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3 key customer service trends for 2018

Vonage

Three years ago, Gartner predicted that more than half of businesses would implement significant changes to improve customer experience by 2018. The estimated price tag of losing customers due to poor service has reached $1.6 according to Accenture’s Digital Disconnect in Customer Engagement report. trillion in the U.S.,

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4 Reasons Sales Agents Need to Have Customer-Centric Mindsets

Outsource Consultants

In order to boost customer lifetime value, Zingale says that companies need to do the following: 1) Focus on improving every step in the entire customer journey with touchpoint analytics. . 2) Utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to help customers with chatbots and messaging channels. . 2) Mutual Respect. We can help!

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2018’s marketing takeaways in 120 seconds

Infinity

2018 has seen copious amounts of highs and lows. Without further ado, here’s Infinity’s roundup on marketing in 2018. As mentioned previously, 2018 has seen a turbulent rollercoaster ride of events, political nuances, and economic changes that are dictating the way our customers are spending their money.

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Create a Winning Customer-Centric Marketing Strategy

Help Scout

It’s likely not a surprise to you that putting your customer first is good for business. But building a customer-centric marketing strategy for your business can be difficult. The good news is that putting in the work to deliver customer-centric marketing pays off. What is customer-centric marketing?

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Executive Report: The Customer Data Too Often Overlooked by the C-Suite

A recent Calabrio research study of more than 1,000 C-Suite executives has revealed leaders are missing a key data stream – voice of the customer data. Download the report to learn how executives can find and use VoC data to make more informed business decisions.

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Guest Post: 6 Ways BPOs Can Boost Customer Experience

ShepHyken

BPOs not only help you win customers, but they are a proven method of generating revenue as well. In India alone, the IT BPO industry generated around $154 million in revenue in 2017-2018, according to Brandongaille. . Let us look at six ways in which BPOs can increase customer experience for your business. .

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Contact Center and CX Expos Conferences and Summits – June 2018

Taylor Reach Group

With that, here are some of the events taking place in June 2018 (in chronological order) with direct links to each event: The 2018 Canadian Telecom Summit: June 4-6, Toronto, ON. 2018 SWPP Annual Conference: June 4-6, Nashville, TN. Big Data & Analytics for Retail Summit : June 6-7, Chicago, IL.