Contact Center Pipeline
JUNE 14, 2022
Earlier this year, the Harvard Business Review published 11 trends they believe will shape the workplace in 2022 and beyond. These trends acknowledge a key reality for many employers right now: as the U.S. economy approaches full employment, competition for employees is critical. At the same time, the labor market is in the midst of […].
CCNG
JUNE 29, 2022
On a recent episode of CX Passport, Elaine Lee, Managing Director of ReynoldsBusbyLee and I discussed how it takes a real understanding of a real customer to know how to deliver the right customer experience. A key point for Elaine is how companies are undervaluing the contact center and the rich opportunities that exist there to gain customer insights.
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Callminer
JUNE 27, 2022
AI can play a vital role in the collections strategy. CallMiner’s Rick Britt, VP of AI, explore how at Credit Connects Online Collections Technology Think Tank on 7th July at 11:55am BST.
ShepHyken
JUNE 22, 2022
Not long ago, I wrote about calling your customer or an employee “honey.” It generated dozens of comments. One of our subscribers made a good point.? . He agreed that the lesson is about being “socially correct,” but perhaps we should look beyond the name that is used and instead consider the intent of the person using it. He was saying that the server may have intended to create a warm and friendly atmosphere, and calling a person “honey” was her way of doing it.
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Steve DiGioia
JUNE 20, 2022
I used to work with a general manager who, as you walked through the hotel halls with him, would make a point of picking up a piece of trash off the floor. I know he was testing to see if you’d pick up the next piece. It was fun watching those new employees who didn’t know about his tactic. Now that masks are coming off, look for people who smile easily.
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Contact Center Pipeline
JUNE 29, 2022
In October 2021 I read that according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), cigarette sales were up for the first time in twenty years. My initial thought was that this was due to Work from Home (WFH). When I began to look into it, I found that in addition to increased cigarette sales, so were […].
Upstream Works
JUNE 9, 2022
By: Rob McDougall, CEO, Upstream Works Software. I’ve been reading This I Know: Marketing Lessons from UNDER THE INFLUENCE by Terry O’Reilly, and something he said really stuck with me. When talking about a company’s mission – its reason for being – he said that you need to go back in time to when you first started the company.
Callminer
JUNE 1, 2022
Want to know more about AI’s role in conversation intelligence? This blog looks at four eras of AI and the impact they’ve made on customer-centric companies.
ShepHyken
JUNE 29, 2022
If you had to have surgery, would you rather go to the most skilled surgeon or the nicest surgeon? . I was at a party the other night and someone I met shared his opinion of the difference between a good doctor and a great doctor. A good doctor makes you well. A great doctor makes you well and calls you the next day to see how you’re doing. . I thought about that all weekend.
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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.
aircall
JUNE 28, 2022
As we hit the $100 million ARR milestone, co-founders Olivier Pailhes and Jonathan Anguelov share a reflection on the past eight years and what’s to come. We’ve decided to open our books, YES, you read right: We are making Aircall revenue public! . We believe that in these uncertain times, our customers, prospects, and partners deserve transparency.
Outsource Consultants
JUNE 15, 2022
Getting products into consumers’ hands is taking longer than in pre-COVID times. A combination of factors, including concerns with border crossing, labor shortages, and manufacturing slowdowns are wreaking havoc on the domestic supply chain and disrupting commerce across multiple industries. Contact center agents are on the front lines of this growing problem, answering customer inquiries and giving shipping updates.
Contact Center Pipeline
JUNE 23, 2022
I had a conversation recently with Laura Sikorski, who is an independent consultant and leading contact center industry authority, on the critical topic of analytics. “An example of a lesson learned with analytics is the increased usage of the chat channel—about 20% per year since 2016.” Laura Sikorski Her expertise and work focuses on operations […].
Eptica
JUNE 15, 2022
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager What’s driving customer facing technology investment in local councils? Published on: June 15, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager What’s driving customer facing technology investment in local councils? Digital technology offers local councils enormous potential in how they serve their local communities.
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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.
AWS Machine Learning
JUNE 16, 2022
This post is co-written with Sowmya Manusani, Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Zendesk. Zendesk is a SaaS company that builds support, sales, and customer engagement software for everyone, with simplicity as the foundation. It thrives on making over 170,000 companies worldwide serve their hundreds of millions of customers efficiently. The Machine Learning team at Zendcaesk is responsible for enhancing Customer Experience teams to achieve their best.
ShepHyken
JUNE 8, 2022
I don’t know if it’s true, but it doesn’t matter. This is a great story with a great lesson. . Michelangelo was standing on his scaffold as he worked on painting a tiny leaf on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A colleague looked up from far below and shouted, “Why are you so concerned about painting that little leaf? Nobody from this distance will ever know.” .
Solvvy
JUNE 22, 2022
You’ve probably noticed that your customers are impatient. When they search your website for answers or reach out for customer service or support, they want answers now. Chatbots help you meet this demand by allowing your customers to type or ask a question and get an answer immediately. But the relevance of that answer can vary depending on the type of technology that powers the solution.
Outsource Consultants
JUNE 6, 2022
In just a few short years, working remotely has gone from something largely reserved for special situations to an expectation for positions that reasonably allow for it. Before 2020, many employers were wary, citing concerns about eroding camaraderie and dwindling productivity as barriers to a work-from-home policy. However, after taking the remote work model for a mandated test drive, many employers – including outsource call centers – have embraced the idea as a permanent option.
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? 🤔 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!
HelpCrunch
JUNE 7, 2022
Hey! ?? I am your assistant for today. I dare you to ask me anything – all the answers are around the corner. I bet you’ve seen such a message (or alike) at least once [ … ]. The post 8 Best Chatbots for WordPress or How to Change Customer Communication for the Better appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.
Eptica
JUNE 10, 2022
Date: Friday, June 10, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager 3 key CX gaps between companies and their customers. Published on: June 10, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager Understanding the customer is the start point of delivering excellence in customer service. However, research covered in our latest blog identifies three disconnects between companies and their customers when it comes to the customer experience.
Topdown
JUNE 13, 2022
Understanding that communication plays an integral role in our everyday lives aids in creating and executing on effective management strategies. Not only within a company, but this also is reflected in the way an organization communicates and interacts with their consumers and customers. Communication truly lays the foundation for any relationship. From there, trust is built, loyalty is developed, and other positives are able to stem, grow, and compound.
ShepHyken
JUNE 1, 2022
The word narcissism is seldom used in a positive way. Google narcissism and you find the definition from Oxford Languages is “ an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance. ” In medical terms, the Mayo Clinic says a narcissistic personality disorder is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, and a lack of empathy for others.
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Totango
JUNE 3, 2022
Customer success email templates form a foundation for effective CS automation. While customer success management can result in a rewarding payoff, it can also be very time-consuming if you don’t use the right strategies. Keeping in touch with your clients is the best way to minimize churn, but it can take considerable time if you do it manually.
Lumoa
JUNE 30, 2022
If you want people in your organisation to appreciate the value of customer experience, you need to learn how to sell customer experience (CX) to those who are not dealing with it day in and day out. It’s a rather simple idea to understand, but not an easy thing to do in practice. And that’s why CX is an area of business that’s often underappreciated, undervalued, and overlooked.
Nicereply
JUNE 20, 2022
Optimizing the customer journey is one of the best ways to ensure your sales funnel converts well and maintains a high ROI. It also boosts customer satisfaction, increasing customer retention, loyalty, and overall brand affinity. So, how exactly can you optimize the customer journey? Touchpoint mapping is a great place to start. Touchpoint mapping involves tracing and outlining all touchpoints or interactions a customer has with your brand.
Eptica
JUNE 1, 2022
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager How self-service is evolving and how to deploy it. Published on: June 01, 2022. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager 91% of contact centres now have some form of self-service in place for customers according to the ContactBabel Inner Circle Guide to AI-powered Self-Service.
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.
McorpCX
JUNE 14, 2022
Fixing CX Potholes and Using Roadmaps for Your CX program: Insights from Forrester CX North America 2022. The presentations at Forrester CX North America 2022 , which took place June 7-9 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, were full of amazing insights and information. But as always, there were a few key takeaways that stood out for me.
ShepHyken
JUNE 15, 2022
At a recent conference, I enjoyed an interview with a business owner who shared some of his customer service philosophies. His name is Jake, and he is a very smart guy. He taught several lessons that day, but the one that stood out was how he handles angry customers. Specifically, it was a lesson he called Don’t Smell the Milk. . Early in Jake’s career, he worked at a grocery store.
Totango
JUNE 24, 2022
Customer success in SaaS differs from CS in other industries. The software service industry presents unique challenges for customer success management while also creating unique opportunities that call for specific strategies. Knowing how to capitalize on these opportunities can give you an advantage over competitors. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients.
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