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8 Practices to Increase Customer Lifetime Value of Your Business

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As a business owner, it is important to think beyond elevating your brand amidst the increasing competition. You may have set the foundation of your eCommerce business on a riveting marketing strategy, a robust customer service team, and brand new ideas for products and services. However, it is high time to rise above the concept of establishing your brand name in the market.

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Are Your Customers as Satisfied as You Think They Are?

NICE inContact

We live in an omnichannel customer service world now. Emerging technologies and changing consumer demands fundamentally have shifted the way businesses interact with their customers. But the evolution isn’t complete yet, and it probably never will be. This is the nature of life in the digital age. Businesses still are working out the kinks with some of the newer capabilities, and some consumers just aren’t ready to embrace these yet.

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The Customer Is Angry – And, It’s Not Your Fault

ShepHyken

Imagine this. The customer on the phone – or in person – is raging mad. You can hear it in their voice – or see it in their eyes. You brace yourself. You’re ready to take the lashing this customer is about to give you. You know you personally did nothing to offend and upset this customer. But somebody did something, or something happened, that made this customer want to lash out at you.

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CSAT vs. NPS: Similarities and Differences

GetFeedback

CSAT vs. NPS is an inevitable comparison that surfaces whenever a company launches a Voice of the Customer (VoC) program to optimize their customer experience (CX) strategy. . A Voice of the Customer program focuses on gathering and analyzing customer insights so you can identify trends regarding your customers’ needs, wants, and expectations. In essence, VoC gives your customers a voice within your organization. .

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Exciting News From The XM Institute

Experience Matters

The time has finally come for me to tell people to stop purchasing Temkin Group research reports. Are we eliminating them? No. Are they irrelevant? No. We’ve just decided to give them away for free on the Qualtrics XM Institute site. That’s right, you can now get access to almost our entire research library for free. One of the reasons we joined Qualtrics was to be able to help more people and organizations.

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Fundamentals of a Customer First Strategy For Every Industry

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Every industry strives to improve their customers’ experience with their products and services. Adopting a customer first strategy is therefore in many company objectives. Unfortunately it rarely goes beyond the theory in many organisations, so I decided to help out with these six suggestions. Hospitality is perhaps one of the most visible industries where customer satisfaction, or lack of, is quickly shared with the world.

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Net Promoter Score (NPS) Myths Debunked

GetFeedback

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is one of the most popular metrics being used in business today. And while NPS has many supporters to sing its praises, there seems to be an equal number of critics who have emerged to decry it, citing a number of reasons why it should be abolished. Among this debate, misconceptions have emerged from both sides. In order to truly understand this metric, these common NPS myths should be debunked. .

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How Exemplis Commits to Company Culture and CX Improvement

Customer Bliss

“The caliber of the team here is remarkable, and I’ve never seen anything like it. So, that was the reason why I decided to join them. Now it’s been a little under two years, and I still feel the same way,” says Aurelia Pollet , the Vice President of Customer Experience at Exemplis. Exemplis is a B2B2C, which makes custom chairs and lounges for offices. .

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SAP CX Live Insights: Focus on Your Customer

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Recapping SAP CX Live’s Top Themes & Insights. Photo credit: @SAPCX on Instagram. SAP CX Live and SAP SAPPHIRE NOW allowed me and some 30,000 friends to get a sneak peek into the way this global organization and their many partners view the world of the future. Enterprise software giant, SAP, hosted two remarkable, concurrent events in May and I was lucky to be a part of them, thanks to partnerships with SAP Litmos and SAP.

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4 HR Predictions for 2025: Supercharge Your Employee Experience with Internal Communications

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

The future of HR is here, and it's all about collaboration, innovation, and impact. Join us for a forward-thinking session where seasoned experts Miriam and Carolyn will share insights and practical strategies to help you stay ahead of evolving HR trends. Discover how to build strong partnerships with internal teams to craft a transparent, authentic, and connected workforce experience.

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What is a B2B panel? Importance, characteristics, and tips to use B2B online panels

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Content Index. Who are B2B panelists. Definition of B2B online panel. Difference between B2B panel and B2B online Panel. Factors to consider while choosing a B2B online panel partner. Characteristics of good B2B online panels. Why do you need QuestionPro’s B2B online panel. Steps to access QuestionPro’s B2B online panels. Uses of B2B online panels in market research.

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Data Privacy Isn't Just about GDPR Compliance

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Europe’s landmark privacy regulation, GDPR, celebrates its first anniversary on May 25. Established to give Europeans more control over their personal data, the regulation has had a much more expansive reach due in part to the open nature of the Internet.

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How to Show Up as a Caring Company

Customer Bliss

In lieu of a regular Daily Dose video, I want to share with you an excerpt from a keynote I presented recently that focuses on the lessons of my most recent book, Would You Do That To Your Mother. . The following is a lightly edited transcript of the video below. Would you roll your mother into a hospital hallway and then leave her there? You know that you wouldn’t.

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CX Journey™ Musings: On Means and Outcomes.

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Image courtesy of Pixabay Do you know the difference between means and outcomes? Between the journey and the destination? I know. I know. Those are silly questions to ask. Of course everyone knows the difference between means and outcomes. Of course everyone knows the difference between the means to an end and the end. Or do they? As I was driving to an appointment the other day, I saw a sticker on the back of a construction truck that read, in big red letters: Safety is the goal.

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2024 State of Customer Education Report

Customer education has become a key driver for growth, retention, and product adoption. Our latest 2024 State of Customer Education Report uncovers critical data and insights from a survey of over 200 industry leaders, offering a look at the evolving role of education in driving business success. Inside, you'll find data on key trends and strategies, including: Strategies for Scaling & Customization: Find out which investments in learning technology deliver the biggest ROI and scalability.

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Net Promoter Score® (NPS®) Myths Debunked

GetFeedback

Four Net Promoter Score (NPS) myths debunked once and for all. NPS is a necessary customer experience metric, and this article will prove it.

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Market Research Panel – What are its Benefits, types, best practices, and more

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Content Index. What is a market research panel? 5 benefits of a quality market research panel. Why is a market research panel important? Are there different types of panels? Best practices for market research panel recruitment: Pitfalls of a market research panel. Overcoming pitfalls of a market research panel. Create a market research panel with QuestionPro Audience: Here are a few highlights of QuestionPro Audience: How soon will the market research panel be available?

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Maintaining Survey Integrity with Digital Fingerprinting

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Surveys are a great way for customers to candidly share the story of their experiences. When used correctly, surveys can provide insight on where certain improvements can be made in order to promote retention and loyalty. But what happens when these surveys are hijacked? Just as Batman and Robin must continually update their weapons arsenal. View Article.

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Emotion Analytics is at the Heart of Customer Experience Innovation

TechSee

It’s no secret that emotions drive behavior. Happy people whistle. Angry drivers crash cars. And now, with the help of emotion analytics, more companies are tuning into their customers’ feelings in an attempt to learn what makes them tick. Take, for example, a new telco customer and the wide range of emotions they could experience along their personal journey with the company: excitement when unboxing, frustration during installation, annoyance at being transferred between departments, relief at

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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CSAT vs. NPS®: Similarities and Differences

GetFeedback

A comparison of CSAT vs. NPS as it relates to your Voice of the Customer (VoC) program.

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Self-Service Strategies for Elevating CX at Your Contact Centre

NICE inContact

Have you ever visited one of those palatial buffet restaurants with dozens of assorted fresh dishes in self-serve stations, with the crowds and people walking (seemingly) aimlessly with their plates in search of the pasta or the dessert cart? Raise your hand if you appreciate a good buffet — I certainly do! Classic Trap. Like lots of fellow foodies, I sometimes have found myself nearly falling into the classic trap of the buffet: Noshing every single dish — you know, like you’re suddenly on some

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The Power of Transformation

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Shifting Focus to the Customer, Not the Product Many organizations have struggled with moving from product-centric to customer-centric over the years. Some have achieved this transformation, others have not. Of course, this transformation is just the beginning, as improving the customer experience will always be a journey and not a destination. However, for those well.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of May 20, 2019

ShepHyken

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. The Intersection Of Customer Experience And Employee Experience by Greg Kihlström. (Forbes) Let’s explore three ways that customer experience and employee experience intersect and can work together.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.

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How powerful is the experience you are currently delivering to customers?

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Customers have changed! Research shows their expectations for customer service have increased significantly in the last 12 months. When it comes to deciding where to shop, 64% of people rate quality of customer experience as more important than price. For today’s wired and dangerous customer any encounter with indifferent service fosters a quick exit to a new provider.

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The Massive Importance of Memory in a Customer’s Experience

Beyond Philosophy

The Massive Importance of Memory in a Customer’s Experience. Customer loyalty is a function of customers’ memories. That is to say, customers don’t choose your experience over another; customers choose the memory of your experience over another. Therefore, we feel it is vital that you ensure your customers have an excellent memory of your Customer Experience.

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Obstacles Contact Center Agents Come Across During Interactions

Uniphore

There was a time when customers only had a single choice when it came to contacting a company's customer service department. They had to dial a number to reach the department by phone—and make sure that they did so during the company's customer service department's hours of operation. Read More.

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Amazing Business Radio: Nicolaj Sigglekow & Christian Terwiesch

ShepHyken

Connected Strategy. Predicting Your Customers’ Wants and Needs to Create an Exceptional Customer Experience (CX). Shep Hyken interviews Wharton School professors Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch. They discuss their new book, Connected Strategy , and how any company can use the concept to improve their customer experience. The Interview with Nicolaj Sigglekow & Christian Terwiesch: Connected strategy is a concept that allows companies to connect to customers more holistically.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Introducing Our New Cloud-Native Data Platform: DataStax Constellation

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Today, we’re announcing DataStax Constellation , our new cloud data platform designed to make hybrid and multi-cloud data management ‘easy and obvious’ in a world where building applications can often be complex and confusing. With Constellation, enterprises will now get the extreme power of our data solutions with push-button simplicity. That power-made-simple will allow our customers to rapidly develop cloud applications with on-prem compatibility, along with smart services for performance mon

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The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing CX Teams In 2019

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Earlier this month I attended the CXPA conference in Salt Lake City. CXPA or the Customer Experience Professionals Association is an organisation dedicated to cultivating the CX profession. Check them out. The conference brings together CX experts from a variety of industries to talk about pressing issues affecting teams and practitioners. As a first time attendee I was exposed to the challenges that modern CX teams are facing.

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Smart Solutions Resolve Call Center Operational Issues

Uniphore

All industries encounter operational obstacles; those with call centers come across an extra set of issues during day-to-day operations. Read More.