CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There aren’t many professional career paths more rewarding than Customer Experience (CX). Life as a CX professional is never dull, always changing, incredibly challenging, and so fulfilling. It takes blood, sweat, tears, and heck of a lot of time and dedication to drive meaningful CX improvements and to energize a team to keep the progress going. It’s one of the many reasons why CX Accelerator exists.

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Callminer

OCTOBER 21, 2019

These expert tips and best practices will help you choose the best outsourced call center services for your company’s needs.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 22, 2019

If you are new to sales management, it can be hard to know what concrete steps you can take to improve your skills, be recognized, and eventually, rise to a senior leadership role. Sales managers looking to stand out among their peers would do well to focus on four things: prioritizing work that will move the needle, making sure the right people are on their team, thinking about initiatives that will improve the business (not just themselves and their reps), and developing a solid decision-makin

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The latest thing I am into is Airbnb. Airbnb properties have character, at least the ones that we chose. I like that when we use Airbnb, we stay places where we wouldn’t typically. I find Airbnb fascinating because it is an organization that is disrupting the hospitality industry. I wondered what the secret was to their success. After all, let’s face it, having a business predicated on the idea that people would let strangers stay in their home sounds like a doomed venture.

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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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CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There aren’t many professional career paths more rewarding than Customer Experience (CX). Life as a CX professional is never dull, always changing, incredibly challenging, and so fulfilling. It takes blood, sweat, tears, and heck of a lot of time and dedication to drive meaningful CX improvements and to energize a team to keep the progress going. It’s one of the many reasons why CX Accelerator exists.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! For most retail companies, the fourth quarter of the year is the busiest and most crucial part of the year for business. This can put a lot of pressure on customer service workers who are not only dealing with a higher volume of tickets but also, potentially, a more stressed shopper. . It’s important for retail companies to have plans and strategies in place when heading into the holiday season to ensure that customer service workers have the tools and r

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Unless you serve robots exclusively, your customers are humans. Human feelings influence our actions and drive customer behavior. Therefore, you must design a Customer Experience that makes your customers feel a way that drives value for your organization. In our global Customer Experience consultancy, we have said for nearly 20 years that customer’s emotions account for over half of the outcome in any Customer Experience.

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CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There aren’t many professional career paths more rewarding than Customer Experience (CX). Life as a CX professional is never dull, always changing, incredibly challenging, and so fulfilling. It takes blood, sweat, tears, and heck of a lot of time and dedication to drive meaningful CX improvements and to energize a team to keep the progress going. It’s one of the many reasons why CX Accelerator exists.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 24, 2019

While today’s tech-savvy consumers are using more non-voice channels to connect with businesses, the act of picking up the phone to quickly and verbally resolve an issue (complex or otherwise) isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The problem with this? According to an Accenture study , consumers’ top two complaints were: Having to contact customer service multiple times; and.

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Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Last year, Walmart added a chief customer officer role to better align its digital and brick-and-mortar business, especially as competition from Amazon continues to increase. Their goal is to keep the customer at the center of its operations. Mastercard, Neiman Marcus, and many others have added this high-level position to their C-suite as well, increasing their focus on customer growth and relationships.

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Understanding Customer Habits: A Practical Guide. Habits can be excellent or terrible for your Customer Experience. When it is the customer’s habit to buy from you, then there is not a problem. However, when it goes the other way, well, let’s just say some habits are meant to be broken. Understanding what habits are and how they work is vital to your Customer Experience.

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ClearAction

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Lorsqu’on ne trouve plus les mots pour exprimer sa tristesse et son deuil, il est d’usage de se tourner vers les fleurs, avec leurs couleurs et leurs significations si puissantes. Depuis le rituel des funérailles jusqu’aux bouquets de fleurs envoyés par les proches en témoignage de soutien, les fleurs permettent d’honorer la mémoire du défunt. Reste à savoir quelles fleurs choisir pour un service funéraire.

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Heart of the Customer

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A few months ago, I was interviewing a Senior VP customer of my client, and asked her, “Do you have a relationship with [my client]?” She replied, “Well, yes, we have a commercial relationship…” I cut her off (probably a bad thing to do in an interview!) and said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t explain myself well. […]. The post In CX, Relationships Matter appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Myra Golden Media

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Two employees were chatting at the register. Both looked up when I crossed the threshold, taking in my Afro blossom, but rather than speak to me, nod or smile, they merely fell back into their banter. Floored by the blatant dismissal dis, yet urgently needing a black dress, I made my way to the Ponte sheath black dress I’d seen on the chain’s website.

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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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TeamSupport

OCTOBER 25, 2019

You get a support call escalated to you one minute, your boss tells you to call a different customer the next, and a few minutes later three new tickets hit your inbox, all with totally different issues. How do you and your team stay organized with your tickets when they’re flying in from everywhere?! If all customer problems came in through a single channel, such as email, it would make organizing and keeping track of your tickets so much easier.

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CSAT.AI

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Humanity loves to ask questions. Our curious nature has taken us as far as the moon and as deep as the quantum world. Some of our questions are much simpler, like how do I turn this thing on? (Admit it. We’ve all asked that question.) For customer service questions one of the most powerful tools is the FAQ. A Touch of History. Whether you say “F-A-Q” or “FAQ”, most people will know what you mean.

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Steven Van Belleghem

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Two-way door innovation. About 99% of all customer improvements function like two-way doors. This means that the impact of a possible failure of this type of small-scale experiments will always be so low that you’ll be able to retrace your footsteps – and go back through the door – without losing face, heaps of money and – worst of all – customers.

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Totango

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Customers want to see the value of your product or service—fast. They bought your product to solve a specific problem and if they are unable to achieve the desired outcome, they may churn. By helping customers achieve their own goals using your product, you’ll create loyal customers for life. And loyal customers are incredibly valuable, as they often spread positive word-of-mouth about your company and help secure future revenue.

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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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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The customer service industry is constantly changing. For CSMs in the SaaS industry, the same metrics that guided decision making and strategy even a few years ago aren’t cutting it anymore. Because customer success trends are rapidly coming and going, customer success leaders must keep their eyes open for the latest and greatest thought leadership. .

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Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In my Daily Dose video series, I explore the topics that chief customer officers must grapple with on a daily basis. Join me as I discuss what I’ve learned over the course of my 35-year career, so that you can more effectively do the work that needs to be done. The following is a lightly edited transcript of the video below. Today, I want to talk to you about something that continuously comes up in my podcast conversations , as well as something I recognized when I was a Chief Customer Officer.

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Confirmit

OCTOBER 23, 2019

…Wait, that’s not right. I meant Insurance Experience. Earlier in the month, we held our 6 th Annual Insurance Summit at MetLife Stadium, home of the NFL teams New York Giants and New York Jets. We truly had a blast this year where the overall theme was revolutionizing the insurance experience. At Confirmit, we love talking about experience.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The travel industry is an umbrella term that covers diverse services such as air, train and surface travel, hotels, holiday experiences, and business travel. Customers no longer turn to travel agents for advice, tips and to find the right service. They go on internet searches, on social media and expect to find the best. They use mobiles and they use desktops.

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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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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Welcome to our blog series CSM from the Trenches, a community for frontline Customer Success Managers (CSMs) that discusses trends, best practices, and advice for the frontline. Being on the CSM frontline allows us to directly influence the success of our clients. I love that; as our clients are successful, we’re successful. Each day we learn from the trenches what it takes to make clients happy and successful.

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Chip Bell

OCTOBER 22, 2019

My granddaughters are in the annual early October throes of deciding on a costume for this coming Halloween. It is a chance for imagination and competition! Wonder Woman and Mal from Descendants, even Jasmine from Aladdin, are getting extra nods. It all made me think about what costume I would don. Here is a peephole into my admittedly sinister mind.

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Confirmit

OCTOBER 22, 2019

With increasing pressure on Market Researchers to show quick top-level insights, efficiency is everything, and while the industry is rightly focused on speed, quality shouldn’t be sacrificed in its favor. Recently, Confirmit launched our brand new Fieldwork Reporting capability , providing out-of-the-box reporting with just one click. In this post I’ll explore some of the core features and benefits for our users.

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Qualtrics

OCTOBER 24, 2019

At Qualtrics we want to connect our people to careers that feed their purpose; jobs that motivate & inspire them. This is Liching’s “Why Qualtrics” story. To understand why I do what I do, I think you first need to understand what I like to do. I like to cultivate new relationships, try new things and explore new places. Why I do this is fairly simple: my family and friends are my world.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As a CSM or customer success team manager, you’ve probably heard the term ‘customer advocacy’ tossed around a time or two. There’s no denying that this customer engagement trend is here to stay. Although they are true champions of your brand and your product, advocates are definitely shaking things up in the CSM world. . Advocates are extremely well-versed in the products and solutions they use because they are working in them day in and day out.

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SugarCRM

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Choosing a marketing automation platform , either to transition to or adopt for the first time, is a scrupulous task. It’s important to choose the solution that best fits your needs. Many of the enterprise solutions on the market boast a variety of bells and whistles and it’s easy to get caught up in the magical promise that they often fail to deliver on.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Good onboarding isn’t just about introducing new signups to your product’s features – it’s a continual process of guiding people towards success with your product. That long-term focus on ensuring people find success with your product should lead to higher customer retention, which is the foundation on which thriving businesses are built. As our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des puts it, “ customer retention is the new conversion. ”. “It’s important to have a solid strategy in plac

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Qualtrics

OCTOBER 22, 2019

At Qualtrics we want to connect our people to careers that feed their purpose; jobs that motivate & inspire them. This is Randy’s “Why Qualtrics” story. I love promoting growth! Most of my work in management consulting and corporate strategy focused on accelerating growth and expanding profitability. I enjoy diagnosing challenges and charting courses to a desired outcome.

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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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