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Designing The Customer Experience for Marketers

CloudCherry

Gartner reports from 2018 that 52% of marketers with CX responsibility expect their budgets to remain the same or decrease. However, expectations with the importance of CX is continuing to grow. 23% of B2B CMO’s see CX as a top 3 objective. So how do Marketers that assume CX responsibility address this with less budget without giving up important technology needed for other aspects of Marketing?

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How YETI Stays Ahead with Feedback

GetFeedback

Today, YETI’s top tier coolers and drinkware have become a symbol of status and trendiness for outdoor enthusiasts. And with good reason! After all, how often can you boast about having a cooler that is bear-proof , fortified from the elements and can withstand even the roughest elements ? YETI owners can. The company’s success hails from their ability to produce need-to-have products inspired by firsthand experiences and their relentless pursuit of delivering the best customer experience.

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How A Legacy Organization Embraces Digital Media to Engage Audiences in a Meaningful Way

Customer Bliss

How does a legacy organization integrate digital media in a way that facilitates a meaningful customer experience? Todd Unger , Chief Experience Officer and Senior Vice President of Physician Engagement at the American Medical Association (AMA), shares insights, and lessons he’s learned along the way, while leveraging his background in product development, and marketing and advertising, to transform a 170-year-old company’s communication methods into the world of digital.

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How to Turn Surveys from Being a Chore to a Choice

InMoment XI

This article was written by Gillian Mackay, Strategic Consulting Director at MaritzCX, and originally published here. Engaging Customers with Creative Technology You’ve just finished a call to your bank about a fairly mundane matter when you are asked to stay on the line to complete a telephone survey. Sound familiar? What do you do? If. View Article.

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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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Computer Vision AI: The Secret Ingredient for Contact Centers

TechSee

Today’s contact centers face a daunting challenge. The explosion in connected devices and the prevalence of online shopping mean that millions of products are now shipped daily, With online commerce projected to pass the $3 trillion mark in 2019. And with 51% of Americans now preferring to shop online, the pressure on customer support operations is about to increase exponentially.

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How National CineMedia (NCM) Engages Their Hard to Reach Audiences and Positions Itself as an Expert on Moviegoers

Alida

More and more companies today have a strategic imperative to align around the customer. It’s becoming evident that getting to know your customers – and I mean really knowing them – can lead to better decision making and improved business outcomes. I’m not talking about knowing their basic demographics but their preferences, their likes and dislikes, what they think of your plans and ideas – the important stuff.

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Customer Experience and The User Review

CloudCherry

I recently found myself shopping for a new TV. Our old Television had begun to emit an annoying high pitch and would sometimes shut down on its own. We were tired of adjusting the volume. So, we set-off to find a new TV. It was up to me to come across a brand-new model that would perform well. So, it’s Friday night and I had already got online and started my search.

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Branding and CX: The Surprising Way They Work Together to Form Customer Loyalty

Beyond Philosophy

Brands are everywhere. Everybody feels like they understand what brands are. However, when we ask the fundamental questions of “What is a brand?” and “What does that mean?”, there’s a surprising amount of variation in opinion. Branding is a critical topic in Customer Experience. We discussed where branding and Customer Experience interact and prioritize in a recent podcast.

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Guest Blog: The Rise of Chatbots in Customer Experience

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Irina Kirnos who writes about how chatbots are customer experience tools that are changing the way that companies interact with their customers. Chatbots are more than just automated FAQ answer generators. These virtual customer experience tools are transforming the way that companies interact with their customers in the contact center environment.

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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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How to Map the Customer Journey Stages to Foster Lifetime Value

Totango

From the moment a customer buys your product or subscribes to your service, they’ve chosen to take a journey with your brand. It’s a journey that promises recurring value, and it’s your job to make sure that every step of the way leaves a positive impression on the customer. So, how can you understand the customer experience and know when to offer extra support to grow your relationship?

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What is Customer Engagement Marketing?

Oracle

The omnichannel approach to sales is redefining how marketers approach their audience. Now, instead of focusing on how one message appears on targeted platforms, marketing teams are scrambling to create multiple messages for a singular campaign to deploy over various channels — all with the hopes of getting the attention of the right customers. But, what if brands didn’t have to rely so heavily on a mass message, and instead tried personalizing their approach to individual consumers?

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Being the Guardian of Your Service Culture

Beyond Philosophy

Being the Guardian of Your Service Culture. Keeping up your culture of customer service is not easy. Leadership in many organizations find maintaining the customer service culture they have established is a substantial issue. In this episode of The Intuitive Customer podcast, we spoke with three-time best-selling author, coach, and conference speaker Marilyn Suttle.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of April 1, 2019

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. Customer Service Is Poised for an AI Revolution by Vala Afshar. (ZDNet) AI is viewed by customer service decision makers and agents alike as a boon to the customer and employee 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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Customer Retention in Banking: Strategies to Get You Started

ReviewTrackers

Bank Customer Retention: Why It Matters. You’ve probably heard this more than a dozen times: retaining a customer is so much cheaper than acquiring a new one. This holds true for banks and financial services providers, too. Here are some bank customer retention statistics to consider: According to Customer Think , the costs of acquiring a banking customer are estimated to be around $200 while the typical customer generates only $150 in revenue each year.

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An Insider View on Customer Support Strategies with Lindsay Willott

ProProfs Chat

Every brand in the market wishes to revamp its customer support strategies after a certain period of time. No wonder we come across so many articles online that speak of various strategies that organizations can implement to improve their customer service. But are these articles sufficient enough to revamp the existing strategies? Well, I’d say why not consult a customer service expert to help you bring the necessary changes to the strategies.

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Customer Experience Questions to Challenge Yourself Every Day

Kristina Evey

Want to improve your Customer Experience in one easy step? Ask yourself- did you do everything you could for the … Read More Customer Experience Questions to Challenge Yourself Every Day. The post Customer Experience Questions to Challenge Yourself Every Day appeared first on Kristina Evey.

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The Power of a Smile

ShepHyken

“Smile and the world smiles with you.” That is part of a longer quote attributed to Stanley Gordon West. It became the topic of conversation while on a New York subway with my daughter, Alex, when I noticed her smile at someone who, in turn, smiled back. I complimented her on the small but kind gesture, and it started a great conversation about life and customer service.

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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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What is Bank Reputation Risk Management?

ReviewTrackers

Bank Reputation Risk Management. Reputation is one of the most valuable assets that a bank can have. It’s also the most fragile one. After all, reputation is the key to building public and consumer trust. A great reputation can set a bank apart from its competitors. Negative reputation, meanwhile, can drive away potential clients and increase customer churn.

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The 2019 Social Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Report

NetBase

. Understanding the emotions motivating consumer behavior is never easy, and consumers posting online about every bit of their experience with your brand compounds the problem. With sarcasm, imagery and emojis thrown into the mix, brands struggle to gather accurate insight to inform strategy. Our 2019 Social Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Report deconstructs the struggle and offers insight to help!

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Daily Solutions for Creating a Culture of Engagement

Second to None

Company culture is a fluid concept from top to bottom. Culture is outlined by leadership, executed by management and embraced by employees. It may be easy for C-level leaders to place the responsibility of cultivating a culture of engagement in the hands of management while they turn their attention towards high-level business affairs. Yet, mangers’ actions reflect the expectations of leaders.

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Amazing Business Radio: Jeff Toister

ShepHyken

Getting Service Right with Guest Jeff Toister. Taking Care of Your Employees So They Take Care of Customers. Shep Hyken interviews Jeff Toister. They discuss his book, Getting Service Right: Overcoming the Hidden Obstacles to Outstanding Customer Service , and Jeff offers immediately applicable advice on how to improve your customer service. In Shep’s Opening Monologue… He discusses the importance of caring for your employees so they can better care for your customers.

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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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The What. The So What. The Now What. From Customer Experience Data to Outcomes.

IntouchInsight

CX thought leader, Annette Franz, discusses the key components required to go from customer experience data to customer experience outcomes.

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Creating Actionable Insights from Irrational Humans

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Author: Guest author: Colin Shaw Creating Actionable Insights from Irrational Humans. Published on: April 03, 2019. Author: Guest author: Colin Shaw Whenever I talk about Customer Experience with audiences, I begin by explaining that customers do not buy things rationally. Customers buy things emotionally and then justify the purchase with logic.

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How Surveys Help in Making Data Driven Decisions

ProProfs Chat

Data is the new oil. Data is the fuel for the modern marketing machinery; Data has changed how businesses operate. But like every mineral in its raw, unprocessed form, data is just a bunch of numbers, graphs, and information. The result of this surge in the value of data? Companies are willing to spend large amounts of money for data analytics. In its data-driven marketing survey in 2015, Gartner reported that companies would migrate towards making their decisions based on quantitative data.

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4 Ways Omnichannel Customer Experience Will Change in 2019

Oracle

Today, the omnichannel customer experience (CX) is quickly evolving into the core brand CX. Consider: Forbes notes that both B2B and B2C transactions have more touchpoints than ever before. Brands designing and delivering their omnichannel customer experience have more opportunities to get their CX right. Here’s how the view of omnichannel is evolving in the year ahead.

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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.