Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 7, 2024

Why Customer Experience Leaders Need to Develop an AI Strategy Today (Even if You’re Not Ready) Artificial intelligence is so ingrained in our daily lives that it’s now unavoidable — and evolving rapidly! As customer experience leaders, it’s our responsibility to learn how we can apply AI to transform our customer experiences. It’s time to test AI’s limits, see what it’s good at doing, and find out where it falls short.

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Comm100

MAY 7, 2024

The demand for fast, efficient, and personalized customer service is growing – and growing fast. 54% of global consumers have higher customer service expectations than they did just one year ago, according to a recent Microsoft study. So how can businesses rise to mee these expectations, while keeping a lid on budget and resources? The answer is to streamline customer service through intelligent technology, AI-powered automation, and empowering agents.

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Bill Quiseng

MAY 8, 2024

The customer is not always right. But the customer is ALWAYS YOUR customer. Listen intently, respond empathetically, apologize, and do whatever it takes to resolve the problem, even if it means having to go with your customer to your competitor. Contrary to popular customer service mantras, when all alternatives don’t work, DON’T fire the customer.

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ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 8 customer service trends to know in 2024 by Martha Kendall (SproutSocial) Customer service trends in 2024 are all about meeting your customers where they are, personalizing your interactions and reaching a resolution as efficiently as possible.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 7, 2024

Discover the future of customer experience as we tap into the wisdom of industry leaders who are redefining the landscape. In this CX Pulse Check, Jeannie Walters asked CX leaders at CXPA CX Leaders Advance and Qualtrics X4: The Experience Management Summit what we should have our finger on the pulse of when it comes to customer experience today. We’re peeling back the layers of integrated strategies and customer-first culture, offering you unique perspectives that could very well shape yo

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Adrian Swinscoe

MAY 8, 2024

Today’s interview is with Zig Serafin, CEO at Qualtrics, the leading Experience Management software provider. I spoke to Zig at Qualtrics’ recent X4 event in Salt […] The post If you aren’t fixing the bigger picture, then you are just putting a band-aid on the problem – Interview with Zig Serafin of Qualtrics first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 8 customer service trends to know in 2024 by Martha Kendall (SproutSocial) Customer service trends in 2024 are all about meeting your customers where they are, personalizing your interactions and reaching a resolution as efficiently as possible.

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Customer Enthusiast

MAY 6, 2024

I was thinking about the widely-read business book Blue Ocean Strategy, which was published 20 years ago, and the application of its central premise to purpose-driven work today. In the book, red ocean strategies represent the way business is approached in most industries: competing for contested—and often shrinking—demand and market share.

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Zonka Feedback

MAY 7, 2024

With customer expectations evolving continuously, the ability to deliver personalized customer experiences has become a necessity for businesses nowadays. Marketing automation enables businesses to streamline repetitive tasks, nurture leads effectively, and engage with customers across various touchpoints effortlessly. Effective marketing automation tools help serve this purpose.

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Uplight

MAY 8, 2024

Last week, we hosted our inaugural Illuminate Executive Forum, gathering approximately 30 utility and clean energy ecosystem executives from the U.S., Canada, and Asia, with the Uplight team in Chicago. Attendees included senior utility leaders responsible for customer and digital transformation, technology, and innovation at AES, Alliant, AvanGrid, Exelon, National Grid, Portland General Electric, CLP Read More The post Crazy, Dangerous, Obvious at Uplight’s Illuminate Executive Forum app

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CSM Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

In the dynamic world of customer service, where the human touch can be the linchpin of customer loyalty, identifying and nurturing the right personality traits in your team members is crucial. When you handpick your customer service team based on their individual personalities as much as their skills, you’re onto something big. Better experiences lead to happier clients which naturally sets any company on a winning streak.

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Team Support

MAY 8, 2024

TeamSupport is excited to announce the launch of its newest release, Status Approval Workflow—the first release in a series of workflow options that will be available in TeamSupport in the coming year. TeamSupport currently allows any user within an organization to update the status of a ticket, but in some cases, these actions need to be signed off or approved by a specific team member.

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The DiJulius Group

MAY 8, 2024

Revolutionize your customer interactions and presentation skills on a path to service excellence. Picture a world where artificial intelligence redefines our potential and empowers customer service agents. In this episode of The Customer Service Revolution, we reveal how AI liberates and uplifts the spirit of service, turning every customer interaction into an opportunity for extraordinary.

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Innovative CX

MAY 7, 2024

There’s been plenty written about how to improve your customer experience. And of course, there’s equally as much written on the employee experience as well. Recognizing how important the linkage between these two is imperative to improving both experiences. The Colleague Experience differs from these two. For nearly ten years, I’ve been talking about how the colleague experience is about how we interact with one another to achieve an improved experience for our customers.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

As advancements in artificial intelligence proceed at a breakneck pace, attitudes toward the use of AI are changing just as quickly. While fear and uncertainty over its effect on jobs and the future of societies persist, a growing number of organizations are intrigued by the idea that AI could allow them to offer consistent, always-on customer service more cost effectively.

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Think Customers

MAY 7, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce our new thought leadership partnership with the European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) , a leading CX business network that empowers leaders, people, and organizations in Europe and around the world to collaborate, discuss, generate brand awareness, learn, and grow. Join us as we continue to explore exciting developments in customer experience, innovation, employee experience (EX), design, adoption, and more—all related to digital media and customer eng

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SurveySparrow

MAY 7, 2024

Since COVID and the digitalization era, the educational sector has dramatically transitioned. It’s no longer the old-school paper and pen method; many advanced tools have entered the picture and have reshaped the process of teaching and learning immensely. I’m here to guide you through a detailed comparison of the two top learning tools in the industry, helping you decide which one is better and which you should consider using.

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Ready to explore 2024’s CX landscape? Join experts from SMG and guest Forrester as they discuss prominent trends actively shaping the industry and dive into a stack of bold predictions for the year ahead. Will the average customer experience improve? How can leaders leverage their CX metrics to establish financial linkage? What will global firms achieve using customer-facing generative AI?

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NobelBiz

MAY 7, 2024

Call centers are constantly facing the challenge of maintaining high efficiency while adhering to strict regulatory compliance. Traditional dialing methods, whether purely automated or entirely manual, often fall short of meeting these demands. This gap has paved the way for hybrid dialer solutions, which integrate seamlessly with existing call center technology to offer the perfect blend of automated and manual dialing capabilities.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

Today, especially with the risks posed by scammers and fraudsters on the web, crafting a robust customer service charter with legal security can be quite intricate. It will, for certain, involve several pivotal steps so charter management can be somehow relieved, not only of safety but of compliance, as well. In this guide, you’ll find some actionable insights tailored to experts in the field.

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SurveySensum

MAY 7, 2024

Welcome to the private marketplace (PMP), where advertisers and publishers come together to optimize the buying experience and maximize campaign performance. In 2034, it’s anticipated that real-time trading will seize 25.9% of the market share, with the private market (PMP) segment forecasted to claim 19.0%. Sounds like PMP is a promising tool to use in a digital marketing strategy, doesn’t it?

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Uplight

MAY 6, 2024

With slated-to-retire fossil-fueled power plants staying online to address resource adequacy concerns, it can sometimes seem as though our progress toward decarbonization is moving in the wrong direction. But with power demand skyrocketing from electrification and digitization, it’s no wonder that the Department of Energy (DOE) predicts a 200 GW (or 25% of total expected Read More The post How a Secure, Open Platform Drives Customer Participation in the Future Grid appeared first on Uplight.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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delighted

MAY 6, 2024

You can write the perfect survey questions, but the real key to capturing feedback is targeting the right customers at the right time. For years, the Delighted SDK has allowed you to do just that by displaying surveys within your iOS apps, but today, we’re taking it up a notch. Introducing: the Delighted Android SDK. Understand your mobile app users at all stages of the customer journey, whether it’s the first time they log in, after they make an in-app purchase, or every three months, just to c

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CSM Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

As the digital marketplace keeps growing, standout customer service is what really helps businesses keep and attract more customers. Some stores have set the bar high, not only meeting but exceeding customer expectations, and their efforts have not gone unnoticed. From industry honors to enthusiastic nods from patrons, excellence in client service is clearly what sets these ten establishments apart. 1.

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The DiJulius Group

MAY 6, 2024

Designed to Gauge a Candidate’s Service Aptitude Potential The brands that will survive the next decade will be the ones that remained relentless with their hiring standards. You get what you pay for; hiring great people is an investment. Every employee is like a stock in your investment portfolio. The rock star rule is. Read Full Article The post Interviewing for Customer Experience Rockstars appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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Ascribe

MAY 6, 2024

By Rick Kieser, Ascribe CEO The customer satisfaction survey has become an epidemic. Whether you are buying a product, eating at a restaurant, or enjoying some other experience, it won’t be long before you receive an email asking you to complete a survey about the experience. As sociologist Anne Karpf writes in The Guardian , “So many organizations now want our feedback that if we acceded to them all, it would turn into a full-time job – unpaid, of course. … The result is that I̵

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 6, 2024

As a business owner, you’re always looking for ways to streamline your operations and get more done with fewer resources. Did you know that 24% of small businesses outsource to improve efficiency ? You’re probably curious about the different types of outsourcing that can benefit your company. From boosting productivity to reducing expenses, outsourcing has become a popular tool for improving operations.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Hey, guess what? Getting the gang together for some fun team-building stuff is like the secret sauce to making your work vibe amazing! It’s all about shaking things up and getting everyone to mingle in a chill way, away from the usual grind. There exists a diverse range of team building activities and there’s something for everyone! Picture this: one day you’re untangling yourselves from a human pretzel, and the next you’re hunting for treasures like pirates.

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CX University

MAY 6, 2024

Getting customer feedback is instrumental in determining if the customer experience is a positive one. Real-time feedback, which captures customer sentiment and insights immediately after an interaction, is a powerful tool in the CX arsenal. By leveraging real-time customer surveys, businesses can gather valuable insights and respond to customer needs in near real-time.

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