June, 2022

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Supporting the Agent/Customer Experience

Contact Center Pipeline

Earlier this year, the Harvard Business Review published 11 trends they believe will shape the workplace in 2022 and beyond. These trends acknowledge a key reality for many employers right now: as the U.S. economy approaches full employment, competition for employees is critical. At the same time, the labor market is in the midst of […].

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The One Where There is No One Ideal Customer

CCNG

On a recent episode of CX Passport, Elaine Lee, Managing Director of ReynoldsBusbyLee and I discussed how it takes a real understanding of a real customer to know how to deliver the right customer experience. A key point for Elaine is how companies are undervaluing the contact center and the rich opportunities that exist there to gain customer insights.

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How can artificial intelligence help shape the future of collections?

Callminer

AI can play a vital role in the collections strategy. CallMiner’s Rick Britt, VP of AI, explore how at Credit Connects Online Collections Technology Think Tank on 7th July at 11:55am BST.

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Good Intentions Can Be More Important Than Perfection

ShepHyken

Not long ago, I wrote about calling your customer or an employee “honey.” It generated dozens of comments. One of our subscribers made a good point.? . He agreed that the lesson is about being “socially correct,” but perhaps we should look beyond the name that is used and instead consider the intent of the person using it. He was saying that the server may have intended to create a warm and friendly atmosphere, and calling a person “honey” was her way of doing it.

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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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5 Rules for Effective Customer Research That Make A Difference

Beyond Philosophy

Podcast Summary. A lot of the behavioral sciences can feel intimidating. However, it doesn’t have to be. The Five Rules Podcast Series is our attempt at giving you an easy entry point into the complex and messy world of Behavioral Science. 5 Rules for Effective Customer Research That Make A Difference. Customer research is an essential part of any organization’s customer strategy.

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According to Steve #5 – A Little of This, A Little of That

Steve DiGioia

I used to work with a general manager who, as you walked through the hotel halls with him, would make a point of picking up a piece of trash off the floor. I know he was testing to see if you’d pick up the next piece. It was fun watching those new employees who didn’t know about his tactic. Now that masks are coming off, look for people who smile easily.

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Work from Home… Are You Sure of the Future?

Contact Center Pipeline

In October 2021 I read that according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), cigarette sales were up for the first time in twenty years. My initial thought was that this was due to Work from Home (WFH). When I began to look into it, I found that in addition to increased cigarette sales, so were […].

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4 eras of AI innovation in conversation intelligence

Callminer

Want to know more about AI’s role in conversation intelligence? This blog looks at four eras of AI and the impact they’ve made on customer-centric companies.

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The Difference Between Good and Great

ShepHyken

If you had to have surgery, would you rather go to the most skilled surgeon or the nicest surgeon? . I was at a party the other night and someone I met shared his opinion of the difference between a good doctor and a great doctor. A good doctor makes you well. A great doctor makes you well and calls you the next day to see how you’re doing. . I thought about that all weekend.

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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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Helping AI Help Agents: A Better Way to Use AI Applications in the Contact Center

Upstream Works

By: Rob McDougall, CEO, Upstream Works Software. I’ve been reading This I Know: Marketing Lessons from UNDER THE INFLUENCE by Terry O’Reilly, and something he said really stuck with me. When talking about a company’s mission – its reason for being – he said that you need to go back in time to when you first started the company.

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3 Costly Points of Failure in Omnichannel Customer Experience and How to Fix Them

TechSee

Providing a digital, omnichannel customer experience is a clear imperative. Allowing customers the flexibility to digitally self-serve can dramatically increase customer satisfaction, and lower your operating costs. Gartner reports that self-service costs around $0.10 per contact compared to live channels which cost an average of $8.01 per contact. However, current technology solutions are not meeting demand.

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Preparing For Supply Chain Bottlenecks With BPO Support

Outsource Consultants

Getting products into consumers’ hands is taking longer than in pre-COVID times. A combination of factors, including concerns with border crossing, labor shortages, and manufacturing slowdowns are wreaking havoc on the domestic supply chain and disrupting commerce across multiple industries. Contact center agents are on the front lines of this growing problem, answering customer inquiries and giving shipping updates.

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Inside View: Laura Sikorski on Analytics

Contact Center Pipeline

I had a conversation recently with Laura Sikorski, who is an independent consultant and leading contact center industry authority, on the critical topic of analytics. “An example of a lesson learned with analytics is the increased usage of the chat channel—about 20% per year since 2016.” Laura Sikorski Her expertise and work focuses on operations […].

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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!

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What’s driving customer facing technology investment in local councils?

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager What’s driving customer facing technology investment in local councils? Published on: June 15, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager What’s driving customer facing technology investment in local councils? Digital technology offers local councils enormous potential in how they serve their local communities.

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A Lesson from Michelangelo: Details Matter

ShepHyken

I don’t know if it’s true, but it doesn’t matter. This is a great story with a great lesson. . Michelangelo was standing on his scaffold as he worked on painting a tiny leaf on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A colleague looked up from far below and shouted, “Why are you so concerned about painting that little leaf? Nobody from this distance will ever know.” .

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How to Sell Customer Experience to Your Organisation

Lumoa

If you want people in your organisation to appreciate the value of customer experience, you need to learn how to sell customer experience (CX) to those who are not dealing with it day in and day out. It’s a rather simple idea to understand, but not an easy thing to do in practice. And that’s why CX is an area of business that’s often underappreciated, undervalued, and overlooked.

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What is a Key Differentiator of Conversational AI?

Solvvy

You’ve probably noticed that your customers are impatient. When they search your website for answers or reach out for customer service or support, they want answers now. Chatbots help you meet this demand by allowing your customers to type or ask a question and get an answer immediately. But the relevance of that answer can vary depending on the type of technology that powers the solution.

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Decoding the Call Labeling and Blocking Process

Uncover the complexity behind call labeling and blocking with this infographic. Discover the intricate factors and entities that shape the fate of a call, from illegal activity to user feedback, and understand why numbers get labeled and blocked.

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4 Ways to Keep Your Remote Agents Engaged

Outsource Consultants

In just a few short years, working remotely has gone from something largely reserved for special situations to an expectation for positions that reasonably allow for it. Before 2020, many employers were wary, citing concerns about eroding camaraderie and dwindling productivity as barriers to a work-from-home policy. However, after taking the remote work model for a mandated test drive, many employers – including outsource call centers – have embraced the idea as a permanent option.

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8 Best Chatbots for WordPress or How to Change Customer Communication for the Better

HelpCrunch

Hey! ?? I am your assistant for today. I dare you to ask me anything – all the answers are around the corner. I bet you’ve seen such a message (or alike) at least once [ … ]. The post 8 Best Chatbots for WordPress or How to Change Customer Communication for the Better appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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3 key CX gaps between companies and their customers

Eptica

Date: Friday, June 10, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager 3 key CX gaps between companies and their customers. Published on: June 10, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Understanding the customer is the start point of delivering excellence in customer service. However, research covered in our latest blog identifies three disconnects between companies and their customers when it comes to the customer experience.

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Feedback Narcissism

ShepHyken

The word narcissism is seldom used in a positive way. Google narcissism and you find the definition from Oxford Languages is “ an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance. ” In medical terms, the Mayo Clinic says a narcissistic personality disorder is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, and a lack of empathy for others.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Enhancing Customer Engagement Through Interactive Communications

Topdown

Understanding that communication plays an integral role in our everyday lives aids in creating and executing on effective management strategies. Not only within a company, but this also is reflected in the way an organization communicates and interacts with their consumers and customers. Communication truly lays the foundation for any relationship. From there, trust is built, loyalty is developed, and other positives are able to stem, grow, and compound.

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How to Use Touchpoint Mapping to Optimize the Customer Journey

Nicereply

Optimizing the customer journey is one of the best ways to ensure your sales funnel converts well and maintains a high ROI. It also boosts customer satisfaction, increasing customer retention, loyalty, and overall brand affinity. So, how exactly can you optimize the customer journey? Touchpoint mapping is a great place to start. Touchpoint mapping involves tracing and outlining all touchpoints or interactions a customer has with your brand.

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Six Customer Success Email Templates to Save Your CS Team Time

Totango

Customer success email templates form a foundation for effective CS automation. While customer success management can result in a rewarding payoff, it can also be very time-consuming if you don’t use the right strategies. Keeping in touch with your clients is the best way to minimize churn, but it can take considerable time if you do it manually.

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6 Insights and 2 Themes to Help You on Your Customer Experience Journey

McorpCX

Fixing CX Potholes and Using Roadmaps for Your CX program: Insights from Forrester CX North America 2022. The presentations at Forrester CX North America 2022 , which took place June 7-9 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, were full of amazing insights and information. But as always, there were a few key takeaways that stood out for me.

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The US Customer Experience Decision-Makers' Guide 2022-23

Business and consumer surveys carried out in the course of the research for this guide show that while improving the customer experience is high on the agenda for many organizations, most businesses are still a long way from where they want to be. In this guide, you'll find various findings and suggested strategies for maximizing the customer experience while improving profitability and managing cost.

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How self-service is evolving and how to deploy it

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager How self-service is evolving and how to deploy it. Published on: June 01, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager 91% of contact centres now have some form of self-service in place for customers according to the ContactBabel Inner Circle Guide to AI-powered Self-Service.

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Another Lesson on How to Handle Angry Customers: Don’t Smell the Milk

ShepHyken

At a recent conference, I enjoyed an interview with a business owner who shared some of his customer service philosophies. His name is Jake, and he is a very smart guy. He taught several lessons that day, but the one that stood out was how he handles angry customers. Specifically, it was a lesson he called Don’t Smell the Milk. . Early in Jake’s career, he worked at a grocery store.

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Leverage Auto Dialer Software to Boost Call Connect Rate

Hodusoft

Leverage Auto Dialer Software to Boost Call Connect Rate Most businesses make calls to prospective customers as a strategic part of their operations. In every call center and contact center software auto dialer software outbound feature helps to dial out a set of contacts automatically. However, customer calling is such an overused activity that now, the customers have stopped answering most of the calls.