ShepHyken

JUNE 5, 2023

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 comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Customer Support Is an Investment, Not an Expense by Dave Seaton (CMSWire) Traditionally, software companies view support as a necessary expense — a cost center they must bear to correct mistakes.

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Middlesex Consulting

JUNE 5, 2023

Every business has customers who buy, use, or resell the products they purchase from you. These people all have a say in whether their company will continue to buy products from you. Also, they expect how your products and your team should interact with their teams. Therefore, to grow, customer experience improvement should be integrated […] The post Customer Experience Should Be Part of Your Continuous Improvement Efforts appeared first on Middlesex Consulting.

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ShepHyken

MAY 30, 2023

“Please put me back on hold. I want to keep listening to the music,” said nobody, ever – unless they were listening to the hold music at the Kansas City Foot and Ankle medical practice. The owner of this four-office podiatry practice with seven doctors and 25 staff members, Dr. Mark Green, has always focused on creating a positive, unique and frictionless patient experience.

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Bill Quiseng

MAY 31, 2023

Every week, in the month of June, I will offer each one of the Three Principles to Build Customer Loyalty. Why only three? Because nobody can remember Number Four. Who is the first President of the United States? Surely, George Washington. Who is Number Four? Who is the first person to walk on the moon? Neil Armstrong, of course. Who is Number Four?

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eglobalis

MAY 31, 2023

Why employee experience is the missing link in Europe's CX plans The post Why employee experience is the missing link in Europe’s CX plans appeared first on Eglobalis.

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Optimove

JUNE 1, 2023

It’s one of the busiest crossroads at which the different revenue teams intersect and sometimes collide – attribution junctions. A well-documented battle of egos, bonuses, and, ultimately, optimization. At the heart of that low-key struggle is the cold hard truth that marketing touchpoints can become innumerable – not just in the figurative sense, but impossible to count, let alone quantify, measure and optimize.

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TechSee

JUNE 1, 2023

Cochlear is the world leader in implantable hearing solutions. With over 700,000 devices implanted worldwide, the company’s customer service team assists people daily with a wide range of questions about their devices, including multiple types of implants, Sound Processors, and a portfolio of accessories. These devices are used by people of all ages, they serve kids, grandparents and connect them to the world around them through the miracle of hearing.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2023

Organizations don’t think enough about the context in which a customer enters the experience. Most believe that every customer is the same. However, understanding the context in which your customer has your experience is critical to your customer strategy. Context is everywhere. When I started working in Customer Experience in 2001, people hadn’t thought about the experience economy, the customer experience, or anything else in this area.

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C3Centricity

MAY 30, 2023

If you haven’t already heard, AI is the key to winning customer loyalty today! As the digital revolution transforms the business landscape, customers demand more from their interactions with companies. They expect personalised, seamless experiences across all channels and touchpoints, and they want their needs to be anticipated so they are met both quickly and efficiently.

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BirdEye

JUNE 1, 2023

Benchmarking drives greatness. Consider the four-minute mile. Experts thought it impossible that anyone could run a mile so fast, that is until Roger Bannister did so in 1954. Since then, roughly 1500 people have achieved “the impossible,” and it’s pretty much the benchmark for becoming a world-class runner. In the same way, a benchmarking strategy can propel your company to achieve your loftiest goals.

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SAP Customer Experience

JUNE 2, 2023

Take advantage by participating in one of the SAP CRM and Customer Experience projects of the second Customer Engagement Initiative cycle in 2023 and register until June 16, 2023: Composable Storefront for SAP Commerce Cloud – SDK and BFF for frontend solutions Delivery Mode & Costs for SAP Commerce Cloud.

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One Millimeter Mindset

MAY 31, 2023

Have your own back first, instead of solely relying on others to have your back. It’s that simple. When you have your own back, you first and foremost have a clear concept of your own goals and opportunities. Then, as others present options to you, you are better able to assess and evaluate what works for you and what doesn’t. Otherwise, you are easily influenced by other people’s agendas.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 1, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Miika Makitalo, CEO of HappyOrNot , the company behind the Smiley Touch™ customer experience improvement solution and a leader in data analytics. He discusses how feedback and data analytics can make or break the customer experience. The customer experience has come a long way in the past decade. Ten years ago, customer interactions were often limited to in-person or phone calls, and businesses had limited means to track customer behavior and preferences.

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In today's competitive business landscape, customer experience (CX) has emerged as a critical differentiator. Companies are increasingly investing in CX services to optimize customer satisfaction, drive customer loyalty, and ultimately, enhance their bottom line. Traditionally, businesses have had to choose between a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) approach or a full-service model, where an agency handles the entire CX program.

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Team Support

MAY 31, 2023

Chatbots are fast becoming part of the digital core of tech tools that companies utilize as a secret weapon to increase their competitive advantage in the customer service arena. At the same time, chatbots are solving a very real problem taking place today: of a decrease in available customer service agents and positive customer experiences due to an economic downturn.

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BirdEye

MAY 30, 2023

Microsoft’s State of Global Customer Service Report showed that 77% of customers view brands more favorably if they seek out and apply customer feedback. If your business isn’t actively gathering feedback, it may be time to rethink your stance. In this blog post, we’ll explore the best customer feedback tools you can use to quickly gather, manage, analyze, and action customer feedback.

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The DiJulius Group

MAY 30, 2023

With overall customer satisfaction in all industries dropping to twenty-year lows, most likely caused by the great resignation, more and more CEOs have decided to literally get on the front lines on a regular basis to better educate themselves on what it is really like to be their customer and customer-facing employees. What about you? Read Full Article The post Are You Spending Enough Time Experiencing Your Own Customer Experience?

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Horizon CX

JUNE 5, 2023

Why Do Senior Leaders and Customers Differ in Assessing Customer Experience? Introduction: In today’s competitive business landscape, delivering a superior customer experience has become a top priority for organizations across industries. However, a perplexing disconnect exists between how senior leaders perceive their organizations’ customer experience and how customers themselves perceive it.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 5, 2023

Top Takeaways: Spending time with your customers is a great opportunity to understand their challenges, share best practices, and learn from them. Employee experience (EX) has a significant impact not only on customer experience but on overall business growth. In a blind study conducted on a US retailer with more than 1,000 storefronts, Salesforce research found that if the company got the EX right, there was a 50% increase in revenue per hour per store associate.

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Hello Customer

JUNE 5, 2023

Good news, bad news We recently had the honour of welcoming Nienke Bloem to our Hello Customer customer day. Bloem is a world-renowned customer experience expert and speaker. She immediately set the tone of her keynote with the main message for the audience: "Great customer experiences don't happen by accident.” "Customer experience is your customer's perception of all interactions throughout the customer journey and across all channels.

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BirdEye

MAY 30, 2023

To measure anything is to compare it to something else. When you’re in business, there are few better ways to compare your progress than by measuring it against your competitors. Taking a hard and closer look at how you stack up to your competitors will help your company improve and grow. In this article, we’ll tell you how to use competitive benchmarking to improve nearly every aspect of your business.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 2, 2023

A Customer Success Manager at a Series-B stage SaaS company had just learned a key contact—their customer champion—was moving on to a new role. The risk of churn was high since the new point of contact indicated they wanted to make some changes. “I just want you to know I’m probably going to replace you all with another tool,” the customer said.

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Speaker: Michael McMillan - Customer Experience Expert, TEDx Speaker, and Author

Are you looking to elevate your CX support strategy? Customers who have a seamless buying experience, from speaking with sales and purchasing the product to easily finding support, are more likely to return to your organization and recommend it to others. With the numerous changes in the market, it is critical that your CX strategy can evolve and better support your customers regardless of where they are in their journey.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 3, 2023

Getting your new program initiatives accepted requires overcoming a lot. So, to help you get that done—and impress your boss doing it—you need to have a winning strategy. The corporate budget is a funny thing. Getting approval on a budget in the corporate world doesn’t mean you get to spend it. Quite the contrary. You often have to get the budget approved for what you might spend and then when you want to spend it, you get approval again.

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Blueshift

JUNE 1, 2023

In the fast-paced world of retail and e-commerce , staying ahead of the competition requires innovation, strategic decision-making, and the right tools to get it done. As the busy holiday season slowly approaches, it’s crucial that marketers adopt strategies now to ensure efficiency and maximize customer outreach later. This is where AI comes in, especially as marketers are tasked with doing more with less.

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SAP Customer Experience

JUNE 5, 2023

Dear SAP Community! I’m back writing about some SAP CX Product Learning news! Did you know that we offer 14 different training courses and more than 20 elearnings? What if I tell you we offer currently about 25 live session where you can interact with an expert trainer? Other learning.

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BirdEye

MAY 30, 2023

Did you know that SMS messaging has a 98% open rate? Because of this, it has become a popular method for businesses to engage with customers. To leverage this opportunity, companies use it to gain a better understanding of their customers through SMS text message surveys. In this blog post, you’ll learn the best ways to optimize your SMS surveys and what scenarios you can use them for so you can get the most out of them.

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When economic headwinds pick up, sales leaders are the first to sound the alarm — and chart a new course. Longer sales cycles, larger buying committees, increased price pressure, and smaller teams can quickly combine to reduce your margin for error and increase the urgency to find a solution. To thrive in a challenging environment, sales teams need a rock-solid grasp of the fundamentals and the biggest force-multipliers they can get their hands on.

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