July, 2012

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What? Another Blog?

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Just when you thought it was safe to venture online again, another research company has launched (re-launched) a marketing research blog. We’re not new to this. In fact, we’re way ahead of the pack. Maritz Research launched its first blog, CoreCustomerMetric back in 2006.

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Service Outage Customer Experience Management and Social Media: My Advice to 3.

Customer Input

'An unforeseeable service outage could happen to any company, but it is not only technical crisis; it is also a customer relationship one. How prepared you are to inform customers through different channels will affect their perception of the company, and ultimately their loyalty.

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When businesses decide to neglect customer service

Service Untitled

Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn no longer maintain call centers claiming the costs are too high. Do these powerful organizations therefore view customer service as an operational cost rather than a marketing investment? In a study from CRM Guru, bad customer service accounts for 70 percent of customer attrition followed by poor quality at 30 percent, price at 25 percent, and functionality at 15 percent.

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Will your customer service leave a long lasting impression?

Very Best Service

'Giving a good impression is the ambition of many companies and it is fair to say that with the investment in technology, social media and training much progress is being achieved across the board. The basis for competition has shifted though and with no immediate prospect of a sustained improvement in the economic environment, customer service''s importance keeps growing.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Customer-Centricity Is Not the Solution; It’s the Problem

Sampson Lee

I just read a blog post by Bob Thompson titled “Starbucks is customer-centric, because it listened… to ME.” To summarize the post in a few sentences: Bob is a regular customer of a Starbucks store near his house. He had an unsatisfactory experience with that store. He then wrote to Starbucks to voice his dissatisfaction. […].

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What? Another Blog?

InMoment XI

Just when you thought it was safe to venture online again, another research company has launched (re-launched) a marketing research blog. We’re not new to this. In fact, we’re way ahead of the pack. Maritz Research launched its first blog, CoreCustomerMetric back in 2006.

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Service Outage Customer Experience Management and Social Media: My Advice to 3.

Customer Input

An unforeseeable service outage could happen to any company, but it is not only technical crisis; it is also a customer relationship one. How prepared you are to inform customers through different channels will affect their perception of the company, and ultimately their loyalty.

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How to improve customer service in the digital world

Service Untitled

Wachovia turned into Wells Fargo in March 2011. The conversion had been going on since 2008, and Wells Fargo promised to become more environmentally friendly and use less paper and forms. They also promised to have more in-house personnel to assist customers and to become more efficient. There’s no denying that the Wells Fargo branch I use in Jupiter, Fla. has had the best and brightest customer assistance I have ever had the pleasure to meet in a long line of mediocre banking institutions

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Customer service: should you blow your own trumpet?

Very Best Service

'With the increasing emphasis on customer service , more and more companies claim that they offer a very good service, the very best service even. But is it wise to blow your own trumpet? Any service delivery hick-up could then lead to a severe back clash, with many customers using the high quality service expectations set by the company as an excuse for complaining, mocking the company and thereby damaging its reputation.

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The Verint Experience Index: Retail

Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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Small City Makes Big Strides with NICE Technology

Customer Interactions

'The City of Bethlehem (PA) Communications Center isn’t your typical 9-1-1 center. In addition to handling emergency calls, telecommunicators at the center monitor the city’s surveillance camera network. Since its inception in 2009, the wireless surveillance network has been credited with solving crimes and improving response times. But there’s another twist to the story that few know.

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Do Customers Understand Your Access Alternatives?

Brad Cleveland Blog

Brad discusses steps you can take to ensure that your customers understand the access alternatives available to them. Brad discusses steps you can take to ensure that your customers understand the access alternatives available to them.

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What? Another Blog?

InMoment XI

Just when you thought it was safe to venture online again, another research company has launched (re-launched) a marketing research blog. We’re not new to this. In fact, we’re way ahead of the pack. Maritz Research launched its first blog, CoreCustomerMetric back in 2006.

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How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program: Allegiance/AMA Webinar on July 31

InMoment XI

Learn how these leading companies are using new processes and technologies to generate more insights from existing data in the complimentary webinar “How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program” on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by Allegiance and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program: Allegiance/AMA Webinar on July 31

InMoment XI

Learn how these leading companies are using new processes and technologies to generate more insights from existing data in the complimentary webinar “How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program” on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by Allegiance and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program: Allegiance/AMA Webinar on July 31

InMoment XI

Learn how these leading companies are using new processes and technologies to generate more insights from existing data in the complimentary webinar “How to Fuel a Modern Customer Experience Program” on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. ET). The webinar is sponsored by Allegiance and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

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Video: Hachiko and The Metrics of Dealer Loyalty

InMoment XI

If you ever have a chance to be in Japan, go to the Shibuya Station. Once there you will see the bronze statue of Hachiko, an Akita, that is the epitome of owner loyalty. If you know the story, the owner met the dog at the end of each day at the station and even. View Article.

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On Kitties and Customer Experience…Making Things More Human

InMoment XI

Recently, I took a family vacation back to my hometown in a little burg in Pennsylvania. This involved transporting my wife and my 2 and 4-year-old girls across country – literally planes, trains, and automobiles to get there. Needless to say we had many “service experiences” along our way. It’s always interesting to me how. View Article.

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Revolutionizing Contact Centers: Next-Gen Tech for Enhanced CX

Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group

As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX

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Video: Hachiko and The Metrics of Dealer Loyalty

InMoment XI

If you ever have a chance to be in Japan, go to the Shibuya Station. Once there you will see the bronze statue of Hachiko, an Akita, that is the epitome of owner loyalty. If you know the story, the owner met the dog at the end of each day at the station and even.

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On Kitties and Customer Experience…Making Things More Human

InMoment XI

Recently, I took a family vacation back to my hometown in a little burg in Pennsylvania. This involved transporting my wife and my 2 and 4-year-old girls across country – literally planes, trains, and automobiles to get there. Needless to say we had many “service experiences” along our way. It’s always interesting to me how.

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Hachiko and The Metrics of Dealer Loyalty

InMoment XI

If you ever have a chance to be in Japan, go to the Shibuya Station. Once there you will see the bronze statue of Hachiko, an Akita, that is the epitome of owner loyalty. If you know the story, the owner met the dog at the end of each day at the station and even.

Loyalty 200
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On Kitties and Customer Experience…Making Things More Human

InMoment XI

Recently, I took a family vacation back to my hometown in a little burg in Pennsylvania. This involved transporting my wife and my 2 and 4-year-old girls across country – literally planes, trains, and automobiles to get there. Needless to say we had many “service experiences” along our way. It’s always interesting to me how.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Confusing Customer Experience With Customer Experiences

InMoment XI

The customer experience business discipline has no inherent connection to wow moments or cool technology. It’s about defining the right experiences for your company – given your customers’ needs and company’s strategy – and consistently delivering over time. As we encounter the standout stories, we should focus on why they actually make sense for the companies behind them and the customers in front of them.

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Confusing Customer Experience With Customer Experiences

InMoment XI

The customer experience business discipline has no inherent connection to wow moments or cool technology. It’s about defining the right experiences for your company – given your customers’ needs and company’s strategy – and consistently delivering over time. As we encounter the standout stories, we should focus on why they actually make sense for the companies behind them and the customers in front of them.

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Confusing Customer Experience With Customer Experiences

InMoment XI

The customer experience business discipline has no inherent connection to wow moments or cool technology. It’s about defining the right experiences for your company – given your customers’ needs and company’s strategy – and consistently delivering over time. As we encounter the standout stories, we should focus on why they actually make sense for the companies behind them and the customers in front of them.

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Strange Bedfellows Make For Unique Customer Experiences

InMoment XI

One of my favorite tea-leaf-reading websites, PSFK.com, has just published their latest “Future of Retail” study. If you’re not familiar with PSFK, they are a future trends monitoring company that serves the creative community as well as the business community. They unearth some very new and outrageous things, which is why account planners and others.

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7th Annual CX Report by The Northridge Group Uncovers Priority Training Focus

JUST RELEASED! New research reveals 92% of business leaders would like to provide additional training to their customer service representatives. Soft skills training stands out as a priority area of investment and/or improvement. Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report —the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall exper