Heart of the Customer
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Journey mapping isn’t easy. That’s why almost 2/3 of journey maps fail to drive change. A failed journey mapping project is a huge waste – not just because of the dollars and energy that went into it, but also because one failed journey mapping project makes it less likely that your company will try again. So here are four […]. The post Four Common Journey Mapping Mistakes appeared first on Heart of the Customer.
CX Accelerator
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Do you ever feel like it’s impossible to keep great talent in a customer support environment? You’re not alone! Leaders all over the globe have been wrestling this issue since the invention of the telephone. The good news is it can be done! With a fresh outlook on employee engagement, you can create a working environment worth sticking around for. This article will focus on three essential (but rarely discussed) engagement techniques specific to service professionals Peer-To-Peer Relationship Fo
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Uniphore
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Today, there’s a growing consensus that the age of robotic process automation (RPA) has arrived, capable of significantly increasing operational efficiency, thus offering clear-cut cost, performance and scalability benefits. It seems it’s only a matter of time before RPA will eventually be leveraged in just about every industry, automating business processes with cognitive systems.
Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Small changes, or nudges, having a big impact on people’s behavior is one that everyone in the behavioral economic community supports and heralds as the latest great idea. However, this great idea isn’t working for everyone. In particular, nudges don’t seem to be making much headway in medication compliance. When a patient doesn’t take their medicine properly, doctors call it “noncompliance.
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
PeopleMetrics
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Your customer experience management (CEM) system is up and running. You are actively listening to your customers and have an impressive 20% survey response rate. You’re measuring NPS and CSAT , and real-time alerts are coming in. That’s great! All signs point to a successful Voice of Customer (VoC) program. But wait! Do your customers know that you’re actually listening to them?
Lumoa
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Helsinki has welcomed 20.000 innovators at Slush , the world's leading startup event. This year among the main topics of "Technology" and "AI in Our Lives", you could also hear companies, both scaling and large, starting to talk about customer experience. It has been our second Slush and we enjoyed every bit of it. Slush gave us an opportunity to meet new and already familiar people, secure a couple of deals and have meaningful conversations on customer experience.
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Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 5, 2017
A new study by Calabrio reports that the majority of call center employees don’t feel trained to handle customer problems, making their jobs stressful and demotivating. Chances are your call center employees feel the same way—especially if you train like most companies do. The new report, “ The Health of the Contact Center: Agent Well-Being in a Customer-Centric Era ,” revealed that 56% of the 1,000 respondents in the U.K. and U.S. said complicated customer issues are their most significant ch
Heart of the Customer
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Customer experience pays. There’s no shortage of research on the impact of an improved customer experience, including improved revenue, profit, and, as a result, stock price. But how do you improve your CX? By focusing on Effectiveness, Ease, and Emotion. Improving on these three factors will ensure you are improving your customers’ outcomes, as well as your own.
ProProfs
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Knowledge is powerful. The organizations that are able to tap into it and share it with stakeholders are able to outshine the competition. Having said that, companies that are making efforts to empower the affiliates (and look beyond its employee base) have better chances to succeed. With businesses investing time, money and resources to boost their corporate training initiatives, “extended enterprise learning” as a concept is assuming center stage and gaining prominence.
Fonolo
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Last week, Fonolo hosted an insightful live discussion on how to handle customer service in a crisis. This expert panel discussed what brands can do to ensure that customer service is not compromised during times of stress in the contact center. They touched on social media for crisis management, reducing customer frustration, and so much more! To save you some time, we’ve extracted video snippets showcasing highlights from the discussion.
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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.
Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 4, 2017
I have two internet service providers, one at my home in Florida and one at my home in the U.K. Both have dragged me through long bouts of customer service purgatory , with missed appointments, lousy modems and just a general “we don’t care about you” mentality. So when I heard that U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai proposed eliminating net neutrality rules , my first thought was that my customer experience in Florida is about to get even worse.
Customer Bliss
DECEMBER 8, 2017
The following post is an excerpt from my book: Chief Customer Officer 2.0. Below, I share a “My Rock, My Story” snippet – which is one of many featured throughout the book. These stories come from CCOs who have faced numerous challenges, yet persevered in pushing their metaphorical “rock up the hill” by uniting their leadership teams, working through challenges, and ultimately achieving success in doing so.
ProProfs
DECEMBER 6, 2017
I was of the opinion that a good salesperson is the one who is a smooth talker and quick to answer questions even before you have them. Someone who will convince you to buy a product that you probably don’t even need. But the bubble burst for me when I got an opportunity to interact with some of the tech industry’s top sales professional. I came to realize that the best salespeople aren’t always the slickest talkers, rather they’re actually the most effective listeners.
Myra Golden Media
DECEMBER 3, 2017
There are four attributes of empathy, and I teach each of these characteristics in my Empathy eLearning course. One of the characteristics is, communicate your understanding. When your customer is upset, or frustrated, you could communicate your understanding this way: “I realize you’re upset. I’d like to take a minute to talk about what I think happened, and then answer any questions you might have.”.
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.
Customer Service Life
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Photo Credit: Bryce Johnson via CC License. This article was originally published on the FCR blog on November 20, 2017. Click here to read the original. When it comes to outsourcing customer service you may encounter a couple of different staffing models. The first is a shared model where you pay per minute for an agent’s time only when they are speaking with customers.
Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Whenever the subject of employee satisfaction and engagement arises, it is often difficult to differentiate between them. If you believe that “a satisfied employee IS an engaged employee.” It’s likely that you can’t articulate a distinction. A satisfied employee can pretty much be described as one who is relatively happy or more than complacent about their day-to-day job experience: the work, pay, benefits, possibili
Provide Support
DECEMBER 8, 2017
What Your Customers Hate and Love Most About Your Live Chat Support. There’s no doubt that in this increasingly digital era Live Chat has become the number one support tool for many businesses from different fields and industries. Small start-ups, mid-sized companies and major corporations use it to handle customer communication. Whatever the company size, they enjoy greater results in terms of customer satisfaction, mainly driven by high user adoption and minimum support needs.
Myra Golden Media
DECEMBER 8, 2017
In this article I show you what empathy is using an experience with my teenage daughter, and then I deliver 4 tactical ideas you can apply right now to express empathy: Put yourself in your customer’s place, Sense the Situation From the Customer’s Perspective, Discuss What’s Upsetting the Customer, and Coming Up with Ways to Fix the Problem.
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.
Comm100
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Introduction. Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean you’ve missed your chance to be thankful. In fact, if you’re going to run a successful, customer-centric business, it is important that you express gratitude towards your customers regularly. Here are important tips for writing a thank you letter to your customer, complete with sample thank you letters to help you show your customer how much you appreciate them.
C3Centricity
DECEMBER 8, 2017
“There may be customers without brands, but there are NO brands without customers!” I am often quoted as saying this and yet I still find most companies spend more time thinking about their brands than their customers, which is alarming to say the least! And you? . Last week I spoke about identifying the exact category in which you are competing.
DMG Consulting
DECEMBER 7, 2017
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Taylor Reach Group
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Newsletter. Contact centers, customer service and customer experience: news, views and how to's. Inside this issue: Quality Assurance - Avoiding Gray Areas . Increasing Costs in the Contact Center Due to Increased Efficiency . Disaster Preparedness, Recovery and Business Continuity . Founder of Customer Services Audit and Creator of Snapshotz Online Makes Guess Appearance.
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
Customer Bliss
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Overview. Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Can you manage a B2B relationship with customer providers and consumers? In this episode, Angie Hicks , CCO of ANGI Homeservices and co-founder of Angie’s List , shares how she built Angie’s List into the valuable service provider tool it is today, and how she transitioned her entrepreneurial and marketing experience into the customer experience role she currently holds at ANGI Homeservices ( which acquired Angie’s List this year )
Confirmit
DECEMBER 5, 2017
If you’re a call center supervisor dedicated to improving the customer experience, what can you do? Work on closing the gap between what the customer wants and what your call center delivers. In the short recording below, we’ll explore the areas with the highest discrepancy between what the customer wants and what a call center delivers so you and your team can develop ways to proactively meet those expectations and increase customer satisfaction with your issue resolution.
CX Journey
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Image courtesy of Pixabay Does your company suffer from the "not my job (NMJ) syndrome?" When was the last time you heard someone being asked to do some task that wasn't outlined in their job description, only to respond with, "That's not my job?" Recently? Yup. I believe it. It's an all-too-frequent occurrence that employees draw the line in the sand or draw a box around themselves, refuse to do some task, and say, "Not my job.
Taylor Reach Group
DECEMBER 3, 2017
By: Sarah Hill – Stapley. Recently Colin Taylor, our CEO, and John Cockerill, President, had the pleasure of speaking at the 15th Annual SCORE Conference. The focus of this year’s event was incorporating CEM strategies as part of your corporate DNA. Senior executives from a variety of industries attended the conference clearly, deeply invested in Customer Experience.
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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.
SugarCRM
DECEMBER 6, 2017
For many, CRM trends for the New Year seem pointless for three main reasons: long technology development cycles, the industry’s obsession with one or two big ideas over the course of multiple years, and journalists’ penchant for trends that are either too obvious or too outlandish to really drive value. But, thanks to some hyper-development in CRM (and tech in general) driven by AI, mobile and the cloud (as well as some less obvious drivers like GDPR ), we’re finally seeing some interesting chan
Confirmit
DECEMBER 4, 2017
This time of year, many people are reflecting upon what they’ve accomplished this year and what to anticipate in the future. We tend to underestimate change in the long term and overestimate change in the short term. So talking about this topic for 2018 can be fraught with challenges – but we’re going to do it anyway! The CX world is destined to be a very different place in the future, but before we get there, we’d like to share with you our perspective about what’s
Waypoint Group
DECEMBER 5, 2017
I recently ranted about how to best accelerate profitable growth (Accelerating profitable growth: How to tip the scales in your favor), “…we know that good Merger & Acquisition activity can accelerate top-line growth… but considering the investment, is it profitable (or at least “optimally efficient”) growth, and with a better ROI than true customer loyalty?
Taylor Reach Group
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Toronto, ON – December 5, 2017 – The Taylor Reach Group, Inc. (TRG), a globally recognized consulting firm focused on optimizing clients’ Contact Centers and Customer Experience (CX), today announced they are working with one of the largest veterinary hospital organizations in the United States and Canada. Taylor Reach is working on a telephony transformation program to replace their client’s existing Telephony platform.
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.
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