inSided

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Good communication is vital if you want to improve your company’s bottom line and grow your business. When you communicate well with customers, your chances of success in business increase exponentially. Check out this guest blog from Omnisend on the best strategies for successful B2B customer communication. B2B companies use various marketing communication tools to retain existing customers, connect with new customers, and focus on turning prospective customers into sales.

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The universal agent is certainly not a new concept for contact centers. Next-available agent routing models have long relied on the use of experienced agents who have been cross-trained to handle a wide variety of call types, from technical support to billing to sales. Within today’s contact center, however, several trends are converging and creating […].

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

An efficient call center operation hinges on the ability of management to identify flaws in their systems and practices as well as execute improvement plans to fix these quickly. Fortunately, with a number of useful tools and techniques, team leaders can effect meaningful change based on observable and trackable data. However, the exact tools and approach you employ at your call center for this purpose should align with your center’s mission and personnel.

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Guru

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A new customer support manager walks into the office on her first day. She’s excited because from the interviews she had with the director, it seems like this team really knows how to solve tickets, and they just need a few small tweaks to get their CSAT scores up. With her experience, she’s confident she can make that happen.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Some customer habits may be useful for your Customer Experience strategy, and some of them may not. Understanding how customers’ habits form and how to identify them is crucial for Customer Experience. We talked about how habits form and understanding your customers’ habits in a recent podcast. We discussed how one of the ways to view patterns is through this two-system lens, meaning the Intuitive and Rational Systems we use in our thinking. .

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I’ve logged a few decades working with hundreds of contact centers. So, here’s one thing I know for sure: Contact center technology can be absolutely transformative. But achieving that end result all boils down to the fundamentals of defining, planning, selecting, implementing and supporting technology. Strategy and Planning Strategy is the starting point, defining the […].

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McorpCX

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Define Your Customer Experience Strategy and Link to Execution.

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Transparent BPO

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I consistently hear from contact center professionals that attrition in 2019 is higher than ever, and many new-hire classes intended to accommodate seasonal ramps fall short of recruiting goals. But agent attrition has always been a burden on a company’s bottom line. When turnover runs rampant in the contact center, institutional knowledge is lost, productivity drops, the quality of service decreases, and employee engagement and morale go down.

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The winter holidays aren’t always “the most wonderful time of the year” for the contact center. Time-off requests and spikes in call volume, especially in the retail industry, can bring forecasting and scheduling headaches that rival those induced by too much eggnog at the office party. New technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) can change […].

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Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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TeamSupport

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

While 90% of business-to-business (B2B) leaders recognize the importance of customer support, fewer than 25% of companies excel at helping their customers. It’s a concerning statistic as B2B markets thrive off long-term relationships with their clients. Phone calls are a vital component of any B2B customer support strategy, as it’s often the fastest way to resolve problems.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Every single team within your company can benefit from learning a bit more about your customers and what they’re thinking. In this article, we dive deeper into how different departments benefit from customer insights.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

With the cost of cybercrime now exceeding $1 trillion dollars, here are some key facts about data security management. Fact #1: Cyber Attacks are on the Rise. The Internet has changed our lives forever, and most would argue that the change is for the better. Pretty much anything and everything you want to do can now be done online with a few clicks of a computer keyboard.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The 7 Telltale Signs of a Company NOT Committed to Customers. I discovered many years ago that I could determine whether a company was committed to customers pretty quickly. When I thought about how I recognized it, I found that organizations that did not commit to customers had some shared company culture cues that indicated where their focus was. The ideas behind this discovery later became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience.

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Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In a recent Shepard Letter, I wrote about the concept of giving recognition to the people who deserve it. Someone being recognized for what they bring to the organization is often overlooked. That’s a shame. People need to be recognized for their contribution to the team’s success. One of our faithful readers, Drew Smith, responded to the article and shared that he was reading a biography about the 34 th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, who was known for “pushing praise down an

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CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” —Zig Ziglar As another year winds down to a close, and we head into another holiday season, those of us in the U.S. are preparing to gather together for annual Thanksgiving celebrations.

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Steve DiGioia

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Your eyes were bugged-eyed open, and they darted back and forth hoping to see everything (but they never did). Sweat started, a little at first, then it seemed to flow from every pore and made your clothes stick to places you didn’t even know you had. Your hands tightly gripped the steering wheel while you prayed no one crossed your path and if they did, heaven help them.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Does using your product or service require too much effort from your customers? Here's an overview of customer effort score, how it works, and measuring it.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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The Northridge Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Ensure your contact center is equipped with the right recruiting, screening, and training processes to boost call center strategies with these three tips.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Customers have an idea of whether you are a low- or high-priced store almost before they ever interact with you. There are many reasons for it, and you are responsible for a lot of them. There is a story that demonstrates this concept that happened in a neighborhood in Boston called Jamaica Plain. It was historically a working-class neighborhood with many immigrant families living there.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What Are They Doing That Your Business Is Not? This week we feature an article by Robert Occanyan who shares what successful customer support teams are doing to deliver an exceptional customer experience. . Here’s an important fact that customer support teams should always remember—people are more likely to remember negative experiences over positive ones.

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CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” —Zig Ziglar. As another year winds down to a close, and we head into another holiday season, those of us in the U.S. are preparing to gather together for annual Thanksgiving celebrations.

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Dive into the realm of contact center dialers with our infographic! Explore the various types – Preview, Predictive, Automatic, and Progressive Dialers – and unravel their roles in boosting call center performance.

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Steve DiGioia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Great service is comprised of many parts and each must be present to create the experience every customer desires. Let’s briefly discuss each one of my top 8 until we get to “memory”. I know you’ll agree with me that it should be near the top of your list. Training. Training for the needed service skills is an essential foundational aspect of great service in any industry.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

An understanding of the CFPB arbitration rule illuminates some of the struggles between organizations and consumers. Learn more about its implementation and its implications.

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA) and data analytics are redefining call center strategies and operations. But an effective approach requires more than a good toolbox. As the market matures, advanced call center functionality, smart tools and omnichannel platforms are increasingly becoming table stakes.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What is Really Happening on Black Friday? It’s that time of year again: Black Friday sales are next week. A US tradition, Black Friday was named for the idea that it is the day retailers finally move out of the red for the year and into the black of profits. It is also the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season. However, what is really going on here?

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The word dramatic is a great word. When you use it to describe changes you make to improve customer service, it has a positive meaning. It sounds like you’re making big changes for the better. However, if you shorten the word to drama , it takes on an entirely different meaning—one that’s negative. Merriam-Webster’s definition for how the word is used in this context is that it is “a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces.”.

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CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” —Zig Ziglar. As another year winds down to a close, and we head into another holiday season, those of us in the U.S. are preparing to gather together for annual Thanksgiving celebrations.

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Myra Golden Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

How to Handle Difficult Customers. (with a focus on de-escalation). 30-Minute De-escalation Online Class to Help Your Employees Get Angry Customers to Back Down, Even Customers Who Want a Supervisor – with Video Teaching, Simulations, Knowledge Checks, and Practice Interactions. A customer support specialist said “In regards to your eLearning course, your coaching has immensely helped me with a few difficult calls these past three weeks.

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