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This week we feature an article by Daniel Bishop, the assistant editor and marketing consultant for ReallySimpleSystems. He writes about creating a better experience for customers when they come into a store. We all know that the retail landscape changed massively in 2020. MORE
I’ve written about today’s topic before. The idea I’m about to share is really common sense. Even if you didn’t read my past articles or watch my videos about this, you still know and understand it. Yet, it’s worth bringing up again, as I have a new twist on it. MORE
Surveys have long been the backbone of getting to know customers. They’ve been seen as a relatively easy and inexpensive way of collecting feedback—and for the most part, they are. But the ugly truth is, sometimes traditional surveys can be long—and let's be honest—boring. MORE
A seamless customer experience gets delivered when you answer the questions your customer is asking. It’s as simple as that. Getting there, however, takes a lot of work. Customer Experience MORE
I’ll get right to the point: Change management is cheaper than bribing employees. It’s more effective, too. The CEO of a client organization recently asked us about offering a bonus tied to their Net Promoter Score (NPS). MORE
This post picks up where last week‘s left off… In giving bonuses based on overall survey results, companies are assuming that 1. teams actually know what to do in order to improve customer satisfaction and 2. they won’t do it unless incented to. MORE
Research from CustomerThink, Forrester, Pointillist, and the XM Institute agree: Few CX programs can prove that their work matters to business outcomes. This reminds me of a story from my college days. MORE
What makes a sports team successful? Excellent athletes who work together on both offense and defense to win the game. A good pitcher alone won’t win a baseball game. MORE
Employee disengagement is rampant in contact centers. Imagine a fire department where two-thirds of the firefighters on duty weren’t ready to respond to a call. How about a restaurant where two-thirds of the wait staff weren’t talking to patrons. MORE
While you’ve been focusing on driving sales, rising above competitors, and keeping up with market volatility, you’ve missed something significant: A lot of unknown buyers—or potential buyers—have been coming and going on your digital properties. Customer Experience Retail MORE
In the medical technology field, manufacturers must provide medical device support for their products across a wide range of settings, including hospitals, urgent care centers, physicians’ offices, nursing homes, mobile units, and even individual homes. MORE
Customer experience (CX) programs often begin with an idea and a dash of sincere enthusiasm…and little else. To arrive at real outcomes, CX programs depend on cross-functional leadership to turn words and ideas into actions. But what is that cross-functional team supposed to do, exactly? . MORE
With brands facing increasing competition for the attention of consumers, providing the best possible customer service has never been more important. Not only is it vital to keep customers informed, but it is also critical that businesses make it as easy as possible for consumers to reach them. MORE
In a discussion that echoes the age-old chicken vs. egg conversation sentiment, we engaged in a debate. After meeting a fellow Customer Experience proponent on a new social media platform called Clubhouse, we invited author and speaker Stacy Sherman to debate. MORE
Being “customer-oriented” boils down to one idea: helping people. As simplistic as it sounds, this ethos is the key to making it work as an organization. MORE
Measuring customer loyalty gauges the strength of your client relationships, helping you predict and manage performance. Loyal customers are likely to buy from you again and refer you to others, increasing your revenue. MORE
Henry Spitzer, VP of Sales at Lusha explains how community building is a powerful and cost-effective way to increase retention by creating a central destination for users to find support, advice and best practices. The Bare Basics. MORE
How would you describe a digital insight community and its value to your organization? At Alida, we define a digital insight community as a customer engagement platform you can use to uncover agile, actionable insights from the right people at the right time—at scale. And how do we know? MORE
The role of a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a fairly new addition to the C-suite, but it has been on the rise over the past several years as companies are better understanding the importance of creating a customer-centric culture within their organizations. MORE
The End-to-End Customer Experience. Improving CX through Customer Workflows. Shep Hyken interviews John Ball, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Customer Workflows at ServiceNow. MORE
I heard a story on the Manager Tools podcast that stuck with me. In the late ‘70s the chairman of Sony Corp., Akio Morita, noticed a lot of young people walking around carrying a boom box on their shoulder during a visit to New York City. MORE
Each week I read many 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. Should the Chief Experience Officer Cease to Exist? by Mary Drumond. MORE
According to this recent Qualtrics study that examined more than 2,000 consumers, 100 contact center agents, and thousands of customer journeys, it only takes one interaction with a contact center to change how 78% of consumers feel about a company… permanently. That’s it. A single interaction. MORE
Strategy for customer success growth has changed as commerce has gone digital and big data has made marketing and sales customer-centric. In the old days, growing your business was easy. Tell people about your business, get them in the store, sell them things, then look for more customers. MORE
Eighty-five percent of insurers are deploying customer experience (CX) initiatives throughout the customer journey, according to an IBM study. Yet, 42% don’t fully trust their insurer. So, why aren’t current CX efforts building trust? MORE
Download the empathy statements PDF and practice your first five empathy responses to customers. Grab your empathy sheet! Customer Experience Design MORE
Alida
JULY 14, 2021
How would you describe a digital insight community and its value to your organization? At Alida, we define a digital insight community as a customer engagement platform you can use to uncover agile, actionable insights from the right people at the right time—at scale. And how do we know?
TechSee
JULY 20, 2021
In the medical technology field, manufacturers must provide medical device support for their products across a wide range of settings, including hospitals, urgent care centers, physicians’ offices, nursing homes, mobile units, and even individual homes.
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Shep Hyken
JULY 21, 2021
I’ve written about today’s topic before. The idea I’m about to share is really common sense. Even if you didn’t read my past articles or watch my videos about this, you still know and understand it. Yet, it’s worth bringing up again, as I have a new twist on it.
Experience Investigators
JULY 6, 2021
Customer experience (CX) programs often begin with an idea and a dash of sincere enthusiasm…and little else. To arrive at real outcomes, CX programs depend on cross-functional leadership to turn words and ideas into actions. But what is that cross-functional team supposed to do, exactly? .
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Help Scout
JULY 20, 2021
Being “customer-oriented” boils down to one idea: helping people. As simplistic as it sounds, this ethos is the key to making it work as an organization.
CXDNA Update brings together the best content for customer experience professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Alida
JULY 22, 2021
Eighty-five percent of insurers are deploying customer experience (CX) initiatives throughout the customer journey, according to an IBM study. Yet, 42% don’t fully trust their insurer. So, why aren’t current CX efforts building trust?
Heart of the Customer
JULY 14, 2021
This post picks up where last week‘s left off… In giving bonuses based on overall survey results, companies are assuming that 1. teams actually know what to do in order to improve customer satisfaction and 2. they won’t do it unless incented to.
Shep Hyken
JULY 20, 2021
The End-to-End Customer Experience. Improving CX through Customer Workflows. Shep Hyken interviews John Ball, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Customer Workflows at ServiceNow.
CSM Magazine
JULY 21, 2021
With brands facing increasing competition for the attention of consumers, providing the best possible customer service has never been more important. Not only is it vital to keep customers informed, but it is also critical that businesses make it as easy as possible for consumers to reach them.
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Beyond Philosophy
JULY 17, 2021
In a discussion that echoes the age-old chicken vs. egg conversation sentiment, we engaged in a debate. After meeting a fellow Customer Experience proponent on a new social media platform called Clubhouse, we invited author and speaker Stacy Sherman to debate.
Totango
JULY 13, 2021
Strategy for customer success growth has changed as commerce has gone digital and big data has made marketing and sales customer-centric. In the old days, growing your business was easy. Tell people about your business, get them in the store, sell them things, then look for more customers.
Alida
JULY 6, 2021
Surveys have long been the backbone of getting to know customers. They’ve been seen as a relatively easy and inexpensive way of collecting feedback—and for the most part, they are. But the ugly truth is, sometimes traditional surveys can be long—and let's be honest—boring.
Heart of the Customer
JULY 9, 2021
I’ll get right to the point: Change management is cheaper than bribing employees. It’s more effective, too. The CEO of a client organization recently asked us about offering a bonus tied to their Net Promoter Score (NPS).
Speaker: Nichole Devolites, Customer Experience Expert, SecureAuth
Customer experience professionals understand the importance of both creating and maintaining easily available programs that improve CX. Nichole Devolites is joining us for a webinar on July 27th at 12 pm EDT to discuss how CX professionals can integrate and connect their communities with the customer lifecycle. Register today!
Shep Hyken
JULY 16, 2021
This week we feature an article by Daniel Bishop, the assistant editor and marketing consultant for ReallySimpleSystems. He writes about creating a better experience for customers when they come into a store. We all know that the retail landscape changed massively in 2020.
CSM Magazine
JULY 22, 2021
Henry Spitzer, VP of Sales at Lusha explains how community building is a powerful and cost-effective way to increase retention by creating a central destination for users to find support, advice and best practices. The Bare Basics.
Jacada
JULY 23, 2021
Employee disengagement is rampant in contact centers. Imagine a fire department where two-thirds of the firefighters on duty weren’t ready to respond to a call. How about a restaurant where two-thirds of the wait staff weren’t talking to patrons.
Totango
JULY 23, 2021
What makes a sports team successful? Excellent athletes who work together on both offense and defense to win the game. A good pitcher alone won’t win a baseball game.
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Alida
JULY 20, 2021
A seamless customer experience gets delivered when you answer the questions your customer is asking. It’s as simple as that. Getting there, however, takes a lot of work. Customer Experience
Heart of the Customer
JULY 3, 2021
Research from CustomerThink, Forrester, Pointillist, and the XM Institute agree: Few CX programs can prove that their work matters to business outcomes. This reminds me of a story from my college days.
Shep Hyken
JULY 19, 2021
Each week I read many 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. Should the Chief Experience Officer Cease to Exist? by Mary Drumond.
Customer Enthusiast
JULY 19, 2021
I heard a story on the Manager Tools podcast that stuck with me. In the late ‘70s the chairman of Sony Corp., Akio Morita, noticed a lot of young people walking around carrying a boom box on their shoulder during a visit to New York City.
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Cloud-based technology approaches are quickly proving to be a clear winning strategy for companies large and small. Read this report to find out how you can leverage a cloud contact center to deal with unexpected demand, reduce costs, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Cyara
JULY 21, 2021
According to this recent Qualtrics study that examined more than 2,000 consumers, 100 contact center agents, and thousands of customer journeys, it only takes one interaction with a contact center to change how 78% of consumers feel about a company… permanently. That’s it. A single interaction.
Totango
JULY 6, 2021
Measuring customer loyalty gauges the strength of your client relationships, helping you predict and manage performance. Loyal customers are likely to buy from you again and refer you to others, increasing your revenue.
Alida
JULY 12, 2021
While you’ve been focusing on driving sales, rising above competitors, and keeping up with market volatility, you’ve missed something significant: A lot of unknown buyers—or potential buyers—have been coming and going on your digital properties. Customer Experience Retail
Myra Golden Media
JULY 15, 2021
Download the empathy statements PDF and practice your first five empathy responses to customers. Grab your empathy sheet! Customer Experience Design
Speaker: Panel hosted by Adrian Speyer, Head of Community, Vanilla Forums
Are you struggling to support your global community? Or, are you not even sure where you should start. Establishing a global support community comes with many many questions. How do you encourage your customers to help others? What are the key metrics to measure? What are the biggest challenges? Our super panel consists of community leaders from around the world, each of whom, have experienced and overcome the challenges of a global support community. They are ready to share the trials and triumphs, and everything in between, on the road to a successful community.
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