October, 2017

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Customer Experience Simplicity in Technology: How Quality & Design Impact the Bottom Line

eglobalis

What is simplicity exactly? To me, simplicity means a demonstration of features, functionalities, processes, governance and design which are really necessary. The post Customer Experience Simplicity in Technology: How Quality & Design Impact the Bottom Line appeared first on Eglobalis.

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22 Call Center Technology Leaders Reveal the #1 Mistake Companies Make When It Comes to Purchasing Speech Analytics Software

Callminer

Purchasing speech analytics software is a major investment for both enterprises and SMBs alike. Like all major technology investments, purchasing speech analytics software comes with a bit of pre-planning and analysis. You need to determine how your company can best leverage this technology to ensure compliance, enhance customer service, support agents and reps, and get […].

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How To Use Your Customer’s Emotions to Get What You Want

Beyond Philosophy

Theory is one thing. Implementation is another. Ideas are useless if you can’t apply them. The idea I often share is that customer emotions influence over half of your Customer Experience. However, just knowing customers are emotional doesn’t help your business….unless you know how to use this information to improve your business outcome. How your customers feel about your experience is the most significant factor to your Customer Experience success.

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Chatbots and RPA: Changing the Future of Customer Service

Uniphore

Today, leading brands and service providers are turning to the amazing cognitive technology offered by “chatbots” to better manage and automate the customer service experience. At the same time, another technology gaining traction in the industry, Robotic Process Automation, is also being referred to as a “bot,” and it has started to create some confusion.

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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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Breaking the Ice Episode #31: Podcasts & the Future of #Custserv w/ Jim Rembach

Customer Service Life

In episode #31 we break the ice with our friend, Jim Rembach. He’s a podcaster, contact center thought leader, and Director of Sales and Marketing at Rulai, Inc. Be sure to check out The Fast Leader Podcast and connect with Jim on LinkedIn and Twitter. Tune in as we share our favorite podcasts and talk about what it takes to be a contact center leader in 2017.

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Not making #CX progress? Start saying no

Heart of the Customer

Too many customer experience (CX) programs get stuck. Stuck with no influence. No change. No leadership buy-in. We see it all the time. As a CX leader, you’re spread so thin, trying to juggle dozens of balls at once. You’re building a new measurement program while sharing your existing scores with anybody who will listen. You’re creating new training programs.

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What Are Customer Satisfaction Rating & Importance Scales? Challenges and Best Practices for Using Customer Satisfaction Rating & Importance Scales

Callminer

As companies strive to deliver exceptional customer experiences, they appreciate getting feedback – and its related insights – directly from the customers themselves.

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Exposed: The 7 Questions Everyone Should Be Asking

Beyond Philosophy

The emotional side of the Customer Experience (CX) is often ignored, which is a big mistake in today’s competitive business environment. Since emotion influences more than half the typical CX, deliberate structuring of your emotional CX is essential. When you cultivate customers’ positive emotions, it improves your CX outcomes and serves as an enormous competitive differentiator.

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Jacada Visual IVR: The Holiday Gift to All Call Centers

Uniphore

It’s no secret that the holiday season is often the busiest time of the year for many businesses. In fact, 20-40% of annual sales for retailers are generated over the last two months of the year, so the pressure on holiday retailers is high. For many customers, the way in which a company delivers its customer service determines whether they choose to give that company their business.

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What is Customer Health Score?

Totango

Customer Health Score takes multiple dimensions of customer data metrics and classifies them into a single representation of green, yellow or red. It is a consolidation of all the information the company has about the customer, from all probes, people and systems, past and current. Companies use customer health to speed up and scale communication, prioritization, decision making and forecasting of their customer success operations.

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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 Real-life Examples How Social Media Influenced Customer Experience

Lumoa

Customer experience consists of countless details, but at the end, it all comes to what a customer thinks of your brand. Sometimes, you think your brand and customer experience are the same thing. In reality, if a customer perceives your brand in a different manner compared to you, that would be your true customer experience. You could use millions of different methods to improve customer experience - from service design to detailed research and questionnaires.

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The One Element Of Product & Tech Design That Kills Customer Experience

eglobalis

In the technology industry, specifically within software and hardware usability, design and services, one of the biggest elements that hurts customer experience -- and by that I mean B2B and B2C customers -- is overly-complicated product design. The post The One Element Of Product & Tech Design That Kills Customer Experience appeared first on Eglobalis.

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Cloud vs. On-Premise Call Centers: Key Differences, Benefits, and More

Callminer

A Definition of Cloud Call Centers Hosted in the cloud by a business server, a cloud call center is the hub of an enterprise that handles all customer communications.

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Customers Are Irrational – Deal With It!

Beyond Philosophy

Why do we design rational Customer Experiences when people are irrational? Rational experience designs are born of the notion that we are logical beings. However, emotions, not logic, drive our behavior, particularly as customers. Nevertheless, moments in an experience betray the fact that many organizations ignore the role emotions play in Customer Experience outcomes.

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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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Unravelling The Relevance Of Social Cognitive Theory in Online Learning

ProProfs

Have you ever encountered a situation where you have been forced to use a machine with no clue about how to run it – probably at a self-check-in counter at an airport that has its default language set to language you don’t know or a self-service kiosk for a tram that needs you to share information and money to print your ticket? Thinking what would you do in such a situation?

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Top 5 Trends in Customer Service

Uniphore

As customers have more brands to choose from than ever, the businesses that win the battle of the customer service wins the game. In today’s world, more and more brands are chosen based on whether customer experience matches their rising customer centric expectations, and customer service plays the most critical role in creating that experience. It’s no surprise then that the top trends in customer service heading into 2018 all have one thing in common, the customer themselves.

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Next Generation Networking: 4 Pointers on Expanding Your Professional Network

Win the Customer

Even though many aspects of business and professional life have changed with the advent of new technologies, networking remains one of the most important elements of building and advancing a business. Networking for business owners is slightly different than for employed professionals, but many of the same concepts still apply. Here are four of the top tips in networking for newer business owners looking to build their brands.

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The 22 Commandments Will Help You Overcome Customer Experience Quality Crises…

eglobalis

In my last article, I talked about quality by looking partially at the Samsung Galaxy S7 product issues. My focus in working with clients is often all the risk aspects that can impact the quality of customer experience, so I want to continue discussing quality. In this article, we’re going to use two personal examples (from different sectors) to illustrate points about trust and customer experience.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Marketing Data Analysis Tips: 51 Marketing Data Analysis Tips and Tricks, Analysis Techniques, and More

Callminer

Marketers rely on analysis to drive decision-making, forecast outcomes, evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, identify market opportunities and potential new audiences, and much more.

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Unbelievable! Reviewers Blamed for Movie Flops!

Beyond Philosophy

It was a slow summer at movie theaters and Hollywood is blaming an unlikely culprit: the online review site Rotten Tomatoes! The New York Times reports that studio executives aren’t fans of the way the website aggregates reviews from critics and audience members. If you aren’t familiar with Rotten Tomatoes, it assigns movies a percentage score based on the relative number of positive and negative reviews.

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Augmented Reality: Is it the Future of eLearning

ProProfs

The present era is dominated by interactive multimedia. Nobody wants to see static and one-dimensional objects and elearning is no different. In the technology space, people are extensively discussing the relevance of augmented reality (AR) and its varied applications. To many it may appear a bit “futuristic” in its approach, AR should be considered as a candidate for online learning.

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Benefits of RPA for the Contact Center

Uniphore

Today, the emergence of robotic process automation (RPA) technology is stirring the winds of change in the business world, offering benefits which have a lot of appeal to various organizations and departments. However, one particular unit where robotic software provides a specific value for businesses is in their call centers where manual processes play such a significant role in the day to day operations.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Avaya Shakes Off Debt, Heading to Public Market

Fonolo

10 months ago, Avaya filed for chapter 11 protection kicking off the largest bankruptcy event in the history of the call center industry. Avaya faced a tough challenge to reach a restructuring agreement with their many debt holders, and to have it done quickly in order to minimize the damage to the brand, and the slow bleed of customers to competitors.

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Now Customer Experience Professional Association is also in our DACH region in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and We Need Your Participation

eglobalis

The CXPA helps customer experience professionals make customer experience management an integral part of how their companies operate and to enable customer experience professionals to embed transformation across their organizations. Founded in 2011, the CXPA is the premier global non-profit international organization dedicated to the advancement and cultivation of the Customer Experience profession.

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Cloud vs. On-Premise Call Centers: Key Differences, Benefits, and More

Callminer

A Definition of Cloud Call Centers Hosted in the cloud by a business server, a cloud call center is the hub of an enterprise that handles all customer communications. Because this center is in the cloud, it makes interacting with customers, including all inbound and outbound communication via voice, email, social media, and the internet, […]. The post Cloud vs.

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Millennials Still Shop In Stores, But Are They in Yours?

Beyond Philosophy

If you were to guess whether Millennials prefer to buy online (on their phones) or in brick-and-mortar stores, what would you guess? No Googling, either. If you guessed online, you are wrong. Per the Trendsource 2017 Retail Industry Report , it seems that millennial shoppers prefer physical stores for fashion, home improvement, and electronics. This news is ideal for retail, a sector repeatedly told they are the Beta Max or Laser Disc of tomorrow’s commerce preferences.

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How to Easily Navigate Crypto Accounting in the Web3 Era

Speaker: Aaron Jacob, VP of Accounting Solutions & Reagan Cook, GTM Lead

Are you struggling to navigate the complexities and challenges that come with crypto accounting? 🤔 This new webinar will cover everything businesses need to know to get started with crypto accounting after incorporating crypto into their business models! Industry experts Aaron Jacob and Reagan Cook of TaxBit will thoroughly explore the prevalent operational hurdles encountered by accounting teams when interacting with crypto on the books, and detail how software solutions can effectively

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Behavioral Economics Explains Why Your Surveys are Flawed 

Heart of the Customer

Daniel Kahneman isn’t known as a customer experience (CX) guru. A Nobel Prize winner, sure. Brilliant psychologist and leader in behavioral economics, yes. Author of a fascinating (but really dense) book? You bet. But he’s not really known for his CX chops. Yet, one of his findings shows why many surveys – as well as quite […]. The post Behavioral Economics Explains Why Your Surveys are Flawed appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Why You Need To Measure Journeys—Not Just Touchpoints

Kerry Bodine

The concept of customer journeys isn’t new to the customer experience world. Yet it’s taken some time for organizations to evolve from simply creating journey maps to actively using the journey as a framework for how they do business. One of the most exciting developments of the past few years is the recognition, in the words of McKinsey , that “end-to-end customer journeys, not individual touchpoints, are the unit to measure when setting priorities for your customer-experience investments.”.

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5 Foolproof Tips to Keeping Your Customers Happy

Fonolo

Serving the public comes with its own pros and cons. The cons: It can be super difficult to meet everyone’s expectations. The pros: When you do, it’s incredibly rewarding; nothing is more satisfying than a happy customer. If someone calls you, and you’re able to take them from angry to being pleasantly surprised and thankful, it’s certainly an accomplishing feeling.

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Map Customer Success To Your Global Organization With SuccessTeams

Totango

Every company, especially a large enterprise, builds an organizational structure around their customer operations. Whether by region, product, vertical, or any other business parameter they define, Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are broken into teams to give them focus, tailored processes, and specific metrics that make sense for their line of business.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.