Fri.Mar 24, 2023

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Are We There for Our Customers When They Need Us?

Brad Cleveland Blog

CXM Today recently interviewed me for their publication. We discussed a range of topics on the minds of customer experience professionals, including ROI, customer behavior and drivers of new technologies. Here’s an excerpt with a link to read the full … Continue reading → The post Are We There for Our Customers When They Need Us? appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Where do you stand?: Five hot topics of debate in Customer Success

ChurnZero

The Customer Success industry is constantly evolving and developing new strategies for driving customer-led growth. With the emergence of new technologies, market trends, and CS practices, the industry is abuzz with debate and discussion. To explore some of the most controversial topics in CS today and hear what those on either side of the debate have to say, we asked four industry experts to weigh in.

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All That Glitters Isn’t Gold: Why Conversational AI Needs More Than Just a Shiny UI

Netomi

Customer service (CS) platforms have been adopting conversational AI at incredible rates as consumers expect a higher quality customer experience. Many of these platforms are rushing to break into the market and boost sales but are making some basic mistakes in the process. The focus for newly emerging technologies has been predominantly on user interface (UI) and aesthetics rather than functionality and performance.

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Where do you stand?: Five hot topics of debate in Customer Success

ChurnZero

The Customer Success industry is constantly evolving and developing new strategies for driving customer-led growth. With the emergence of new technologies, market trends, and CS practices, the industry is abuzz with debate and discussion. To explore some of the most controversial topics in CS today and hear what those on either side of the debate have to say, we asked four industry experts to weigh in.

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The State of Customer Experience 2023 Report: Part 2

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?

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Technology For the CX Win

Anexa BPO

From the pandemic period to our current post-pandemic status, consumers’ wants and needs have evolved exponentially, leaving organizations scrambling to keep up. These changes have involved supply chain shortages, an explosion of purchasing channels and more. This pivot has seen organizations leaning more and more on digital technology to meet consumer expectations and stay ahead of the competition.

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Answering Service for Small Businesses Brings Value

Call Experts

Today, the average small business owner has to do everything, which is why an answering service for small businesses can be valuable. With a wealth of online tools, owners have more options than ever. You can increase productivity while cutting costs by outsourcing business processes. In 2019, the global market size of outsourced services was valued at 92.5 billion U.S. dollars, increasing approximately seven billion U.S. dollars from the previous year.

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Understanding the Importance of an Employee Handbook and How to Write It

CSM Magazine

Whether you are expanding your team or opening a new office at another location, you need to make sure that your business and the rights of your workers are fully protected. You can do this by giving your recruits an employee handbook, so they can learn all about your company and their role in it. Unfortunately, an estimated 60% of employees avoid reading the company handbook, or they are not provided with one.

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WiserOwl Releases  Consumer Survey Report on Contact Center Preferences

WiserOwl Blog

Columbus, Indiana, March 24, 2023 – WiserOwl, a leading SaaS platform, today announced the release of its annual report on consumer preferences and contact center challenges, highlighting the increasing importance of contact centers in the customer experience landscape. The report reveals that businesses lose over $75 billion annually due to poor customer service and that […] The post WiserOwl Releases Consumer Survey Report on Contact Center Preferences appeared first on WiserOwl.

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3 Essential Tips To Enhance The ECommerce Customer Experience

CSM Magazine

Having an e-commerce business has many perks. It’s scalable, easier to manage, accessible to broad audiences, and often more affordable than a traditional business, enabling you to generate more significant profits. Be that as it may, not everything is peaches and cream when selling goods and services online. Take customer service, for instance.

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How Government Services Can Provide Better Citizen Satisfaction & Experience

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.

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The Overlooked Feature of GPT : Vectorisation

Creative Virtual

By Olaf Voß, Lead Application Designer These days everyone is stunned by the generative power of the GPT models, including myself. However, today I want to discuss a GPT feature that is largely overlooked in media coverage: the embeddings endpoint in the OpenAI API. This feature ‘translates’ any text into a 1536-dimensional numerical vector.

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The Best Ways to Improve Customer Relationships

CSM Magazine

So much of making a successful business is doing business with customers. Creating long-lasting relationships can be the difference between a great company and a struggling one. These days, people are craving a personal touch. They want to know they are being taken care of. Whether you are offering a product or service, you can build a relationship with them so that they will want to support your business in the future.

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SWOT Analysis: The Key To Unlocking Business Potential

Andrew Mcfarland

In today’s world, knowing how to make intelligent decisions is vital for businesses and individuals. A powerful method to help you understand your business’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is a SWOT analysis. But what is a SWOT analysis? Simply put, it is a method that can help you evaluate the current situation by looking at external and internal factors.

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Essential Tips To Enhance The ECommerce Customer Experience

CSM Magazine

Having an e-commerce business has many perks. It’s scalable, easier to manage, accessible to broad audiences, and often more affordable than a traditional business, enabling you to generate more significant profits. Be that as it may, not everything is peaches and cream when selling goods and services online. Take customer service, for instance.

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Improve Contact Center Outcomes with Key Insights

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.

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Customer Satisfaction Surveys: Are They Still Relevant?

Ann Michaels and Associates

You may wonder that in the age of online reviews, does a business really need to conduct customer satisfaction surveys. Between Google Reviews, Yelp, and Social Media Reviews, many companies have ditched the surveys. Conducting customer satisfaction surveys is an effective way to understand your customers’ perceptions and experiences with your product or service.

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Customer service 2023: The view from the frontline

Enghouse Interactive

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Mar 24 – Customer Success Jobs 

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: London Area, United Kingdom (On-site) Organization: Calabrio, Inc. As a Customer Success Manager you’ll have to show potential users of the contact centre how it can be used. interacting with the consumer business at all levels. Analysis of decision makers and stakeholder mapping. close ties to everyone mentioned.

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Mar 24 – Customer Success Jobs 

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: London Area, United Kingdom (On-site) Organization: Calabrio, Inc. As a Customer Success Manager you’ll have to show potential users of the contact centre how it can be used. interacting with the consumer business at all levels. Analysis of decision makers and stakeholder mapping. close ties to everyone mentioned.

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The Complete Guide to Conversational AI for Your Business

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.