Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
We talk a lot about delivering an exceptional customer experience (CX), but the talk focuses on how to deliver it. “Improve first-call resolution,” or “Capture customer feedback.” In the confusion of how words such as omnichannel and digital transformation, we may overlook the end goal—the what we’re trying to achieve. If you’re over 40, you […].
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
I’ve got a hypothetical question for you. On a scale of one to ten, how likely is it I am a male model? . Now before you destroy my self-esteem with your answer, I have a follow-up question. How did you come to that determination? . The answer to that question is the subject of this post and a recent podcast , and it involves the Representative Heuristic.
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Working Solutions
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Today’s consumer marketplace is more competitive than ever before, with upstart companies springing up each day that have a real chance to chip away at your market share. In this kind of environment, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of customer loyalty to ensure your long-term success. Running a successful business is a busy, demanding […].
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Is Any Attention Good Attention? I like Oscar Wilde. His best quote is, “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Of course, there are times when people are talking so bad, one might wonder if it is worse than being ignored. This episode of The Intuitive Customer explores if there are times when the bad press can be good news for your brand.
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ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
This week we feature an article by Hamzah Tariq who shares seven ways to improve the overall live chat experience for your customers. Businesses constantly try to improve the customer experience they deliver through new approaches, tools and strategies. . One of the most successful ways to enhance the customer experience is through live chat. However, there’s always room for improvement in how customers are engaged via chat. .
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OrecX
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
We wanted to know which call center regulations most businesses were focused on this year. So, we asked a bunch of call center managers spanning a number of industries (financial, collections, insurance, healthcare, consumer, high-tech and more). Privacy Regulations. More than a quarter of respondents cited various privacy regulations as their top priority - including GDPR , PCI and then HIPAA.
Pipkins
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. Teachers leave them kids alone. Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone. –Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) from “Another Brick in the Wall” It’s that time again – back to school. Back to packing lunches, back to waiting for the bus, back to buying school supplies, back to hearing complaints about homework. and back to standalone back-to-school-leave laws.
NICE inContact
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Recent analyst research has proven that the job of staying compliant is only getting more difficult for contact centers. With demands ever-increasing, compliance managers and officers are growing more concerned with continuing ensuring contact center compliance while coping with limited budget and resources. Luckily, call center analytics software can help alleviate much of these compliance headaches.
LiveChat
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Amazon is the biggest e-commerce platform in the world. If you’re a brand selling products online, you need to be there. Or do you? Luggage upstart Away and shoemaker Birkenstock have decided not to sell on Amazon in the name of protecting brand integrity. Away sells luggage starting around $200. Birkenstock sells shoes from under $50 to over $200.
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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
Ameyo
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
We have been on a world tour with our Global Event Series – “Conversation’19 – The Ultimate Customer Engagement Event.” After our earlier success in Kenya and Ghana during the first leg of the event in the African continent, we were back at Zambia and Zimbabwe to extend this ‘conversation’ further while opening up new … Conversations’19 Tour Reaches Zambia and Zimbabwe Read More » The post Conversations’19 Tour Reaches Zambia and Zimbabwe appeared first on Amey
Advantage Communications
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
One of the most important aspects of any successful organization is to have a clearly defined company culture. The culture of your organization will influence the communication within your teams, the productivity of staff members, how engaged employees are with their work and much more. Many organizations form partnerships with MSPs and BPOs to build a successful enterprise, but what does that mean as company culture expands to external teams?
CSM Magazine
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other social chat applications have opened a brand-new avenue to get in touch with customers. And customers love to use them because they don’t have to change apps; they get customer service right in the apps they use the most. If given a choice between searching for answers and talking to an agent to get answers, customers will always choose the least-effort path.
delighted
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Who doesn’t want to grow? Growth marketing is a set of activities intended to acquire more customers, increase revenue, and speak to a previously unreachable audience. Many growth marketers focus on tools and strategies designed to bring customers through doors and onto websites. Only a few, however, realize that an integral part of sustaining growth is avoiding the churn of existing customers.
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.
Quiq
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Share This Story. We know that customers love texting for customer service. According to Pew Research , 64% of people prefer text messaging versus phone calls for customer service, and at the same time social media business messaging is on the rise. More than ever, consumers are looking to get their customer support issues addressed on their own timeline and through their channel of choice.
ChaseData
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
The middle of summer can seem slow no matter what industry you’re a part of. After the initial push of the independence Day holiday in the United States, summer slowly smolders for weeks on end until school starts again for children and people begin thinking ahead to the busy days of autumn and winter ahead. But what does that mid-year lull have to do with your work in the customer service industry?
Helpware
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Helpware was again recognized by Clutch , a leading B2B market research firm, for excellence in providing business services. According to the Clutch 2019 report , we are ranked among the top IT and business services providers in The Philippines , a designation that we do not take lightly.
ChurnZero
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Churn Monster #13: Unlucky Customer. . Today is Friday the 13 th and we all know that means – bad luck, right? Well ironically you are in luck, because in honor of this cursed day, we are releasing a new monster in our churn monster series. An unlucky churn monster is a customer who bought your product with the best of intentions of being successful in utilizing and adopting it but along the way they have been hit with misfortune and adversity making the likelihood of success much harder.
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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.
ProProfs Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
The importance of SaaS Customer Service is visible in these two data-proven statistics: AmericanExpress reports that 70% of consumers will go with the company that offers excellent customer support. On the other hand, in the same research, we can see that the average American tells 15 people when they’ve had a poor SaaS customer support experience. As you can see, delivering the perfect saas customer support experiences is directly correlated with your churn and retention. 67% of customer churn
TeamSupport
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Great companies have always cared about their customers. When a customer pays for a service or offering, it’s up to the company to make sure what they paid for meets their needs. In the past, this may have meant a follow-up call or two, and then the company moved on. However, as the B2B customer experience evolved, a single phone call is no longer good enough.
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