Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 2, 2017
. The Three Trends You Can’t Ignore in CX Today. As a Customer Experience professional, understanding three trends today is imperative. Without accepting these tenets, you are thwarting your success before you even begin. However, if you can accept them, you are poised not only to deliver an excellent experience, but you will also position yourself to move it to the next level of greatness.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Doug Bell Discusses Improving the Customer Experience. Would you like every employee to know how they fit into your company’s customer experience? Shep Hyken interviews Doug Bell, founder of The Experience Manager , a system that helps manage and unify the entire customer experience. Featured Interview: Shep and Doug discuss the importance of unifying the customer experience throughout an entire company.
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Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 25, 2017
I love movies. So, I was thrilled to win movie tickets as part of a contact center sales campaign back when I was an agent. However, the coworker sitting next to me hated movies and was not motivated at all by this contest. Everyone is different. What motivates one person may demotivate another. I am […].
Call Center Weekly
OCTOBER 9, 2017
By Sean Hawkins Organizations that understand the true value of professional development, culture, innovation, and creativity, also recognize the value of continuously educating their employee base. These organizations are the ones that will be better positioned to adapt to the rapidly changing demands of today’s work environment. Incorporating professional development within the overall corporate strategy, with so many competing interests and tight budgets, is a challenge.
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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
Callminer
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Purchasing speech analytics software is a major investment for both enterprises and SMBs alike. Like all major technology investments, purchasing speech analytics software comes with a bit of pre-planning and analysis. You need to determine how your company can best leverage this technology to ensure compliance, enhance customer service, support agents and reps, and get […].
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Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Theory is one thing. Implementation is another. Ideas are useless if you can’t apply them. The idea I often share is that customer emotions influence over half of your Customer Experience. However, just knowing customers are emotional doesn’t help your business….unless you know how to use this information to improve your business outcome. How your customers feel about your experience is the most significant factor to your Customer Experience success.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Many people think of customer service as a department. If you’ve been following me, you’ll know my belief is that customer service is a philosophy , not a department. It should be embraced by every employee, regardless of their job and how long they’ve been there. With that said, the focus on this topic is on what many consider to be the customer service and support department – the people who have contact and interaction with the customer.
Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 26, 2017
OK, let’s set the ground rules. We are interested in defining contact center technology that is worth following today. That doesn’t mean we want things that customers expect you to have today (hello, text chat), nor are we going to comment on applications that you should have installed yesterday (yes, screen pops are a safe […].
Call Center Weekly
OCTOBER 30, 2017
By Sean Hawkins Two of the common reasons I hear regarding a lack of agent training, are no money and no time. This answer is unacceptable simply because there are many alternative methods of training and development available. As I work in a small sized contact center, I am dealing with a smaller budget and fewer resources. As a result, creativity is my best friends.
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.
Callminer
OCTOBER 2, 2017
Marketers rely on analysis to drive decision-making, forecast outcomes, evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, identify market opportunities and potential new audiences, and much more.
Peter Lavers
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Segmentation is well established in Marketing and CRM as a way to systematically subdivide a market or a customer base into discrete groups that have different needs or require distinct treatments. The basic objectives of segmentation are not rocket science – better targeting and/or better service – and yet the means of achieving these seem to be becoming ever-more complex.
Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 5, 2017
The emotional side of the Customer Experience (CX) is often ignored, which is a big mistake in today’s competitive business environment. Since emotion influences more than half the typical CX, deliberate structuring of your emotional CX is essential. When you cultivate customers’ positive emotions, it improves your CX outcomes and serves as an enormous competitive differentiator.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 11, 2017
The other night I was on a Southwest Airlines flight, traveling home from a speaking engagement. While waiting to board, I noticed a sign advertising Southwest’s concept they call “ trans fare ncy.”. The sign read as follows: Trans fare ncy [Trans-fair-uhn-see] n. Philosophy created by Southwest Airlines in which Customers are treated honestly and fairly, and low fares actually stay low – no unexpected bag fees, change fees, or hidden fees.
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.
Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Hopefully, your Customer Service Week celebration is in full swing by now and your agents are basking in the glow of much-deserved recognition, food and gifts. But if you’re looking for a few more ideas to show appreciation to your staff for the incredible work that they do, the following are three simple tips for […].
Vonage
OCTOBER 2, 2017
The essential principles of customer service are timeless, but consumer expectations are not. Customers have always wanted a friendly, efficient and reliable service, but with the development of new technology, their expectations have been raised. They want a more efficient service than before. They don’t just want friendly; they want to feel like the service has been personalized for them.
Callminer
OCTOBER 23, 2017
As companies strive to deliver exceptional customer experiences, they appreciate getting feedback – and its related insights – directly from the customers themselves.
Fonolo
OCTOBER 4, 2017
10 months ago, Avaya filed for chapter 11 protection kicking off the largest bankruptcy event in the history of the call center industry. Avaya faced a tough challenge to reach a restructuring agreement with their many debt holders, and to have it done quickly in order to minimize the damage to the brand, and the slow bleed of customers to competitors.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.
Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Why do we design rational Customer Experiences when people are irrational? Rational experience designs are born of the notion that we are logical beings. However, emotions, not logic, drive our behavior, particularly as customers. Nevertheless, moments in an experience betray the fact that many organizations ignore the role emotions play in Customer Experience outcomes.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 25, 2017
I was out to lunch with a colleague at one of our local St. Louis restaurants. Rico was our waiter and was taking great care of us. First came the bread and butter. He then took our drink order. He came back with our drinks and asked if we were ready to order lunch. We were. My friend ordered a Caesar salad with chicken. Rico asked my friend if he wanted the croutons left off the salad.
Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 18, 2017
The idiom “fine art” (first half of the 1800s) is defined in the “American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms” as “something requiring highly developed techniques and skills.” Conversation certainly qualifies as “fine art.” Unfortunately, it appears that the fine art of conversation is at risk in today’s digital world. I have been reading the book, “Reclaiming […].
Call Center Weekly
OCTOBER 18, 2017
What are some forecasting best practices that you utilize? Here's a quick tip for each area of forecasting. And yes, make sure you include all four! Volume: Clean anomalies. This includes high abandons (look at redials). Remember too, if you are going to be understaffed, you will abandon again - forecast the inverse! AHT: Include glide path impact for new hires.
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Contact center leaders understand that frontline agents need in-call guidance to manage complex calls and drive higher levels of employee and customer experience. Real-time agent assist technology is enabling leading contact centers to accomplish these goals.
Callminer
OCTOBER 11, 2017
A Definition of Cloud Call Centers Hosted in the cloud by a business server, a cloud call center is the hub of an enterprise that handles all customer communications.
Aspect
OCTOBER 4, 2017
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to advance, contact center leaders are able to deploy chatbots with increasingly human-like behavior to give customers more personalized support. But just because a chatbot is more human-like, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to benefit your customers. I’m sure you can think of a few humans whose behavior you wouldn’t want to duplicate, right?
Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 2, 2017
It was a slow summer at movie theaters and Hollywood is blaming an unlikely culprit: the online review site Rotten Tomatoes! The New York Times reports that studio executives aren’t fans of the way the website aggregates reviews from critics and audience members. If you aren’t familiar with Rotten Tomatoes, it assigns movies a percentage score based on the relative number of positive and negative reviews.
ShepHyken
OCTOBER 6, 2017
This week we feature an article by Pascal van Opzeeland that discusses how to handle difficult customers. Most of the time we encounter tricky service situations, we want to resolve them and restore the customer’s confidence in doing business with us. – Shep Hyken. When you’re working in customer service, difficult customers are a part of your job.
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In the contact center industry, first-generation digital channels like email and web chat have seen significant adoption, along with video chat and co-browsing capabilities. However, customers are rapidly moving beyond these channels, seeking next-generation options. Social platforms are now becoming mainstream contact center channels. Download this guide today to learn how to help your business adapt to this evolving landscape and leverage the power of next-generation digital customer service.
Contact Center Pipeline
OCTOBER 24, 2017
“Bad guys” seem to be lurking around every corner these days. Whether you are a financial institution protecting people’s money and identities or are defending against fraudulent parties trying to pretend they are your customers, you have to take authentication seriously. And yet you don’t want the identification and verification process to be a burden […].
Call Center Weekly
OCTOBER 4, 2017
What are the benefit of moving your contact center to the cloud? For those of you who are still standing still on the ground and contemplating moving your contact center to the cloud, allow me to float you some ideas to get you moving toward the cloud. First , the security of the cloud is much better than that of the traditional, premise-based solutions.
Callminer
OCTOBER 12, 2017
A Definition of Cloud Call Centers Hosted in the cloud by a business server, a cloud call center is the hub of an enterprise that handles all customer communications. Because this center is in the cloud, it makes interacting with customers, including all inbound and outbound communication via voice, email, social media, and the internet, […]. The post Cloud vs.
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