Sat.Dec 02, 2017 - Fri.Dec 08, 2017

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Listening to Customers Tells You Everything You Need to Know… - Transforming the Customer Experience

Kristina Evey

LISTEN to your Customers. Listening. We all know how to do it… but few know how to do it well … and it could be driving your customers away if you don’t do it well. Listen well and you’ll increase sales and customer loyalty. Even though communication involves two parts – speaking and listening – I believe that listening is actually 2/3 of successful communication.

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5 Tips to Lower Contact Center Attrition

NICE inContact

Agent attrition is not a new concept in the contact center. The average lifespan of a contact center agent is traditionally short, resulting in human resource departments trying to understand this costly trend, usually turning to some kind of retroactive metric. But these do not offer predictive insight. These metrics can show why an agent left, but not how the company could have kept them.

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NetCNS: a crucial new metric to maximise your competitive edge, by Stephen Hewett

ijgolding

The whole idea of the Net Promoter Score (NPS) is based around asking customers the question ‘How likely is it that you would recommend our company/product/service to a friend or colleague?’ and proposing to them a variety of response options based on a zero to ten scale. In the years since its introduction, NPS has become used all over the world and few organisations fail to ask their customers this question in one form or another at some point in the organisation/customer interaction.

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Are Your Customers Happy? CX Insights from Slush.

Lumoa

Helsinki has welcomed 20.000 innovators at Slush , the world's leading startup event. This year among the main topics of "Technology" and "AI in Our Lives", you could also hear companies, both scaling and large, starting to talk about customer experience. It has been our second Slush and we enjoyed every bit of it. Slush gave us an opportunity to meet new and already familiar people, secure a couple of deals and have meaningful conversations on customer experience.

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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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Wearables: Technology on the Rise

QuestionPro Audience

The wearable technology market is growing at a rapid pace, with 1 in 5 Americans owning a wearable tech device. This technology encourages wearers to be more engaged in their health and lifestyle choices. In addition to being a fashionable accessory, wearables collect pertinent data that can be sent to the wearer’s physician. In contrast to a one-time blood pressure reading at an appointment, wearables provide data taken over a period of time, such as sleep patterns, heart rate, and activity lev

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Report: The State of CX Metrics, 2017

Experience Matters

We published a Temkin Group report, The State of CX Metrics, 2017. Temkin Group surveyed 169 companies to learn about how they use customer experience (CX) metrics and then compared their answers with similar studies we’ve conducted annually since 2011. We also had them complete our CX Metrics Program Assessment that evaluates the degree to which these efforts are Consistent, Impactful, Integrated, and Continuous.

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My Rock, My Story: How Airbnb Uses Customer Listening to Determine Goals

Customer Bliss

The following post is an excerpt from my book: Chief Customer Officer 2.0. Below, I share a “My Rock, My Story” snippet – which is one of many featured throughout the book. These stories come from CCOs who have faced numerous challenges, yet persevered in pushing their metaphorical “rock up the hill” by uniting their leadership teams, working through challenges, and ultimately achieving success in doing so.

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Top 5 Money Management Apps Every Millennial Needs

QuestionPro Audience

Millennials get a tough rap. If it’s not a news story about how entitled they act, they’re being told they’ll never be able to afford to buy a house because they spend their money on avocado toast. Maybe it’s not actually the toast—maybe they’re not able to purchase a home because 63% of millennials have more than $10,000 in student loan debt. According to a study on millennial student debt , 83% of non-homeowners believe their student loan debt has delayed them from buying a home.

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Want to Deliver the Best Customer Experience? It Takes More Than a Metric

InMoment XI

It is very refreshing and encouraging to see so many organizations with mission statements indicating their focus on the customer and their mission to deliver the best customer experience. Over the past few years, organizations have begun taking it a step further than just stating this customer focus, but have started establishing teams or divisions.

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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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How Cadillac drives customer centricity in the luxury market

Alida

Cadillac is a brand that needs no introduction. It is an iconic company—a larger-than-life brand that people associate with luxury. But Cadillac’s legacy is also its biggest challenge. When consumers think of the future, they don’t necessarily think of Cadillac. Many people associate Cadillac with the yesteryears—back to the era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis—but not with the innovation leaders of today.

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What Happened To The Dining Experience We Used To Receive?

Steve DiGioia

do you still care about customer service or is it all about the money This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. Being in the hospitality business for over 20 years, I have seen some of the best and worst at their trade. But the dining experience sure has changed…. From the hardworking, studious college kid that was very driven and worked as a waiter 6-days a week to put himself through school; the gravelly-voiced divorced mom of 4 grown kids that needed to pay her bills and get her lif

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Will Morning Shows Lose Advertisers Over Sexual Harassment Allegations?

QuestionPro Audience

Sexual harassment and assault in the entertainment industry has always been Hollywood’s worst kept secret, but with women speaking out now, and providing indisputable evidence, it can no longer be swept under the rug. Prominent men in television such as Bill O’Reilly, Charlie Rose and the latest, Matt Lauer, have been fired from their respective companies, bringing attention to how prevalent this issue is in the entertainment industry.

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Valero Mystery Shopping Delivers Consistent Brand Experience and Increases Sales

InMoment XI

Overview Valero Energy Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels and petrochemicals. As the world’s largest independent petroleum refiner, Valero has a workforce of 10,000 employees with a refining capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day. Today, Valero sells products to both the wholesale rack and bulk markets, and approximately 7,400.

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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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5 Tips to Lower Contact Center Attrition

NICE inContact

Agent attrition is not a new concept in the contact center. The average lifespan of a contact center agent is traditionally short, resulting in human resource departments trying to understand this costly trend, usually turning to some kind of retroactive metric. But these do not offer predictive insight. These metrics can show why an agent left, but not how the company could have kept them.

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Four Common Journey Mapping Mistakes

Heart of the Customer

Journey mapping isn’t easy. That’s why almost 2/3 of journey maps fail to drive change. A failed journey mapping project is a huge waste – not just because of the dollars and energy that went into it, but also because one failed journey mapping project makes it less likely that your company will try again. So here are four […]. The post Four Common Journey Mapping Mistakes appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Wearable Technology on the Rise!

QuestionPro Audience

What is Wearable Technology? Wearable technology encourages wearers to be more engaged in their health and lifestyle choices. In addition to being a fashionable accessory, wearables collect pertinent data that can be sent to the wearer’s physician. This market is growing at a rapid pace, with 1 in 5 Americans owning a wearable tech device. In contrast to a one-time blood pressure reading at an appointment, wearables provide data taken over a period of time, such as sleep patterns, heart rate, an

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Valero Mystery Shopping Delivers Consistent Brand Experience and Increases Sales

InMoment XI

Overview Valero Energy Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels and petrochemicals. As the world’s largest independent petroleum refiner, Valero has a workforce of 10,000 employees with a refining capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day. Today, Valero sells products to both the wholesale rack and bulk markets, and approximately 7,400.

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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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Fostering Loyalty With Customer Services Professionals

CX Accelerator

Do you ever feel like it’s impossible to keep great talent in a customer support environment? You’re not alone! Leaders all over the globe have been wrestling this issue since the invention of the telephone. The good news is it can be done! With a fresh outlook on employee engagement, you can create a working environment worth sticking around for. This article will focus on three essential (but rarely discussed) engagement techniques specific to service professionals Peer-To-Peer Relationship Fo

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IVR Custom Integration for a Multinational Communications Corporation: A Case Study

BlueOcean

The Client. This multinational communications, electronics and IT corporation has a health solutions arm delivering connected devices for which Blue Ocean provides both sales support and customer service support. The Challenge. For both types of customer calls – sales and support – the client was using an IVR system which directed calls, by type, to an appropriate contact center agent.

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Mobile Apps in the Classroom

QuestionPro Audience

Education has changed drastically over the past decade, due to the introduction of mobile applications in the classroom. While it may seem foreign or unnecessary to parents, this way of learning and communicating is here to stay. Traditionally, accessing technology was limited only to those who could afford to purchase a computer. However, in recent years, the cost of a smartphone has made technology more accessible to the masses, which is why there are now almost 7 billion smartphones in the wo

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How to Write a Thank You Letter to Your Customer with Easy-to-Use Samples

Comm100

Introduction. Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean you’ve missed your chance to be thankful. In fact, if you’re going to run a successful, customer-centric business, it is important that you express gratitude towards your customers regularly. Here are important tips for writing a thank you letter to your customer, complete with sample thank you letters to help you show your customer how much you appreciate them.

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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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3 Most Important Criteria Choosing a Robotic Process Automation Solution

Uniphore

Today, there’s a growing consensus that the age of robotic process automation (RPA) has arrived, capable of significantly increasing operational efficiency, thus offering clear-cut cost, performance and scalability benefits. It seems it’s only a matter of time before RPA will eventually be leveraged in just about every industry, automating business processes with cognitive systems.

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Why You Struggle To Meet Your Business Objectives (And how to Crush them)

C3Centricity

“There may be customers without brands, but there are NO brands without customers!” I am often quoted as saying this and yet I still find most companies spend more time thinking about their brands than their customers, which is alarming to say the least! And you? . Last week I spoke about identifying the exact category in which you are competing.

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The Power of Customer Listening and Reviews with Angie Hicks, Co-Founder of Angie’s List

Customer Bliss

Overview. Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Can you manage a B2B relationship with customer providers and consumers? In this episode, Angie Hicks , CCO of ANGI Homeservices and co-founder of Angie’s List , shares how she built Angie’s List into the valuable service provider tool it is today, and how she transitioned her entrepreneurial and marketing experience into the customer experience role she currently holds at ANGI Homeservices ( which acquired Angie’s List this year )

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B2B Customer Experience: 3 Tips to Take From the B2C Playbook

Truthlab

Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier in the week we talked about sticking to the fundamentals and how B2C has led the way in prioritizing customer experience. Now its time for us to take a page from their playbook! Here are some tips to help you start thinking about experience like your counterparts in B2C do: Think beyond the product or […]. The post B2B Customer Experience: 3 Tips to Take From the B2C Playbook appeared first on truthlab.

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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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Nudges: Make Sure Yours Work!

Beyond Philosophy

Small changes, or nudges, having a big impact on people’s behavior is one that everyone in the behavioral economic community supports and heralds as the latest great idea. However, this great idea isn’t working for everyone. In particular, nudges don’t seem to be making much headway in medication compliance. When a patient doesn’t take their medicine properly, doctors call it “noncompliance.

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"Not My Job" Syndrome

CX Journey

Image courtesy of Pixabay Does your company suffer from the "not my job (NMJ) syndrome?" When was the last time you heard someone being asked to do some task that wasn't outlined in their job description, only to respond with, "That's not my job?" Recently? Yup. I believe it. It's an all-too-frequent occurrence that employees draw the line in the sand or draw a box around themselves, refuse to do some task, and say, "Not my job.

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{Infographic} Complexly Simple | Success Can Breed Mediocracy

Michelli Experience

__. 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. The post {Infographic} Complexly Simple | Success Can Breed Mediocracy appeared first on Joseph Michelli.