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What is Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)?

Callminer

Contact centers are critical for customer experience, retention and acquisition strategies. But building and maintaining your own is a huge investment. Read this blog to learn the benefits of CCaaS.

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The Customer Journey Mapping Process That Drives ROI

Heart of the Customer

Customer journey mapping lays a strong foundation for the success of your customer experience initiatives. But only if it’s done right. So having a research-backed customer journey mapping process is critical. Unfortunately, that’s where most journey mapping initiatives go wrong. Almost two-thirds fail to drive action. That’s not all that surprising, since most neglect to […].

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3 Reasons You Need to Have a Reliable Communication Channel for Your Customers and Employees

Provide Support

The post 3 Reasons You Need to Have a Reliable Communication Channel for Your Customers and Employees appeared first on Provide Support Blog.

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Unlocking a consistent path to purchase in the wake of SCA

Adrian Swinscoe

This is a guest post from Ed Whitehead, the Managing Director EMEA for Signifyd. A path to purchase is the journey that a customer will make […]. The post Unlocking a consistent path to purchase in the wake of SCA 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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Detecting customer emotions with CallMiner

Callminer

Detecting emotions is hard. It is hard for machines because it is hard for humans. Read this blog to learn why it is so hard and why the CallMiner platform is one of the leaders in the space.

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Guest Post: Find Ways for Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Customers

Shep Hyken

This week, we feature an article by David Meerman Scott adapted from the new 8th edition of The New Rules of Marketing and PR to be released on May 3, 2022. He shares how organizations can use data and AI-powered tools to benefit customers. As I write this, I’m using web-based artificial intelligence (AI) transcription software called Otter to help me turn recorded audio interviews into a text transcription.

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Busting some CCaaS and CX technology myths – Interview with Vasili Triant of UJET

Adrian Swinscoe

Today’s interview is with Vasili Triant, Chief Operating Officer of UJET, the world’s first and only cloud contact center platform for smartphone era CX. Vasili joins […]. The post Busting some CCaaS and CX technology myths – Interview with Vasili Triant of UJET first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

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Two fantastic “Saving the World” customer experience cases in Los Angeles

Steven Van Belleghem

SpaceX and Starlink. I want to illustrate the higher purpose of Elon Musk’s Starlink company – probably my top favourite visit in this tour – with a story about their custom-made devices for Ukraine. Walking around in the Starlink factory, we could see that the packages were separated into two piles: one for Ukraine and another for all the other countries.

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HubSpot’s CEO Yamini Rangan on ditching the funnel for the Flywheel

Intercom, Inc.

The idea behind the funnel is quite simple – marketers craft campaigns to capture potential customers’ attention and slowly nurture them until they are ready to be handed off to the sales team, which guides them through the purchasing stage until they become paying customers and, hopefully, loyal advocates. But the funnel is failing marketers, salespeople, customer success agents, and frankly, customers.

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CAN STARBUCKS COME BACK?

The DiJulius Group

For the third time in coffee chain Starbucks’ illustrious history Howard Schultz is the Chief Executive Officer, following former CEO Kevin Johnson who stepped down after a five-year tenure including upgrades like mobile ordering/payment, environmentally friendly cups and other items, and a particularly difficult period in 2018. In a world of too many ugly and.

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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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5 quick ways to improve your e-commerce customer experience

Intercom

Since the pandemic, consumer habits have really changed – shoppers have migrated online en masse, their expectations are higher than ever, and brand loyalty is harder to maintain. So, after long lockdowns and with a new type of consumer to appease, how can you ensure that shoppers will still gravitate towards your online store over the competition?

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Omnichannel Contact Center: A Beginner’s Guide to Scale Up

Hodusoft

Omnichannel Contact Center: A Beginner’s Guide to Scale Up. Providing the best customer service is one of the most important pillars of any businesses’ success. Earlier, call centers had limited resources making it difficult for tech support to handle every query. Today the concept of the omnichannel contact center has transformed the scenario.

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Welcoming our newest board member to Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

I’m excited to announce that we have welcomed a new and accomplished member to the Intercom board: Eileen Naughton, previously an executive leader at Google, President of Time Magazine, and General Manager of Fortune. Eileen is a genuine, down-to-earth, exceptional leader, who brings an unusually broad set of experiences across a range of fields and industries.

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Poor Internal Customer Service? Here’s What To Do

Shaun Belding

Internal customer service has become a hot topic over the last few years. It’s frustrating when you feel you can’t rely on your coworkers to do their part. Shaun Belding | www.beldingtraining.com. Shaun Belding: Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker - Keynote speaker and customer service blog.

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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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New integrations are in bloom

Zendesk

Here are the newest integrations from Zendesk to help your team provide top-quality experiences. AfterShip Returns Center. AfterShip Returns Center (Support) is a must-have returns management portal that ensures a happy post-purchase experience. AfterShip Returns Center is built with an intuitive interface for your customers to process a return from your online store.

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Lisa Sinacola, Worldwide Leader at Microsoft, Joins the Execs In The Know 2022 Corporate Advisory Board

Execs In The Know

PHOENIX, ARIZONA, US, April 28, 2022 / EINPresswire.com / — Global customer experience (CX) industry leader Execs In The Know (EITK) is pleased to announce the addition of Lisa Sinacola, Worldwide Leader | Modern Life, Gaming and Customer Service – Customer Service and Support at Microsoft, to the company’s 2022 Corporate Advisory Board.

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Enterprise CS 501: Optimize and Scale the Impact of CS

Gainsight

Let me start with a statement that might seem far-fetched: enterprise customer success organizations looking to optimize and scale as they mature can learn a lot from the best practices of Grammy-award winning R&B supergroup Silk Sonic. . Before you laugh me out of the room, “leave the door open” for the possibility that there might be some parallels between customer success and musical superstardom!

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Are You Using Net Promoter Score® (NPS®) Survey The Right Way?

Zonka Feedback

NPS® or Net Promoter Score® is the most important metric to measure customer loyalty and overall satisfaction with the brand. Therefore, it is important to use NPS® surveys at different touchpoints throughout the customer journey. Moreover, it is advised to conduct NPS® surveys through different channels depending on where your customers choose to interact with your business.

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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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Improving Government CX – The Fundamental Building Blocks for Success

Comm100

There’s no way to sugarcoat this – government customer experience (CX) is miles behind the private sector. When calculating customer satisfaction across major industries in 6 countries, government is the bottom-performing industry in each country. There are many reasons for this, some of which excuse government underperformance. The public sector often has to battle limited resources, changing mandates, and flip-flopping service delivery measured outcomes.

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Revealed: How to Use Data to Transform Agent Actions into Operational ROI

Execs In The Know

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way customers think – and what they want. Most consumers report that they are expecting the global health crisis to kickstart business improvements and innovation and accelerate digitization, while overall they are looking for a cohesive, safe, and customized experience. Learning how to deliver this in a distributed environment has proved challenging for many companies.

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How can AI Chatbots Help Acquire Customers?

Ameyo Callversations

We live in a time where our attention span has surprisingly shrunk down. And it is also understandable when we look at the amount of information and entertainment available there. However, this poses a big challenge for businesses to attract new customers. Commerce thrives on the consumer’s attention; more attention over a product will be the chances of acquiring customers.

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Introducing Customer Experience (CX) Automation and Smart Workflow Feature

Zonka Feedback

66% of consumers who switched brands did so because of poor service. 85% of customer churn due to poor service was preventable. 67% of customer churn is preventable if the customer issue is resolved at the first engagement. 11% of churn can be prevented by a company by just reaching out to the customer. 65% of customer service experts say that using CX automation should be a norm.

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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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Failing in Customer Service – What Industries and Companies are the Worst

CSAT.AI

Do you want to be known throughout your industry as failing in customer service? Are you eager for the kind of negative reputation that vitriolic customers can give you? Is being sued by your customer base one of your top goals? If so, read on. Here we have some of the worst performing industries and brands, according to the 2021 American Consumer Satisfaction Index , JD Power 2021 Service Provider Satisfaction Studies and more.

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Why Attended Automation Is the Future of Customer Care

Execs In The Know

Are you looking for the smartest way to support customer care while protecting your brand? For most contact center leaders, the answer is yes. The answer isn’t adding more team leaders, extending training time, or budgeting for significant errors and fraud. Contact centers with an eye to the future are adopting attended automation to support their teams and their business.

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Is the Internet a Significant Break from the Past?

Conversation Agent

And if so, how should we think about what we do with it? Innovation is not a single thing, a eureka (Greek for I have found) moment. There are many factors that go into taking a discovery to making an impact. Bringing something new to the world means standing on the shoulders of giants across generations and working with many people. Rather, innovation is a process where you match the right kinds of questions and the right strategies or resolve.

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Mistakes to Avoid When Selecting a CS Platform: Not Being Able to Create Inspiring Journeys

Totango

Selecting the right customer success platform for your organization can be challenging. To help you navigate the process, we’ve developed a four-part blog series about the mistakes you should avoid when choosing a CS platform. In this article, we’ll look at the mistake of choosing a platform that doesn’t allow you to create inspiring customer journeys.

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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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Enterprise CS 401: Mature Your Foundational CS Strategies

Gainsight

Every year in March, America becomes obsessed with the NCAA college basketball tournament. For many college teams and their fans, simply making it into the tournament is considered a success. They are just happy to be there. . Similarly, many enterprise organizations feel a sense of accomplishment once they have established a customer success team.

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4 Ways to Keep Connected in The Digital-First Era

Execs In The Know

There have been many incorrect assumptions made about customer preferences as the world has grown a digital core; chief among them is that customers will no longer want human assistance with the brands they patronize. In fact, the opposite has been shown to be true, assisted contact volumes have not dried up, and never will, and customers value assisted service more than ever before.

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What if Ordinary People had Actual Power in Social Media Platform Decisions?

Conversation Agent

If it were up to me — and many other people who love using Twitter to find ideas — Twitter lists would have been a much better product. Better than hashtags, Twitter lists are a simple way to signal interest and focus. The image above in just a small snapshot of the lists other people put me on. List inclusion depends on the topics and themes you write about and the content you share.

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Our Customers Are Always Complaining About Our Prices. What Do We Do?

Beyond Philosophy

On a recent podcast, one of our listeners contacted us with a Business Pickle with which he wanted our help. Peter Harvey is in a Business-to-Business (B2B) organization. Their offering does not have the lowest price, and they have no plans to lower it. However, their customers keep complaining. Peter wanted to know what we thought he should do. Since price is something that can seldom be low enough, I figured some of you face the same issues, and I would share our advice here with you.

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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.