Tue.Nov 24, 2020

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Improving the patient experience: How to offer more consumer-centric care

Talkdesk

The patient experience is undergoing a profound change. Healthcare consumers today have new and more demanding expectations, forged by Amazon and Uber-like experiences where digital comes first. The result is a greater demand for alternative ways of receiving care, with 77% of patients preferring home and virtual care over in-person visits to hospitals and clinics.

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Why creating empathy in your customer service is so hard

Eptica

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 Author: Guest author: Adrian Swinscoe Why creating empathy in your customer service is so hard. Published on: November 24, 2020. Author: Guest author: Adrian Swinscoe Organisations understand the value of empathy to strengthening the customer relationship, boosting satisfaction, and increasing loyalty. But many still struggle to build empathy into their customer service interactions – why is this?

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Powerful Customer Feedback in 5 Simple Steps

Daniel Group

What should you do next for a powerful customer feedback program? Today, businesses are talking more about “customer experience.” Things may have progressed further at your company, and management has approved starting a formal customer feedback program. A variety of other activities are underway to launch this customer experience improvement effort.

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How to tell Purposeful Pandemic Stories in 5 Blog Posts

One Millimeter Mindset

Start telling the 2020 stories clients really need to hear: purposeful pandemic stories. These stories are about the stuff clients really need to know when deciding to do more business with you moving forward in 2021. Ah 2020. From this year forward, we all share a common story about how we moved one millimeter beyond what is professionally comfortable.

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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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The Ultimate Guide to the Voice of Customer (VoC)

mopinion

It has been said that having a good Voice of Customer (VoC) program leads to improved client retention, better employee engagement and less spending on customer service. And while this is entirely true, it seems that many businesses still fail to implement and manage an effective VoC program. In fact, far too often we see […]. The post The Ultimate Guide to the Voice of Customer (VoC) appeared first on Mopinion.

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What do you do when you can’t give the customer what they want?

Myra Golden

I created a worksheet to help you practice the Feel, Felt, Found Method so you can apply it in your specific situations. Grab the worksheet here. I was working with a client that sells food products. A frequent question they get from customers is, “What ingredients are in this yogurt?” for example. When a customer asks for ingredients, it’s usually because they or one of their children has a food allergy, and they’re trying to make sure the product is safe for them.

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6 Ways To Get Customer Success More Clout (and a Seat at the Table) – Part 1

ChurnZero

Why is your Customer Success team underfunded, marginalized, and overlooked? “Because leadership doesn’t value our contribution, or all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into keeping our customers happy – especially when dealing with problems like product bugs or bad-fit customers that were never our fault to begin with; we can’t control the cards we’re dealt.

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How are Contact Centers Adapting to the New World of Remote Work?

Advantage Communications

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way organizations view their workforce. Companies now fully understand the benefits of remote work and flexible schedules.

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All You Need to Know About the Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Feedbackly

If you are just starting off with a Customer Experience (CX) program for your brand, you would know the importance of using CX metrics. Source.

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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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Seeing Success Through the Eyes of Customers

Strikedeck

Vincent Manlapaz, in an interview with Jon Triggs talks about how CS has grown in alignment with sales, product, marketing, and engineering teams. This alignment involves strategic thinking, quantitative analysis, and a line of sight in improving the customer’s bottom line.

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Getting CX Right: Sears PartsDirect

Zeisler Consulting

There’s plenty of bad CX out there. But I had an experience not long ago with a company that was so good it’s inspired me to start a new feature in my writing (and new category on the blog) today called “Getting CX Right” to celebrate those organizations (naming names!) that knock it out of the park. Here’s the first installation: The top rack of our dishwasher needed a replacement part (how’s that for esoteric?

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How Remote Businesses Effectively Improve Customer Engagement

Wootric

Operating a business during a global pandemic is no easy feat. Many traditional businesses have made the temporary or permanent transition to a remote business model, which makes it all the more important for your cloud-based business to stand out. . A common issue that marketers face when adapting to a changing market is maintaining and increasing customer engagement. .

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Belgian CX Specialist Premium Plus Opens Office in the UK

CSM Magazine

London office bolsters European ambitions. In addition to the head office in Antwerp, and the French office in Lille, Premium Plus is now opening a branch in the UK’s capital, London. With this move, the Belgian specialist in advice and online solutions for customer service, support, and sales is gaining a foothold in the United Kingdom. According to Kurt Pinoy, the company’s founder and CEO, this is a logical move that will strengthen Premium Plus’ ambitions: “London is and always w

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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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Why Paying for a Quality Assurance Program Can Save You in the Long Run

Playvox

Have you ever called a customer service call center and been left waiting for an unbearably long time? Or the agent couldn’t find the answer to what seemed like a simple question? Or worse yet, they gave you a bit of an attitude? When this happens, disgruntled callers want to speak with a manager and are quick to jump on social media to write a bad review.

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PCI Pal shortlisted for Best Technology Initiative at the Card and Payments Awards

CSM Magazine

PCI Pal, the global provider of secure payment solutions, today announced it is a finalist in the Card and Payments Awards 2021 for the ‘Best Technology Initiative’. PCI Pal has been recognised for supporting Waltham Forest Borough Council in securing telephone-based payments, and enabling staff to continue taking payments in a secure and compliant way while working from home.

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Why COVID is not a valid excuse (and other musings from a crazy year) Part One

Smith+co CX

It has been a crazy year. Smith+Co were honoured by being awarded ‘UK’s Leading Management Consultants 2020’ following independent research by Statista. That was a great start! We followed it up by merging with Caffeine, the brand agency led by my co-author, Andy Milligan. Together, we can now help our joint clients do what we wrote about in our last book ‘ On Purpose, delivering a branded customer experience people love’ ; to ‘ Stand Up’ through having a clear brand purpose, to ‘ Stand Out’ by

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A Strategic Framework for Managing Customer Feedback

Brad Cleveland Blog

Whether your organization’s a print shop with three employees, a government agency with 3,000, or a multinational company with 300,000, six steps are required to manage customer feedback. Together, these steps make up a powerful approach that can drive innovation and improvements in products and services and processes. There’s a magic that takes place when you decide to be intentional … The post A Strategic Framework for Managing Customer Feedback first appeared on Brad Clevela

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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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Proximity Marketing: What Is It & What Does It Mean For Local Businesses?

Grade.us

Reading Time: 8 minutes. You can use numerous marketing channels to attract customers to your local business or that of a client. As a business owner, or an agency supporting customer acquisition efforts for a local business, your goal is to identify and utilize the most effective marketing channel. This guide will look at how you can use proximity marketing to generate fresh leads and sales.

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A Strategic Framework for Managing Customer Feedback

Brad Cleveland Blog

Whether your organization’s a print shop with three employees, a government agency with 3,000, or a multinational company with 300,000, six steps are required to manage customer feedback. Together, these steps make up a powerful approach that can drive innovation … Continue reading → The post A Strategic Framework for Managing Customer Feedback appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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The 20 Best Employee Satisfaction Survey Questions

GetFeedback

Ask these employee satisfaction questions to improve your employee experience.

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Amazing Business Radio: Todd Hartley

ShepHyken

Become Your Customer’s Trusted Advisor. Strategies for Building a Transparent, Successful Customer Experience. Shep Hyken interviews Todd Hartley , Founder and CEO of WireBuzz. They discuss strategies for leveraging video into your customer service experience. Top Takeaways: The goal of customer service should be to answer questions, eliminate confusion and become your customer’s trusted advisor.

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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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How Virtuous Acts Bring Our Team Together

Centercode

The enormous stress of 2020 has made it all too easy to focus on what we don’t have: parties with friends and family, the ability to travel, some of our favorite holiday traditions…I’ll stop there before I start crying. But one tradition the COVID pandemic can’t disrupt is expressing gratitude — ’tis the season, after all.

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What is a Creative Content Agency?

DemandJump

In the world of marketing, there are a lot of different types of “agencies” out there, and each one will be structured a little bit differently. Depending on that structure, they may offer different services as well. If you’re not in the industry—or you’re new to it—it can come off as confusing. Let’s break down some of the differences, and specifically, figure out what a creative content marketing agency is and what they do.

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3 Ways to Run a Successful Tiny Business

CSM Magazine

There’s a secret to being successful when you are running a small business. It mainly consists of working smartly, building up your skills, and finally, focusing on doing the work that really matters. So, in this article, we’re going to talk about how to run a successful tiny business. A tiny business is a business that consists of no more than three to five people in it.

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Why is Content Marketing Important?

DemandJump

If you’ve paid attention to the world of marketing over the last 10 years or so, you’ve heard “content” a lot. “Content is king” is regularly thrown around, but what does that really mean? Why is content marketing, of all the digital marketing solutions available to your business, important for you to employ? Let’s dive into exactly why content marketing matters so much, and look at a few ways you can start to implement it into your digital strategy.

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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.