Thu.Jan 27, 2022

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The Cost of Deprioritising Customer Experience During Tough Times

InMoment XI

It’s no secret that the Head Of Operations and the Head Of Customer Experience often have differing priorities. This happens because each party, due to their experience, sees the business through a different lens. In fact, COVID-19 has further encouraged most businesses to prioritise a more operational lens, decreasing their focus on the customer experience.

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Increase Customer Feedback With Digital Rewards

Alida

Delivering experiences that customers love takes more than chance. You need to know what they want, how they want it, and when they want it. And the only way to get that information is to increase customer feedback and uncover customer truth, which requires intimate knowledge of their likes, dislikes, and issues. However, customers are hard to engage, and collecting survey responses that are representative of your entire customer base is easier said than done.

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The Importance of Compassionate Customer Service and Truly Human CX

Kustomer

Here we are in 2022, a decade full of opportunities and challenges no one could have conceived only a few years ago. Our families need us, our friends need us, our countries need us, and hidden amongst these needs is an implicit truth more important now than ever: our customers need us. Imagine the cashier wearing a contagious smile, or the support email which asks how you and your family are doing?

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The Future Of Predictive Contact Center Data Is Here!

Call Experts

With the power of predictive contact center data, support agents can anticipate outcomes and what information customers need before they realize it themselves—and respond quickly, guiding them to the best answers and highest-quality resolutions. Contact centers have always had to deal with the challenge of engaging with customers. Traditionally, we’ve done this by picking up the phone when a customer calls in or using email and web chat to answer customer questions.

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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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Customer Experience Trends to Expect in 2022: Part One

Merkle

Thank you to the thought leaders who contributed to this article: Evan Nicholson, Digital Experience Practice Director, Merkle. Jen Karlson, Commerce Strategist, Merkle. Michela Baxter, Sr. Director, Promotions & Loyalty Solutions Practice Development, Merkle. Mike Adamson, Sr. Manager Experience Strategy, Merkle. Timea Szell, Sr. Manager Digital Experience Strategy, Merkle. .

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Focus on Moments of Truth

Heart of the Customer

In every customer journey, there are interactions that matter more than others. Those moments can cause customers to leave you, or lead to stronger engagement, or make customers more expensive to serve. We call these key interactions “Moments of Truth,” and identifying them is among the most important findings of journey mapping and other customer […].

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5 Ways a Virtual Assistant Supports a VIP Experience Every Time

Interactions

In this day and age, I rarely need to physically go somewhere to take care of a task. Technology has afforded busy people like myself the ability to multitask and get things done during a short work break or after normal business hours. However, some things still need to be taken care of in-person. For me, this was getting a document notarized to be a leader for my daughter’s girl scout troop.

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How Tokenomics and NFTs can Improve Community Participation & Engagement

Vanilla Forums

NFTs are the topic of the moment, but like the early days of other popular tech, lots of people are in the dark about what NFTs actually are. NFTs and community is a topic I hadn’t heard a whole lot about though.

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Watch Out! We Are In Danger of Repeating the Same Mistakes We Did Last Year

Beyond Philosophy

The next wave of business change is Customer Science. Customer Science is the fusion of artificial intelligence (AI), customer data, and the concept of the behavioral sciences. However, if you miss this next new wave of change, you could be in danger of repeating the same mistakes you did last year and the year before that. . As the new wave of Customer Science comes in, the old tide of Customer Experience (CX) is receding.

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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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Consumer Travel Plans for 2022

Engine Insights

When it comes to brand communication and marketing, creative efforts and strategy can often feel like a shot in the dark. Knowing which components of a campaign performed well and where improvements can be made is valuable information, but often difficult to come by. With engagement metrics and insight, you can better position your brands and create effective messaging to propel your brand forward.

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Refashioning Global Commerce for a Perfect Fit with a Consumer Lifestyle Brand

SAP Customer Experience

With its history deeply ingrained in sports heritage as the exclusive supplier of on-field caps for Major League Baseball, New Era Cap Company Inc. is a leading provider of athletic headwear and sports accessories. Founded in 1920, New Era was initially set up as a wholesale business using a business-to-business.

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More Than Appointments: 5 Tips To Building Loyal HVAC Customers

CSM Magazine

For your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) business to succeed, you need to grow your client base. This is why so many business owners are so focused on their marketing efforts to reach new clients. However, did you know that there’s something more profitable than spending your marketing dollars in attracting new clients? Your existing customers.

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What Do You Need To Excel at CRM Marketing (According to Excellent CRM Marketers

Optimove

Last year, when we first introduced the annual Heptagon Awards for CRM Excellence, we got lots of great feedback from clients, not only those who won. That’s why, when we decided that we should let our client nominate the teams and individuals this time, we expected more of the same. But, while more than 70 submissions (!) wowed us, it was another aspect of the submissions that caught us off guard.

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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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Creating an Online Business for Beginners

CSM Magazine

There has been a seismic shift in societies across the globe. But it’s not the pandemic that has created such a shift, though it accelerated what was already occurring. The shift is the accelerating ease and use of consumers to make purchases online instead of traditional brick-and-mortar shops. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total amount of online sales in just Quarter-3 of 2021 was to the tune of 214 million dollars, or over 13% of total sales.

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Here’s What You Need To Excel at CRM Marketing (According to Excellent CRM Marketers)

Optimove

Last year, when we first introduced the annual Heptagon Awards for CRM Excellence, we got lots of great feedback from clients, not only those who won. That’s why, when we decided that we should let our client nominate the teams and individuals this time, we expected more of the same. But, while more than 70 submissions (!) wowed us, it was another aspect of the submissions that caught us off guard.

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Top 5 Threats to Customer Data Security

CSM Magazine

Information has become somewhat of a currency these days: this includes both your data and the data of your customers. Because of how valuable this data can be, hackers keep trying to steal it. As per the latest stats, cybercrimes may cause businesses around $10.5 trillion by 2025 annually. So, if your business collects user data, you need to implement tough security measures to ensure that it does not get compromised.

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How a Clean Restroom Delivers Long Term Profits

Opinionator

As much of the world begins to return to in-person shopping, dining, and other activities on a regular basis, businesses are beginning to realize the importance of their facility’s restroom standards. In fact, research clearly shows that a customers’ experience in a public restroom can largely affect their perception of the business as a whole. […].

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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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5 Digital Tools You Need to Run a Successful Gym

CSM Magazine

If you want to build your gym and grow your membership base, there are certain things you will need to implement, including good use of relevant digital tools. With that said, below are 5 digital tools you need to run a successful gym. Gym management software. Gym software is designed to address all of the key areas. It allows you to track your memberships, process payments, schedule appointments, and it even sends out automated email marketing so you don’t have to spend time on this yours

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Is steakhouse chain wrong to have a beef with CX leadership?

MyCustomer

Engagement Steakhouse chain is wrong to have a beef with CCOs.

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6 Remote Work Avenues to Grow Your Income

CSM Magazine

Remote work has experienced a significant boom in recent years that isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Statista reports that while just 17 percent of staff in the U.S. worked remotely before Covid-19, 44 percent were working fully remote for five days or more per week as of April 2021. Remote work offers many benefits such as flexible working hours, no office commute, the ability to work in the way you want, and the ability to make more money.

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The 2022 state of the CX professional

GetFeedback

CX expert shares commentary on the CX profession in 2022, including salary and compensations, different team structures, unique skill sets, and common challenges.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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5 Trainings You Don’t Want to Create at Work, But You Must

CSM Magazine

When you work in Human Resources (HR) or customer service, you frequently encounter difficult situations. You may be responsible for employee complaints and issues, as well as training. Some of the most important trainings you might help coordinate are some of the hardest. These are the annual trainings that people dread because they feel so awkward.

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How to Supercharge Customer Success with Effective Customer Education?

SmartKarrot

As a SaaS (Software as a Service) B2B business owner, your ultimate objective is to retain your existing customers, make your existing customers adopt your product, reduce the churn rate, and make your customers successful through customer success. But the most overlapping theme amongst all the things that we have discussed above is customer education. .

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SaaS Customer Success: Key Roles, Strategies, and Tools

Help Scout

One of the best steps any SaaS company can take to improve customer retention is an investment in customer success.

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Jan 27 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Head of Customer Success Location: San Francisco, CA, US Organization: Fathom As a Head of Customer Success, you will manage and monitor the client-side of the implementation process, delivering best-in-class client service and meeting every milestone. Define implementation best practices, creating an efficient and repeatable model, contributing to and iterating upon Fathom’s Customer Success playbook.

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The Open CCaaS Advantage Report

Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.