January, 2024

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Help phone customers faster with visual communication

Inside Customer Service

Your customer struggles to describe the problem over the phone. "The doohickey won't connect with the thingamajig," they stammer. Their words don't make sense. You try to walk them through some diagnostics. It's equally muddled. The customer can’t see something that should be right in front of them. Are you two even looking at the same thing? This would be so much easier if you were face-to-face.

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Six AI questions to ask to drive customer service success

Callminer

Despite all the buzz around AI, most business leaders still struggle to fully understand it. This blog answers six common AI questions to help you understand how it's used in the CallMiner platform.

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Our CX Accelerator Board of Directors

CX Accelerator

We have big time news for CX Accelerator! We've been on the path to establish the organization as a non-profit to help amplify our mission of equipping CX professionals on every stage of their career journey. A HUGE piece in this puzzle is the creation of our Board of Directors. Please join me in welcoming Matt Lyles , Juanita Coley , Jim Rich , Sally Mildren and Justin Robbins who have graciously offered to serve in this way.

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Evolving Conversational AI for Enhanced Customer Experiences: Navigating Ethics, Privacy, Metrics and Trust

eglobalis

Evolving Conversational AI for Enhanced Customer Experiences: Navigating Ethics, Privacy, Metrics and Trust The post Evolving Conversational AI for Enhanced Customer Experiences: Navigating Ethics, Privacy, Metrics and Trust appeared first on Eglobalis.

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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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Technology choice, adoption and the paradox of choice

Adrian Swinscoe

Have you ever found yourself going to a Lego store intent on buying an assortment of Lego pieces as a gift for someone, but when faced […] The post Technology choice, adoption and the paradox of choice first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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The role of emotions in CX and how you can use them to design better experiences

ECXO

The emotions in CX Emotions have a pivotal role in the customer experience and can significantly impact customer loyalty and repeat purchases. This can be better understood by dissecting the customer journey into two main components: the functional and the emotional. The functional component of a customer’s journey pertains to the practical aspect of a product or service.

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The ultimate guide to understanding brand sentiment

Callminer

When you understand what’s affecting brand sentiment positively, you can work toward honing in on those features for continued improvement. Read more in this blog.

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Five Tips For Being Decisive

The Belding Group

It’s no accident that these are the people we turn to when whenever a decision needs to be made. The skill of being decisive creates respect and trust, and one of the core qualities that employers look for when hiring or promoting. It is also key component of being perceived as competent – which tells customers and colleagues that they can trust you.

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Unlocking CEO Mental Fitness: Imagine ”NPS” as a Custom Gauge for Effective Leadership or Not

eglobalis

Unlocking CEO Mental Fitness: Imagine ''NPS'' as a Custom Gauge for Effective Leadership or Not, Customer Gauge The post Unlocking CEO Mental Fitness: Imagine ”NPS” as a Custom Gauge for Effective Leadership or Not appeared first on Eglobalis.

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Navigating cultural variances in global marketing: Insights from around the world

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by David Beasley, director at Washington Direct Mail. According to a recent research by Equinix, 72% of global businesses are looking to […] The post Navigating cultural variances in global marketing: Insights from around the world first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Coming up: The Yes Code: Cracking the Practical Side of AI-Empowered Customer Conundrum with Lior Arussy

ECXO

The European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) is delighted to announce our first Linkedin live session in 2024: The Yes Code: Cracking the Practical Side of AI-Empowered Customer Conundrum with Lior Arussy at On February 7th at 2 pm CET – 1 pm GMT – 8 am EST Subscribe here: [link] Featuring one of the world’s leading authorities on customer experience, transformation, and change.

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Evolving Conversational AI for Enhanced Customer Experiences: Navigating Ethics, Privacy, Metrics and Trust

Customer Think

This article was originally posted on [link] In the era of Conversational AI, where voice assistants and chatbots have become integral parts of our daily interactions, the evolution of AI conversations plays a pivotal role in shaping enhanced Customer Experiences (CX).

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Four financial services CX trends to watch for 2024

Callminer

Financial services teams must maintain sky-high CX and EX standards in 2024, despite major challenges. Explore the top four 2024 financial services CX trends.

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The Shortcut Seeking Employee

The Belding Group

It can be frustrating when an employee seems be focused on doing the absolute minimum, but before pointing fingers at them, make sure they shouldn't first be pointed at you. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.

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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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New year, new CS: 2023 recap and what’s to come in 2024

Totango

As we kick off 2024, it’s time to reflect on the past year and look forward to what the future holds for customer success. It’s been an exciting journey, marked by significant milestones and a ceaseless effort to support our customers in achieving their goals. Now, as we step into a new year, we’re witnessing an evolution of customer success, and there’s a new and improved Totango to help enterprise business leaders deliver business results and drive customer outcomes.

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BrandGPT and the future of CX

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post by Jay Wolcott, CEO and co-founder of Knowbl. Statistics show that 81 percent of US consumers shopped online in 2022, but […] The post BrandGPT and the future of CX first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Explore the Unique Experiences That Await You at CRS Tucson

Execs In The Know

Customer Response Summit (CRS) returns in Tucson, Arizona, March 12-15, 2024. Join your fellow CX leaders and colleagues for a dynamic experience of learning, sharing, networking, and engagement. CRS is an event that promises to ignite your passion, spark innovation, and forge lasting connections. It is so much more than just a conference – it’s an experience!

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Lean into Automation – Transforming Customer Service with AI & Human-Bot Harmony

Comm100

Lean into Automation – Transforming Customer Service with AI & Human-Bot Harmony In a world where immediacy and personalization have become the cornerstones of brand communication, the realm of customer service is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. This transformation is rooted deeply in the integration of advanced automation and artificial intelligence.

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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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Announcing ‘The Intercom Customer Service Trends Report for 2024’

Intercom

⚡️ Ready to dive straight into the insights? Get the report → Customer support teams will remember 2023 as the year that everything changed. In just 12 months, generative AI went from being an emerging possibility to a stop-you-in-your-tracks, drop-everything phenomenon. It’s transforming the customer service landscape at lightning speed, and heading into 2024, the race for competitive advantage is well and truly on.

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What Have You Done For Your Coworkers Lately?

The Belding Group

For an organization to be truly customer-focused, internal customers - those colleagues who depend on us to get their jobs done - need to be treated with the same care and respect with which we show external customers. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.

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Unlock growth potential with Totango revenue intelligence integrations

Totango

Totango now offers integrations with leading revenue intelligence platforms Gong and Chorus to help teams enhance operational efficiency and leverage the insights gleaned from customer interactions to drive strategic decision-making. In the world of customer success (CS), every customer interaction is an opportunity to hone insights that can sharpen their path to success.

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The raw and honest truth about what agents think about their jobs – Interview with Juanita Coley

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with Juanita Coley, who is best known as the “Contact Center Whisperer” and is also the CEO and Founder of Solid Rock Consulting, […] The post The raw and honest truth about what agents think about their jobs – Interview with Juanita Coley first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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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.

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4 Lessons Learned from Leading the Industry in Customer-Facing LLM-Powered AI Assistants

Execs In The Know

As businesses strive to enhance user experiences and streamline customer interactions, deploying advanced LLM assistants to automate customer interactions has great potential. It’s something we’ve learned a thing or two (or four) about as the vendor that’s launched the most LLM-powered AI assistants in the market to date. In this article, I’ll share four invaluable lessons we’ve learned as a business.

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Generative AI Customer Service: The Benefits & Challenges

Comm100

Imagine a world where customer service is not just responsive but anticipatory. Where every interaction is both efficient and tailored to the customer’s needs. This is the promise of Generative AI customer service. Far from being a distant dream, this technology is already reshaping how businesses interact with their customers. This blog will explore the unique advantages of Generative AI in customer service, as well as the challenges it presents.

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Using a “Give and Get” Philosophy to Improve Employee and Customer Satisfaction

Doing CX Right

Are toxic employees driving your customers away? Learn how to attract top talent and increase customer satisfaction on Doing CX Right Podcast with host Stacy Sherman & guest Bryan Adams. The post Using a “Give and Get” Philosophy to Improve Employee and Customer Satisfaction appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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How to get started with AI in 5 simple steps

CommBox

Things we knew in 2023: Leveraging AI greatly increases the operational efficiency of your business – impacting everything from customer satisfaction to cost savings. The challenge in 2024? Businesses of all sizes and across all industries need to find the best way to integrate AI technology into their daily business operations. The biggest deterrent of AI is no longer a commitment to innovation, but rather strategic planning – or more accurately – knowing how to get started.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Expert tips to unlock business growth with customer success operations

Totango

In an era when customer success (CS) has become pivotal, it’s no longer enough to have a team dedicated to CS. More importantly, you need an organizational strategy that ensures your customers don’t just come to you but stay, thrive, and become your biggest promoters. To transform your organization to reach this next level, enterprises often need a change agent who can help both functional teams and customers shift their behaviors to drive better results in the post-sales journey.

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The challenge with conversational analysis in the Nordics – Interview with Tue Martin Berg of Capturi

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with Tue Martin Berg, the CEO and part of the founding team at Capturi, Scandinavia’s leading software provider for conversation analysis. Tue joins […] The post The challenge with conversational analysis in the Nordics – Interview with Tue Martin Berg of Capturi first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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The Best Customer & Employee Experience Content of 2023

The DiJulius Group

Our Top 10 Blogs from 2023 The Canceling of Hustle Culture…Who is Right? Building and Developing Great Leaders The Correlation Between Happiness at Work and Overall Life Satisfaction This is how Leaders can Improve the Customer Journey How to Train Great Customer Service Skills in the Next Generation How Team Members Can Be Inspired to. Read Full Article The post The Best Customer & Employee Experience Content of 2023 appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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Fin, the breakthrough AI bot for customer service, keeps getting better

Intercom

The future of customer service is human + AI. A future where human intelligence and artificial intelligence combine to make customer service remarkable. In March of last year – in pursuit of this future – we released our breakthrough AI chatbot, Fin. Fin automatically resolves customer issues with safe, accurate, conversational answers based solely on your support content.

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Case Study: Key Insights on Wait Times and Customer Service

Faster response times mean happier customers Are your customers on hold too long? Nearly half of consumers find hold times unacceptable, and a quarter will leave your brand because of it. Our latest report reveals how companies are affected by wait times and the impact on customer satisfaction. Read the report to get insights into the impact of long hold times and areas for opportunities.