Nicereply
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Customer satisfaction doesn’t just impact the business’ bottom line, it also impacts team morale and retention rate. Businesses need money to survive. To make money, businesses need customers. Ideally, these customers are happy, tell their friends about you, and keep coming back. While your business might survive with angry, single-purchase customers, only businesses with a focus on customer satisfaction will thrive.
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ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
What do you call your customers? Do you call them “customers”? Maybe you call them clients, members, guests, patients, residents… the list can go on and on. Some people say that the term “client” implies a long-term relationship. Isn’t that what you want with all of your customers—a long-term relationship in which the customer continues to pay for what you sell?
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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.
Beyond Philosophy
AUGUST 29, 2020
5 New Rules Guaranteed to Build Trust. A lot of Behavioral Economics can feel intimidating. However, it doesn’t have to be. The Five Rules Podcast Series is our attempt at giving you an easy entry point into the complex and messy world of Behavioral Science. When you choose to do business with a company, which do you prefer, Company A, that you trust, or Company B, that you don’t?
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CCNG
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Vicki Brackett has been leading both virtual/work-at-home and brick-and-mortar contact centers for over twenty years. In 2001, after managing her first virtual contact center, Vicki realized that different leadership strategies and tools were needed for the at-home environment. In this video clip from a recent member Town Hall, Vicki explains three strategies that will help you reengineer your leadership skillset – - First, how to utilize the brick-and-mortar feeling inside the virtual environme
Steve DiGioia
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Remember that Seinfeld episode when George was charged a fee for not calling to cancel his doctor’s appointment? The reason: the doctor’s time is important and has “value”. If you can’t make your appointment it’s a loss of revenue for the doctor. Ok, that makes sense. But doesn’t the customer’s time have value too? As a service provider: Do you value your customer’s time?
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Building trust with customers is vital. While most people agree that this is true, we don’t always do what it takes to build trust. Today, I have five new rules that are guaranteed to build trust. . It is critical to remember that people won’t trust you just because you’ve turned up. You have to earn it and prove you are trustworthy. 1.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
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Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
I think Greek philosopher Plato said it correctly: Necessity is the mother of invention. Just a few months ago, many contact centers had not fully embraced work-from-home, work-from-anywhere policies. So many questions: Do we hire directly for these programs; how often do they need to report in-person to the office; who gets the privilege to […].
ShepHyken
AUGUST 31, 2020
Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How to Prevent Customer Churn with Retention Marketing by Lauren Pope. (Learning Hub) Attracting new customers is cool and all, but do you know how to keep them around?
Steve DiGioia
AUGUST 31, 2020
People tell us that we should “love” this or that. Well, that’s their opinion. I like to make my own assessment based on my impression of a situation. Example: You’re trying on a suit and the salesperson says, “That suit looks great on you, it’s just your style”. How the heck does he know “my style”? I can do without the kissing-up just for him to make the sale.
GetFeedback
AUGUST 31, 2020
How to rethink your omnichannel CX strategy for 2020 and onward as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
See how customer feedback management is the increasingly technical process of sourcing feedback from customers and using it to inform business decisions.
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Building an Authentic Company Culture. Aligning What You Believe, What You Say and What You Do to Create Excellence. Shep Hyken interviews Robert Glazer , Founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners. They discuss lessons from his new book, Friday Forward: Inspiration & Motivation to End Your Week Stronger Than It Started , including how companies can build an amazing culture.
TELUS International
AUGUST 31, 2020
Productivity spiked in the early days of COVID-19, but as the pandemic wears on, fatigue is setting in. Discover how compassion, culture and communication can help decrease employee burnout and build better engagement.
GetFeedback
AUGUST 30, 2020
A look into the impact that corporate values can have on employee experience.
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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.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
After months of organizing, and re-organizing, we’re proud to say that our first virtual Customer Engagement Transformation Exchange (CETX) was a success! With over a thousand registrants, our inaugural CETX and very first digital conference also marked one of our largest events to date. While it may not have been our typical, in-person experience filled with cocktail hours and outdoor activities, there was no shortage of entertainment and powerful and engaging insight from the customer experien
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
This week we feature an article by Steve Bederman, President and CEO at NobelBiz. He points out the importance of providing a positive employee experience in order to improve the customer experience. At NobelBiz, we say,” Make a Promise, Keep a Promise!” That’s the single most important reason to improve CX. If that isn’t reason enough, improve customer experience because, statistically speaking, a dissatisfied customer can rapidly turn into a former customer.
Taylor Reach Group
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
By Peg Ayers. A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and. a little less than his share of the credit. John C. Maxwell. In my years in contact center leadership, my team and I debated many topics and searched for answers to such burning questions as, “Should we allow people to wear shorts to work?”, “Is one minute late REALLY late?
ProProfs Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Did you know that around 306.4 Billion emails are sent and received worldwide every single day? By the time you finish reading this blog, around a billion emails would have been shared. . Let that sink in… . It’s without a doubt that within the last couple of decades, the ‘digital inbox’ has opened doors to improved communication. . However, there is more to sharing emails than simply hitting the send button.
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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.
Callminer
AUGUST 31, 2020
After months of organizing, and re-organizing, we’re proud to say that our first virtual Customer Engagement Transformation Exchange (CETX) was a success!
Upstream Works
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Contact center success is heavily dependent on the agents working the frontlines to service customers every single day. So, it’s important those agents feel engaged at work and are happy in their roles, with the companies they work for and the opportunities those companies make available to them. Contact center agent happiness and engagement go hand-in-hand with customer happiness and satisfaction.
Contact Center Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
If you’re looking for the best headsets for your call center agents working on Amazon Connect, here are our top picks. The type of headset you choose will depend on what you use your Amazon Connect for, and how your call center agents work with their headsets in their day to day work lives. Basically, […].
Fonolo
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Customer perception isn’t just important — it’s everything. If you’re not investing in brand perception management, you’re putting your business at serious risk. First, we’ll explore what customer perception is, before diving into some examples of why it’s so important. What is customer perception? The term, ‘customer perception’ is used to describe a consumer’s — or a group of consumers’ — feelings and thoughts about a brand.
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!
ShepHyken
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
This week we feature an article by Steve Bederman, President and CEO at NobelBiz. He points out the importance of providing a positive employee experience in order to improve the customer experience. At NobelBiz, we say,” Make a Promise, Keep a Promise!” That’s the single most important reason to improve CX. If that isn’t reason enough, improve customer experience because, statistically speaking, a dissatisfied customer can rapidly turn into a former customer.
Talkdesk
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Whether your workforce is back at the office and adhering to new safety measures, working from home or navigating a mix of both options, the reality is that you’re probably not doing business as usual anymore. The way your employees are performing their tasks, interacting with customers, prospects and to each other, has likely changed. The so-called “new normal” brings new concerns.
Russel Lolacher
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
With the demand to produce so much content, think about repurposing the hard work you’ve already done to better reach your customers. 10x is a common term that seems to have a few different definitions. Rand Fishkin from Moz coined the term “10x content” in relation to “content that is 10 times better than the best result that can currently be found in the search results for a given keyword phrase or topic.
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