity and identify where further interventions mig

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2021

With the number of new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK exceeding 60,000, the country has officially entered its third national Coronavirus lockdown. Having recognised the need to provide customers with alternative support options over the last 9 months when on-site assistance was not feasible, more and more companies are turning to contactless service as a way to help their customers without stepping foot into their homes.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 15, 2021

As we all interact more online than we ever have before, digital experiences are becoming an essential part of your CX. Like a physical experience, digital experiences should center around customers and focus on what they want so you can get what you want, customer-driven growth. However, there is also nothing wrong with giving people a little Digital Nudge in the right direction.

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CSM Practice

JANUARY 13, 2021

“It costs five times as much to acquire new customers than it does to keep existing ones” is a saying that only begins to scratch the surface of why renewals are so important. In the SaaS world, where revenue generation and business growth depends on the customer’s decision to renew, the customer renewal process demands even more attention. Despite the obvious advantages of mastering and scaling the renewal process as SaaS companies grow, renewals still pose a big challenge for most.

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