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		<title>Poor Customer Experience Costs Billions</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2009/08/14/poor-customer-experience-costs-billions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Musico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get the chance to write quite a bit about the topic of customer experience &#8212; how companies are measuring it, trying to implement it, and figure out what it actually is. Oftentimes, my focus is on North American-based companies, but new research conducted by Greenfield Online (in full disclosure, also sponsored by Genesys Telecommunications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST BLOG: Your Opinion Counts &#8211; Especially When You Participate</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2009/05/07/guest-blog-your-opinion-counts-especially-when-you-participate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 04:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From my inquiries with customer service professionals, I wanted to get a generalized view of where companies are with respect to implementing the very best of customer service initiatives.
It&#8217;s become pretty clear that most are struggling with outdated technology, systems that are not integrated together, and archaic or nonexistent knowledge management software. They haven&#8217;t deployed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Given Your Contact Center a Check-Up?</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2009/05/01/have-you-given-your-contact-center-a-check-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Musico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know. It may seem I&#8217;m piggybacking off of the excellent posts about the implications of Swine Flu by rock star Assistant Editor Jessica Tsai and fabulous Assistant Editor Lauren McKay. What&#8217;s peculiar about the influenza A(H1N1) virus is that it has so many different business applications.
In my coverage area of contact center/customer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST BLOG: When Were You (Happily) Surprised by Customer Service?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t met me before, you know I believe companies live or die by their customer service.
I attended the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco earlier this month, and it was great. I&#8217;ll write more about that soon, but what I wanted to focus on here was how surprised I was by my hotel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clint Eastwood, Customer Care, and You</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2009/02/06/clint-eastwood-customer-care-and-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Musico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my entire tenure here at CRM magazine, I never thought that I would have Clint Eastwood in the title of any of my pieces. I included the Chairman of the Board in a story last year, but it was kind of a stretch.
Thank you, International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) for channeling the inner Western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewarding Customer Service</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2009/01/16/rewarding-customer-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Musico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As customer service is the key to many business&#8217; success, it is important to recognize the people and companies that are going the extra mile to ensure satisfaction.
Besides our magazine&#8217;s sixth annual Service Awards coming out in April 2009 (today is the last day to nominate your company for awards), there are even more opportunities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Always Blame Your CSR</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2008/12/12/dont-always-blame-your-csr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Musico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to give the impression that I have a slight obsession with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), but it is an excellent source for customer service-related blog posts.
I recently moved to New Jersey, which means several things. A shorter commute, less tax taken out of my paycheck, and &#8212; unfortunately &#8212; a new driver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing a Successful Customer Service Team</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2008/11/19/managing-a-successful-customer-service-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Musico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping employees engaged and signed on to the team concept is one of the main themes here at the sixth annual North American Conference on Customer Management here at the Disneyland Hotel in balmy Anaheim, Calif.
Who better to talk about teamwork than Joe Torre, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers? Yesterday he wowed the crowd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See Ya Later! Corporate Catch-Phrases</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2008/10/30/see-ya-later-corporate-catch-phrases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren McKay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;See ya later,&#8221; says Mike in the red polo shirt as he hands me my change. I grab my pack of Trident and 32-ounce fountain drink and exit the glass doors of my local QuikTrip. I say aloud, &#8220;I love how the QT guys know me well enough that they say &#8216;See ya later,&#8217; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Experience: Lifeboat for Today&#8217;s Economy?</title>
		<link>http://www.destinationcrmblog.com/2008/10/06/customer-experience-lifeboat-for-todays-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Musico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the ramp up for Bozeman, Mont.-based on-demand customer experience management provider RightNow Technologies&#8217; Summit 2008 here in Colorado Springs, you can expect many of the attendees to yearn for &#8212; and ask about &#8212; ways to continue to improve their companies&#8217; customer experiences amidst an economy that has taken the country for a roller-coaster [...]]]></description>
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