Beyond Philosophy

JULY 14, 2022

When I was ten, the teacher wrote on my school report, “Colin is the clown of the class.” To this day, I am still proud of that report card. Humor matters and can provide business benefits. Today we will talk about how to be funny and use humor to your advantage. When we make people laugh, it’s disarming. People are often more willing to listen after someone makes them laugh, making way for us to be more persuasive.

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ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2022

Human-Centered AI. Using AI to Enable and Empower Customer Service Agents. Shep Hyken interviews Deon Nicholas, CEO and Co-Founder of Forethought , a company that builds human-centered AI to transform the customer service experience. He shares how companies can use AI and technology to help customer support agents and customers find the best resolution.

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Callminer

JULY 20, 2022

Read this blog to learn more about CallMiner CTO, Jeff Gallino's recent appearance on Bloomberg Radio’s Money Minute to talk customer service trends with Gina Cervetti.

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Steve DiGioia

JULY 11, 2022

Every business has its underachievers. But today’s post is not about them. It’s about those precious, and few, overachievers. You know, that one or maybe two, star employees who always seem to find a way to prove their value and serve your customers better than anyone could have expected. A Star Employee Stands Out. The customers know them and want to be served by them.

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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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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 27, 2022

If you Google prison-staffed call centers, the coverage isn’t good and rightly so. Companies have misused prison labor in the contact center for little more than their own greed. As a result, there is a black cloud that hangs over such contact centers today. The sheer mention of it is automatically associated with American slavery […].

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 7, 2022

The Future of Brick and Mortar. One of the features of The Intuitive Customer podcast is “I’m in a Pickle,” where listeners come to us with business problems that they would like our advice on solving. We had a pickle about the future of brick-and-mortar after the pandemic that I thought I would share with you, too. Here’s what Bjorn had to say: Hello, Ryan and Colin, and thanks for a great show.

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ShepHyken

JULY 20, 2022

I’m going to break just a bit from my typical customer service/customer experience ideas and share another lesson: Different is better than better. . This was my big takeaway as I listened to supermodel, talk show host, producer, writer, actress, and entrepreneur Tyra Banks share her life story at CCW (Contact Center Week), the industry’s largest conference and trade show of its kind.

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Callminer

JULY 5, 2022

We asked a group of industry leaders, “What's the best way to increase customer lifetime value?” Read this blog to learn their insights and best practices.

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Outsource Consultants

JULY 7, 2022

In 2021, retail sales enjoyed an unparalleled growth rate of 14 percent , nearly 5 times the rate seen pre-pandemic. It appears, however, that this consumer spending surge may be leveling off, as industry experts forecast only a 6 to 8 percent increase in 2022. In addition to battling inflation, retailers are seeing temporarily injured competitors – like travel and hospitality – return to full strength in a fight for consumer dollars.

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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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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 21, 2022

If there is one thing we’ve learned in the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the almost continuous need to rethink and adjust business strategies and tactics in order to adapt to the new normal. Yet despite the devastating disruption from the pandemic, there have been some positive impacts on the overall […].

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The Northridge Group

JULY 6, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed an overwhelming burden on hospital systems and medical professionals. Tragically, many suicidal deaths among healthcare professionals have been tied to the stress of working through the pandemic. The urgent need to support the healthcare workforce and respond to what has become an exhaustion crisis was addressed in a 2022 Advisory by U.S.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 16, 2022

We hope you enjoy today’s show. If you do, could vote for us in the People’s Choice Podcast Award? It doesn’t take long to cast your vote and it would really mean a lot to both Ryan and I. Thanks very much. Cheers! To vote, please click here. Usually, we have one pickle per podcast. However, today’s podcast has two pickles per podcast.

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ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2022

This week we feature an article by Michael Becker, founder of Abundance Accelerators , a growth agency for coaches. He shares how organizations can gain loyal customers by providing an experience that exceeds expectations. The stakes have effectively been raised, and they’ll continue to go up for product brands, service providers, and client-based companies alike. .

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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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Callminer

JULY 13, 2022

Looking to optimize your customer satisfaction surveys? Read this blog for questions and examples to help flesh out your own strategy.

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HelpCrunch

JULY 4, 2022

Come to think of it, automation and robots have invaded our lives well and truly. There is a possibility you face it in every scenario and in a variety of guises: paying for groceries at [ … ]. The post 10 Best Chatbots for Customer Service: Architect Perfect Dialogues with Your Audience appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 20, 2022

Across the United States, workers are voluntarily leaving their jobs in record numbers. The Great Resignation—a trend being driven by an economic and psychological shift as employers struggle to tempt unhappy staff to return to work, coupled with the impact of retiring Baby Boomers—saw more than 4.3 million people quit their jobs in December 2021 […].

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Totango

JULY 29, 2022

Did you know that 70% of revenue in a subscription-based business comes from existing customer renewals and upsells? Renewals and upsells are effective ways to expand customer revenue for any recurring revenue business model but they are especially important during periods of economic uncertainty when new acquisition growth slows down or stops altogether. .

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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!

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 30, 2022

We hope you enjoy today’s show. If you do, could vote for us in the People’s Choice Podcast Award? It doesn’t take long to cast your vote and it would really mean a lot to both Ryan and I. Thanks very much. Cheers! To vote, please click here. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an incredible technology with potential to shape the future of humanity.

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ShepHyken

JULY 19, 2022

The Gig CX. Employing Brand Advocates to Improve Customer Experience. Shep Hyken interviews Megan Neale, Co-founder and COO of Limitless , a Gig CX platform that empowers people to earn money by providing brilliant customer service. She shares how brands can leverage brand advocacy and the knowledge of actual product users (customers) to improve customer experience.

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Avoxi

JULY 21, 2022

How to Survive the ‘Great Resignation’ IT Crisis IT leaders are in a bind. The Great Resignation is making it difficult to bring processes and products to market. Many are turning to low-code no-code applications to accelerate their objectives while trying to survive the disruptions. Increased workloads, growing demands from digital transformation, and a lack of… The post How to Survive the ‘Great Resignation’ IT Crisis appeared first on AVOXI.

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HelpCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

You know what they say: haste makes waste. This goes for everything but is especially true when you do business. I feel like I need to move this point further. ?reating FAQs or explanatory content [ … ]. The post How to Write an FAQ Page and Strike the WOW Effect: 8 Tips [+ References] appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 19, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many enterprises to re-think digital transformation and their approach to customer service. The customer journey shifted abruptly from a combination of in-person and digital to a digital-first (and often digital-only) path, increasing the load on digital infrastructures and suddenly remote workforce. The race was on for organizations to either create […].

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Totango

JULY 26, 2022

Protecting and growing your current customer base should be your top priority right now, but how do you do that when your marketing and sales budgets have been slashed and hiring has stopped? During periods of economic uncertainty, you need to do more with less. This means providing exceptional customer experiences and solutions become top priority, all the while continuing to find ways to increase the value you’re providing, as well.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 23, 2022

We hope you enjoy today’s show. If you do, could you vote for us in the People’s Choice Podcast Award? It doesn’t take long to cast your vote and it would really mean a lot to both Ryan and I. Thanks very much. Cheers! To vote, please click here. There is a compelling and interesting Sci-Fi show on Netflix called “ The OA.” But I don’t recommend watching it.

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ShepHyken

JULY 13, 2022

Online reviews can work in two ways. For a company that provides a great customer experience, reviews can add credibility and bring in more business. But for companies that don’t provide an acceptable experience, online reviews can become the bane of their existence. And the world gets to watch how they handle the problems. . But what if you don’t have the type of business that gets Yelp or Google reviews?

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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.

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Kayako

JULY 22, 2022

The concept of customer perception seems obvious, it is basically the customer’s opinion of a company at any given point during their customer journey. What is not so simple is tracking and measuring all the different variables that influence customer perception. The good news is that one direct way to improve customer perception is to provide high-quality customer service.

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HelpCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

Sometimes you are crawling around Google to find the answer regarding the tool you are using for business. Some links are bringing you to regular commercial pages where, to be honest, nothing is clear. Brands [ … ]. The post What’s the Difference between FAQs vs. Knowledge Base? Everything You Need to Know appeared first on HelpCrunch blog.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 14, 2022

Analytics, namely the analysis of data such as through software tools to obtain meaningful and actionable insights, is central to the contact center. And contact centers collect a bounty of information from a growing array of channels and sources. Understanding customers and contact center agents, and their interactions and experiences from this data via analytics, […].

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