Thematic

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We all know that happy customers are good for business. But proving it with hard numbers? That's been a major headache for a long time. Why? Because feelings are hard to measure, and those feelings often live at the heart of the customer experience. Those feelings are worth figuring out. Companies focused on delivering a great customer experience (CX) see up to 60% higher margins than the competition!

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Zonka Feedback

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the world of business, ensuring top-notch customer experiences across all your physical locations is no easy feat. It hinges on numerous factors and the efforts of countless individuals within your organization. Despite the complexities, the impact of a single negative experience from a customer at one of your establishments can reverberate across your brand.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Recently, a colleague of mine at Sabio pointed me in the direction of an interesting article that was published in the Daily Telegraph entitled ‘Why Aren’t We Being Served?’. The feature – which was the cover story in the UK-based publication’s weekend magazine edition – was focused on the latest Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI) from the Institute of Customer Service – which painted a bleak picture for UK businesses.

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Adrian Swinscoe

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Today’s interview is with Michael Hinshaw, the founder and president of customer experience consultancy McorpCX. Michael joins me today to talk about the CX value model […] The post The CX value model and linking experience to business outcomes – Interview with Michael Hinshaw of McorpCX first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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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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SurveySparrow

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Turns out customers don’t always say what they mean. Shocking, right? Customer sentiment analysis lets you hear what’s really being said between the lines. If you are confused about the whole idea of customer sentiment, I have got you covered. By the end of this blog, you will be clear about the definition, importance, benefits, and use cases.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When it comes to building long-term scalability and efficiency for their businesses, more and more SaaS companies are turning to channel and ecosystem partners as a critical strategy within their go-to-market programs. Partner Success has been long talked about in Customer Success programs, but it’s had limitations in practice due to technology constraints like data security requirements and lack of Customer Success capabilities among partners.

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Happy or Not

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the competitive landscape of the restaurant industry, the secret sauce to long-term success that allows you to drive repeat business lies not just in the kitchen but in the hearts of your customers. Building genuine customer loyalty that keeps customers engaged and supports your marketing efforts is about the emotional connection that encourages customers to return repeatedly.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the growing market of mobile app development, providing top-notch customer service can be the deciding factor that makes your app stand out. Exceptional customer service is not just about addressing issues; it’s about creating a positive, enduring relationship with your users, ultimately helping to retain and attract a loyal customer base. For mobile app developers, the challenge is to integrate customer service in ways that resonate with tech-savvy users.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This year more than ever, SaaS organizations are tasked with doing more with less, especially when it comes to parts of the business responsible for driving customer outcomes. From Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to Community Managers (CMs) and Customer Education teams, everyone is feeling the pressure to protect Net Revenue Retention (NRR) and drive business growth through expansion.

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C3Centricity

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Organizations must be agile and adaptable to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. This is why atomic change is more effective than quantum disruption. The traditional approach to turbulent times has always been a monumental, top-down transformation. But this is no longer the only path to success and is certainly not the most effective.

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InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Did you know that 46% of all internet searches have local intent? In order to capitalize on this, your business needs to be actively working on your local SEO. Local search engine optimization (SEO) is an effective strategy for driving traffic and revenue to businesses of all sizes, not just smaller local businesses. Local SEO is one of the most important factors in how your business ranks in Google Search, Maps, and more.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Lumoa Product News for February 2024 Hey everyone! Lovely seeing you again, back with more exciting Lumoa updates! We have had a doozy of a month, with lots of features that we think will make Lumoa better for you. Let’s get started! Getting Started with Ask Lumoa Ask Lumoa is our new way to get a deeper understanding of your customer voice.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Navigating the landscape of American higher education can be both an exciting and daunting journey for prospective students. At the center of this journey lies a crucial metric that can determine a student’s trajectory – American universities’ acceptance rate. American universities’ acceptance rate is a key indicator of two important aspects – competition and reputation.

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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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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Discover the transformative power of AI in shaping customer experiences as Maria Villablanca, CEO of the Future Insights Network, joins us to break down the evolving relationship between supply chain management and customer satisfaction. As we navigate the era of ‘machine customers,’ we need to understand how our businesses can adapt to meet the demands of an audience that expects instant gratification.

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InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of the most effective ways to improve your company’s search ranking on Google is to use a Google reviews link to generate high-quality online reviews of your business locations. A Google review link makes it easy for your customers to share their experiences with your business online. Proactively asking for feedback in the form of Google reviews is a great way to strengthen customer relationships, connecting your brand to the voices that matter the most.

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Horizon CX

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Power of Purging Perfunctory Performance Introduction In the bustling world of business, where metrics often dominate discussions and efficiency reigns supreme, one crucial aspect can sometimes be overlooked: the human element. While efficiency and productivity are undoubtedly essential, businesses must not forget the importance of treating customers with genuine kindness and respect.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Amazon Bedrock provides a broad range of models from Amazon and third-party providers, including Anthropic, AI21, Meta, Cohere, and Stability AI, and covers a wide range of use cases, including text and image generation, embedding, chat, high-level agents with reasoning and orchestration, and more. Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock allows you to build performant and customized Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications on top of AWS and third-party vector stores using both AWS and third-

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This episode of  Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken  answers the following questions and more: What is a “big bet” in business? How does the future press release technique communicate the vision of a transformation to employees and stakeholders? What is the chief repeating officer, and how do they contribute to improving customer experience? What causes organizational transformations to fail?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. When companies implement specific tools and best practices, they can significantly improve their customer experience (CX), increase agent performance, and ensure high-quality service. This article delves into the essential aspects of call center optimization, including the tools and best practices that can drive performance improvements.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 1, 2024

A hidden impact exists regarding your experience management return on investment (ROI). It is often overlooked because it lurks between a specific moment in a customer process and the behavior resulting from it. However, uncovering and understanding this hidden impact is critical for comprehending its implications on the bottom line. Emily Davidson wanted to know how to determine the value of her Customer Experience initiatives, a challenge many in the field face.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This is a guest post written by Axfood AB. In this post, we share how Axfood, a large Swedish food retailer, improved operations and scalability of their existing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) operations by prototyping in close collaboration with AWS experts and using Amazon SageMaker. Axfood is Sweden’s second largest food retailer, with over 13,000 employees and more than 300 stores.

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Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Why does a company send out a customer satisfaction survey? Generally, it is to find out if they did a good job or what they can do to make the experience better. In the weekly Super Amazing Show I do with Brittany Hodak, we talked about surveys. The general consensus was that shorter was better. After the show, we heard from John Hughes , who is connected with me on LinkedIn.

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delighted

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Even if you’re just starting your customer experience (CX) management program, you’ve probably heard of Net Promoter Score (NPS): it’s one of the most popular customer experience metrics to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction. Brands send NPS email surveys after a purchase or interaction to collect customer feedback when the experience (and email) is still fresh in the customer’s mind.

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Clarivate

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

When global trademark filing activity fell in 2022 , questions rose around what this signified. Would 2023 data show a second year of decline, indicating uncertain economic outlooks? Or would filing activity recover? To answer this question, we dove into curated trademark data from CompuMark to analyze application and filing history. With access to over 147 million trademark records, including application and filing history gathered directly from Patent and Trademark Offices (PTOs) such as the E

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized the field of natural language processing (NLP), improving tasks such as language translation, text summarization, and sentiment analysis. However, as these models continue to grow in size and complexity, monitoring their performance and behavior has become increasingly challenging. Monitoring the performance and behavior of LLMs is a critical task for ensuring their safety and effectiveness.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Helpt

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’re going to start this blog post with a heavy dose of nerdy: place yourself back to when you played your last Japanese roleplaying game or Dungeons and Dragons. Your meticulously crafted character, equipped with powerful spells and enchanted weapons, ventured forth alongside a trusted party. But we nerds know that even the most optimized character sheet can't guarantee success.

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Brandwatch CX

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Taylor Swift's marketing tactics have lead her to becoming the biggest singer on the planet right now. Here's what brands can learn from her methods.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 80,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: I am excited. My wife and I are going on a cruise to India. It’s a big splurge for us, and we look forward to it. I mention it here, not to rub it in your face (much), but because in the booking of this cruise, I saw an excellent example of how my wife and I leverage mental accounting regarding our splurges.

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