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Shep’s 2021 Top 10 Business Predictions

ShepHyken

Every year I write my customer service and customer experience (CX) predictions in my Forbes.com column. So, here are my Top 10 Predictions for 2021: Customers continue to get smarter. Our customers keep getting smarter about customer service and experience. The word for 2021 will be empathy.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Social Customer Relationship Management: What Is it and How it Develops Relationships

Kustomer

In this post, we’ll be taking a look at an approach to customer relationship management (CRM) that places social media and the data it can create front and center of efforts to build and develop strong relationships with your customers. What Is Social Data? Free to use image sourced from Pexels. Brandwatch.

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AI in Call Centers: Top innovations for 2021

TechSee

According to a 2021 survey, 65% of U.S. Intelligent collaboration tools are trending in the call center to meet this need of connecting agents with their colleagues and supervisors in order to better serve their customers. Technology plays a large role in facilitating the collaborative call center.

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Join eGain at KMWorld Connect 2021

eGain Blogs

KMWorld Connect 2021 is happening as a virtual conference, for the second year in a row. This year’s conference theme is Impacting the Future: Knowledge Sharing in the Age of New Technologies. This year’s conference theme is Impacting the Future: Knowledge Sharing in the Age of New Technologies.

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ChurnZero’s 10 Customer Success Leaders to Watch in 2021

ChurnZero

With their visibility elevated, Customer Success leaders stepped up to carry the weight of their fellow revenue-driven teams and prove their value within the broader organization. Staci Satterwhite, Chief Customer Officer, Khoros. Charlie Harvey, Vice President of International Customer Success, Zappi.

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3 Tips to Improve Internal Customer Service Through Technology

Kayako

In today’s world, many companies are focusing on improving customer relationship management, and rightly so. Getting customer service right isn’t easy. Janet Balis, CMO Practice Leader for Ernst & Young, said in 2021, “Old truth: You are competing with your competitors.

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2021, a new opportunity to reward loyal customers

LoyaltyPlus

With 2020 now done and dusted, and harsh socio-economic lessons learnt, retailers can now turn their attention to 2021 and a new year with new opportunity to reward customers and secure market share. In fact, as experts have suggested, 2021 will be marked by a more customer-centric approach by businesses.

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