Callminer
MARCH 26, 2018
Voice continue to the most widely-utilized customer service channel by consumers, with 73% of consumers calling into the call center for customer service needs, according to Forrester.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 27, 2018
We just raised $125M in a round led by Mary Meeker at Kleiner Perkins. Here’s what we’re going to do with it. 2018 is shaping up to be a massive year for the Intercom platform. Historically, we’ve spent proportionately way more on research and development than other software companies we track, and that won’t stop any time soon. This funding will go straight into building great new software at a pace you’ve yet to see from us.
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CX Accelerator
MARCH 28, 2018
Originally published on ICMI Blog Does your contact center resemble an episode of "The Walking Dead?" Whether or not you've reached zombie apocalypse levels of engagement, all customer service leaders must be intentional to win the hearts and minds of our staff. The "why" behind our efforts will ultimately determine the quality and consistency of work.
Fonolo
MARCH 29, 2018
As humans, we’ve all had to endure the seemingly torturous act of waiting. Whether as a child, eagerly waiting for our slice of the birthday cake to be passed down, or as an adult, having to sit in drab waiting room at the doctor’s office. As Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perfectly put it, “the waiting is the hardest part”. When it comes to customer service, it’s no secret that long wait times are something to be avoided at all costs.
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
Callminer
MARCH 25, 2018
The requirements of GDPR are leaving many businesses struggling to make updates to internal procedures regarding recordkeeping and storing of information
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 28, 2018
The prevailing view of customer support is that it’s a cost center, and that companies are always looking to lower those costs. The problem with this train of thought: you’re missing out on revenue. At Intercom, we have learned that investing in real-time support, with response times under 5 minutes, can actually turn customer support into a revenue driver.
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PeopleMetrics
MARCH 26, 2018
Are you familiar with all the different ways your customers interact with your business? Whether you're a seasoned CX professional or you've never heard of CX, chances are you at least have some basic notion of the areas, or touchpoints, where customers interact with your organization. Your website, call center or storefront are all examples of possible customer touchpoints.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 30, 2018
Every business wants loyal customers, but what does it really mean? Why do organizations get confused between inertia and customer loyalty? How can you truly gain loyal customers? The post What Really Is Customer Loyalty? appeared first on.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 30, 2018
Very few non-fiction books have had the long-lasting impact of Dale Carnegie’s 1936 classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People. The title alone was a meme long before memes were a thing – the phrase became shorthand for the cultivation of a winning personality, especially in the pursuit of professional success. So how has the book remained such a bible for sales and marketing professionals?
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 27, 2018
I just finished recording a fully customized 14-module video course for a new client. My client’s biggest challenge was how to navigate through complex calls, like situations with ramblers and challenging customers. One of the strategies I prepared for my client’s customized training is 4 Things You Can Do To Help Your Customers Cut to the Point.
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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.
Heart of the Customer
MARCH 28, 2018
What does it take to design a customer experience (CX) program that drives business results? The CXPA identifies six disciplines as core to an effective CX program: CX Strategy Customer-Centric Culture VOC Customer Insight & Understanding Experience Design Improvement &Innovation Metrics &Measurement ROI Organizational Adoption & Accountability This white paper, written in conjunction with Intouch Insights, […].
Customer Service Life
MARCH 24, 2018
This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on December 21, 2018. While it’s been a few months, these lessons are still relevant. Click here to read it. Looking back over the past year of working in contact centers, it’s a daunting task to recall the lessons I’ve learned for a few reasons. First of all, I’m turning forty in a little less than a month, and I swear my memory isn’t what it once was.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 29, 2018
Eric Siu has helped some of the biggest brands in tech accomplish one all-important task: grow their revenue. Eric is the CEO of digital marketing agency Single Grain. His team works with companies ranging from tech giants like Amazon, Uber and Salesforce to Series A stage up-and-comers as they try to acquire more customers. He also hosts two podcasts: Marketing School with Neil Patel and Growth Everywhere , an entrepreneurial podcast where he dissects growth levers that help businesses scale.
Customer Bliss
MARCH 28, 2018
If you’re leading customer experience work within an organization, one of the keys to success is to listen to others. Whether you’ve been doing this work for years or are just starting, listening and gaining feedback has to be an ongoing part of the process. The CX leaders who have been guests on my podcast, always stress the importance of maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to advance the work.
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.
Fonolo
MARCH 28, 2018
First, some perspective: No $20 billion industry changes quickly. Yes, a growing fraction of call center seats are switching to cloud-based offerings. But Avaya, Cisco, and Genesys are still going to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of call center equipment this quarter (and for many quarters after that). Heck, there are still 300,000 Nortel-era CS1000’s powering 40 million phones out there.
CX Journey
MARCH 28, 2018
Image courtesy of Unsplash How do you measure success of your customer experience initiatives? For any type of project or initiative that you undertake, it's important to be able to track progress and measure success. In order to do that, you must first outline what success looks like and what metrics you'll use to measure that. Outlining what success looks like starts with: specifying the problems to solve, establishing the objectives, and defining the desired outcomes.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 26, 2018
Your help center is the home of all knowledge about your product. It gives your customers the information they need to break down their learning barriers and hopefully become expert users of your product. This makes it a critical retention tool. Our product teams sometimes ship more than 100 changes per day. If you develop and ship new features as often as we do, it’s vital that your articles help your customers keep up with the changes.
Taylor Reach Group
MARCH 29, 2018
CX and Contact Center consulting firm, The Taylor Reach Group Inc., selected to design and develop a Virtual Contact Center for a Home Improvement Services organization. TORONTO (PRWEB)March 28, 2018. Customer Experience (CX) and Contact Center consulting firm, The Taylor Reach Group, Inc., announced today that they have been selected to design and develop a virtual Contact Center for a home improvement services company.
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.
Fonolo
MARCH 27, 2018
Last week, Fonolo hosted an insightful live discussion on how the new Twilio / Amazon “stack” will impact call center technology decisions moving forward. This expert panel discussed the unexpected power couple, the impact on call center innovation, and so much more! To save you some time, we’ve extracted video snippets showcasing highlights from the discussion.
Comm100
MARCH 28, 2018
The success of a customer support team is heavily reliant on customer service reports, metrics and KPIs. Reports help managers to gauge the team’s performance and make improvements to service. Apart from this, mangers are also able to use reports to monitor the customer support team, cut costs, streamline the processes that support the customer service department and make strategic decisions.
Taylor Reach Group
MARCH 27, 2018
Newsletter. Contact centers, customer service and customer experience: news, views and how to's. Inside this issue: Call Center, Contact Center and Customer Experience Events - April 2018. 3 Key Factors for Successful Quality Assurance. Customer Experience is Driving the Need for Ethnographic Research to Understand Why Customers Do What They Do. Leading by Example: What our Supervisors Need to Know.
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
SugarCRM
MARCH 27, 2018
You may recall that we adjusted the product release process for Sugar, our core Relationship Management offering last year. Beginning with the Fall ‘17 release, we moved to a quarterly delivery schedule for our cloud customers. Correspondingly, Sugar on-premise customers moved to a predictable annual release model, aligning the cloud and on-premise offerings with each year’s Spring release.
ClientSuccess
MARCH 27, 2018
I recently watched a video of Rob Jeppsen , CEO of Xvoyant , explaining how to take a different approach when building out your pre and post sales funnel stages. Many times the process of defining the pre and post sales stages is part of building out a customer journey map or strategy. One of the key takeaways from Jeppsen’s approach is to define what you want the customer to experience along the journey before you define the stage names.
Customer Bliss
MARCH 30, 2018
As many of us CX practitioners know and may have experienced firsthand, the airline industry faces numerous challenges in creating a customer experience that puts the customer first. Not only do individual airlines have their share of CX problems, but so do airports. From dealing with security lines, flight delays, finding your terminal, and searching for food, there are a myriad of factors that affect airport customer experience.
1 to 1
MARCH 29, 2018
What does it mean for enterprise organizations to personalize experiences? At Enterprise Connect 2018, Customer Strategist Senior Writer Judith Aquino sat down with Verizon’s Alla Reznik to discuss the value of knowing your customer, Verizon’s approach to creating AI-enabled personalization tools, and the limits of automated services. Listen to all episodes of The CX Pod at TTEC. .
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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
MARCH 29, 2018
(Editor’s Note: the following is a guest post from Doug Haines a contributing writer for Discover CRM ). Implementing a CRM system is a critically important decision for any business. However, you can’t just buy a new CRM platform, hit the switch and be on your ray to better business relationships and more revenue. In reality, it’s a much more complicated process with hurdles and pitfalls that much be navigated.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 29, 2018
We like to think that influences on our behavior are things of which we are aware. It makes us feel like we are in control. However, forces affect our behavior whether we are aware of them or not. Moreover, the non-conscious influences of which we aren’t mindful have more sway over our behavior than our control-freak selves would like to admit. Non-conscious influences include the most common one that people talk about, subliminal messages.
Taylor Reach Group
MARCH 26, 2018
At Taylor Reach Group, we have compiled a list with hundreds of expos, conferences and summits focused on the Call Center, Contact Center and/or Customer Experience. Whether you’re interested in speaking, exhibiting or simply attending these events, we wanted to keep everybody informed on the upcoming Contact Center and CX Events. With that, here are some of the events taking place in April 2018 (in chronological order) with direct links to each event: Ecommerce Operations Summit April 3 – 5, Co
1 to 1
MARCH 26, 2018
When most customer care leaders think of at-home workers, they think of temporary, seasonal staff brought in for a quick fix, who are then discarded until next season. However, this mindset is changing. Labor challenges, volatile weather, and the desire to return to onshore operations are top-of-mind issues, positioning at-home as a feasible option for daily permanent operations.
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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