November, 2022

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Cleaning a Toilet vs. Calling Customer Support: 3 Factors Impacting the Customer Experience

InMoment XI

Shep Hyken, a well-known customer service consultant, recently shared that 42% of people would rather clean a toilet than call customer support. This statistic actually didn’t surprise me given how often support experiences leave much to be desired. . This got me thinking: Why is that the case when none of us would claim to enjoy cleaning a toilet!?

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Building a Great CX Team

CX Accelerator

Collaboration with Ben Motteram and Nate Brown To transform an organization into one that is more customer centric is a complex task that requires many different skills. Customer experience is multi-disciplinary. Those who succeed in the profession do so because they possess a number of different skills or are part of a team comprised specialists in each skill.

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Five Ways to Make Customers Feel Special

ShepHyken

An important goal of a good customer experience is to make the customer feel special. That special feeling can come in many different forms. I was reading an article about customer retention, and it prompted me to start a list of ways to make customers feel special, want to come back, and even want to share their experience with friends, family, and colleagues.

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How to Move from NPS to EVI®?

Feedbackly

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a glorified metric in the field of customer experience. Sure enough, the simple question of how likely a customer is willing to recommend the business to others captures many aspects like satisfaction, loyalty, and retention rate. So, in many ways, NPS seems to appear as the only number that you need to grow. However, as we have pointed out in our previous blogs, NPS alone is not enough to gain a good overview of customer experience because it is a survey designed for

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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 Basics of an HVAC Call Answering for Service Techs.

Call Experts

An HVAC call answering for your business is an excellent way to improve efficiency and reduce churn. Answering phone calls can save your employees’ time and stop them from providing services in the field, which can cost you real money. 70% of the customer’s journey is based on how the customer feels they are being treated. An answering service can handle customer calls right away, ensuring they are answered promptly and professionally, so your team can focus on responding to service

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Your Top 3 ROI Questions, Answered

InMoment XI

Imagine if you were still operating your business in the same way you were in 2019. Total nightmare, right? Your customer experience (CX) program, like your business, needs to be able to grow and evolve to prove a return on investment. If you’re like the majority of CX practitioners (CX Network’s “Global State of CX” report shows that it is the second highest concern for CX practitioners), you likely have quite a few ROI questions.

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7 Tips to Improve Agent Performance

Zonka Feedback

Customer Service Agents are the face of a company when it comes to addressing customer concerns. The interactions between a customer and agent can be a defining moment in whether the business will be successful or not. When it comes to providing a great customer experience, your Customer Service agents need to put in that extra effort that can shape your customers' perspective towards building up loyalty.

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Don’t Forget What Got You to the Dance?

ShepHyken

A restaurant took its most popular item off the menu. It had been on there a long time, and the owner decided it was time to make a change, even though it was his guests’ favorite dish. . A company changed its invoicing terms. It wanted to tighten its terms to get paid sooner, with larger penalties for late payment. . A retail store changed its return policy.

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How to Create Surveys that Customers Love to Respond

Feedbackly

Customers prefer businesses that offer a fabulous and effortless customer experience. Brands need feedback to improve their buying journey and meet these expectations. Surveys are a way to gather feedback, but if you bombard your customers with incessant surveys, it deviates from the purpose. Research on survey fatigue shows that nearly 70% of respondents tend to abandon the survey incompleted.

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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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What Did We Learn to Improve CX? – The Daniel Group 2022 Client Conference

Daniel Group

What Did We Learn to Improve CX? – The Daniel Group 2022 Client Conference. Our annual conference theme, Dollars & Sense, suggests the two primary foci of our conference: 1.) how does better CX improve business outcomes and 2.) how to use CX metrics most effectively. First, we want to share some of what we learned to improve CX. Then, over the coming months, we will present more in-depth discussions of the significant conference components to help you improve your CX program.

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Social media analytics: Definition, types, and importance

BirdEye

When it comes to social media, analytics is everything. Without understanding the numbers behind your social media efforts, you’ll have no way to determine whether or not your campaigns are successful. Thankfully, social media analytics is becoming easier and more accessible. In this blog, we’ll show you why social media analytics is important, talk about ways to get started, and how best to use social media data to gain valuable insights for your marketing efforts.

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CX Design: What It Is, How It Works, and How It Creates Experience Improvement

InMoment XI

If you’ve ever heard the terms “ CX ” or “customer experience” before, you probably know that they and similar phrases refer to organizations’ attempts to scour every interaction for feedback and insights. You might also know that customer experience is generally considered to be a more specific subset of user experience ( UX ). But how do those organizations design CX programs?

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Holiday Customer Service and Why Sometimes the Best Gifts Cost Nothing

Call Experts

Investing in a holiday customer service plan is essential to growing your business. 52% of consumers say they have made an additional purchase from a company after a positive customer service experience. But, managing all of the moving parts of your business can feel overwhelming, especially with the onset of the winter season. Managing your customer demands with the needs of your workforce can be easy when you partner with an experienced team like Call Experts.

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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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Amazing Business Radio: Tim Hughes

ShepHyken

Serve and Sell Your Customers with An Amazing Digital CX. Creating the Digital Experience That Builds Trust with Your Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Tim Hughes, co-Founder and CEO of DLA Ignite , and co-author of Social Selling: Techniques to Influence Buyers and Changemakers. He shares how organizations can establish a strong digital brand identity, share knowledge, and create lasting relationships with their customers through social media platforms.

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Why Self-Serve Support Is Only as Good as Content

Inbenta

At this point, there is no doubt that investing in some sort of self-service tool has its positive ROI. . In the past few years, practically all businesses have invested in chatbots or virtual assistants, made available help centers and FAQ sections , or used other kinds of assisted tools with the aim of helping customers search and find answers to their requests on their own. .

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How will the economic downturn affect Customer Success? Learn from three SaaS CEOs.

ChurnZero

With sweeping layoffs, forecast misses, and budget cuts in the news, there’s one question running through the mind of every Customer Success leader right now: What can I do to prepare my department for the impacts of the economic downturn? To get a CEO’s perspective on the matter, ChurnZero’s You Mon Tsang joined ESG for a special CEO panel on “ The economy and Customer Success: The impact and what to do about it ,” with ‘nuffsaid’s Chris Hicken and Kapta’s Alex Raymond.

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How appointment scheduling services can help grow your business

BirdEye

If you own a business that relies on appointments, you already know why it’s important to always stay organized. Appointment scheduling services can help your business run more smoothly and handle everything from online bookings to reminder texts. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the ways that appointment scheduling services can make your life easier.

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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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21 Important Customer Service Survey Questions to Ask

Zonka Feedback

The effectiveness and value of your product or service in the marketplace are defined by the kind of experience you are giving to your customers. That’s why good Customer Service is key to a successful business. No matter how good of a product or service you offer, one bad customer experience could mean losing them forever.

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Rising Support Demand Reduces Revenue – State of Support Part 1

Team Support

Support demand is rapidly and continuously increasing and few businesses are prepared to address the rising needs of their customers. According to TeamSupport’s State of Support report for 2022 , overall support demand is rising at an average rate of 11%. That means your support team is getting more emails, more requests, more everything. Chances are that your support team is already getting hammered by the sheer volume of customer issues, not to mention the potential for complexity.

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10 Of The Best Use Cases Of Educational Chatbots In 2023

kommunicate

Last Updated on November 11, 2022 Looking for some amazing applications for educational chatbots in the education sector? We are here to help! Read on and find how chatbots for education are helping revive the sector. Chatbots in the Education Sector Chatbots today find their applications in more than just customer services and engagement. Rather, [.].

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8 Must-Have Chatbot Features to Improve Customer Experience

Inbenta

More than ever before, customers expect a near-immediate response to their questions and queries. In response to this, many businesses, healthcare providers, and more have turned to chatbots to provide a quick and efficient response. So much so that many customers will now expect to encounter a chatbot, with a staggering 80% of people have interacted with one at some point.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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Customer Experience Management for Any Budget

IntouchInsight

If you’re reading this, we can assume you know the importance of customer experience in driving brand growth and revenue. But today, it's easy to suffer from opportunity overload when deciding how to improve your customer experience programs. When presented with a variety of products, services, and partners the only real limitations are time and budget.

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Stay organized with an appointment scheduling calendar

BirdEye

As a local business owner, your time is valuable. You don’t want to spend hours on the phone scheduling and confirming appointments – and you don’t want to have to rely on your memory to keep track of all your bookings. With an appointment scheduling calendar, you can see your entire schedule at a glance, easily book appointments, and send reminders to your clients.

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Ways to Measure Agent Performance to Boost Productivity

Zonka Feedback

Customer Service Agents are the heart of any organization. They might not be the decision-makers or the ones pulling the ropes but they are definitely the ones interacting with the customers and being out there as the face of the company. Their performance can have a direct effect on Customer Experience that can be a major deciding factor in the success of your organization.

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10 top tips for a winning customer service knowledge management system

Eptica

Date: Friday, November 18, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager 10 top tips for a winning customer service knowledge management system. Published on: November 18, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Using knowledge effectively is key to driving excellence in customer service, particularly as queries become increasingly complex and information changes ever faster.

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7th Annual CX Report by The Northridge Group Uncovers Priority Training Focus

JUST RELEASED! New research reveals 92% of business leaders would like to provide additional training to their customer service representatives. Soft skills training stands out as a priority area of investment and/or improvement. Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report —the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall exper