Experience Better: The CX Podcast delivers customer success stories, interviews, research, and more. Tune in every other month as we uncover the secrets behind great customer experience. Visit kubra.com/podcast for more information.
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In this episode of the podcast hosted by Shaun Jackson, Senior Vice President of Marketing at KUBRA, the focus is on managing late payments for utilities and billers. Joined by Cali Johnston, Senior Product Marketing Manager at KUBRA, they highlight why managing late payments is essential for cash flow and customer relationships. They delve into st…
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From Innovation to Execution: Transforming CX with Utility Mobile Apps
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Join us on the latest episode of "Experience Better: The CX Podcast," where we explore the dynamic world of mobile app technology in the utility sector. Our guest, Erind Shkurti, Director of Client Solutions and Mobile Apps at KUBRA, shares his invaluable insights on increasing user engagement and the impact of mobile innovation on customer interac…
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Navigating the New Era of Payments in 2024
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In this episode, we delve into six digital payment trends that are shaping the future of customer payment experiences. Join us as we uncover how personalization in payments is becoming a game-changer for consumer satisfaction and the significance of adopting flexible digital wallets in response to evolving customer preferences. We also investigate …
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In this episode, we explore six transformative strategies for utilities to reduce call center volume drastically while significantly improving customer satisfaction. Our conversation starts with the benefits of empowering clients through comprehensive self-service portals, the advantages of implementing AI chatbots, and the impact of clear and well…
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In late 2019, KUBRA released its first episode of Experience Better - the CX Podcast. The podcast’s goal was to share success stories, research and interviews with CX leaders with the hope to help organizations deliver better customer experiences. Four years and 36 episodes later, the podcast has hit a new milestone of 5,000 streams! In this time, …
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Unpacking AMEX’s Membership Value for Merchants and Utilities
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Welcome to another insightful episode of Experience Better: The CX PodcastTM. In this edition, we have a special guest joining us, Erin Sweatman, Vice President, US Merchant Marketing at American Express, gives us the inside scoop of how this global payments leader consistently delivers exceptional customer service to its valued customers worldwide…
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Being able to deliver a positive customer experience has a significant upside for businesses. It can result in increased customer loyalty, repeat business, positive word-of-mouth referrals, and even higher lifetime customer value. All of these have the potential to benefit a business’ bottomline. According to a study by PwC, 73% of customers cite c…
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CX and Utility Trends to Watch for This Year
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In 2022, we had an amazing group of industry experts join us to talk about what’s new in the world of customer experience. During the year, we discussed a wide range of topics - from the latest and greatest in the payments industry to how the clean energy transition may affect customer experience. In these episodes, our guests shared insight on som…
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Innovation in Payments - Options for Billers and Payers
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Payment experiences have certainly changed over the past few decades. Innovative technology and evolving consumer expectations have transformed how we pay for goods and services. Cash, check, and credit card used to be the go-to payment methods for consumers, but they’re not the norm for most these days. In this episode of Experience Better, we tal…
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More Consumers Are Considering Digital Wallets for Bill Payments
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Consumers’ use and appetite for digital payments are growing, and with that comes the expectation that they should be able to pay their bills the same way they do other products and services. As digital wallets continue to make their way into the mainstream, demand is expected to rise. In 2022, nearly seven in 10 consumers used a digital wallet, an…
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The Effect of Clean Energy Transition on CX
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Renewable energy and sustainable practices have become key considerations for consumers who are becoming more aware of their energy consumption and how that impacts climate change. On this episode, Francis Bradley, President and CEO of Electricity Canada, joins us to chat about the energy transition and how that could affect the customer experience…
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Water Analytics Are Essential for Elevating the Customer Experience
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With growing interest from consumers to reduce the amount of water they use, access to personal data and analytics about water usage has quickly become an essential ingredient to providing an exceptional customer experience. In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast, we talk to Robb Barnitt, Founder of Dropcountr and Vice President, Mark…
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Payment experiences have certainly changed over the past few years. Cash, check, and credit card used to be the go-to payment methods for consumers, but they’re not the norm for most these days. Innovative technology and changing consumer expectations have transformed how we pay for goods and services. Last month, in the first installment of this t…
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It is no secret that the pandemic is impacting behaviors across the globe. But what type of imprint has it left on the payments space for both billers and their customers? In this two-part podcast on “the future of payments”, Steve Ryan, Principal Product Manager for Payments at KUBRA, will discuss how COVID-19 has changed customer behaviors and wh…
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Using Personas to Gain a Better Understanding of the Customer Journey
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Finding the time and resources to thoroughly understand the customer journey can be difficult, but it has been shown to pay significant dividends to businesses that make the effort. Namely, the better you understand customer expectations, the easier it is to tailor the customer experience to meet their specific needs. In this episode of Experience …
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Wrapping Up the Year with Our Most Popular Podcast Episodes of 2021
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In our final installment of Experience Better: The CX Podcast™ for 2021, we share highlights from some of your favorite episodes. We cover everything from the importance of learning about the unique wants of needs of each generation to how business intelligence helps companies optimize performance, predict success, and identify market trends. The e…
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Using “Voice of the Customer” Research to Improve CX
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Improving CX doesn’t just happen in a vacuum because there’s no one-size-fits-all answer for what customers prefer or how they behave. You might think you know what is best for customers but how can you truly be sure without going straight to the source? That’s why we are talking with Schmidt Market Research about the role customer research plays i…
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Digital Wallets Are the Future of Payments and All About CX
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Paying bills certainly doesn’t top many people’s list of favorite things to do. At best it’s a hassle– at worst, it’s an extremely stressful exercise. You can take some of the pain away by offering payment solutions that make it as quick and easy for your customers to pay their bills as possible. Digital wallets do just that. They’re a convenient, …
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Improving CX for Seniors with Concierge Services
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Managing and paying bills can be a source of stress for all of us. For the elderly and their caretakers, it can be even more challenging to keep track of all the bills coming in and navigating new payment technologies to pay them. Not to mention, seniors are more vulnerable to fraud and scams. In this episode of Experience Better, we talk to Marci …
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The Importance of Providing Innovative Solutions to Cash-Paying Customers
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While many consumers have embraced digital payment methods, there are still some customers who prefer cash. Who are they, why do they still like cash, and what can utilities do to help these customers? In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast, we speak with Regina Cullado, Customer Service Manager at Golden State Water, to learn more ab…
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The Top Citizen Billing and Payment Trends of 2021
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Paying taxes, parking tickets, and fines for overdue library books is not fun. Having to jump through hoops to make those payments really just adds insult to injury! Pile on the fact that consumers enjoy a wealth of digital payment options for almost all other products or services, you can see why citizen frustration is rising and their satisfactio…
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Gen Z to Baby Boomers: What The Generations Expect from You
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Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers. We hear about them all the time, but who are they really and what are their customer expectations? In this episode of Experience Better, we sit down with Shaun Jackson, SVP, Marketing at KUBRA, to break down the wants and needs of each generation—including their communication preferences, billing and pay…
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Companies have more data at their disposal than ever before. The question is, are they using it to improve the customer experience? This wealth of information can provide organizations with untold insights into customers, as long as they know how to apply it correctly. In this episode, we sit down with Anthony Mancini, Manager, Customer Success at …
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Why CX Should Matter to Government Agencies
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Competing with Amazon, Netflix, or Zillow isn’t easy, but that’s exactly what government agencies are having to do these days. Sort of. You see, now that citizens are used to receiving exceptional customer experience (CX) from private companies, they expect that kind of service all the time, even from their government agencies. Government agencies …
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Who is Pre-Pay Customer & How Do They Benefit?
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Pre-pay energy solutions allow utility customers to add money to their utility account before energy is used. As the power is consumed, the pre-paid balance declines. Pre-pay appeals to diverse groups of people for a variety of reasons. In this episode of Experience Better, we interview Lauren Papagalos, Product Marketing Manager at KUBRA, to discu…
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KUBRA released a new consumer report that sheds light on what billers are getting right and where there’s room for improvement when it comes to their bills. We’re sharing these findings to give billers a better understanding of current consumer bill preferences. Tune in to our latest episode as we discuss how consumers prefer to receive their utili…
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Preparing Utilities for 2021 - Life After the Pandemic
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It goes without saying that 2020 has been a doozy that has left us all wondering, what’s in store for us next? In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast™, we discuss top consumer trends that emerged in 2020, the lessons we’ve learned, and how utilities can move forward in the new year. Join Braden Short, Senior Vice President of Sales an…
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Georgia Power’s Guide to Outage Communications
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If you’re in the utility business, you know your customers are looking for clear, accurate, and quick communications during a power outage. In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast™, we interview John Zumbado, Senior Engineer at Georgia Power, to reveal how consistent and proactive outage communications can be the difference-maker when …
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, it’s more important now than ever for utilities to cater to their customers’ unpredictable and evolving needs. Pre-pay energy options that allow customers to pay only for the energy they want and need could be the answer. Tune in to our latest episode as we interview Jamie Wimberly, CEO at DEFG, a management consultin…
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Achieving 50% E-Bill Adoption with the City of Sacramento
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Sacramento is the fastest-growing major city in California. As the capital city of California, Sacramento is uniquely positioned to test, advance, and use emerging technology to better understand and serve the needs of its citizens. In this episode of Experience Better, we are speaking to a panel of customer service experts from the City of Sacrame…
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Creating Disney-Inspired Magical Experiences
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Disney is one of the world’s most iconic brands. The company has spent decades building an extremely loyal following, maintaining an outstanding reputation, and creating magical experiences. However, Disney’s wild success did not come from magic, it is a result of tried-and-true strategies carried out by the entire organization. In this episode of …
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Innovative Payments: A Key to Customer Satisfaction
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As utilities focus on improving the customer experience and outreach, oftentimes the conversation of payment innovation arises. So who are the real winners when it comes to adding payment channels like Amazon Alexa, Facebook Messenger, text message, and others to a payment mix? In this episode, we discuss top payment trends that tap into customer e…
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Utilities spend a lot of time, money, and effort in offering tools that help improve customer communications and the overall customer experience. But do their customers even know these tools exist? Research suggests that often times they don’t. In this episode, we provide simple and effective ways you can start marketing your offerings to help boos…
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Developing Human-Centered Design Through Customer Empathy
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The utility industry has changed tremendously over the past 20 years—and the utility customer has changed along with it. How can utilities keep up with the times? We asked market research and CX expert, Bill LeBlanc, to discuss how design thinking, customer empathy, and disruption play a key role. Tune in to learn how you can shape your company’s f…
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In this episode of Experience Better: The CX Podcast™, we delve into the world of artificial intelligence and natural language processing to help you understand the important role chatbots are playing in improving customer experience.By kubracx
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Design is more than an aesthetic necessity, it’s good business. In fact, 91% of design-led companies say design is critical to their customer experience strategy. This episode explores how your design decisions—from your website to your products—influence your customers’ behaviors, opinions, and experiences.…
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If you think creating a memorable customer experience is hard, you’re not alone. Big brands like Amazon have set the bar high with ultra-speedy and responsive service. Lucky for you, going above and beyond doesn’t always mean setting unrealistic expectations. Join us for our kick-off episode as we uncover why CX matters and how a little creativity …
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Introducing Experience Better: The CX Podcast
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Experience Better: The CX Podcast delivers customer success stories, interviews, research, and more. Tune in monthly as we uncover the secrets behind great customer experience.By kubracx
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