Fri.May 22, 2020

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On-Trend: At-home Agents

Contact Center Pipeline

You know something is pretty important or interesting these days if it’s referred to as being on-trend, or trending. It’s not the same as being trendy, which to my ear sounds like it’s less important than something that is on trend or trending. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, trendy is defined as: “Very fashionable, up […].

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The Value of Strong Customer Relationships

Satrix Solutions

Around the world, folks are beginning to emerge from isolation protections. Many are trying to do all they can to make successful business decisions in an unknown and complicated environment. People are anxious. They feel disconnected. And businesses are facing tough decisions. The anxiety we feel about what the future holds can overwhelm us, leading to quick business decisions that might permanently damage an organization’s viability by degrading the customer’s experiences.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Questionnaire

ProProfs Blog

You’ve probably heard how a good questionnaire is the backbone of any market and social research. But the success of any questionnaire depends on how effortlessly it blends with the needs of the target audience and their ease of giving appropriate inputs. A sure shot way of ensuring success using these is incorporating the use of the best questionnaire tool.

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Guest Post: How to Walk the Customer Experience Tightrope

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Tom Libretto, chief marketing officer at Pegasystems. He explains the importance of finding the right balance when providing the customer experience. For most of us, the idea of walking a tightrope with no safety net to break our fall would be our worst nightmare. Add to the mix unwelcome noises, a strong wind, and other distractions, and you might think, even for the most experienced performer, that getting to the other side is nearly impossible.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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The Ultimate Guide to CSM Compensation Plans

CSM Practice

More and more SaaS businesses are realizing the value of having a customer success team to ensure the continued success of their customers. Successful customers are more likely to renew and pay more through renewals and expansion, ensuring a steady revenue growth for SaaS businesses. However, despite the increase in the demand for effective customer success managers and teams, there is no standardized incentive model to compensate them.

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A Quick-Start Guide to Low- and High-Touch Onboarding Outreach Using Plays

ChurnZero

Customer onboarding has a long-lasting impact with deep ties to a customer’s likelihood to churn. Whether through automated or manual monitoring, Customer Success must remain hypervigilant during onboarding to ensure customers stay the course. Creating a well-defined outreach strategy ensures Customer Success consistently connects with customers throughout this pivotal phase.

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Making champions out of doubters: Kindling for new ideas

Talkdesk

Secure buy-in from your colleagues and leaders to implement a new idea: Tactics and strategies from Clory Jackson, senior director of member experience at Clear. Getting help from the people you need to execute your idea can be challenging. However, it often involves making them see why a new idea is worth their attention or energy over what’s currently on their plate.

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COVID-19 Global Update May 22, 2020

Concentrix

As we continue our efforts to keep you informed of the COVID-19 situation across the globe, governments across countries and regions including the UK, Ireland, the European Union, India, ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, the US and Canada continue to revoke lockdowns or announce relaxations to kickstart economic activities. The following is a roundup of key events that have happened around the world in the last 24 hours.

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AI and Machine Learning for Small Business (Microsoft Growth Center)

Answer Dash

Science-fiction books and movies feature machines that are smarter than humans. These genius robots and computers are either a blessing or a curse. Artificial intelligence (AI) powers them. AI is part of reality now. It’s already in use in our daily lives. Large businesses are taking advantage of its benefits. What about small business? Does it have a role to play in your company?

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The 2023 Verint Experience Index: Retail

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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Moving from a State of Shock to a Steady State

CSM Practice

About 8 weeks ago (or maybe more depending on your location) the world changed. The spread of COVID-19 has had a huge impact on many aspects of our lives, customer success is no different. Customer engagements abruptly slowed down and within days were put on hold or stopped completely. At that time, did customers care about value and success? Did anyone care about KPIs?

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Guidance for Customers

Brad Cleveland Blog

During a time when customer service wait times are longer than usual, here’s a short broadcast that played in local TV markets: The post Guidance for Customers appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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May 22 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: Remote, US Organization: ON24 Customer Success Manager(CSM) is responsible for the relationship between ON24 and its clients. This role is responsible for the effective and successful coordination of setup, implementation, training and maintenance on various ON24 Products and Platforms, as well as partner products.

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Guidance for Customers

Brad Cleveland Blog

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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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Top 7 Customer Success Goals

SmartKarrot

Here is a list of Top 7 Customer Success Goals which might help businesses to create value for their customers. #1 Successful Customer Onboarding. Getting off to a strong start greatly enhances the chances of achieving success, and a long term satisfied client. During the onboarding period the Customer Success Managers must help customers start from a position of confidence about using your company’s product, and this phase should definitely include demonstration of “First Time Value”

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Guidance for Customers

Brad Cleveland Blog

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How to Create Online Questionnaire Easily

ProProfs Blog

You’ve probably heard how a good questionnaire is the backbone of any market and social research. But the success of any questionnaire depends on how effortlessly it blends with the needs of the target audience and their ease of giving appropriate inputs. A sure shot way of ensuring success using these is incorporating the use of the best questionnaire tool.

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COVID-19 Research

pindrop

Consumer experience and biometrics are at a crossroad as consumers nervously re-emerge . By Vijay Balsarubimaniyan, CEO Pindrop. I recently did something I haven’t done in years: I went for 3 months without getting on a plane. Since I founded Pindrop in 2011, I have been traveling 8-10 times a month. In recent months, like millions of others worldwide, I’ve been indoors, working hard in close contact with my family, observing social distancing to try to minimize the spread of COVID-19. .

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The Open CCaaS Advantage Report

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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The E-commerce Guide: How to Tackle eCommerce Customer Pain Points

ProProfs Blog

There is no magical pain relief spray to ease customer pain points. Every challenge needs your undivided attention. Period. Online transactions are going through the roof and beyond- In 2019 , U.S. online retail sales amounted to 365.2 billion US dollars. This figure is expected to double in the next 5 years, making life difficult for offline retailers. .

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5 Best Practices for a Remote Customer Success Team

Totango

Technology, as they say, is the future. In 1995, 9 percent of people reported that they telecommuted or had done so in the past. In 2016, that number had risen to 37 percent. That number was already expected to keep growing, but recent events have caused telecommuting to spike as employees switch to working from home in order to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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Brand Move Roundup – May 21, 2020

C Space

The Brand Move Roundup – May 21, 2020. We’re tracking the notable brand moves & highlighting the companies who are tackling this challenge successfully. Tweet. We started this series of brand updates on March 12, but the reaction has been so positive, and the crisis so fast-moving, that we’re going to move to a continuously updated rolling news format from now until it’s all over (hopefully soon).

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The Best Call Center Team Names

Comm100

Note: This blog post was originally published on March 8, 2018, and as it is one of our most popular posts, we have updated it to include the latest research, up-to-date statistics and best practices in this topic. When it comes to building a smoothly functioning and well-knit team, a lot of factors have to be taken into consideration. Apart from appointing team functions based on skills and personality, team cohesion has to be kept uppermost in mind.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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!