ShepHyken
MAY 30, 2023
“Please put me back on hold. I want to keep listening to the music,” said nobody, ever – unless they were listening to the hold music at the Kansas City Foot and Ankle medical practice. The owner of this four-office podiatry practice with seven doctors and 25 staff members, Dr. Mark Green, has always focused on creating a positive, unique and frictionless patient experience.
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 1, 2023
Organizations don’t think enough about the context in which a customer enters the experience. Most believe that every customer is the same. However, understanding the context in which your customer has your experience is critical to your customer strategy. Context is everywhere. When I started working in Customer Experience in 2001, people hadn’t thought about the experience economy, the customer experience, or anything else in this area.
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CCNG
MAY 31, 2023
One day, when my children were small, I picked them up from the daycare center and headed home to make dinner. Tired from a long day, we carried the backpacks into the house, and I hurried to the kitchen. Thirty minutes later, as we sat down to the dinner table, the phone rang. I got out of my chair and answered the phone. It was my boss. He said, “I know you are home with the kids, and I don’t want to keep you from them, but I just had to call and tell you what a great job you’re doing.
Callminer
MAY 29, 2023
Brand intelligence offers deep insights into customers’ needs, wants, and behaviors, and empowers companies to take action to improve customer satisfaction.
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JUST RELEASED! The Northridge Group’s State of CX 2023 Part II research report reveals that nearly half of consumers surveyed had knowingly spoken to a customer service associate working from home—and almost 75% of those respondents felt the associate's location did not impact the service or experience. So why do more than ⅓ of business leaders want contact center associates back in the office?
Steve DiGioia
MAY 29, 2023
We shop at any business for the products or services they offer. Hopefully, their service and price are in line with our expectations too. But does the look of the business matter and can the visual appeal boost the customer experience? Here’s what I mean… The Power of Visual Appeal Many years ago, some themed restaurants like Fridays, for example, thought it was cool to hang all kinds of assorted “junk” on their walls.
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Beyond Philosophy
MAY 27, 2023
Organizations often fail to consider the context in which customers enter the experience, assuming that every customer is the same. However, recognizing the context of a customer’s experience is crucial to developing an effective customer strategy. Context is an omnipresent factor in customer experience. Depending on a customer’s context, we must create a customized experience.
CCNG
MAY 31, 2023
According to recent studies: 50.5 Million people in the U.S. quit their jobs in 2022 (federal govt. JOLTS report) 50% of US workers are stressed, 67% of global workforce is disengaged. Cost - $7.8 Trillion, 11% global GDP (Gallup 2022 SoW Report) 56% of women senior leaders are stressed, with 46% of women senior leaders burnout, 40% are looking for a new role (Deloitte Woman at Work 2022) Toxic Culture is the #1 rated predictor of attrition (MIT Sloan Review Jan 2022) The question is why?
TechSee
JUNE 1, 2023
Cochlear is the world leader in implantable hearing solutions. With over 700,000 devices implanted worldwide, the company’s customer service team assists people daily with a wide range of questions about their devices, including multiple types of implants, Sound Processors, and a portfolio of accessories. These devices are used by people of all ages, they serve kids, grandparents and connect them to the world around them through the miracle of hearing.
Tethr
MAY 29, 2023
Ready to learn how to measure customer effort? Let's look at a few of the most common scores used to track effort in customer conversations.
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Attention government agencies and BPO partners! CXperts is your go-to solution for improving citizen experience. Our omnichannel and digital contact center solutions are designed to supply superior CX, reducing costs and maximizing efficiency. Plus, we are a Minority Owned Business (MBE). With our certifications, we are the perfect partner to help government agencies meet their CX goals and fulfill federal deal requirements.
ShepHyken
MAY 29, 2023
Top Takeaways: Loyalty programs are used in different industries to attract new customers and retain existing ones. They typically involve incentives for spending money on a brand through points, perks, upgrades, or free products. Loyalty programs have now evolved to include enhancing the customer experience. In the recent Achieving Customer Amazement study , 69% of customers say loyalty programs are important to them.
Bill Quiseng
MAY 31, 2023
Every week, in the month of June, I will offer each one of the Three Principles to Build Customer Loyalty. 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?
CSM Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
Mike Myer, CEO of Quiq, explores the impact of ChatGPT on the world of customer service. Everyone is chatting about ChatGPT these days because it’s one of tech’s most intriguing new developments. Within five days of its November 2022 introduction, over a million people were using it. However, the fear, uncertainty and doubt about ChatGPT is rampant.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 31, 2023
PyTorch is a machine learning (ML) framework based on the Torch library, used for applications such as computer vision and natural language processing. One of the primary reasons that customers are choosing a PyTorch framework is its simplicity and the fact that it’s designed and assembled to work with Python. PyTorch supports dynamic computational graphs, enabling network behavior to be changed at runtime.
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Contact center leaders are skilled at balancing competing day-to-day priorities. They help others make informed business decisions, all while working to keep agents and customers engaged in positive experiences. Rapid access to the most relevant and actionable information is critical to managing agents, supervisors, and communicating with executive leadership to improve efficiencies and business outcomes.
Tethr
MAY 29, 2023
When the call is over, the job is done. Right? Next Issue Avoidance is the art of solving the customer's second problem on the first call.
ShepHyken
MAY 28, 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. In a Tumultuous Market, Target Companies That Always Put the Customer First, Cramer Says by Julie Coleman (CNBC) In times of market turbulence, CNBC’s Jim Cramer advised investors on Tuesday to focus on companies that make customer service their core philosophy.
Cisco - Contact Center
JUNE 1, 2023
Most of us access multiple applications and data every day in our personal lives: from online shopping, to making banking transactions, and accessing health services virtually.
Fonolo
MAY 30, 2023
Managers know that call center workforce management matters. Put it another way: if customer interactions are at the heart of a contact center’s success, then effective workforce management is the backbone. It enhances agent productivity, helps you deliver exceptional customer experiences and improves the agent experience , too. That’s why contact centers are investing in it in droves.
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In this eBook, you’ll learn how companies are using advanced conversational AI solutions, like Verint Intelligent Virtual Assistant, to deliver actionable service and assist their contact center agents in both voice and digital channels. You’ll also see how our easy-to-use, low-code bot-building environment makes for quicker and more flexible conversational AI deployments that deliver an immediate ROI.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 31, 2023
Running machine learning (ML) workloads with containers is becoming a common practice. Containers can fully encapsulate not just your training code, but the entire dependency stack down to the hardware libraries and drivers. What you get is an ML development environment that is consistent and portable. With containers, scaling on a cluster becomes much easier.
Tethr
MAY 29, 2023
Today, Tethr expert Matt Dixon shares some of the key phrases and concepts driving a good customer experience in today's digital world.
ShepHyken
MAY 26, 2023
This week, we feature an article by Zsuzsa Kecsmar, CMO and Head of Partnerships of Antavo , a software company that manages brand loyalty and retention programs. She writes about next-generation loyalty programs and how they can enhance customer experience. In an ever-evolving marketplace, traditional loyalty programs are facing increasing challenges in capturing and retaining customer attention.
Cisco - Contact Center
JUNE 1, 2023
As with all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015, number 5— Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls —is an objectively fair aspiration.
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For years now, contact center admins and supervisors have leveraged bots to improve customer and employee experiences but we are at the beginning of a completely new paradigm regarding increased speed and efficiency. Implementing a modern contact center solution, powered by AI, can give contact centers a competitive advantage. While integrating AI is necessary to provide high-quality digital customer service, it is only a piece of the communication platform puzzle.
Upstream Works
JUNE 1, 2023
Upstream Works is excited to introduce you to our newest product offering – Upstream Works for Amazon Connect. We enhance Amazon Connect with a unified desktop, digital channel flexibility, seamless integrations and management simplicity The post During Cisco Live 2023 – Upstream Works Supports Cisco’s Commitment to Deliver Exceptional Customer Engagements appeared first on Upstream Works.
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 31, 2023
The Amazon SageMaker Python SDK is an open-source library for training and deploying machine learning (ML) models on Amazon SageMaker. Enterprise customers in tightly controlled industries such as healthcare and finance set up security guardrails to ensure their data is encrypted and traffic doesn’t traverse the internet. To ensure the SageMaker training and deployment of ML models follow these guardrails, it’s a common practice to set restrictions at the account or AWS Organizations level throu
Tethr
MAY 28, 2023
J.D. Power and Tethr are launching Conversation Analyzer–a new diagnostic that combines J.D. Power’s CX expertise with insights from Tethr.
C3Centricity
MAY 30, 2023
If you haven’t already heard, AI is the key to winning customer loyalty today! As the digital revolution transforms the business landscape, customers demand more from their interactions with companies. They expect personalised, seamless experiences across all channels and touchpoints, and they want their needs to be anticipated so they are met both quickly and efficiently.
Speaker: Michael McMillan - Customer Experience Expert, TEDx Speaker, and Author
Are you looking to elevate your CX support strategy? Customers who have a seamless buying experience, from speaking with sales and purchasing the product to easily finding support, are more likely to return to your organization and recommend it to others. With the numerous changes in the market, it is critical that your CX strategy can evolve and better support your customers regardless of where they are in their journey.
Cisco - Contact Center
MAY 30, 2023
In this blog about the design, deployment and automation of the Black Hat Asia network, we have the following sections: Designing the Black Hat Network AP (Access Point) Placement Planning, by Uros… Read more on Cisco Blogs
Real Blue Sky
MAY 31, 2023
The Key to Unveiling Hidden Opportunities and Improving the Customer Experience Have you ever wondered what it’s like for a customer to do business with your brand? Quite simply, customer journey mapping is the journey our customers take when trying to do business with us. It’s a powerful tool that lets us see things from the customer’s perspective, from the moment they first reach out to us to their post-purchase experience and throughout that customer’s relationship with the
AWS Machine Learning
MAY 30, 2023
In 2021, we launched AWS Support Proactive Services as part of the AWS Enterprise Support offering. Since its introduction, we have helped hundreds of customers optimize their workloads, set guardrails, and improve the visibility of their machine learning (ML) workloads’ cost and usage. In this series of posts, we share lessons learned about optimizing costs in Amazon SageMaker.
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