ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. What is the most important thing you can do to improve relationships with your customers?
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
We have all at one time or another uttered the phrase, “Now what?” According to TheFreeDictionary.com, this phrase means, “What is going to happen now? What kind of new problem has arisen?” In these days, the question is asked frequently and not always as it relates to the contact center. For the purpose of this […].
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Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
You are irrational. Your friends are. Your manager is. I am, too. Unless you know a Vulcan, everyone you know is irrational. People are irrational by nature. In my latest book, The Intuitive Customer: 7 imperatives for moving your Customer Experience to the next level my co-author Professor Ryan Hamilton of Emory University and I explore the influence of our emotions on our behavior as customers.
Myra Golden Media
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
How to Respond to the Yelling or Cursing Customer – Plus More Diplomatic Phrases to Help You Regain Control in 9 Common Situations with Difficult Customers. Get your packet now and share with your employees.
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 If so, this webinar is for you! What was once a common practice in the call center is now a barrier to success. Manual call monitoring is no longer an option if you want to proactively coach your agents to ultimately improve the customer experience using data-driven insights. Join this webinar with Angie Kronlage and April Wiita of Working Solutions to discuss how you can modernize outdated, manual call review processes through the power of autom
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
It drives me a little crazy when I receive an advertisement in the mail from my cable TV or phone company offering me an incentive to sign up with them. First, I’m already a customer and can’t understand why they can’t figure that out. Second, why is the price they are offering a new customer lower than what I’m currently paying? This concept, offering a new customer a better deal than an existing customer, is nothing new.
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Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
The new cashierless Amazon Go store is open for business in Seattle , and it could revolutionize the way we shop. At least that’s what some people think. Personally, I’m not so sure. Amazon Go is an 1800 square foot market, with a mix of prepared foods, typical convenience store merchandise and the kinds of grocery items you’d normally find at Whole Foods, which Amazon also owns.
CX Accelerator
FEBRUARY 3, 2018
Using DiSC in a customer service context to enhance both the customer and the agent experience. There is a plethora of training options available to service leaders who are looking to enhance the communication skills of their agents. Having had exposure to many of these, DiSC is my top choice with the most significant impact. Having now studied DiSC and received my credentials as a certified facilitator, there is no mystery why the tool is so great for a customer service environment.
ShepHyken
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Hitting the Reset Button on Omni-channel Customer Service. Shep Hyken Interviews Murph Krajewski, VP of Marketing at Sharpen . Are you where your customers want you to be? . . ? <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?</span><span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?
Call Center Weekly
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
By Wendy Weinert There are many important departments that make up a well-oiled business machine. None, however are more or less valuable than the other. In fact, they are completely intertwined with one another. They need to operate similar to the human body, where hands, feet, mouth and mind all work towards a common goal. In this scenario, that goal is the customer.
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Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 3, 2018
Colin Shaw and Professor Ryan Hamilton discuss the episode we discuss the ‘ Peak-end rule ‘ and it’s affect on Customer Experience. The peak?end rule is a psychological heuristic in which people judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its peak (i.e., its most intense point) and at its end, rather than based on the total sum or average of every moment of the experience.
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Mention the word “coaching,” and most contact center professionals might think of the supervisor-to-agent feedback session that takes place as part of the QM process. However, many companies are now embracing an “ask, don’t tell” approach to their daily communication to stimulate creative thinking, gain buy-in and empower employees. This is the essence of a […].
Peter Lavers
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
We’re delighted to report that our founder Peter Lavers has again been featured by Capterra as one of the top influencers in the world in the field of Customer Experience. Peter is the only Brit on the list and is delighted to be included. He didn’t set out to be an ‘influencer’ or ‘guru’ on the subjects of customer experience, CRM, CVM, and increasingly the applications of Artificial Intelligence in marketing.
Call Center Weekly
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
How does inclusion in the contact center improve customer service? I love this question, not just because it's something near and dear to me, but because diversity and inclusion in the contact center genuinely makes a positive difference. Let's break it down a bit: chances are you have a diverse customer base. If you're a global company, or doing business predominately online, you definitely have customer diversity and you probably don't even know the breakdown.
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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
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Colin Shaw and Professor Ryan Hamilton discuss the recent $185 million fine placed on Wells Fargo by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , the largest such penalty the agency has issued. What should Wells Fargo do now? How will this impact the viability of the bank in the eyes of consumers? What should other organizations do to avoid a similar CX disaster?
Contact Center Pipeline
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
On Super Bowl Sunday, we watch to see if our favored team will be the winner… or the loser. There are coaches, trainers, sports medicine teams and a host of support staff helping to get the most out of their players to deliver results. This sounds familiar to what we do every day in our […].
Lumoa
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
The future of customer experience is decided. Isn’t it? Probably not. We asked 15 experts with world reputation in Customer experience the same question and the results might surprise you. Some time ago we released the first part of the interview answers, and this week guests are Lynn Hunsaker, Peter Lavers, Jane Treadwell-Hoye, Melinda Gonzalez, Matt Dixon, Vicki Amon-Higa and Raul Guillermo Amigo.
ijgolding
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
This year, Ian Golding (that’s me), will officially become the author of a book. A lifetimes ambition, I am beyond excited!! However, I would never have got to the point of being on the brink of achieving my ambition without the support of many people. A significant amount of support came via my crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. I feel genuinely blessed that so many people believed in what I am doing enough to pledge their support to make my dream come true.
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.
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Colin Shaw and Professor Ryan Hamilton discuss why customers often focus on seemingly unimportant things and how these thing can in fact be the most important. Classic research from the University of Chicago shows that customers tend to focus on product details or attributes that have nothing to do with the true value, but have a great deal of influence on customer perception and experience.
Peter Lavers
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Peter Lavers will be co-hosting an IBM Watson Commerce tweetchat with Melissa Gonzalez (award winning retail strategist) on Tuesday 13 February at 6pm UK time / 1pm EST. The subject is how Digital Innovation is required to deliver accelerated growth in B2B commerce. B2B is at in inflection point. Customers are changing the way they engage. In the past, B2B customers disregarded digital channels and expressed that B2B products and services were too complex to sell online and they weren’t in
Aspect
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
At this point, it’s hard to argue with the labels. Dynasty. Legacy. Greatest of all time. When it comes to Tom Brady, Bill Belicheck and the New England Patriots, their place in history is already cemented (even with the recent ‘L’). But despite their run of success, Brady himself has only been to 7 Super Bowls. The record-holder has been to a staggering 35 Super Bowls.
360Connext
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
No matter what language they speak, there’s typically a barrier between the language brands use internally and the language customers use while trying to get something done. Yet it really isn’t what they hear, but how it makes them feel and what it makes them want to do next. Does it drive the next best action, or leave them scratching their heads and dropping out of the journey?
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
UJET
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Every year, companies like LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed put out lists of the top places to work. From hammocks and ping-pong tables to fully stocked break rooms and rooftop zen gardens, it may seem like company culture is directly tied to the amount of money you’re willing to spend. But a recent visit to a contact center, which happened to be located inside of the Perryville Correctional Facility in Arizona, proved the exact opposite: an awesome culture isn’t something that’s bought.
Peter Lavers
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
A little while ago a Helsinki-based customer feedback analytics company called Lumoa asked me to contribute to a blog series they were writing on the future of Customer Experience, and what its challenges will be on 2018. I was happy to participate, and the blog with my contribution has just been published. I’d highly recommend reading the whole article (not just my bit!
Toister Performance Solutions
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
The new executive looked with dismay at the list of strategic goals the CEO had shared. They were designed to help the organization create a service culture, yet she knew the list was not very strategic nor did it contain actual goals. One goal was "provide customer service training for employees." Merely ticking the box to show she completed the training task wasn't going to create a service culture.
Ian Jacobs
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Your customers are walking, talking contradictions. Forrester data shows that more than half of them want you to value their time, follow them across channels, and answer their questions quickly and easily. At the same time, these customers are overwhelmingly worried about how they share personal data – 60% of online North American adults believe […].
Dive into the realm of contact center dialers with our infographic! Explore the various types – Preview, Predictive, Automatic, and Progressive Dialers – and unravel their roles in boosting call center performance.
VocalCom
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
You may think that winning customer loyalty is all about offering the best products and services. While this may have been true in the past, it’s not so simple anymore. Customers today want to feel respected, understood, and excited when they interact with your company. According to a study of customer emotions conducted by Motista, customers who feel both satisfied and emotionally connected to a brand are 52% more valuable than those who are just highly satisfied.
Olympia Consulting
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
What do people say are the three most important things in real estate? Location, Location, Location. In a similar way, I would suggest that the three most things required to run a successful organization are: Communication, Communication, and Communication! When I have the opportunity to conduct either customer or employee surveys, the number one area … The post Communication!
Win the Customer
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Still looking to make some resolutions for 2018? Don’t forget to make a few for your small business, too. Much like in your personal life, you can take a number of proactive steps this year to positively impact your business. Plus, what business couldn’t benefit from generating more revenue or fostering better customer relationships? Here are four New Year’s resolutions every small-business owner should consider striving for this year. 1.
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