October, 2014

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3 Reasons Why It’s Important to See Results from Speech Analytics – and Fast

Callminer

Take a look at 3 reasons why it’s important to see fast results from speech analytics. Read more on CallMiner's blog!

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5 Customer Service Language Hacks

Customers That Stick

'Language is important not just to how we communicate with our customers but to how we communicate with ourselves. The right words can put an irritated customer at ease and help you approach difficult situations with greater ease. Effective customer service language can take a long time to master, so I thought I would share a few quick language tips you can incorporate into your service communication immediately.

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James Clifton: Five Ways to Improve Customer Service

Bill Quiseng

This guest post is written by James Clifton , Social Media Manager at GetApp.com. This blog is all about Delivering the World’s Best Customer Experience. In my posts, I provide advice to improve face to face customer interactions. James and GetApp are focused on offering the best customer service technology solutions. As you read his post, you will see that whether it is in person or via social media, his five ways to improve customer service work for both.

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Why Most Customer Experience Programs Fail

Beyond Philosophy

'We work with Customer Experience (CX) professionals around the world and train them on how to go about implementing CX programs. The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. Most organizations attack the symptom not the cause. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity.

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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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5 Reasons Why Customer Feedback Matters More Than Ever

Win the Customer

'So you’ve done everything possible to satisfy your customers. You’ve exerted all efforts to better your products and customer service. You treat customers like kings and queens, and provide everything to match their wants and needs all the time. Now how do you know if your strategies are working? How do you know if your […].

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“It’s up to you” – Choices can ruin your customer experience

Heart of the Customer

'Choices make or break your customer experience. Design them well and they make life easier on your customers. But leave them to chance and they can drag down your customer experience. I’m teaching a series customer experience workshops for an insurance company. We were looking for an example to bring it all together. So, being a good partner, I went out and got rear-ended.

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What Email Support Tone Do Customers Prefer?

Customers That Stick

'According to Help Scout , 94% of all online retailers provide email customer service. That means that a significant number of interactions with customers are made through email. CSI: Customer Service Investigator released some interesting findings in a survey this summer on the best ‘tone’ for email customer support. So, how do we train customer support agents to speak in a tone that customers prefer without negatively impacting the customer’s experience or our business?

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Halloween Scares & Solutions for Marketing

C3Centricity

Halloween is coming, even earlier than usual this year, judging from all the retail displays already in the shops! Although it is now more associated with children dressing up in scary costumes and demanding “Trick or Treat”, it is actually a Christian remembrance of the dead on the eve of All Saints’ Day. So what does that have to do with marketing?

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3 Steps to Becoming #1 on Trip Advisor

Beyond Philosophy

'The Royal Yacht Britannia is the number one attraction on TripAdvisor in the UK. I have been fortunate enough to know and work with their Chief Executive Bob Downie for a number of years, and Bob will tell you that receiving this accolade wasn’t their goal. In a recent conversation with me, Bob explained “It wasn’t an objective to become number one on TripAdvisor.

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2 Essential Elements to Building a Sustainable Brand Service Experience and Customer Loyalty

Win the Customer

'Building a brand is all about creating a brand image and continually serving customers in a way that creates a positive perception of a business, its products and services. Effective branding means staying relevant in the minds of people via associating positive, action motivating, and emotionally engaging feelings in the hearts and minds of the customer.

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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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What do you do when your CEO doesn’t believe in CX?

Heart of the Customer

'Last year I interviewed a customer experience leader for my blog. During the interview this person had a basic assumption that the CEO was completely bought into the CX program. So I finally stopped and asked, “What do you do when your CEO isn’t on board? How do you get him or her to believe in the business case?” This question caught my interviewee by surprise, as they obviously hadn’t spent any time thinking about this question.

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What a Supernatural TV Show Can Teach You About Online Customer Experience

PeopleMetrics

'We’ve written about social media fails – remember Alton’s Comcast Disaster ? The Barclays Kenya Twitter Fiasco ? – but today, let’s talk about wins, and what you can learn from them. Okay, but the title mentioned a supernatural television show? Yes. Supernatural is a television show about two brothers (Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki) fighting monsters, but ask any fans about the show’s social media influence, and they’ll point you to one man: Misha Collins.

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The State of Customer Experience (Infographic)

Customers That Stick

'In honor of Customer Experience Day , Temkin Group released its “ The State of Customer Experience” infographic. The report is drawn from a number of Temkin’s research reports, including its experience ratings which evaluates more than 268 organizations across 19 industries based on feedback from 10,000 U.S. consumers. A number of the findings are exciting for those working in the CX trenches.

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For Greater Customer Satisfaction, Should Marketers Answer Their Needs or Desires?

C3Centricity

In 1943 Maslow proposed his theory about people’s needs in a paper entitled “A theory of human motivation” He used the terms Physiological, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Esteem, Self-Actualization and Self-Transcendence to describe the pattern of needs that motivate people. At the time he didn’t present it as a hierarchy, nor as a pyramid, but that has become the accepted representation these days.

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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What Does The Scottish Independence Vote Have to Do with Customer Experience?

Beyond Philosophy

'Well, there you have it! After so much campaigning, so many questions, debates, and emotions that moved currencies and markets, the Scottish said, “No!” to independence. I won’t go into deep macro-economical, sociological, PESTAL analysis, etc. I won’t even get into why they Scottish chose not to go. For me, it comes down to two words: Loss Aversion.

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What is Customer Service Week?

Win the Customer

'Did you know that every year, the first full week of October is recognized as Customer Service Week? Customer Service Week is a great opportunity for organizations that rely on customer service and customer support teams to celebrate the important role customer relations has in business success. In addition to fun traditions and parties that […].

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#CXDay – A Tale of Two Company Celebrations

Heart of the Customer

'Happy CX Day! If you haven’t already planned out your CX Day, head on over to www.CXDay.org to learn all that the CXPA has planned for this celebration of those driving customer loyalty through an improved customer experience. Two Minnesota companies that are making a splash today are Wolters Kluwer and ShopHQ. I asked their customer experience leaders about their plans, and am sharing them with you in hopes that it will give you some good ideas to use for next year. ——̵

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Believe Your Customers

Customer Bliss

'Very little shreds of respect remain, if any, after we’ve put a customer through the third degree that many customers experience when they encounter a glitch, and actually need to return a product, put in a claim or use the warranty service. As tempting as it is to debate customers to uphold a policy to the letter of the law, suspend the cynicism and work to believe your customers.

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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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An Interview with Kate Nasser: Better #PeopleSkills

Customers That Stick

'Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™ , is a smart, energizing, experienced speaker, coach, and workshop leader. Her work in customer experience, employee engagement, leadership, teamwork, transforms how people think, act, and interact. With 25 years in business and a Masters in Organizational Psychology, Kate has guided tens of thousands to engage in uplifting productive interactions.

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Is Zappos really that good at Customer service? Manager fired for responses to online reviewers

The DiJulius Group

' Manager fired for poor responses to negative reviews – A manager at the budget Georgian House Hotel, reacted unprofessionally to Customers who complained about his hotel on TripAdvisor. Instead of reaching out to see how he could make it right, he took the total opposite approach! The goal should be to have Zero Risk […].

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What Does The Scottish Independence Vote Have to Do with Customer Experience?

Beyond Philosophy

'Well, there you have it! After so much campaigning, so many questions, debates, and emotions that moved currencies and markets, the Scottish said, “No!” to independence. I won’t go into deep macro-economical, sociological, PESTAL analysis, etc. I won’t even get into why they Scottish chose not to go. For me, it comes down to two words: Loss Aversion.

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Join the Conversation: How to Engage With Your Customers Online

Win the Customer

'Your customers are talking about you online, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. But, do you want to stop it when you can join the conversation? Online discussions and reviews give you a window into your customers’ minds, and, when handled correctly, that opportunity can persuade them to open up their […].

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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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It only takes 3 seconds to destroy your service experience

Heart of the Customer

'The beginning of a service experience matters. A lot. Start successfully, and you can make it a great experience. Start wrong, and you can dig a hole you can’t get out of. I mentioned my car accident last week. Luckily, it wasn’t bad, but the agent didn’t know that. That’s why how she began our conversation. I told her that I was at the site of an accident.

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Three Actions to Drive Customer Profitability

Customer Bliss

'Driving the customer agenda and customer profitability must always be at the top of the agenda. 1. Keep customers top of mind and take ownership for making customers a priority of the business. If proposals are lacking in customer perspective or customer considerations, send everyone back to the drawing board. 2. Make the leap to change the way people think about the business.

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The Compete Through Service Symposium

Customers That Stick

'I’d like to take a moment to tell Customers That Stick™ readers about the 25 th annual Compete Through Service Symposium ( online brochure ) put on by the Center for Services Leadership at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business. The Center for Services Leadership is a leader in customer experience higher education and has one of the few programs at a major university dedicated to customer experience.

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Metrics to Map Your Customer Experience Success

CX Journey

'Image courtesy of Marianna Gomes What are your customer experience success metrics? And how do they differ from your VoC metrics? Last Tuesday, we celebrated the second annual CX Day , a day to celebrate both customers and the professionals who work tirelessly to improve the customer experience. I hosted two Google Hangouts for CX Day, the first of which I blogged about last week.

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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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How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

'All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. One little part that many organizations don’t consider in this process is the systems you use to do business.

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Call Center Managers: Do You Need a Reality Check?

Win the Customer

'Call center managers are the people responsible for orchestrating the entire workflow for their organization. They are lauded when the organization earns profits or applauses; the same people are criticized when the organization does not achieve its goals. This is why the contact center managers are always walking the tight rope. If your organization is […].

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Celebrating #CXDay

Heart of the Customer

'I hope you had a terrific CX Day! I really enjoyed the online content – if you didn’t get a chance to view it, I highly recommend going to www.CXDay.org for a chance to review them. Here in Minneapolis we had an amazing event, with over 80 participants learning about what to do when your customers are tired of talking to you (survey fatigue).

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Three Actions to Make Customer Metrics a Success

Customer Bliss

'The key to making customer metrics (also known as guerilla metrics) a success is to do three things right: 1. Introduce them the right way. Sell that customer metrics provide the clarity and revenue connection that’s been missing. Read More: Growing Customers as the Assets of Your Business. 2. Get a commitment for gathering the data and secure the resources to do it.

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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.