Customer Bliss

MAY 31, 2018

In today’s episode, I speak with Antonio Susta , Head of Customer Experience and Customer Service at The Linde Group , a world leading supplier of industrial, processes and specialty gases. . Antonio has a lot of experience blending marketing and sales. As a marketer, he was a fan of B2B marketing for technical products, and spent almost 10 years with Air Liquide , where he became familiar working in a large B2B company in the gas and tech industry.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 30, 2018

If you’re creating learning paths in any workplace, the goal is ultimately to be, well, better. To be better at serving customers, better at increasing efficiency, better at employee development, and hopefully, better at staying ahead of the competition. All of that is achievable with the options in learning paths today. But how often are we really taking advantage of it?

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2018

Can you tell me the average length of a rain poncho without Googling or asking Alexa? Don’t worry, few people can. Nonetheless, it is a critical piece of information when you want to buy a rain poncho and need to choose a size. Without it, however, you can still make a decision—and as customers we often do this—by simply substituting in another question and answering it.

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TechSee

MAY 29, 2018

Visual engagement and support are maturing as a technology, and are swiftly becoming key differentiators in many customer service organizations. With clear ROI demonstrated almost immediately upon implementation, C-level decision-makers and call center management have turned to visual engagement as an important stepping stone on their journey towards providing a digital customer-centric experience.

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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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ShepHyken

JUNE 1, 2018

This week we feature an article by Jason Grills who discusses the importance of integrating an effective customer support system and how to decide upon live chat software for your organization. – Shep Hyken. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning” – Bill Gates , Microsoft Founder. Every business aims to delight their customers.

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Lumoa

MAY 29, 2018

Happy customers are a dream of any business owner. As the famous saying goes, “Satisfied customer is the best strategy of all.” But what happens next, after you identified who your happy customers are ? Even if you don’t actively cooperate with your happy customers, they will, on average, tell nine other people about their experiences with your company (according to American Express ).

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QuestionPro Audience

JUNE 1, 2018

In this digital age, every interaction between a consumer and brand matters. Due to social media, everyone has a voice, and can air their grievances to a huge audience, which may deter prospective customers, and turn away current customers. According to PwC’s Global Consumer Insights Report , 73% of all consumers point to customer experience as an important factor in their purchasing decisions, just behind price and product quality.

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ShepHyken

MAY 30, 2018

It’s morning and you’ve just had breakfast. What are you going to have for dinner? 49% of people in the U.S. do not know what they are going to have for dinner. That stat comes from David Portalatin’s address at the Art of Beef Summit, sponsored by Cargill. As he was addressing foodservice executives and salespeople, he emphasized that not knowing what’s for dinner, just hours before consumers are supposed to eat it, is a problem.

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Second to None

MAY 31, 2018

Information about your brand provided by customers can serve as a valuable resource for building a leading Customer Experience platform, and the way you utilize this data can have a major impact on the culture within your organization. Brands should strive to be as receptive to customer feedback as possible, collecting a trove of information that can then be converted into tangible changes to the way your team interacts with consumers.

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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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Oracle

JUNE 1, 2018

The evolution of technology wouldn’t be possible without businesses’ natural pursuit of competitive advantage via new ways of engaging customers. Virtual reality (VR) is undoubtedly one of the most promising technologies when it comes to delivering an exceptional customer experience. Getting the hang of this fascinating tech helps organizations significantly brighten their customers’ journey.

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Bold360

MAY 31, 2018

AI in customer service is becoming the norm. What used to be futuristic is now commonplace. A chatbot or some form of AI-powered search bar to help customers get from Point A to Point B on a website is almost expected. But making these self-service tools successful isn’t easy. Much like human intelligence, artificial intelligence is not without limitations.

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ShepHyken

MAY 29, 2018

Create Your Own “Secret Ingredient” to Stand Out From Competition. How can you separate yourself from the competition? Shep Hyken is joined by Gigi Butler, the founder of Gigi’s Cupcakes , the largest cupcake franchise in the world, to discuss how she differentiated herself from the competition. ? ? >?. Top Takeaways: Branding is the experience a company offers, and to get people on board with a brand, a strong, passionate leader is necessary, along with a product people can connect with.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 1, 2018

In industries where companies depend on customer service excellence, success is driven by the right people, processes, and a cultural commitment to customer satisfaction. . But in today’s empathy economy where customer expectations are higher than ever, companies need to leverage technology to enable and empower front-line agents in their customer service operation.

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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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Oracle

MAY 30, 2018

Congratulations to the class of 2018! So, you’re interested in a career in marketing or customer experience? Great news – 69% of marketing leaders anticipate growing their teams this year (up from 44 percent from last year.) Take that, class of ’17! Here are some tips I’ve picked up along my own career spanning startup tech marketing, entrepreneurship, and consulting. 1.

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CX Advantage Walker

MAY 31, 2018

We all know that CX is so much more than deploying a customer satisfaction survey. However, many times an organization’s journey to launch CX starts with just that. What we chose to measure is typically based on who has requested – or insisted – there needs to be a survey. Maybe it’s your support organization, Continue reading. The post Who Is Your CX Architect?

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ShepHyken

MAY 28, 2018

Each week I read a number of 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. The Customer Journey Begins – and Sometimes Ends – With Your Employees by Katherine Evans . (CMSWire) Today’s customers don’t just expect high quality and excellent service at a fair price — they demand it.

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Influitive

MAY 30, 2018

The rules of the game have changed—having the best software is no longer enough. Instead, delighting customers throughout their buying journey is the only way to meaningfully engage and retain them in today’s marketplace. A recent study by Walker predicts that “by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator.”.

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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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Strativity

MAY 30, 2018

The stock market hasn’t been this volatile since the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis. Risks of a trade war, higher oil prices, rising interest rates, and other geopolitical factors have all had an effect. The S&P 500 has moved by at least 1% approximately 40% of the time so far this year. Annualized, this is the most movement of such magnitude since 2009.

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NICE inContact

MAY 29, 2018

We are moving from a service economy to an experience economy. Today’s customers are not just looking to get the right service at the right time at the right channel. They are looking for an experience that is immersive, engaging and proactive. We are already seeing companies leverage customer experience (CX) as the key tool to win the experience economy, far beyond price and product.

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Amity

MAY 31, 2018

The onboarding journey doesn’t merely stop once you’ve introduced your customer to your product. The challenge now lies in transforming your customers into power-users and brand ambassadors. Below are 3 strategies to jump right out of onboarding, straight into adoption and nurture. Drive Adoption Through Feature Discovery. Sure, your system might be relatively easy to navigate.

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Eptica

MAY 30, 2018

Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Author: Olivier Njamfa The importance of customer experience in a winner takes all world. Published on: May 30, 2018. Author: Olivier Njamfa Trends such as digitalization, the rise of the experience economy and globalization are impacting every market. Network effects and the internet mean that businesses can now operate at greater scale, serving more consumers in more countries than ever before.

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Answer Dash

MAY 27, 2018

(This article was first published on Forbes ) In our modern world, customer experience is key. In fact, customers are willing to pay up to 16% more for a better customer experience. More than price or product quality, experience will soon be the biggest differentiator for getting customers, even in the B2B space. A shifting landscape means B2B buyers now have the power.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 1, 2018

In this video, taken from my online customer service training suite, I answer the questions I’m asked most often about what’s appropriate for business texting. We’ll look at everything from grammar in text, to emojis, to what to do if you get a prank text. Watch the short video, and use it in your own customer service training. Was This Helpful? I’m asking you because my newsletter offers ideas like this all the time.

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UJET

MAY 31, 2018

Historically, Customer Support has been undervalued. It's been considered a cost to companies rather than a driver of revenue, like Sales or Marketing. After all, it's easy to measure the value of a sale or a lead. It's harder to understand the impact of a successful support experience. The result: customer support has been, in a way, neglected.

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Avaya

JUNE 1, 2018

Less than four seconds separated gold from silver in the 4x100m women’s freestyle relay final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but only just over half a second was the time difference between the last world record and the new achievement. For the winning Australian team, that half a second represented nearly two years of training. If you were managing a large team of contact centre agents, how long would it take you to cut a few seconds from the average handle time or average time customers wait

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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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