Callminer

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research by reveals that US businesses have contributed to a switching epidemic by not valuing or listening to customers when they have problems.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,” as Peter Drucker put it. But that approach doesn’t just apply to your supply chain management, revenue or churn rates – most fundamentally, it also applies to people and our performance. People are all unique, and our performance can vary from hour to hour, never mind from day to day. Measuring that is inherently messy and difficult, which is why crafting effective KPIs for people’s performance is so challenging.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“If all of your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it, too?”. Who hasn’t heard that one before? We all know the evils of peer pressure from our parents, teachers or, in my case, the authorities. But what if I told you peer pressure could be great for your Customer Experience? Would you reconsider your judgmental stance against it? Everybody else is doing it.

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UJET

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When done right, a conversation with the customer over the phone can be helpful, engaging, and even fun. The problem with voice support is that it can also go terribly wrong, and those are the types of interactions that people hear about.

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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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Experience Investigators

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Thanks to a fun report from CCW , Customer Contact Week, and some clever customer experience pros (and prose – ha ha,) there is a discussion around leadership buzzwords we should have. According to the report, the list of buzzwords is growing. And I agree. Leaders toss around terms like “engagement” and “transformation” in ways that make those terms seem less important than they are.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 17, 2018

When you think of Intercom, you probably think of software, our Messenger, perhaps this blog. You probably don’t think of comics, but for many Intercom staff, the “Intercomic” has become a coveted part of their job here, a very personal marker of progress and belonging. Let me explain. To celebrate each year that someone is with the company, we create a portrait to mark the occasion.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 17, 2018

As we transition into autumn, it’s easy for us in customer service to lose the steam, energy, and focus we coveted during the rejuvenating days of summer. This is certainly not ideal given that the late fall and early winter months are some the busiest for call centers and contact centers in many the vertical: Black Friday, Super Saturday, and most of the days book-ending December 25th see a dramatic upsurge in customer support requests, which accompanies a similarly dramatic upsurge in sh

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Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 17, 2018

How easy do you make it for customers to get what they want when they want it? Do you understand how your customers’ lives affect their desires? What do you do to consider their desires, needs, concerns? Once you have that information, how will you improve your customer journey and experience? Make-mom-proud companies take a human-centered approach when engaging with customers.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Last week, we released our intelligent bot, Answer Bot , which helps you provide instant resolutions to customers by automating answers to their common questions. One of the unique things about Answer Bot is that not only does it provide specific answers rather than just article suggestions, but those answers can also include apps to power the actions needed to resolve their questions.

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DMG Consulting

OCTOBER 16, 2018

What’s New with Workforce Management? 2018 is the most exciting year in decades for the WFM market, with developments in innovation, interest and investment. Vendors are delivering innovation in the form of better user interfaces (UIs) that offer a much-improved experience without sacrificing function. These interfaces are delivering enhanced tools that engage agents and give them the autonomy to become active participants in managing their own work-life balance.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Meet Jane, the co-founder of a start-up that makes software for independent designers. Last year, her business received a round of seed funding and, as a result, its volume of orders quadrupled. Although this growth was positive, Jane was left struggling to keep up with customer (and internal) communications; processing new orders; investigating logistical issues; optimizing marketing strategies; and testing and updating product features.

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Myra Golden Media

OCTOBER 15, 2018

I made a support call to a company yesterday because I was stuck in a loop on an application. I’m glad I called because the representative gave me such a great experience that I found myself smiling and thinking, “She’s good. Really good.” Here’s a rough transcript of our conversation: Employee: “Hi, My name is Amy, and it’s my pleasure to help you today.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Large engineering organizations face a common problem – different teams working on different parts of a product can end up having specific domain knowledge, and even specific cultures, that can lead to silos. With siloed engineering knowledge, teams can start building fortresses, which can make it harder for others to jump in and contribute to the company’s goals.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 19, 2018

To improve your customer experience it is vital you address these seven key strategic questions. Colin reveals these questions at a keynote conference speech in Bahrain. Do you know the answers to these questions? Colin also interviews Rami Sweis, CEO of GolfCX on how customer experience is becoming a key area in the Middle East region. Finally, Colin reveals how you can download his ebook ‘Unlocking the Hidden Customer Experience for free!

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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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Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In my new 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. Today’s video is an excerpt from a longer video of 10 customer experience potholes to avoid.

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Chip Bell

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The air conditioning system broke in the little country church we attend when we have a getaway weekend to our North Georgia river house. It was a hotter than normal day, even for the normally cool mountain area. So, the church ceiling fans were turned on! It was an improvement, but clearly not the same. It reminded me of customer service…but, then most things do!!

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DMG Consulting

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Question: Our customer satisfaction survey response rates are declining. What additional information can we use to determine customer satisfaction? Answer: Contact centers have a wealth of data that provides insight into customer satisfaction and can be used to augment enterprise feedback management (EFM)/surveying results. Here are some suggestions: Speech/text analytics – use contact center analytics technology to fill survey gaps.

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Myra Golden Media

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It’s rare that I don’t write to you about customer service issues. But I want to talk about balance, not just because it’s so important to me, but because I know achieving peace and balance will help you be a better manager, leader, or customer service professional. Over the years I’ve found five practices that have helped me find peace and balance between my business and my personal life. 1.

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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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Heart of the Customer

OCTOBER 18, 2018

I recently purchased a new phone, so of course, I need a new case. I’ve loved my Carved wooden phone case, so I ordered another, but this time they did something new. When my new case came, it included something special. In addition to sending the standard packing and instructions, Carved included a “trading card” with […]. The post A Successful B2C Engagement Tactic Applied to B2B appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Meet Jane, the co-founder of a start-up that makes software for independent designers. Last year, her business received a round of seed funding and, as a result, its volume of orders quadrupled. Although this growth was positive, Jane was left struggling to keep up with customer (and internal) communications; processing new orders; investigating logistical issues; optimizing marketing strategies; and testing and updating product features.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Why amazing customer experiences matter. By 2020, customer experience (CX) will overtake price as a key product differentiator. While there are many ways to improve CX – ease of use, innovation, and speed are just a few – companies should be paying more attention to consistency and personalization. Regardless of how a customer chooses to contact you, expectations of consistent and personalized interactions across every channel — phone, email, social, website, or live chat — don’t change.

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Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In my latest vlog post , I explain 4 different potholes to avoid in order to advance your CX work, and today, I’m sharing excerpts from previous interviews with two experienced C-Suite leaders who successfully incorporated some of these tactics within their first year as a CCO. You’ll hear from Brian Lilie , CCO and Head of Technology at Equinix , the world’s largest IBX data center & colocation provider, and Isabella Lau , CCO and CMO at Manulife , a Canadian multinational insurance c

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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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TeamSupport

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Company growth is a great thing and it puts a buzz in the air that is tough to match. With this increase in revenue and customers, however, often comes a higher volume of help desk tickets. Before you know it, your lone help desk employee is working overtime to keep up. After adding a couple people to truly make your own help desk “team”, you realize that spreadsheets and emails aren’t the way to go.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Most marketing decisions today are driven by data. With CRMs, social analytics, Google analytics and e-commerce platforms readily available to most companies, marketing teams are able to pore over and analyze enormous amount of statistics, numbers, charts and trends. From product development to launch strategies and content planning, data is often behind many key decisions being made by company leaders.

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Totango

OCTOBER 19, 2018

We had a great time at the Technology and Services World (TSW) in Las Vegas networking, sharing ideas, and learning about the latest trends in technology services. It was a valuable and insightful event and the turnout at our booth from prospects and customers plus the successful session with our CEO Guy Nirpaz and Dilip Kumar, COO of Dimension Data, as they presented how Dimension Data has achieved better business results overall running on Totango, was by far the highlights for us.

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Confirmit

OCTOBER 18, 2018

What Is Customer Retention? Customer retention refers to an organization’s processes and activities that aim at stopping customers from churning or switching to a competitor. Increasing customer loyalty is a key goal of any business, and contributes greatly towards sustainable growth. Despite this fact, and irrefutable evidence that existing customers are more valuable than new ones, customer retention has often taken a back seat to driving sales.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay I'm already seeing it: people are starting to talk and write about customer experience trends for 2019. It's only the start of Q4! We haven't even made it through 2018 yet! Still lots of time to make things happen. (Right?!) Regardless, I'm not big on talking about customer experience trends for the new year any more. I have in the past, but I gave up a couple years ago.

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The DiJulius Group

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The Greatest Hotdog Vendor Ever To get the greatest hotdog ever, you need to find the greatest hotdog vendor. The best hotdog vendor I have ever seen can be found at Progressive Field, the Cleveland Indians baseball stadium. Sean is not just an ordinary hotdog vendor. He provides a memorable unique moment with every customer. Read Full Article. The post The Greatest Hotdog Vendor Ever | Get Your Masters In Customer Experience appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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Comm100

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Holiday shopping season isn’t easy. Even for the most well-organized customer service functions, seeing query volumes and queues rise into the red can be a hair-raising and difficult experience to handle. When it comes to holidays some things don’t change, like presents under the tree, turkey at Thanksgiving, and even customers’ expectations of service.

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Help Scout

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Release Notes is our monthly update that highlights recent product improvements we’ve made so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new. This month we’re waving from the semi-annual Help Scout retreat in Hilton Head, SC! Amidst all of the fun, bonding, and beach volleyball, we also made time to work on a bunch of new features for you. What's New ??.

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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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