Mon.Apr 12, 2021

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Lessons Learned from the Frontlines of CX: 7 Major Trends that Impact Customer Engagement

Bold360

What have we learned since the pandemic changed, well, everything? Plenty. To uncover how COVID-19 has transformed how customers and companies interact for the long term, we went straight to the frontlines. Bhairavi Mehta, Customer Relationship Manager at Bold360 shares the top seven customer engagement trends she’s seen across Bold360 customers over the last year — with real-world examples you can probably relate to. .

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Alida Sets out to Become the Most Partner-Friendly SaaS Company

Alida

If your company provides CX solutions, research & insights services, marketing services, or a technology platform, there are two things you need to know about Alida.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of April 12, 2021

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of 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. Overpromise by Josh Linkner. (Josh Linkner) Put yourself out there in a big, bold, defiant way. Reach for the solutions for which you lack full confidence you can deliver with little effort, but that will delight your customers or colleagues if you reach.

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While problems may be beyond your control, problem resolution is not

Customer Enthusiast

On February 27 of this year, I placed an online order for a Husky 52” mobile workbench from The Home Depot. I chose to have the product delivered to a local store for pickup to avoid the $79 delivery fee. After the order was complete, I received an expected in-store pickup date of between March … Continue reading "While problems may be beyond your control, problem resolution is not".

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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.

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4 Essential Tips for Customer Service in the Medical Industry

CSM Magazine

Healthcare isn’t only about giving aid to people in need of medical attention, but it’s also a part of the customer service industry. Thus, how you treat your patients will heavily influence the level of care you provide. Despite this, you must never treat your patients as pure customers. When you say customers, you’re implying that these individuals are simply there to buy products from your establishment.

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Hip Hip Hooray! Calabrio Customer is a Finalist for SWPP WFM Professional of the Year

Calabrio

We’ve seen customers creatively step up to the challenges of this unique year—engaging their workforce and delivering on customer service expectations. We’re proud to share that one of these innovators has been recognized by the Society of Workforce Planning Professionals as a top-notch contact center leader. Three cheers to Aaron Jacobs of GE Appliances!

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How to identify brand partnerships that will improve your customer experiences

MyCustomer

Engagement How to identify brand partnerships that improve CX.

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Part 1: Omnichannel Self Service Options for B2B Customer Support

Team Support

Self-service is still good customer service. Offering an option for customers to help themselves can give your customer support reps more time to focus on improving the big-picture aspects of your service strategy. And the right customer support software makes it easy to give customers what they want when they need it. According to recent industry research from Coleman Parkes, 91 percent of respondents said they would use a knowledge base if it were available to them, and 75 percent said online

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Announcing the 2021 Khoros Kudos Awards

Lithium

Does your brand use Khoros technology to deliver world-class digital customer experiences? Do our tools help you build strategies and results that others can learn from? Share your stories and successes through the second annual Khoros Kudos Awards in one of these 12 categories: Best-in-Class Care. Best-in-Class Community. Best-in-Class CX Insights.

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The Verint Experience Index: Retail

Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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Become A Patient-Focused Health Organization Through Healthcare BPO

Magellan Solutions

Make Use of Healthcare BPO To Deliver Efficient Healthcare Services. A study indicates that 47% of consumers say that healthcare is industry-focused when it should be patient-focused. . Business comes first, second the patient needs. This has always been the case when it comes to delivering healthcare services. But the pandemic changed the status quo.

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How to get employee recognition right for both remote and hybrid teams

Qualtrics

Employee recognition drives engagement and helps foster a sense of belonging at work – even when your team is remote. Here’s how to get it right. A quick keyword search reveals lots of conventional employee recognition ideas – happy hours, food trucks, employee of the month awards, and the like – but are they what employees really want from their leaders?

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April 12 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Director, Customer Success Location: Remote, United States Organization: PerfectServe As a Director of Customer Success, you will collaborate to develop PerfectServe’s Customer Success methodology. Lead and develop a team of geographically dispersed Customer Success Advisors and Technical Leads to develop and execute on customer account plans that are aligned with customer objectives and help the customer maximize the value of their PerfectServe investment.

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Former Amazon VP Bill Carr: ‘Working backwards is the way to create breakthrough innovation’

Qualtrics

As part of our Breakthrough Builders podcast series , our Head of Brand Strategy, Jesse Purewal, chats with Bill Carr, former VP of Digital Media at Amazon, about rubbing elbows with Jeff Bezos, launching products slowly, and Working Backwards. Listen to the complete podcast episode of Breakthrough Builders with Bill Carr. Early reflections. In a remote part of west Texas, under an ancient limestone mountain, one of the largest clocks on earth is under construction.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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Influitive’s Key Customer Advocacy Insights: March 2021

Influitive

Spring has sprung and our customers’ programs continue to deliver creative campaigns, innovative recruitment strategies and buzzing community discussions this past month. We’re proud to share significant growth in the 3R’s (referrals, references and reviews) along with social share activity and nearly $12M in generated ROI in March. Read on to dig into March’s data […].

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Navigating The Struggles Of Data Deletion And Secure Data Disposal

Forrester's Customer Insights

How long does your organization retain customer, employee, and sensitive corporate data, and how do you go about disposing of it? In the absence of explicit regulatory mandates, when and how to delete different types of records and personal data can become a tug-of-war between line of business, legal, and security teams. There are consequences of improper deletion and disposal, as well as excessive retention.

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Report: Here’s how the pandemic changed the future of work

Qualtrics

The world is in the middle of an experience transformation. For all the difficult and devastating consequences of the pandemic, it has also taught us that a new and better way of working is possible. We’re learning that workplace flexibility and productivity go hand-in-hand, and many even found more meaning in their work during the pandemic than they did before.

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Why Your Brand Needs More Of Your Attention

Forrester's Customer Insights

Brand is a primary purchase-decision driver, yet it often takes a backseat in terms of investment. At this year's B2B Summit North America, learn how to better manage this critical asset.

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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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The Power of Growth Mindset in Customer Success

SmartKarrot

Do we have power to control the way we think? Can we develop our skills, talent and intellect over time, or is it something that we are born with and is irreversible? Fortunately, the answers to all these questions is yes! On that note, the thread of contact between customer success and growth mindset is starting to become stronger, especially when it comes to establishing supreme customer onboarding practices.

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Sales Operations As Switzerland: How Sales Leaders Can Avoid The Politics Of Territory Design

Forrester's Customer Insights

Territory design and the subsequent application and management of those plans is fraught with opportunities for distortion by human intervention. In her latest blog post, Anne Slough discusses the critical role that sales operations plays to maintain equity in the territory design process.

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March 2021 Research Recap — Cloud And Tech Operations

Forrester's Customer Insights

Each month, the infrastructure and operations (I&O) team writes incredible research. As a research director, I get to not only see the final outcome but all of the work and client insights that went into its creation. For those who know me, I am quick to call these out via inquiry calls — but I’d […].

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