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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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3 Ways Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Can Improve Customer Experience

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.

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Ecommerce Customer Experience: Why it’s crucial and tips for success

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In this article, we cover why ecommerce customer experience is so critical and offer some tips on how to excel in an online environment.

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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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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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Manual Call Reviews? There's a Better Way!

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

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

QuestionPro Audience

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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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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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

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.

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

QuestionPro Audience

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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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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ICMI Expo 2019 Conference Roundup

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ICMI Expo 2019 took place from the 13 th -16 th May at the rather glamorous Diplomat Resort, Hollywood Beach, Florida. My time at the Expo was a breath of fresh air in more ways than simply letting me escape the heat outside. Expo 2019’s theme was “Navigate the tides of transformation” and as well as covering a lot of the type of best practices CX pros are familiar with, the Expo contained a lot of fresh topics and technologies too.

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CX Journey™ Musings: On Means and Outcomes.

CX Journey

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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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

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.

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

Wired and Dangerous

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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What Does it REALLY Mean to Put CX First?

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?

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Amazing Business Radio: Nicolaj Sigglekow & Christian Terwiesch

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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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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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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.

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The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing CX Teams In 2019

Thematic

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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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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Guest Blog: A Radical Idea in Customer Service Surveys – The Solo Question

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Gaetano DiNardi who discusses how many customer service surveys are not giving you proper data and suggests how to improve them. Be honest – even if you are a customer service professional who relies on surveys for your data, when you see someone on the street asking survey questions, how many times do you cross to the other side?

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CX Journey™ Musings: On Means and Outcomes.

CX Journey

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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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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