Toister Performance Solutions

AUGUST 13, 2019

Ignoring online reviews can be a big mistake. A 2019 report from the customer insight firm, Womply, revealed small businesses that reply to at least 25 percent of its customer reviews earn 35 percent more revenue than their peers. This is a huge number that's hard to ignore. Womply's researchers analyzed data from more than 200,000 small businesses across multiple industries and discovered some interesting conclusions.

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Totango

AUGUST 13, 2019

Some people think the most important moment in the customer relationship is when they make the initial decision to purchase. But the period after the purchase, the onboarding phase , is what really establishes the customer relationship. What your organization does next could mean the difference between having a life-long customer or another churn statistic.

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Transparent BPO

AUGUST 13, 2019

Customer satisfaction with contact centers is down, according to the Contact Center Satisfaction Index 2019 from CFI Group, a market research firm. Customers are tired of long wait times, being passed from channel to channel or agent to agent, constantly repeating themselves, and, worse, not getting their problems resolved. Many reach a breaking point where they bid a not-so-fond farewell to the offending company.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 14, 2019

I might have misled you in recent weeks. I have been talking about frictionless experiences and how vital it is to have a smooth Customer Experience. However, some of my reading lately has exposed some nuances about the friction in an experience that we haven’t addressed. Many organizations are talking about how to make their Customer Experience easy, which is the right thing to do.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2019

I enjoy going to a baseball game. I live in St. Louis, and the fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are known throughout the sports world as being some of the best fans in all of baseball. Many fans remember Albert Pujols as one of the most skilled—not to mention beloved—members of the St. Louis Cardinals team. He was one of our best—and still is one of the best to ever play the game.

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Callminer

AUGUST 12, 2019

These expert tips and best practices on leveraging customer experience analytics will help you leverage CX analytics to the fullest potential.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 15, 2019

What gets measured gets managed. This oft-quoted line from Peter Drucker is more pertinent today than ever concerning Customer Experience strategy. Every marketer should measure their performance in Customer Experience to understand what drives value for customers. . We discussed measuring Customer Experience correctly in a recent podcast. With 11 books on marketing and Customer Experience, our guest Don Peppers , bestselling author, blogger, business strategist, and acclaimed keynote speaker, j

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 12, 2019

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. Everyone Hates Customer Service. This Is Why. by Sharon Terlep. (Wall Street Journal) Technology lets companies see how badly they can treat consumers, right up until the moment they bolt.

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Contact Center Pipeline

AUGUST 14, 2019

While the competition for top talent intensifies across the business landscape, contact centers often feel the impact more than most. Top-performing contact centers require exceptional agents to lead a memorable and impactful customer experience while upholding their company’s brand and values. Whether through direct, chat or online engagement, the agent role demands specialized skills that […].

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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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GetFeedback

AUGUST 14, 2019

Y ou know your customers are satisfied because the Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) that you see on your daily dashboard tells you as much. The score is solid. But you aren’t satisfied; you believe it could be so much better. And rightly so — it usually can be. So, what’s a company to do to earn an even better CSAT score? Before I answer that, let’s take a look at a popular CSAT metric that was established 25 years ago: the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 16, 2019

Relationship Types and How to Use Them. We act differently in our various relationships. We have a way we operate at work or school; we act a certain way in public and another way with our friends and family. The difference is the type of relationship we have with the other people involved. This variance in behavior is also at work in our relationships as customers.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 16, 2019

This week we feature an article by Michelle Jarsen who shares seven ways your support team can learn and practice essential communication skills. Any job that involves interacting with people requires clear communication. It’s crucial that your support team learns and practices new ways of exchanging information and ideas. Good communication isn’t a skill you’re born with or one that comes naturally.

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Contact Center Pipeline

AUGUST 13, 2019

Contact centers may offer a wealth of data, yet the most meaningful customer insights often lie buried within stored conversations, transaction histories and survey feedback. How can companies begin to uncover the trends, patterns and connections to make sense of it all, and more importantly, incorporate that intelligence into their decision-making?

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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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Lumoa

AUGUST 12, 2019

The importance of customer satisfaction is generally taken for granted. If you don’t have a solid understanding of why customer satisfaction is important, you risk undervaluing it. Here are five reasons why customer satisfaction is important.

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GetFeedback

AUGUST 14, 2019

Let’s talk about customer satisfaction. . What does it really mean? Is it worth it to track? It’s time to get serious about getting satisfaction. Just like Jagger. In customer experience (CX) terms, we often dismiss Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) measurement as too simple. Great customer experiences are created by designing and understanding the end-to-end journey of your customer, from before they are aware of your brand all the way through to when they leave you or become your greatest adv

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Fonolo

AUGUST 13, 2019

Retail is transforming at an increasing rate, and more than ever. Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are changing interactions between customers and brands and are allowing many of these processes to become automated. However, despite these rapid changes, many customers still prefer interacting with an actual person, whether it’s in store with a floor representative, or on the phone with a call center agent.

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Outsource Consultants

AUGUST 16, 2019

PLYMOUTH, MN, August 16, 2019 – This week, Inc. Magazine published its annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the fastest-growing companies in the United States. Call center advisory firm Outsource Consultants, LLC is making its first appearance on the list, debuting at #1281 with an impressive 321% 3-year growth rate. “Outsource Consultants is honored and excited by this recognition.

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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!

Customer Experience

TRUSTID

AUGUST 14, 2019

What’s the general perception of your contact center? Are your customer satisfaction rates on the upswing or declining? While many call centers believe they provide excellent customer service, sometimes the actual experience can carry a different tone. One of the factors in helping you determine this is the method at which you authenticate callers. Do your telephone agents provide a friendly greeting before immediately addressing their needs, or are you from the camp that first needs to ask a nu

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GetFeedback

AUGUST 14, 2019

“How was your day today?”—that question is about as ordinary as they come. . It’s a basic and seemingly benign thing to say, right? But by asking that question, we get a quick sense of how someone’s day went, and we have an idea of where to take the conversation next. If someone’s day was “OK,” maybe we try to understand if it was really OK or if it was actually not OK.

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Totango

AUGUST 15, 2019

As customers use your product, they generate data just by going about their daily workflow. And you would be missing out on a huge opportunity if you didn’t capture that data, analyze it, and organize it. Doing so gives you a detailed picture of how customers use your product and interact with your team, making it easier to identify opportunities to enhance the customer experience and improve your product or service. .

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Nicereply

AUGUST 12, 2019

While it’s true that focusing on detractors is helpful for lifting your company’s NPS score as a whole, ignoring the passives while you do so may be doing more harm than good. At this point, most people are familiar with NPS, also known as Net Promoter Score , and how to calculate it. CX leaders have the formula for NPS burned into their brains: But, you might be thinking to yourself: that equation only includes promoters and detractors, the most extreme users on the scale, rather than the middl

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Contact Center Pipeline

AUGUST 15, 2019

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NameShouts

AUGUST 16, 2019

– Hayley Ostrega, Linguistics Research and Data Associate. “What’s in a name?”. Societies have been growing more diverse, and thank goodness we have reached an era where individual authenticity is celebrated. This may come in the form of one’s hobbies, interests, and fashion; the hipster culture is in! What about the individual difference we are given at birth?

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Chip Bell

AUGUST 13, 2019

There is an old off-color joke about an uncultured, farmer’s daughter from the backwoods who lands a scholarship to a finishing school. On her first visit back home, she is asked by a group of her friends what she had learned. She proudly announced that she had learned to say, “Well, I do declare” when what she really meant to say was “bulls- -t!”.

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Avaya

AUGUST 14, 2019

In George Orwell’s epic novel 1984 , our protagonist Winston Smith is constantly aware that he must toe the government’s line because “Big Brother is watching.” When Orwell’s dystopian work was first published in the middle of last century, the technology needed to monitor citizens’ coming and going was in its infancy; but now, some seven decades later, it is becoming mainstream.

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Customers expect to be able to interact with your organization whenever and however they want. They also expect your agents to have insights into their journeys so that they don’t have to repeat themselves as they move through various channels. And, if they’re not able to, they just might find one of your competitors who will offer the flexibility they are looking for.

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Certified Languages International

AUGUST 12, 2019

Rudy enjoys Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day with friends both new and old. When it seems as though the battle for language rights will never end (see: Section 1557 revisions and videos replacing interpreters in immigration court hearings ), find something that will make you happy, a little less stressed, and hold on tight. For us at CLI, that something isn’t a something at all, but more like a someone: Rudy.

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teleopti

AUGUST 13, 2019

Statistically, the majority of contact centers still use manual processes to adjust their intraday workforce scheduling but why play a constant game of catch-up? Dave Hoekstra of Teleopti outlines 5 reasons to invest in real-time management to balance the workload, achieve service levels and mop-up agent idle time. Intraday Management? Real-Time Management?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? It used to be possible to win with a top product or a competitive price, but more than ever, customer experience is now top of mind for consumers — and crucial for bottom-line growth.

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