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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CEOs Say Employee Engagement and Retention Are Top Priorities

Customer Think

Employee experience. Employee engagement. Employee retention. Candidate experience. I’ve written many times about those topics in the past. Your employees should be your top priority, your hottest topic – right now. (Actually, always. Employees should always be more first.

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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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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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How many customer support agents do I need on live chat?

Provide Support

To find out how many customer support agents you need for live chat you need to make thorough analysis of your customer service needs and audience.

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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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How to Connect With Your Customers on an Emotional Level and Drive Brand Loyalty

Beyond Philosophy

Practicality is essential. Great ideas you can’t do anything with in the real world are a waste of time. Bob Black, one of our avid podcast listeners, likes our concepts about eliciting particular customer emotions. But he doesn’t know how to do that in practical steps. So, this episode gives them to him. Bob isn’t alone. Numerous organizations struggle with eliciting specific emotions in their customers.

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What I’ve discovered implementing an AI-driven customer service strategy

Intercom

As Intercom’s VP of Customer Support, I have had the opportunity over the last year to lead an AI-driven customer service strategy. It’s been one of the most fascinating and rewarding journeys of my career to date. Despite all of the great progress in that time, it still feels like the journey is just starting. There is so much more to be done to leverage AI to transform the customer experience, the employee experience, and the overall health of the business.

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How to Create Blog Posts that Resonate with Your Customers

Customer Think

Do you want to learn how to create blog posts that resonate with your customers? If so, you’re in the right place! Blogging is one of the best ways to improve brand awareness, build customer loyalty, and win over new visitors.

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Customer Journey Map: What it is and How to Create One

Qmatic

When talking about improving customer experience, the suggestion of doing a customer journey map normally appears in the discussions. But really, what is a customer journey map, what does customer journey mapping mean, and why is it beneficial for businesses to consider when they want to improve customer experiences? In this article, I will explore the purpose and benefit of a customer journey map and what to consider when doing customer journey mapping in your organization.

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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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Master the Art of Language: How to Transform Other People’s Opinion of You

Beyond Philosophy

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 80,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: Let’s begin this week’s issue with a test. I am going to share a British idiom, and you are going to determine what it means. It’s simple enough, yes? We will be on the honor system, so score yourself as you go along.

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Introduction to CX 101.

Bill Quiseng

Welcome to CX 101. Today’s course is a prerequisite for business professionals in the B2C or hospitality industry. It’s an elective for the B2B or the online/digital industry. This is not a customer service training class. Training is finite, usually one to three days. And training is top-down, one-way “I know everything, you know nothing” instruction.

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Customer Experience ROI Handbook: What is CX ROI?

Customer Think

What is Customer Experience ROI? This is a question with a hundred different answers, inaccurately. It’s not that complicated, but CX ROI advice is typically based on: — Inside-out viewpoints rather than outside-in perspectives. — A portion of customer experience management (selling, referrals, service, etc.).

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Product News – January 2024

Lumoa

Lumoa Product News for January 2024 Hey everyone! Lovely seeing you again, back with more exciting Lumoa updates! We have had a doozy of a month, with lots of features that we think will make Lumoa better for you. Let’s get started! GPT Summaries Improvements The AI that we use to create GPT summaries has been refined and improved, thanks to your feedback!

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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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You Had One Job!

The Squawk Point

Design Error I’m in the doghouse. Mrs Lawther asked me to do the washing whilst she was out. As I am a modern man and expect to do my bit, I was happy to comply with the request. Unfortunately, there was a complication. The washing included my wife’s very chic and expensive dress. Ordinarily, this is a hand-wash-only item, but Mrs Lawther assured me that putting it in with everything else in a “30 o C Mixed Load” wash would be fine.

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5 skills for the modern CX practitioner and where to learn them

CX Network

The top skills CX practitioners need in an ever-changing business environment

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The Critical Role of Enterprise Data in Generative AI

Customer Think

A huge number of Gen AI-based tools and applications have flooded the market. Some of these applications are clever and creative but they are mostly wrappers for the large language models (LLMs) behind applications such as ChatGPT.

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Text Mining: Unlocking Insights from Feedback Text Data

Zonka Feedback

Text mining enables organizations to retrieve information from text data. With Zonka Feedback, you can know customer's intent, emotions, and sentiments.

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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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142: Customer Experience Design in Healthcare

The DiJulius Group

Unlock the secrets to elevating your business through the power of exceptional customer service with Matt Jensen. On this episode of The Customer Service Revolution, we cover Matt’s journey with Vance Thompson Vision, revealing how an unwavering commitment to customer experience has propelled them to the forefront of vision care. We uncover the necessary ingredients.

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Enhancing the agent experience with Tymeshift’s newest features

Zendesk

Artificial intelligence has the potential to not only improve the customer experience but also drastically improve the admin and service operations experience. We believe AI can make service operations much faster and more efficient, allowing service teams to focus on delivering better CX instead of being bogged down by time-consuming admin work. As such, we acquired Tymeshift in June 2023 to give organizations using Zendesk an easier way to manage their teams.

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Market Research is Key to Understanding Customers Like Never Before

Customer Think

Market researchers and marketers have always maintained that understanding customer attitudes, behaviors, and unmet needs are critical for business success. In the past, this was simpler. There were fewer ways organizations engaged with customers and fewer ways customers engaged with organizations.

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Intent Analysis: Uncovering Customer Intent Behind Feedback

Zonka Feedback

Understand the intent behind customer feedback to derive valuable insights and take instant actions with Zonka Feedback's intent analysis functionality.

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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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Forecasting the Future: BPO Trends of 2024

Execs In The Know

2024 is the Year of the Wood Dragon, which is thought to signify unprecedented opportunities for evolution and abundance. This seems true for the BPO industry, where technological advancements and shifting dynamics drive a parallel transformation narrative. Riding this wave demands companies to embrace an adaptive mindset. As we step into the next 12 months, four key trends are poised to reshape the industry, each carrying the potential to propel businesses to greater heights if harnessed effect

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Audio Giant Delights Customers with Fonolo Call-Backs in Amazon Environment

Fonolo

As a global leader in audio, video and collaboration solutions, the Danish company Jabra knows a thing or two about delighting customers. After all, Jabra has been creating best-in-class technology that brings people together for 150 years. When the company wanted to ramp up its excellent customer service offering to further reduce hold times and abandon rates in busy contact centers around the globe, it turned to Fonolo’s Call-Back solutions.

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Leverage Buyer Goals to Drive Breakthrough Marketing Results

Customer Think

Source: Shutterstock I’ve always been skeptical of claims that using any one technique or tactic will consistently result in superior marketing performance. Simple, “silver bullet” solutions for big, complex challenges are incredibly rare in the real world.

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Crafting an Effective Customer Service Cover Letter: Examples and Tips

Help Scout

In a competitive field like customer service, a great cover letter can help you stand out from the crowd. Check out these examples and tips for writing one of your own.

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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.