Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 12, 2018
Change aversion is a concept well known to designers and product managers. It’s the negative reaction users have to changes in your product, whether that’s functional changes such as updates to product features, or interface changes such as visual redesigns. History is littered with cautionary tales of introducing change. When Twitter changed its “faves” icon from stars to hearts, users threatened a mass exodus.
Callminer
MARCH 15, 2018
We decided to take a deep-dive into the latest debt collection industry figures and statistics to get a glimpse of the current state of debt collection.
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Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 16, 2018
You know that old saying about what you make of you and me when you assume something? Well, it turns out, that economists made quite an assumption for years: that people were entirely rational in their decision making. However, they were wrong and we know they were because of the scientific method. Best of all, the truth is fairly simple and makes a lot of sense.
ProProfs
MARCH 15, 2018
With an increased number of contract workers, remote employees, and freelancers, the onboarding process for new workers has become more complicated than ever. According to the Society for Human Resource Management , employee onboarding is a process of integrating a new member within a company and its culture. Although businesses rely on human resources for onboarding employees, the inconsistent training methods can cause immense frustration to the HR department.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption has risen dramatically in the customer service industry over the last few years. But many contact centers have yet to implement AI. In this eBook, we give an introduction to how customer service leaders are using AI to improve their customer experience.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 13, 2018
For all the time and money we spend attracting customers to our website, isn’t it odd how little we spend trying to convert them? According to an eConsultancy report , for every $92 spent acquiring prospects only $1 is spent converting them. Sure, that dollar could give you returns in spades, but in reality the odds of that are no better than a craps table in Las Vegas.
Callminer
MARCH 12, 2018
When you want to hear what your customers truly have to say, you are on the path to transforming your business.
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Return Customer
MARCH 14, 2018
You probably already know how important the voice of the customer is for your business, but are you placing equal importance on finding the time to read them? Reading your reviews can do wonders for your business, and in this post, you’ll learn why. Here are three critical reasons to be reading your customer reviews. 1. You’ll Gain Invaluable Insight.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 14, 2018
Prior to joining Intercom as a Product Manager, I had never run a structured beta. When it came to finally running my first one, I was surprised to find very little information online that could help me. I’ve run a lot of successful betas now but I learned my craft through tribal Intercom knowledge, built up by other Product Managers over the years.
The DiJulius Group
MARCH 14, 2018
For employers faced with high staff turnover, it can be easy to point the finger at millennials. Millennials have gotten a bad reputation for being entitled job-hoppers who constantly need praise and recognition. It is my duty as a hard working millennial to defy the stereotype and recommend retention guidance to my clients. In order to. Read Full Article.
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 15, 2018
If you’re on a call with a customer, and more than three, or four seconds go by, and you haven’t said a word, that’s called dead air space. You’re working… you know that. But for the customer, dead air space feels awkward. So we need to learn the best way to fill the silent seconds. Today, I’ll show you five ways to avoid the uncomfortable dead air space. 1.
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
PeopleMetrics
MARCH 12, 2018
Do you ever wonder if you're doing as well as your competitors? Of course you do! This is the familiar exercise of external benchmarking, or comparing key metrics of your business against others in your space. Business leaders use this all the time as a way to set standards for performance evaluation on metrics such as Net Promoter Score (NPS) or overall satisfaction; and many look to external benchmarking results as key indicators for how to improve customer experience.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 16, 2018
Sometimes your customers really want to use your feature or product, but they also want something else that simply isn’t compatible with it. People really want to be slim and healthy, but they also really want soft drinks and fast food. McDonalds and Weight Watchers are selling wildly different products, but they’re competing for the same customers.
CX Journey
MARCH 13, 2018
Image courtesy of Pixabay I originally wrote today's post for CallidusCloud. It appeared on their blog on December 6, 2017. The good news is, more and more company leaders are starting to get that they need to focus on the customer experience; the bad news is, many – most – are still struggling with the concept , choosing instead to focus on sales, metrics, and maximizing shareholder value.
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 15, 2018
I was chatting with a company about a price drop. I’d bought something for my Dad and had it shipped directly to his home. Two days after the shipment arrived, I saw on the company’s website that the price had dropped by $20. So I reached out over chat, and this is what I was told: “We are constantly looking for the best prices to offer our customers, and that sometimes means a lower price is featured.
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.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 16, 2018
Too many organizations don’t know what customers really want! They blindly undertake research and then wonder why the rest of the organization ignores it. Colin Shaw & Professor Ryan Hamilton discuss why this is the case and what organizations should be doing to ensure success. The post Why Don’t Organizations Understand Their Customers?
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 15, 2018
As a startup scales, the importance of infrastructure engineers simply can’t be overstated. They’re the ones making sure your app is secure, that uptime looks good, and that the rest of your engineering org has the right tools to build features your users need and want. Will Larson has managed infrastructure teams for some of the biggest names in software.
Confirmit
MARCH 12, 2018
In this webinar, Claire Sporton, SVP CX Innovation speaks to some of the winners of the 2017 Awards to learn more about their Customer Experience program and the impact it has had on their business. Most importantly (we think!) they also talk about what winning an ACE Award meant to their business and provide ideas to help you complete your submission.
Myra Golden Media
MARCH 15, 2018
Psychologists talk about what they call the Communication Chain. The Communication Chain says that when a person puts out a verbal message, they expect a response to that message. That first message is a link in the communication chain. If there’s no response to the link, the chain is left unlinked or broken. Let’s say that instead of reading this email, you’re a participant in one of my workshops.
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 Bliss
MARCH 15, 2018
I’m so excited to say that the podcast is nearing its 100th episode! I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing customer experience leaders and industry trailblazers who’ve greatly contributed to the field. From detailing customer journey mapping, to assessing the work to be done in their first few months on the job, there’s so much I’ve learned from my guests.
Taylor Reach Group
MARCH 13, 2018
Customer Experience and Contact Center consulting firm, The Taylor Reach Group , Inc., is designing an Agent On-Boarding Training Curriculum. TORONTO (PRWEB)March 13, 2018. The Taylor Reach Group, Inc., a globally acknowledged and leading Contact Center and Customer Engagement consulting agency, announced today that they have secured a Contact Center Agent Training Re-Design agreement with one of Canada’s largest, licensed Medical Marijuana Producers.
Fonolo
MARCH 15, 2018
If you’re on the hunt for great talent, you’ll appreciate how time consuming the hiring process can be. This is the starting point to finding your next great employee, someone who will take part in influencing the company culture and success – that’s no easy feat. Unfortunately, the contact center space is one that experiences great churn, making the interview process even more critical.
Kerry Bodine
MARCH 16, 2018
“Give me an example of a company that’s made a complete turnaround to embracing their customers.” This request always makes me chuckle. I wish I had an answer, I really do. But the sad reality is that I don’t know of a single organization that’s customer-centered through and through—except for the ones that started out that way. In Outside In , my co-author and I included over 80 case studies and examples precisely because no single company had put all the necessary pieces together.
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Provide Support
MARCH 14, 2018
4 Dimensions of Customer Trust. Put simply, high trust is a dividend; low trust is a tax. In fact, in our increasingly low-trust world, trust has literally become the new currency of our global economy. — Stephen M.R.Covey. Digital innovation has transformed today’s business world: it has changed business environment and performance, as well as the whole landscape of customer choice.
DMG Consulting
MARCH 16, 2018
Reality Check: WFO Solutions Must Be Rebuilt From the Ground Up. 3/9/2018. By Donna Fluss. View this document on the publisher’s website. A truly multitenant architecture—supporting cloud, on-premises, and hybrid solutions—is becoming a necessity. Workforce optimization suites continue to evolve to keep pace with the needs of the market, and today that means innovations intended to align WFO suites with the ongoing digital transformation occurring in enterprises of all sizes.
Fonolo
MARCH 13, 2018
Twilio unveiled Flex, its new call center product yesterday and it definitely lived up to the anticipation that has been building since the rumors started last month. Our two stories on it Twilio Shakes Up the Cloud Call Center World with Flex and The Twilio / Amazon ‘Stack’ Will Dominate the Next Call Center Era broke our traffic records, so we knew the interest level was red hot.
Kerry Bodine
MARCH 14, 2018
One recent attendee called our journey mapping bootcamp “an MBA on steroids.” On May 16 & 17, join us in the heart of Chicago to find out why. Our signature two-day bootcamp is jam packed with content and exercises that will answer these questions: Why are customer journeys (and journey maps) important? What makes journey maps effective? How can you create journey maps?
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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.
SugarCRM
MARCH 12, 2018
With the advent of social networks, our ability to maintain connections with people has grown by orders of magnitude. As one friend of mine put it, “I now have more friends from high school on Facebook than I had in high school.” According to a study of LinkedIn users by Statista, 28% of LinkedIn users have 1,000 or more connections. Fifty-five percent have 500 or more connections.
DMG Consulting
MARCH 16, 2018
DMG Consulting Releases 2018 – 2019 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. 3/12/2018. Strong momentum driving market growth and investment. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2018 – 2019 Workforce Management Product and Market Report.
Comm100
MARCH 14, 2018
There are many different types of sales letters and emails. And a quick internet search will show you that there are many different approaches you can take to writing them. Whether you’re writing business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C), here’s what to consider when preparing your own sales letter or email. This blog post is the first part of a 3-part series: 5 Things to Consider Before Drafting Sales Letters and Emails.
Kerry Bodine
MARCH 12, 2018
This is the fourth post in a series about how to scale service design, based on my closing remarks at the 2017 Service Design Global Conference in Madrid. The first three posts focused on technology , the ubiquity of contexts in which practitioners are now applying service design, and the discipline’s need for coaching. This final post will focus on service delivery.
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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