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Car Sales Through Vending Machines!

Beyond Philosophy

Car buyers visited an average of 5 dealerships before buying a car in 2013, but now that number is down to 1.6, Google Account Executive Derek Humphrey told the auto show crowd. The post Car Sales Through Vending Machines! They walk in already knowing what they want,” he said. Follow Colin Shaw on Twitter @ColinShaw_CX.

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Attention, Target Shoppers: It’s Come Down to Trust. Distrust, or Even Disgust

Beyond Philosophy

Trust creates, what my colleague Colin Shaw calls, an emotional bank account. At Target, though, trust was broken with data breaches affecting 110 million customers (40 million accounts, and the theft of 70 million more customer records), whose bank security has been significantly impaired, with massive withdrawals.

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Loyalty Programs!?! We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Loyalty Programs!!!

Beyond Philosophy

A third is “Bluebird”, a prepaid debit card which functions as a Walmart customer’s alternative to having a checking account, with which they can make deposits, pay bills – – and shop at Walmart. What Publix does, instead of loyalty cards, is try different alternative approaches to build sales. Like Tesco is already doing in the U.K,

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Guest Blog: “Zhuzhing Up” Humans in the Contact Center

ShepHyken

As Bain & Company recently noted , AI-powered predictive technologies that can better match customer queries with employee skills will be able to “reduce costs, increase sales and saves, raise the level of customer advocacy, create more satisfying jobs, and keep talented agents engaged with the tasks where they are most proficient.”

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How to Achieve Personalized Customer Service with AI Tools

TechSee

Retail giant Amazon has been leading the industry’s CX personalization efforts since 2013. . Amazon reports that 35% of all their sales are generated by the recommendation engine. Location-based personalization: Home Depot uses AI to offer localized design trends and products based on shoppers’ locations.

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A More Personal Personalized CX

Creative Virtual

This can be applied to marketing, sales, and customer support. The recommendation was based on a recent product search and comparison I had done while logged into my account, so in that way it was personalized. Sometimes those of us in marketing and sales are guilty of spinning the truth a little bit. Absolutely!

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State of Business-to-Business Customer Experience Management

ClearAction

After all, B2B account teams are usually quite involved with clients throughout a long sales cycle, interacting with various influencers of the buying decision and almost "living" the customer journey alongside their clients. State of Business-to-Business Customer Experience Management. High-Touch in B2B Customer Experience.