BlueOcean
JANUARY 8, 2019
One negative customer experience may seem like a drop in the ocean of all your customer interactions, but it’s never that simple. Consider these statistics from a recent survey from NewVoiceMedia: After experiencing poor customer service: • 37% of customers would change their supplier. • 28% would post a negative online review. • 26% would complain via social media. • 13% would tell friends/colleagues. • 10% would inform the media.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 10, 2019
Understanding Customers’ Mental Budgets. I won some money at a Casino recently, an unusual outcome for me. It wasn’t a huge amount, but it was a nice windfall. Did I spend it on something practical? No. Save it? Nope. Give it to charity? Not a chance. I bought a fancy new fishing reel that I had my eye on but previously had felt was too expensive. It’s excellent, and I couldn’t be happier.
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Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 10, 2019
Like the pilings of the Brooklyn Bridge or the steel and concrete foundation of a building, organizations need to rest upon solid ground. That means a solid foundation and one that drives management practices, technology acquisitions, and customer relationships. Contact centers must operate on solid ground or they will crumble. The result is increased costs […].
ShepHyken
JANUARY 9, 2019
Some people claim that customer service is getting worse. I disagree. Customers are getting smarter and expecting more. The customer service “bar” is raised by great companies who teach us what good customer service should be. And, when there is a customer service “horror story,” it seems to stand out much more than when everything is right and works the way it’s supposed to.
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CX Accelerator
JANUARY 7, 2019
I’m not known for being quick on the uptake by those closest to me. A couple prime examples include long division and driving a stick-shift. When my only option was a manual transmission, my parents just sort of cut me loose on the streets of Rancho Cucamonga, California to learn to drive (Yes, I already had my driver’s license but on an automatic transmission).
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Callminer
JANUARY 6, 2019
3 questions from our recent webinar with Praxidia on how speech analytics can improve customer engagement as well as reduce operating costs, improve agent performance.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 7, 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. What’s in the box? Insights into the Subscription Based Economy by Sonakshi Nathak. (LinkedIn) Glancing over the New York Times app for your daily briefings as you brew your coffee, you head to the counter to discover a box from Blue Apron to prepare Mexican-Sp
Steve DiGioia
JANUARY 7, 2019
My ham and cheese omelet was delicious, cooked perfectly and piping hot. Bite after bite I tore into the food while thinking of what lies ahead for my day. Another swallow to savor then I heard it…. “I can’t take these people, I hate customers!”. I looked around to see another waitress mumbling and shaking her head as she walked through the diner. She clearly was upset at something that happened.
CX Global Media
JANUARY 8, 2019
Supervisor training with Call Center Coach’s virtual boot camps can take on a variety of developmental areas. A primary mission in modern learning is to disrupt the the old-school ways of training and provide ways for modern learners to be more engaged and to “do” new things, instead of just learning about it. Virtual boot camps provide a hands-on and action-based way for contact supervisor training to deliver greater value.
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.
Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 8, 2019
A Q&A with author and customer experience pioneer Jeanne Bliss. In her latest book, Would You Do That to Your Mother? The “Make Mom Proud” Standard for How to Treat Your Customers, customer experience pioneer Jeanne Bliss saves companies from their worst behaviors and brings out their best with one simple test for everything they […].
ShepHyken
JANUARY 11, 2019
This week we feature an article by Agi Marx who shares 3 ways to close the customer feedback loop to prevent churn and increase revenue. – Shep Hyken. What is the customer feedback loop? Customer feedback loop is the practice of responding to customers meaningfully when they leave feedback. For example, if a customer complains about being overcharged, the company may respond with an apology and issue a refund.
Lumoa
JANUARY 8, 2019
Find out what are 5 leading trends in B2B customer experience management in 2019. Drive your business-to-business operations to customer success and advocacy. Understand the influence of customer feedback on B2B operations.
Peter Lavers
JANUARY 10, 2019
Peter Lavers contributes to a new e-book from Panviva: Build a Better Customer Experience – Tips from 10 CX Industry Experts! 10 leading influencers and innovators in the customer experience (CX) field have contributed to this great new e-book from Panviva, and I’m delighted to be one of them! . Each contributing author – including my fellow IBM Futurist Shep Hyken – has shared their tried and tested secrets for building that rare combination of happy agents and loyal cu
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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.
Contact Center Pipeline
JANUARY 9, 2019
“How dare you call my employer to confirm my job status!” “The mortgage broker said my house was worth more than you think!” “My credit rating shouldn’t change because I quit my job and started my own business!” Do these customer complaints sound familiar? My clients in the financial services industry are faced with these […].
Customer Contact Central Submitted Articles
JANUARY 10, 2019
Whatever industry your business is a part of, here’s a simple strategy to turn classic “customer experience” theories into a practical approach to Wow your customers.
ProProfs Blog
JANUARY 10, 2019
A robust customer service strategy helps your brand increase its customer base and also keep its existing ones delighted. However, building an amazing strategy requires an organization to keep up with the changing customer service trends every year. While many experts in this segment may offer you great insights, finding all the trends at one place is kind of tricky.
Avoxi
JANUARY 10, 2019
With a wide array of client engagements and an extensive background in telecom and IT industries, Customer Experience Expert Ben Motteram excels at measuring the customer experience. He also understands the risks and rewards communications providers face as they attempt to align resources with customer needs. Learn from the @CXpert’s customer undertakings and wisdom.
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!
Nextiva
JANUARY 10, 2019
There are a million ways to communicate with your customers these days, but voice communication is still a step above all the tweets and chat boxes out there. That’s why a business phone line is so important. Being available to answer questions or assist with issues on the phone can make all the difference to […]. The post How Much Is A Business Phone Line?
UJET
JANUARY 10, 2019
Great omnichannel support requires the right tools and training to ensure that your team provides a consistent customer experience. As your company grows, you'll need to support a higher volume of customers—which means scaling your customer-support team to meet their needs.
Fonolo
JANUARY 10, 2019
Outsourcing work is appealing for many reasons: It can save your business money, resources, and under the right circumstances, a serious headache. Almost any element of a company can be outsourced, anything from data entry to graphic design. However, the decision becomes more complicated when outsourcing means that another company will be in interacting with your customers.
The Northridge Group
JANUARY 9, 2019
Consumers are facing an explosion of choices. In the 1990s, the average grocery store carried 7,000 items. Today’s grocery stores carry 40,000 items. The internet allows consumers to compare car insurance rates in seconds, discover a new makeup product by watching a social media star on YouTube, or get recommendations for plumbers from 500 of their closest friends.
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.
Nextiva
JANUARY 7, 2019
Every business needs a phone service. You have customers to call, vendors to bargain with, and teams to coordinate. Sure, you can use email, smartphones, and messaging apps. But nothing really comes close to a reliable, always-on phone service purposely designed to optimize voice-based communications and help your business keep in touch with people who […].
ProProfs Blog
JANUARY 10, 2019
Gone are the days when companies could ignore the value of customer support. Customers today are highly demanding and look for instant help. They hate to wait when they have to get their problems resolved. Humans in your customer support team are increasingly finding it difficult to delight your customers. This is why you need another member of the team who makes their life easy.
Customer Experience Matters
JANUARY 7, 2019
If you’ve followed our research, then you know that we’ve always viewed employee engagement as a fundamental component of customer experience. One of our Six Laws of Customer Experience is that “Unengaged employees don’t create engaged customers.” It just makes sense. How can you possibly expect to consistently deliver great customer experience with apathetic or disengaged employees?!?!
GetFeedback
JANUARY 7, 2019
Live chat customer service has become an expectation to the modern customer—more than half of all customers prefer chatting with someone in real time via chat rather than picking up their phone. As a result, live chat is expected to grow by as much as 87% in the next 12-18 months. While live chat is the perfect addition to any customer service program, it doesn’t come without its challenges.
Speaker: Steve Pappas, Chief Strategist, Startup and Early Stage Growth Advisor, Keynote Speaker, CX Podcaster
As businesses strive for success in an increasingly digitized world, delivering an exceptional customer experience has become paramount. To meet this demand, enterprises are embracing innovative approaches that captivate customers and fuel their loyalty. 💥 Enter conversational AI - an absolute game-changer (if done right) in redefining CX norms.
Nextiva
JANUARY 9, 2019
If you’re running a business, chances are you have some sort of phone system in place. At some point you may start considering an upgrade to your phones or perhaps shopping for a new system altogether. As part of this process, you’ll probably be asking yourself, “How many phone lines do I need for my […]. The post How Many Phone Lines Do I Need for My Business?
ProProfs Blog
JANUARY 10, 2019
Are you proud of your customer service? Do you always have happy customers? Are your agents not overloaded with piles of tickets demanding immediate resolution? If your answers to these questions are a “No”, it is high time you employ in your business – a customer support tool, such as help desk ticketing software. Operational efficiency matters the most in customer service.
InTheChat
JANUARY 10, 2019
In our last post, we talked about the difficulty of balancing the excitement that the limitless potential of digital technology inspires against the practical realities of implementation on a large scale, which led us to ask: Wasn’t 2018. The post Wasn’t 2018 supposed to be the year of the chatbot? What happened? appeared first on InTheChat.
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