Sat.Mar 10, 2018 - Fri.Mar 16, 2018

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You’ve Got Data? Well Don’t Start There!

C3Centricity

Did the title about data make you curious? Great! Of course, in today’s data-rich environment I’m not really suggesting that you actually ignore it! However, in working with clients around the world and in numerous industries, I have found that many are lost by the wealth of information that is available to them. In fact it seems to drown out their reasoning of what to do and they remain frozen in indecision.

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How to conduct systematic sampling?

QuestionPro Audience

In school, while selecting the captain of sports teams, most of our coaches asked us to call out numbers such as 1-5 (1-n) and the students with a random number decided by the coach, for this instance, 3, would be called out to be the captains of different teams. It would be a non-stressful selection process for both the coach as well as the players.

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Humanize Customer Experience (Infographic)

Experience Matters

As you hopefully already know, Temkin Group has labelled 2018 The Year of Humanity. As part of our focus on this topic, we put together this infographic that focuses on how we can Humanize CX. It identifies six fundamental characteristics of human beings—Hopeful, Intuitive, Self-Centered, Emotional, Motivated, and Social—that you need to keep in mind when you’re thinking about your customers and employees.

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How Tiny Businesses Can Offer Stellar Customer Support

Kayako

In all the best practices and how-to’s, it’s easy for a small business to get lost with applying every customer service tip. You don’t have the budget of Amazon or the resources of Nordstrom. Forget a 50-person department dedicated to customer support – you don’t even have fifty employees, period. Does that mean tiny businesses don’t have what it takes to provide amazing customer support?

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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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CX Trendsetters: Is the Future of Malls a Robot Named Pepper? 

Centriam Customer Experience Lab

The Mall of America delights patrons with a chatbot creating a high-tech, engaging retail customer experience. With the increase in online shopping and questions whirling around the relevancy of brick and mortar shopping malls, our local retail icon, Mall of America, welcomed a new chatbot named Pepper. The chatbot can not only direct visitors to specific locations within the mall, it can talk about deals and promotions, and even connect them to an actual human being.

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CXForum 2018 – Sydney

InMoment XI

It has been two weeks since our inaugural APAC CXForum – ‘Creating High Value CX Programs’. So many ideas were shared by our incredible speakers yet despite the diversity of topics, all addressed the same fundamental CX challenges – ‘How do I create a high-value CX program and how can we get people to care’? View Article.

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Customer Experience in Crisis! How do you revive it?

CloudCherry

Believe it or not, companies aren’t doing a great job at Customer Experience. Forrester’s 2017 CX Index for UK companies has revealed that customer experience quality has declined for most companies and verticals. The report even goes on to state that customers’ expectations will outpace companies’ ability to evolve and adapt.

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United Airlines Needs a Lesson in Apologizing - Transforming the Customer Experience

Kristina Evey

It’s all over the news… a United Airlines flight attendant insisted that a passenger put her dog carrier containing her 10-month-old French bulldog, Kokito, in the overhead compartment. Fellow passengers state the family told her there was a dog inside the carrier, but the attendant insisted the carrier be placed in the overhead compartment.

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Stratified Random Sampling: Definition, Types and Benefits

QuestionPro Audience

Let’s consider a situation where a research team is seeking opinions about religion amongst various age groups. Instead of collecting feedback from 326,044,985 U.S citizens, random samples of around 10000 can be selected for research. These 10000 citizens can be divided into strata according to age,i.e, groups of 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and above.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Embracing Technology in CX

InMoment XI

Regardless of the industry you operate in, or size and maturity of your business, organizations across the board are being forced to adapt to rapidly changing digital technologies. Perhaps one of the most striking and important aspects of digital transformation revolves around how organizations engage and interact with their customers. Today, most customer journeys include.

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Customer Experience in Crises! How do you revive it?

CloudCherry

Believe it or not, companies aren’t doing a great job at Customer Experience. Forrester’s 2017 CX Index for UK companies has revealed that customer experience quality has declined for most companies and verticals. The report even goes on to state that customers’ expectations will outpace companies’ ability to evolve and adapt.

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New Webinar: Smooth Customer Journeys Deliver Smooth Customer Experiences

AskNicely

In 2018, customer experience is everything. More big brands, more agencies, and more technology companies are investing more resources than ever to stay ahead of the competition in this new age of the customer. A recent study by Adobe showed that customers who have a less-than-stellar digital experience with your brand are 88% less likely to return for another one.

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How the Entertainment Industry is Using Data Collection

QuestionPro Audience

Hollywood is learning what those in the market research world have known for years: follow the data. For years, film studios have had only a vague understanding of who’s buying tickets to their films. As mobile becomes more popular, however, the entertainment business is using the technology to capture what was lost in the relationship between the studios and the consumer, and convert that data into meaningful insight into what works and what doesn’t.

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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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Embracing Technology in CX

InMoment XI

Regardless of the industry you operate in, or size and maturity of your business, organizations across the board are being forced to adapt to rapidly changing digital technologies. Perhaps one of the most striking and important aspects of digital transformation revolves around how organizations engage and interact with their customers. Today, most customer journeys include.

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Why Human Connections Never Go Out of Style

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

The world is fast. Technology invades every part of our lives, both in good and possibly not-so-good ways. As we rely ever-more heavily on the communication tools of any trade today, like email and texting, we crave more emotional and human connections to break through the clutter. In customer experience, a personal touch can go a long way to improve a typical touchpoint in the B2B journey.

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The #CX Perception Gap

CX Journey

Image courtesy of Pixabay I originally wrote today's post for CallidusCloud. It appeared on their blog on December 6, 2017. The good news is, more and more company leaders are starting to get that they need to focus on the customer experience; the bad news is, many – most – are still struggling with the concept , choosing instead to focus on sales, metrics, and maximizing shareholder value.

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Cluster Sampling: Definition, Advantages and Application

QuestionPro Audience

Let’s consider a scenario where an organization is looking to survey the performance of smartphones across Germany. They can divide the entire country’s population into cities (clusters) and further select cities with the highest population and also filter those using mobile devices. This multiple stage sampling is known as cluster sampling. . Cluster sampling analyzes a particular population of data in which the sample consists of multiple elements like city, family, university or school.

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

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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CXForum 2018 – Sydney

InMoment XI

It has been two weeks since our inaugural APAC CXForum and we hope that you found the day as thought provoking as we did. So many ideas were shared by our incredible speakers yet despite the diversity of topics, all addressed the same fundamental CX challenges – ‘How do I create a high-value CX program and. View Article.

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6 CCOs Share Lessons They’ve Learned During CX Their Journey

Customer Bliss

I’m so excited to say that the podcast is nearing its 100th episode! I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing customer experience leaders and industry trailblazers who’ve greatly contributed to the field. From detailing customer journey mapping, to assessing the work to be done in their first few months on the job, there’s so much I’ve learned from my guests.

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On Resistance To Change

Kerry Bodine

“Give me an example of a company that’s made a complete turnaround to embracing their customers.” This request always makes me chuckle. I wish I had an answer, I really do. But the sad reality is that I don’t know of a single organization that’s customer-centered through and through—except for the ones that started out that way. In Outside In , my co-author and I included over 80 case studies and examples precisely because no single company had put all the necessary pieces together.

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Hiring a General Contractor? 4 Tips Every Homeowner Needs

QuestionPro Audience

Spring has sprung! (Sadly, we’re still waiting on actual confirmation from Mother Nature here in Chicago). After the long winter, homeowners are always eager to tackle home improvement projects. According to a recent study conducted by LightStream Home Improvement, 58% of homeowners plan to spend money on home improvement projects this year. Fueled by the rebounding housing market, spending on improvements, maintenance and repairs reached $340 billion in 2015 , up 12% from 2013.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

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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Patient Confidence Drives Highest Hospital NPS

Experience Matters

We recently asked nearly 2,000 hospital patients about their experiences. Two of the areas we examined were their emotions and their likelihood to recommend the hospital, measured by Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Of these hospital patients, 46% are promoters, 30% are detractors, which results in an average NPS of 16. When we combined that data with patient emotions, we found that: Patients are most likely to feel relieved.

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Measuring Customer Effort Just Got Easier

GetFeedback

Discover how you can use GetFeedback to quickly measure Customer Effort Score and understand the holistic service experience.

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Why Your Customer-Centric “Breakthrough” Is Not Working

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Once upon a time, there was a leader. Maybe she looked like you and had your role. Or maybe he was the CEO. That leader had an epiphany about customer-centric culture. If we focus on customers, we will be a better organization. We will create happier employees who care deeply about those we serve. We will have legions of fans. Our revenue will increase.

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Inside the Mind of the Millennial Pet Owner

QuestionPro Audience

Do you consider your pet to be part of your family? Or even, your “fur child”? Then you’re in good company. It’s no secret that millennials are putting off marriage and starting families later in life, and that may be in part due to their “starter children”. A recent study conducted by Gale found that 44% of millennials see their pets as “practice” for the real thing, with 21% citing that as the main reason for getting a pet, and 23% saying it was at least partially the reason.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

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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What is CRM? | Infographic {Guest Post}

Michelli Experience

My, my, the world of sales has come a long way in just a few decades: From tablets of paper and loads of pens, most salespeople can now access online-based information gathering systems that tell them everything from a customer’s first contact with a business to what they prefer and who their key contacts are. The new pen and paper have a name, now, too: customer relationship management, or CRM, software systems.

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Hear from Top Customer Experience Experts – Plan your Interactions 2018 Agenda

NICE inContact

The Interactions 2018 agenda is built with you in mind, so you can deliver the most exceptional customer experience directly to your customers. With so much to see and do in three days, make sure to get the most out of your time at Interactions 2018 by planning in advance with the Interactions 2018 Agenda Preview ! We made sure to choose topics that are top of mind for any customer service organization AND we brought the best industry experts to deliver them.

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JOIN US! Journey Mapping Bootcamp On May 16 & 17 In Chicago

Kerry Bodine

One recent attendee called our journey mapping bootcamp “an MBA on steroids.” On May 16 & 17, join us in the heart of Chicago to find out why. Our signature two-day bootcamp is jam packed with content and exercises that will answer these questions: Why are customer journeys (and journey maps) important? What makes journey maps effective? How can you create journey maps?