Beyond Philosophy

MAY 22, 2021

Inspired by the article “ Firing a Bad Customer in 2021 ” by Fred Reichheld, prolific author on customer loyalty and inventor of the Net Promoter Score (NPS), we discuss why you should fire some customers, how you should attempt to manage the situation, and how to go about it once you decide that a customer needs to go.

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Fonolo

APRIL 1, 2021

Explore Contact Center Trends for 2021. As President & Principal Analyst at COMMfusion , Blair provides analysis and consulting services to industry leaders and has authored many highly acclaimed studies on the subject. There are several trends on Blair’s radar for 2021. Justin’s word of the year for 2021 is “integration”.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 25, 2021

It’s also one of seven significant lessons that 2021 taught us. This new year also coincides with the 20 th anniversary of me founding my global Customer Experience Consultancy, Beyond Philosophy and publishing my first book on the subject, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). The post Wow, What a Year!

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This summer, The Petrova Experience conducted a Customer Experience Preparedness Survey. That means two-thirds of the organizations we surveyed have not prioritized customer experience in their budgets and overall strategy. Do it yourself, or engage with a customer experience consultant like us. They deserve it.

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Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s because nearly 40% of current incoming call volume can be handled entirely with automated, self-service channels , according to a business leader survey from Gartner. The most powerful technology pairings in 2021 include call deflection, AI, and automation systems that work in harmony.

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Outsource Consultants

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As we close out a year filled with disruption, uncertainty, dark clouds, and silver linings, Outsource Consultants President and Founder Corey Kotlarz reflects on 2020’s challenges and successes, and his thoughts as we usher in a new year. What do you predict will be the main challenges for the customer service industry in 2021?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 23, 2021

In 2002, I began my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, a term a bandied about long before anyone even knew what it was. Meanwhile, Lewis Carbone was championing Customer Experience and founding his consultancy and philosophy in ExpereinceEngineering. Now, 2021, Customer Experience as we know it is dying.

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CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Martech Alliance, 2021) Nearly half (48%) of survey respondents said the customer experience they deliver falls below or significantly below their customers’ expectations. Martech Alliance, 2021) Customer-obsessed businesses expect to be 7x more relevant to customers, 5x more likely a top provider of products, and 4x more profitable.

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Nicereply

DECEMBER 28, 2021

We are incredibly thankful you joined us on the ride through 2021. Even though the pandemic continued bugging us throughout 2021, we’ve enjoyed an inspiring year full of quality content that helped thousands of support representatives. 5 Most Favorite Blog Posts Published in 2021. How do we compare to our competitors?

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 15, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Workforce Management Product and Market Report.

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CCNG

JUNE 1, 2022

In April of 2021 the number of workers who quit their job in a single month broke an all-time U.S. workers describe their companies as being understaffed, and these workers are more likely to say they have recently considered quitting, according to a new (10/2021) CNBC workforce survey. Exactly half of U.S.

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 8, 2021

DMG Consulting Releases 2021 – 2022 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report. Who : DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center and back-office market research and consulting services . What : Releases 2021 – 2022 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report . When : Today, 3 June 2021.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

DMG Consulting Releases 2021 – 2022 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center and back-office market research and consulting services . What: Releases 2021 – 2022 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. When: Today, 11 March 2021.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2021

Welcoming in 2021, the Year of the Vaccine. DMG’s February newsletter will contain the results of the annual survey and the implication of the findings for enterprises. 2021 started off quietly, with many of us welcoming in the new year from the safety of our homes, but this didn’t last long. Happy New Year!

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. Where: Available at the DMG Consulting online store.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

Based on our recent Customer Success Leadership Study (releasing early January 2021), 54% of survey respondents have a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) or Vice President (VP) of Customer Success as their highest Customer Success leadership position within their SaaS organization. Follow Jason on Twitter and LinkedIn. .

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Pointillist

JUNE 7, 2021

As we figure out what comes next in 2021 and beyond, one thing is certain: enterprises must advance their approaches, strategies and tactics to better understand customer behavior and deliver the experiences their customers demand. In this year’s survey, we sought to uncover what separates customer experience leaders from laggards.

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Satrix Solutions

MAY 13, 2021

With this in mind, we offer several complexities to consider when surveying your B2B customers. Fortunately, many of the considerations when building your customer satisfaction and loyalty survey can actually free you from the common constraints found in general consumer surveys. Be open to complexity in survey design.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 1, 2021

If companies don’t figure out what the future of their experience looks like pretty quickly, they face the grim reality that they will be watching from across a chasm as their profits and customer-driven growth fall into it in 2021. Complete this short survey. Please tell us how we are doing! Follow Colin on Linkedin and Twitter.

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Outsource Consultants

JUNE 15, 2021

Saint Louis Park, MN, June 15, 2021 – Outsource Consultants is honored to announce that we have been selected as one of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 2021 Best Places to Work. “I About Outsource Consultants. Plenty of things caused stress and worry for me last year, but my job wasn’t one of them.”.

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TechSee

MAY 4, 2021

Another survey corroborated these findings, with just under half (45%) of U.S. businesses extended their remote working scheme to 2021. A survey by Aberdeen backs this up, finding that while only 14% of contact centers admitted having remote work capabilities in place before the pandemic, that number increased to 52% by June 2020.

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Satrix Solutions

APRIL 20, 2021

Today you’re launching your Customer Satisfaction or Net Promoter Score survey. You put a lot of time and effort into writing your survey questions. The team agreed on which customer contacts would get the survey. The customer satisfaction survey is now ready for distribution. You hit the send button.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 12, 2021

Porte says they were hearing from their clients worldwide that 2021 was posing challenges for them. Verint wanted more than anecdotal stories about the challenges, so they surveyed organizations from 12 different countries and ten different industries to assess what was going on out there. Porte said the numbers were surprising.

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Satrix Solutions

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Have you heard someone utter that statement or even proclaim, “I never respond to surveys”? Thankfully this attitude towards surveys is relatively rare in B2B. However, as a CX consultancy, we occasionally hear (or read) very negative reactions when inviting someone to participate in a survey on behalf of our clients.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021: The Year of the Contact Center. 2021 is off to a rocky start as countries struggle to roll out the vaccines needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. What are your top contact center priorities for 2021? What are your top technology priorities for 2021? Figure 1: Top 5 Contact Center Priorities for 2021.

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DMG Consulting

OCTOBER 13, 2021

DMG Consulting Releases 2021 – 2022 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center and back-office market research and consulting services. What: Releases 2021 – 2022 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report.

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delighted

JUNE 3, 2021

A year after the pandemic began, in April 2021, we’re seeing a resurgence in consumer spending with the US vaccine rollout and as businesses reopen. We surveyed 1,200 shoppers across the US to learn more about their shopping habits and preferences. So what does this mean for retail? Which of the pandemic trends will stick?

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TechSee

APRIL 10, 2018

Gartner reports that the worldwide customer management BPO market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 5.2% (CAGR 2016 through 2021). By 2021, Gartner estimates the market will increase in size to approximately $46 billion. Capturing the opportunity.

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Satrix Solutions

JANUARY 24, 2022

The pivoting in 2021 marked a change in the power dynamic of CX across the board, and as we look ahead to 2022, the maturing of an internal CX program within the organization is vital to maintaining the existing customer base and expanding within your industry. 3 business strategy recommendations for 2022.

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CCNG

JULY 20, 2022

In 2021 they introduced a second global mental health paid holiday and announced permanent hybrid working arrangements for all office-based employees. Dump the personnel surveys and really take time to listen through roundtables, open forums, discussion boards and social media. Take Thomson Reuters as one example. What say you?

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Over the course of my journey into better understanding the CXPA customer experience core competencies, I came away with some key learnings and real-world anecdotes that are especially relevant on the heels of CX Day 2021. The post CX Day 2021: A Reflection on My Customer Experience Journey appeared first on Blue Ocean.

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DMG Consulting

JULY 31, 2019

DMG Consulting Releases 2019 Call Tracking Product Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. Where: Available at the DMG Consulting online store. About DMG Consulting LLC. When: Today, 17 July 2019.

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

DMG Consulting Releases 2018 – 2019 Speech Analytics Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. Where: Available at the DMG Consulting online store. About DMG Consulting LLC.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 8, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Contact Center Gamification Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. Where: Available at the DMG Consulting online store. About DMG Consulting LLC.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 31, 2017

DMG Consulting Releases 2017 Contact Center Workforce Management Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. Where: Available at the DMG Consulting online store. About DMG Consulting LLC.

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