bold360 Blog

APRIL 13, 2020

As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues, customer experience (CX) is experiencing a double-whammy. On the customer side, there’s a higher volume of need and more urgency around getting those needs met fast. Uncertainty and anxiety have catalyzed a flood of customer questions and calls into service centers. Today’s stressed customers don’t want to wait in long queues or get stuck in automated systems that are overloaded and overwhelmed.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 9, 2020

Organizations use lots of incentives to encourage specific behaviors. The idea is that people will change behavior because of the monetary element of incentives. However, these incentives could be doing a lot more than that, which can have beautiful or terrible effects on your customer-driven growth. Ph.D. student Alicea “Allie” Lieberman from the University of California, San Diego, was a guest on our podcast recently to discuss incentives.

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Lumoa

APRIL 13, 2020

What is voice feedback? With modern technologies available today, such as speech-to-text and artificial intelligence it’s possible to automatically generate insights from calls. In this article, we'll explain what voice feedback is and how to generate customer insights from it.

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360Connext

APRIL 28, 2020

Trust is a critical part of any relationship. We build relationships when we trust the other party, and when we’ve built enough trust with them. Little moments can build or break down trust quickly. Has this ever happened to you? You make a new friend, enjoy their company, and then the red flags begin appearing: She’s quick to say “I’ll call you tomorrow!

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 17, 2020

Customers always have so many options in the market to choose their desired product or service. But what about the business owners? “Do they get the opportunity to choose as well?”. No, they obviously don’t. If anything, you have a specific target audience who finds your services relevant. Just in case they aren’t satisfied, they can opt for any of your competitors in the market.

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Serenova

APRIL 13, 2020

Now that your contact center agents are safely working from home, it’s time to focus on the business of managing and coaching to ensure productivity. Motivating agents and helping them stay productive is possible—and critical—during this crisis and for long-term success once it’s behind us. Keeping agents motivated to do well despite the stress and distractions of new routines, processes, challenges—and life—takes effort.

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Tethr

APRIL 20, 2020

If you’re a CX professional fearful of losing your job to artificial intelligence, you aren’t alone. It’s a common belief that emerging tech is coming to steal the jobs of humans—particularly those in the CX field. But what if we told you that AI is more of a helpful CX companion than an unwelcome intruder? AI isn’t the enemy. While AI will displace some CX jobs, it’s more likely to change how CX workers do their jobs.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2020

I could have titled this article “Box of Donuts Research,” but you would have no idea what that means. I’ll explain in a moment. There are plenty of ways to get feedback. You can survey customers over the phone, via email, in focus groups and more. You can get objective and subjective feedback. You can use tools such as Net Promoter Score and Customer Effort Score.

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Totango

APRIL 24, 2020

In customer retention, every engagement counts. There is no final effort in the days and weeks leading up to an anniversary that can overcome a poor relationship in the months prior. Rather, customer retention for SaaS enterprises is a result of the customer experience. It is an outcome based on an emotional reaction and connection to the performance of a supplier and the value a customer experiences through using that enterprise’s product.

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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

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 23, 2020

We have a mirror that has been resting against the wall in our garage for the last five years. I want to give it away, but my wife Lorraine keeps saying, “No, we’ll sell that. It’s a nice mirror.”. It is a lovely mirror. But we aren’t going to get that much for it. Still, there it sits. Lorraine is demonstrating how the Endowment Effect works.

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Fonolo

APRIL 27, 2020

Now, more than ever, your call center agents need your support. According to remote work strategist Laurel Farrer , it typically takes six to 12 weeks for a smooth transition from on-site to remote work — that’s under normal circumstances. But the pandemic has forced a transition to remote working virtually overnight. And for many customer support departments, that has been whilst under a relentless onslaught of customer inquiries.

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Nicereply

APRIL 3, 2020

Tough conversations are a part of life and in business, it’s no different. But tough customer conversations can be just that – tough. In customer service, you’re bound to come across a difficult situation or two. People have bad days, get confused, and things go wrong. Angry, difficult and dissatisfied customers aren’t necessarily a reflection on how well your business is run (because people are, well, people).

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Totango

APRIL 28, 2020

Change is one of the few constants in life, especially in business. Enterprises that are able to adapt to change will be able to withstand not only the small fluctuations of everyday operations, but also sudden major disruptions. A global pandemic is but one possibility here; natural disasters and other crises may pull the rug out from under your organization’s feet at any time.

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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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ShepHyken

APRIL 15, 2020

The other day I was talking to my friend and fellow customer experience (CX) expert, Dan Gingiss. He shared how he’s seen businesses take something that is either really boring or very serious—or both—and make them entertaining. He gave a great example. In a legal agreement—like the agreements we accept online when we sign up for Spotify or Netflix—there is usually a lot of “fine print.

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Myra Golden Media

APRIL 23, 2020

It’s not unlike having your firstborn away at college. Your child is in the dorm and on her own. For eighteen years, you’ve prepared her for adulthood. But you worry. Is she making friends? Will she be safe at parties and with alcohol? Can she juggle classwork with fun? Is she eating healthy? Your employees are on their own at home. If a remote employee’s next phone call is from an angry, irate customer, can they handle it?

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 30, 2020

We here at Beyond Philosophy want to start by saying we hope you and your family are safe. These times are unprecedented, and no one is sure what to expect. We feel it, and we know you are feeling it, too. We are, as they say, in this together. We discussed how these times affect our behavior on a recent podcast , and not just as customers. Some of the human behavior in this crisis is wonderfully uplifting and inspiring, and some of it is jaw-droppingly bad.

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 24, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold, we’re all being impacted in various ways, many of them pretty dramatic. Everyone is feeling more than a little fear and anxiety about the future. If you’re a business leader, lots of people are looking to you for guidance—and you have a responsibility to help those around you cope […].

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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!

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Steve DiGioia

APRIL 13, 2020

I never understood how some people keep a pot-bellied pig in their house as a pet. What’s wrong with a cat or dog? Or maybe some pretty fish, a hamster, or even a darn ferret. But a pig? Don’t get it. I never understood how the geniuses who thought it was ok to stop teaching cursive writing (it was called “script” when I was in school) figured today’s school kids would sign a contract later in life.

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Taylor Reach Group

APRIL 9, 2020

By Peg Ayers. Everybody wants to improve the Customer Experience (CX) they provide, right? But maybe you believe it’s just too expensive to even think about it. Your organization is doing its best with the resources it has. What else can you do? Plenty! Providing poor CX is incredibly expensive! A 2019 survey, which interviewed more than 6,000 consumers in Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States says 72% of respondents said, “I am loyal to a certain brand, but as soon as

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ShepHyken

APRIL 22, 2020

“Detail is no detail.”. I’m not sure where I heard this first. I even did a Google search and couldn’t find it. Maybe I made it up. If I did, this is what I meant by it: details are important. They must be purposeful. Some of the “little things” that seemingly don’t matter can actually be very important. An example of this comes right out of my recently released book, the updated and revised version of The Cult of the Customer.

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Myra Golden Media

APRIL 13, 2020

We’ve suspended our onsite workshops, but if you have a LinkedIn Learning subscription, you can take Myra’s most popular customer service classes online. Head on over to LinkedIn Learning and start training with Myra now!

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 2, 2020

Apple has an excellent experience. We could all learn a lot from how they approach business as usual to facilitate customer-driven growth. Why do I like Apple’s experience? Before I answer, I should have my guitar. I am just kidding. No one wants that. What we do want is to know how to facilitate customer-driven growth. Apple is an excellent example of how to do this.

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Contact Center Pipeline

APRIL 9, 2020

As a kid, I enjoyed leafing through my dad’s copies of Popular Mechanics. One of my favorite columns was entitled, “Things I Wish Someone Would Invent.” This always included some outlandish ideas, but occasionally readers suggested simple ideas that solved real problems. Any of you who have watched “Shark Tank” probably also have been taken […].

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 30, 2020

In his 2015 Ted Talk, Bill Gates explained, “The next big thing most likely to kill 10 million people will not be a war but a virus.” Right after 5 years, here we are in awe of his far-sightedness and witnessing the global economy crumble down like a house of cards. During the start of this year, nobody would have anticipated that a tiny microbe would lead to millions of job losses across the globe.

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Aspect

APRIL 29, 2020

Aspect partner, Call Design, shares insight regarding how to get the most out of your WFM solution as agents work from home during this global pandemic. COVID-19 has created an urgent need for most organisations to rapidly implement work from home solutions for their staff. Regardless of where in the world you are, industry type, or size of the contact centre, most of you are having to consider the logistics of having staff working from home.

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Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 14, 2020

Working Remotely in Times of Crisis. How to Stay Productive and Deliver Amazing Customer Experiences from Far Away. Shep Hyken interviews Daniel Ramsey, CEO of MyOutDesk. They discuss strategies for adapting to a remote workforce without sacrificing productivity, connection or the customer experience. Top Takeaways: These are strange and unprecedented times.

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Myra Golden Media

APRIL 20, 2020

I read that the average customer service call lasts 2 minutes longer than it needs to. Often, we don’t know how to get an angry customer to back down, or we struggle to move a customer from venting to a solution. Or we don’t want to be rude when trying to wrap things up with a friendly, talkative customer. The problem with longer calls is the impact it has on customers who are on hold waiting for help.

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Lumoa

APRIL 22, 2020

Conducting B2B customer surveys is for many a struggle. There are two major problems that B2B surveys often experience; not able to collect enough responses and hard to act on the feedback. Learn how to overcome these typical B2B survey problems.

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