Sat.Nov 27, 2021 - Fri.Dec 03, 2021

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What Brands Should Do to Design More Inclusive Experiences

InMoment XI

The road to more inclusive experiences is rarely straightforward, which is why it’s imperative for organizations to consider as many voices as possible along their inclusion journey. Whether it’s how quickly news travels via social media or how to have conversations with marginalised communities, the sheer myriad of variables for brands to consider can seem overwhelming.

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Top 4 Customer Experience Trends for Financial Services to Expect in 2022

Comm100

In 2021, evolving customer experience trends shook up the financial services industry. Customers demanded digital services to meet their needs, and as organizations rose to the demand, these high customer expectations led to innovative new services. As we look ahead, 2022 promises, even more changes for the financial services industry. To help cut through the noise, we’ve looked at emerging data and expert opinions to predict the CX trends that we expect to see in 2022 for financial services. 1.

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It’s a mad, mad world out there. Can contact centers provide some calm—and even a little happiness?

NICE inContact

We all get mad. Boy, do we get mad. We all have our triggers. Someone cuts us off in traffic. We’re given the wrong order.

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How to Build a Customer Experience Persona

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Developing CX Personas: The Step Before Journey Mapping. In my work consulting, training, and running workshops , one consistent theme I find is teams are super eager to begin the Customer Journey Mapping process. I get it. Customer Journey Mapping can reveal — and help solve — a lot of problems in the customer journey. But in order to do so, those journey maps must be built on a foundation of a true picture of your customer.

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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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Alida is now a “Visionary” in 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for VoC

Alida

Alida has been a significant voice of the customer (VoC) vendor for over two decades. Last year, Gartner included us in its 2020 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Voice of the Customer. And now, in 2021, Gartner has positioned Alida as a Visionary in its latest 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Voice of the Customer.

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Business Value and ROI of Customer Experience: The Step-by-step Guide

Lumoa

Is it possible to determine the ROI of customer experience, if so, how do you do that? In this article, we explain the relationship between revenue growth and customer experience. In addition, we share tools that will help you calculate the ROI of your own customer experience projects. Most business leaders believe that customer experience will be the key driver of their company’s competitiveness going forward.

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Delivering great CX this holiday season despite supply chain challenges.

NICE inContact

The holiday shopping season can make or break a retailer's entire year. Contact centers are used to the holiday spike in transaction volume, but this year may be even more challenging for retail businesses and contact center agents to navigate.

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How to Scale Your Customer Insights like Twitter and PokerStars

Alida

Now that you’ve been gathering valuable customer insights with your insight community and your CX strategy is yielding impactful results, you might be wondering how to take this program to the next level. This may seem daunting, however we’re here to guide you through two ways to scale your customer insight program by providing real examples from Twitter and PokerStars.

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Top Live Chat Best Practices for 2022

Comm100

If you’re reading this, you likely have either just implemented live chat on your website or are thinking about it. If you’re the latter, let us help you make your decision – 75% of people prefer live chat over any other channel and it leads to a 40% increase in conversion rate. Convinced now? Whatever your industry, live chat is an incredibly effective channel – when used correctly.

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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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Loyalty Marketing Programs: How CX Insights Can Inform Incentives

InMoment XI

It’s easy to confuse loyalty marketing programs with customer experience (CX) programs; both seek to drive positive customer relationships and retention. But it’s crucial to define each individually before we parse out how a CX mindset can inform what incentives your business should provide customers. The Difference Between Loyalty Marketing Programs and Customer Experience.

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The customer experience that keeps on giving

NICE inContact

It’s the small details and the experience of being cared for that ultimately drives a customer to stay with your company for life. So, give your customers something to be thankful for this year, and you’ll find they will pay you back tenfold.

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Stop asking basic demographic questions, and here’s why

QuestionPro Audience

Demographic questions are at the crux of every research survey. Researchers usually place these questions at the beginning of studies to quickly visualize their respondents. Knowing your respondent mix well can help you make better, more accurate decisions. But, demographic questions contribute to the length and time taken to complete surveys. Basic questions like age, gender, income, education, occupation, etc., are essential and they help you picture your respondents better.

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The Top 3 Customer Service Trends to Expect in 2022

Comm100

The customer service landscape is forever changing as technologies and consumer expectations develop, but 2021 has seen a shift of proportions that we have arguably never experienced. Organizations relying on call center support were forced to transition to digital channels during lockdowns. Query volumes spiked as customers (and companies) faced unprecedented problems, placing huge stress on customer service agents.

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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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3 Ways IntouchCheck™ Helps During Labor Shortages

IntouchInsight

Out of the frying pan and into the fire! Now that government mandated shutdowns are behind us and businesses are allowed to keep their doors open, brands are facing a shortage of front line workers across all industries. And this labor shortage doesn’t appear to be ending any time soon with a recent report saying 45% of frontline employees plan to leave their current jobs.

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Guest Post: 4 Ways to Transform Customer Experience While Growing Rapidly

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Dan Martin, Chief Executive Officer of Xpress Global Systems , an organization focused on innovation, efficiency, and scalability of shipping and distribution of flooring products. He shares the four key areas that lead to elevated customer experiences while growing rapidly. In April 2021, I had the honor of becoming the chief executive officer of Xpress Global Systems (XGS), a trucking company that specializes in transporting flooring products across all 50

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Choose to Chat: How to Improve Healthcare Through Conversations with Patients

Customer Bliss

Who among us hasn’t wondered at some point if that slew of tests ordered for ourselves or our loved ones was necessary? Or worried about the effect of repeated scans or the cost? Or if we really need that medication? More important, in the increasing complexity of healthcare, who doesn’t yearn for more conversation about why tests are ordered, and their impact in the near and short term?

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Understanding Online Serophobia: How Hate Speech Against People Living with HIV and AIDS is Evolving

Brandwatch CX

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Campaigns that Click: Practical Personalization Strategies to Boost ROI

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.

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Employee Feedback: Why It Matters and How to Handle It

ReviewTrackers

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The Three N’s of Employee Fulfillment

ShepHyken

In the best of times, it’s important to keep your best employees. In tough times, it’s even more important. Customers are beginning to feel the results of The Great Resignation , which quite honestly, is not so great. It has resulted in longer lines, longer hold times, and slower service – basically a lower level of customer service. . So, how can you keep good employees, and keep them not only engaged with their jobs but also engaged with their customers?

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10 Key Takeaways from Community Predictions 2022

Vanilla Forums

Our 7th annual Community Predictions edition is almost here!

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Lots of Exciting News!

PeopleMetrics

This has been a big week at PeopleMetrics. In case you did not hear, I launched my second book called Pharma Customer Experience ( CLICK TO VIEW ON AMAZON ) on Tuesday (11/30). I wrote this book because pharma and biotech companies have an amazing opportunity to improve the customer experience (patients, HCPs, caregivers) and emotionally connect with these customers.

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Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025

With IT budgets projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, leaders must invest wisely—not just cut blindly. This whitepaper introduces The Future-Proof IT Cost Optimization Model, a framework to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. Learn how Cloud Efficiency, AI-Powered Workforce Automation, Vendor Optimization, Cybersecurity Resilience, and Unified Communications can drive savings and improve efficiency.

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10 Content Optimization Tools To Improve Your SEO

DemandJump

As semantic search becomes increasingly prominent for search engines, your content not only needs to include relevant keywords, but it must address your target topic in-depth—explaining intent, behavior, and context.

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How to Create a Survey? 13 Actionable Steps for Success

Survicate

The post How to Create a Survey? 13 Actionable Steps for Success appeared first on Survicate.

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Google Experiment Goes Wrong; Confirms Need for Leadership Training

The DiJulius Group

When Google launched “Project Oxygen” years ago, they had a theory. The belief was that their large layer of middle managers (like most organizations have) was slowing them down. They believed that middle managers created a bureaucracy within the organization that literally got in the way of production. What they found was something completely opposite, Read Full Article.

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The 11 Best Help Desk Software for 2022 [Ranked & Rated]

Help Scout

Managing customer requests is a hassle without the right tool. These 11 help desk software options will help you get things under control.

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Case Study: Key Insights on Wait Times and Customer Service

Faster response times mean happier customers Are your customers on hold too long? Nearly half of consumers find hold times unacceptable, and a quarter will leave your brand because of it. Our latest report reveals how companies are affected by wait times and the impact on customer satisfaction. Read the report to get insights into the impact of long hold times and areas for opportunities.

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How to Bring Agile Innovation to Customer Success

Totango

When you bring agile innovation to customer success , you empower your CS strategy with the latest technology. This gains you the ability to implement CS at scale, giving you a winning edge over competitors who are still a generation or two behind in their deployment of CS automation. In this blog, we’ll look deeper at what an agile customer success strategy means and why you can benefit from using one.

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Different Poll Types for your Next Meeting

Zonka Feedback

Are you thinking of using Live Polls for your upcoming meetings? Good idea! If you are working remotely, which most companies have been for a couple of years, virtual meetings and web conferences must be a part of your life.

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Meet your 2021 Influitive BAMMIE Finalists

Influitive

The Influitive Best Advocate Marketing Awards (BAMMIES) bestow the highest honor for trailblazing companies that are leveraging the collective power and influence of their customers to achieve their business goals, and this was yet another year packed with incredible submissions. Our finalists have demonstrated creative excellence, innovation and record-smashing results, all while remaining employee and […].

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