ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2016

They help businesses take essential decisions and optimize their strategy and workflows, but how do you know if an artificial intelligence platform can h elp you build a more engaging, personal connection with customers – and improve your metrics? Social media ROI, loyalty and the customer experience by Chris Teso. Surprising.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 12, 2016

When I think about “great” service, I envision a customer interaction that required little customer effort, that was resolved on the first contact, by the first agent, and in which the agent served as a positive ambassador for the brand. But, does hiring great contact center agents equate to great service?

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Where Customer Service is Failing: Top Priorities For Your Contact Center [Research] by Sharpen. Sharpen) Customer service research: people are less patient; need their omni channel inquiries solved quickly. My Comment: Here is some interesting info on customer support. Where customers go, service follows.

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ShepHyken

JULY 19, 2022

Employing Brand Advocates to Improve Customer Experience. Shep Hyken interviews Megan Neale, Co-founder and COO of Limitless , a Gig CX platform that empowers people to earn money by providing brilliant customer service. ” “The volume of customer support requests coming to organizations is increasing.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Temkin Group, a leading customer experience firm, has published its annual list of customer experience trends. As a part of these publications, Temkin is calling 2016 “The Year of Emotion.” ” Here are the 10 customer experience trends to watch in 2016: 1. Emotion Arising.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

Did you know that American businesses risk losing a whopping $494 billion in revenue from poor customer care? In the age of smartphones, where support is only a click away, consumers have massive expectations when it comes to customer service.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

How to Handle Difficult Customers Using Verbal Aikido. 5 Aikido Principles for Creating Calm, Defusing Anger and Moving to Closure with Difficult Customers. August 10, 2016 1:00pm ET – 2:00pm ET. Creating calm with difficult customers is not a matter of using aggressive tactics. August 10, 2016 1:00pm ET – 2:00pm ET.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

How to Handle Difficult Customers Using Verbal Aikido. 5 Aikido Principles for Creating Calm, Defusing Anger and Moving to Closure with Difficult Customers. August 10, 2016 1:00pm ET – 2:00pm ET. Creating calm with difficult customers is not a matter of using aggressive tactics. August 10, 2016 1:00pm ET – 2:00pm ET.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 The 5 rules of Retail Christmas Customer Experience. It is likely that consumers will be more careful in their spending, with rising prices and inflation leading to overall retail sales falling year on year between September 2016 and 2017. Published on: November 22, 2017.

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Eptica

JULY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, July 8, 2016 Delivering what US consumers want. Published on: July 08, 2016. Author: Chris Eideh Knowing your customers is at the heart of designing and delivering the right experience to engage with them successfully. So, what does this mean for customer experience?

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Eptica

MAY 25, 2016

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Mapping digital transformation in customer experience. Published on: May 25, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the fast-moving world of customer experience there is no shortage of new trends and technologies for companies to evaluate and adopt.

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Customer Experience 2016 Contact Center ROI 54

Eptica

AUGUST 26, 2016

Date: Friday, August 26, 2016 What do consumers want from brands today? Published on: August 26, 2016. Author: Derek Lewis Companies understand that meeting customer needs is central to business success. New research from the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) therefore provides some vital insight.

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Eptica

APRIL 13, 2016

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 The move to meaningful conversations in customer experience. Published on: April 13, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa Over the past fifteen years, the importance of customer experience has grown dramatically. They simply don’t care that a brand has answered 99.9%

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Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 The opportunity for European customer experience. Author: Olivier Njamfa From Berlin to Bermuda, and San Francisco to Singapore, consumers increasingly demand a superior customer experience from the organizations that they choose to buy from. Published on: October 16, 2015.

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Eptica

JUNE 10, 2016

Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 Adding emotion to the customer experience. Published on: June 10, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Delivering the right customer experience isn’t just about systems and processes – it is also about how the consumer feels during, and at the end of, the journey.

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Published on: January 06, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets.

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Customer Bliss

MARCH 8, 2018

In this episode, Charlotte and I talk about how she united the C-Suite and other departments within Sure International to implement a customer experience program, and how her background in customer service and experience helped her be the transformative leader she is today. How did Charlotte assess the work to be done?

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Eptica

AUGUST 24, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Why CEOs need to focus on customer experience. Published on: August 24, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa Customer experience (CX) is moving rapidly towards the top of the CEO agenda as businesses realize its importance to the bottom line.

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Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

Date: Friday, June 24, 2016 The ROI of improved customer experience. Published on: June 24, 2016. Author: Chris Eideh Businesses understand that improving the customer experience has a direct impact on revenue generation. Greater efficiency Minimizing unnecessary customer contact to queries has two impacts.

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Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Customer expectations are changing and growing just as rapidly as the channels and technology consumers are empowered with to engage, encouraging (if not demanding) that brands and organizations embrace a strategy of non-stop, customer-centric adaptation. 2015 Aspect Consumer Experience Survey ).

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Eptica

APRIL 26, 2016

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Comparing the customer experience in the UK and France. Published on: April 27, 2016. This increases the focus on delivering an excellent customer experience to consumers, wherever they are located, if companies are going to have meaningful, engaged conversations with their audiences.

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Eptica

JUNE 8, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Unhappy holidays? The state of UK travel customer experience. Published on: June 08, 2016. At the same time with so many options to choose from online, customers are more discerning about where they take their business, insisting on excellent customer service at all times.

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Comm100

JANUARY 14, 2016

If there is one thing that’s certain, it’s that modern consumers are much more tech-savvy than those from past generations. As technology continues to open new avenues for innovation and business transformation, so too will the shopping and buying habits of consumers. billion PC users.) What does this mean for your company?

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Published on: January 08, 2016. However, not every retailer will have felt the benefit, as consumers focused on those that provided the right combination of customer service, price and stock availability.

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Eptica

JUNE 17, 2016

Date: Friday, June 17, 2016 Transforming the customer experience in 5 steps. Published on: June 17, 2016. One of the key points raised is that while senior managers now understand the importance of customer experience , many are unsure where to start when it comes to improving what they offer to consumers.

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Tricia Morris

MAY 31, 2016

Customer expectations are changing, and to be successful, brands’ delivery on customer experience must too. Predictive, proactive, personalized experiences are key, and companies should leverage the tools they have to work toward “mass personalization at scale,” says Wang.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

As I talk to many new customers about why they are moving to the cloud, I’m seeing several trends that demonstrate how we’re helping companies achieve their goals. The contact center is truly the front line in this battle. Driving new business models. Enabling global innovation.

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Avaya

JULY 14, 2016

2016 is shaping up to be the year of the Chatbot. From Jarvis, Mark Zuckerberg’s Iron Man-inspired assistant, to Microsoft’s rather unfortunate Tay experience, chatbots have been making the news this year—not least in how they are playing an ever bigger role in customer service. Meeting that expectation is no longer optional.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Date: Friday, October 28, 2016 Turning service into sales with chat. Published on: October 28, 2016. Author: Angus Prentice Good customer service leads to happier, more loyal customers who stay with you longer, spend more and are more likely to recommend your business to family and friends. The result?

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 The 3 dimensions of customer service conversations. Published on: November 02, 2016. Author: Laurence Chami Organizations today receive a growing number of incoming emails and social media messages from consumers. How can they cope? It helps with designing overall channel strategy.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Date: Friday, November 27, 2015 Mobile – at the heart of the customer experience. The study, from Nottingham Trent University , also found that much of the time most users don’t even realize they are doing it, with consumers spending twice as much time on their phones as they think. Published on: November 27, 2015.

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Magellan Solutions

AUGUST 16, 2021

Following Google’s announcement that its ads would generate over 30 billion calls last 2016, many declared that “call commerce” is still very much alive. Some 70% of consumers have used the click-to-call button in online ads. How can contact center services Philippines turn call reductions into an advantage?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 25, 2016

According to Gartner’s report, Bridge Silos of Customer Engagement, or Risk Killing Your customer Experience , “Customer engagement is frequently delivered in silos, even though this is a known, significant customer experience issue. It has never been more important to focus on empowering the frontline.

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TechSee

JANUARY 2, 2018

trillion in claims were paid by insurance companies in 2016 alone. One of those companies, Lemonade , is offering innovative business models focusing on a fast and efficient approval process and transforming what consumers (especially millennials) have come to expect from insurance companies.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Author: Neil Titcomb We’re now part way through National Customer Service Week (NCSW), which provides the industry in the US and UK with the chance to take stock, celebrate success and share best practice. Recent research by analyst ContactBabel points to a drop in the number of inbound queries between 2015 and 2016.

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Eptica

JUNE 1, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 What is holding back chat in customer service? Published on: June 01, 2016. Author: Neil Cox Amongst consumers, chat is fast becoming a mainstream channel for customer service. In the 2016 study it again grew exponentially, to 44% of brands surveyed.

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4 lessons from the Forrester CX Index. Published on: August 17, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Forrester has just published its 2016 US Customer Experience Index , providing an update on the state of CX across multiple sectors.

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