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Guest Post: Employee Engagement and CX: 5 Strategies to Build Synergy

ShepHyken

This week, we feature an article by Tarek Kamil, CEO and Founder of Cerkl, an internal communication software that helps teams connect. The reality is that the connection (or lack thereof) between employee engagement and customer experience can seriously impact business performance.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for the Week of August 7, 2023

ShepHyken

The 11 Customer Service Skills You Need to Succeed in Any Industry by CX Network Editor (CX Network Editor) In the last few years we have witnessed an acceleration of technologies that remove friction from customer interactions, partly thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. remains unchanged since 2009 while inflation reached 6.2%

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As Consumers Tighten Wallets, Marketers Can Tighten Customer Relationships

Optimove

The bottom line is that four words sum up how to make deep connects: “start with the customer.” It is really researching probing customers and web visitors as they interact with your brand. Use interactions to ask and know each person’s preferred channel within social media. 5 ways to tighten customer relationships.

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How to Tame a Volatile Stock Market? Invest in Customer Experience.

Strativity

The stock market hasn’t been this volatile since the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis. Annualized, this is the most movement of such magnitude since 2009. Many companies have had challenges connecting an improved customer experience to better financial returns. If a company had less than 10 years of stock prices, it was excluded.

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What Elephants and Customer Experiences Have in Common

CSM Magazine

We saw this in the last big recession spanning 2007-2009. Calabrio’s own research reveals that most consumers will only tolerate 2 (44%) or 3 (30%) negative interactions before switching brands. Unleash the chatbot! The result of such workarounds regularly translates to a degradation of the customer experience.

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Live Chat for Higher Education – The Ultimate 101 Guide

Comm100

85% of Gen Z (those 25 and under) prefer chat or automated interactions for customer service over phone calls. When students are more comfortable with online interactions than in-person ones, bringing higher ed live chat to colleges and universities is the only way to meet students on their terms.

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John Oechsle: How Do You Spell CRM Evolution? With 4 C’s

Bill Quiseng

He examines the evolution of how organizations connect with their customers and how smaller and midsized businesses are finding ways to compete for customers with larger players in their space through the 4 C’s of customer information. This week’s post is from Swiftpage CEO John Oechsle. Swiftpage is the owner of Act! ,

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