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Customer Experience Experimentation: Your Final Frontier

ECXO

All pictures generated with DALL-E are copyrighted by ECXO. Customer Experience Experimentation: Your Final Frontier Introduction Customer Experience (CX) is a critical battleground in today’s competitive market. To excel, businesses must continuously refine their CX strategies, and one of the most effective ways to do this is through strategic experimentation.

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The Hidden Flaws of NPS: Why Better New Alternatives Are Emerging for Your Business

eglobalis

Introduction We’re not here to drive the final nail into the coffin of NPS. While the Net Promoter Score (NPS) has long been heralded as the go-to metric for gauging customer loyalty, sentiment, and ”satisfaction”, it’s clear that NPS alone isn’t sufficient—a topic we’ve explored before. However, its effectiveness and relevance have come under scrutiny during the years.

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7 success strategies for outbound call center excellence

Callminer

Read this blog to learn about the factors that drive outbound call center excellence: agent performance, metric tracking and analysis, and prioritization of customer experience.

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Are assumptions hindering your delivery of great customer service?

Adrian Swinscoe

Recently, I was invited to participate in a discussion about how to improve customer service outcomes. At one point in the discussion, we were talking about […] The post Are assumptions hindering your delivery of great customer service? first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Next-Gen Cloud Contact Centers For Dummies®

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.

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Become the King Midas of CX

ECXO

Become the King Midas of CX Once upon a time in ancient Greece, a king named Midas was absolutely crazy about gold. I mean, this guy loved gold so much that he probably thought about it 24/7. So, one day, this god named Dionysus, who owed the king a favor, offered to grant him one wish. And guess what? Midas, without even thinking twice, asked for the power to turn everything he touched into gold.

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Why Is My NPS So High Yet Underperforming?

Retently

High NPS scores can definitely feel like a big win. After all, Net Promoter Score is a popular way to gauge how happy your customers are and how likely they are to recommend your business to others. It’s a straightforward metric that many businesses use to celebrate their customer satisfaction. But here’s the catch: a high NPS doesn’t always mean everything is going perfectly.

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Silence Speaks: Leadership Lessons from 7 Days Without My Voice

Doing CX Right

A week of silence revealed surprising truths. Could these lessons transform your leadership style and business? Read more now. The post Silence Speaks: Leadership Lessons from 7 Days Without My Voice appeared first on Doing CX Right.

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CX Education for Employees: Why it Matters & How to Develop Your Program

Experience Investigators

Why does Customer Experience Training Matter? Customer Experience (CX) is commonly misunderstood as reactive customer service, support, or even just ‘being nice to customers.’ CX is much more than these, though. I like to define Customer Experience as: A mindset A strategy A business discipline Customer experience is more than one area, product, service, or person.

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IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING GREAT LEADERS

The DiJulius Group

*The following excerpt on developing leaders is from our new book, The Employee Experience Revolution: Increase Morale, Retain Your Workforce, and Drive Business Growth “When your company says you want your employees to be leaders, what that really means is that you want their emotional commitment to your vision. A leader’s emotional commitment is about.

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The Role of AI in Personalizing Customer Experiences

Customer Think

In today’s world, customers don’t just want to be treated like everyone else—they want to feel special and valued. This has made personalization a big deal for businesses. It’s about making sure each customer gets a unique experience that matches their needs and preferences.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

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.

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Rules To Help You Decide When To Fire Your Customers To Increase Profit

Beyond Philosophy

In this episode, we challenge the conventional wisdom of customer-centricity and discuss why firing a customer is sometimes necessary. While it may seem counterintuitive, knowing when to let go of a customer can benefit your business in the long run. We outline five critical rules to help you determine when it’s time to part ways with a customer: Rule #1: Fire customers if they cost too much.

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Send Your Transactional Surveys Using Retently’s Zapier Integration

Retently

A great advantage of the Net Promoter System, aside from its simplicity and insightfulness, is that it works with any business models, such as B2C or B2B , and any business type and industry. Originally, the NPS surveys were sent at standard intervals, such as every quarter, once every six months and so on. This surveying model is known as Relationship NPS, which measures how your customers’ satisfaction changes over time.

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[Experience Action Podcast] Turning Negative Touchpoints into Positive Ones

Experience Investigators

Can sending an invoice actually enhance your customer relationship? Hear how to transform routine tasks into positive touchpoints and memorable experiences. In this episode, Jeannie Walters tackles the often-overlooked touchpoints like invoicing, providing three actionable strategies to infuse positivity and alignment with your brand’s promise into these interactions.

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Get your cameras rolling: Consumers want to watch videos of your products

Customer Think

To learn more about consumers’ changing preferences, my company, Bazaarvoice, did a survey where we asked over 8,000 global shoppers about the content they like to consume. According to the research, video-based user-generated content (UGC) has become a driving force in influencing purchases.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

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.

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The Opportunities & Pitfalls Of Fusing Human And AI-Powered Experiences

Beyond Philosophy

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 85,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has some excellent applications in Customer Experience , applications that can transform the processes in customer interactions. However, after all the sci-fi we have grown up watching, it is natural to wonder what the entrance of AI will mean for the humans involved.

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Net Promoter Score as an Ultimate Growth Hacking Metric

Retently

As a Customer Success Manager, Net Promoter Score ® is the most important metric you have access to for retaining customers. As a Growth Hacker, it’s an even more valuable metric for fueling your business’ short and long-term growth. Pay close attention to the second term: long-term growth. Since NPS® measures the level of satisfaction and loyalty your customers have for your product, it’s the key difference between a hockey stick-style growth chart and temporary growth followed by a gradual dec

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How to Measure Customer Delight and Prove Its Impact on Brand Loyalty

C3Centricity

As we all know, customer satisfaction is no longer enough to secure brand loyalty – if it ever was! Companies must strive to go beyond mere satisfaction and aim to delight their customers. Customer delight refers to exceeding customer expectations to create a positive emotional reaction, leading to stronger loyalty and advocacy. This post explores the importance of measuring customer delight, its impact on brand loyalty, and practical methods to achieve and assess it.

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Titans of CX: How Samsung and Apple Compete and Collaborate?

Customer Think

Designed on DALL-E or MidJourney; all rights reserved to ECXOorg. Article originally posted on Eglobalis: [link] Introduction In the dynamic and highly competitive world of consumer electronics, two giants consistently stand out: Samsung and Apple. Both brands have set benchmarks in innovation, design, and customer experience (CX), often drawing comparisons.

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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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Smile, You’re in an AI Photo

Help Scout

We all have an idea of what great service means. Respect, speed, accuracy, helpfulness. But cultural differences can affect the way the service is delivered and how it is received. As AI takes on some support work, will it be culturally competent?

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Mastering Product Experience: From Onboarding to Advocacy & Beyond

Zonka Feedback

Imagine this: A global financial firm rolls out a new software solution designed to streamline operations across multiple regions. The initial excitement is palpable, but within weeks, frustration sets in. The onboarding was clunky, support was inconsistent, and soon, what was supposed to be a game-changer becomes just another tool gathering digital dust.

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5 Ways Gainsight and Staircase AI Come Together to Propel Customer Success Into the Future 

Gainsight

When it comes to new technology, there’s nothing more instantly (and widely) adopted than AI. According to Gartner , companies deploying AI as a business tool are projected to surpass 60% by the end of 2024. And it makes sense: AI is a paradigm shift, because it allows teams to do more with less. Customer success (CS) leaders can offer the same personalized customer experience, without growing Customer Success Manager (CSM) headcount or risking CSM burnout.

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How To Effectively Close The Brand Consumer Gap On Social Media

Customer Think

Social media is no joke. Every minute, someone cracks a chuckle, someone is offended, or someone gets mercilessly bullied. Amidst the chaos, a new and perhaps more dangerous term emerges — the cancel culture. This is a targeted process of removing esteem status from a person or brand based on things deemed “offensive.

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Case Study: Key Insights on Wait Times and Customer Service

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.

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QR Code Surveys: Real-Time Feedback At Your Fingertips

SurveySensum

18.8% of users in the U.S. and the U.K. agreed that there was a visible increase in usage of QR codes since the onset of COVID-19 So why not leverage the QR code for survey designs ? In this fast-paced digital world, businesses are turning more and more to QR code surveys as they provide a quick, interactive, and mobile-friendly way to gather actionable insights.

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13 Best AI Trends in Customer Experience Driving Business Growth

Zonka Feedback

In the world of sci-fi movies, AI often takes center stage as the ultimate futuristic tool—think of Iron Man’s JARVIS anticipating every need or Her’s Samantha crafting conversations so personal, they blur the line between human and machine.

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5 Ways Gainsight and Staircase AI Come Together to Propel Customer Success Into the Future 

Gainsight

When it comes to new technology, there’s nothing more instantly (and widely) adopted than AI. According to Gartner , companies deploying AI as a business tool are projected to surpass 60% by the end of 2024. And it makes sense: AI is a paradigm shift, because it allows teams to do more with less. Customer success (CS) leaders can offer the same personalized customer experience, without growing Customer Success Manager (CSM) headcount or risking CSM burnout.

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Stop It: Ten Bad Customer Service and CX Habits You Need to Stop

Customer Think

Recently, Bob Newhart, a famous comedian and actor, passed away. He started his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually hit it big on television, starring in a TV series aptly named The Bob Newhart Show.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

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

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Safeguard Patient Data with Top 6 HIPAA-Compliant Survey Tools

SurveySensum

Did you know that 93% of healthcare companies have suffered data breaches in the past three years? Shocking, right? In this digital world where scams are increasing day by day, ensuring data privacy and security is not just an additional matter, it is essential. For businesses gathering private data from their patients via surveys in the healthcare sector, ensuring HIPAA compliance is not just a legal obligation anymore – it’s essential for protecting patient’s trust and maintaining

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What are NLP chatbots and how do they work?

Execs In The Know

Artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly AI in customer service —has come a long way in a short amount of time. The chatbots of the past have evolved into highly intelligent AI agents capable of providing personalized responses to complex customer issues. According to our Zendesk Customer Experience Trends Report 2024 , 70 percent of CX leaders believe bots are becoming skilled architects of highly personalized customer journeys.

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The Rise of India’s BPO Industry: Key Factors Driving Success

Hodusoft

The Rise of India's BPO Industry: Key Factors Driving Success In his bestselling and multiple award-winning book “The World Is Flat,” renowned author and columnist Thomas Friedman has dedicated an entire chapter to outsourcing. In it, he has essayed the role of India’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in not only enhancing the country’s economic growth but also helping the US’s economy.

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Top Content Marketing Tactics to Elevate Your Brand in 2024

Customer Think

The evolution of content marketing has been nothing short of remarkable. What was once considered a mere buzzword has now become a critical component of effective digital campaigns. In the year 2024, the landscape has shifted significantly.

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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.