Interactions

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

You’re not able to change the unpredictability of the weather, but you can ensure better days ahead for your customers and care team when outages do occur. We witnessed the catastrophic effects that outages can cause recently when Winter Storm Uri’s extended cold, snow, and ice resulted in snapped power lines, burst pipes, and other damage. As a result, many utilities were forced to “roll” outages to keep up with the damage to the grid, causing people who were initially fortunate enough not to l

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In 1998, Joe Pine (@joepine), co-founder of Strategic Horizons, LLP, wrote a book along with Jim Gilmore called The Experience Economy. When I read this book, I thought, “Bloody hell! This is it!” I was working at British Telecom at the time, so I showed it to my boss. He had a similar reaction and set me on the route of improving the Customer Experience , and the rest is history.

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PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

PeopleMetrics Experience Management Platform Roadmap Preview. Learn about the latest changes to PeopleMetrics and how they affect your team. This is a special look at what’s coming soon and what’s recently launched. We highlight: Features we added in 2020. The new features we're adding this year. New and soon-to-be-released features focused on alert notifications, dashboard reports and survey health.

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Kustomer

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen uncovers the secrets to establishing employee and customer engagement with expert Suzzanna Rowold. Suzzanna has over 12 years of leadership experience and is currently working on a PhD with a focus of entrepreneurship and innovation. Listen to the podcast below to discover how Suzzanna transforms CX teams to excellence.

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Today’s digitally savvy customers have high expectations of retailers for convenience, responsiveness, and ease of doing business both in-store and online. Our recent survey of over 2,000 US consumers found that retailers that can drive a seamless, omnichannel customer experience (CX) – across physical and digital channels – have huge benefits for brand relevance, profitability, and customer loyalty.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Megan Neale, Co-Founder and COO at Limitless explores the relationship between GigCX and Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and how it enables brands to re-think their approach to customer service. This period of history will forever be defined by human disconnection. In its place, digital transformation initiatives have accelerated to keep up with the pace of change.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This is an exciting time for contact centers and the customers they serve. Modern technology, such as digital channels and chatbots, has empowered consumers with more control over how they interact with businesses. At the same time, businesses benefit by being able to deliver loyalty-enhancing CX that also increases their ability to effortlessly handle volume swings.

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One Millimeter Mindset

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Some days, attaining our February 2021 professional goals feel like running a continuous marathon race, don’t they? Because the finish line seems to move further away, the closer we get. It is time to chunk your February professional goals into smaller, more feasible, and challengingly achievable accomplishments. Get to where you really need to go together.

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Zeisler Consulting

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A few years back I was at lunch with a mentor and there was something we needed or wanted that we had to ask for. The waiter replied somewhat along the lines of: “Well, we’re not supposed to do that, but I’ll go ahead and do that for you.”. We thanked him, but after he walked away, my mentor turned to me and surprisingly said, “what poor form for him to say that.

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Maru Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

By Steve Brockway, Chief Research Officer | February 25, 2021. Great CX programs shape the roadmap to deliver better experiences. Yet most programs are focused exclusively on metrics which summarize how the customer rationally thinks about a touchpoint post the experience. This focus on the rational misses the crucial emotional element of a brand experience.

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Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

If there’s one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has left us with, it’s an increased awareness of the importance of remote accessibility. Remote accessibility to essential services like healthcare is a top priority amongst patients and consumers, with more people listing ease of access and convenience ahead of quality of care. . The problem is the healthcare industry in general is falling behind when it comes to remote accessibility.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Steve Bell, VP EMEA Solutions Consulting at Verint Systems examines the chasm between what organisations know they need to do in order to manage customer engagement, and the resources they have to do it. . Brands are caught in a maelstrom of change, the impact of which will be felt for years to come. The pace of digital transformation has accelerated dramatically, and with it has brought increased consumer demand for self-service and social media-based interactions, on top of human assistance as

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Missed calls are complicated for everybody involved. Because of this, availability is an essential concept your customer journey must address. Contact center services ensure that you never miss out on opportunities to acquire brand-new clients while providing fantastic customer service. Callers always feel valued. With the right contact center partner, you and your company offer the same outstanding experience every day, 24-7-365.

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Maru Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Great CX programs shape the roadmap to deliver better experiences. Yet most programs are focused exclusively on metrics which summarize how the customer rationally thinks about a touchpoint post the experience. This focus on the rational misses the crucial emotional element of a brand experience. We have evidence that brilliant customer outcomes are the result of using these rational metrics that show the business what needs improving combined with Emotional CX measurement which uncovers how it

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Customer experience was once considered a soft metric, or a “nice to have.” But it is now a board-level priority for many brands. The experience you provide your customers is a defining way to differentiate your business from the competition. But how can you really make CX a priority when you have competing budget and resource constraints? With customer experience automation, organizations can leverage AI and automation to make it faster and cheaper to provide a superior customer experience acro

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Innovative CX

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

I teach a global operations strategy graduate course at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Each semester I set aside one of our sessions to discuss corporate social responsibility within organizations especially as they pursue globalization of their products and services. The lively discussion among students usually centers on which comes first, corporate profits or social responsibility?

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Service and convenience is driving the growth of online shops and services and that is why industries such as sports betting has boomed over the last few years. Most millennials would scoff at the idea of travelling to a high street betting office, filling out a paper betting slip and waiting in a queue to place a bet on their favorite sport with paper money.

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Kerry Bodine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

If you’re looking for customer experience or service design inspiration, look no further. We’ve just announced our ten 2020 Service Design Award finalists. (And no, that’s not a typo… Covid through a wrench into our annual awards schedule.). The Finalists. Commercial Work. CX Transformation For Hearing Care by Smart Design in the USA. Future Of Facilitation: Digital Blueprinting On A Global Scale by Xero in Australia.

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Think Customers

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins across the country, patient experiences vary. Hear what some people had to say in their efforts to receive some of the first doses of vaccine, and how what they’ve experienced can help improve future vaccine distribution. The CX POD · In Their Own Words: Vaccine Patients Share Their Experiences. Transcript : Liz Glagowski : Hi, I’m Liz Glagowski, editor of the Customer Strategist Journal.

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Kustomer

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As the direct-to-customer market grows, many brands continue to adopt traditional approaches to customer service and stumble over the same obstacles again and again. How should customer service professionals rethink client care? And where should brands even begin this process? Let’s unpack some common customer service problems and solutions. Below, we outline common obstacles, such as adapting to new customer preferences and gauging success, and cover modern solutions.

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Steve DiGioia

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

During the initial business startup phase, providing great customer service may not have been your first thought. Instead, you focused on getting the best location, trendy furnishings, celebrity appearances, and over-the-top promotions that you “knew” would jump-start your business. You thought, “I just gotta get the hip crowd to check out my store.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

8 easy steps on how to outsource to Philippines. Our longtime clients are now reaping the benefits of their partnership with us. They will be more than eager to agree that they’re able to save more. This is in comparison to the pay for a full-time local professional. . If you want to get on the list of success, here is a guide on how to start choosing your partners: Research.

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PK

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

With the blurring lines between the retail, fintech, and banking industries, customers are left wondering why personalization in financial services, for lack of a better word, sucks. Banks are being […]. The post Personalization in financial services: An imperative to stay relevant appeared first on PK.

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A CX myth is something widely believed or implemented that is based on “how we’ve always done it” thinking, rather than delivering truly innovative customer experiences. What CX myths are holding organizations back from top-level customer experience performance? What can companies do to find solid ground and move forward successfully? In this guidebook, we answer those questions and more as we explore three key myths and two strategies that you can use to replace them.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What we guarantee for BPO accounting companies in the Philippines. Magellan Solutions is one of the leading contenders of the industry. Because of this, we take pride in our virtual accounting services. Our agents are always trained to meet your temporary or ongoing needs. All services are also patterned after your own company. As a result, it’s almost like you hired an in-house team.

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The DiJulius Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

How are certain businesses able to scale and still maintain business excellence to their customers and their employees? Ryan Magnon, Senior Principal Operations Lead at Chick-fil-A Corporate has worked with two of the biggest hospitality giants, Horst Schulze, co-founder of The Ritz-Carlton, and Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A. And he shares some valuable insights into.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Digital transformation is coming to Corporate Banking. Corporate banking today is antiquated due to its highly customized and complex product offerings; lack of challengers to drive innovation; and strong barriers to switching for clients. Enterprise clients have lived with a sub-par experience for far too long. Now these clients are starting to demand change.

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PK

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

PK, the global services firm that helps the world’s most customer-obsessed brands design, build, and run the future, has been recognized by Forrester Research in its Now Tech: Continuous Automation […]. The post PK featured in Forrester’s Now Tech report on Continuous Automation and Testing appeared first on PK.

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