Customer Service Life

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Image by Ray Shrewsberry from Pixabay. This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on July 18, 2019. Click here to read the original post. When I took a job where I would direct quality efforts for an organization almost exactly four years ago, I must confess that I knew I had a lot to learn. While I was (and am) deeply passionate about awesome customer service, the act of creating a quality form and randomly monitoring a set of customer interactions was still a necessary evil when it

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As customer service leaders envision the contact center of the future, a key question is whether agents will need to come in to work at all. After all, the costs of operating a physical contact center are immense, and the challenges of training , motivating and retaining staff remain major pain points for all B2C organizations. As more companies embrace the possibilities offered by cloud-based infrastructure, the pros of employing a distributed workforce are now beginning to outweigh the cons.

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Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The percentage of people working from home has grown exponentially in recent years. New technologies make it so much easier for remote workers to perform their tasks. Creating an environment of collaboration can improve the performance of individuals and teams who don’t work face-to-face. It can also increase worker retention and enhance a caring culture […].

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

There is a difference between strategy and tactics when you’re trying to solve a business problem. Most people jump straight to tactics and implementation, because it is the concrete stuff, the stuff that we can start doing now. Too few business people step back and think about the larger strategy. However, strategy is essential to ensure that all your tactics are not a waste of time. .

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Not long ago I was with my friend, Nelson Griswold. He shared with me a phenomenon he referred to as the de-evolution of a business. It can mean the beginning of the end for a business, and it usually comes as a result of not listening to the company’s customers. This pattern mirrors one found in the entertainment business—the four stages of an actor.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Customer satisfaction surveys come in several forms, ranging from one question to many, and different types of surveys have different purposes and questions.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

How and Why We Stereotype People and Things. Stereotyping is not considered a good thing, certainly not in politically correct circles. However, our ability to do it is hard-wired into our brains, and it doesn’t only apply to people. We can stereotype an organization, too. Let’s say you need to name a type of business that is frustrating across the board.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Customer Centricity in Business. Building a Customer-Centric Company with Long-Lasting Value. Shep Hyken interviews Peter Fader and Sarah Toms. They discuss their new book, The Customer Centricity Playbook , and the “ Customer Centricity Manifesto ,” which teaches individuals and organizations how to build a customer-centric culture. The Interview with Peter Fader & Sarah Toms: A key term is CLV, which stands for “customer lifetime value.

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Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

As I write this month’s message, I’m looking out the window at a beautiful, sunny day in Annapolis, MD. The Weather Channel is predicting a different story for our friends to the south over our Labor Day holiday weekend as they are in the bulls-eye of Hurricane Dorian. It makes me think of the important […].

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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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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s what you need to know to make smart use of business intelligence solutions.

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ProProfs Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Do you know that the world’s most popular and widely used content management system now powers 34% of all websites on the internet? Question is, why is WordPress so popular? Well, it is easy to use and business owners don’t require professional skills to set up their website on the popular CMS platform. But no matter how much ease it brings to a business owner, there are a few goals that everyone wishes to meet.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This week we feature an article by Christina Lutrell about understanding the shifting consumer experience while maintaining your customer’s trust. As we know, consumer experience and expectations have changed rapidly in response to new technologies, market forces and security concerns. With an increasing number of high visibility data breaches every year and mobile playing a more prominent role in everyday transactions, consumers are not only becoming more aware and involved in protecting

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Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Intradiem has been providing services to the contact center industry for almost 25 years. Contact Center Pipeline was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with CEO Matt McConnell to learn more about the organization and workforce automation platform. Q. What makes Intradiem unique in the industry? Intradiem is the only company in our industry […].

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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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GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We’re already halfway through 2019 and no one can deny the rising demand for better customer experiences. Companies are now using machine learning technology to improve customer experience and traditional institutions usually resistant to change are coming under pressure from a customer base that wants more. Our list of the top CX articles of 2019 covers all these topics and more. .

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Aspect

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Can you turn business insights into reduced operating costs? Yes! Speech analytics creates opportunities within your organization to uncover valuable insights by analyzing customer sentiment. This creates a positive impact to your bottom line, including: Reduced Quality Management Costs. Contact centers lack the time and manpower to evaluate a statistically significant random sample of agent interactions.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

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. The #1 Guide To Customer Experience Conferences in 2020 by Krishna Charan. (Feshdesk) To help you figure out which events to attend, we have curated a region-wise list of top customer experience conferences around the world.

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UJET

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

UJET leverages enterprise-grade compliance and security standards to secure its customers’ data. As part of our continuing effort to comply with GDPR and other data privacy and protection regulations, UJET has finalized its certification to both the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield. . When evaluating customer support solutions, it is critical that multinational companies understand that both company and customer data is being handled and protected in a safe and secure w

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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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OctopusTech

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Curious to know about Google Lens and Google VPS (Visual Positioning System) then you have landed into a perfect place. Here, is the glimpse of Google Lens and Google VPS (Visual Positioning System). Introduction. What is Google Lens? One of the Biggest announcement that GOOGLE made in 2017 was the launch of Google Lens, but that was primarily a Google Pixel-exclusive feature at launch.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

As a large travel management company, Omega World Travel continues to break new ground operationally and in the CX it provides to customers, thanks in large part to its move to NICE inContact and the CXone cloud-native platform. The company continues to develop innovative applications, from integrating with its proprietary reporting platform, Omegalytics, to harnessing the power of CXone APIs to broadcast SLA performance through Amazon Alexa and other devices.

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Transparent BPO

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Interview with Thom San Filippo, Vice President of Customer Service and Experience Design, Dow Jones Thom San Filippo Blocking and tackling. It’s a football term that refers to the unglamorous roles played by those on the offensive and defensive lines, which are critically important to the success of the team. It’s also a term used in business to describe the fundamental skills necessary to function well — and that includes the business of customer service in the contact center.

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VirtualPBX

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Are you ready for a months-long sale? We’re certainly ready to bring you one. Our End of Summer Cleanup is here! Each of the coming Fall months will have their own deals related to our Dash Business Phone System and its accessories. Begin this month with discounts at all levels of our phone system. Save in October on our integration with Zapier. And close out the season with special pricing on desk phones, conference phones, and other essential hardware.

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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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Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Homus Distractus: the all-too-familiar feeling of being easily distracted when working from the comfort of your home. Whether it’s kids asking for a snack, the pile of laundry staring at you from the floor or the gentle pull of Netflix… working from home comes with it’s own set of unique distractions. For me, my house is never cleaner than when I’m working against a deadline.

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CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

A few months back, I completed my 4th year in the Customer Success world. When I look back to the old me, I feel that I have learned a lot as a Customer Success Manager (CSM). Like all other roles, this one has its own challenges but there are a whole lot of fun bits too. There are days when you feel the Lord is testing your patience, but there are other ones which are oh-so rewarding.

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Joe Rawlinson

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Ever had that moment where you’re working your fingers to the bone to follow all these marketing trends, building your email lists, publishing share-worthy content and basically rocking your customers’ world…. But then, when you look at the revenue and the money you put in, you think “Where did all the money go?” You get frustrated and fret that you’re doing all the wrong things.

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GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We’re already halfway through 2019 and no one can deny the rising demand for better customer experiences. Companies are now.

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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.

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Avoxi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Request Demo Talk to an Expert Contact Us One of the key aspects of running a contact center is agent time management. And while most of your agents' time is spent on the phone, it's just as important to manage the time that your agents spend off the phone. As a provider of some of… The post How to Manage Call Center Agent Auxiliary Time appeared first on AVOXI.

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Customercount

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

We catch up with CustomerCount WRAP partner John Locher, the ideal professional to educate our marketplace about the feedback and survey tools we provide. Continue reading → The post John Locher – WRAP partner and timeshare Olympian appeared first on CustomerCount.

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Cisco - Contact Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Vaunted NASA engineer Gene Krantz, who directed the Apollo and Gemini space missions, was credited with coining the phrase “failure is not an option” in regards to solving the challenge of getting the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely. Is the same true for contact centers ? Too Many Options Can Lead to Errors. Researchers recently showed the effects of having too many choices.

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