ShepHyken
JULY 8, 2024
I couldn’t hold back. I told an employee to stop complaining about her fellow employees in front of us, her customers. Here’s the story. My wife and I were at a restaurant. The server seemed pleasant and professional, but as our food was delivered, we saw a different side of her. There was a mistake in the order. The side dishes we received were not the ones we chose.
Beyond Philosophy
JULY 19, 2024
You know that friction in a Customer Experience is a problem that needs fixing. However, do you have that same perception of workplace friction? If you feel the friction at work, you probably do. But if you don’t, you likely think little of it, if at all. Doing work for money requires a certain amount of friction, right? However, if the friction impacts employees and decreases employee morale, it can be a significant problem.
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Callminer
JULY 25, 2024
Read this blog to learn how call centers can invest in training to upskill agents in their communication and support skills, in turn improving the call center’s overall performance.
CCNG
JULY 17, 2024
If you received a penny for every time you heard “automation” or “AI” in the contact center, you could pay off the national debt in about a month. These terms are thrown around and used interchangeably. However, understanding the differences between these technologies is crucial for any organization striving to optimize operations in its contact center.
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CX leaders are in a gold rush for AI, lured by the promise of cost savings and a revolution in service delivery. But simply deploying AI in your contact center isn't a magic bullet. There are hidden dangers that can derail your AI dreams. Recent incidents, such as the missteps of an AI chatbot deployed by Air Canada, have underscored the complexities and risks involved in leveraging AI in customer-facing roles.
Bill Quiseng
JULY 24, 2024
In 1976, while I was a 20-year-old student at Santa Clara University, CA, I became a part-time charter associate of Marriott’s Great America Theme Park. After graduating from college two years later, I joined Marriott Hotels and until 2021, I’ve been in full-service and luxury hotels and resorts. There was no such thing as CX, but I was doing more than serving to satisfy guests.
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ShepHyken
JULY 21, 2024
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 comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Everything I Need To Know About Customer Experience I Learned From A Jack Nicholson Movie by Chip Bell (Forbes) Excellent customer experience is an assertion, not a response.
Beyond Philosophy
JULY 25, 2024
Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 85,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: So, you know that friction in a Customer Experience is bad. But have you also considered what friction means to an Employee Experience? I’ll give you a hint: it’s also bad. Christophe Martel , founder and CEO of FOUNT , an organization that eliminates workplace friction, does think about it, and we had him as a guest on our podcast.
Callminer
JULY 22, 2024
Read this blog to learn how real-time agent guidance, leveraging natural language processing and other AI technologies, can give agents customer-focused suggestions at the best opportunities.
CCNG
JULY 10, 2024
Introduction Contact Centers are transforming rapidly to meet the demands of a digital age. Navigating through technological advancements and shifting customer expectations, staying updated with the latest trends is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. The past year alone has witnessed remarkable changes, from the rise of generative AI to innovative tools empowering both agents and supervisors.
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Today’s digitally savvy customers have high expectations of retailers for convenience, responsiveness, and ease of doing business both in-store and online. Our recent survey of over 2,000 US consumers found that retailers that can drive a seamless, omnichannel customer experience (CX) – across physical and digital channels – have huge benefits for brand relevance, profitability, and customer loyalty.
Bill Quiseng
JULY 17, 2024
QUI QUOTE: You know you have customer CARE right when your customers don’t tell others what they bought. They tell others who they bought it from. Don’t be just good. Be GREAT out there!
Cisco - Contact Center
JULY 16, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Appreciation Day, celebrated on July 16th every year, recognizes the positive contributions of AI technology to humanity and encourages discussions about its ethics. This event is an opportunity to celebrate AI's history and evolution, with Cisco playing a significant role.
ShepHyken
JULY 2, 2024
More and more, customers are open to using self-service solutions. Our customer experience research shows that while customers might prefer the human touch, some expect digital, self-service solutions. In certain cases, they even demand it. And it’s not just in customer service. Consider Amazon, the perfect example of a self-service retailer. From researching to purchasing a product, and even in most customer service situations, everything is a self-service experience.
Beyond Philosophy
JULY 12, 2024
Customers can tell you why they do something, But they might be wrong. It’s not that customers are stupid. No, it is quite the contrary. Customers’ thinking and decision-making are complicated; multiple things happen simultaneously. Sometimes, the reason customers do things is hidden, even from the customers themselves. In our penultimate masterclass episode, we explore how you can get at these hidden motivations when designing a Customer Experience that surprises and delights cust
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!
Callminer
JULY 18, 2024
From translating customer conversations in real time to minimizing excess tasks for agents with the goal of boosting productivity, learn how effective call centers use AI to improve their operations.
Upstream Works
JULY 24, 2024
Our latest blog post outlines three practical applications of AI that will improve the agent experience and, in turn, improve CX. The post 3 Ways Contact Center AI Improves Operational Efficiency appeared first on Upstream Works.
Bill Quiseng
JULY 10, 2024
QUI TAKEAWAY: Customers pay for their experience, not your product or service. The customer’s best value in their experience is one that is “just perfect.” Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect … for your customers. Don’t be just good. Be GREAT out there!
Cisco - Contact Center
JULY 25, 2024
The need to support hyperscale data centers, pervasive cloud services, and AI workloads is changing the data center paradigm. Today’s data centers need to be scalable, energy efficient, and advance sustainability.
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ShepHyken
JULY 7, 2024
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 comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. This is What is Missing From Your Customer Experience Playbook by Anne Marshall (Entrepreneur) One-size-fits-all customer experience playbooks don’t exist — and for good reason.
Beyond Philosophy
JULY 5, 2024
Sanjay Patel faces a challenge many of us can relate to: how to get senior executives to buy into your program. Dealing with senior management can be nerve-wracking, as I learned twenty years ago when my heart rate spiked during a presentation to the CEO and C-suite. Today, I’ve mastered strategies for these situations. In this episode, we discuss how to deal with them effectively and get what you want.
Callminer
JULY 16, 2024
Employee engagement is critical to success in customer service. Read more on how disengagement is prevalent in customer service roles, leading to high attrition rates and decreased effectiveness.
AWS Machine Learning
JULY 3, 2024
Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed capability that helps you securely connect foundation models (FMs) in Amazon Bedrock to your company data using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). This feature streamlines the entire RAG workflow, from ingestion to retrieval and prompt augmentation, eliminating the need for custom data source integrations and data flow management.
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.
Enghouse Interactive
JULY 23, 2024
Discover the must-attend contact center conferences in Europe for 2024. Join industry leaders and pioneers to explore AI-driven customer engagement solutions and network with professionals at events like the CX Summit, CCW Europe, and more.
Select VoiceCom Blog
JULY 11, 2024
Select VoiceCom named Rojel Lunzaga the SVC Titan of the Month for June. He was the first-ever top performer to receive this prestigious award for his outstanding performance and dedication in the Facilities and Safety department. Rojel lived up to the title of the best among the rest, as he rose above the steep competition. This impressive mark only proved that he’s a talented and committed employee who contributed greatly to SVC’s success.
Customer Service Life
JULY 22, 2024
Image by Vlad Vasnetsov from Pixabay Have you ever assisted a customer and you really, really wanted to find a solution for them? Yes, I know in customer support our goal is almost always to find solutions for customers. I’m talking about that customer that perhaps has a really cool use case or perhaps they have the odds stacked against them and you’re committed to making it work.
Beyond Philosophy
JULY 18, 2024
Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 85,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: I often say there is never one thing happening in a Customer Experience ; instead, there are multiple things at work. Therefore, one theory or concept will not explain your customers’ behavior; instead, you need the effects of several combined theories.
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!
Callminer
JULY 11, 2024
Text analytics is the process of extracting data from written texts to understand customer behavior and thoughts, aiming to improve customer experience. Read this blog to learn more.
AWS Machine Learning
JULY 15, 2024
This post is co-written with Vlad Lebedev and DJ Charles from Mixbook. Mixbook is an award-winning design platform that gives users unrivaled creative freedom to design and share one-of-a-kind stories, transforming the lives of more than six million people. Today, Mixbook is the #1 rated photo book service in the US with 26 thousand five-star reviews.
Enghouse Interactive
JULY 25, 2024
Discover the top contact center events and conferences in the USA for 2024. The events in the list are handpicked by Enghouse Interactive, a leading contact center solution provider, empowering businesses with cutting-edge technology for over 35 years.
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