ECXO

APRIL 1, 2021

SHARE ARTICLE. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. Share on email. Share on whatsapp. Orchestrating surprise and delight strategies to evoke positive emotions Image: Ben White, Unsplash Surprise and delight are commonly used terms within the realm of customer experience strategising. As simple as these two words may seem, there lies a complexity regarding their relation to the customer experience.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 1, 2021

?. Wikipedia , the beloved, widely-known, free-access web encyclopedia is turning 20 this year. It’s one of the most visited websites on the internet, curated by a global network of hundreds of thousands of volunteers who have written over 55 million articles in 300 languages. It’s the world’s largest repository of human knowledge, but as Janeen Uzzell explains, it’s not without its blind spots.

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Callminer

MARCH 31, 2021

Welcome to the CallMiner Research Lab blog! We are excited to share what we are working on and what we are thinking about.

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Innovation 182

Inside Customer Service

APRIL 1, 2021

There's a new hiring tool on the rise, and candidates aren't happy. Hiring managers are increasingly using asynchronous video interviews to screen job applicants. These are one-way interviews where candidates are given a short time to record their answers to pre-set interview questions. Recruiters then review the videos at a later time. According to this article from CBC, video interview platforms such as HireVue, Knockri, and VidCruiter saw dramatic increases in volume during 2020.

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Customer Service 144

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

Customer Satisfaction

ECXO

APRIL 2, 2021

SHARE ARTICLE. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. Share on email. Share on whatsapp. ECXO partners with The CX Academy We’re pleased that The CX Academy has chosen the ECXO – European Customer Experience Organization to be a partner of their top and practical CX education and certification program & we look forward to this fantastic collaboration.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 27, 2021

What do the song “Fine Line” by Hootie and the Blowfish and the scent of air conditioning have in common? They are two things my family associates with taking holidays in the US. Once they hear the song or walk into an air-conditioned building, they are transported to our family trips in the US when they were young. However, these examples also represent critical areas for your Customer Experience design.

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Heart of the Customer

APRIL 1, 2021

Imagine if your HR partners told you they were going to use one metric to measure all of your employees, and that should be how you determine each one’s overall effectiveness. You’d push back immediately. You’d say that your software developers should have different measurements than your salespeople, who should have different measurements than your […].

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ECXO

APRIL 2, 2021

SHARE ARTICLE. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. Share on email. Share on whatsapp. Dr. Marcell Vollmer first guest speaker Our first speaker will be Dr. Marcell Vollmer, Partner and Director at BCG, when 14th April 7 pm CET and 6 pm UK on zoom webinars. Dr. Vollmer is one of the leading global authorities in Supply Chain procurement experience.

Compliance 156

Compliance Innovation Technology Technology 156

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 2, 2021

Businesses often underestimate the importance of the areas of sound and smell in their Customer Experience. However, these two areas are crucial to get right—or you risk ending your Customer Experience on a sour note. This underexploited area is why I was so keen to get Simon Faure-Field , CEO of Equal Strategy , an experience design consultancy, on a recent podcast.

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CX Start-ups Touchpoint Customer Experience 117

Fonolo

MARCH 30, 2021

Call center agents often experience high abandonment rates. Long wait times are one of the top reasons for this — after all, they can only hear “… your call is in priority sequence…” so many times before they lose patience and end the call. If you’re looking for tips to improve your call abandonment rate, you’ve come to the right place. Here are some tips to help you get started.

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Contact Center Social Media Start-ups Customer Satisfaction 147

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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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Totango

MARCH 30, 2021

If you were presented with the opportunity to double or triple the size of your business virtually overnight, what would you say? For most people, the answer would be a swift “yes, please!” But what about all of the growing pains that come along with that expansion? For one thing, how would you scale your customer success operations quickly enough to meet the demand that this type of growth requires?

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Start-ups Customer Loyalty 118

Conversocial

MARCH 30, 2021

A term many may not have come across is m-commerce, or mobile e-commerce. Today, most people’s smartphones are essentially an extension of their hands. On average, we spend around 3 hrs 15 minutes a day using them. So, it’s no surprise that Business Insider is forecasting in the US m-commerce will account for $488bn, or 44% of online sales by 2024. With Apple boasting more than 1.5bn monthly active devices on iOS, Apple Business Chat (ABC) is perfectly placed for brands to capitalize on the incr

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Comm100

MARCH 30, 2021

Very few people have avoided the consequences of Covid-19 in their workplace. The pandemic has driven more people than ever to work from home, while forcing millions more into unemployment. Companies across industries slashed their budgets to accommodate the economic downturn, all while scrambling to meet new health guidelines and escalating customer demands.

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Fonolo

APRIL 1, 2021

Customer experience (CX) continues to be a hot topic in the contact center world. Now, more than ever, companies are evaluating their goals and priorities for the coming year in the context of our “new normal”. Explore Contact Center Trends for 2021. How can businesses position themselves for success when the future is so uncertain? Our resident expert and CEO Shai Berger sat down with seven leading experts and influencers in the CX space to find out what their predictions are for the coming yea

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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Zendesk

APRIL 2, 2021

In 2019, Millennials officially passed Baby Boomers as America’s largest adult generation. The Millennial population is expected to grow even larger over the next 10 years, as young immigrants continue to swell its ranks. The next decade will also mark the maturity of Generation Z, which already outnumbers Generation X by 2 million members. By 2030, Millennials and Zoomers will be the two largest adult consumer groups in the country.

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Ameyo Callversations

MARCH 31, 2021

In the wake of COVID-19, we realized that the contact centers became a crucial point of contact between customers and the brands. While adhering to the strict lockdown restrictions, it deemed necessary to be available for the customers 24*7. With the pandemic, human-to-human interactions became more relevant and businesses needed a solution that helped them shift to remote work operations overnight.

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TeamSupport

MARCH 31, 2021

Self-service is still good customer service. Offering an option for customers to help themselves can give your customer support reps more time to focus on improving the big-picture aspects of your service strategy. And the right customer support software makes it easy to give customers what they want when they need it. According to recent industry research from Coleman Parkes, 91 percent of respondents said they would use a knowledge base if it were available to them, and 75 percent said online

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Omnichannel B2B Customer Service Customer Experience 98

The DiJulius Group

MARCH 31, 2021

5 Quick Tips to Help you Make Price Irrelevant 1. Customer Service Feature Story 6 Steps in Launching a Successful Customer Service Initiative that Lasts Every company is guilty of having a bunch of great ideas and incredible initiatives born in a meeting room only to eventually fizzle out and die, leaving the management team. Read Full Article. The post 6 Steps in Launching a Successful Customer Service Initiative that Lasts appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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Customer Service Customer Experience 98

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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Zendesk

MARCH 30, 2021

Here are the newest integrations from Zendesk to help your team provide great experiences. Mavenoid. Mavenoid (Support) combines self-service and live support in one, so companies can effortlessly support their customers in every step. From installing, to using, to troubleshooting their products. Mavenoid’s self-service solves repetitive requests before they reach your human support team.

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Experience Investigators

MARCH 30, 2021

Note from Jeannie: Back in 2012, I recorded a talk for TEDx around what I then referred to as “micro-interactions.” In the nine years since, I’ve placed these at the core of the mission of Experience Investigators, and coined the term micromoments to better describe them. I’ve adapted the talk for you into the article that follows.

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Lumoa

MARCH 31, 2021

Knowledge is power. It’s a cliche saying. But, like most cliches, it’s true. We spend lots of time, energy, and effort getting feedback and insight from customers. Whether it be through surveys, heat maps, or some other means, we try to learn all the time. Gathering information is an important thing to do. But what’s most important is what you do with the information you get.

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Totango

APRIL 1, 2021

Totango is excited to announce that we have once again been recognized by G2 with awards for our leadership in Customer Success. We understand that authentic ratings and reviews from real users are critical to helping customers evaluate and decide on purchasing a product, which is why awards like these are so valuable to us. G2 is a peer-to-peer business software review site that provides buyers with unbiased and insightful reviews to help them make better product decisions.

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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

Customer Experience

Zendesk

MARCH 31, 2021

Customer feedback is an important part of any business relationship. That’s why collecting customer feedback should be central to any customer experience (CX) operation. This guide will define customer feedback, explain why customer feedback is important, identify different types of customer feedback, and outline tips from customer service experts on how to make the most of it.

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ClearAction

MARCH 27, 2021

Ease of Doing Business: Best Customer Experience Leading Indicator optimizecx. Customers are juggling more than ever before, and companies are realizing a heightened need for ease of doing business: value with minimal hurdles, hassles and worries. Essentially, it’s delivering your brand promise, as promised. Ease of doing business quantifies the extent to which customers are enhanced or constrained by your enterprise.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 29, 2021

Starting a new job is an exciting endeavor, but there is always a bit of a knowledge curve when it comes to joining a new company. This learning curve can be even steeper for new CSMs, since the details of customer accounts can be largely attributed to ‘tribal knowledge’ rather than actual repeatable processes. While most organizations have their own onboarding processes and plans, there are some key action items required specifically to bring new CSMs up to par on new accounts.

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Start-ups Education CRM 77

DMG Consulting

MARCH 30, 2021

Contact Centers’ Digital Transformation Has Only Begun. March 30, 2021 By Donna Fluss. View this article on the publisher’s website. COMPELLED by the pandemic and its ramifications for their businesses, executives sent their employees home to work. A speedy transition was vital, and there was little time for niceties like making sure agents and other employees had a quiet place to work, high-speed bandwidth, a properly configured PC, or even a chair.

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Totango

APRIL 2, 2021

Did you know that about 95% of customers read reviews before making a purchase? Or that 78% of customers who read reviews were satisfied with their purchase? Peer-to-peer product reviews are extremely powerful and have become a vital step in helping consumers evaluate and decide on purchasing a product. At Totango, we know just how important it is for customers to receive not only a high-quality product but one that has been thoroughly vetted by their peers.

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The Customer Service Blog

APRIL 2, 2021

Since this blog began in June 2016, over 300 articles have appeared on the site. Some of our regular readers have recently written to ask which are the most popular articles we have ever published. We have checked the statistics section of our hosting company and compiled a list the most popular articles ever to appear on The Customer Service Blog. The following list shows the 10 most read articles on this website.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 2, 2021

Guest blog post by Jay Ripton. The business environment is still just as competitive as it was before the pandemic. However, there is less tolerance for ineffectiveness and incompetency in customer interactions and engagement as expectations change radically. You can’t expect buyers to stick around for a brand that doesn’t deliver a seamless and consistent customer experience.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 1, 2021

Workforce Management in 2021: Better than Ever. It’s the year of workforce management (WFM), despite (or maybe because of) the pandemic. Interest in workforce planning has picked up over the last few years as companies have looked for ways to improve employee engagement. Identifying methods for improving scheduling flexibility is an enterprise concern and opportunity, although contact centers have it toughest, with little apparent flexibility as they must maintain strict schedules to ensure they

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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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