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25 quotes on customer experience from CX professionals

Callminer

Delivering exceptional customer experience is critical. This blog shares 25 expert quotes, with a wealth of valuable insights from the CX professionals who are driving value for their organizations.

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How to Create Customer Loyalty

The Belding Group

"How do you create customer loyalty?" It's a question I'm frequently asked. It's a great question, the answer to which is most often ignored when organizations are developing their business strategy. Shaun Belding | www.shaunbelding.com.

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Technology is alienating people - and it’s not just those who are older

The Customer Service Blog

We take it for granted that technology brings people closer together and improves our access to essential products and services. If you can’t imagine life without your smartphone, it’s easy to forget that people who can’t or don’t want to engage with the latest technology are being left behind. For example, there have recently been reports that cashless payment systems for car parking in the UK are seeing older drivers unfairly hit with fines.

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How to get your customer service employees to be more proactive

Inside Customer Service

"I want them to be more proactive." The vice president was talking about his company's customer service team. His primary concern was customer retention. He worried that employees were too transactional and didn't work hard enough to retain customers. He shared a number of examples. Customer service reps didn't always see the big picture. They often failed to ask probing questions or use adequate listening skills.

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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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Built for you: Improved Surveys, enriched push notifications, Australian data hosting, and more

Intercom, Inc.

Built for you is back – this time we’re revealing the powerful product updates we released in May! Last month we turned our attention to data – unleashing new features that help you improve how you collect, access, and use first-party data to influence your product and scale your business. Not only that, we also added some exciting new features that will help you enrich push notifications, manage your team permissions, perfect your Product Tours, and more.

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Workforce wellbeing – what does it really mean and why does it matter more than ever?

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post from Ross Daniels, Chief Marketing Officer at Calabrio. The impact of the past few years has been wide-reaching and traumatic. Flexible […]. The post Workforce wellbeing – what does it really mean and why does it matter more than ever? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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How to deal with customer experience in times of inflation

Steven Van Belleghem

1. The short run: minding budgets. An increase in price. In difficult times, a lot of companies are looking for short term measures to keep their situation safe. These are often to their own advantage, but sadly also to the disadvantage of the customer most of the time. An obvious example would be raising the price of a product or service. In fact, in some industries, this is not a matter of choice, but of survival.

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Solving for complex onboarding: Paving a path to value for your customers

Intercom, Inc.

Product teams often fall into the trap of spending most of their time on the core functionality of the products they’re building. But focusing on the core product can often come at the expense of deeply considering what the onboarding process – the real-world process customers have to go through to start getting value from the product – will be like.

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Leveraging branded virtual assistants to drive personalisation and innovation – Interview with Eric Turkington of RAIN

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with Eric Turkington, Vice President of Growth at RAIN, a pioneer in voice & conversational AI, that is helping people, brands and businesses […]. The post Leveraging branded virtual assistants to drive personalisation and innovation – Interview with Eric Turkington of RAIN first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Why Now is the Time to Invest in Customer Success

Totango

Right now, we are on the cusp of an economic downturn. Inflation and interest rates are soaring, the stock market is plummeting, and organizations are being forced to make some difficult decisions. All companies are going through the exercise of evaluating their investments, deciding what to cut and what to keep, what strategies to use, and simply, how to weather the storm.

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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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Joe Pine Talks: From CX to Distinctive Experiences

MyCustomer Experience

JThe European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) is delighted to invite you to a Joe Pine Event, focussing on “From CX to Distinctive. 14th Jun 2022. By Ricardo Saltz Gulko Managing Director.

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What is a sales-qualified lead (SQL)?

Intercom, Inc.

A sales-qualified lead (SQL) is a prospective customer who has indicated through a series of actions that they have a high probability of converting. Having expressed interest in your product or service and been vetted to ensure they meet the right criteria, a sales-qualified lead is now ready to move into your sales process. . In most cases, prospective customers enter the sales funnel once they’ve performed an action such as visiting your website or following you on social media.

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Customer feedback management guide: Best practices + tools

Zendesk

Imagine walking into an ice cream parlor and ordering a chocolate sundae. You sit down and take your first bite, and immediately want to spit out the ice cream—it tastes like radishes. Though you have nothing against radishes, you believe chocolate ice cream should taste like chocolate. You tell the server, who listens attentively and assures you that your feedback is highly appreciated.

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3 Things CROs Should Know During an Economic Downturn

Totango

What do you do if your job responsibilities include managing every revenue-generating function in your organization and driving predictable growth – and then the world is suddenly thrust into an unpredictable and unstable economic downturn? If you’re a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) today, your initial answer may be to panic. But don’t! While the uncertainty that comes along with rising interest rates and a falling stock market can be scary, there is a silver lining: your current customer bas

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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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How to Maximize Value from Employee Net Promoter Score?

Zonka Feedback

Happy employees spend longer time in their organizations and work more efficiently. And the onus of ensuring employee satisfaction and happiness is on the employers. To retain employees and attract new talent, you must create a work culture where employees are not just happy but can also keep in sync their own objectives with that of the shared organizational objectives.

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What is tiered support?

Intercom, Inc.

Tiered support refers to support models that are organized with multiple levels or tiers of support. These tiers are organized strategically to ensure that the appropriate actions can be taken efficiently and effectively to resolve any customer challenges or concerns. A tiered support customer service model involves creating different levels or “tiers” of support to help you more easily allocate resources, create escalation paths, and give each customer service challenge the right level of atten

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What is high-touch customer service? (+ how to deliver it)

Zendesk

A customer might love your product or service, but the real test comes when they reach out to your support team. If they’re met with frustrating options—like an automated phone menu that doesn’t let them speak to a human—it’s game over. According to the Zendesk Customer Experience Trends Report 2022 , 61 percent of consumers will walk away from a company after just one bad customer service experience.

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ECXO webinar: From CX to distinctive experiences

MyCustomer Experience

EThe European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) is delighted to invite you to a Joe Pine Event, focussing on “From CX to Distinctive. 14th Jun 2022. By Ricardo Saltz Gulko Managing Director.

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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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Don't Pay for a Customer Feedback Tool Unless it has These Features

Zonka Feedback

Measuring customer feedback has become a necessity for every business in order to align with customers' needs and ensure satisfaction. It also showcases the intent of the organization to prioritize customers and their needs to be able to deliver remarkable experiences.

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What is customer relationship management?

Intercom, Inc.

Customer relationship management (CRM) is a strategy and methodology that revolves around using data and feedback to build authentic, meaningful relationships with prospects and customers, keeping them connected and loyal to your company. Customer relationship management involves leveraging the right technologies to properly meet your customers’ and prospects’ needs.

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Operational Controls

The Squawk Point

Operational Controls are Worthless if They Aren’t Maintained. At approximately 5 pm on Monday 22nd June 2009, a Washington Metro train heading towards Shady Grove smashed into the rear of the train ahead of it. The Automatic Train Control system had instructed the train to travel at full speed (55 mph). When the driver of the moving train, Jeanice McMillan, saw the stationary carriages ahead, she applied the emergency breaks, but it was too late to avoid the crash.

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Joe Pine: From CX to distinctive experiences

MyCustomer Experience

JThe European Customer Experience Organization (ECXO) is delighted to invite you to a Joe Pine Event, focussing on “From CX to Distinctive. 14th Jun 2022. By Ricardo Saltz Gulko Managing Director.

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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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Guest blog: The Ultimate Guide to Launching and Branding a Successful Customer Experience Program

Comm100

If you want your brand to stand head and shoulders above the competition, developing an unbeatable customer experience is essential. However, consistently achieving customer satisfaction across all aspects of your business is a considerable challenge. In this guide, we will talk you through how to launch and brand a successful customer experience (CX) program to ensure your business is operating at the top of its game.

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What is customer cohort analysis?

Intercom, Inc.

Customer cohort analysis is the act of segmenting customers into groups based on their shared characteristics, and then analyzing those groups to gather targeted insights on their behaviors and actions. As a branch of behavioral analytics, customer cohort analysis organizes users into subsets in order to better monitor customer behaviors and user engagement.

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Why Digital-First Contact Centers Remain Ahead of the Competition

Fonolo

While we may all be grateful, we no longer live in a ‘digital only’ world, the digital experience has become core to how we interact with brands. The number of digital products and services we use day-to-day has increased rapidly, with digital elements playing a part in almost every customer interaction. To maintain service levels and meet customer demands, customer service delivery must be designed with the digital experience at its core.

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Resolve Escalations and Deepen Customer Relationships with Totango’s New SuccessBLOC

Totango

You always want to provide a positive, nurturing experience for your customers through every step of their journey. But despite your best efforts, sometimes issues still arise. When this happens, it’s critical to figure out a resolution that not only addresses the overall problem, but deepens your customer relationship in the long term. This is why having a proper escalation management process in place is essential. .

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AI for Business Outcomes: Selecting the Right Tools to Drive Results

Customers expect to be able to interact with your organization whenever and however they want. They also expect your agents to have insights into their journeys so that they don’t have to repeat themselves as they move through various channels. And, if they’re not able to, they just might find one of your competitors who will offer the flexibility they are looking for.

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4 Chatbot Customer Service Use Cases for Every Industry

Comm100

Digital customer engagement is always evolving. Just as live chat was a technological leap over telephone communication and is proving to be the most essential of all channels, chatbots are the latest technological milestone in customer support. Chatbots allow brands to offer cost-effective 24/7 support, while improving efficiency through automating up to 80% of all support queries.

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What is a push notification?

Intercom, Inc.

A push notification is a short, typically clickable form of pop-up message that is sent directly to users’ devices. These messages notify users of useful information, including new product or app features, unread messages, special offers, among other timely updates. . Done well, push notifications are highly effective and engaging marketing tools that inspire users to take specific calls to action.

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What Are the QA Metrics and Terms in a Call Center?

CSAT.AI

Updated June 2022 (originally posted October 2018) Quality is key. No one wants a subpar product or experience. QA metrics are important for gauging and maintaining quality and thereby customers. Contact center analytics can track and parse many of these alphabet soup metrics including: Average Speed of Answering (ASA). Also referred to as Average Wait Time (AWT) This is how long a customer waits in queue or how long before they explode.

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Three Ways to Reduce Government Wait Time and Create a More Efficient Visit

Qmatic

Let’s state this simply: Visitors to a government office are more than a number. But that said, sometimes that number is large, and each visitor can have complex needs. The government employees honestly want to help but are often expected to be miracle workers. They can feel under-resourced and overworked, trying to resolve each visit. Citizens, in turn, can feel just as helpless, exhausted by the processes, caught in a tangle of red tape, and, often, angry.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.