CSM Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

In 2018 it was predicted that voice would soon be dead and chatbots would be controlling the customer experience. However, this prediction missed one critical factor: the customer. With this in mind, here are 10 top trends for contact centers and the customer experience in 2019.

Contact Center 55

Contact Center Coaching Chatbots Analytics 55

360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. So… Is customer experience worth it?

Customer Experience 72

Customer Experience Sales Journey mapping Metrics 72

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Naturally, Customer Experience and AI were on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Customer Experience is not about where, it’s about how. There was a significant amount of dialog with regard to which area of an organization should the Customer Experience function reside. This is not necessarily the case.

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Journey mapping Metrics Contact Center Benchmark 140

aircall

MAY 26, 2021

Despite the changes in the shopping experience, what hasn’t changed is the importance of the customer. To that end, we’ll clarify how to define a good customer experience, describe ways to measure it, and map out how to create a stronger e-commerce experience for digital shoppers.

Customer Experience 62

Customer Experience Real estate Sales Surveys 62

TechSee

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Self-service is finally coming of age, with leading enterprises embracing the paradigm of customers helping themselves. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2020, 10% of initial B2C interactions will be virtual, up from less than 1% in 2019. Customers demand simplicity. Turns out this was too much work. Step 1: Set clear goals.

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Self service Enterprise Customer effort Multichannel 95

TechSee

JANUARY 7, 2020

Enhancing customer retention in the telecom industry. When Verizon restructured its operation in April 2019, one of its first actions was to merge its wireless and wireline customer loyalty programs in order to expand reward possibilities for customers. New metrics are also needed.

Customer retention 136

Customer retention Interactive Voice Response Telecommunications Wireless 136

CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Less than half of CX execs trust their company's ability to deliver great experiences. Here are over 100 customer experience stats and trends for you to discover. 99% of Customer Experience and Success leaders believe CEM has a positive impact on their business. Only 8% of their customers agreed.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Journey mapping Metrics Surveys 195

Customer Service Life

AUGUST 22, 2019

This article was originally published on the FCR blog on July 2, 2019. Have we lost sight of something when it comes to asking our customers for feedback and gauging what’s truly important in the customer experience? Customer Satisfaction (CSAT). Customer Effort Score (CES).

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Contact Center Metrics Surveys Coaching 106

Interaction Metrics

JUNE 20, 2019

Catch Martha Brooke next week at the 2019 CCW Vegas Conference where you can book time with her at the Brilliance Clinic , join her Advanced Customer Feedback session, and take part in 3 Roundtables Martha is leading with Medallia’s Rachel Lane. On June 26 th , Martha leads an Executive Club Track session on Expert Customer Feedback.

Metrics 48

Metrics Feedback Surveys Consulting 48

TechSee

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In 2019, before the world had ever heard of COVID-19, a Research Report by Field Service News showed that field service organizations were already transitioning to a more customer-centric model. 65% of FS organizations identified customer satisfaction as either equal to or higher in importance than operational efficiency.

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Customer effort Metrics Customer centricity Surveys 207

Transparent BPO

AUGUST 5, 2019

Interview with Robert Gofourth, Vice President, Operations Strategy & Performance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Providing better customer experiences should be every contact center’s number one concern. We felt it was important that we include education to enhance the customer experience.”

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Contact Center Education outsourcing Customer centricity 94

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Improving the customer experience will continue to be a priority for businesses in 2020, meaning driving insights from customer data has never been more important. Hazel Morton of customer feedback experts Critizr works with some of Europe’s biggest brands and businesses. Getting the metrics right. Building trust.

Finance 52

Finance Customer centricity Feedback Metrics 52

Nicereply

MARCH 14, 2023

The 4 Disciplines of Execution By Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling Published: 2012 Length: 296 As a support manager, it’s your responsibility to build a strong team and create a fantastic customer experience. This book asserts that employee and customer experiences must be managed together to be successful.

Management 98

Management Call Center Metrics Entertainment 98

GetFeedback

JULY 19, 2019

But too often we turned this exciting idea into a program of surveys that led to metrics that led to discussions about metrics that led to…not the powerful changes we expected. How to set up your Voice of the Customer (VoC) program for success. Multiply by 100 to see the percentage of satisfied customers.

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Journey mapping Surveys Feedback Metrics 92

Quiq

MARCH 31, 2022

It’s important because it helps a company measure how good they are at satisfying customers. It’s also often less expensive to retain customers than acquire new ones. There are many metrics related to retention, including customer churn (also customer attrition), customer lifetime value, purchase frequency, etc.

Customer retention 77

Customer retention Metrics Personalization Benchmark 77

Customer Service Life

JUNE 3, 2019

This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on March 19, 2019. When I say “metrics” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? And while many of these metrics have their purpose, when it comes to agent performance, there are really two types of metrics that matter. The other type of metric is a quality metric.

Metrics 63

Metrics Contact Center Average Handle Time Coaching 63

Aria Solutions

AUGUST 30, 2019

A 1-point improvement in CX Index scores can help a company increase revenue by $175 million annually, according to Forrester research (Win Funding for your Customer Service Project, February 2019). CX-Focused customer service is beginning to take root. If Your Organization is Cost Focused. Determine the Benefits.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Customer Service Chatbots Metrics 48

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Measuring Customer Effort Score. CES is a customer satisfaction metric that measures how easy it is for customers to get a resolution to their issues. Customer Effort Score is measured transactionally – which means customers get surveyed after their conversation with the business ends.

Best practices 53

Best practices Surveys Customer effort Feedback 53

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. One Metric to Rule Them All.

Metrics 87

Metrics Customer Care Average Handle Time outsourcing 87

Quiq

MARCH 16, 2022

Last year, Salesforce reported that customers ranked “phone” as their second most preferred customer service channel. That’s up from their #3 spot in 2019—overtaking in-person interactions (for obvious reasons). Since customers are still dialing, we’ve put together some best practices to help call center agents shine.

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Best practices Call Center Interactive Voice Response Scripts 52

COPC

MAY 2, 2019

s first China client seminar of 2019 was held on April 12 in Beijing, attracting participants from various industries including financial services, technology, utilities, outsourcing and many others. Have the targets of the metrics been met? Are the metrics correlated? Are the metrics driving high performance?

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outsourcing Construction Contact Center Metrics 8

JivoChat

APRIL 5, 2021

Poor customer service can impact every business—from America to Antarctica. In the UK alone, it’s estimated that businesses lose about £37 billion every year because of poor customer service. Even worse, customers will remember bad customer experiences more than when they have a positive interaction with a company.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Self service CRM Metrics 52

ChurnZero

MARCH 29, 2019

Sample CSAT questions can involve a rating of customer service, product viability, website usability, and the ability of the company to resolve any issues. Customer Effort Score (CES) This gauges the difficulty or stress of a client to achieve different tasks successfully. Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 1:00 – 2:00 PM EDT.

B2B 73

B2B Surveys Customer centricity Construction 73

The Center for Client Retention

DECEMBER 3, 2019

An Engaged Workforce Delivers Exceptional Customer Experiences. While we’ve known for years that happy employees are key to delivering an exceptional customer experience , it’s hard to retain our best people in such a competitive labor market. Customer Experience is Determined by Best-in-Class Companies.

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Customer Experience Surveys Healthcare Analytics 62

Vistio

JANUARY 13, 2022

Nate is a perpetual student of the world’s greatest experiences and the people who create them. After authoring The CX Primer, he was dubbed the “CX Influencer of the Year” by CloudCherry in 2019, and a top global CX thought leader by ICMI, Exceeders, Netomi, Martech and many more. I just love this work. I love that answer.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Contact Center Metrics CRM 52

Vistio

JANUARY 13, 2022

Nate is a perpetual student of the world’s greatest experiences and the people who create them. After authoring The CX Primer, he was dubbed the “CX Influencer of the Year” by CloudCherry in 2019, and a top global CX thought leader by ICMI, Exceeders, Netomi, Martech and many more. I just love this work. I love that answer.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Contact Center Metrics CRM 52

NICE inContact

APRIL 2, 2019

If you are like the other 100 customers I have spoken with over the last few months you are likely somewhere in the process of evaluating your customer experience (CX). Yes, there are operational metrics that you can improve – like winning a game here and there. Join us at Customer Strategy and Planning 2019.

Metrics 54

Metrics Customer effort Personalization Customer Experience 54

Vistio

JULY 11, 2022

And then with my magical sense of timing, six months or so before the pandemic hit, I founded TrendzOwl here in Northern Virginia where I’m based, and that was in September, 2019. And I’ve been having a lot of fun at it ever since working from home. So that’s my long journey, probably too long of an answer for you.

Technology 52

Technology Self service Contact Center Analytics 52

TechSee

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Once the ROI of these remote technical support and customer support teams became abundantly clear, many enterprises decided that these temporary teams would become permanent. Focus on reducing customer effort. Focus on CX and CX metrics. The drivers for changing roles in contact centers. Focus on agent engagement.

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Technical Support Customer Service Enterprise Scripts 186

Mindtouch

MARCH 16, 2020

In the effort to shore up key performance indicators (KPIs) as they relate to customer experience and the customer journey, too many organizations overlook the most important thing: the customer. Examining the journey through the customer’s eyes . Customer Effort Score (CES).

Self service 105

Self service Abandon rate Customer effort Contact Center 105

Netomi

MARCH 27, 2022

This includes in-store and online shopping experiences, customer care interactions and learning to use a product itself. That’s why customer experience and support professionals hyper-focus on customer satisfaction score (CSAT). Comparing CSAT to other popular consumer metrics. CSAT vs. NPS . CSAT vs. CES.

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Airlines Benchmark Surveys Customer Support 93

NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In part 1 of the blog, we looked at the foundations of building a robust Customer Experience (CX), starting with contact centers. The CX processes tend to be more customer focused rather than internal focused embracing key methodologies like Lean/Six Sigma, value stream mapping and others. CX is a marathon not a sprint.

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Average Handle Time Metrics Contact Center Customer centricity 55

Mindtouch

MAY 24, 2019

This post is based on my presentation at STC Summit 2019 , the annual conference of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), and incorporates takeaways from Alan Porter and John Bowie. Customer interactions are becoming synonymous with content interactions. More content interactions do not always equal better experiences!

Self service 84

Self service Chatbots Metrics Feedback 84

SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

We’re exploring the facts of what makes or breaks your customers’ experience with your brand. All others cite problems like data living in silos and disparate systems, not collecting enough on the voice of the customers, and not putting their data to use to personalize the customer experience.

Call Center 84

Call Center Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Self service 84

SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

We’re exploring the facts of what makes or breaks your customers’ experience with your brand. All others cite problems like data living in silos and disparate systems, not collecting enough on the voice of the customers, and not putting their data to use to personalize the customer experience.

Call Center 67

Call Center Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Self service 67

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As you know, on another podcast, we hosted the president of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) , where he shared that between 2010 and 2019, only one-third of organizations improved their Customer Experience. She advises Customer Experience champions to be specific in their requests.

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Telemarketing Healthcare Customer effort Personalization 195

GetFeedback

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In CustomerThink’s recent study on Customer Experience Success , they found that only one in four CX initiatives are “Winning,” which they define as “being able to connect the dots from the good work being done to benefits that sponsoring executives care about.”. If I say “Voice of the Customer” do you automatically think survey?

B2B 60

B2B Surveys Feedback Customer centricity 60