GetFeedback

AUGUST 14, 2019

Y ou know your customers are satisfied because the Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) that you see on your daily dashboard tells you as much. The score is solid. But you aren’t satisfied; you believe it could be so much better. And rightly so — it usually can be. So, what’s a company to do to earn an even better CSAT score? Before I answer that, let’s take a look at a popular CSAT metric that was established 25 years ago: the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 14, 2019

For brand-conscious organizations who have never outsourced before, there’s a common fear that putting your customer care in the hands of an outsourced partner effectively builds a wall between you and your customer. We get the reasoning – after all, your customers are your most important asset and anything that adds a layer between you and your customers must be a barrier.

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CloudCherry

AUGUST 13, 2019

Photo by Adam Le Sommer. Photo by Karla Vidal . There’s no question that customer experience (CX) is a data-driven discipline. After all, at the foundation of most CX programs are close-ended surveys designed to capture and analyze customer feedback. And many companies have forged ahead with voice of the customer (VoC) programs, too. Yes, metrics are a crucial element of every successful CX program.

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Alida

AUGUST 12, 2019

There are so many acronyms in the software space and this can make it difficult to know what DMPS, CRMS, and CDPs really are, why an organization may have one or all of them, and the impact these systems can have in relation to infusing customer insights into your organization. In this post, we hope to level set and to provide context as to what these are and how they can impact your role in your organization.

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GetFeedback

AUGUST 14, 2019

Let’s talk about customer satisfaction. . What does it really mean? Is it worth it to track? It’s time to get serious about getting satisfaction. Just like Jagger. In customer experience (CX) terms, we often dismiss Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) measurement as too simple. Great customer experiences are created by designing and understanding the end-to-end journey of your customer, from before they are aware of your brand all the way through to when they leave you or become your greatest adv

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CloudCherry

AUGUST 13, 2019

Photo by Adam Le Sommer. Photo by Karla Vidal . There’s no question that customer experience (CX) is a data-driven discipline. After all, at the foundation of most CX programs are close-ended surveys designed to capture and analyze customer feedback. And many companies have forged ahead with voice of the customer (VoC) programs, too. Yes, metrics are a crucial element of every successful CX program.

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Customer Bliss

AUGUST 13, 2019

In this week’s Daily Dose video, I share a short video inspired by the lessons of my most recent book, Would You Do That To Your Mother. . The following is a lightly edited transcript of the video below. Does this scenario sound familiar: I’ve had breakfast, lunch and a snack and the cable guy is still not here. I got a call from him about an hour ago that he’s, “On his way.” No clue what that means.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 12, 2019

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. Everyone Hates Customer Service. This Is Why. by Sharon Terlep. (Wall Street Journal) Technology lets companies see how badly they can treat consumers, right up until the moment they bolt.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 14, 2019

I might have misled you in recent weeks. I have been talking about frictionless experiences and how vital it is to have a smooth Customer Experience. However, some of my reading lately has exposed some nuances about the friction in an experience that we haven’t addressed. Many organizations are talking about how to make their Customer Experience easy, which is the right thing to do.

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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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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? It used to be possible to win with a top product or a competitive price, but more than ever, customer experience is now top of mind for consumers — and crucial for bottom-line growth.

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Customer Bliss

AUGUST 15, 2019

Have you just become a C-Suite leader for your B2B organization’s customer experience? Or maybe you’re looking to elevate and become a CX leader — if so, you’ll find this episode valuable. We’re revisiting snippets of conversations with previous guests this summer, and in this episode, we’ll hear from Yellowfin ’s CCO, Lee Roquet and former CCO of Rigor , Francis Cordon.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 16, 2019

This week we feature an article by Michelle Jarsen who shares seven ways your support team can learn and practice essential communication skills. Any job that involves interacting with people requires clear communication. It’s crucial that your support team learns and practices new ways of exchanging information and ideas. Good communication isn’t a skill you’re born with or one that comes naturally.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 16, 2019

Relationship Types and How to Use Them. We act differently in our various relationships. We have a way we operate at work or school; we act a certain way in public and another way with our friends and family. The difference is the type of relationship we have with the other people involved. This variance in behavior is also at work in our relationships as customers.

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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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ReviewTrackers

AUGUST 12, 2019

One of the most effective ways to improve your search ranking on Google is to get more and better online reviews with the help of a Google My Business reviews link. Google reviews can increase a business’ online reputation and attract more customers. Rave reviews from the happiest customers can also boost a listing’s overall search ranking. In fact, the buying decisions of 90 percent of consumers are influenced by reviews , and a majority use Google reviews before they even visit a business ( 63

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Oracle

AUGUST 15, 2019

Before Payoneer was founded in 2005, the world primarily transacted on paper and land lines. Despite the Internet’s rising popularity, companies were often limited by geographic and market constraints. Payoneer, a borderless payment platform, changed that. The brand operates across 200 countries, connecting 4 million users in over 150 currencies and 70 languages by making global transactions as easy as local ones.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2019

I enjoy going to a baseball game. I live in St. Louis, and the fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are known throughout the sports world as being some of the best fans in all of baseball. Many fans remember Albert Pujols as one of the most skilled—not to mention beloved—members of the St. Louis Cardinals team. He was one of our best—and still is one of the best to ever play the game.

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Heart of the Customer

AUGUST 15, 2019

I wrote last week about the importance of video in sharing your customers’ experience (Video Interviews=CX Impact). A major limitation of working with video is the task of managing all of that content. Historically, our process for working with video involved: 1. Recording a video while interviewing (our client’s) customers. 2. Turning the video into […].

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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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Upstream Works

AUGUST 14, 2019

What is Customer Journey Analytics? It’s tricky to find a definition of Customer Journey Analytics that isn’t penned by a solutions provider hankering to sell you their reporting platform. When we at Upstream Works talks about it, our focus is more on the data and the endless possibilities – as defined by our customers and partners – for manipulating, presenting, and leveraging that data.

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ReviewTrackers

AUGUST 12, 2019

One of the most effective ways to improve your search ranking on Google is to get more and better online reviews with the help of a Google My Business reviews link. Google reviews can increase a business’ online reputation and attract more customers. Rave reviews from the happiest customers can also boost a listing’s overall search ranking. In fact, the buying decisions of 90 percent of consumers are influenced by reviews , and a majority use Google reviews before they even visit a business ( 63

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Agents remain the most critical resource in any contact center. But, every contact center continues to struggle with big challenges when it comes to engaging, motivating and retaining agents. Agent turn over continues to soar at over 30-45%, more than double the average of all industries ( Research, The Quality Assurance & Training Connection ).

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Interactions

AUGUST 15, 2019

While customer service has always been around, its customer-centric focus has flourished in the past years thanks to the realization that a good customer experience helps you earn more money. And more importantly, bad customer service will cost you. According to Frost and Sullivan, “US companies are now losing more than $83 billion annually due to poor customer experiences, an effect compounded by the reality that it costs six to seven times more to attract a new customer than to retain an exist

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SurveySparrow

AUGUST 16, 2019

We can safely say that “Artificial intelligence has taken the business world by storm.” It has evolved into one of the most powerful business tools in the world. AI can be defined as nothing but a disruptive technology that is changing the way businesses do pretty much everything. Among the top of the list is the fact that AI is overhauling the entire customer experience.

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NetBase

AUGUST 16, 2019

As the weather cools off, holiday shopping heats up, along with brand competition. Our NetBase LIVE conferences in Los Angeles and New York will have you in fighting shape to end 2019 on a high note! Are you ready to enter the new era in social analytics ? Let’s see what you can expect at each of these super informative sessions: NetBase LIVE LA. Where will you be on October 22 nd and 23 rd 2019 ?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Workforce management can be overwhelming and confusing for those thrown into the Workforce Management trenches for the first time. In the simplest terms, WFM programs seek to ensure you have the “right” skilled agents in the “right” place at the “right” time, whether that’s achiev

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Gravy Analytics

AUGUST 12, 2019

It seems like a simple enough concept. Your business has a product to sell and a particular audience that is most likely to buy it. You create an ad and deliver it to your target audience. But nothing happens. You get impressions, but few to no clicks, foot traffic, or attributable sales. It’s a common problem within the digital advertising sphere. Why aren’t your ads effective?

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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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