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Beyond the Ask: A Practical Guide to Deciding Which Customer Feedback to Act On

eglobalis

When customers provide feedback, especially in the B2B space, the temptation is often to take their requests at face value and immediately begin development. After all, customer-centric businesses thrive on understanding and addressing their customers’ needs. However, not all feature requests are feasible, beneficial, or aligned with your company’s long-term strategy.

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Social Media Management Tips to Increase Visibility and Success

InMoment XI

Did you know that 63.7% of the global population uses social media? And over one in four users are using social media to either find things to purchase or find inspiration for things to do and buy. Social media usage is growing every year, and the rate at which consumers are using social media to interact with brands is increasing with it. To make sure your brand can benefit from the use of social media, you need to implement social media management.

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Q3 Product Feature Highlights

InMoment XI

InMoment’s Q3 product release focuses on making integrated CX more actionable, faster, and easier. With AI-powered improvement suggestions, more robust API integrations and intelligent automation, competitor review data ingestion, and individual speaker insights from customer conversations—it’s time to take your CX program to new levels. To dive deeper into these advancements, speak with an expert or contact a dedicated account manager.

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How to Align Customer Service and Experience to Drive Lasting Business Growth

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

When customers face a challenge and need help, customer service or support representatives are their heroes — and organizations have invested a lot of time to make customer support a breeze in a growing number of channels: Store representatives are trained to empathize with customers and know how to quickly get them tailored solutions in person. Call centers assist customers at any hour of the day, with expert scripts and knowledge bases designed to help them navigate even the trickiest situatio

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Unlock the Future of Learning Growth and Retention at Cognition24!

The annual Cognition virtual conference is back on October 16, and this year it’s FREE! You’ll enjoy: Inspiring Keynotes from top learning industry leaders, providing fresh perspectives to help you outperform the competition. Hands-on, Skill-Building Sessions to elevate your growth, retention, and product adoption strategies. Exclusive First Look at the latest innovations from Thought Industries, empowering you with tools to grow faster.

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Top 10 Things to Assess on Your Contact Center Vendor Site Visit

BlueOcean

Listen to the audio or read the article Choosing a strategic partner to deliver an outsourced customer care solution is a significant business decision – maybe one of the most significant decisions you’ll make in your career. You’ll task your team with running a tight procurement process to assess potential contact center partners. Undoubtedly, that will involve a number of stakeholders on your side, including the sourcing professionals who make their living running RFPs.

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The Hard ROI & Sustainability Impact of Visual and AI Service and CX

TechSee

In our previous blog, we explored how visual service and AI technologies are redefining customer experience (CX) across various industries. Today, we delve deeper into the tangible benefits that these technologies bring, focusing on hard Return on Investment (ROI) and sustainability impact. The fusion of financial and environmental gains through TechSee’s visual intelligence solutions is revolutionizing the way businesses operate and engage with customers.

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[Experience Action Podcast] CX Pulse Check – October 2024

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

This is your October CX Pulse Check. Once a month, we check in to find out what’s happening in the world of customer experience and discuss ideas and insights customer experience leaders can learn from. In this episode, Jeannie Walters is joined by special co-host Rohit Bhargava, Founder & Chief Trend Curator at Non-Obvious Company. We dissect the evolving retail landscape and examine why major players like Walmart are pushing holiday shopping earlier each year.

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Improve Your Workshop Success: Proven Tips to Engage and Motivate Your Audience

Beyond Philosophy

Learn more about Colin Shaw : Join over 85,000 people on our LinkedIn Newsletter list or visit our website for more great podcast episodes. Listen to the podcast: In my line of work, I run a lot of workshops. Today, I wanted to share some things I learned about running a successful workshop. Before we get into the rest of the tips, it is important to remember that if you are running a workshop, you need to break the ice.

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Your Customer Service Isn’t Great (but it could be)

Northridge Group

Is your customer experience good? Maybe even great? Are you sure? In a recent poll, more than 70% of CX leaders said they expect AI agents to be an extension of their brand’s identity, reflecting its values and voice (Zendesk). In that same study, leaders said they believe generative AI will provide warmth and […] The post Your Customer Service Isn’t Great (but it could be) first appeared on Northridge Group.

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The State of Digital Customer Experience Report 2024

This comprehensive report explores the evolving landscape of customer and business expectations, with five key trends that will help you understand your customers and stay ahead of the competition. Discover how your peers are implementing AI to improve customer experience with granular insights into their CX investments and specific AI use cases. For the first time, customers prefer digital channels when interacting with a business.

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Personalization in the Age of Artificial Intelligence with Mark Abraham

ShepHyken

This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more:    What is true personalization? How can AI enhance personalization? How does personalization contribute to customer loyalty and satisfaction? How can businesses balance personalization with customer data privacy concerns? What are some common misconceptions about personalization in customer service?

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How to Collect Customer Feedback to Boost Business Revenue

InMoment XI

From onboarding the customer to converting them into a loyal brand advocate, each step of the customer journey is an opportunity to learn how your customer views your business. Are they satisfied with your overall product? Is there anything about your service they wish they could change? How likely are they to recommend your brand to their friends? Knowing how to collect customer feedback is crucial to delivering consistent value as a business and staying ahead of your competition.

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Building Rapport In Sales Is An Essential Selling Skill – Here’s Why

Integrity Solutions

Building rapport in sales is essential for establishing trust and fostering long-term relationships with clients. While technology has made it easier than ever for buyers to access information, B2B buyers in particular are looking for insights and advice from a salesperson they can trust and who they believe has their best interests in mind to help them make good decisions.

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Discover The Secret of How to Gain Actionable Customer Insights

Beyond Philosophy

Customer feedback is critical to managing and improving your customer experience but it isn’t easy to get. Worse, it isn’t always useful and enlightening on what you are doing well, or perhaps more importantly, not so well. In this episode, we tackle a common problem many businesses face: how to get more actionable customer feedback. Our guest, Tim Waterton , Chief Revenue Officer of HappyOrNot ® , brings over 20 years of experience in helping companies gather and analyze customer insights.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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5 Things That Make Your Business Packaging Memorable

Joe Rawlinson

In today’s competitive market, having great products isn’t enough. Your packaging needs to stand out and leave a lasting impression on your customers. But memorable packaging isn’t just about looking good – it’s about functionality, sustainability, and branding consistency. Let’s break down five key elements that can make your business packaging truly unforgettable.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of October 7, 2024

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 7 Ways to Boost Customers’ Emotional Connection and Loyalty with Your Brand by Annette Franz (MarTech) Loyalty. What’s emotion got to do with it?

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How to Improve Customer Experience In Your Organization

InMoment XI

Did you know that when you improve customer experience , you can realize financial benefits that directly affect the growth of your organization? By improving customer experience, you can: Increase sales revenue by up to 7% Increase cross-sell rates by up to 25% Increase shareholder return by up to 10% These statistics show that customer experience improvement is something that should be a priority across your entire organization, rather than being a siloed effort.

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Ensuring AI Transparency and Trust: How Thematic aligns with ESOMAR's Guidelines for AI buyers

Thematic

AI has many benefits for market researchers and insights analysts. It reduces time-consuming tasks, delivers deeper insights faster, and unlocks time for strategic work.  However, AI also comes with risks that can be challenging to assess and mitigate, especially in the crowded AI marketplace. Knowing what's AI and what's AI washing is difficult and there are limited guidelines for evaluating AI solutions.

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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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3 Ways OptiPromo Transforms Promotional Strategies

Optimove

How AI is Transforming CDPs Download Now >> Why it Matters: Marketers are battling for loyalty in a world overflowing with promotions, where customers face constant irrelevant offers. The challenge isn’t just simplifying bonus calculations but unlocking new promotional capabilities. This post discusses how OptiPromo enhances promotional systems by automating personalized, behavior-driven rewards powered by data – and how it empowers marketers to deliver promotions that boost engage

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Creating a Professional Ambience for Your Business Property

Joe Rawlinson

Establishing a professional ambience is essential for any business property. The environment of a workspace influences not only how clients perceive the business but also the productivity and morale of the employees. A well-designed space can instill confidence in visitors and create a positive atmosphere that sets your business apart. Whether you own a corporate office, a retail store, or a hospitality venue, creating a cohesive and polished look is key to leaving a lasting impression.

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Streamline and Optimize Your Feedback Management With Survey Automation

SurveySensum

Imagine this: You want to evaluate your delivery experience and that requires sending out customer surveys after every delivery. However, managing this process manually feels overwhelming. So, what’s the solution here to ensure that the process goes on smoothly, every time, without any extra effort? The answer is survey automation. Survey automation has transformed the way businesses launch surveys and collect feedback by streamlining the entire process and eliminating the manual effort and hum

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Walmart Optimizes Customer Experience With AI and Automation

CSM Magazine

Walmart is revolutionizing the shopping experience through cutting-edge technologies. The retail giant is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI (genAI), augmented reality (AR), and immersive commerce to create personalized interactions across its physical and digital platforms. At the forefront of this innovation is Wallaby, Walmart’s proprietary genAI platform.

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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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Can Your Customer Success Platform Scale with You? 

Gainsight

Building a successful business requires laser-like focus. Companies need to hire the right people, find the right customers, and ensure they can keep those customers from churning. By necessity, some priorities, like what tools to integrate into your tech stack, can be pushed down the road. However, at some point, every organization must invest in more powerful, future-focused platforms if they want to sustain their growth.

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Predictive Models: 6 Strategies to Predict Customer Actions 

Optimove

See the difference control groups make in this guide Download Now Why it matters: Optimove’s Predictive Models enable marketers to develop proactive strategies by forecasting customer actions at every step of their lifecycle. Whether it’s predicting conversion rates, identifying top spenders, gauging churn risk, or estimating future value, Predictive Models offer deep insights that help marketers create personalized, targeted campaigns that drive growth.

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How CDP Solutions Unlock First-Party Data Success in Finance

Blueshift

Financial institutions face increasing pressure to create personalized experiences and engage customers meaningfully. Data is key to creating tailored marketing campaigns, but many financial institutions struggle with fragmented and siloed data. This data disconnection makes obtaining actionable insights and delivering personalized campaigns difficult.

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51+ Must-Ask UX Survey Questions for Better User Insights

SurveySensum

Companies that prioritize user experience see a 60% higher profit than those that don’t. UX surveys serve as a bridge between companies and their users, offering valuable insights that guide design and functionality. These surveys are designed to be straightforward, making it easy for users to share their thoughts and experiences. By asking the right questions, you gain clarity on what users like, what they struggle with, and what they expect from your app.

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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.