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What the Subscription Economy Teaches Us About Kick-Ass Customer Experience

BlueOcean

Once upon a time, we could count the number of subscriptions we had on one hand (the newspaper, a magazine or two, and that trusty gym membership). These days, we’ve lost count (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Stitch Fix, Costco, Blue Apron, Hulu, BarkBox, plus the usual magazines, gym memberships, and more). And that’s not including the business scene, where you can add on subscriptions to Microsoft, Adobe, Salesforce, HubSpot, Docusign, and hundreds more.

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8 Customer Service Strategies to Deliver a World-Class Experience

Advantage Communications

Customer service is the foundation of any business. When done well it will boost profits, enhance brand reputation, generate repeat business, give companies a competitive edge and increase customer retention.

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The 4 pillars of a successful customer service strategy

Eptica

Date: Monday, October 4, 2021 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager The 4 pillars of a successful customer service strategy. Published on: October 04, 2021. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager As we celebrate National Customer Service Week, it is the perfect time for senior management to focus on the area and re-evaluate their customer service strategy.

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Accounting Receivable Services for Small and Large Businesses: 4 Reasons it isn’t a Waste of Time

Magellan Solutions

If you are thinking that accounting receivable services are a waste of resources, think again. Accounting is one of the most important services in any organization, large or small. Imagine businesses without it. It’s just pure disaster, financially. Businesses are frequently required to spend a significant amount of money on the accounting department.

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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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How to respond to negative feedback

Happy or Not

Businesses will receive feedback, whether they encourage it or not. Even more frustrating is the fact that people are more likely to leave a review only when they have had either an exceptional experience or a negative one – that is, if they remember to at all. When you receive feedback that is negative, it can put a huge damper on your business. Dropping a star rating, being blasted on social media, or having negative reviews can directly impact revenue, and unfortunately, it may not always be

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6 Actually Cool Gifts for Your Team During Customer Service Appreciation Week

Stella Connect

Customer Service Appreciation Week is here. How will you and your team celebrate? . With research demonstrating a link between employee engagement and satisfaction and key outcomes like customer engagement and satisfaction, prioritizing employee rewards and recognition during Customer Service Appreciation Week and beyond can not only help your team feel valued, it can motivate them to keep offering up the best support for your customers. . 6 Customer Service Appreciation Week Gift Ideas.

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Get the conversation right: Chatbot vs. messaging

Think Customers

Customers want to reach brands on their own terms, whenever, wherever. Chatbot and messaging capabilities are the essential tools needed to provide this 24/7, personalized customer service. But these two platforms aren’t interchangeable. Chatbots and messaging each serve a vital role in the overall customer journey, and contact centers need to know when is the right moment to deploy an automated or human response.

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Top 10 Customer Success Certifications

CustomerSuccessBox

SaaS businesses aim at being customer-centric. A study shows that customer-centric businesses are 60% more profitable than their counterparts. Also according to the CMO Council, it is found that 14% of marketers believe that customer-centricity is the trademark of their companies. But how can you begin to shine in Customer Success ? You can do this clearly by getting the training which is right for you or rather getting customer success certification.

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Customer Service Week Day 1

Myra Golden

Happy Customer Service Week! I kicked things off over at the official National Customer Service Week online event this morning. I talked about how employee appreciation leads to happiness, and happiness gives you so many benefits. If you missed my keynote and all the fun, you can watch the replay here. Celebrate the heart of service with us tomorrow for Day 2. .

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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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SAP @ Digital Utilities Europe 2021

SAP Customer Experience

Dear Utilities Community, We decided to be at the 5th Digital Utilities Europe 2021 taking place October 27-28 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. During this event you can explore successful implementations of recent case studies within Digital Business and its unique strategies. The conference will once again bring together key industry.

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Everything You Need to Know About iGaming Customer Support in Poland

CSM Magazine

It is a no-brainer that online casino customer service is the most significant arm of the business. Customer support serves as one of the functions that maintain the brand’s image. Among many gamblers, their value is weighed by how a casino’s customer support is efficient, comprehensive, and responsible for their issues. Well-performing casinos have emphasized the section by rendering their services through emails, live chats, and phone support.

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Top 5 Ways to Achieve Superior Customer Service

Uniphore

People increasingly expect excellent experiences every time they speak to a brand. This means modern businesses should not only keep customers happy but also exceed their expectations. Indeed, a recent PwC report found that the keys to great customer experiences are “speed, convenience, consistency, friendliness and human touch.” Delivering on and exceeding expectations relies on innovation , deploying technologies like conversational AI and training your agents to become the customer ser

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[CX Tribe] 5 October 2021 – Is Amazon Coming for Your Market + VoC RoI Drivers

Genroe

CX Tribe is the best Customer Experience insights, case studies and statistics. Human curated. Delivered weekly. Join more than 5,000 other CX Professionals and subscribe. “Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not.”Michael Dell, Founder of Dell Okay, more doing coming up. [Research]The Business Value of Building a Best-In-Class VoC Program Aberdeen does some […].

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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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7 ways to support your people’s mental health

Qualtrics

To celebrate World Mental Health Day on October 10, we've teamed up with Mind Share Partners and ServiceNow to uncover the mental health challenges employees are facing and how to better help them. Read the full Mind Share Partners report in partnership with Qualtrics and ServiceNow. With boundaries between work and home increasingly blurred, many HR and People Team leaders are being asked to understand and support their employees’ mental health and well-being.

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A shift from Middle Eastern Call Centers Towards Chatbots and Voice AI

Uniphore

Massive spikes in call volume. An unexpected pivot to work-from-home models. Investment and budget cuts. The COVID-19 crisis has created intense challenges for customers, customer service and support operations, and agents. Customers need and want to talk to people more than ever for assistance, but they’re frustrated by longer hold times, slower resolutions, and agents who can’t quickly glean customers’ emotional state and address their needs.

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The Buyer’s Journey Is The Portfolio Marketer’s Key To Planning For 2022

Forrester's Customer Insights

Understanding how today's buyers gather information and being ready to educate and engage with them, wherever they are, is more important than ever.

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The Impacts of AI and RPA on the Customer Experience

Uniphore

The World AI & RPA Show brings together leaders from a variety of client-facing enterprises to discuss the important role AI plays in developing a superior customer-focused business. Watch this webinar to hear Ravi Saraogi, President APAC, Uniphore, share his insights on transforming the customer experience through AI & RPA. He discusses about ‘The Impacts of AI and RPA on the Customer Experience’.

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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 Future of CX is AI with Dan Watkins and Rose Wang

Kustomer

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe and Vikas are joined by Rose Wang and Dan Watkins from Forethought to learn the secrets to successfully incorporating AI in CX. After listening to the experts, you’ll come to find that implementing AI isn’t as difficult as you might think. Listen to the full podcast to learn more.

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Top Remote Working Tools To Use In 2022

Zonka Feedback

The past year changed the way businesses operate. Organizations across all industry verticals adopted remote working.

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Underutilized Account Management Tools and Techniques

Kapta Customer Success

Splitting your organization's accounts into general accounts, key accounts, and strategic accounts sets the foundation for your teams' entire strategy. But once you lay the groundwork, it's just as crucial to give your account managers access to the tools and resources they need to cultivate the best possible relationships with their clients.

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What the Subscription Economy Teaches Us About Kick-Ass Customer Experience

BlueOcean

Once upon a time, we could count the number of subscriptions we had on one hand (the newspaper, a magazine or two, and that trusty gym membership). These days, we’ve lost count (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Stitch Fix, Costco, Blue Apron, Hulu, BarkBox, plus the usual magazines, gym memberships, and more). And that’s not including the business scene, where you can add on subscriptions to Microsoft, Adobe, Salesforce, HubSpot, Docusign, and hundreds more.

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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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State of Feedback: UK e-commerce market

mopinion

As feedback fanatics, it’s no surprise that we’re always curious to know about how different businesses are collecting feedback. In this article, we investigated some top-grossing e-commerce giants in the UK, with the hopes of understanding the current state of feedback in the marketplace, as well as what the future holds for the UK e-commerce […].

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3 Techniques to Recover from an Identity Theft

CSM Magazine

The beginning of the pandemic and the quick change to remote work and online shopping meant that more people will be spending more time online. This was good news for the people involved in cybercriminal activities as it also meant a larger victim base and more vulnerabilities to exploit (as people felt anxious). As a result, in 2020, specialists noticed an increase of 53% in ID theft cases (as compared to 2019).

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Facebook’s Outage: Breaking The Ad Empire — For A Day?

Forrester's Customer Insights

It’s a sure tell that something must be pretty bad at Facebook, Inc. when the company is forced to turn to its competitor, Twitter, to communicate with its users. We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and […].

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Optimize tactics across all your brand campaigns at once with Portfolio Analytics 

Upwave

Whether your brand is running multiple campaigns or you are an advertiser with multiple brands across categories: strategic, portfolio-wide decision-making comes with unique challenges. These challenges often stem from the. The post Optimize tactics across all your brand campaigns at once with Portfolio Analytics appeared first on Upwave.

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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.