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Personalizing the Customer Experience Is a Competitive Differentiator

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We surveyed 1,000 consumers in the U.S. One of the questions had to do with creating a personalized experience. . Of the experiences that customers listed as very important or important , a personalized experience was number eight on the list. . That’s personalization at both the digital and human-to-human level.

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10 Ways to Listen to Customers Without Surveys

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Surveys are a great way to listen to the voice of the customer, so don’t misconstrue the title of this article as being “anti-survey.” Problems occur, however, when surveys become the only way we listen to customers — especially when you consider that a good survey response rate is in the realm of 20-30%.

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Guest Blog: A Radical Idea in Customer Service Surveys – The Solo Question

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This week we feature an article by Gaetano DiNardi who discusses how many customer service surveys are not giving you proper data and suggests how to improve them. And when you are asked to stay on the phone to provide answers to a brief survey after a customer interaction, do you ever do it? Tips for building the best survey.

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The Survey Shouldn’t Be the Last Thing the Customer Remembers About You

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Ask customers on the way out of a store, call them on a phone or send follow-up surveys via email. I wrote about surveys a few years ago. The gist of that article was about getting more customers to fill out those surveys. Don’t wait two weeks to send the survey. The next day, you send the customer a survey.

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.

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Guest Blog: The Art of the Survey – Why one question is more than enough

ShepHyken

While it may be tempting to ask a customer to fill out a survey before they leave your store or solicit feedback online with an incentive on their receipts, there’s a reason those methods tend to fall short on capturing meaningful insights. As few as two percent of customers will take the time to complete a survey.

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Customer Surveys -The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

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In this article, I would like to discuss some of the common mistakes made in conducting customer surveys and then lay out how a complete customer feedback program should be organized. To take that one step further, I once had a car dealership inform me that if I brought back a completed survey, they would give me a free oil change.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

In a recent survey with Demand Gen Report, we found 59% of experienced practitioners (those with ABM programs more than a year old) indicated their ABM programs are meeting or greatly exceeding their expectations, while only 45% of novices (those with ABM programs less than one year old) could say the same.

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The Challenges of Omnichannel: Why so Many Contact Centers Struggle with Digital Self-Service

To find how contact centers are navigating the transition to omnichannel customer service, Calabrio surveyed more than 1,000 marketing and customer experience leaders in the U.S. about their digital customer communication strategies. Read the report to find out what was uncovered.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.