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10 Customer Service Trends to Watch in 2016

Tricia Morris

Jeanne Bliss: Chief Customer Officer Author and CXPA Co-founder. Sumair Dutta: The Service Council Chief Customer Officer and Former Aberdeen Customer Experience Analyst. Annette Franz: Certified Customer Experience Professional, CX Journey Author and CXPA Board Member.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of August 8, 2016

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Five Questions Customer Experience Professionals Are Asking Today by Michael Hinshaw. McorpCX) Everyone is talking about customer experience. Here are my top five picks from last week. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken .

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Five Questions To Answer for Customer Journey Mapping Success

Heart of the Customer

Successful customer journey maps drive customer-focused change like improving customer experience, developing a new way to deliver value to customers, or reducing the cost to serve current customers. The reason?

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CX Lessons from 2016: 31 Customer Experience Pros Share Their Plans for 2017

Bold360

In 2016, the customer experience became the focal point of marketing, acquisition, onboarding, UX design, and many other core business functions. ” Read on to learn how today’s customer experience professionals are planning to position their companies for CX success as we move into 2017.

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The cost of NOT focussing on Customer Experience

ijgolding

However (there is always one of those), Customer Experience Professionals all around the world, still seem to be fighting a justification battle – fending off attack from those who do not believe in the value of CX as a strategic priority, or from those who do not believe that any ongoing investment is required to sustain a focus on it.

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Customer Experience in the Gulf Region – A Story of Continuous Improvement!

ijgolding

It has also been evident for many years that the region has been increasingly focused on delivering great customer service – not just a great product. Thus, the term ‘customer service’ is not new. Yet despite this, a demonstrable understanding and application of Customer Experience has not been as obvious.

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Embedding Customer Centricity: The Customer Experience Jigsaw Puzzle

ijgolding

Customer journey maps of all shapes and sizes are adorning many a conference room wall. Enough customer personas have been created by businesses to launch a new country! I am immensely proud to be part of a wonderful community of committed, passionate, driven professionals.