Callminer

APRIL 17, 2014

Failing to protect customer privacy can result in serious fines and reputation issues. Here are 5 keys to PCI compliance in the call center.

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Call Center 207

Win the Customer

APRIL 7, 2014

'You don''t need notoriety. With persistence, teamwork, efficiency, effectiveness and individual responsibility have proven time and again to accomplish unfathomable tasks.

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Joe Rawlinson

APRIL 16, 2014

'Navigating today’s consumer marketplace is rather like walking a tightrope on a windy day. Fierce competition, rapidly changing technologies, and a customer base that is exposed to an omnipresent barrage of marketing campaigns are making it increasingly difficult to stay the course. Your customers are your number one asset and the best way to ensure your success is to serve those customers better than anyone else in your industry.

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PeopleMetrics

APRIL 2, 2014

'I recently sent out a pitch on HARO (Help A Reporter Out). If you haven’t gotten on the HARO bandwagon, you’re missing out. It is a fantastic network of news sources with journalists and expert opinions. And everyone’s technically an expert in something. So pro-tip: you sign up, you benefit. Last week I wrote on a bad customer service example in social media, " How To Disappoint Customers on Social Media: A Cautionary Twitter Tale " and was interested in exploring what custome

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Kristina Evey

APRIL 4, 2014

'Who would you prefer to spend your money with – someone who gets to know you and values your business, or at a company where you feel like just another number? Customers are willing to spend more money on a product that they know is not necessarily “state of the art” based on the feeling that they are being treated well. Contrary to popular belief, buying decisions are not based on price, but by the feeling that the customer gets when they do business with us.

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Callminer

APRIL 2, 2014

For performance marketers, the contact center plays a crucial role. Here are 3 ways speech analytics can improve agent performance in sales-based call centers.

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Win the Customer

APRIL 1, 2014

'Why do customers still hold on to the need to for a human-to-human interaction, even when the information available with technology is much more abundant and accurate than relying solely upon a human being?

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Personalization Technology Customer Experience Management 130

Joe Rawlinson

APRIL 28, 2014

'You’ve probably heard about Pareto’s famous 80/20 principle. The truth is that those magic numbers can help predict great opportunity and success for your business. You just need to apply them to your customers, products, and company. The question for me was always around how to do that. Fortunately, Perry Marshall’s book 80/20 Sales and Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More helps bridge the gap between theories and how you can take action with it in

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PeopleMetrics

APRIL 8, 2014

'In order to deliver a good customer experience, a company must first be customer-centric. Last week I wrote on the nuances of customer service and customer-centricity in “ Why Great Customer Service Isn’t Enough to Be Customer-Centric ” For those who are not reading my every post with rapt attention, I used the HARO (Help A Reporter Out) service to put out an APB for customer-centric companies to learn from.

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GetFeedback

APRIL 8, 2014

Today, we're proud to announce GetFeedback Spring '14: a bundle of new survey features available immediately to all of our users. Take a quick tour!

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Amity

APRIL 10, 2014

Amity is an innovative company. As an innovative company we need to use the latest and greatest tools to allow us to deliver as much value as we can as quickly as possible. This is why Amity uses AngularJS for our front end code. For those unfamiliar, AngularJS is an open-source software development framework for the JavaScript programming language.

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Callminer

APRIL 24, 2014

CallMiner has compiled a list of 6 must-read research reports that cover trends & challenges shaping the contact center industry’s future. Read more.

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Win the Customer

APRIL 21, 2014

'We all have weaknesses we''re trying to fix. But is a slight improvement in an area of weakness making the greatest impact to your service experience?

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Customer Service 139

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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ForeSee

APRIL 2, 2014

'When I joined the mobile team at ForeSee, I was surprised at how many clients used ForeSee to measure and improve the web customer experience on desktop but were not. The post Three Reasons Why You Need to Measure the Mobile Experience Right Now appeared first on ForeSee.

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Customer Experience 45

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 23, 2014

'Customer trust is a topic that we are seeing in more and more of our clients’ customer feedback data. We have learned that customers define trust in two ways: The firm conviction in the reliability of an organization’s services and. The belief that they have your best interests in mind. If we get trust right there are great benefits to be realized including undying loyalty to the brand and positive word-of-mouth.

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GetFeedback

APRIL 11, 2014

Several days ago, a vulnerability was announced in the software that powers encryption across most of the Internet (OpenSSL).

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Amity

APRIL 8, 2014

As Customer Success continues to be a hot topic within many organizations, it is becoming more apparent that defining the role of Customer Success within the product development process is very critical. Over the years there have been traditional and non-traditional methods of understanding what should go into new product and/or feature design. I think we can all agree evaluating this process involves several decision points including the impact of a new product or feature to both new and exist

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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Callminer

APRIL 10, 2014

Investing in speech analytics software is a big decision. Check out these 6 questions to help you find a solution to suit your needs.

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Analytics 182

Win the Customer

APRIL 14, 2014

'Bad service happens because there’s an inherent disconnect between the expectations of the customer and the demands of the call center.

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TASKE Technology

APRIL 7, 2014

In the past, we’ve talked about how it’s critical to keep your agents motivated and engaged. Customer satisfaction is directly affected by whether your agents care to handle callers and their issues efficiently and professionally. We’ve provided some tips for increasing agent engagement, such as providing higher-value work and offering incentives during peak periods , as well as making sure agents aren’t over- or under-worked.

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Employee engagement Call Center Contact Center Feedback 40

Customer Interactions

APRIL 15, 2014

'The aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing demonstrated the power of an effective emergency response. Law enforcement officials immediately snapped into action to control the situation; protect the victims, spectators, and athletes; and move mountains to identify and track down the suspects. A lot went right in the first minutes, hours, and days after the bombing, thanks in part to the advanced preparation of the agencies involved.

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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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Brad Cleveland Blog

APRIL 17, 2014

So, how do you get started? Let’s begin with a short note on definition. Mobile is often referred to as a “channel” in contact center circles… but it’s, of course, much more.

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Amity

APRIL 2, 2014

Wow! The Customer Success Meetup has reached 127 members and is still growing strong. The advocacy marketing experts at Influitive hosted a great event at their cool new offices. About half of the audience was attending for the first time and most were in a Customer Success role. After kicking off the meeting, Julie Persofsky provided a brief introduction to Influitive and then handed the presentation over to Chad Horenfeldt.

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Win the Customer

APRIL 10, 2014

'Focus on working smarter, not harder. Three tips can help you streamline your business and work cost effectively without cutting corners that impact your customers.

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Win the Customer

APRIL 3, 2014

'Some organizations thrive, and it’s usually because of high performing sales and service teams being closely aligned around a clear customer experience.

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TASKE Technology

APRIL 7, 2014

In the past, we’ve talked about how it’s critical to keep your agents motivated and engaged. Customer satisfaction is directly affected by whether your agents care to handle callers and their issues efficiently and professionally. We’ve provided some tips for increasing agent engagement, such as providing higher-value work and offering incentives during peak periods , as well as making sure agents aren’t over- or under-worked.

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Customer Interactions

APRIL 17, 2014

'Electric utilities are already highly regulated when it comes to securing critical cyber assets, but an incident in Silicon Valley last year has brought physical security to the forefront for the industry. At 1 a.m. on April 16, 2013, just one day after the Boston Marathon bombings, someone using automatic rifles opened fire on the Metcalf transmission substation, shooting for a full 19 minutes and leaving the scene only one minute before the police arrived.

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Customer Interactions

APRIL 10, 2014

'I can only imagine what it feels like sending children off to college – launching them from the protective environment of home into the world of higher education. It’s where they begin to shape the future – or at least their own. After experiencing the ‘teen years’ I’m sure many parents feel some degree of relief.

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