Inside Customer Service
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Customer service is hard. It requires a lot of focus, calm nerves, and the ability to work through multiple distractions. All of that gets a lot harder when you have ADHD.
Totango
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Customer Enablement Essentials: What B2B and SaaS Brands Need to Know. Customer enablement empowers customers by giving them the resources they need to use your product successfully. This helps deliver more satisfying customer experiences , promoting customer renewals and referrals, which are critical to B2B SaaS businesses. Here we’ll walk you through the essentials you need to know to harness customer enablement to increase B2B and SaaS sales.
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Shaun Belding
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
How you manage customer expectations is a critical component to delivering outstanding customer experiences. When you can meet or exceed someone's expectations you trigger trust and the belief that you genuinely care about your customers. Unmet expectations, on the other hand, are the most common trigger for “difficult customers” or difficult situations that lead to the need for service recovery.
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
When it comes to delivering great customer service, call center agents need some essential soft skills that may not have been listed on their resumés. Unlike the hard skills or technical skills required to operate call center technology, soft skills relate more to an agent’s demeanor during a customer interaction. Though newer agents may not have all the essential soft skills required right away, you can provide training to help them improve and become top-performing call center employees in no
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
ClientSuccess
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
In the world of customer success, the idea of speed has somehow taken root and become an overarching goal for many teams. We have to get this issue resolved as quickly as possible, and this renewal process is taking too long – how can we speed it up are just two examples of conversations that have probably happened in every single customer success department meeting.
Adrian Swinscoe
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
This is a guest post by Amanda Winstead, a freelance writer from the Portland area. One of the most dangerous things in the workforce, particularly in […]. The post Diminishing unconscious bias in customer service first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
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Heart of the Customer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
As I mentioned in previous posts, being a Change Maker requires a different way of thinking, so it’s helpful to have guides to show you the way. In my new book, Do B2B Better, which comes out next month on CX Day, I provide deep dives into numerous real-world customer experience programs and lots of practical […]. The post Do B2B Better Excerpt #2: Nancy Flowers appeared first on Heart of the Customer.
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Elasticsearch is an indispensable part of Intercom. It underpins core Intercom features like Inbox , Inbox Views, API, Articles , the user list, reporting, Resolution Bot , and our internal logging systems. Our Elasticsearch clusters contain more than 350TB of customer data, store more than 300 billion documents, and serve more than 60 thousand requests per second at peak.
Adrian Swinscoe
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Today’s interview is with Jack Springman, a former Associate Director of Optima Partners, customer experience provocateur and new author. After a year-long battle with cancer, Jack […]. The post CX professionals extol the importance of empathy towards external customers but often overlook its importance with internal ones – Interview with Jack Springman first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.
CSAT.AI
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
How a Conversational AI interaction works How CAI can Help You and Your CSAs Key KPIs to Measure The Importance of Transparency, Sentiment and AI Evolution. Connecting with your customers on a personal level is important to building lasting relationships. But individuals only really hold one focused conversation at a time. Conversational AI (CAI) helps with the scaling of personalized customer attention and interaction sought across industries.
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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.
Heart of the Customer
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Being a Change Maker requires a different way of thinking, so it’s helpful to have guides to show you the way. In my new book, Do B2B Better, which comes out next month on CX Day, I provide deep dives into numerous real-world customer experience programs and lots of practical tips. But I am particularly […]. The post Do B2B Better Excerpt #1: Roxie Strohmenger appeared first on Heart of the Customer.
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
A few years ago, we published The Onboarding Starter Kit , which helped thousands of businesses successfully onboard their customers. Today, we’re launching a completely refreshed guide to help you activate, engage, and retain more customers in the modern age. Since the onset of the global pandemic, many businesses have become internet businesses. In addition, due to economic uncertainty, company after company is tightening their tool budget, making it more valuable than ever to hold onto, nurtu
Zonka Feedback
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Net Promoter Score© (NPS©) surveys are a great product feedback tool for a company that wants to measure and improve its relationship with its customers. But not many know how to utilize them the right way.
Hodusoft
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
What Is Outbound Call Center Software And How Can I Improve My Outbound Call Center? Outbound calling has been an effective strategy for businesses to expand their customer base. A research study has shown that businesses that use cold calling tactics have experienced 42% more business growth than those that don’t. Therefore, outbound calling is not an obsolete marketing technique.
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.
Lumoa
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Occasionally, you might get a feeling about your customers’ dissatisfaction with your latest line of products. However, you may not be able to fully understand the complaints. Or perhaps a mobile app that has recently been updated seems to have some issues, but you aren’t sure how to address them. Sadly, these problems may take too long to be solved.
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
At Intercom, our mission has always been to make internet business personal – and we think the key to creating those personal connections between businesses and customers is to facilitate conversational experiences. That’s why we are so proud to announce we have been named a “Strong Performer” in The Forrester New Wave™: Conversation Automation Solutions Q3 2022.
Zonka Feedback
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
If you search for an app or SaaS product online for any purpose, you will find hundreds of options to choose from. This supply is fueled by the ever-increasing demand for mobile apps and product solutions. Now, this also means that for every product out there, there is an alternative. Even if you have a beautiful app packed with the latest features, there may be someone who is doing what you’re doing in a better way.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Memory is crucial to customer strategy. Understanding customer behavior requires a fundamental understanding of how we access and use memories in our daily life and how it drives decision making in our actions and even who we decide to trust. In other words, understanding people requires understanding their memories. Further, it requires knowing what they remember and why, and also, what they don’t remember at all.
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.
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Ritchie Bros. is a big deal. Literally! As the largest auctioneer of heavy equipment and trucks on the planet, the company has been helping people around the world buy and sell with confidence since 1958. The equipment they sell is big, too; the company’s online and onsite auctions deal in equipment used in the construction, farm, forestry, and mining industries.
The DiJulius Group
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
The pandemic changed the way much of America works. After two long years of remote work, a significant percentage of the employees who haven’t joined the great resignation bandwagon are disengaged and reluctant to go beyond their regular work hours and duties–a response is known as “Quiet Quitting.” Exactly what is Quiet Quitting and what.
Shep Hyken
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
This week, we feature an article by Laura Bassett, Vice President of Product Marketing at NICE CXone , a complete platform for delivering an end-to-end customer experience. She shares five key tips for creating an exceptional experience for customers. Customer experience is constantly changing and evolving. Processes that worked a year ago might not be suitable for a business today.
Totango
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
SaaS Tools to Jumpstart Your Business Growth: Five Essential Apps. Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) tools automate your business functions, fueling your growth by increasing efficiency. For customer success teams, SaaS tools serve to optimize the customer life cycle, improving your marketing, sales, and customer service to deliver better results to clients.
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
ClearAction
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
CX Annuities Solve CX ROI & Tenure Dilemmas Lynn Hunsaker. CX annuities is a phrase I coined to represent massive savings and impressive gains available through a different approach to management of customer, partner, and employee experience. Customer experience management typically revolves around touchpoints : service, personalized marketing, loyalty programs, voice of customer, design and digitalization of journey steps, and management of Detractors, Passives, and Promoters.
Comm100
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Integrating chatbots powered by AI into your business is a fantastic way to keep one step ahead of your competitors and provide superior customer service. It also improves the level of interaction between your company and its customers. The primary reason for implementing chatbots into customer service is to improve communication with customers and help them get answers to their queries in real-time.
Shep Hyken
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about how to create trust with customers. No doubt, a customer who trusts you is more likely to do business with you. And while that is obviously important, creating trust with employees may be even more so. A company that is trusted by customers is first trusted by employees. . With that in mind, here are my top three ways to create employee trust: .
BeyondPhilosophy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Memory Mini Series Part 1: Our Behavior is Motivated by What We Recall. So, How Are Memories Formed? This newsletter is the first of three I will publish on the subject of Memory. Memory is fascinating and a broad topic related to experiences. Therefore, one issue of the newsletter won’t be enough. In this issue, we explain why memories are essential to experiences, when we use them to decide sometimes, and how memories form.
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Customers expect to be able to interact with your organization whenever and however they want. They also expect your agents to have insights into their journeys so that they don’t have to repeat themselves as they move through various channels. And, if they’re not able to, they just might find one of your competitors who will offer the flexibility they are looking for.
Intercom
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Up until about 20 years ago, businesses had to be personal to be successful. Because of the limited scale any business could operate in – a scale which was literally dictated by their location – it was relatively easy for them to build personal relationships with customers. People did business face-to-face, shaking hands, smiling, and building meaningful relationships.
Doing CX Right
SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
Bill Price, Best Selling CX Author, says "frictionless has become a strategic necessity." What does frictionless mean? Why care? You'll hear simple steps to remove customer pain points based on learnings from reputable brands. . The post Creating a Frictionless Organization & Better Customer Experiences appeared first on Doing CX Right.
Shep Hyken
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
How to Deliver an Amazing (Versus Unamazing) Customer Experience. How to Use Proactive Communication to Manage Increasing Customer Expectations. Shep Hyken interviews Laura Bassett, Vice President of Product Marketing at NICE , a complete platform for delivering an end-to-end customer experience. Bassett shares how customer expectations have changed over the years and how companies can provide amazing customer experiences through proactive communication.
MyCustomer Experience
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
CLooking for your next step in the world of customer experience? Every week, MyCustomer scours the internet to find the latest CX job. 21st Sep 2022. By Rhys Fisher Staff Writer.
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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