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5 Ways to Break Down Digital CX Silos

InMoment XI

What are some best practices for developing a digital customer experience across silos especially when different product owners have different roadmaps? In a perfect world, all organizations would operate like a well-oiled machine. All employees across the board would be in sync with projects and strategic initiatives that are taking place, there would not be.

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Getting Your Board to Embrace Customer Experience, With Maury Kask – CB72

Customer Bliss

Episode Overview. In our conversation, Maury Kask walks us through his journey from pitching the Board of Directors to engaging people across the company to being named Chief Experience Officer. Much of his methodology is rooted in seven work streams. We discuss those, and then how to turn the work streams (strategic level) into execution-level elements. .

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Invent Your Vocabulary to Emphasize Who You Are

ShepHyken

The other night I was on a Southwest Airlines flight, traveling home from a speaking engagement. While waiting to board, I noticed a sign advertising Southwest’s concept they call “ trans fare ncy.”. The sign read as follows: Trans fare ncy [Trans-fair-uhn-see] n. Philosophy created by Southwest Airlines in which Customers are treated honestly and fairly, and low fares actually stay low – no unexpected bag fees, change fees, or hidden fees.

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How To Use Your Customer’s Emotions to Get What You Want

Beyond Philosophy

Theory is one thing. Implementation is another. Ideas are useless if you can’t apply them. The idea I often share is that customer emotions influence over half of your Customer Experience. However, just knowing customers are emotional doesn’t help your business….unless you know how to use this information to improve your business outcome. How your customers feel about your experience is the most significant factor to your Customer Experience success.

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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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NPS: Using It Correctly

InMoment XI

Introduction In 2003 Fred Riechheld introduced the Net Promoter Score (NPS) as the “one number you need to grow” within the customer experience field. Since that time, many companies have adopted this measure. At MaritzCX we are often asked about our perspective on the use of the Net Promoter Score (NPS) versus other customer experience.

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It’s Time to Prioritize Self-Service

GetFeedback

Modern customers expect convenient support, so seamless self-service is fundamental to customer experience. Here are 5 reasons it's great for business.

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Millennials Still Shop In Stores, But Are They in Yours?

Beyond Philosophy

If you were to guess whether Millennials prefer to buy online (on their phones) or in brick-and-mortar stores, what would you guess? No Googling, either. If you guessed online, you are wrong. Per the Trendsource 2017 Retail Industry Report , it seems that millennial shoppers prefer physical stores for fashion, home improvement, and electronics. This news is ideal for retail, a sector repeatedly told they are the Beta Max or Laser Disc of tomorrow’s commerce preferences.

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NPS: Using It Correctly

InMoment XI

Introduction In 2003 Fred Riechheld introduced the Net Promoter Score (NPS) as the “one number you need to grow” within the customer experience field. Since that time, many companies have adopted this measure. At MaritzCX we are often asked about our perspective on the use of the Net Promoter Score (NPS) versus other customer experience. View Article.

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Important CX watch: Danny Meyer on 60 Minutes

Customer Bliss

Above is the profile of restaurant entrepreneur Danny Meyer (Union Square Cafe, Shake Shack) which aired on 60 Minutes last Sunday. You can read an associated article here. As many of us probably already understand, the restaurant industry has razor-thin margins. While you can compete on cost (fast food), it’s very hard to only compete on cost.

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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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Ever Considered Adding a Live Chat to Your Digital Classroom?

ProProfs Chat

The “chalk and blackboard” model ruled the education sector until digital classrooms took the world by storm. The offline model has many limitations such as attending a physical classroom and paying for hefty accommodation if someone is moving across cities. The digital model, on the other hand, is convenient and a participant can learn any course online, sitting in their pajamas and munching snacks.

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Guest Post: The Future of Customer Loyalty Mimics the Past – Customer Centricity Says It All

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Jess Mizerak discussing the future of brand loyalty and how to continue to be successful in the world of E-commerce. We want the customer to feel a sense of ownership in the relationship they have with us. That’s what your loyalty program should do. – Shep Hyken. Back when E-commerce was really growing, it was little surprise to learn when our favorite retailers opened for business online.

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5 Ways to Break Down Digital CX Silos

InMoment XI

What are some best practices for developing a digital customer experience across silos especially when different product owners have different roadmaps? In a perfect world, all organizations would operate like a well-oiled machine. All employees across the board would be in sync with projects and strategic initiatives that are taking place, there would not be.

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Your Five-Minute NPS Implementation Plan

AskNicely

NPS in 5 minutes? Sounds great! What’s the catch? No catch! Also no free steak knives! Sorry. : One of the many great things about Net Promoter Score (NPS) is that it takes next to no time to get started. At the risk of ringing our own bell, getting your first survey out the door with AskNicely is almost offensively simple: Log in. Add contacts. Send surveys.

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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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Behavioral Economics Explains Why Your Surveys are Flawed 

Heart of the Customer

Daniel Kahneman isn’t known as a customer experience (CX) guru. A Nobel Prize winner, sure. Brilliant psychologist and leader in behavioral economics, yes. Author of a fascinating (but really dense) book? You bet. But he’s not really known for his CX chops. Yet, one of his findings shows why many surveys – as well as quite […]. The post Behavioral Economics Explains Why Your Surveys are Flawed appeared first on Heart of the Customer.

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The Cycle of Success: a Blueprint for Customer Success Teams

Amity

I’m not someone who likes methodologies as I like to keep a clear perspective and be open to change. As someone who studied history, I preferred to use facts and evidence rather than theories and methodologies as the main guides in my decision-making process. After spending over 15 years in Customer Success, I have however recognized some distinct patterns in how the best Customer Success teams are run.

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4 Steps to Sourcing Customers for Amazing User-Generated Content

Influitive

In the new business-to-human (B2H) era of marketing, user-generated content (UGC) allows B2B companies to produce word-of-mouth marketing at scale. Your customers can now have a personal conversation with prospects using language that speaks directly to their real-world use cases of your products and services. And with consumers trusting product reviews 12 times more than traditional.

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What Does “Digital First” Mean in Digital Customer Experience Management Today?

Topdown

We first wrote about what the term “digital first” means in customer communications management (CCM) last year, but we wanted to revisit the idea because the digital customer experience landscape is changing. Read on to find out what it means to manage customer engagement across all of your customer journeys, channels and touchpoints.

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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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Maximize Customer Loyalty By Upgrading Your Services With New Data Mining Services

Magellan Solutions

All around the world, business owners are constantly searching for ways to grow their businesses, usually through external means. Hiring new employees, investing in more advanced equipment, and sending your staff to more skills training are all helpful and effective, at varying degrees. But what many of these business owners don’t realize is that sometimes, the best strategies for growing their business can be found in something they already have all along.

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Why Is Live Chat Customer Service So Hard to Get Right?

Kayako

Adding live chat for customer service was supposed to solve all your service challenges. Investing in the channel was a no-brainer, or so you thought! It would allow your staff to delight customers with quick, frictionless support. For most Customer Support Managers, that hasn’t happened yet. Even Amazon, with its ‘world’s most customer-centric business’ ethos, hasn’t avoided embarrassment.

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Amazing Business Radio: Daniel Burrus

ShepHyken

Daniel Burrus Shares how to Anticipate Your Customers’ Needs Rather than Reacting. How would you like to be able to anticipate your customers’ needs before the even ask? Shep Hyken interviews Daniel Burrus, author of The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage , in which he explains how to predict what customers need rather than simply waiting to be asked. .

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Balancing the human and the digital in customer experience

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Balancing the human and the digital in customer experience. Published on: October 11, 2017. Author: Pauline Ashenden 3 questions to Régine Vanheems, co-founder of The Connected Commerce Observatory and Professor, University of Lyon 3 Sorbonne - ESCP Europe. A noted expert on customer experience, R égine Vanheems has worked extensively with Eptica, providing its customers with analysis into the latest trends around consumer expectations and behaviour, particularl

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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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Smart Marketing for Smart Customers (What Marketers Need to Know Today)

C3Centricity

Our customers are getting smarter every day. But are we performing smart marketing too? I don’t think so. When I have the chance to look at what most organisations are doing, I see that they are still living in the past of traditional media and have hardly dipped their toes into new media. Or they are using social media but still treating it as if it is traditional media!

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CXPA Changing the Game through People and Technology

Confirmit

4 Key Take-Aways from My Webinar with Bruce Temkin. I recently had the pleasure of conducting a webinar alongside Bruce Temkin, CCXP Managing Partner & Customer Experience Transformist. In the webinar, we discussed the ways people and technology can and should work together to make the customer experience better. Since the webinar, I had a chance to reflect on what we heard.

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Improve Your Marketing Productivity

ReviewTrackers

It takes all members of a marketing team to be productive for success. When all the members of a marketing team become more productive, companies can attract more customers and teams will have more time to do the things that matter – creating engaging copy for campaigns, hosting events, or building relationships with customers. There are several ways to become more productive.

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The Cycle of Success: a Blueprint for Customer Success Teams

Amity

I’m not someone who likes methodologies as I like to keep a clear perspective and be open to change. As someone who studied history, I preferred to use facts and evidence rather than theories and methodologies as the main guides in my decision-making process. After spending over 15 years in Customer Success, I have however recognized some distinct patterns in how the best Customer Success teams are run.

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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.