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With CX, Standing Still Means Falling Behind

Cyara

Customer experience is a moving target. What a customer expects from your business is not only based on their past experiences with you, but also on experiences they’ve had with other businesses in general. As a society, the bar is raised on CX as soon as another organization succeeds in delivering a consistently exceptional, replicable experience. While we might silently cringe when the customer in line ahead of you asks to speak to a manager, we all know we’re empowered to do the same: to dema

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of February 8, 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. Make Every Day Valentine’s Day by Showing Love and Empathy to Customers by Janelle Estes. (CMSWire) Valentine’s Day is approaching.

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Totango Honored with G2 2021 Best Software Company Award

Totango

Totango, Inc., the largest and fastest-growing customer success platform, today announced that G2 has recognized the company as one of the Top 50 Best Software Companies for 2021. G2, the largest software marketplace and review platform, annually names its list of best software companies based on authentic, timely reviews from real users. “We are honored to be named to G2’s prestigious Top 50 Software list for 2021,” said Guy Nirpaz, CEO and Founder of Totango.

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Experience TV Episode 7: Jay Baer’s Tips for Growth in 2021

Oracle

Welcome to Experience TV, a LIVE show on social channels about the economic revolution we’re living through, the Experience Economy, where brands compete on the quality of their customer experiences. Here on SmarterCX, you’ll find the replay of each episode and all resources mentioned within. Follow me, Katie Martell, on Twitter , LinkedIn , or the show’s Facebook page to catch future episodes.

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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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3 Statements That Guide Customers to the Next Step

Myra Golden

Guide customers to the next step, or bring down the temperature in interactions, and slash talk time by explaining three things: Here’s what we know Here’s what we’ve done Here’s what’s next. Was This Helpful? I’m asking you because my newsletter offers ideas like this all the time. If you’re not yet subscribed, sign up here.

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Telehealth in Healthcare BPO

Magellan Solutions

Companies are now getting Telehealth services from their Healthcare BPO partner. But why? Telehealth gains its popularity overnight as soon as the pandemic hits the globe. With many restrictions put up by the government, staying at home becomes mandatory. It also forces businesses to limit their operations for the safety of everyone. These include healthcare providers like hospitals and clinics.

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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Relationship Between Sales and Customer Service

CSM Magazine

Since time immemorial, sales and customer service have had a fraught relationship at best, and an outright adversarial relationship in the worst of times. Both are major budgetary expenses. Customer service has often drawn the short straw because it is seen as a budgetary drain while sales brings in the money. If one has to suffer, it is usually customer service.

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Why Hire an Order Taking Call Center?

Magellan Solutions

What is even an order taking call center? And why do people keep on saying they need it? A missed call is a missed opportunity. Do you agree? Delays in processing orders is a huge turn off for customers. Everyone wants to feel valued. We don’t want to waste our time waiting for the next person to attend to our simple request. We want it to be fast yet efficient and concise.

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Free Webinar: Kickstarting Your Customer-Centric Culture

CSM Magazine

Reuters Events are excited to announce their next free customer service & experience webinar: ‘Kickstarting Your Customer-Centric Culture.’. It is becoming clearer that top-class customer experience cannot be achieved without nurturing great employee experience. An organization’s CX goals can become a reality when everyone across the enterprise has adopted a unified, customer-centric mindset.

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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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Taking Customer Experience to the Next Level with Advanced Call Center Technologies

NICE inContact

Do you ever feel like your competitors have outdistanced you when it comes to using innovative technology to create exceptional customer experiences? Are there signs that your customers are lukewarm about your organization's customer support options? Maybe your agents complain about the outdated technology they use every day while assisting customers?

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Smart CRM Basics: eCommerce Marketing

Optimove

Sometimes, when our daily work drags us through the mud of day-to-day details and tasks, we lose sight of how all the dots connect. So today, on our Smart CRM Basics series, we want to take you through a 4-minute drill and just see for a moment how all the moving parts of eCommerce marketing at scale are making sense together. It could be a useful exercise for experienced and novice CRMers alike.

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Chat Support Services: A Useful Customer Service Technique

Magellan Solutions

Chat Support Services is a staple to deliver a great customer service . Importance of Contact Customer Support. Customer support is a vital part of any business. A good contact customer service team helps business in brand building. . As well as to establish a good connection with customers. Even after a service is rendered. A product is delivered. Customers expect any brand or business to build a connection with.

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Hosted vs. Self-Hosted Live Chat – Which Do You Need?

Comm100

Offering live chat on your website is a no-brainer if you want to provide accessible and fast support to your customers. It’s fast become the most popular digital channel for customers and agents alike whose experiences are both improved by it. But before you jump into choosing your live chat software , you need to decide if you want hosted or self-hosted live chat.

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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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Smart CRM Basics: eCommerce Marketing

Optimove

Sometimes, when our daily work drags us through the mud of day-to-day details and tasks, we lose sight of how all the dots connect. So today, on our Smart CRM Basics series, we want to take you through a 4-minute drill and just see for a moment how all the moving parts of eCommerce marketing at scale are making sense together. It could be a useful exercise for experienced and novice CRMers alike.

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What Is Business Process Outsourcing?

Helpware

Contracting commercial activity to a third-party company that has relevant expertise is termed business process outsourcing. The most common functions for outsourcing are customer service, accounting, payroll, human resources’ management. As a rule, BPO performs complementary, rather than core functions, with either tech or non-tech services. From newly established businesses to large-scale enterprises, companies of any scale contract out processes.

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Why is Delivering Great Customer Service Important If You Want to Become a Therapist?

CSM Magazine

Many people around the world want to become a therapist , especially after the year we’ve had. This isn’t just an incredibly rewarding career, but it is also one of the few sectors that have thrived during the pandemic due to rising mental health issues and are providing greater job security than ever before, something many of us seek. Becoming a therapist is a huge commitment, it takes years of training and a substantial cost to become fully qualified.

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Level Up Your CX Prioritization By Thinking In Multiple Dimensions

Forrester's Customer Insights

In my last blog post about customer experience (CX) prioritization, I talked about the importance of balancing customer impact with business impact when making decisions about which projects to pursue. Beginning CX prioritization uses a simple but effective four-box model. As CX prioritization moves up the maturity curve, it gets more complex by adding more […].

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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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It Starts With Staff: 5 Tips for Expanding Your Business’ Team

CSM Magazine

For your company to succeed you need to ensure that you build a team that is robust, capable and focused on the goals of your organisation. Hiring the right individuals to work in your company will help to strengthen your business and allow you to move toward your targets with more confidence. As the old saying goes ‘a team is only as strong as its weakest link’.

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Improve your company’s customer success team with these surveys

GetFeedback

How to conduct customer success surveys to improve retention and satisfaction.

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Personalized healthcare for all

PK

For many, getting the COVID vaccine seems like an inevitability. But how will you find out when it’s available? If you’re like me, you have no idea when you’ll be […]. The post Personalized healthcare for all appeared first on PK.

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Feb 08 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Director of Customer Success Location: New York, United States Organization: Okapi AI As a Director of Customer Success, you will own the overall relationship with the customers. Develops deep relationships with a wide range of partners at the customers (from executives to project managers), learn what their most important strategic priorities are, and ensures we deliver these outcomes.

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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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Fun with Filling Audience Panels

SurveyGizmo

Filling audience panel quotas isn’t always easy. Sometimes the audience a customer wants is pretty hard to find, other times they want people who don’t take surveys. In those cases, the Alchemer Panel Services team helps researchers understand the tradeoffs in finding their ideal audience. Here are some helpful tips to make it easier to complete your research and set expectations with your clients.

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SECC Webinar: What Have We Learned from DR Programs and What’s to Come?

Uplight

Don McPhail from Uplight had the opportunity to participate in a recent SECC webinar, titled, “Demand Response: What Have We Learned and What’s to Come,” with Nathan Shannon of SECC and Shannon Morrow from Consumers Energy. In 2020, Consumers Energy responded to the challenges brought on by COVID-19 by partnering with Uplight and Google to Read More.

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How SEO Can Improve Your Customer Experience (CX)

SmartKarrot

Search Engine Optimization (SEO), as the name suggests is all about optimizing a site for the search engines. And the purpose of these engines is to serve the human, who in turn, are your beloved customers. Cutting to the chase, a good SEO for Customer Experience (CX) is a must if you are willing to thrive in the industry. Customer experience starts the very second you map their customer journey and SEO can be your friend to guide you through.

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Meet Steve Turner, Forrester’s New Security Analyst

Forrester's Customer Insights

Hello everyone! This January, I joined Forrester as an analyst on the Security and Risk team. I’ll be covering topics like Network Analysis & Visibility (NAV), Zero Trust Architecture, and the Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) ecosystem. I am extremely excited to join the team and make Zero Trust more accessible for organizations to understand and […].

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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.