March, 2014

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3 Steps to Establish Customer-Centric Call Centers in 2014

Callminer

With customer experience management more important than ever, customer satisfaction has become an area of focus. Here’s a look at 3 best practices to establish call center customer-centricity.

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Build a Strong Customer Service Team To Keep Your Customers Happy

Joe Rawlinson

'The role of customer service manager means keeping both customers and employees happy. Having the right educational background and skills is a good start. But learning about your team and what makes them more effective is a priority. These suggestions will get you moving in the right direction to building an award-winning customer service team that consistently keeps their customers raving positively about them.

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6 Ways to Make Customers Fall In Love With You Over and Over Again [INFOGRAPHIC]

Win the Customer

'When you fall in love you gladly go the extra mile for that special someone every time. Everything you do, are, and want to be is what will make that special person truly happy.

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How To Disappoint Customers on Social Media: A Cautionary Twitter Tale

PeopleMetrics

'Last week we wrote about a bank that has exceptional customer service in our post “ How to Amaze Banking Customers: A Simple Story ” This week we are going to focus on a story that happened right in @PeopleMetrics Twitter feed. I had read an interesting article on Barclays Kenya ''s refocused customer experience efforts. So naturally, I pulled up Twitter and fired off a tweet at the bank, curious to know what their customer experience efforts were behind the scenes.

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The Contact Center Manager’s Guide to AI

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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5 little changes that will make a big difference with Customer Success

Amity

You’ve succeeded at putting a crack Customer Success team in place. They are showing results to your bottom line, adoption is growing and trials are converting. It’s a well-oiled machine – but is it perfect? It’s probably pretty close. But like all departments within any organization, there is always room for improvement – especially as your SaaS offering evolves and your customer base grows.

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How do you develop a team of top performers in your call center?

Callminer

Call center agents are at the heart of your business due to their level of customer interaction. Here’s a look at 3 ways to develop a team of top performers.

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4 Things Business Managers Need to do After a Data Breach

Joe Rawlinson

'It’s the nightmare scenario no business manager wants to experience: admitting your company has been the target of a data breach. Unfortunately, it is a situation many businesses may have to deal with at some point. The Identity Fraud Report published by the strategy and research company Javeline reports that 13.1 million consumers were the subjects of identity fraud in 2013 , with data breaches pinpointed as one way criminals access private information.

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Hire Your Way To A World-Class Customer Experience, One Agent at a Time

Win the Customer

'Organizations that "get" customer experience and are known for their excellent customer service, realize that it''s more about the people you assemble to serve than the processes you have in place.

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Want to excel in customer engagement? Go “Dolly” in your contact center!

eGain

Those of you that are old enough like me might remember “Dolly,” the first-ever sheep to be cloned. Did you know that your best sales and service agents can also be cloned to maximize performance? We’ve perfected that process and it’s all legal and ethical, and it even benefits the business and society at large! Let’s go part by part. First, you need to clone the “face.

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Frost Radar: Voice of Customer Analytics, 2024

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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The WHY, WHAT and HOW of Customer Success

Amity

You’ve probably read your fair share of information online about customer success. Specifically, and especially, if you are a SaaS company – there are several articles, whitepapers, webinars and blog posts that state how critical customer success is to your survival. But few have really laid out the why, what and how…until now. Daniella Degrace, a Founder Advisor for Amity and former Vice President, Customers Success at Radian6 (Salesforce), provides the answers.

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Four Ways PSIM Can Help in Active Shooter Situations

Customer Interactions

'In recent years, active shooter incidents have become more frequent and widespread. Just look at some of the incidents over the last 15 years – Columbine, Newtown, Virginia Tech, the Aurora movie theater shooting, the Naval Ship Yard shooting. While nothing can fully stop people intent on doing harm, the latest technologies can certainly help with immediate awareness and response.

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25 Influential Call Center Twitter Profiles to Follow

Callminer

Due to today’s rapidly evolving digital environment, the traditional contact center model is changing, because both the business behind it and the customers in front of it are changing. Indeed, predictions for the future of the call center include increased focus on the customer experience, omnichannel contact, mobile customer care, migration to the cloud, and […].

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Customer Surveys Are Going Mobile

Brad Cleveland Blog

“Consumers have already decided for us: If you want to connect with them, mobile is the way.” That’s how Forrester analyst Roxana Strohmenger puts it, and I agree. As mobile soars, mobile-based surveys are taking flight, optimized for preferred channels, smartphone (small) screens, and succinct question sets.

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Your Roadmap to Successful AI Implementations in the Contact Center

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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The Human Psychology of Customer Service and Why You Have to Master It to Win Customers

Win the Customer

'Customers are living, breathing, feeling individuals who need care, attention, and meaning when it comes to the experience we create for them in our customer service offerings.

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Want to excel in customer engagement? Go “Dolly” in your contact center!

eGain

Those of you that are old enough like me might remember “Dolly,” the first-ever sheep to be cloned. Did you know that your best sales and service agents can also be cloned to maximize performance? We’ve perfected that process and it’s all legal and ethical, and it even benefits the business and society at large! Let’s go part by part. First, you need to clone the “face.

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10 compelling reasons why you need to be successful at trial conversions

Amity

A free trial version of your SaaS offering is a very efficient method of getting users to understand the value of your product and create demand for it. On the surface it appears to be a great means of showing, not telling, why your solution is the right answer to their problems. However, many potential customers can, and do, evaluate your product without ever contacting you and well, sadly vice versa.

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How PSIM Can Help Rail Operators Keep Service on Track and Costs Down

Customer Interactions

'Transit passengers have simple expectations. They want to arrive at their destinations on time and safely. But given everything that can go wrong, delivering consistently high levels of service can be complicated. Service can be impacted by everything from signal failures and adverse weather conditions to mechanical failures, collisions, derailments, and even acts of terrorism.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

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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How To Amaze Banking Customers: A Simple Story

PeopleMetrics

'So, last week I woke up to $867.35 missing from my bank account. $138.63 spent at a gas station in Spain. I don’t own a car. And I’m not in Spain. $73.65 on cigarettes in Texas. I don’t smoke either, and I’m definitely not in Texas. I fished my phone out of my purse and frantically called Simple’s customer service line while racing towards the morning bus.

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Customer Surveys Are Going Mobile

Brad Cleveland Blog

“Consumers have already decided for us: If you want to connect with them, mobile is the way.” That’s how Forrester analyst Roxana Strohmenger puts it, and I agree. As mobile soars, mobile-based surveys are taking flight, optimized for preferred channels, smartphone (small) screens, and succinct question sets.

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Fire, Ready, Aim Customer Service Will Always Fail. Great Experience Requires Preparation.

Win the Customer

'Without consistency in your service execution, one-off customer experiences can cause confusion and foster disappointment in your customers. Creating the framework for consistent excellence in service is key to long term customer delight.

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3 Simple Ways To Upgrade Your Call Center Experience and Win the Customer

Win the Customer

'With the growing number of channels by which customers can now contact businesses, call centers must adapt their strategy and structure to leave room for coordination, collaboration, and enhance the customer experience.

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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The ‘11-4’ Syndrome – What Every Service Company Should Banish to Win Customer Loyalty

Win the Customer

'By taking into consideration all the variables such as employee skills, preferences, location, and assets needed, service businesses can increase their first time fix rates almost overnight.

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How to Benefit from Real Time Data to Enhance Customer Service and Win New Customers

Win the Customer

'Information is accessible at the click of a button, and customers are loath to be placed on hold. Studies have emerged that now endorse the significance of real-time data as it affects the customer service experience.

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The Worst Customer Service Email Subject Lines Ever. And How To Avoid Bad Email Service.

Win the Customer

'Successful email subject lines are eye-catching, attention-grabbing and tempting. But there are also annoying, boring, careless, lazy, desperate, or worst of all, deceiving subject lines that give all other hardworking subject lines a bad rap.

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The Most Important Question Customer Service Isn’t Asking and Why It Means Everything to Customers

Win the Customer

'Working together with a customer, means being concerned about how you’re helping the customer succeed in getting what they need. This should always take precedence over workflows and metrics.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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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How to Win Over Skeptical Customers in a Skeptical Age of Informed Online Customers

Win the Customer

'Aggressive advertisements created a digital era where users were skeptical to the point that they rejected anything that felt like an advertisement. Even companies that attempt to run honest online marketing campaigns feel the cynicism.

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4 Tried and True Customer Service Strategies for New Call Center Managers

Win the Customer

'How do you make your customers stay with you for the long haul? Through the magic of customer service. These 4 tips make sure you''re sticking to what works.

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Repetition is Key to Consistent Customer Experience. Keep Serving, Even When You’re Not Perfect.

Win the Customer

'By repetition, good customer service actions become habits and eventually natural behavior. With effective training and consistent practice, great customer experience can be part of our natural behavior in any customer interaction.