Mon.Oct 17, 2022

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The Importance of CX During Economic Instability

IntouchInsight

Rising inflation and concerns about economic instability have both brands and consumers concerned. But, after years of pandemic-related restrictions and guidelines, no one wants to give up their "new normal". This makes customer experience programs even more important than ever.

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Cultivate a work environment where employees can thrive

Customer Enthusiast

A recent Gartner study revealed 52 percent of employees surveyed agreed or strongly agreed with the statement: “The pandemic has made me question the purpose of my day-to-day job.” According to Gartner, “The era of the employment contract, when a worker provided services purely in exchange for monetary compensation, is over… Monetary compensation is important … Continue reading "Cultivate a work environment where employees can thrive".

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Solving for the whole customer experience: Ant Marty from Instacart

Thematic

A fascination with human behaviour has served Instacart’s Ant Marty well, though not in the ways she initially expected. Ant presumed she would become a college professor after completing her psychology degree at William & Mary University in New York. Instead, the product operations team manager has immersed herself in practical rather than theoretical problem-solving.

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Happy 10th Birthday, SAP HANA Academy!!!

SAP Customer Experience

What does October mean to you? For some it means the trees are starting to change their colors to welcome autumn in the north and hail spring in the south. For sports fans it means long awaited playoffs or season openers to cheer their teams. For most, it’s the realization.

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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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Questions to Ask When Setting CX Metrics Goals

Forrester's Customer Insights

This past summer, I participated in my first century cycling ride – 110 miles through eastern Massachusetts. My goal was simple…to not be the last person across the finish line. I met my goal, almost crawling across the finish line dragging my bike behind me. As expected, my overall time was high. So, I’ve already […].

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Peter’s Perspective: How CS Can Weather the Approaching Storm

Education Services Group

Hurricanes have been prominent in the news recently here in North America. Overlapping over two weeks in September, we had Fiona and Ian. Two vast and destructive storms that caused an immense amount of physical, emotional, and financial pain over vast geographic areas. I came close to being in the bullseye of Hurricane Fiona during a vacation with my wife in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

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Key Features Your Website Needs to Keep Your Customers Happy

CSM Magazine

What makes a business? Different people are going to have different answers for this, but one element that is non-negotiable in this day and age is a solid online presence. There are a number of ways that you can do this, but one of the most effective is by setting up an easy-to-use website. If you do not have a website, or if you have a website that isn’t very user-friendly, then you are likely going to miss out on a great deal of business as a result.

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Importance of Helpdesk Feedback

Zonka Feedback

According to Salesforce research, 78% of consumers will do business with a brand again after a mistake if its customer service is excellent. This is the power that customer service holds. It helps you earn loyal customers who not only continue repurchasing but also spread positive word-of-mouth. But often, even after you’ve resolved customer complaints in your helpdesk software, several customers may leave dissatisfied and never do business with you again.

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Oracle + TechSee Integrate to Support the Next Generation Of Field Service Operations

TechSee

Field Service leaders are at a crossroads. There is a greater need to meet customer demand while keeping up with innovation. Not only are your competitors looking for new ways to deliver better contact and field center service, they also need ways to keep costs down in this new financial climate. With all of these factors affecting the field service sector, it’s no surprise that more companies are embracing AI to improve the productivity of their field agents.

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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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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-17-2022

ShepHyken

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. Enough Already With Customer Feedback. Make Your Move by Jeb Dasteel. (CMS Wire) Surveys, especially, will ultimately bury you with customer malcontent and your own frustrated inaction.

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How to Add a Chatbot To Your GoDaddy Website

kommunicate

Last Updated on October 17, 2022 The article that follows will walk you through the process of creating and adding a chatbot to your GoDaddy site using Kommunicate. What is GoDaddy? GoDaddy is a website-building platform, domain registrar, and web host. Basically, you can get everything you need to create a business website, such as [.]. The post How to Add a Chatbot To Your GoDaddy Website appeared first on Kommunicate Blog.

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The Advantages of Being a Grudge Buy

The DiJulius Group

There are business experiences that people enjoy such as a visit to Starbucks, a weekend at The Ritz-Carlton, shopping at Nordstrom, or a visit to the spa. All are examples of “happy spending” Then there are businesses that consumers dread and wish to avoid. In fact, it frustrates them when it’s necessary to “waste” their.

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Here’s Everything We Know About Leasing Seat with BPOs

Magellan Solutions

Here’s Everything About Leasing Seat with BPOs. Setting up a business these days is expensive. Your capital will determine when, where, and how you will be able to operate. You don’t want to sacrifice the quality of work just because you don’t have much budget to begin with. The question is, how will you be able to maximize productivity right away with limited resources?

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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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Keep calm and double down on your customers: The path to durable growth for SaaS

Gainsight

We all know the catchphrase: Keep calm and carry on. It’s so ubiquitous, it’s almost a cliche, appearing on t-shirts, coffee mugs, and posters everywhere. But you know what? It happens to be very good advice, especially when times get tough. . For those of us in the SaaS space, 2022 has certainly been one of those tough times. Valuations have collapsed, new sales are declining, and, sadly, hard-working people across the sector are being laid off. .

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How to strategically prepare for a successful QBR

Kapta Customer Success

It takes plenty of time and effort to prepare for a Quarterly Business Review (QBR). There is a litany of tasks and to-dos, history and metrics to review, and internal meetings to conduct before you can assemble the actual meeting agenda and presentation. Then, there are strategic steps you need to take to ensure the QBR is meaningful and valuable to all in attendance.

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How local SEO ranking factors can boost website traffic

BirdEye

In today’s digital world, websites serve as storefronts for local businesses. They’re a window for customers to see what your business offers and learn more about the experience they can expect to have. It’s important that your business invests in a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy to give your website the “curb appeal” it needs to continuously attract new customers.

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How 50 Retailers And Brands Competed With Amazon’s October 2022 Prime Event

Forrester's Customer Insights

On October 11th and 12th, Amazon held its Prime Early Access Sale, intended to “give [Prime] members a chance to kick off the holiday shopping season early.” Last year, we found that 30% of US online adults started their holiday shopping in October or earlier, so it’s not surprising that Amazon, along with other major retailers, […].

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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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How AI-Enabled Self-Service Is Easier Than You Think

CSM Magazine

Great customer support is all about simplicity. When a customer has a problem, often the best experiences are when they can solve it themselves. In fact, according to a recent study , 69% of customers want to resolve as many issues as possible on their own, and 63% of customers always or almost always start with a search on a company’s online resources when they have an issue.

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Oct 17 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Director Location: Remote, United States Organization: Vonage As a Customer Success Director, you will maintain a portfolio of accounts with low churn, high adoption, and high health scores. Collaborate cross-functionally to shepherd customers through an optimal customer journey that engenders strong satisfaction, supports high-levels of product utilization, and enables true business value attainment.

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What Is Account Mining? What Are the Top Account Mining Strategies?

SmartKarrot

Account mining has been an age-old, reliable method for helping businesses derive and extract as much revenue as possible from existing accounts. Recent studies have shown that the probability of selling to a new customer is only 5% to 20% , while the probability of selling to an existing customer is up to 70%. Therefore, utilizing account mining to drive growth and increased revenue from existing accounts can be extremely effective and beneficial for your business in the long run.