February, 2024

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Uncovering the Psychological Tactics That Drive Customer Purchases

ECXO

Uncovering the Psychological Tactics That Drive Customer Purchases If you prefer to watch a summary of this article, check out the video: Uncovering the Psychological Tactics That Drive Customer Purchases I see and hear many CX professionals with great intentions when it comes to improving touchpoints in the customer journey and the customers’ lives with their brands.

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25 tips for selecting the best customer experience solution

Callminer

Improving CX is a top priority, so it’s not a surprise that there are a plethora of solutions available. Read this blog to learn why CX is important and what to look for when selecting a CX solution.

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How to create steps of service (and why you need them)

Inside Customer Service

I love In-N-Out for its remarkable consistency. The service is the same every time I go. There's a warm and friendly greeting. The cashier takes my order and confirms it. They conclude the transaction by handing me my receipt, telling me my guest number, and thanking me. It always happens. Each step has a purpose. The greeting establishes rapport and makes me feel welcome.

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Leadership lessons from the winner of the 2023 CX Leader of the Year – Interview with Roxie Strohmenger of UKG

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with the winner of the MyCustomer 2023 CX Leader of the Year competition: Roxie Strohmenger, GSO – VP, CX Strategy at UKG (Ultimate […] The post Leadership lessons from the winner of the 2023 CX Leader of the Year – Interview with Roxie Strohmenger of UKG first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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FEAR OF TALKING TO CUSTOMERS

Futurelab

“Customers don’t bite. Most of them.” Talking to customers is vital for customer-centric product management. But for those who aren’t used to direct customer contact, it can be daunting. When I worked with a leading Greek bank, I trained a team of twenty or so product managers, giving them homework to do in between my visits so we could develop the new approach together.

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Zendesk completes acquisition of Klaus

Zendesk

Zendesk today announced it completed its acquisition of Klaus, the industry leading AI-powered quality management platform. The acquisition of Klaus is the latest addition to the company’s existing WEM solutions which includes Tymeshift, a modern workforce management tool built exclusively for Zendesk. “Workforce engagement management is key to not only meeting, but exceeding customer expectations.

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Maximizing customer experience in the omnichannel era

Callminer

Uncovering channel-specific insights can ensure a seamless customer journey, as well as driving business improvements that make a difference in EX and CX. Read more in our blog.

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Feedback Fuelled Success: The Dynamic Duo of Continuous Improvement and Customer Insights

C3Centricity

Last week I spoke about the importance of actioning customer feedback. I want to continue this topic focussing on using the information for continuous improvement of the brands and services you offer. The Custometrs’ Need for Continuous Improvement The only constant in business today is change! And customers expect businesses to be constantly adapting and preparing for their future needs.

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15 Customer experience predictions for 2024

Adrian Swinscoe

For the last five years, around this time, I’ve compiled a set of customer experience-related predictions for the coming year. For each article, I gather together […] The post 15 Customer experience predictions for 2024 first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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EACH NUMBER COUNTS

Futurelab

#NoBullshitCX #20yearsFuturelab “Don’t stick to the seemingly obvious.” Feedback is not about the averages. When I presented customer feedback to a global leader in steel manufacturing, the management team was very happy with the overall scores (which were pretty decent). They were especially pleased with the page where we had grouped the results based on the contribution of the customers.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Gross Retention vs. Net Retention: What’s the Difference?

Totango

To make it to the Super Bowl, a football team must have two things: a strong defense and a strategic offense. The defense maintains a good field position and prevents the opposing team from scoring points, while the offense orchestrates smart plays to gain additional yards and score points. Similarly, to be successful, an enterprise needs to be able to prevent churn and increase revenue growth.

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Three Cold Email Templates that Generate Meetings, Not Spam Complaints

Customer Think

We’ve all had that neighbor. They’re the one you avoid when taking out the trash or collecting the mail because if you don’t, you’re in for it: the dreaded half-hour update on their prize-winning Schnauzer, a deep dive into their latest hobby, or the most recent gossip on their entire extended family.

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Embracing Human Error: Turning Mistakes Into Meaningful Customer Experiences

Doing CX Right

Learn how to turn every customer experience mistake into a strategic opportunity that strengthens brand loyalty and human connections. The post Embracing Human Error: Turning Mistakes Into Meaningful Customer Experiences appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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Embracing Total Experience (TX): A Holistic Approach

Execs In The Know

In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, the emergence of the experience economy and digital transformation has significantly altered how organizations interact with their customers and employees. Let’s take a look at the concept of total experience (TX) , an approach that could redefine your business’s strategy for success. Here’s why organizations are considering shifting to TX.

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Next-Gen Cloud Contact Centers For Dummies®

What does customer service excellence look like in 2024? According to our report with insights from CX expert Shep Hyken, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and there’s a bigger shift toward self-service and leveraging AI capabilities.

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The dark corners waiting to undermine your customer experience

Adrian Swinscoe

In November of last year, I spoke at the CX NXT – Customer Experience Summit in Dubai on the topic of failure, fumbles and fiascos in customer experience. […] The post The dark corners waiting to undermine your customer experience first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Free Customer Service Training for your Employees / AA Cut 600+ customer facing employees To Improve Customer Service / Your Company’s Biggest Expense / United Airlines Enforcing Flight Attendants Engagement

The DiJulius Group

Your Company’s Biggest Expense is Unhappy Customers What is a better investment—advertising or customer service training? One study showed that organizations worldwide spend $500 billion per year on advertising compared to only $9 billion on customer service training. That’s a pretty big disparity. If companies focused on making their customers happy, their customer retention would.

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Totango wins TrustRadius 2024 Most Loved Award

Totango

On this Valentine’s Day, we’re excited to share in the love ! TrustRadius—a platform designed to deliver the most credible resources to help technology buyers confidently make decisions—compared mentions of “love” in all its (grammatical) forms and reviews received for 28,600+ products in 825+ categories and named Totango one of 101 most loved software products!

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15 Customer experience predictions for 2024

Customer Think

For the last five years, around this time, I’ve compiled a set of customer experience-related predictions for the coming year. For each article, I gather together a set of predictions that have been sent to me over the preceding month.

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Future-Proof Your Firm: Smarter Tech for Stronger Returns & Simpler Workflows

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Senior Sales Engineer

Is your tech stack working for you—or are you working for it ? 🤖 In today’s world of automation and AI, technology should simplify workflows—not add complexity. Seamless integration and interconnectivity are key to maximizing productivity, optimizing workflows, and improving collaboration. Join expert Joe Wroblewski for a practical and insightful session on how you can build a smarter, more connected tech stack that drives efficiency and long-term success!

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Lessons from Zappos: Elevating AI Integration for Next-Level Retail Customer Service

Doing CX Right

Explore AI's transformative power to elevate retail customer customer service. Learn how to effectively use AI and customer insights to design impactful experiences with Stacy Sherman and featured guest, Alex Genov from Zappos. The post Lessons from Zappos: Elevating AI Integration for Next-Level Retail Customer Service appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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How AI-Driven Hyperautomation Can Enhance Business Efficiency in the Contact Center

Execs In The Know

People are excited about AI and hyperautomation , and for a good reason. AI has the potential to automate complex enterprise tasks that involve human thinking and related behavior. AI-driven hyperautomation for the enterprise looks like the current state of self-driving cars. We’ve got Teslas that can drive people to places on demand, and Waymo is roaming the streets of San Francisco and Phoenix with no driver at all!

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The imperative of customer trust in 2024

Adrian Swinscoe

How to gain and keep a customer’s trust has become an ever-present challenge in recent years, with customers becoming increasingly concerned about data, privacy and security […] The post The imperative of customer trust in 2024 first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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How to Become One of the Top Customer Service Companies in the US

The DiJulius Group

Do Your Customers Love You? Forbes’ latest ranking, “Best Customer Service,” highlights the companies that, according to consumer feedback, stand out in delivering exceptional service in the United States. “Customer service is one of those areas that has historically been viewed as a cost, but our data shows that there’s an opportunity to view it.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Welcome to the Revenue Revolution: A Company Update from Alistair Rennie, CEO of Totango

Totango

In today’s dynamic landscape, the customer holds unprecedented power. It’s no longer sufficient for businesses to merely survive; they must deliver measurable value quickly and consistently. While new customer acquisition remains important, our era of responsible growth underscores the vital importance of guiding customers toward positive business outcomes as the most sustainable pathway to success.

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24 Ways 2024 Customer Experience is Smarter: CX Metrics (Part 2 of 4)

Customer Think

CX Metrics are a big part of new CX wisdom for 2024. In the past year, at least 24 new discoveries were made in the immature field of Customer Experience Management (CXM).

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How to Build a Company Culture that Empowers Workers for Optimal Performance

Doing CX Right

Learn how to leverage emotional intelligence's pivotal role in achieving optimal performance and boosting customer satisfaction with Stacy Sherman and featured guest Daniel Goleman. The post How to Build a Company Culture that Empowers Workers for Optimal Performance appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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How to Streamline Auto Loan Origination with Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)

Lightico

Lenders are taking a more cautious approach and tightening their lending criteria to mitigate risks associated with lending to today’s financially stressed borrowers. Additionally, government authorities and regulatory bodies may intensify their scrutiny of lending. The auto loan application and underwriting process stand as pivotal stages where caution and regulation are highest.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Forget the hype. Here’s what enterprises are actually doing with generative AI – Interview with Stefano Puntoni and Jeremy Korst

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with Stefano Puntoni, Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School and Director of AI at Wharton, and Jeremy Korst, President at GBK Collective. […] The post Forget the hype. Here’s what enterprises are actually doing with generative AI – Interview with Stefano Puntoni and Jeremy Korst first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Lack of Leadership Training Is The Reason 1/3 of Employees Quit

The DiJulius Group

Do You Have Accidental Bosses? An article in Fortune titled “Nearly all bosses are ‘accidental’ with no formal training—and research shows it’s leading 1 in 3 workers to quit” shares research conducted by The Chartered Management Institute revealing that many of those promoted into managerial positions are all title and no training. These startling findings.

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Hand-in-hand, not handoff: How a three-legged stool approach fuels growth

Totango

What’s on customer success’s in-and-out list for 2024? In: A hand-in-hand, three-team approach to customer success where Sales, CS, and Marketing work together to guide customers through the entire customer journey. Out: The old-school Sales-to-CS handoff. No more “Here’s your customer success manager, see you never!” emails from the sales rep. Totango Chief Marketing Officer Karen Budell refers to this cross-functional effort as the “three-legged stool” approach, and as she recently explained

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Data Warehouse: All you need to know

Customer Think

At its core, a data warehouse is a centralized repository that stores data from multiple sources in a structured format, enabling organizations to perform complex analytics and generate insights. Unlike traditional databases, which are optimized for transactional processing, data warehouses focus on analytical processing, facilitating strategic decision-making based on historical and real-time data.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.