kommunicate

JULY 5, 2023

The post Personalization At Scale: How Chatbots Can Drive Personalized Customer Experiences appeared first on Kommunicate Blog. Scenario 1: You get a welcome message as soon as you login that says, “Welcome back John! We are so glad to meet you. What do you want [.]

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Personalization Chatbots Customer Experience 97

ShepHyken

MARCH 22, 2019

who argues that digital transformation is bringing customer experience to an entirely different level. Communities were smaller, shopping was local, and technology wasn’t there to either help or confuse the customer. Some might say it was a simpler time with a more personal touch, and in some ways they would be right.

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Customer Experience Banking Technology Consulting 284

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Take a recent experience of my own involving British Gas, whereupon being let down on a maintenance agreement and requesting to lodge a complaint, I entered into their process to be told the complaints team would get back to me within 8, yes 8 weeks! Too often such customer issues are responded to too slowly, if at all.

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Customer Experience Big data Technology Chatbots 273

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This week we feature an article by Rahul Varshneya whos writes about how technology innovations are continuously improving the customer experience. This Maya Angelou quote fits perfectly when talking about the factors responsible for positive brand customer service. How to leverage technology for a better customer experience.

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Technology Customer Experience Complaint resolution Gamification 347

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This week we feature an article by Hamzah Tariq who shares seven ways to improve the overall live chat experience for your customers. Businesses constantly try to improve the customer experience they deliver through new approaches, tools and strategies. . Don’t make customers wait when they initiate live chat requests.

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Customer Experience Technical Support Self service Best practices 283

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Customer behavior online gives plenty of insight into what they like. AIM will allow brands to dive deep the realm of keyword search, blogs, customer surveys, social media profiles and all sorts of other online data. The post Guest Blog: How Does AI Marketing Help Drive Customer Engagement?

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Marketing Advertising Big data Personalization 517

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In 2010, the boys over at Apple released Siri that astounded the world because for the first time you had a super-commercial chatbot/personal assistant that was so easy to have the mass market adapt to. Shortly, there were websites and businesses take advantage of the myriad of functionality that chatbots were providing to customers.

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Chatbots Personalization Healthcare Government 236

ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ross Clurman, writes about how important it is to personalize the customer service experience. Regardless of the type of business you are in, there is always an opportunity to personalize the customer experience. Shep Hyken.

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Personalization Customer Service Customer centricity Marketing 224

ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2019

This week we feature an article by Tim Houlne who writes about the importance of integrating technology into your business to provide the optimum customer experience. – Shep Hyken. Time to start planning for your 2019 customer experience initiatives. Would you consider that a great customer experience?

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Customer Experience Airlines Average Handle Time Contact Center 249

ShepHyken

APRIL 6, 2018

This week we feature an article by Anand Srinivasan who looks at a few ways a business can keep tabs on the customer experience through continuous testing. – Shep Hyken. This brings down the time it takes to fix bugs and usability issues on the user’s end and thus contributes to a better customer experience.

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Customer Experience Metrics Marketing Surveys 296

ShepHyken

JULY 19, 2019

This week we feature a short article and infographic from Matteo Gasparello explaining why influential brands are using the combination of artificial intelligence and data to provide customers with the experiences they want. 44% of customers are frustrated when companies fail to deliver relevant, personalized shopping experiences.

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Customer Experience Technology Personalization 253

ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2019

This week we feature an article by Charles Richard who shares an article about how important it is for software development companies to have a successful customer experience strategy. We all crave for “more”- entrepreneurs expect more from their employees whereas your coworkers as well customers may expect more from you.

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Customer Experience Feedback Customer centricity Customer retention 298

ShepHyken

MARCH 29, 2019

Customer experience comes first. Using dating terms, the price of a product can be compared to the first glance at a person you like. It is something the buyer looks back at to understand if the whole relationship, or customer experience, was worth it. Customers choose retailers with optimal prices.

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Customer Experience Accountability CRM Enterprise 276

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Data is collected about our personal behavior everywhere. In a word: Personalization. The Era of Personalized Marketing is Here. I am making jokes, but to be honest, I am a fan of personalization. When you make something personal for a customer, you start to create an emotional relationship with your product or service.

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Personalization Consulting Consulting Customer emotions 419

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This week we feature an article by Nogol Tardugno who tells us how to get our contact center interactive voice response (IVR) to deliver the best customer experience. Any reports of the death of interactive voice response (IVR) as a customer service channel have been greatly exaggerated. Leverage Your Data.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

This week we feature an article by Jessica Wise who shares a story to illustrate how you can develop a lifelong relationship with your customers by creating a customer experience they will never forget. The chance to shock and awe your customers will arise when they present you with a problem that needs solving.

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Customer Experience Personalization Customer Service Marketing 299

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 18, 2022

Furthermore, Cain thinks introverted personalities also have much to offer the world. Today, we discuss personality and try to correct imbalances placed on one type of personality over another. Instead, introversion means the person requires quiet, alone time to recharge. Personality vs. Situational Psychology.

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Personalization Consulting Consulting Management 367

Creative Virtual

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This year, one of the customer experience (CX) predictions for 2023 falling into that category is that ‘Personalization will get More Personal’. But what does it mean to make personalization more personal? engagement with the customer. This can be applied to marketing, sales, and customer support.

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Personalization Virtual Agent Chatbots Self service 105

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The best way I can describe ‘customer service’ is by using the word transaction. A person’s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”- Using a customer’s name not only shows respect but are the most important words you can use to create a connection with your customer.

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Personalization Customer Experience Customer Service Marketing 356

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 4, 2019

This week we feature an article by Dwayne Charrington who writes about how to engage your customers in personalized, meaningful, and relevant ways. Customers, employees, lead generation, or profit. Well, the best answer is customer engagement. No business can survive without engaging its customers.

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Benchmark Feedback Customer retention Consulting 310

ShepHyken

MARCH 24, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Manuel Grenacher, writes about how using bots can help manage and improve the customer experience. Used properly, I believe bots can be an customer service excellent tool. Shep Hyken. Booking an appointment—say, a plane ticket—used to be so easy.

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Customer Experience Airlines Chatbots Personalization 237

SQM Group

MAY 2, 2023

In this blog, we discuss the benefits of personalized customer experience and explore 10 personalization tips to help resolve issues on the first contact.

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ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Tom Hoffman shares a personal story that translates into a great lesson for the customer experience. We must always be looking for new and different ways to improve upon the customer experience. Shep Hyken.

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Customer Experience Journey mapping Feedback Surveys 198

ShepHyken

JULY 8, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Mike Schoultz shares a few customer experience stories that demonstrate how companies have handled customer experiences, some well and some not so well. How many of you consider customer service or customer experience as elements of your marketing?

Customer Experience 189

Customer Experience Marketing Personalization Management 189

Comm100

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

To drive business, attract new clients, and retain existing ones, financial institutions must invest in improving their customer experience. Enhancing your customer experience is important not just because it will increase customer loyalty and satisfaction but because customers also expect it.

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Customer Experience Brand ambassadors Self service Chatbots 84

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As a Customer Experience professional, understanding three trends today is imperative. However, if you can accept them, you are poised not only to deliver an excellent experience, but you will also position yourself to move it to the next level of greatness. Every Customer Experience professional wants to build customer loyalty.

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Customer Experience Customer emotions Consulting Consulting 573

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This week we feature an article by Valeriya Yordanova who writes about how customer support agents can deliver the fast and personal customer support that today’s customers demand. Unfamiliar with the concept of waiting, customers want their problems solved now with minimum effort from their side.

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Customer Support Personalization SaaS Analytics 177

ShepHyken

MAY 17, 2019

Simply mentioning a customer’s name while communicating with them breaks the ice. Statista reports that emails personally addressed to customers had an 18.8% Customers are bound to encounter problems while doing business with you. This single act thanks to the customers in a thousand ways for their patronage.

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CRM Personalization Engineering Enterprise 291

ShepHyken

MARCH 30, 2018

The trigger for sending such questionnaire also matters: is it sent to every person you had a conversation with or to a specific sample? You may also keep in mind that dissatisfied customers tend to share their feedback more easily than satisfied ones. At what stage of their journey?)

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Customer Experience Average Handle Time Customer Care Customer centricity 224

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Self-learning machines can improve your website visitors’ personalized experience in a multitude of ways. For example, algorithms are able to digest complex customer data and provide relevant content to individuals at the right time. So, how is AI changing customer experience?

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Customer Service Automotive Airlines Chatbots 280

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 9, 2016

There is an old saying that goes, “It’s not personal; it’s just business.” I think business is personal, especially when you are trying to build a relationship with your customers. Neither of these things happens while discussing business, but instead by making an effort to connect on a personal level.

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Personalization Consulting Consulting Sales 284

ShepHyken

MAY 27, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post Shaista Haque writes about a very timely topic, the digital customer experience. Digital experiences are starting to mirror in-person experiences and you better be monitoring your digital customers now! – Shep Hyken.

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Customer Experience Banking Analytics Technology 200

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Customer Experience as an industry is at a crossroads. In our recent podcast, we had a guest Bob Thompson, CEO of Customer Think Corp., an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management and the founder and editor-in-chief of CustomerThink.com. It’s time to put up or shut up.

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Customer Experience Journey mapping Customer centricity Surveys 385

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

To keep new and current customers engaged, no business should leave out one of the most important pieces of the customer experience puzzle: email marketing. The fine art of personalized emails One of the most convert-driving factors of email marketing is personalization.

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Marketing Customer Experience Entertainment Customer centricity 161

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 7, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague Erica McBride, shares a story that explains why your organization doesn’t want to just be good, you want to be great! There was a time when ‘good’ was ‘good enough’ If a customer said we were ‘good’, we were happy. Shep Hyken .

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Enterprise Coaching Personalization Customer Experience 305

Fonolo

MAY 23, 2023

But did you know that hyper-personalization in the contact center is one of the best ways to delight your customers? Customers want to feel seen. Deloitte reports that 90% of people are attracted to hyper-personalized advertising content, and customers are quickly coming to expect it.

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Contact Center Personalization Analytics Chatbots 106

ShepHyken

JUNE 7, 2019

However, in the rush to create effective marketing and outrank their competitors through effective strategies such as paid advertising or paid search, too many businesses fail to ultimately provide a compelling customer experience. Make it personal. Provide a superior experience at every touchpoint. Hear a sniffle?

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Customer centricity Advertising outsourcing Chatbots 309