Callminer
MARCH 26, 2018
Voice continue to the most widely-utilized customer service channel by consumers, with 73% of consumers calling into the call center for customer service needs, according to Forrester.
ShepHyken
MARCH 26, 2018
Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Southwest Airlines Had a Brilliant Reaction When a Passenger’s Wi-Fi Wouldn’t Work by Bill Murphy Jr. (Inc.
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VocalCom
MARCH 26, 2018
Many companies strive to make their customers’ lives easier through digital engagement. While customers may enjoy faster and more personalized service, their experiences are hardly stress-free. Making purchases online comes with risks, and companies that fail to protect their customers lose trust. Indeed, Edelman’s 2017 global Trust Barometer revealed the biggest decline in consumer trust since the study was first introduced five years ago.
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
Three years ago, Gartner predicted that more than half of businesses would implement significant changes to improve customer experience by 2018. We are now living on the other side of that deadline – where CX must be at the top of your mind and the top of your game. Otherwise, it could cost you. The estimated price tag of losing customers due to poor service has reached $1.6 trillion in the U.S., according to Accenture’s Digital Disconnect in Customer Engagement report.
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PeopleMetrics
MARCH 26, 2018
Are you familiar with all the different ways your customers interact with your business? Whether you're a seasoned CX professional or you've never heard of CX, chances are you at least have some basic notion of the areas, or touchpoints, where customers interact with your organization. Your website, call center or storefront are all examples of possible customer touchpoints.
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Amity
MARCH 26, 2018
The history of Customer Success dates all the way back to 1995 when Concur became the first SaaS company by putting their product into what is today known as the cloud. Concur charged a subscription fee for the product, but other than the delivery model, nothing changed. For the next 10 years, as the first generation of SaaS products came into the market, the way we managed our customers evolved but came nowhere close to resembling what Customer Success is today.
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
Sustainability, resilience, longevity: these are things that most companies strive for – but how easy are they to achieve in the modern business environment? In the 1920s, the average lifespan of a company listed on the S&P 500 index was 67 years. Today, according to Professor Richard Foster from Yale University, it stands at just 15. At the same time, the Family Business Institute report that only 30 percent of family businesses withstand the transition from first to second generation owne
Aspect
MARCH 26, 2018
It seems that almost every relevant IT topic can in some way be tied to cloud computing; it is the enabling force behind much of today’s technology innovation. As each of my previous posts have focused on the cloud, I thought now would be a good time to give my perspective as the CIO of a forty-year-old company that recently transitioned to a one hundred percent cloud-based portfolio.
Liveops
MARCH 26, 2018
Automation makes great human service even more critical for brands. The future of customer service will be automated. That’s a top takeaway from a recent Gartner research report [paywall], which projects that by 2021, three-quarters of customer transactions will be automated. Should human customer service call center agents be worried? We think not.
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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
BlueOcean
MARCH 26, 2018
Say hello to the future: the robots are right here. Artificial intelligence is flipping all kinds of traditional business models on their heads. In the customer support space, AI is changing the customer experience for better or for worse depending on the elegance of your deployment. And the new world of AI is creating out-of-this-world efficiencies for businesses who are leveraging it effectively.
OctopusTech
MARCH 26, 2018
Before plunging headlong into ways for warming up your cold calling services, let’s spend a moment to understand what cold calling or warm calling actually is. Though two sides of the same coin, they are as much different as they can get. In simple words, a warm call refers to calling a prospect from sales point of view with whom you already have had some kind of contact in the past whereas cold calling is contacting individuals or businesses to make a purchase who have never shown any interest
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
This article was origionally published on the GetFeedback blog, and is reposted here with permission. . Customer support agents are the warriors of every organization. They tackle the toughest questions and they’re highly accountable to both the company and the customers they serve. It’s their job to represent the interests of both—make customers happy and uphold company policy—which is a hard role, to say the least.
CustomerServ
MARCH 26, 2018
The death knell for outbound telesales has sounded countless times over the years. Aggressive cold-calling practices, fraudsters, scam artists, relentless robocalls… it’s easy to see why telemarketing’s much-maligned reputation has been dominated by images of the illicit “boiler room” operation.
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!
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
If you believe the headlines, robots have threatened to take our jobs for decades. However, as machines continue to get smarter, this reality now seems closer than ever. Last year, Amazon announced that it employs 45,000 robots across 20 fulfillment centers; Yobot the robot ensures customers enjoy conversation-free service at Yotel’s pod hotel in New York; and "chatbots" continue to help businesses deliver everything from online banking to checking in for flights.
Taylor Reach Group
MARCH 26, 2018
At Taylor Reach Group, we have compiled a list with hundreds of expos, conferences and summits focused on the Call Center, Contact Center and/or Customer Experience. Whether you’re interested in speaking, exhibiting or simply attending these events, we wanted to keep everybody informed on the upcoming Contact Center and CX Events. With that, here are some of the events taking place in April 2018 (in chronological order) with direct links to each event: Ecommerce Operations Summit April 3 – 5, Co
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
While there are many transactional and technical skills involved in providing great customer service, which can vary by context and industry, here are five fundamental customer service essentials that can improve and sustain superior customer service regardless of the nature of your business. These are worth establishing and reinforcing at every possible juncture within your organization. 1.
Mindtouch
MARCH 26, 2018
Surprise, surprise: the marketing crowd has found yet another approach to reaching customers more effectively. Prospects, too. The term is psychographic marketing , which Hubspot defines quite nicely: Demographics explain who your buyer is, while psychographics explain why they buy. – Hubspot. Let’s apply this concept to self-service support.
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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.
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
Personalized customer service is about treating people as individuals. In an age where customers can buy into your products and services from almost anywhere in the world, this has become increasingly complex. Although there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, the following 10-step plan will provide a framework that will allow your contact center to adopt a more personalized approach to customer care. 1.
Revation Systems
MARCH 26, 2018
So far in the Security Culture Series, we’ve discussed expanding IT’s responsibility in security and the importance of educating and training employees. But an important aspect we have yet to cover is the challenges that organizations face when implementing stricter internal policies and procedures to instill this new culture. The term “security culture” refers to a cultural expectation that is instilled by the leadership of an organization to maintain a security-focused mindset — where every de
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
Emotive customer experience recognises that our decisions are driven by deep seated motivations: the things that really matter to us in terms of identity and personal fulfilment. Tap into these and customers become more valuable in every respect: from advocacy to lifetime spend. But it’s not so easy for organisations to achieve this quality of relationship.
Customer Experience Matters
MARCH 26, 2018
On May 15th, I’ll be speaking at Medallia’s Experience 2018 in Long Beach, CA. The content at the event is arranged into four themes: Demonstrating CX Impact, Evolving CX Programs, Driving Culture & Accountability, and Inspiring CX Innovation. These are great topics and I’m looking forward to hearing what the other speakers will be sharing.
Speaker: Steve Pappas, Chief Strategist, Startup and Early Stage Growth Advisor, Keynote Speaker, CX Podcaster
As businesses strive for success in an increasingly digitized world, delivering an exceptional customer experience has become paramount. To meet this demand, enterprises are embracing innovative approaches that captivate customers and fuel their loyalty. 💥 Enter conversational AI - an absolute game-changer (if done right) in redefining CX norms.
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
In today’s super-competitive retail environment, companies that help their sales teams manage customer relationships effectively tend to find more success than those that don’t. For this reason, more and more businesses are turning to customer relationship management (CRM) systems to provide the support that sales teams need to deliver better results.
LiveVox
MARCH 26, 2018
With the influx of new technologies, contact centers are modernizing at a rapid pace. To stay ahead of the curve in delivering exceptional customer experience, companies are broadening their contact center capabilities by adding various third-party applications, spanning Speech Analytics, Customer Satisfaction Surveys, Multichannel Platforms, Workforce Optimization, and CRM just to name a few.
Satrix Solutions
MARCH 26, 2018
For Command Alkon, gathering customer feedback on the direction of the company and its efforts for delivering an A+ customer experience is a top priority. To keep the focus on customers, the company partnered with Satrix Solutions to manage its Voice of the Customer ( VoC) program. Here’s our interview with Leo Marthe, Director of Customer Success, on how the company has been able to achieve VoC success.
Vonage
MARCH 26, 2018
Business has always been an exchange — people helping people get what they want. But these days, companies seem more focused on outrunning and disrupting each other. The only problem with chasing the next big thing is that you risk losing sight of the first one: your customers. At NewVoiceMedia, we believe that, in today’s Age of the Customer , personal, emotional customer interactions play a critical role in bridging the gap for what disruption and digital innovation alone cannot solve.
Dive into the realm of contact center dialers with our infographic! Explore the various types – Preview, Predictive, Automatic, and Progressive Dialers – and unravel their roles in boosting call center performance.
8x8
MARCH 26, 2018
Recently at Enterprise Connect in Orlando, leading communications, collaboration and contact center vendors showcased their most recent and innovative solutions for IT decision makers, application developers, resellers and industry influencers. I remember years ago, the major themes at the conference were the big vendors pushing siloed on-premises systems, such as telephony, video conferencing, contact center and integration to business applications.
West
MARCH 26, 2018
Exceptional customer experiences don't just happen. They don't happen when someone finds their favorite movie on cable or gets a good deal on a blender. Those moments can get someone excited, sure, but they’re just touch-points in the relationship. The real customer experience isn’t defined by a single moment. It’s made up of the customer’s perception of the total sum of interactions with a brand – the good, the bad and the utterly forgettable.
8x8
MARCH 26, 2018
Recently at Enterprise Connect in Orlando, leading communications, collaboration and contact center vendors showcased their most recent and innovative solutions for IT decision makers, application developers, resellers and industry influencers. I remember years ago, the major themes at the conference were the big vendors pushing siloed on-premises systems, such as telephony, video conferencing, contact center and integration to business applications.
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