ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Recently, I wrote two articles for my weekly Forbes column that paid homage to Abraham Maslow, the American psychologist who created what is referred to as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The articles were so well received that I wanted to share shorter versions here with our Shepard Letter subscribers. Over the years, I’ve observed customer behavior, and some of my conclusions were confirmed by my customer service and CX research, known as the Achieving Customer Amazement Study (sponsored by Fiv

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Delivering negative feedback shouldn’t dismantle—it should empower. Our guide and examples transform criticism into a tool for growth and collaboration. You’ve just gotten promoted to manager of your customer support team, and you’re thriving. You’re great at optimizing processes, devising new programs to improve the customer experience, and you love collaborating and developing your team.

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Avoxi

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Improve your outbound answer rate? Use these tips to ensure agents are getting connected to the local community in your newly expanded markets. The post Tips to Improve Your Outbound Call Answer Rate appeared first on AVOXI.

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LiveVox

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Large language models are an exciting, if mystifying and maybe even a little daunting, advancement in machine learning and natural language processing. These sophisticated models are transforming industries and paving the way for more efficient, effective, and personalized customer experiences. In this article, we will dive deep into the concept of large language models and […] The post Large Language Models for Customer Service Agents: Intelligent Real-Time Guidance appeared first on Liv

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, intelligent automation has become a powerful force, propelling change within call centers across the globe. Contact centers serve as the lifeblood of customer service for countless businesses, and the integration of intelligent automation holds the key to unlocking their full potential. In this article, we delve deep into the extraordinary ways intelligent automation is revolutionizing call centers and explore how NobelBiz’s cutting-edge sol

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Top Takeaways: Customer feedback is crucial for businesses of all industries. By actively seeking and analyzing feedback, businesses can identify areas of improvement, make informed decisions, and ultimately enhance their overall customer experience. Technology, such as feedback kiosks and tablets, provides a simple and non-intrusive way for customers to provide feedback.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The success of any business revolves around its customers. The more active your customers are, the more successful your business becomes. However, customers stick with you only if their experience with your brand is up to their expectations or beyond. But the fact is, building such a hooky experience does not come from doing big things but from rectifying small mistakes that might interfere with a positive customer experience.

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Your contact center serves as the vital link between your business and your customers. Every call to your contact center is an opportunity to learn more about your customers’ needs and how well you are meeting those needs. Most contact centers require their agents to summarize their conversation after every call. Call summarization is a valuable tool that helps contact centers understand and gain insights from customer calls.

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CCNG

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been explored for many decades it was the recent release of ChatGPT by OpenAI that really caught the public imagination. Finally, most people could see and easily experiment with AI in a way that had not been possible before. The famous computer scientist Alan Turing asked ‘can machines think?’ back in 1950.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Colin sometimes struggles with a glass-half-empty disposition. He blames it on being born British. He felt it keenly when gathering the following 14 statistics for this episode. There are a mix of game-changing opportunities, including missed ones, and some acute risks facing organizations next year. Ryan is American, a population Colin characterizes with as a glass-half-full disposition.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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 comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How Removing the Mental Load for Customers Can Improve the Customer Service Experience by Brad Birnbaum (Fast Company) By alleviating the mental burden for your customers, you can not only enhance their satisfaction but also strengthen your brand’s reputation and customer l

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TechSee

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Whirlpool’s leading UK consumer brand, Hotpoint, has made exemplary advancements in customer experience. NEW YORK and LONDON, November 7, 2023 — The 14th edition of the UK Customer Experience Awards, organized by Awards International, announced TechSee, the category leader in AI-powered digital customer experience automation, and their customer, Hotpoint (part of the Whirlpool Corporation) as a winner in this year’s program for use of TechSee’s Remote Visual Support techn

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Toister Performance Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A customer calls your company for service. After the call, they get an email asking them to complete a survey. The survey is intended to evaluate overall customer service and the individual rep's performance. A host of problems hurt that mission. Response rates are too low Survey scores are notoriously inflated Reps get blamed for factors outside of their control A new metric called the sentiment arc can solve those problems and eliminate annoying surveys.

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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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FluentStream

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

What Franchises Want in a Phone System: Takeaways from the Authority Brands ConventionEffective communication is vital for small and medium-sized companies looking to create frictionless customer experiences and win repeat business in today's fast-paced business landscape. It's particularly important for. Read More The post What Franchises Want in a Phone System: Takeaways from the Authority Brands Convention appeared first on FluentStream.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Natasha Thakkar, Content Marketing Manager at Oleeo. She writes about the five ways to become an effective and efficient customer service manager. Perhaps you’re thinking of trying to move up the ranks of your organization to become a customer service manager, or perhaps you already are one but want to hone your skills.

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Cisco - Contact Center

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Cisco Partner Summit 2023 marks a significant moment—and the ideal stage for us to proudly unveil the victors of Cisco’s sixth annual global Partner Innovation Challenge.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As a leader in customer success, who’s your friend in the C-suite? Is the customer journey mapping exercise a worthwhile effort? Who owns the customer community for your organization? How’s that for a few spicy thought starters? Does the answer to any of those questions put you on the edge of your seat? We hope so! At Totango Live! 2023, Chris Dishman , Totango’s SVP of Global Customer Success, hosted the lively Hot Takes!

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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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Bill Quiseng

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For several weeks, starting last October, I offer each one of the Rule of Three QUI Takeaways to revolutionize CX. Why only three? Because nobody can remember Number Four. Who is the first President of the United States? Surely, George Washington. Who is Number Four? Who is the first person to walk on the moon? Neil Armstrong, of course. Who is Number Four?

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Amazon Textract is a machine learning (ML) service that automatically extracts text, handwriting, and data from scanned documents. Queries is a feature that enables you to extract specific pieces of information from varying, complex documents using natural language. Custom Queries provides a way for you to customize the Queries feature for your business-specific, non-standard documents such as auto lending contracts, checks, and pay statements, in a self-service way.

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AnomalySquared

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Spas are synonymous with relaxation, luxury, and exceptional service. To maintain and exceed guest expectations in the highly competitive hospitality industry, these establishments must embrace modern technologies and customer service strategies. One such strategy is partnering with a call center services provider, which can significantly enhance the guest experience and streamline operations.

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VirtualPBX

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective communication is the lifeline of any successful company. Whether it’s a flooring manufacturer, a financial services firm, or a digital healthcare solutions company, a reliable and feature-rich communication system is vital to streamline operations and boost customer satisfaction. VirtualPBX, a leader in cloud-based communication solutions, has proven to be the catalyst for transformation in these businesses.

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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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Cisco - Contact Center

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This blog is co-authored by Gary Steele, President & CEO of Splunk. Gary Steele , President & CEO of Splunk A lot has happened since we announced our agreement to combine Cisco and Splunk.

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Building out a machine learning operations (MLOps) platform in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for organizations is essential for seamlessly bridging the gap between data science experimentation and deployment while meeting the requirements around model performance, security, and compliance. In order to fulfill regulatory and compliance requirements, the key requirements when designing such a platform are: Address data drift Monitor model

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Nuance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

… The power of generative AI in healthcare: Unmasking 5 key factors beyond the hype Read More » The post The power of generative AI in healthcare: Unmasking 5 key factors beyond the hype appeared first on What’s Next blog.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Enterprise businesses can now use their critical product usage data from Pendo and Mixpanel in their Totango experience to design optimal customer journeys, improving product adoption and customer retention. Pendo and Mixpanel, two leading solutions in the enterprise software market, give SaaS companies the power to track and analyze product usage across their customer base—creating a rich set of data and insights key to designing, iterating, and improving the customer experience.

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Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.

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Cisco - Contact Center

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Oil & Gas industry has changed a lot. From Upstream through to Downstream, advancements in technology have made operations safer and more productive.

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This post explores how Amazon CodeWhisperer can help with code optimization for sustainability through increased resource efficiency. Computationally resource-efficient coding is one technique that aims to reduce the amount of energy required to process a line of code and, as a result, aid companies in consuming less energy overall. In this era of cloud computing, developers are now harnessing open source libraries and advanced processing power available to them to build out large-scale microser

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AnswerConnect

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What is time-based call handling and how can it help you manage your call schedule? Read on to find out how it works and how it can serve your bottom line. The post Time-Based call handling – The ultimate guide appeared first on AnswerConnect Blog.

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