InMoment XI

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A great deal of customers and the brands that serve them are facing unprecedented uncertainties; understanding them is key to organizational success, delivering Experience Improvement (XI), and ensuring that your customer experience (CX) program is operating optimally. All of these obstacles affect both customers and brands to some extent. Because half the Experience Improvement process is knowing what these challenges are, today’s conversation addresses five of the most prominent ones that I’ve

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Lumoa

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It’s no secret that customer experience is key to a company’s success. But what may be surprising is that as businesses compete more and more for customers, customer experience is becoming the new competitive battleground. . What does this mean for companies? It means that in order to stay ahead, they need to focus on delivering not just a good product or service, but a great customer experience as well.

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IntouchInsight

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Rising inflation and concerns about economic instability have both brands and consumers concerned. But, after years of pandemic-related restrictions and guidelines, no one wants to give up their "new normal". This makes customer experience programs even more important than ever.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Eleanor Hecks , editor-in-chief of Designerly Magazine. She’s also a web design consultant focusing on customer experience and user interface. She shares how customer experience is a valuable marketing strategy. If your business follows marketing best practices, you’re probably already implementing user research, collecting customer data, and targeting customers with personalized messaging.

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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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Comm100

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Chatbots are quickly becoming a long-term solution for customer service across all industries. A good chatbot will deliver exceptional value to your customers during their buying journey. It boosts customer engagement because it’s quick, simple, and puts the user in the driver’s seat. But you can only deliver that positive value by making sure your chatbot features offer the best possible customer experience.

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. Here we’ve identified the 13 most essential qualities to consider when hiring a CS manager. We’ll cover these below, along with five best practices to follow when bringing a new customer success manager aboard your team.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As the importance of customer success – and the role of customer success managers – has grown over the past few years, more and more responsibility is falling into the laps of CSMs. Managing customer accounts is no longer contained to spearheading implementation and being on call to help customers through issues. Modern CSMs are now responsible for the full spectrum of customer conversations, including those trickier ones that may center around strategic initiatives such as renewals, upsells, ex

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Seaton CX

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A man with an expensive haircut stands in front of the screen. It shows a picture of the Harvard rowing team. “We’ve all got to row in the same direction!” He waves his arms. Then a quiet man shuffles behind the podium and mumbles into the microphone. Bullet points in 8-point font appear on the screen behind him. He reads them. One. By. One. A woman talks about a “green belt” project, pointing to tiny graphs and spreadsheets.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This article was originally published on Forbes.com. . Customers’ expectations are changing. Not in terms of how much they expect, because customer expectations have always been high—but in terms of what they expect. The defining measure of a great customer experience used to be a business’s ability to be there for its customers. Availability was enough to win loyalty.

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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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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 20, 2022

After nine EMEA customer experience experts, 200+ delegates, eight workshops, and hours of fun and networking at the colourful evening reception, it’s safe to say the XI Forum Europe was a success! We heard from award-winning CX speakers from some of Europe’s biggest brands—TRUMPF, ASOS, Brakes, Primark, Solus, BD Medical, NatWest and Euro Car Parts, as well as thought-provoking keynotes from InMoment Global Leader, CMO Kristi Knight, and Stan Swinford, CEO and Founder of NPSx by Bain & Comp

Customer Experience 397

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Our annual Calabrio Customer Connect (C3) event has wrapped, and we are still feeling the buzz of excitement. For us, C3 is not only a time to share our vision for the future, but to hear the business challenges our customers are trying to solve and which best practices they are using to get the insights they need. This year’s theme was “Power Up,” and little did we know how fitting this theme would be, after Hurricane Ian changed course.

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Omnicus

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Before purchasing your customer service software, I recommend always scheduling a demo with customer success to let them show you how you can reach your full potential and the goals you’ve set for your customer success team. Also, when looking at different price tiers, keep in mind that as your needs evolve, pricing change quite a bit if you’re on the Kustomer platform.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are many definitions of the term brand. One of my favorites is this: A brand is a promised delivered. . Is what you’re known for delivered consistently? Consider Ace Hardware, whose brand promise is The Helpful Hardware Place. When you visit an Ace Hardware store, do they keep their promise? Are they helpful? Based on all their awards and the comments from happy customers posted on social channels, they deliver. .

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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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BirdEye

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In today’s digital world, websites serve as storefronts for local businesses. They’re a window for customers to see what your business offers and learn more about the experience they can expect to have. It’s important that your business invests in a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy to give your website the “curb appeal” it needs to continuously attract new customers.

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Retently

OCTOBER 18, 2022

From its humble beginnings as an online bookseller, Amazon has grown to become one of the world’s largest ecommerce businesses. But unlike many massive multi-national organizations, Amazon remains incredibly popular with its customers. In fact, so popular that Amazon accounts for 10.8% of total US retail turnover (nearly $218 billion in 2021) and 37.8 % of the US ecommerce market , becoming the leading online retailer in the country.

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Blake Morgan

OCTOBER 20, 2022

United Airlines flight attendants created their own version of NPS. Flight Attendant Promoter Score (FPS) shows their thoughts on management. Employee experience is the basis of customer experience and leads to strong revenue growth. Employees are valuable customers and are giving themselves a voice to show their frustrations. For many companies, NPS is the Holy Grail of CX metrics: the ultimate number that determines whether or not they are succeeding.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Leader’s Playlist. How Memories, Experiences, and Patterns Impact Leadership Style. Shep Hyken interviews Susan Drumm, CEO & Chief Empowerment Officer of Meritage Leadership Development and the author of The Leader’s Playlist: Unleash the Power of Music and Neuroscience to Transform Your Leadership and Your Life. She shares how to use music to improve your leadership style and make the changes that no longer serve you.

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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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BirdEye

OCTOBER 21, 2022

If you want your hospitality business to stand out online, you’ll need to establish a presence on both business listing and review sites. Creating business listings is a cost-effective way to bring attention to your business and build a strong online reputation, both of which will make it easier to convert potential leads into customers. Creating a business listing on Tripadvisor can help you build a stronger online presence for your brand.

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Optimove

OCTOBER 20, 2022

With inflation continuing to run at 40-year high levels, consumers are more careful about getting the most out of their dwindling purchasing power. Any consumers with variable interest rate debt, such as a home equity line, have seen their monthly payments increase in line with the rising interest rates. This trend is expected to continue through the end of the year.

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kommunicate

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Last Updated on October 17, 2022 The article that follows will walk you through the process of creating and adding a chatbot to your GoDaddy site using Kommunicate. What is GoDaddy? GoDaddy is a website-building platform, domain registrar, and web host. Basically, you can get everything you need to create a business website, such as [.]. The post How to Add a Chatbot To Your GoDaddy Website appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.

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DemandJump

OCTOBER 18, 2022

First impressions matter. In the world of business, your first impression with customers is almost always through your website. In fact, 81% of consumers conduct research online before making a purchase. With at least 10 examples of website content , it can be difficult to narrow it down to one.

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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.

Connections

BirdEye

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As a business owner, you already know you need a website. It’s a great way to showcase your products and services and helps customers learn more about your company. But with so many different website builders and options, it can be tough to know where to start. Fortunately, Google has made building a website easy with a free service that lets businesses create and customize their own Google My Business website.

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Russel Lolacher

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with productivity expert and author Mike Vardy on our relationship with time management in the workplace and how we can look at it differently. A few reasons why he is awesome – He’s a highly regarded productivity strategist and time management specialist, multi-time author with his most recent being the ebook The Productivityist Playbook , podcaster, speaker, repeatedly named a top productivity expert on too many lists to name and you

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Lithium

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Welcome back to Titans of Customer Engagement, A Customer Experience Podcast proudly presented by Khoros. This week we sit down with Maris Ogneva, Sr Director of Community & customer marketing at Invoca to break down how to build a wide-reaching and stable digital community. Hear first hand how to position your community to benefit both your customers and your colleagues.

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kommunicate

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Last Updated on October 19, 2022 Traditionally, the insurance industry has always been a bit of a mystery. Complex processes, hard-to-digest information, and legacy systems meant that insurance was an alien concept for many people. However, the rapid advancement of technology has brought about a seismic impact on the way insurance firms operate today.

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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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Inbenta

OCTOBER 19, 2022

With a new school year, comes new challenges. As you may have noticed, competition has been increasing over the past few years between training courses in digital marketing, design, programming, and so on. The programs are becoming more and more exhaustive, the teachers more qualified and recognized. You think you have all the necessary ingredients for your school to be successful, but it is more and more difficult to stand out among the crowd!

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One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 19, 2022

You are pushing client boundaries when you present and spearhead updated or new ideas, concepts, tools, and technologies. Often, your efforts do not result in accolades from that client. Far too frequently, clients view your efforts as contrarian. Why is that? First, your innovations move them one millimeter beyond what is known and comfortable. Next, adapting and adopting your offerings challenges them.

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Upstream Works

OCTOBER 21, 2022

When customers have great experiences with agents, they don’t have an inside view of the orchestration that takes place in the background to make it so seamless. To a large extent, this is due to various types of integrations that pull data from across the organization in support of each customer inquiry. Artificial intelligence (AI) application integrations also have a role to play, especially in extracting specific data points across massive data sets and doing so in real-time.

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