IntouchInsight
JULY 9, 2024
It’s not uncommon to see big QSR chains frequently announcing new customer experience (CX) programs. Every brand wants their customers to leave the restaurant with a smile, but achieving this consistently is easier said than done.
Retently
JULY 8, 2024
Over the last decade, Net Promoter Score® has gradually become the new standard for measuring customer loyalty and satisfaction, not just for startups but for businesses around the world. Popularly labeled as the “ultimate question”, the NPS® survey has made the long customer satisfaction surveys obsolete (for good!), introducing a new, simple and convenient way for businesses to measure customer happiness.
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ECXO
JULY 8, 2024
Discovering the Hidden Gems: How to Prime Your Brain for Exceptional Customer Experiences There’s one thing that holds the key to success: Customer Experience (CX). It’s no secret that customers wield immense power and influence, and can make or break a business in seconds. That’s why innovative companies are always on the lookout for new ways to enhance CX and stay ahead of the curve.
BlueOcean
JULY 9, 2024
Brand loyalty is a reflection of a customer’s commitment to a relationship with a given retailer or service provider. But, of course, the current era of disruption is changing everything about all our relationships. The way we interact with people and brands has changed—and consumer spending priorities have evolved just as fast. Read on to discover the three principles of brand loyalty in a world where disruptions continue to shift our buying behaviors (and one interesting exception to the rul
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Alida
JULY 8, 2024
In this blog you’ll learn how to build flexibility into your research process so you can roll with the punches and still deliver results.
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Beyond Philosophy
JULY 11, 2024
Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 85,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: Sanjay Patel has a pickle, and he wants our help. It’s a simple question but a profound one: How do you get the senior exec to buy into your program? In other words, how do you deal with senior management?
Helpware
JULY 9, 2024
Customer support plays a decisive role in business growth. Why do companies outsource customer service, then? If it truly is such a meaningful component of the business success equation, shouldn't brands handle customer service with their own hands? The answer is more simple than it seems.
ClearAction
JULY 8, 2024
CX ROI Metrics Roadmap Lynn Hunsaker Your CX ROI metrics roadmap is a cause-and-effect sequence that multiplies growth. All customer experience metrics used today are lagging indicators of growth. You’re measuring what already happened with customers. Therefore, it’s lagging. Leading indicators are what you are doing that causes the lagging indicator.
ECXO
JULY 10, 2024
Redefining Customer Feedback: Embracing Comprehensive Metrics for Accurate Sentiment Analysis Introduction The Net Promoter Score (NPS) has long been a widely used metric for assessing customer loyalty, satisfaction, and the potential for customer churn as a relationship and transactional metric. Despite its widespread use across various industries, NPS has come under scrutiny for not providing a holistic view of the customer experience.
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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.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JULY 9, 2024
We unravel how customer success principles are reshaping B2C and B2B industries on this special CX Pulse Check edition of the Experience Action Podcast, with Jeannie Walters and special co-host David Sakamoto. Dive into the fascinating world of AI in the fashion industry, where artificial intelligence is transforming design, marketing, and personalization.
InMoment XI
JULY 11, 2024
Speech analytics is quickly becoming a foundational aspect of successful experience improvement programs. Historically, it has been difficult to quantify metrics from customer calls. However, the rise of speech analytics has given businesses to understand their customers like never before. What is Speech Analytics? Speech analytics is the process of analyzing recorded calls to gather customer information to improve communication and future interaction.
ShepHyken
JULY 8, 2024
I couldn’t hold back. I told an employee to stop complaining about her fellow employees in front of us, her customers. Here’s the story. My wife and I were at a restaurant. The server seemed pleasant and professional, but as our food was delivered, we saw a different side of her. There was a mistake in the order. The side dishes we received were not the ones we chose.
ECXO
JULY 8, 2024
Enhancing Tech Adoption through Exceptional Design Introduction Originally posted at: [link] In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, digital product design has emerged as a critical factor influencing adoption rates and overall customer experience. This article delves into the intricate relationship between digital product design and these two pivotal aspects, highlighting key principles, case studies, and actionable insights for technology companies striving to enhance their market pre
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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.
AWS Machine Learning
JULY 10, 2024
Imagine this—all employees relying on generative artificial intelligence (AI) to get their work done faster, every task becoming less mundane and more innovative, and every application providing a more useful, personal, and engaging experience. To realize this future, organizations need more than a single, powerful large language model (LLM) or chat assistant.
TechSee
JULY 10, 2024
The initial promise of artificial intelligence was intriguing: machines capable of augmenting human tasks, enhancing productivity, and optimizing operations. As we stand on the cusp of a new era, the real breakthrough for AI lies not in merely augmenting our existing staff but in fully automated AI agents. AI agents will free valuable resources from mundane tasks.
Clarivate
JULY 11, 2024
“AI Everywhere All at Once.” This year’s theme from Outsell, Inc. perfectly captures the expansion of artificial intelligence across all facets of our lives. In academia, this rapid advancement raises more questions than answers. How do we ensure ethical AI use? How can we advance research and drive research integrity? How do we use AI to advance student learning skills?
MiaRec
JULY 11, 2024
Call centers generate enormous volumes of data, but without the right tools to make this data accessible, they are known to starve for insights. And I should know because I was a contact center team leader for years. One of my biggest frustrations was that I always spent a large portion of my day tediously evaluating my agents using mind-numbing scorecards.
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.
AWS Machine Learning
JULY 11, 2024
In the diverse toolkit available for deploying cloud infrastructure, Agents for Amazon Bedrock offers a practical and innovative option for teams looking to enhance their infrastructure as code (IaC) processes. Agents for Amazon Bedrock automates the prompt engineering and orchestration of user-requested tasks. After being configured, an agent builds the prompt and augments it with your company-specific information to provide responses back to the user in natural language.
The DiJulius Group
JULY 12, 2024
How to Deliver Effective One-on-One Meetings with Your Employees *The following article on delivering effective one on one meetings is an excerpt from our new book, The Employee Experience Revolution: Increase Morale, Retain Your Workforce, and Drive Business Growth Why One-On-One Meetings Can’t Be Optional Typically, when we consult with an organization, two things.
ChurnZero
JULY 9, 2024
Last month, Jared Orr made three strong recommendations, from a CSM’s perspective, for customer success leaders looking to help their CSMs succeed. I wanted to complement his suggestions with three of my own, written from the perspective of a VP of customer success. In both cases, we’re addressing the findings of the 2024 CSM Confidential Report , which reveals that while CSMs are generally happy, motivated, and dedicated in their roles, the majority are struggling with heavy workloads and goals
MiaRec
JULY 11, 2024
In June 2023, we published an article that compared lexicon-based with Machine Learning or NLP-based Sentiment Analysis. Now, a little more than one year later, we have made another huge leap forward with Generative AI-based Sentiment Analysis!
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.
AWS Machine Learning
JULY 10, 2024
Responsible AI is a longstanding commitment at Amazon. From the outset, we have prioritized responsible AI innovation by embedding safety, fairness, robustness, security, and privacy into our development processes and educating our employees. We strive to make our customers’ lives better while also establishing and implementing the necessary safeguards to help protect them.
The DiJulius Group
JULY 9, 2024
Don’t Let Your User Self Service Experience Backfire With the mad shift to pushing customers to self-service channels, many companies are hurting their overall customer satisfaction and reducing customer retention by creating a poor user experience. How One Company Reduced Non-Revenue Calls & Reduced Payroll Due to increased call volume, one of our eCommerce clients.
Bill Quiseng
JULY 10, 2024
QUI TAKEAWAY: Customers pay for their experience, not your product or service. The customer’s best value in their experience is one that is “just perfect.” Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect … for your customers. Don’t be just good. Be GREAT out there!
CSM Magazine
JULY 12, 2024
The next evolution of human-machine interaction could bring about real, unprecedented synergy between humans and machines – with CX as the obvious beneficiary, writes Avaya’s Tvrtko Stosic. Traditionally, people have interacted with technology via strict, well-defined commands used to complete narrowly specified tasks. In customer service cases, this resulted in traditional IVRs, through which customers gave commands via touchtone user interfaces to get at their desired information or to perform
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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.
AWS Machine Learning
JULY 10, 2024
Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that helps you implement the entire Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) workflow from ingestion to retrieval and prompt augmentation without having to build custom integrations to data sources and manage data flows, pushing the boundaries for what you can do in your RAG workflows. However, it’s important to note that in RAG-based applications, when dealing with large or complex input text documents, such as PDFs or.txt files, queryin
Beyond Philosophy
JULY 12, 2024
Customers can tell you why they do something, But they might be wrong. It’s not that customers are stupid. No, it is quite the contrary. Customers’ thinking and decision-making are complicated; multiple things happen simultaneously. Sometimes, the reason customers do things is hidden, even from the customers themselves. In our penultimate masterclass episode, we explore how you can get at these hidden motivations when designing a Customer Experience that surprises and delights cust
ShepHyken
JULY 7, 2024
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This is What is Missing From Your Customer Experience Playbook by Anne Marshall (Entrepreneur) One-size-fits-all customer experience playbooks don’t exist — and for good reason.
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