February, 2022

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Hidden Talent: Tips to Find and Hire Willing Workers

CCNG

A sea change in talent acquisition happened in the past 20 years. Now it is time for another! Technology originally created to find the best talent, that at one time worked very well, now keeps qualified job candidates hidden from view as automated systems screen them out.

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Why Your Measurement is Killing Your Customer Experience And What to Do About it

Beyond Philosophy

I am surprised daily about how many organizations can’t articulate how their improvement in various experience measures, like Net Promoter Score® , will benefit the organization. This connection is essential to understand to create a winning customer strategy. .

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Make Your Customer Smarter: Create an Educational Experience

ShepHyken

It’s natural that you would gravitate toward a person you perceived as an expert. When someone demonstrates a level of expertise and shares information you didn’t know, you tend to trust them. That expertise creates confidence. .

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How do I assist a customer I suspect is dealing with mental illness?

Myra Golden Media

I facilitated five live digital De-escalation workshops last week. A student in one of my sessions spoke up during Q & A: “I have a question for Ms. Myra Golden. “How would we be able to handle a situation when we know or suspect that members are dealing with mental health?”

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How to Build an AI-Powered Contact Center as a Service Platform

Trusted by over 750 customers across industries, the LinkLive AI -Powered Contact Center platform empowers businesses to deliver trusted experiences through voice, video, chat, secure email, and more channels.

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Is It Really That Important That I’m Wearing a Name Tag?

Steve DiGioia

There’s always that one employee who refuses to follow directions. It seems that no matter how many times you talk to him, he continues to “forget” to do what he’s told or at worst, intentionally refuses to do it. So, what do you do with an employee like this?

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How to Turn Why Into ROI…

CCNG

As contact center leaders, we have a very good grasp of the work we do for customers (‘The What’), but what is far more challenging to unearth is ‘The Why’.

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5 Rules for Successfully Engaging With Senior Executives to Enhance your Career

Beyond Philosophy

One of the most valuable things I have learned in my career is how to work with senior executives. So, I wanted to share with everybody today five rules for successfully engaging with senior executives to enhance your career.

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The Light Switch Mentality??

ShepHyken

When you flip a light switch, you know exactly what to expect. The light comes on – right away. No hesitation. It happens immediately. . The human brain loves instant results. Let’s use the TV as an example. It was a number of years ago, but I remember the frustrating feeling like it was yesterday.

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Let’s Talk Psychological Priming! Live 2/10 @ 10:00 am CT

Myra Golden Media

Learn how to guide challenging customers to the next steps using Psychological Priming! Pour up a cup of coffee and join me live! . Customer Experience Design

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enhance your professional development and lifelong learning.

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Is Your Pocket on Fire and Nobody Notices? – Tip #37

Steve DiGioia

Why do some businesses lose sight of the big picture when it comes to their customers? We all want the “big sale” and may prioritize the customers as they come in our doors; the biggest customer goes to the best salesperson; the little customers are portioned out among the weaker newbies.

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Nextiva named a Best Software Award winner in G2 2022 user rankings

Nextiva

Nextiva was named a G2 Best Software Award winner in two categories: Collaboration & Productivity and Global Sellers.

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Don’t serve to satisfy customers. Serve to WOW them.

Bill Quiseng

Don’t serve to satisfy customers. Serve to WOW them. The customer does not “journey” sequentially over time, from start to finish.

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Ten Unusual Tips to Ensure Your Company Beats the Odds And Last Over a Decade

Beyond Philosophy

My company had a significant birthday this year. Twenty years ago, in January 2002, I established my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. This year, the Financial Times recognized us as one of the best management consultancies for the fourth year in a row.

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The 2023 Customer Experience Management Value Index

Ventana Research named Verint an Exemplary Leader in the 2023 Customer Experience Management Value Index, leading in multiple categories including Adaptability, Manageability, Usability and Product Experience. Download the Index.

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A Restaurant that Offers Car Washes on the Menu

ShepHyken

I recently wrote an article about the little surprises that companies – and people – sometimes give us when we do business with them. We received some great feedback, and it got me thinking of other ways to surprise our customers. That’s what this follow-up is about.

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Customer service employees are therapists, cops, negotiators, and conflict-resolution experts

Myra Golden Media

Is every other customer demanding, “Get me a manager?” ” Do you find your customers more intense ? Are your employees burning out or quitting? It’s not just you. Everyone is seeing this change. I just read this quote from the New York Times.

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3 Strategies to Reduce Work-at-Home Employee Attrition

Virtual Live Labs

According to a recent McKinsey poll , the top three factors employees cited as reasons for quitting were: 1) They didn’t feel valued by their organizations (54 percent), 2) they didn’t feel valued by their managers (52 percent), and 3) they didn’t feel a sense of belonging at work (51 percent).

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6 Healthcare Call Center Best Practices

Callminer

Read this blog to learn how providers and organizations in the healthcare industry can improve their patients’ experiences through innovative call center services

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How Mature Are Your Digital Experiences? A Step-by-Step Guide to Improved CX

Read about Verint’s Digital Maturity Model, where we share real tactics and strategies to improve CX, based on what has worked for our clients around the world.

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Just In: Aircall Announces a Strategic Investment from HubSpot

aircall

To fuel the future of voice, HubSpot is making a strategic investment in Aircall, its #1 most installed telephony partner. This funding complements our shared customer-centric missions of delivering best-in-class technology paired with outstanding customer experiences for small and medium businesses.

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Unlocking The Future: How To Use Data To Predict Your Customers Next Move

Beyond Philosophy

The future of customer strategy is providing proactive experiences based on the predicted needs of your customers. The key to unlocking this future is your customer data, particularly the data you have collected about customer behavior.

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Amazing Business Radio: Stephanie Coradin

ShepHyken

Teaching Employees How to Smile. Serving Internal Customers First. Shep Hyken interviews Stephanie Coradin, founder of DEMBO Inc and an advocate of employee empowerment and dynamic leadership. They discuss how leaders can empower your customer service team by serving their internal customers first.

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Customer Success: What It Means, Why It Matters, and More

Help Scout

Customer success boosts lifetime customer value, creates stickier customers, and even provides deeply helpful product insights. Here’s our guide on how to do it well. Read the full article

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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Share Company-Wide Knowledge for Free With Guru's New Light User Role

Guru

We’re officially introducing Guru’s new free user role: Light users. This user role makes it easy for you to get your entire company on the same page and into the same knowledge base. company news

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Mapping Your SaaS Customer Journey in Seven Steps

Totango

Your SaaS customer journey map lays out optimized outcomes that lead to customer renewals, upsells, and referrals. Here, we’ll show you how to create your path to customer success.

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Chatbots vs. Humans: Which One Should You Choose And Why?

kommunicate

Last Updated on February 26, 2022 Customer service has always been important, but as the economy becomes more competitive, it is even more important that clients have a smooth interaction with your company. That’s the only way to retain customers and continue to grow in this economic climate.

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Critical Skill: Learn How to Recognize When People Have Made a Decision

Beyond Philosophy

Do you know when in your experience customers decide to buy from you or not? You should. Otherwise, how can you design an appropriate environment to get customers to decide to do what you want? It reminds me of the phrase, “Crossing the Rubicon.”

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

More than two years in, COVID-19 is far from over. Businesses are tasked with beating pre-COVID numbers, making marketing crucial. This is your time to create brand awareness, bring in the best leads, and play a vital role in new and existing profit.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 2-14-2022

ShepHyken

Each week I read many 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. Are You Asking the Right Customer Experience Questions? by Janelle Estes.

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How to Deal with Difficult Customers

Help Scout

Every support person needs to know how to deal with difficult customers. Read about different types of difficult customers and the best ways to help them. Read the full article

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7-Step Guide to Increasing Your Process Efficiency And Transforming Workflow

Guru

Maintaining efficient processes and a strong workflow is crucial to running a successful business. thought leadership

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