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Decrease Customer Churn Rates for Good

GetFeedback

It’s not rocket science: the lower your customer churn rate, the higher your profit. But do you know how much customer retention is really worth? According to Harvard Business School, even just a 5% increase in customer retention can lead to a 25-95% increase in profits. And a study by Temkin Group concluded that loyal customers are 5x as likely to repurchase, 5x as likely to forgive, 4x as likely to refer, and 7x as likely to try a new offering.

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Commonly Asked Customer Experience Questions Part 1: How Do I Increase Response Rates? Should I Shorten My Survey?

InMoment XI

This is the first part of a three-part blog series. It is December and that often means looking back over the past year. I’ve been doing a bit more than that. I’ve been looking back over my 20+ years of various research consulting roles within MaritzCX. During that time, I’ve continuously fielded research questions from. View Article.

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How to improve you call center customer experience strategy for 2019?

TechSee

Providing better customer experiences (CX) is a hot button issue that has become increasingly critical to forward-thinking call centers over the last few years. While expectations were high for CX initiatives, business outcomes failed to deliver the bottom line results expected by C- suite executives. Call center leaders realize that the time has come to deliver real measurable value to the enterprise. 2019 will be a critical year for call center customer experience strategy: either they will f

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Are You Listening to Your Customers – Or Driving them Crazy?

Beyond Philosophy

Not too long ago, I had a minor outpatient procedure at a hospital. When I checked my email the next morning, there was a survey from the hospital. “What did you think of your anesthesiologist?”. My first thought was that I didn’t die during the procedure, so he must have done a fine job. I can’t say much more, since I only spoke to the guy for about 30 seconds.

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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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Best of the Podcast 2018: Implementing CX at a Global Organization with Amanda Sachs of Microsoft

Customer Bliss

As many of us are taking some much-needed downtime, I’m closing out the year by replaying some of my most popular episodes from 2018. Today’s episode, which many of you seemed to enjoy, features Amanda Sachs , General Manager, Customer & Partner Experience at Microsoft. This is such a multi-faceted interview because CX for Microsoft involves numerous partners and employees that span the world, so not only do we discuss CX at a local level, but we talk about how to make an impact

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Amazing Business Radio: Ty Collins

ShepHyken

Transparency In Business. Delivering an Experience That Makes Price Irrelevant. Shep Hyken sits down with Ty Collins. They discussed how to raise your prices without losing customers, why you should be transparent, and how to give customers the best experience possible. Top Takeaways: Shep’s Opening Monologue: In Shep’s opening monologue he answers the question, what is the difference between a loyalty program and a marketing program?

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CX Leaders’ Employees Feel Prouder & More Appreciated

Experience Matters

If you’ve followed our research, then you’ve likely seen a strong, almost inseparable link between between customer experience (CX) and competency employee (EX). We continued to find that connection in our latest consumer benchmark. In our Q3 2018 study, we asked 5,000+ U.S. employees to pick a word that best describes how their job makes them feel and split those responses based on how they judged the overall CX that their company delivers.

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How to Deliver a United, One-Company Experience

Customer Bliss

In my 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. Today’s video is an excerpt from my online course , inspired by my book, Would You Do That To Your Mother?

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Create Your CX Vision through Journey Mapping

Heart of the Customer

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra Yogi’s quote applies to much more than baseball – it gets to the heart of what limits so many customer experience (CX) programs. When I ask most CX leaders what they’re trying to accomplish, I get a general statement […]. The post Create Your CX Vision through Journey Mapping appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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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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Guest Blog: Do customer experience teams take cyber security risks?

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Chanice Henry who writes about the importance of cyber security in providing a trustworthy experience for your customers. – Shep Hyken. Customer loyalty is built on trust. CX teams that are lax with data security put their organization’s reputation on the line, as well as the trust of their customers. Cyber security is no longer something that just IT teams need to worry about.

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5 Channels for Collecting Customer Feedback (that you’re probably not using)

ProProfs Chat

Collecting and responding to customer feedback is critical for any growing business. It’s a great way to make sure you’re spending time and money on improvements that will help turn your existing customers into loyal brand advocates for life. “My metric for success can be summed up in one phrase: earn customers for life.” – Mary Barra, Chair and CEO, General Motors.

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Why Customer Experience is Dying (And What To Do About It)

Beyond Philosophy

It seems from two recent surveys that despite all the money and resources that have been ploughed into improving Customers Experience, this is not having any effect? What will happen next is that CEO’s and the C-Suite will start to remove their support for these changes. What is the problem and what can be done about it? Who better to answer that than Colin Shaw with 17 years experience in the industry and many successful implementations that have driven a great return on investment.

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Most People Don’t Get That They Have Internal Customers

Myra Golden

I don’t think that most people get that there are only two functions in a company. You’re either serving customers, or you’re serving someone who serves customers. There aren’t any other roles in business, as far as I’m concerned. I want to talk to you about how to fulfill your responsibility of serving, particularly when it comes to your co-workers – your internal customers.

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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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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of December 10, 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. Crazy Ideas About Customer Service You Would Like To Try Again by Guy Sheetrit. (Business 2 Community) Customer satisfaction is a great way to boost your business and if you have never considered it a priority, it is never too late to begin.

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4 Holiday Shipping Trends Shaping Online Shopping

Oracle

Holiday shipping is a make-it or break-it aspect of the online shopping experience. The National Retail Federation estimates that 2018 holiday retail sales will increase by as much as 4.1%, and Digital Commerce 360 predicts online shopping will climb 15.5% over last year. Consumers gravitate toward the convenience, variety, and deals of shopping online.

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How to Improve On Digital Customer Experience Management

Answer Dash

(This article is republished by the kind consent of The Costa Rica News ) Having an online business is not everything unless you are improving your user’s experience when they visit your website. Whether it is redirecting them from a certain link or creating web pages that are easy to find, you’ll have an easy time creating emotional connections with users.

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Marketing’s Role in the Customer Experience Journey

ClearAction

Marketing’s Role in the Customer Experience Journey Lynn Hunsaker. Is your Marketing department aligned with customer experience? The necessity and logic of doing this was highlighted in a recent presentation by Hootsuite’s Vice President of Customer, Kirsty Traill. She pointed out that Marketing Communications is unfortunately the typical focus of customer journey maps and customer-centric marketing.

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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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Be Different

ShepHyken

If you compete head-to-head with your competition, you may win or lose. If you compete by being different, you stand out. And, that’s a win. Over the years I’ve talked with many clients who are looking for ways to disrupt a competitor and/or win more business from existing customers. When we dig deep, I’ve found many clients are trying to compare themselves directly with their competitors.

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How CX is central to Digital Transformation

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager How CX is central to Digital Transformation. Published on: December 12, 2018. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager All businesses are focusing on digital transformation as they endeavor to become more agile and fast-moving, embracing digital channels to compete against new entrants in changing markets.

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One Millimeter Mindset™ 2018 Collaborative Storytelling Blog Review

One Millimeter Mindset

These 5 One Millimeter Mindset Collaborative Storytelling Blog posts are focused on helping you “see” your organization’s or association’s stories as vibrant testimonials of how you serve customers. Collaborative storytelling is the hallmark of humanity. Their focus is to make us think about the same things, differently. How we ponder the implications from each enduring heroes’ and heroines’ tale makes a difference in how we approach our lives.

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How to integrate customer feedback into customer service training

UJET

Your team hears more direct customer feedback than anyone else in the company—their interactions make up the bulk of the customer experience. Whether they're helping a customer solve a problem, walking through a difficult process or following up on billing, each interaction makes an impact.

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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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Customer Success Blog Posts and Webinars You Can’t Live Without

Gainsight

It’s been quite a year but we’re on the home stretch, folks. Before you say, “ thank u, next ” to 2018, check out Gainsight’s top blog posts, webinars, and resources of 2018. Top 5 Customer Success Blog Posts of 2018. ‘CSM & Product’ Is the New ‘Sales & Marketing’. You can’t have a business without a product and you can’t maintain a customer base without Customer Success.

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The Best Customer Service Videos To Share With Your Team

The DiJulius Group

Here are the 10 short videos on Customer Service that everyone in your organization should watch. Subscribe to The DiJulius Group’s YouTube channel for more great content! 1. Meet as Strangers, Leave as Friends 2. The 4 Most Powerful Words You Can Say or Hear 3. The ZAPPER! Read Full Article. The post The Best Customer Service Videos To Share With Your Team appeared first on The DiJulius Group.

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One Millimeter Mindset™ 2018 Workforce Collaboration Blog Review

One Millimeter Mindset

These 5 little One Millimeter Mindset workplace collaboration blog posts wrap your brain around the notion that collaboration no longer is a “nice to have” soft skill. You know. An occasional behavior we put into play every now-and-then, when we feel like it. But, most of the time, ignore. Workplace collaboration is a professional development and innovation strategy.

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Social Sentiment and Holiday Shopping – Online Vs. In-Store and More

NetBase

“While the novelty of going into a store and touching a dress in person will never go away, the convenience of online shopping can’t be beat.” So says fashion designer Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss , and there’s truth to that idea –but online shopping is far from taking over its brick and mortar competitors. Ecommerce sales doubled in the past ten years, but online sales only account for 13% of retail sales overall.

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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.