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Not investing in localization is costing you more than you think

Intercom, Inc.

For many companies, the word localization typically prompts two thoughts: it’s costly, and it’s time-consuming. Localizing a product for international expansion means making all aspects of that product accessible to the market you’re looking to enter – from language translation and adapting product UX to offering multilingual customer support, and beyond.

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Reviews Completed On Your Phone Are More Emotional

Beyond Philosophy

How we share information is affected by the medium that we use to communicate it. We can see this concept manifest in customer reviews and advertising response behavior. The technology through which customers write reviews and interact with your organization influences the content produced and information shared. We discussed the findings of the interface of technology and human beings with Professor Shiri Melumad on a recent podcast.

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Customer Experience Indexes: Modern Thinking

ClearAction

Customer Experience Indexes: Modern Thinking Lynn Hunsaker. Why are customer experience indexes powerful? To paint a concise picture of growth strength. An index is like an executive summary of your voice of the customer research. It says: overall, our propensity to grow is increasing or decreasing. One size does not fit all. There are many types of customer experience indexes, and they each communicate something specific, based on certain assumptions, with greatest usefulness to one or more gr

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Mini Workshop: The 3R De-escalation Method

Myra Golden Media

COVID-19 is making customers more hostile, and you need a strategy for quickly containing the situation and de-escalating the interaction. The 3R Method is battleground tested and easy to use – ideal for when you have to give bad news, enforce a mask requirement, or get an angry customer to calm down and listen to you. When you use these steps in your next challenging conversation with a customer, you’ll be more assertive and in control of the interaction.

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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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Take back your time: How to unlock the hidden value in your calendar

Intercom, Inc.

One of the most finite resources we have is time. And as an Executive Assistant, one of my top priorities is to ensure my leaders not only have enough time in the day, but are able to be effective, efficient, and productive. Helping them accomplish this isn’t an easy task, but it’s fundamental to their success. Allow too many meetings to pile on to their calendar, and they face some serious hydration and bladder issues.

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Reviews Completed on Your Phone Are More Emotional

Beyond Philosophy

How we share information is affected by the medium that we use to communicate it. We can see this concept manifest in customer reviews and advertising response behavior. The technology through which customers write reviews and interact with your organization influences the content produced and information shared. . We discussed the findings of the interface of technology and human beings with Professor Shiri Melumad on a recent podcast.

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What a Customer First Strategy Means Post Pandemic

C3Centricity

Denyse Drummond-Dunn · What a customer first strategy means today. “Never miss an episode. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to get new episodes as they become available.”. I know, you probably don’t want to read yet another article about the post-pandemic era, especially when the infection numbers in many countries are once again headed in the wrong direction!

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Tech philosopher Alex Wolf on designing harmonious technology

Intercom, Inc.

Unpacking this central conundrum is at the heart of Alex Wolf’ s work – the self-described “consumer-facing anthropologist” has made a career by thinking deeply and talking widely about issues related to the pervasive role of technology in modern life. She asks what are the risks involved in “outsourcing” so many of our skills to technology. She wonders how do we design tools that complement rather than overwhelm our innate humanity.

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A Really Simple Way of Getting Better Reviews

Beyond Philosophy

Did you know that if you were to write a Customer Experience review on your mobile phone, it would be more emotional than if you did it on your computer? Did you also know you are more likely to tell me your email and or home address and your substance abuse history if I ask you on your mobile? You might be thinking that this can’t be true. However, recent findings by Professor Shiri Melumad, assistant professor of marketing for the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania suggest

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SAP’s Transformation and Innovation in Customer Success

Totango

In our latest installment in the CXO Series , we sat down with Keith Strodtman, COO, Customer First and Shelby Czarnota, Vice President, Customer Success Business Solutions at SAP as we discussed SAP’s Transformation and Innovation in Customer Success and why they deployed Totango as their One Customer Success Platform. It was a great must watch panel discussion that provides many insights into SAP’s journey to becoming the largest Customer Success implementation world-wide.

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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.

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Build an Executive-Level CX Change Coalition

Heart of the Customer

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Built for you: Workflow updates, Articles API, and more to help you engage customers efficiently

Intercom, Inc.

In the face of the massive change the support landscape is currently experiencing, the one constant is that many companies are receiving rising numbers of inbound customer requests. Last week we launched a series of new features to help modern support teams handle rising volumes of complex conversations with confidence and efficiency. And that’s not all we’ve been building.

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You Will Never Out-Sell High Customer Attrition

The DiJulius Group

1. Feature Article You Will Never Out-Sell High Customer Attrition By John DiJulius, Chief Revolution Officer There is only one thing that I care more about professionally than customer experience and that is the return on experience (ROX). An investment in customer experience is worthless to any company’s C-Suite unless you can demonstrate the.

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5 Keys to Hiring Customer Service Frontline Reps During COVID-19

Customer Bliss

This is a guest post from Niraj Ranjan, CEO & CO-founder of Hiver – a Gmail-centric customer service solution. At Hiver, Niraj is responsible for defining the vision and strategy of the business. With over 1500 customers across 30 countries. Niraj’s focus with Hiver has been to empower companies to provide customer experiences that are more human and empathetic. .

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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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Data Security is a Problem Marketers Must Help Fix

Customer Experience Matrix

Everything you need to know about 2020 is covered by the fact that “apocalypse bingo” is already an over-used cliché. So I doubt many marketers have found spare time to worry about data security – which most would consider someone else’s problem. But bear in mind that 92% of consumers say they would avoid a company after a data breach. So, like it or not, security is a marketer’s problem too.

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What Is Customer Success?

Totango

An enterprise cannot survive without satisfied customers to support it. This has always been true, but never has it been more true than in the era of customer-centricity that we now live in. As competitors become more customer-savvy and customers continue to raise the bar of their expectations, keeping customers happy is no longer the icing on the cake—it is now a main and necessary ingredient for business success, and it comes about primarily through the creation of customer value.

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017: Meet John DiJulius

The DiJulius Group

In this episode, world-class customer service authority and president of The DiJulius Group, John DiJulius, shares some great insights into customer experience gleaning from his remarkable years of experience and expertise. John didn’t get his success offered on a silver platter. When his dad deserted his mom and siblings, they went from being upper-middle-class to.

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Innovating with Crazy Customers

Chip Bell

Alice (of Alice in Wonderland fame) had a very vivid imagination. Had she been on the job market today, she would have no doubt been sought by Pixar, Google or Amazon. If you read Lewis Carroll’s classic you know the colorful adventures of Alice’s wonder world. In the Tim Burton 2010 movie version of the book, Alice’s father was tucking her into bed when she reported she had seen a dodo bird earlier in the day, a rabbit in a waistcoat, and a smiling cat and a purple caterpilla

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

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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onholdwith easyJet during COVID? Join the club…

Fonolo

The last few months have been a struggle for many companies, thanks to COVID-19. Travel was particularly hard hit. With almost all flights cancelled, airline customer support departments were inundated with customers seeking refunds and cancellations. But few performed as poorly as easyJet. Finding that they were unable to get in touch with support to cancel their flights or get information, easyJet’s customers quickly turned to Twitter to vent their frustration.

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4 Steps to Mapping Your Customer’s SaaS Journey

ClientSuccess

For customer success leaders, achieving long-term customer satisfaction and value is a top priority and drives many team decisions. Sometimes, however, it can be hard to distinguish which strategic decisions will drive customer value forward and which are just ‘spur of the moment’ choices. This is where the customer journey map comes into play. In the new SaaS-based economy, customer journey maps are built to help customers reach their goals and to show value.

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Step-by-step Guide to Measuring Net Promoter Score®

Zonka Feedback

NPS has emerged as one of the most popularly used Customer Experience metrics for its simplicity and effectiveness in quantifying Customer Loyalty using a single question.

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Two More Opportunities to Journey Map In Your Pajamas!

Kerry Bodine

In-person training won ’ t be back for a while… But the need to understand your customers’ behaviors, needs, and expectations remains as important as ever. To help you drive critical customer-centric decision-making in your organization, I’m hosting two more Virtual Journey Mapping Bootcamps in 2020: October 7 & 8 . December 8 & 9. Day 1 will help you build a solid understanding of the journey mapping methodology and how you can apply it to specific business challenges.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

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

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How to Measure Customer Perception of Your Brand

Fonolo

Customer perception is tough to measure because it’s usually comprised of both qualitative and subjective data. You can’t just count ‘customer perceptions’ in the same way you can other KPIs; you must be clever about how you do it. In short, there are two ways to find out how customers perceive your business: 1. Ask them. 2. Observe and listen to them.

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What is Customer Satisfaction Score?

SurveySensum

Customer Satisfaction Score, commonly known as CSAT Score , is a business metric used by companies to gauge customer satisfaction after a certain interaction or on the overall experience of the customer. . It is a strong indicator of customer retention and product repurchase. It helps you understand customers’ needs, identify their sentiments with your products or brand, and segment them based on their expectations with you. .

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Low-Touch Vs. High-Touch Customer Success Models

Totango

There is an old test that young journalists use to measure the power of their writing. A person who reads your story should be able to retell all the salient news points to a peer hours later, without having to remember any particular word or phrase in order to get the point across. The idea is that what is important is the message, not the language.

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30 Best Survey Software for 2020

Zonka Feedback

Creating a survey can be a complicated process, but with a good Survey Software , it’s easy to create and deploy interactive surveys. Conducting surveys is the need of the hour, and every industry makes use of it to understand where they stand, where they lack, what all they can do to enhance their products and services, and make their customers happy.

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AI for Business Outcomes: Selecting the Right Tools to Drive Results

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.

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Cost Center or Profit Center? What B2B Support Truly Means to Your Business

TeamSupport

As published in business.com , June 2, 2020. There are two types of viewpoints when it comes to B2B (business-to-business) customer support. The first approaches B2B customer support as a cost center, or a necessary expense for running a business. After all, having a support team is required for your product, and it’s just something you need to have.

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How to ensure standardized security for contact centers

Hodusoft

Security and privacy policies are paramount for all businesses. Especially while handling a call center or a contact center, it is imperative to adhere to the security standards strictly. Besides, because of the pandemic of COVID-19, businesses are promoting remote work. Hence, security measures have become more crucial. The contact center is often regarded as a high-risk area for data security compromises.

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5 Leadership Takeaways from Seth Godin

The DiJulius Group

In the most recent episode of The Customer Revolution Podcast, customer experience expert John DiJulius interviews the legendary Seth Godin – entrepreneur, author, speaker, leader, and visionary – and he shares these golden nuggets of insights about leadership. A leader is anyone who is creating and innovating. Leading doesn’t always mean having people underneath you.

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What is Customer Satisfaction Score?

SurveySensum

Customer Satisfaction Score, commonly known as CSAT Score , is a business metric used by companies to gauge customer satisfaction after a certain interaction or on the overall experience of the customer. . It is a strong indicator of customer retention and product repurchase. It helps you understand customers’ needs, identify their sentiments with your products or brand, and segment them based on their expectations with you. .

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

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.