Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 10, 2018
Popular belief has long held that oldest children are responsible, high achievers. And recent social science research indicates that this trait extends to their careers. As explained in this National Public Radio report , firstborn children have the benefit of their parents’ undivided attention early in life, and that advantage can influence their development.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 12, 2018
This week we feature an article by Mike Schoultz who shares his top 20 list of myths on customer experience not to tell yourself or things you should never say to a customer. This is a great list and one you should pay attention too. – Shep Hyken. The problem is never how to get new ideas into your mind, but how to eliminate the old ideas. Customer service designs that are remarkable get talked about.
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Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 11, 2018
Of the most impactful priorities for contact centers in 2017, customer experience was at the top of the list. In a competitive landscape where consumers are inundated with options, delivering a seamless customer experience can be a key differentiator in building engaged, loyal customers. As we kick off 2018, businesses will continue to improve the […].
Myra Golden Media
JANUARY 8, 2018
This is you. Confident and Prepared. So, my 14-year son old got contact lenses for the first time last week. He’s struggling to get the contacts in. Every morning Warren comes downstairs to my bathroom so I can help him with his technique. More than once he’s said, “I freakin’ hate contacts!” He even asked me to hold his upper eyelid up and steady for him.
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Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 8, 2018
I am apprehensive about my industry. Having worked in Customer Experience since 2002, I may be too much of a purist. However, for a while now, I have been writing about the decline and dilution of the discipline of Customer Experience. From changing titles but not behavior to a poor understanding of what customers want, the trends are troublesome. My concerns only grow as we roll into 2018.
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Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 10, 2018
The ability to work from home continues to top the list of desired benefits for employees seeking better work-life balance. Over the past five to 10 years, technology has enabled the growth of remote work across sectors and professions, and research suggests that nearly one-third of the U.S. workforce will be working remotely by 2025 […].
Callminer
JANUARY 9, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) gives machines the ability to learn from experience as they take in more data and perform tasks like humans.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 10, 2018
Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Most organizations do not fully understand, or leverage, the key linkages between customer experience and employee experience/behavior. Enterprises typically focus on employee satisfaction or engagement, in the belief that high levels in either area will directly drive customer loyalty.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 9, 2018
Doing the Opposite of Normal Can Lead to Better Customer Service. Shep Hyken Interviews Jesse Cole, Author of Find Your Yellow Tux. Do your “fans” come first? When customers come first, success follows. . . ? <span style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” data-mce-type=”bookmark” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?
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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
Steve DiGioia
JANUARY 8, 2018
This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. Do you reach out on social media to the businesses you purchase from? If not, why not? Your Facebook or Twitter account provides an opportunity to let them know how happy you are with their product – or not! So, how do you tell if your favorite brand monitors social media? Many of you have read an earlier post of mine where I told the story of when Zappos, very unexpectedly, sent me a tweet in response to a conversation I had with a friend in a
Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 9, 2018
In June 2017, at Call Center Week in Vegas, OpenText Qfiniti received the Workforce Optimization Provider of the Year Award. During the evening gala, my colleague Matthew Storm went on stage to accept the award and gave the following statement: “The era of clunky call recording, bad coaching and crappy scheduling is over.” The audience […].
Aspect
JANUARY 12, 2018
In 50 cities across the U.S., Amazon is supplementing their USPS deliveries at times of peak demand using drivers contracting directly with Amazon in a program called Amazon Flex. Tapping for-hire drivers, each batch of deliveries is essentially a “gig” in the quickly growing trend of the Gig Economy. Popularized by Uber and Lyft, the Gig Economy pairs independent, on-demand contractors with organizations for short-term engagements.
Call Center Weekly
JANUARY 10, 2018
How does the SaaS customer experience differ from traditional business models? Any customer experience has some of the same steps in the journey. At some point, a prospect begins to narrow down selecting a purchase, for example, and at some point they buy. The SaaS customer journey leans heavily on the customer to understand the product before buying, and that's why trial periods are so popular.
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.
Myra Golden Media
JANUARY 8, 2018
Here’s what our current customers tell us are the three most fantastic things about our customer service eLearning. We show our three best features in this short video. 1. Custom website and branding. When your employees log in to their training, it feels like they are taking the training within your company because we give you a unique URL and upload your logo. 2.
Victor Midgley
JANUARY 10, 2018
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ShepHyken
JANUARY 6, 2018
This might be one of the more intriguingly conceptual ideas I've seen in a while. PSA & Public Interest Read more about Bridge Music Academy "The racist keyboard" (2018) 2:00 (India). Add new comment.
Lumoa
JANUARY 9, 2018
Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX transformation is no longer a nice-to-have, it's a necessity” – concludes Forrester , one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world. It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices.
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!
Customers That Stick
JANUARY 8, 2018
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Victor Midgley
JANUARY 10, 2018
Often times when we think we are having a conversation with another person, what is occurring is more an illusion rather than a reality. To put it bluntly, we are often clueless to how the other person is receiving our message. So, how can you avoid falling into the “CLUELESS-ZONE?
ShepHyken
JANUARY 6, 2018
Flexon Eyewear's memory frames are nearly indestructible which is pretty cool because they are on the edge of technology. Health & Beauty Read more about Flexon Eyewear "VR experience" (2018) 1:00 (2018) (USA). Add new comment.
360Connext
JANUARY 8, 2018
Customer experience repair and improvement can be completely overwhelming! There are so many areas to tackle. Those surveys don’t develop and send themselves. Then you simply must understand the journey by undertaking a robust customer journey mapping process. And of course, don’t forget to educate the executives and employees throughout your organization!
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.
UJET
JANUARY 11, 2018
Customer experience is one of the largest competitive advantages for businesses today. With tons of knowledge and great minds to learn from, choosing where to focus your time can be a daunting task. But we have some good news: we’ve put together a list of five CX blogs you can follow to kick off the new year with great content delivered right to your inbox.
Amity
JANUARY 8, 2018
New Year’s, a time to symbolically start over. A time to right the wrongs of the past years, start fresh, and resolve to do better with whatever perceived shortcomings we have. But with most New Year’s resolutions, the excitement wears off around January 5th. At the first sight of cake or a mimosa, our resolutions easily become a distant memory.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 10, 2018
Sometimes, the most common-sense customer service tips are the most important. A while back, I was talking to my lawyer about the “client service” I experience from him and his firm. It was evident that he was truly interested in my feedback. My response was simple. “I just have one complaint. I wish you would respond quicker to my phone calls and emails.” .
Comm100
JANUARY 9, 2018
Running a successful business requires more than just a great product — it also means that you need to please your customers and ensure their satisfaction. However, knowing whether or not you are delivering service that meets their expectations can be difficult if you don’t reach out to them. Many businesses assume they know what their customers want, when those assumptions can be very different from their customer’s experiences.
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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.
Taylor Reach Group
JANUARY 6, 2018
Weekend Favs January 6 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.
ClearAction
JANUARY 10, 2018
What is Customer Centricity DNA? Lynn Hunsaker. What is customer-centricity DNA? Can you develop it, or must your business be “born” with it? DNA means “the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something, especially when regarded as unchangeable”. And centricity means “being situated at the center; a position of central prominence or importance”.
Customer Service Life
JANUARY 7, 2018
Each year ICMI accepts nominations for and then publishes their list of Top 50 Thought Leaders from the contact center industry. It has been a pleasure to be associated with ICMI through their conferences, webinars, book club, blog, and of course, the regular #ICMIChat Twitter chat every Tuesday at 10am Pacific time. We are pleased to announce that for the fourth consecutive year, we (Jenny and Jeremy) were honored to be included in the list of thought leaders.
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