Hey CX Nation,

In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #260, we welcomed Patrick McCullough, President of Hallmark Business Connections, based in Kansas City, MO.

Just like you rely on Hallmark to strengthen your personal relationships, you can count on them to keep your business going and growing.

We help businesses by turning customers into advocates, employees into champions and companies into more connected environments all through the power of an unexpected Hallmark card.

Nothing better than a "tangible thank you" in a world where everything seems to be moving towards digital.

In this episode, Patrick and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team at Hallmark Business Connections think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.

**Episode #260 Highlight Reel:**

1. Hallmark cards -- the game changer in a digital world
2. Leveraging traditional mediums to grow your business & CX efforts
3. Why tangible gifts & notes are still extremely beneficial in business
4. Expanding your tool-kit for customer & employee shout-outs
5. What we can learn from Hallmark about remaining relevant over decades

Click here to learn more about Patrick McCullough

Click here to learn more about Hallmark Business Connections

Huge thanks to Patrick for coming on The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring his work and efforts in pushing the customer experience & customer success space into the future.

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Hey CX Nation,

In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #259, we welcomed Joe Anderson, Senior Director - Head of CX & Digital Transformation at TaskUs based in New Braunfels, TX.

TaskUs is a different breed of BPO. They are a collective of highly capable humans, who understand how to deploy technology and data to best serve your purpose.

From Digital CX to Trust & Safety, AI Services, Risk + Response, Consulting, and anything in between, we consider ourselves responsible for protecting our partners’ interests and supporting their long term success through innovation and technology - powered by ridiculously smart people.

In this episode, Joe and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team at TaskUs think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.

**Episode #259 Highlight Reel:**

1. Leading AI-safety initiatives at TaskUs
2. Developing and leveraging AI-powered analytics for customers
3. Partnering with Decagon and Regal focusing on augmentation
4. Constant monitoring & analysis of customer interactions to fuel sales
5. Leveraging playbooks & how-to guides to create incredible EX

Click here to learn more about Joe Anderson

Click here to learn more about TaskUs

Huge thanks to Joe for coming on The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring his work and efforts in pushing the customer experience & customer success space into the future.

If you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, stop by your favorite podcast player hit the follow button and leave us a review today.

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Go tell one of your friends or teammates about CXC's content, our strategic partners (Hubspot, Intercom, & Zendesk) + they can learn more about our CX/CS/RevOps On-Demand services & please invite them to join the CX Nation!

Are you looking to learn more about the world of Customer Experience, Customer Success & Revenue Operations?

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Hey CX Nation,

In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #258 we were live at Cyara XChange 2025 based in The W Hotel in downtown Austin, TX.

XChange is an industry event focused solely on customer experience assurance, where industry leaders come together with peers and industry experts, as well as Cyara leaders and product teams, to network, collaborate, and gain new strategies to help achieve their CX/CS objectives and elevate key contact center performance metrics for the future.

Our guest interviews for this IRL (in-real life) event episode included: Peter Nilsson & Aravinda Damarla (Microsoft), Erica McMannes (Instant Teams), Deon Nicholas (Forethought AI), Rishi Rana (Cyara), Abhijit Banerjee (Canada Life) & Mitch Risner (Cyara).

Each of the guests in this episode had unique points of view on the state of CX/CS/Customer Support & what the future of business will look like in today's world thanks to AI.

In this episode, Adrian chats with the XChange 2025 guests about how they are equipping their customers & teammates with the power of AI + building flexible new solutions to scale their business into the future.

**Episode #258 Highlight Reel:**

1. Cyara XChange live interviews from customer focused business leaders
2. Information exchange of ideas for CX & EX opportunities
3. Conversational AI game changing solutions
4. Improving your customer experience & building for the future
5. Examples of world-leading AI companies/solutions to keep your eyes on

Click here to learn about Cyara

Click here to learn about XChange 2025 Event

Huge thanks to everyone for joining us on this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring their work and efforts in pushing the customer & employee (agent) experience space into the future.

If you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, stop by your favorite podcast player hit the follow button and leave us a review today.

For our Spotify friends, make sure you are following CXC & please leave a 5 star review so we can find new listeners & members of our community.

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Are you looking to learn more about the world of Customer Sales & Marketing, Customer Experience, Customer Success, Employee Experience & Revenue Operations?

Click here to grab a copy of my book "The Four CX Pillars To Grow Your Business Now" available on Amazon or the CXC website.

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