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Reimagining the IT Help Desk with Tech Mahindra’s Lawrence Sathiaraj

Uniphore

The IT help desk is becoming an increasingly critical component for the hybrid workforce. However, despite its newfound prominence, many help desks struggle to effectively resolve its employees’ issues. In fact, according to a recent Computer Weekly article, employee confidence in their help desk’s ability to address their needs has dropped to 25 percent.

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Here's why patient satisfaction is so important

Callminer

Read this blog to learn what patient satisfaction is, why it matters and how conversation analytics can help transform patient experiences.

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Scolding Customers is Never a Good Customer Service Strategy

Shaun Belding

We all run into situations where our clients and potential clients will choose a competitive company. They always have their reasons - and whether or not we agree with them, we need to respect them. There is never, ever a payoff in scolding customers, or trying to make them feel bad. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.

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Future of Machine Learning: Ways ML and AI Will Drive Innovation & Change

Customer Think

Did you know?? By 2022, the global ML market is expected to be worth $8.81 billion. It’s not a surprise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are two of the top buzzwords in today’s technological world. But, how will the two technologies create innovation and change in the near future? Do you have […].

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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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Why do customer service reps give out bad information?

Inside Customer Service

As a customer, do you ever feel like you're stuck in an old-timey comedy routine? My wife, Sally, and I recently had one of those experiences. Ironically, it happened while we were lining up to get into a comedy club. An employee approached us. "You’re in the wrong line," he said. "Get in that line," pointing to another queue of customers. So we dutifully followed his directions.

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How Much Do You Trust Your Customers?

Shep Hyken

One of our loyal subscribers, Darrell Grant, The CXO at Hightower Wealth Advisors, shared a great story that provides an excellent learning opportunity. . Darrell stopped by a local bakery to pick up some treats for a client. There was a longer than usual line, and some of the customers were becoming frustrated. Apparently, the internet was down so they couldn’t ring up sales.

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5 Best Uses for Artificial Intelligence in B2B Sales in 2022

Customer Think

Seventy-five percent of salespeople believe that they could not do their jobs as effectively without current technologies, according to our latest research. Technology is essential in a world that relies on it to evolve and enhance the way sales teams connect and follow up with leads. Now artificial intelligence (AI) has become a key piece […].

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Reinventing the Assumption on Human Needs

Conversation Agent

We overlook how much in life is about steps. There isn't a neat division between them, either. The development of one competency, skill, or the attainment of an achievement can be concurrent. You move up a step, and then review the previous one again. Hierarchies don't reveal nuance. Needs go beyond the physical and psychological. To make a person, you have intellectual and spiritual dimensions as well.

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Guest Post: Why You Should Rethink Your Customer Service Goals

Shep Hyken

Karen Hertzberg is the Senior Content Marketing Specialist at Siege Media. She shares 5 customer service strategies that improve customer retention. People may cut companies some slack if a product doesn’t quite work as expected, but only when the customer service experience makes up for these missteps. . It’s no secret that customer service is a critical component of any successful company’s strategy.

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5 Ways Customer Success Leaders are Fighting Burnout

Totango

Burnout is a dangerous and costly condition that should not be taken lightly. If you’ve noticed any signs of burnout within your team, it’s important to take action immediately to prevent any long-term consequences to the health of your employees as well as to your organization. Check out these five tips for how to fight burnout and keep your customer success team healthy and effective. . 5 Ways to Fight Burnout.

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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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Low-Code Mobile App Development Platform is in Rise | Why?

Customer Think

Low-code usage has been quickly expanding in recent years and it is expected to continue to dominate the software development market. The use of low-code web application development platforms is increasing due to a dearth of trained developers and increased demand for commercial apps. In recent years, there has been a greater emphasis on grooming […].

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Code-Dependence Is Holding Business Back for Insurers: How They Can Break Free

Lightico

CIOs and technical team leaders in insurance are faced with the challenge of accelerating operational efficiency and turning data into an enabler of business value and revenue growth across lines of businesses (LOBs). But many traditional technology solutions still require custom development and coding by IT, sapping time and resources for development, testing and maintenance.

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The Year in Narrative: A Review

Conversation Agent

2021 has been a year of deep reflection. While I've written much less than in the past on this site, most of the articles I did publish are witness to important work that I'm doing elsewhere. Witness to this change has been the letter. But if this year was not as prolific here, it was more intensely concentrated on the role of narrative and storytelling in our work and lives.

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How to Build a Customer Centric Roadmap for Your SaaS Product

Totango

Knowing how to build a customer-centric roadmap helps you align your product development with what your clients truly want. This promotes customer satisfaction, benefiting your clients and bringing your business higher retention rates and upsell revenue. In this blog, we’ll look at the keys to building a customer-centric roadmap. First, we’ll consider why being customer-centric with your product development is so important in today’s digitized economy.

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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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How to Build a Successful Startup Business Strategy? A Complete Guide Here

Customer Think

For the last decade, startups have been doing really well. Over the world, millions of startups are created by entrepreneurs. Thousands of startups are now generating millions of companies. “A company started by one or more than one entrepreneur, to provide products or services to the impunity. An early-stage venture called startup with limited resources […].

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6 Elements of Automated Workflows For Group Insurance Onboarding

Lightico

Carriers that provide group insurance need to ensure the onboarding process is as smooth and efficient as possible. Group plans require at least a 70% participation rate, so it’s in the carrier’s best interest to provide an onboarding journey that customers glide through till the end. In addition, carriers typically offer add-ons, and an easy onboarding experience increases the probability of customers purchasing those advanced plans.

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All you need to know about knowledge management for chatbot functioning

Knowmax

The post All you need to know about knowledge management for chatbot functioning appeared first on Knowmax.

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How to Fight Excessive Customer Churn: 4 Winning Strategies

Totango

Knowing how to fight customer churn is critical for keeping SaaS business models sustainable. The more customers you lose to churn, the more you have to invest in new customer acquisition to maintain your revenue, and the harder it becomes to grow your business. On the other hand, the more customers you can retain, the more revenue you gain from new customers you acquire, and the more your profit margins grow.

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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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The Blandscape of B2B Marketing Content Needs a Bit of Emotion

Customer Think

For some reason, B2B marketing content tends to lean more toward academia than literary license. Much of the content produced is dry, mechanical, and, well, academic. We think our content must exude professionalism because we sell complex, high-ticket.

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4 Ways Documents Are Killing Agility for Insurance CIOs

Lightico

For CIOs in insurance, boosting operational efficiency and generating cost savings through digitized processes have always been top priorities. 77% of CIOs rank digital transformation as their top priority this past year. But their role has evolved dramatically in recent years. Today, reducing costs is not enough — CIOs today need to focus on the bigger prize: unearthing new sources of revenue and driving the productivity that leads to growth.

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What we Talk About When we Talk About Love

Conversation Agent

Together is the word of the year. As Copy Chief Vikki Ross says, Christmas 2021 Brief: Togetherness. Gap: All together now. Uniqlo: Warmer together. Pandora, Lufthansa, Extra Gum: Together again. So much in common. Toyota: Let's come together for the holidays. Guinness Storehouse: Together at last. We're in this situation together, yes. But each of us is living it separately.

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Sign Documents and Forms Automatically with Commbox Digital Signature 

CommBox

Digital signatures are a valuable resource in today’s digital environment. Companies use digital signatures for various purposes, mainly to optimize their paperwork processing, improve services and of course, reduce the use of paper. . There are many uses and benefits for digital signatures, which we’ll review in this article. Then, we’ll guide you through how to choose a digital signature solution for your business. .

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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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How AI-driven customer personas can transform marketing

Customer Think

Three impactful ways to use AI and unified customer profiles to tailor experiences in real-time The world is cautiously optimistic about using artificial intelligence (AI) from customer data due to privacy and AI-bias concerns. At the same time, AI is proven to boost sales for businesses. It saves the time it would get to get […].

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It’s a Wrap! 2021 Product Highlights in Review

Totango

In our State of the Customer Success Industry and Salary Report for 2021 customers told us that their top challenges for 2021 included: Ability to scale and connect with more customers. Greater visibility into customer adoption and health. Reduce the time spent by CSMs on low-value tasks. Many of the new features and enhancements that we’ve added to our platform in 2021 reflect our commitment to addressing these key challenges as we work hard to continue to deliver a great experience and value f

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Turn your Passion for CX into a Career Opportunity

The DiJulius Group

It is no wonder why companies want to lead their industry in customer experience (CX). CX leaders grow revenue faster, charge more for their products and services, and enjoy higher retention of customers and employees. CX has now replaced marketing when it comes to creating a brand perception and it requires a skillful professional to. Read Full Article.

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Game of Thrones Meets Big Bang Theory: Welcome to CDP Industry's Next Phase

Customer Experience Matrix

The CDP Institute just published its latest Industry Update, our semi-annual overview of CDP vendors with data on employment, funding, locations, and more. ( Download here. ) There were three pieces of information that stood out: Only four new vendors were added, compared with an average of fifteen in past reports. four companies reported funding rounds over $100 million, compared with one round that size across all past reports nearly all employment growth (85%) came from previously listed vend

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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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Small Businesses Need Strong Brand Identity To Stand Out From the Rest

Customer Think

Brand Identity is all those elements that go into building a brand — such as a logo. These elements tell a story – the story of your business and what you stand for. Together they create an identity for your brand, by which you can easily introduce yourself to potential customers, as well as easily […].

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Preparing for a Customer Business Review

ClientSuccess

As we reach the end of 2021, customer success teams are hard at work compiling end-of-year reviews for their customers. Whether your team conducts business reviews quarterly, bi-annually, or yearly, preparing well in advance is critical to presenting proactive, well-researched information to your customers. Your CSMs can be more confident and prepared for their upcoming business reviews by following these steps to prepare for customer business reviews: 1.

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ICYMI, Part 2: 2021 Impact Roundup

Heart of the Customer

Last week, I spotlighted some of our best tech-related posts from 2021. This week, as we close the book on this challenging year, I’m focusing on 2021 posts about the most important outcome of our work in CX: showing business impact. We know we can do this by improving the experience for customers, but to […]. The post ICYMI, Part 2: 2021 Impact Roundup appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Wow, What a Year! What is Our Personal and Business Learning for The Year

Beyond Philosophy

Customer satisfaction is at the worst point it has been for 15 years. People want positive experiences, so it’s up to businesses that want them as customers to provide them. However, the old way of doing things is going away, presenting an opportunity to solve these problems differently. Understanding how the customer behaves digitally by combining the power of artificial intelligence (AI), data, and behavioral science is imperative to turn this around.

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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.