Win the Customer
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Being an exceptional customer service representative comes with specific requirements. One of them is understanding the effect of using service phrases. Your goal as a customer service employee is to hear problems and bring solutions. As long as you know how to solve the issues arising, you’re successful. However, communicating well 24/7 can be difficult.
Fonolo
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Over the past few years, CX has become more than just a hot topic. It’s become the heart of business conversations. To truly provide the best service for your customers, you need to focus on their entire journey with your company — examine their touchpoints, interactions, and expectations and ask yourself: Is there a way to make this process simpler?
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Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 4, 2020
We wanted to explore the retail landscape through various distinct themes – offering a range of perspectives and experiences. So we started by delving into the physical history of the store, followed by how our habits have changed, then we looked at who and what is fuelling the shift online, and finally we considered how the events of 2020 might inform how we shop, plan, and build in the future.
The DiJulius Group
DECEMBER 2, 2020
4 Quick Tips to Help you Make the Pandemic Irrelevant 1. Customer Service Feature Story Want to transform your customer service? Do this first By Dave Murray, Senior Customer Service Consultant As a customer service consultant, I repeatedly get asked, “When wanting to substantially improve your company’s customer service, where is the best. Read Full Article.
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What does customer service excellence look like in 2024? According to our report with insights from CX expert Shep Hyken, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and there’s a bigger shift toward self-service and leveraging AI capabilities.
C3Centricity
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Earlier this year I wrote about the impact of AI and ML on digital marketing. The article is called “ AI and ML are Taking Digital Marketing to the Next Level.” In it, I compared the positive and negative implications of technology for customers and companies alike. So this week I wanted to write about the impact of smart choices for business in general.
Fonolo
DECEMBER 2, 2020
We’ve all seen the stories: Customers left on hold for hours, sometimes unable to get through for days. How should we interpret them? Often these articles take the view that companies are letting down their customers, or governments are letting down their citizens. In that way, the stories fall into a familiar emotional bucket: A callous bureaucracy is too unprepared, stingy, or incompetent to provide good service.
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Gainsight
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
[TL;DR: We’re thrilled to announce a partnership with Vista Equity Partners, valuing Gainsight as a “unicorn,” to take the Customer Success movement to new heights. And I’m personally all in as CEO for this next phase. If you want to read the boring version of this story, see our press release here. If you want to read fun commentary from Alex Konrad at Forbes, click here.
DMG Consulting
DECEMBER 1, 2020
2020 Contact Center Retrospective. What an amazing year 2020 has been – never seen anything like it and hope we won’t again. But, despite all of the challenges, a lot of good things have happened, including in the world of contact centers. Below are 6 positive mega trends that emerged during the dark hours of the pandemic; all of these trends are here to stay and will continue to play an important role in contact centers for the foreseeable future: Work-from-home – When the pandemic hit country
Zendesk
DECEMBER 4, 2020
We live in a world of one-click checkouts, next-day shipping, and many other forms of instant satisfaction. So, when it comes to customer service, web self service is no longer a trend — it’s an expectation. Sure, there will always be a time and a place for verbal interactions and hands-on support. But many times, the best way to serve your customer is to get out of the way.
Astute
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
What can a brand do to help convert customers into repeat and loyal brand advocates, and boost its bottom line in the process? The post Customer Retention Management: How to Keep Customers from Jumping Ship appeared first on Astute.
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.
TeamSupport
DECEMBER 2, 2020
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about why it’s important to make decisions that can positively impact your customer support department swiftly, and what the consequences are if you don’t. Even a big decision like changing your B2B customer support system can move quickly if you know where to start and how to evaluate the right solution providers.
DMG Consulting
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Question: What information should we include in a job description? Answer: A job description (JD) is an important tool for defining and communicating the functions and responsibilities associated with a particular position in an organization. It also serves the very important function of compelling the hiring manager to specify and document the requirements and skills needed for prospects to perform the job.
Zendesk
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Digital transformation was already vital to surviving in the ever-evolving digital economy and meeting the ever-increasing customer expectations it generates. But the environment of constant change driven by COVID-19 made business transformation more relevant than ever , shrinking the transformation timeline from years to weeks, according to Gartner.
Astute
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Ensure your knowledgebase article templates deliver the right information to the right audience at the right time. The post 6 Steps to Building a Better Knowledgebase Article Template appeared first on Astute.
Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton
Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.
Zonka Feedback
DECEMBER 1, 2020
With immense pleasure, we announce that Zonka Feedback has been named as 'Product Leader' in the Top 20 Employee Engagement Software Products list of 2020.
TeamSupport
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
In business and in life, making a decision is easy when you’re working with a true partner and together can weigh all the factors involved towards making the right decision. In a specific example, the same can be said when it comes to making decisions that impact your B2B customer support teams’ success. As a customer support leader, you have to make a million decisions a day, and many, if not most of them, involve helping to solve customer issues.
Zendesk
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Despite being one of Chicago’s most acclaimed eateries, the gourmet restaurant Alinea was accused of tastelessness this past July. The criticism wasn’t about the quality of the food; it was about the presentation. Namely, the design of a coronavirus-shaped canapé that one diner photographed and shared on social media. Hundreds of Instagram users expressed outrage at the balls of coconut custard that were speckled with red raspberries to resemble the virus.
Astute
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Are you ready for 2021? See the 10 trends and predictions for the customer experience, customer care, and customer intelligence in 2021. The post The Customer Experience in 2021: Top 10 Trends You Need to Know appeared first on Astute.
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
UJET
DECEMBER 2, 2020
This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. Let’s be real. The title of this blog post is an important question that many executives are asking. Actually, they aren’t just asking, they are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) will allow them to replace live agents, just as they have been since interactive voice response systems (IVRs) were first introduced into the market more than five decades ago.
Kerry Bodine
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
2020 has been a year … And we’re crossing every finger that 2021 is going to be brighter and better. We want to help you make that happen with four offers to bolster your customer experience efforts over the upcoming year. Now through Friday, December 4: Save $500 on our Journey Mapping Master Toolkit , the industry’s only solution to combine the expert instruction and ready-to-use tools you need to create effective journey maps.
Zendesk
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Like everything else in 2020, the holiday season is looking a little different this year. That’s why we got together with Chatdesk co-founders Aneto Okonkwo and Andrew Olaleye to talk about how good CX (and a little planning) can help keep the holidays merry and bright. Read on for the full conversation, and if you like what you learn, join our Startup Central Slack Community for more conversations like this.
Zonka Feedback
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Customer Satisfaction is the key element that drives a business towards success and enhancing this element in your business means to provide your customers not only a good product or a service, but also a great Customer Experience. If we look at the market situations a few years ago, let's say a decade or two, the key factors influencing sales were price and product quality.
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Faster response times mean happier customers Are your customers on hold too long? Nearly half of consumers find hold times unacceptable, and a quarter will leave your brand because of it. Our latest report reveals how companies are affected by wait times and the impact on customer satisfaction. Read the report to get insights into the impact of long hold times and areas for opportunities.
Totango
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Hi there, I hope all of you had a great weekend, and for those who celebrated Thanksgiving, I hope you got some additional rest and relaxation. We are almost at the end of this special weird year moving swiftly towards 2021. Before we get to the new year, we still have some great functionality we would like to deliver by the end of 2020. New Totango usage analytics will allow admins and users to report the usage and performance of the team.
ModSquad
DECEMBER 3, 2020
This year has brought major changes to the way we conduct our everyday business, from at-home working to remote education to virtual meetings and hangouts. And now it’s the gifting and shopping season, which has not been spared from the 2020 twist. Sure, ecommerce has been growing steadily for years now, but there’s nothing like lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing to make online shopping look even more attractive to the American consumer.
ClientSuccess
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
The new year is a time to take stock of the past twelve months, determine what worked well, and identify areas that need a bit of improvement. For many in customer success and account management, 2020 ended up being a year that many of us would like nothing more than to forget and move on from. But, looking back over the past year, the challenges we faced actually can help us move forward in a more strategic manner.
Zendesk
DECEMBER 4, 2020
You’ve set up pipeline stages in your sales CRM. Every rep on your team moves their leads through the same series of steps when managing their deals. So why are unqualified leads ending up in the discovery stage of your sales process? Why aren’t sales hitting their projected numbers? Most likely, it’s because you haven’t established clear criteria for moving leads from one stage to the next.
Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja
Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever
Totango
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Loyal customers are one of the most valuable assets a company can have. Not only does customer loyalty equal a higher lifetime value as compared to short-term clientele, but long-term customers boost brand image and are more likely to provide word-of-mouth advertising to their peers. A high churn rate can reflect poorly on your enterprise and require you to invest more in customer acquisition; retention efforts are far less costly and often provide more positive results.
UJET
DECEMBER 2, 2020
This is a guest post by Donna Fluss, the president of DMG Consulting LLC. Let’s be real. The title of this blog post is an important question that many executives are asking. Actually, they aren’t just asking, they are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) will allow them to replace live agents, just as they have been since interactive voice response systems (IVRs) were first introduced into the market more than five decades ago.
Chip Bell
DECEMBER 1, 2020
All my life, I thought leaves departed trees in the fall because they got too old to hang onto the branch and gravity bested their grasp. It does not work that way. Trees literally release their leaves from the limb. Here is how a leaf becomes the prey of gravity. As days get colder and shorter, trees create a hormone that sends out a chemical message and triggers the creation of cells that appear at the spot where the leaf stem meets the branch.
Zendesk
DECEMBER 4, 2020
At the end of the day, sales managers are focused on one goal: Making sure their team hits its numbers. But without the right tools, it’s nearly impossible to guarantee that’ll happen. Tools like Zendesk Sell provide the pipeline visibility reps need to keep track of their leads. Customizable pipeline stages help managers standardize their sales processes across the business.
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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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