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6 Examples of Successful Customer-Centric Companies

CSM Magazine

Creating the correct customer-centric business model is your ticket to standing out from your competitors and encouraging customer loyalty. Customer-centricity is essential for companies since it drives a customer further down the sales funnel. According to research done by Forbes, companies who have customer-centricity in their marketing strategies profit 60% more than those who don’t.

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4 Reasons Why Live Chat for Government is Critical in 2022

Comm100

Public customer service expectations are higher than ever before. As the private sector has adopted digital channels and technologies to improve customer experience (CX) and satisfaction, the public sector has begun to fall behind. In the US, the top-performing private sector boasts an 8.3 out of 10 customer satisfaction score. In US government, this score languishes at 4.5.

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It’s Time to Say “Goodbye” to the Robotic Chatbot: Consumers Demand More from Digital-First Experiences

CSM Magazine

Jen Snell, VP Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy, Conversational AI at Verint explains why its time to move from robotic chatbots to those capable of true contextual conversations. Chatbots and Intelligent Virtual Assistants are on the customer engagement frontlines, interacting with consumers every day. Leveraging conversational AI to support rich two-way dialogues, they help facilitate seamless real-time communication and resolution, as well as help build a company’s brand credibility and boost engag

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Consumers Love Live Chat, but Businesses Aren’t Adopting It. Here’s Why.

Kustomer

One of the biggest shifts over the past few years? A digital-first mindset. While phone support isn’t going anywhere, when you force consumers to switch platforms in order to get their questions answered, you give them a reason to abandon their purchase or generate negative feelings. The less effort, the better — and with the digital-first consumer, chat is often better.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 3-14-2022

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. Using Customer Journey Maps and Jobs to Be Done for a Better Customer Experience by Tobias Komischke. (CMSWire) Customer experience design’s goal is providing consumers with the offerings they need to accomplish their objectives frictionlessly across all phases of the custom

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Experience Improvement 101: What You Need to Know About InMoment’s Mission

InMoment XI

Just discovered InMoment? Curious to know a little more about us and our differentiated Experience Improvement (XI)? Well allow us to introduce ourselves! Own the Moments That Matter. At InMoment, we have this saying: “Own the Moments That Matter.” This is fundamental to our mission, because those moments—packed full of emotions , judgements, learnings, and more—shape the world we live in.

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Breaking Down the KAM Maturity Model: The Process

Kapta Customer Success

Process improvements have a way of falling off your to-do list when meetings fill up your calendar and quarterly deadlines are always just around the corner. But taking the time to evaluate your key account management team's processes and systems can pay dividends when it comes to beating your quarterly and annual goals. Key accounts require a personalized approach, with customized services, outputs, and plans.

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Top Customer Success Courses and Training that every CSM needs in 2022

CustomerSuccessBox

According to a research study done by Mordor Intelligence, the compound annual growth rate estimated for the global customer success management market, let alone in the timeframe of 5 years (2021-2026) is estimated to be 25.02%. In fact, Linkedin named Customer Success Specialist as one of the top emerging growth roles in 2022 showing 34% annual growth in job listings.

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Nicereply and Evaluagent Form Partnership to Help Customer Service Teams

CSM Magazine

Nicereply and EvaluAgent form partnership to help customer service teams make more of their customer feedback and quality assurance programmes. Nicereply, a leading customer satisfaction survey software provider, including CSAT, NPS and CES, has entered into a partnership with Quality Assurance & Improvement platform provider EvaluAgent , bringing these two best of breed solutions together for the benefit of fast growing customer service teams.

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The 2023 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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Playbook to Restore Customer Satisfaction

CustomerSuccessBox

You believed you were doing well until you noticed it. A customer is dissatisfied with your service and has indicated that they are considering canceling. So, what exactly do you do? How do you deal with an annoyed customer? Is there anything that can be done to keep them from churning? How do you restore customer satisfaction? This is a circumstance that customer success and support employees like you experience on a daily basis.

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NutriMost Wellness & Weight Loss Chooses Perkville

Perkville

NutriMost Wellness & Weight Loss has revealed Perkville, the #1 loyalty and rewards program in the wellness space, as its preferred vendor for member rewards.

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B2B Rebranding Is On The Rise

Forrester's Customer Insights

One of the most consequential and long-lasting decisions a marketing leader can make is to change the organization’s brand. A brand’s messaging, positioning, and visual identity permeate all aspects of the company’s go-to-market activities and usually endure for many years. We frequently engage with clients on rebrands, helping them sort through the business justification and […].

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I Talk About People Behind Their Back

Steve DiGioia

I don’t gossip or finger-point. I don’t assign blame or give putdowns. I don’t accuse or assume faults. No, I don’t. But I do talk about people behind their back. I don’t spy on them, but I do pay attention. I see what they’ve been doing. I notice. I observe. I take notes. I remember. I talk about people behind their back. They may not know it, but I do.

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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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Loyalty Is A Lifeline During The Inflation Crisis

Forrester's Customer Insights

Last week, consumers in the United States woke up to a grim statistic from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index: Consumer prices rose 7.9% in February, the highest rate of annual inflation in 40 years. This rise is not unexpected if you’ve read the news headlines over the past couple of months. […].

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How to Make the Most of Your Mystery Shopping Budget

IntouchInsight

When someone starts a sentence with “If money was no object,” you know what follows will be a grandiose and idealistic proposition. But the cost associated with new endeavours will always be a factor.

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117% Increase in Total Order Amount YoY

Optimove

The post 117% Increase in Total Order Amount YoY appeared first on Optimove.

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Guide to Choosing the Right Digital Qual Solution

2020 Research

Guide to Choosing the Right Digital Qual Solution. At Schlesinger Group, our goal is to provide uncomplicated ResTech solutions – an array of approaches that provide a direct path to the consumer and help you deliver impactful insights. When you need to elicit qualitative feedback and share the voice of the customer, our digital qualitative platforms can help.

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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.

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Five SEM Mistakes That May Be Limiting Your B2B Lead Gen Campaigns

Merkle

Paid search for B2B brands can be expensive and challenging, but highly profitable if done right. Given that there is high competition in the B2B space, your goal should be to differentiate your brand from the competition and highlight your unique features and brand personality.

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Takeaways from Bill McBride from Active Wellness

Perkville

President & CEO at Active Wellness breaks down why MMS companies can’t afford to not collaborate with 3rd Party Applications if they want to keep customers happy.

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We Need To Understand The Emotions That Drive Customers To Make Sustainable Choices

Forrester's Customer Insights

(coauthored by Mélissa Chaudet) Many consumers want to act sustainably but struggle to do so, for both intrinsic (lack of motivation) and extrinsic (price, convenience) reasons. Embracing sustainability requires organizations to understand the emotions that drive customers to make sustainable choices and to contextualize sustainability in the customer journey to help customers bridge the gap […].

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How Yelp’s Review Solicitation Penalty Works

Perkville

Yelp is increasingly cracking down on review solicitation across the internet. What are the consequences for businesses that ask for reviews?

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Revolutionizing Contact Centers: Next-Gen Tech for Enhanced CX

Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group

As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX

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5 Top Customer Service KPIs for Telecom Companies

Kayako

Telecom companies operate in one of the most competitive sectors of the marketplace. The industry has the fourth-highest churn rate, after cable, financial, and general retail, meaning that 21% of new Telecom customers will stay less than a year with the same Telecom provider. These scenarios represent both a big challenge and an opportunity. The cost of acquiring new customers is up to 25 times higher than retaining them.

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The Hot Yoga Factory Builds Retention and Community

Perkville

At The Hot Yoga Factory in Chelmsford, Mass, founder Terri Fry built retention and community with her karma points concept.

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The Ukraine War And The CEO

Forrester's Customer Insights

In this time of war, here are three critical questions for your direct reports: Ask your chief information officer: “Are we ready for the inevitable cyberattacks, and have we patched all vulnerabilities?” Russia was behind the SolarWinds hack to infiltrate US and European government networks — and is a pernicious, historical source of malware. We […].

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6 Key Steps to Structuring a Successful Rewards Program

Perkville

We created this quick guide for structuring a rewards program that will set your business up for success.

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Your Expert Guide to CX Orchestration & Enhancing Customer Journeys

Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia

Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the