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Guest Post: Predictions for Customer Behaviors and Digital CX Trends in 2022

ShepHyken

This week, we feature an article by Arvind Kumar, head of product marketing at Zonka Feedback , an all-in-one customer feedback and survey management software. He writes about the future of digital customer experience and explores the CX predictions and trends for 2022. Digital Marketing and purchasing have grown to a large extent over a couple of years.

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Why You Should Offer 24/7 Customer Service Support

Working Solutions

Satisfying your customer’s needs is vitally important to the success of your business. Happy customers translate to higher revenues as they buy more, and they keep coming back. Heightened expectations of those customers mean they demand 24/7 service and support. And prioritizing this type of engagement helps differentiate your business from your competition.

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5 Tips for Being More Transparent with Your Customers

CX Accelerator

I can remember it well. I was in charge of a contact center a few jobs ago and we were having our second outage in as many days. After service had been restored, I got a call from a customer. It just so happened to be from a customer to whom I had issued a service credit just a day earlier in hopes of restoring his confidence in our company. Hearing of his disappointment for the second day in a row, I fumbled around in my managerial bag of tricks for the right words to say along with the appropr

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Inflation is Going to Kill My Customer Experience. What Do I Do?

Beyond Philosophy

In the late 1970s, we had a 25 percent inflation rate. It was astronomical. Lately, in some of my experiences as a consumer, I feel a sense of Deja vu. Inflation is everywhere, from the gas pump to groceries to cars and real estate. Inflation is also problematic for businesses. It is frustrating as a brand trying to control an image with customers while feeling pressure to raise prices and cut costs.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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The Supervisor Cadence – Does It Drive the Wrong Behavior?

CCNG

Over the last couple of years, I have noticed the word “cadence” come up frequently within the work-at-home leadership vocabulary as part of how to manage front-line agents. Some sales organizations utilize email “cadences” to drive their business development efforts by utilizing a certain order of pre-programmed emails in the quest for increasing sales.

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The Number One Customer Service Strategy

ShepHyken

We just released our annual customer service research where we surveyed more than 1,000 consumers and asked what customer service experiences are most likely to cause you to come back. The top answers belong together: helpful and friendly. . That seems pretty simple. All a typical customer wants is for someone to be nice to them, with a willingness to take care of them.

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Let Me Teach You Empathy

Myra Golden Media

I started offering my courses through LinkedIn Learning six years ago. Since then, more than 2 million people have taken my classes on LinkedIn Learning. I’m writing today to tell you how you can take one of my courses at no cost on LinkedIn! The #GreatReshuffle has inspired millions of people to reconsider their work today. Whether it’s learning a technical skill for their role or cultivating a better work-life balance, the LinkedIn Learning Pathfinder can help you get the skills to

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QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations.

Bill Quiseng

QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations. When you are working in customer service, you have been happy that your customers leave satisfied. You have sold them a product or service that meets their wants or needs. Or you solved their problem for them. You were happy because, in the end, you met their expectations and they were satisfied.

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Employee Experience in the Contact Center

Contact Center Pipeline

Contact centers have long emphasized a strategy that is customer first, and for good reason. Delivering an outstanding customer experience is essential to driving brand loyalty and equity. Often neglected however, was the agent. But their voices can no longer be ignored. Employers are losing talent at an incredible pace, and the Great Resignation shows […].

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The Verint Experience Index: Retail

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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Amazing Business Radio: Donna Cutting

ShepHyken

Rolling the Red Carpet Out for Your Employees. Employee First: How Culture, People, and Service Work Together. Donna Cutting is the Founder and CEO of Red-Carpet Learning Systems, Inc., an organization that provides training and tools to transform your customers into loyal fans. She is the author of Employees First!: Inspire, Engage, and Focus on the Heart of Your Organization.

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Success Story: Using Data Analytics to Improve First Contact Resolution in Healthcare Contact Centers

The Northridge Group

In our previous post , we discussed the importance of adopting a data-driven analytical approach to move the needle on patient/member experience, enabling higher CMS Stars Ratings and increased bonus payments for Medicare Advantage plan providers. The benefits of data insights for healthcare contact centers are plentiful and therefore worthy of further exploration.

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How to Use Visual Collaboration to Create Winning Customer Experiences

Totango

When it comes to creating winning customer experiences, consistency is key. Your customers should experience the same level of quality from your company at each stage of their journey and from each department in your organization. However, you can’t provide valuable and consistent experiences with disconnected systems and siloed teams. You need a shared space that allows for visual collaboration across departments so everyone can stay up-to-date and on the same page.

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CX Moneyball: Running the Numbers to Cover Your Bases

BlueOcean

If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. The common thread between what workforce management experts and what the manager of a pro sports team might do when the game is on the line is pretty obvious once you think about: we both depend on both statistics and relentless practice to make informed decisions and react to changing dynamics.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 3-28-2022

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. Research: How Employee Experience Impacts Your Bottom Line by Kate Gautier, Tiffani Bova, Kexin Chen, and Lalith Munasinghe. (Harvard Business Review) Most people believe — and research backs them up — that great customer experience drives revenue growth.

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Solvvy Offers Personalized Workflows to Struggling Parents

Solvvy

Building on the continued commercial success of our powerful Conversational AI for top online brands and marketplaces, Solvvy is pleased to announce that our no-code Workflow Builder and Omnichannel routing is now available to parents with children who might need an extra ‘nudge’ to stay on task. . “We conducted extensive field research on this topic,” said S.

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Gen Z and your Customer Self-Service

Creative Virtual

By Mandy Reed, Global Head of Marketing. When it comes to your customer service strategy, does age matter? Do you make decisions about how and where you deliver support based on the generations of your target customers? Are you planning for the expectations of younger customers as they gain more buying power over the next few years? If you answered no to any of these questions, you are doing your company and your customer base a huge disservice.

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The Art Of A Successful Phone Call

NobelBiz

First call resolution and contact center rates are crucial for contact center performance. Training your call center agents entails nurturing and improving skills like active listening and active speaking. The art of a successful phone call can be focused on several concepts including rhetoric and phonetic delivery, the importance of call openers, the 30 seconds rule, employee satisfaction and building a call center culture.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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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Got self-doubt? How to silence imposter syndrome in Customer Success

ChurnZero

Have you ever achieved the career growth you’ve always longed for, only to be attacked by an inner critic who says you’re not capable and it’s only a matter of time until you’re found out? “You’re not alone,” says Sharon Winterton , vice president of Customer Success at Catalina Marketing during her session “ Battling imposter syndrome in Customer Success ” at BIG RYG, ChurnZero’s annual Customer Success conference.

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Answering Service For Tax Season

Call Experts

Tax season is here, and your business needs help. . So when it’s tax season, and your phone is ringing off the hook, what do you do? It can be a little overwhelming. And scary. You need some help, but who can you trust? We’re here to answer that call! Call Experts is a nationwide answering service committed to giving you the support you need during tax season.

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HoduSoft exhibited its diverse UC product suite at the 29th Convergence India Expo 2022

Hodusoft

Digital India is transforming with the advancement of technology in every sphere. One of the most influential tech expos in India, the 29th Convergence India Expo 2022 provided a platform for tech giants to exhibit their innovative approach towards technology through their unique product line. The HoduSoft team was enlivened to participate in the event and meet customers personally gathering feedback on our UC products driving them towards further improvement.

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How To Get Your Public Service Agency To Take Social Media Seriously

Russel Lolacher

Social public service isn’t effective off the side of your desk. Whether you’re trying to start a successful social media presence for your public service organization or grow an existing one to better serve the public and your organization, there are a few key ingredients you’ll need to be impactful. And if you don’t have them, you’re going to suck or stall.

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Contact Center Dialers Demystified

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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20 quick insights on Customer Success and SaaS metrics with Dave Kellogg

ChurnZero

Did you catch our Customer Success and SaaS metrics crash-course webinar with leading SaaS expert Dave Kellogg, of Dave Kellogg Consulting ? The audience had a ton of great questions that we couldn’t let go unanswered. Following the webinar, we invited Dave to give his rapid-fire takes on tracking the retention of auto-renew customers, calculating customer lifetime value as a startup, comping CSMs on expansion, determining the importance of measuring time to value, and much more.

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10 Challenges When Working Remotely and How to Solve Them

Select VoiceCom Blog

Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the world in more ways than one. As mandatory health protocols were set in place, everyone’s daily routine has shifted into what we know now as the new normal. This also applies to different industries worldwide, as companies were forced to adopt remote working policies. The quick move […].

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Never miss an issue with Spearline alerts

Spearline

Spearline helps us monitor our call quality, and makes us aware of any issues that our customers might report. Bud Lee Director, Software Quality Engineering at 8X8 What are Spearline alerts? Our customers frequently tell us that one of the main reasons they work with Spearline is because of the real-time alerts we provide should an issue ever arise with any of their numbers.

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How to Add a Free Chatbot to Squarespace

kommunicate

Last Updated on March 26, 2022 The chatbot can handle multiple customer requests at the same time. It handles inquiries automatically, preventing your customer support team from becoming overburdened. The bot follows a chat conversation and automatically responds to every query, as well as assists customers with their problems. With the help of automated conversations, [.].

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The Open CCaaS Advantage Report

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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How to Run a Customer Service Metrics Healthcheck

Nicereply

The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and spring is on its way. There’s no better time to do a little spring cleaning on your metrics. Below, we walk you through the things you should be checking on at least every year, if not more frequently! Why do a customer service metrics health check? “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” – Mark Twain.

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Where Communication Fits Into the Key Account Management Maturity Model

Kapta Customer Success

The key to excellence is communication. Every member of your team benefits from strong internal communication practices , intuitive communication tools, and easier access to information. Your clients also benefit from more structured client-facing communication and fewer internal silos.

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Never assume your Global Contact Numbers are always working

Spearline

Your global contact numbers It is a common assumption that your company’s global contact numbers are working just fine, and why wouldn’t they be? All around the world, companies always believe that their global contact numbers are always working smoothly, not an issue in sight. And by right, they should be; you are paying for them after all, so there really shouldn’t be any doubt, right?