Beyond Philosophy

JULY 19, 2018

We all have a Status Quo Bias when it comes to decision making. Also called Status Quo Inertia, the Status Quo Bias is our preference to keep things the same or maintaining a previous decision. Your customers have one, too, and you can use it to get them to do what you want in your Customer Experience. In the 80s, two professors, William Samuelson and Richard Zeckhauser wrote an article for the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty called, “ Status Quo Bias in Decision Making.

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Kristina Evey

JULY 17, 2018

Customer Journey Mapping. Map the Experience Your Customers Have. This concept is nothing new… yet so many company leaders have not done it… or – at least- have not done it effectively. Leaders tend to get overwhelmed with the process, and no wonder. Many folks, myself included, used to map out every single touchpoint the customer encounters and then map out all of the operational logistics necessary behind the scenes and while these looked impressive, they would impress you st

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Horizon CX

JULY 20, 2018

The following article is a guest post by Larry Reed of DesignRush obtained through Tenfold – www.tenfold.com. . Tenfold powers better customer conversations. In the last several years, the rise of customer experience as the main focus of most digital marketing campaigns has resulted in the proliferation of various CX myths. Many inexperienced marketers who are just starting out can easily fall prey to some of these myths that reference half-researched articles and make potentially harmfu

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Kristina Evey

JULY 16, 2018

The Customer Has Their Own Perspective Of Your Company. Customer Perspective is really the only thing that matters in Customer Experience (CX) work. I know this seems a bit extreme… please bear with me. I know that you are doing what you think is best for your business and your customer. I know that most of you are looking to create solid experiences for your customers that will bring them back to you time and time again.

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A high-quality customer experience creates loyal customers for years to come and makes for an easy win against businesses that are competing on other factors like price and quality. We partnered with ContactBabel to uncover the biggest hurdles businesses face when trying to improve CX and offer practical suggestions to overcome them.

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Quadient

JULY 19, 2018

Digital business transformation is a must if financial institutions want to keep pace with customer experience expectations. According to Peter Wannemacher, Principal Analyst at Forrester, many financial institutions are moving towards an omni-channel, digital experience but, unfortunately, they are not keeping pace with shifting customer behaviours and expectations.

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GetFeedback

JULY 19, 2018

Customer feedback makes Salesforce even more powerful. When survey results live on the customer record, you not only gain visibility into your customer experience, but you can use those insights to drive action across your business. Today, we’ll share a few simple tips on improving visibility and driving action with Salesforce survey data. 1. Create a Salesforce survey dashboard.

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C3Centricity

JULY 16, 2018

Be a true leader; share this post with the members of your team who need the inspiration and support. Your boss expects you to be able to answer all his questions and especially to know your customers. Here are the 13 things your boss is likely to ask you and a handy Checklist to prove to him that you know your customers better than he realises. Everyone speaks about customer centricity and the importance of the customer, but just how well do you know yours – really?

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CloudCherry

JULY 18, 2018

Customer experience is becoming an increasingly popular topic, with many forward-thinking businesses thinking it can set them apart in today’s highly competitive landscape. And they’re right — a recent study by Forrester showed that organizations with a cross-team CX approach were nearly twice as likely to have exceeded their top 2017 business goals.

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Retently

JULY 17, 2018

One of the most frequently asked questions that we get is “What is a good Net Promoter Score®?” And even though we repeatedly tell our clients that the score itself is irrelevant , we do understand the idea that comparing performance to other companies can help them show a more accurate picture of where they are standing at in a competitive landscape.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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GetFeedback

JULY 20, 2018

Want to learn more about your customers’ needs and preferences? A customer survey can reveal countless ways to improve your business. But too often, businesses miss out on insights because they’re sending so-so surveys. Here are 4 foolproof ways to unlock powerful customer feedback through smarter surveys. 1. Pick the right customer survey metric.

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InMoment XI

JULY 19, 2018

This is an article written by MaritzCX in which the nature of survey questions are examined and connections to business results are illustrated. The placement of certain key survey questions – particularly the overall satisfaction question in a customer satisfaction questionnaire – has been extensively debated among academics, suppliers, and clients.

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AskNicely

JULY 17, 2018

As a product team, you require a deep understanding of your customers’ complex problems. Without it, how do you know if you’re innovating in the right direction? Are you fixing real pain points, or are you spending time and money on features that might not actually matter to your customers? Collecting real-time feedback not only enables you to get a quick temperature-read on your customers, but it gives your team authentic, actionable insights that you can apply to your roadmap for quicker innov

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Experience Matters

JULY 17, 2018

Emotion is one of the three components of a customer’s experience (along with success and effort), so it’s a fundamental element for companies to track. In this post, I examine the eight annual Temkin Emotion Ratings for U.S. companies. It’s one of the components of the overall Temkin Experience Ratings, the open standard CX metric.

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Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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GetFeedback

JULY 14, 2018

A blog survey is simple but powerful way to learn more about your audience. With just a few questions, you can measure reader satisfaction, promote new content, and convert more blog traffic. Here are step-by-step instructions on launching an awesome blog survey in under 30 minutes. Building a Blog Survey. Step 1: Create a new survey. In the GetFeedback builder, select “Create from Scratch.”.

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InMoment XI

JULY 17, 2018

A few days ago, I found out that I need to get surgery on my right elbow. It’s been hurting a long time now, during the course of which I’ve seen various medical experts in hopes they would have a solution. The healthcare industry is something that everyone utilizes even though it has a bad. View Article.

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Customer Bliss

JULY 19, 2018

“You can’t change Rome in a day. You need a plan and you need to take baby steps,” said Sue Martin Homes , Global VP of Customer Service at Newegg , the leading tech-focused e-retailer in North America. In today’s lively chat with Sue, we talk about her customer service experience and leadership that paved the way for her success in transforming the CX culture at Newegg, a multi-billion dollar company that has been customer-focused since its inception.

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ijgolding

JULY 18, 2018

During the last ten years, I have attended many Customer Experience (CX) events around the globe. In the early part of that decade, I would always leave conferences with at least one ‘nugget’ of inspiration. As the decade moved on, the search for ‘gold’ has become tougher and tougher. I am therefore very excited to be able to share the news that Incite Group’s Customer Service & Experience Summit Europe (18-19 Sept) comes to London for the first time.

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GetFeedback

JULY 19, 2018

Customer feedback makes your CRM even more powerful. Here are a few simple tips on improving visibility and driving action with Salesforce survey data.

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NICE inContact

JULY 19, 2018

Efficiency. It’s a buzzword that has been around a long time in the business world. We are constantly asked to do more and increase efficiency. There is no department where this is more true than in the contact center, and one way to increase efficiency is with integrations. The customer experience can be improved upon by making a multitude of information available to contact center agents, while also increasing efficiency.

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Kayako

JULY 20, 2018

At Kayako, we want to help you create effortless customer support experiences. Before we launched, it was obvious that traditional help desk solutions weren’t doing enough to help businesses improve their customer support. The world was changing. Markets got more crowded, consumers got more discerning, and seamless customer experience became a competitive advantage.

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Kristina Evey

JULY 16, 2018

Episode 008 – Creating an Effective Customer Journey Map Shownotes. What Journey Mapping ISN’T. Not a process map. Not or training manual. Not what you hope customers experience. Not the time to map out every single touchpoint and the stuff behind the scenes to make the magic happen for the customer. Not silo driven. Not company focused on driving profits or sales.

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Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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GetFeedback

JULY 20, 2018

If your customer survey is just so-so, you might be missing out on meaningful insights. Here are 4 foolproof ways to harness the power of smarter surveys.

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Oracle

JULY 16, 2018

75 million to 375 million people globally may need to switch occupations by 2030 due to automation, according to a McKinsey report. Is it time to ask ourselves, “Will robots take my job?” The answer may lie in rephrasing the question. What’s to gain by losing jobs to automation? “It’s inevitable that AI will and probably does replace some jobs,” says Nate Masterson, CXO of beauty product company Maple Holistics in an interview for this article. “But the

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CX Journey

JULY 18, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay Is there a linkage between corporate culture and the bottom line? In a nutshell. yes. Corporate culture is linked to so many business decisions and business outcomes. You might be surprised! Today's post is a follow-on to last week's post, A Fish Rots from the Head Down , in which I wrote about the need for company leadership to model the behaviors they want to see from their employees in order to transform, inspire, and drive the company's intended culture.

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Kristina Evey

JULY 16, 2018

Shownotes … Customer Perspective is really the only thing that matters in any Customer Experience work. I know that you are doing what you think is best for your business and your customer. I know that most of you, simply because you are listening to this podcast, are looking to create solid experiences for your customers that will bring them back to you time and time again.

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Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Customer Guru

JULY 20, 2018

Tough global competition has forced companies to rethink their business strategies and come up with innovative and different ways to manage their customer portfolios, along with looking to improve service interaction. To survive in this fiercely competitive world, organizations are prioritizing customer experience, which is the only differentiator between brands today.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 18, 2018

+ Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli. ++ Want to receive exclusive content on how you can deliver extraordinary, memorable, and profitable experiences?

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UJET

JULY 19, 2018

It's Friday. You're queuing up emails for next week's big product announcement when all of a sudden your email service stops working.

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