inSided

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Good communication is vital if you want to improve your company’s bottom line and grow your business. When you communicate well with customers, your chances of success in business increase exponentially. Check out this guest blog from Omnisend on the best strategies for successful B2B customer communication. B2B companies use various marketing communication tools to retain existing customers, connect with new customers, and focus on turning prospective customers into sales.

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The universal agent is certainly not a new concept for contact centers. Next-available agent routing models have long relied on the use of experienced agents who have been cross-trained to handle a wide variety of call types, from technical support to billing to sales. Within today’s contact center, however, several trends are converging and creating […].

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Customer Service Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Image by rawpixel from Pixabay. This article was originally published on CustomerThink.com on August 23, 2019. Click here to read the original. I recently sat with a group of customer service leaders who declared that email support was dead for their company. They were turning off their support@ email address(es) and instead channeling their customers to phone, web form, text(SMS), chat, and other messaging channels.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

An efficient call center operation hinges on the ability of management to identify flaws in their systems and practices as well as execute improvement plans to fix these quickly. Fortunately, with a number of useful tools and techniques, team leaders can effect meaningful change based on observable and trackable data. However, the exact tools and approach you employ at your call center for this purpose should align with your center’s mission and personnel.

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Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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A Better Answer

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

If your customer calls are becoming so frequent that you can’t keep up, it’s time to expand your business to meet your growing demand. You’ll need to implement some kind of call center to handle your customer calls allowing you to focus on core tasks. Hypothetically, you could hire your own call center staff, but you’d then have to provide a workspace for your new employees.

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Guru

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A new customer support manager walks into the office on her first day. She’s excited because from the interviews she had with the director, it seems like this team really knows how to solve tickets, and they just need a few small tweaks to get their CSAT scores up. With her experience, she’s confident she can make that happen.

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ConvergeOne

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In a previous blog post , we shared how organizations must move toward a customer-centric approach, with a focus on the customer journey as a strategic capability. How, specifically, can you do that? Here are five steps to follow to ensure you find and keep the right customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Some customer habits may be useful for your Customer Experience strategy, and some of them may not. Understanding how customers’ habits form and how to identify them is crucial for Customer Experience. We talked about how habits form and understanding your customers’ habits in a recent podcast. We discussed how one of the ways to view patterns is through this two-system lens, meaning the Intuitive and Rational Systems we use in our thinking. .

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GetFeedback

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

These days, businesses are investing more in perfecting the customer experience. . We are in a customer-centric economy, where customer opinion is held at the highest standard of value. That’s why collecting customer feedback is more important than ever. . Collecting feedback allows you to know what your customers think about your brand, your service, and your product; going beyond their simple likes and dislikes and helping you understand and evaluate where you can improve and where you stand a

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Step-by-step instructions on how to use AI for growth in your contact center Learn how AI can transform your contact center operations. In this ebook, dig into the different AI technologies, then see how each can help automate tasks, streamline service, and turn your contact center from a cost center to a profit house. Plus, we’ll give you practical tips on choosing the right AI tools, getting them up and running, and measuring their impact.

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CustomerServ

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The US economy is experiencing a record-long expansion with unemployment at the lowest point in 50 years. For most businesses, a growing economy translates into greater prosperity. Consumer spending increases, the stock market and GDP rise, consumer sentiment is strong… all of which usually leads to an increase in the consumption of goods and services, higher profits and more innovation.

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I’ve logged a few decades working with hundreds of contact centers. So, here’s one thing I know for sure: Contact center technology can be absolutely transformative. But achieving that end result all boils down to the fundamentals of defining, planning, selecting, implementing and supporting technology. Strategy and Planning Strategy is the starting point, defining the […].

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

For even more in-depth tips and trends, check out this ICMI article. In just two weeks, the holiday shopping season will be in full swing. No other season impacts so many contact centers across so many markets quite like it.

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McorpCX

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Define Your Customer Experience Strategy and Link to Execution.

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Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.

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Transparent BPO

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I consistently hear from contact center professionals that attrition in 2019 is higher than ever, and many new-hire classes intended to accommodate seasonal ramps fall short of recruiting goals. But agent attrition has always been a burden on a company’s bottom line. When turnover runs rampant in the contact center, institutional knowledge is lost, productivity drops, the quality of service decreases, and employee engagement and morale go down.

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The winter holidays aren’t always “the most wonderful time of the year” for the contact center. Time-off requests and spikes in call volume, especially in the retail industry, can bring forecasting and scheduling headaches that rival those induced by too much eggnog at the office party. New technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) can change […].

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TeamSupport

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

While 90% of business-to-business (B2B) leaders recognize the importance of customer support, fewer than 25% of companies excel at helping their customers. It’s a concerning statistic as B2B markets thrive off long-term relationships with their clients. Phone calls are a vital component of any B2B customer support strategy, as it’s often the fastest way to resolve problems.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Every single team within your company can benefit from learning a bit more about your customers and what they’re thinking. In this article, we dive deeper into how different departments benefit from customer insights.

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CX leaders are in a gold rush for AI, lured by the promise of cost savings and a revolution in service delivery. But simply deploying AI in your contact center isn't a magic bullet. There are hidden dangers that can derail your AI dreams. Recent incidents, such as the missteps of an AI chatbot deployed by Air Canada, have underscored the complexities and risks involved in leveraging AI in customer-facing roles.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

According to Peppers and Rogers Group , only “65% of companies provide effective tools and training to their agents.” Harris Interactive reports that “.customer service agents fail to answer customer questions 50% of the time.”.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

With the cost of cybercrime now exceeding $1 trillion dollars, here are some key facts about data security management. Fact #1: Cyber Attacks are on the Rise. The Internet has changed our lives forever, and most would argue that the change is for the better. Pretty much anything and everything you want to do can now be done online with a few clicks of a computer keyboard.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What Are They Doing That Your Business Is Not? This week we feature an article by Robert Occanyan who shares what successful customer support teams are doing to deliver an exceptional customer experience. . Here’s an important fact that customer support teams should always remember—people are more likely to remember negative experiences over positive ones.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The 7 Telltale Signs of a Company NOT Committed to Customers. I discovered many years ago that I could determine whether a company was committed to customers pretty quickly. When I thought about how I recognized it, I found that organizations that did not commit to customers had some shared company culture cues that indicated where their focus was. The ideas behind this discovery later became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience.

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Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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Steve DiGioia

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Your eyes were bugged-eyed open, and they darted back and forth hoping to see everything (but they never did). Sweat started, a little at first, then it seemed to flow from every pore and made your clothes stick to places you didn’t even know you had. Your hands tightly gripped the steering wheel while you prayed no one crossed your path and if they did, heaven help them.

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CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” —Zig Ziglar As another year winds down to a close, and we head into another holiday season, those of us in the U.S. are preparing to gather together for annual Thanksgiving celebrations.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Does using your product or service require too much effort from your customers? Here's an overview of customer effort score, how it works, and measuring it.

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Contact Center Pipeline

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA) and data analytics are redefining call center strategies and operations. But an effective approach requires more than a good toolbox. As the market matures, advanced call center functionality, smart tools and omnichannel platforms are increasingly becoming table stakes.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Get Thematic with Customer Feedback . How to Get the Most Out of Your Customer Feedback . Shep Hyken interviews Alyona Medelyan. They discuss how natural language processing can help companies focus on the most important problems to drive up customer satisfaction. Sound a little technical? It is, but it’s fascinating. More important, it’s relevant.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I was in the Apple Store the other day, and I thought to myself, this is more like a club of shared values and interests than a shop. It was as if it was a meeting place for like-minded people with common ground. . It felt like a tribe. We discussed Tribalism on a recent podcast and how your brand can create one with your customers. Tribes are not only good for your brand, but they are excellent for building Customer Loyalty. .

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Steve DiGioia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Great service is comprised of many parts and each must be present to create the experience every customer desires. Let’s briefly discuss each one of my top 8 until we get to “memory”. I know you’ll agree with me that it should be near the top of your list. Training. Training for the needed service skills is an essential foundational aspect of great service in any industry.

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