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How to Handle Live Chat Customer Service During the Holiday Rush

GetFeedback

Ah, the holidays. It’s the time for sugar canes, delicious eggnog, and jolly parties with loved ones, right? Well, not exactly. For us customer service folks it’s the time of the year that we call: the not-so-jolly holiday rush. For B2C companies, the holiday rush means a significant increase in support requests from customers trying to finish their holiday shopping.

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Retail Auto: Carmaker Mega-Bonus Incentive Programs Prompt Dealership Behavioral Changes

InMoment XI

There’s a “cultural,” or if you will, “behavioral” change going on at car dealerships being driven by a source that might surprise many. New, factory bonus incentive programs, such as GM’s EBE, ESE and PASE and Nissan’s Customer Experience Elements, are creating pressure on car dealers to bring “customer experience” to the same level of. View Article.

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Why every CX team needs to plug into the power of integrations

CloudCherry

A CEM platform is nothing without a little help from its friends. And we at CloudCherry say this as a full-featured CEM platform ourselves. We’ve invested a ton of time and energy into building the easiest, quickest integrations with the tools our clients already rely on. And here’s why. Businesses collect and store a lot of customer data during normal operations, but it’s stored across multiple teams, systems, and servers.

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3 Actions to Unite Internal and Customer-Facing Departments + Downloadable Audit

Customer Bliss

In my new Daily Dose video series, I explore the topics that chief customer officers must grapple with on a daily basis. Join me as I discuss what I’ve learned over the course of my 35-year career, so that you can more effectively do the work that needs to be done. The following is a lightly edited transcript of the video below. I recorded this video just after I finished giving a keynote presentation for an internal service department of an organization.

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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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8 Key Stats to Prove Customer Experience Delivers ROI

Beyond Philosophy

James Carville, political commentator and media personality coined the phrase, “The economy, Stupid,” for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. Carville was talking to the team at the time to help them focus on the key messages for Clinton’s campaign. The slogan resurfaced in the 2008 campaign as “It’s the economy, stupid.”. I decided that for people working in Customer Experience, we needed a way to stay on message, too.

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Takeaways from CEM Asia 2018: Quantifying the Impact of CX

CloudCherry

On September 27th, I had the great pleasure of moderating a panel at CEM Asia attempting to answer the question: How do business leaders quantify the ROI of CX? The discussion was so valuable to those in attendance, I wanted to take the time to crystallize some of our thoughts to share them further so more of the CloudCherry audience could benefit from their insights.

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Unite the Silos and Create an Internal Shared Vision When Implementing a CX Transformation

Customer Bliss

I came across a Forbes article that explored how CX is being looked at in the telecoms industry, and it stated that, “more and more, telcos are concerning themselves not just with whether things work from a technical standpoint (“Does my cell phone have a signal?”), but with the emotions of the customer (“Am I having fun watching this video – or feeling impatient and frustrated?

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Best Customer Experience Books of 2018 and What to Look Out for in 2019

eglobalis

Best Customer Experience Books of 2018 and What to Look Out for in 2019. The post Best Customer Experience Books of 2018 and What to Look Out for in 2019 appeared first on Eglobalis.

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How to Handle Live Chat Customer Service During the Holiday Rush

GetFeedback

Handle the downpour of live chat requests during the holiday season like a pro with these proven-to-work live chat customer service strategies.

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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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3 Credit Unions with an NPS higher than Apple

CloudCherry

Credit Unions are generally well-liked by their members – but did you know that some credit unions have stronger member loyalty than Apple?! Apple is well known for having some of the most loyal fans. People stream their annual product announcements during their breaks at work and line up for days to purchase the latest iPhone. This loyalty translates to an insanely high Net Promoter Score (NPS).

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What Causes Friction

ShepHyken

In the past few months leading up to my new book, The Convenience Revolution , I’ve focused on ways to be more convenient for your customers. I’ve shared six Convenience Principles and numerous examples and case studies. The goal is to eliminate friction. What I haven’t done is talked to you about what causes friction. Here’s a question: What is it that you don’t like about some of the companies and organizations you do business with?

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Vodafone – Global Innovator Chooses AR Remote Assistance

TechSee

As a leading provider of intelligent visual engagement, TechSee is at the forefront of the digital CX transformation. Our goal is to partner with innovative Tier-1 companies, by providing them with digital solutions that enable them to exceed their customers’ expectations. Vodafone Group plc is a multinational telecommunications conglomerate committed to customer service excellence.

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Are You Making Intuitive Or Rational Decisions?

Beyond Philosophy

There are two key ways people make decisions: intuitvely or rationally. We discuss why this is important to designing your customer experience and how this can have a key effect on customer loyalty. We reveal how you can benchmark your organization’s performance against other companies to determine how you are doing in the new world of behavioural economics and customer experience.

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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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How CloudCherry help Credit Unions deliver amazing Member Experiences

CloudCherry

Investment in Member Experience Management has been gaining momentum over the last few years in the finance industry. Credit union executives are seeking feedback and learning to listen to the voice of their members and their needs. They obviously want to provide supreme and excellent service on a daily basis. But even though the desire to improve MX is there, building an MX program from scratch is hard.

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4 Field Service Innovations Changing the Customer Experience

Oracle

From consumer-focused computer repair, to monitoring large machinery for industrial organizations, field service plays a critical role in delivering a winning customer experience. As the Technology Services Industry Association notes, automation boosts productivity and increases revenues within field services. New apps and technologies are improving customer management, streamlining service delivery, and helping field services professionals complete strategic repairs.

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Customer retention analytics: 5 strategies to reduce churn with data

Thematic

Think customer loyalty programs are all about getting generic discounts, points and rewards? Think again. That was the old school way of doing things. Today, it’s more about offering customers something as personalized as possible, so that they feel truly special. So, let’s look at ways to reduce churn with customer retention analytics and why it’s important in the first place.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of December 3, 2018

ShepHyken

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. How the leader in the cockpit builds a brand by Alaina Love. (SmartBrief) As any business road warrior will tell you, air travel these days is far from a relaxing experience.

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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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Best Tips to Improve Customer Service This Holiday Season

ProProfs Chat

The holiday season has knocked your doorstep. And it’s time you gear up to tackle all customer queries and requests on time. Now, there are many online platforms that advice you on how to improve your customer service this holiday season. But not all of them point towards ‘the best tips’. That’s okay. They all have some practical tips that contribute to building a better service for your customers.

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Yelp Factsheet: Stats Your Business Need to Know

ReviewTrackers

Facts and Figures About Yelp. Yelp is one of today’s most popular online review sites, with the unique power to influence purchase decisions and consumer behavior. Founded in 2004, it has also become one of the top digital platforms for businesses looking to improve their online reputation, enhance their search engine visibility, engage with potential and existing customers, and drive more people to their business locations.

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The importance of trust to customer experience in 2019

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder The importance of trust to customer experience in 2019. Published on: December 05, 2018. Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder The balance of power between brands and consumers is shifting, with customers now wielding greater influence and control. This allows them to be more demanding and less loyal than ever before.

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5 Reasons Why Your Employees Are Delivering Poor Service

The DiJulius Group

The next time you have a large group of your employees together, ask them this question: How many of you feel we provide a superior Customer experience? I have asked this question hundreds of times. When the audience is made up primarily of one company, nearly every hand in that audience proudly goes up. It. Read Full Article. The post 5 Reasons Why Your Employees Are Delivering Poor Service appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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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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Stop Bribing Your Employees for Good NPS Scores

Heart of the Customer

We’re early in Customer Experience (CX) capability development, and I absolutely love it! We’re discovering the best practices that our successors will take for granted; “of course that’s how you do it.” Unfortunately, being in this early stage means that some “best practices” aren’t. Some actually hinder the goal of improved CX – to create loyal customers who love […].

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CX Myth #5: Wow Customers During Every Interaction

Experience Matters

Many common beliefs about customer experience are misguided, based on oversimplifications or a lack of consideration for real-world constraints. In this series of posts, we debunk these myths. CX Myth #5: Wow Customers During Every Interaction What’s Wrong: While it may be appealing to think about creating an amazing experience every time you touch a customer, it’s just not appropriate or practical.

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CX Thought Leaders

Cyara

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage. It is being discussed throughout companies, from the contact center to the board room. For customer service and sales, AI is being implemented in chatbots, robotic process automation, virtual agents, and many more technologies. But the jury is not out on AI when it comes to customer experience. So we decided to asked CX thought leaders this question: “How will AI impact customer experience?”.

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Are Clients hiding Their Real Business Stories from Us?

One Millimeter Mindset

Our clients just may hide their real business stories from us. When we sell to them, design for them, implement solutions or engage in customer service activities. Initially, we are excited to do business with these clients, even if they already are existing customers. After all, the prospect of turning new business into repeat business means we bring value to their business tables.

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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.