CloudCherry
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The modern-day banking customer has evolved over the years. The dawn of the Digital Age has not only made it easier for customers to engage with banking institutions but also given them more choices. Customers are also more aware today. They’re looking for unique and delightful experiences. Experiences that make them want to keep going back to the same company.
Alida
JANUARY 29, 2018
An angry customer is still a customer—until they’re not. That’s why it’s important to keep your cool when concerned customers reach out to your brand, especially in the age of social media, where a misstep can go viral quickly. Keeping a level head can de-escalate the immediate issue, while also cementing existing loyalty and even transforming a consumer who might be new to your brand into a regular.
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Customer Bliss
JANUARY 30, 2018
Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA , recently passed away in Sweden, leaving quite a legend behind him. IKEA, the beloved furniture store not just for Americans, but for people all over the world, first came to the United States in the 1980s , slowly revolutionizing the way consumers shop for furniture and household items. . IKEA is a company that knows its purpose, understands its customers, and provides value and consistency.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 31, 2018
I’ve written about the customer service gap before. The first version referred to the gap between you and your competitors. You want the gap to be wide. It means you are putting yourself further ahead of your competition and picking up market share. The second version of the gap focused on narrowing the distance between you and your customers. The closer you are to your customers, and the more you are meeting their needs, the narrower the gap is between you and your customer.
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Customer Guru
JANUARY 30, 2018
At Customer Guru, we believe that Customer Experience (CX) should be the number one priority for all the Indian businesses so that they become more sustainable and successful globally. Thus, we have started the initiative of sharing a series of interviews with top-notch CX experts in India to spread this awareness. Our guest for this week is Mr. Viraj Verma, a leading CX enthusiast in India.
CXDNA Update brings together the best content for customer experience professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ProProfs Chat
JANUARY 31, 2018
The quality of customer experience a business provides generally goes a long way towards determining how successful that business is. A major reason as to why companies invest so heavily in things like customer service training programmes, and why they put so much effort into handling feedback, queries, and complaints. With that being said, one aspect of delivering high-quality customer service, that is sometimes undervalued, involves understanding the tone of clients and using this to shape a r
ShepHyken
JANUARY 29, 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. Customer Service Report 2018 by Olga Kolodynska, Justyna Polaczyk, Malgorzata Buksinska and Lukasz Labedzki. (LiveChat) The report contains key customer service findings from 2017 and trends for 2018.
Customer Bliss
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Being empathetic and engaged are core parts of the patient and caregiver experience at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Adrienne Boissy , a neurologist and the leader of the patient, caregiver, and family experience at Cleveland Clinic, shares the path to embedding customer experience into a healthcare organization. We talk about the importance of putting patients first, and what it takes to sustain the philosophy, mindset, and operational priorities to keep this work going.
ServiceDock
JANUARY 31, 2018
I recently visited an outlet of a multinational department store where the emergency exit was in use due to some maintenance being done on an escalator. I was delighted to see the above blackboard covering an entire wall in what would normally be a staff only area. This kind of initiative is commendable and no doubt it has helped the brand build its reputation for being very customer-centric.
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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
UJET
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
A solid customer engagement strategy, when done well, increases reputation, customer satisfaction, and loyalty. After years in search of the perfect formula for building and maintaining successful customer relationships, we've uncovered a winning combination.
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
This week we feature an article by Misa Chien who shares great lessons we can learn from the Southwest Airlines customer culture. This also reminds us that customer service doesn’t just happen on the front line. It happens throughout the entire company. It must be part of the company’s culture. – Shep Hyken. What comes to mind when you think of a bachelorette party?
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 31, 2018
Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Companies are fond of saying that employees are their most powerful resource, and in many ways – especially their influence on customer loyalty – that’s been well proven. But, to understand what factors leverage employee behavior, most organizations have historically relied on satisfaction and engagement surveys, typically conducted through HR.
ijgolding
JANUARY 28, 2018
Last week I had a fascinating conversation with a peer of mine – a fellow Customer Experience Professional. James Dodkins is as passionate about transforming organisations to become sustainably customer centric as I am. Like me, James regularly comes across organisations who talk about ‘putting the customer first’ – a statement that is hard to immediately disagree with.
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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UJET
JANUARY 30, 2018
In today's competitive marketplace, how can you encourage customers to stay loyal to your brand and products when there are so many choices available? You have to provide an outstanding product, of course, and it must be appropriately priced, but there are a lot of companies that can do that. What will set you apart and build brand loyalty, however, is your customer support.
ShepHyken
JANUARY 30, 2018
How Speaking Your Customer’s Lingo Makes You Irresistible. Shep Hyken Interviews Jeffrey Shaw, the LINGO Guy. What if you could speak your ideal customer’s language? . . ? <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?
Method:CRM
JANUARY 30, 2018
It’s no secret that organization is key to running a successful business. This is especially true when your company creates quotes or estimates in QuickBooks for prospective customers. After all, you can’t start the work if you don’t know whether the customer has accepted your estimate. Ideally, your customers should be able to quickly and easily accept estimates online.
Oracle
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
With millions of subscribers across the world and a breadth of data at their fingertips, streaming companies have started to make CX innovations and optimizations for end users. The OTT (over-the-top) streaming market, defined by Digiday as delivery of film and TV content via the internet, without requiring users to subscribe to a traditional cable or satellite pay-TV service , is expected to balloon to $70.05 billion by 2021.
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
Team HGS
JANUARY 30, 2018
Advantages of Using Analytics in Customer Experience. By Subramanya C, HGS Chief Technology Officer Analytics goes hand in hand with today’s optimized customer experience strategy. Analytics is a tool that can be used at every step of the customer journey—from assessing and benchmarking customer support to gauging the voice of your customer for actionable business and product decision making.
Heart of the Customer
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
A common concern I see among CX pros is a concern over customers who are making “bad” choices. Customers who aren’t making the best use of the company’s products or services. This problem exists across industries, both B2B and B2C. Some examples include: Business customers who underutilize their purchased software; Patients who don’t follow a […].
Myra Golden
JANUARY 30, 2018
Today I’m going to show you how to use the Feel, Felt, Found method to express empathy to your customers. What’s great about the Feel, Felt, Found Method, is, it gives you the perfect response when you can’t give the customer exactly what they want. It helps you to be more relatable, and to foster a sense of connection with customers. The Feel, Felt, Found method is easy to use.
Oracle
JANUARY 31, 2018
SmarterCX.com’s Editor-in-Chief highlights a new customer experience predictions destination page, SmarterCX.com/Predictions. Following a record holiday season, 2018 is off to a fast start in the world of customer experience. According to the Washington Post , holiday 2017 saw the “strongest growth in retail sales since the end of the Great Recession” At NRF this past month – the National Retail Federation’s Retail’s Big Show conference – Brian Nagel, Managing Direc
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ENGAGE.cx
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Understanding ‘Who’s in My Store’ Unique Visits in a physical space is a nascent concept for most marketing organizations. Leaders are recognizing that insights found in this detailed data are what drive conversion and ultimately revenue. Fortunately, the concept of Unique Visits is not new, rather the means to observe it in a physical space has finally come of age.
Eptica
JANUARY 31, 2018
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 The Year of Humanity: Putting the customer first in 2018. Published on: January 31, 2018. Author: Pauline Ashenden Amidst all the talk of artificial intelligence, chatbots and the Internet of Things transforming the relationship between brands and consumers, it is easy to forget the vital importance of the human element to successful customer service.
ReviewTrackers
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Corporate reputation management is a combination of strategies that are used to shape consumer perception of your brand. Today, consumers rely on current customers to tell them whether or not a business is worth their time and money. Consumers look at feedback from online reviews and social media to use in their decision making when selecting a business. .
NICE inContact
JANUARY 30, 2018
Are you one of the almost 40% of organizations that say reducing effort to improve the customer experience is their primary contact center goal for 2018? If you are, here’s our laundry list of the top five things that are absolute “must have” phone system features for your contact center in 2018 and beyond: Built-in Reliability and Disaster Recovery.
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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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