InMoment XI
JANUARY 11, 2016
First of all, thank you. Between LinkedIn, Twitter, the CX Café and Customer Think, my latest blog post “Will Customer Experience Survive?” has been seen by almost a thousand people. There’s been a lot of engagement too. Some in reference to 6 sigma and a lot around CX – all about achieving tangible results that.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JANUARY 14, 2016
It seems to be human nature to focus on the unnecessary but more attractive/compelling/interesting/entertaining distractions instead of the stalwart/steady/reliable but boring items in our everyday lives. How many moments do we give to social media, Buzzfeed, Candy Crush, etc? We do this in spite of having real deadlines, goals, and responsibilities.
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Customer Bliss
JANUARY 14, 2016
With a customer listening path in place, your leaders and the organization will become personally involved in understanding the lives of your customers. Your customer listening method will provide a constantly refreshing source of information organized by journey stage. Leaders will be able to understand customers’ lives with a connection to customer behavior and growth, as well as to the data.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 25, 2016
In this series, professionals describe the skills they’re building this year. Read the stories here , then write your own (use #SkillsGap in the body of your post). There is a major skill most organizations lack: Customer centricity. But if you want to remain competitive in today’s economic climate, putting the focus on Customers is imperative to your bottom line.
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Bill Quiseng
JANUARY 10, 2016
This week’s guest post is from leadership consultant and keynote speaker Bill Hogg. I have been an avid reader of his blog where he writes about “the critical relationship between leadership, employee engagement and delivering an exceptional customer experience as a competitive advantage.” So I’m honored that he has offered to share his customer service insight here.
CXDNA Update brings together the best content for customer experience professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
InMoment XI
JANUARY 13, 2016
Savvy brands with strong e-commerce strategies, like REI, Toro, and Lowe’s, understand that delivering a better customer experience (CX) results in greater profitability. If you’re gearing up to take your business to the next level, you’ll need to enhance your CX from the ground up. Improvements to your website, customer service, and order fulfillment can turn casual browsers into loyal customers.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JANUARY 27, 2016
Heads up …when it comes to customer service, certain (painful) truths are universal. Customer service is such an important part in keeping people coming back to your business, and the specifics of your product or service don’t really matter. Even as technology advances, some frustrations are still not being addressed as well as they […].
Customer Bliss
JANUARY 14, 2016
With a customer listening path in place, your leaders and the organization will become personally involved in understanding the lives of your customers. Your customer listening method will provide a constantly refreshing source of information organized by journey stage. Leaders will be able to understand customers’ lives with a connection to customer behavior and growth, as well as to the data.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 18, 2016
Ever blown it with a Customer? Sure. We all have. Mistakes are part of being human, after all. But hopefully, you learned from it, made your sincere apology, and carried on. Here are 8 big mistakes with Customer Experience that we hope brands learned from: “It’s not the pants, it’s your body type” excuse from Lululemon. Remember when the CEO of Lululemon Chip Wilson said the reason that their pants weren’t wearing well was because the pants weren’t made for all women’s bodies—particularly those
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Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper
Win the Customer
JANUARY 15, 2016
Meeting customer expectations is incredibly important for any business that wants to be successful today. It takes careful management and a number of strategies to keep customers satisfied. Unsatisfied customers could potentially harm your business by giving bad reviews or simply stop making purchases. Here are six tips to make sure you are meeting your customers’ expectations.
Experience Matters
JANUARY 4, 2016
Okay, now that we’ve celebrated New Years, it’s time to get moving again. We’ve got a lot of CX work to do in 2016, which we’ve labeled as The Year of Emotion. As you start down the path of making 2016 a banner year for CX in your organization, I want to share my wishes for you: May you focus on your customers’ needs , even when internal priorities push them to be ignored.
InMoment XI
JANUARY 22, 2016
Most Customer Experiences are accidents—and unfortunately, they are not always happy ones. Why? Unless a company designs a deliberate experience that puts the Customer first and considers the Customer’s perspective, the message you send to the subconscious is rarely what you intend. The message you send will communicate how you are as an organization.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JANUARY 28, 2016
We’ve all had those disagreements. One person says something along the lines of “It’s not what you said. It’s how you said it.” The other person stands his or her ground. “I did NOT say it like that. No way.” This is the human experience. We often believe we said/did/behaved differently than others perceive it.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
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Customer Bliss
JANUARY 7, 2016
Using survey scores alone to quantify and drive action puts CX work (and your role) in the “leap of faith” category. The connection between improved scores and improved customer growth is not always clear. That means ‘Customer Focus’ is a top agenda item of the organization, but it’s not easily quantified. How to Earn Customer Growth. Embracing customers as assets shifts the attitude of leaders and ultimately the organization.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 20, 2016
Customer Loyalty is a gold standard for most businesses. There are numerous ways that you earn (and lose) Customer Loyalty. But one way that anyone can do is one of the most effective ways to create a Customer Experience that keeps them coming back for more. Pivoting is a technique well-known by the Public Relations industry. It means changing the direction of the conversation to get back to your core message.
Win the Customer
JANUARY 11, 2016
Continuous improvement is a key characteristic of the most successful customer experience. Successful service organizations realize that no service initiative is perfect and have a framework in place to capture results and analyze them for potential improvement towards better customer experiences. Many of the quality management practices the Japanese manufacturing system is well-known for can be traced back to statisticians like W.
Michel Falcon Experience
JANUARY 10, 2016
*This post originally appeared on Theartof.com*How does your company acquire customers?Sales, marketing, and business development teams are provided with the internal resources needed to succeed. Companies use traditional methods, such as radio, television, and print advertising, to increase their chances of converting new customers.But none of the aforementioned tactics are… Read More».
Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group
As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX
InMoment XI
JANUARY 26, 2016
In this series, I’ll be talking about the 5 steps to building a differentiating customer experience strategy. The Customer Experience Strategy is a part of the Competency pillar within the Three Cs Framework I introduced in 2010 – Competency, Credibility and Culture. The 5 steps to building a customer experience strategy. Step 1: Understand Corporate.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JANUARY 6, 2016
Customer service. It used to be a specific thing. It was the desk with the curvy cursive letters above it in the grocery store. Then it evolved into the toll-free number for issues with package delivery. Then it became the click-to-email link at the bottom of websites for technology. The customers acted. Then organizations would respond. […]. The post 24-Hour Customer Service Solutions for Those who Need to Sleep appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.
Customer Bliss
JANUARY 26, 2016
Delivering a reliable and then innovative customer experience requires adding a customer focus competency to the core competencies of your business (as important as products, finance, marketing or sales). The customer-focused experience needs to be built and honed as a skill. This means: Establishing a discipline for how cross-functional teams explore and understand emerging issues and opportunities.
Beyond Philosophy
JANUARY 14, 2016
Isn’t it a company’s first priority not to harm their Customers? I maybe old fashioned but surely ensuring your Customers’ safety is your BIGGEST responsibility as a brand. Apparently, someone should have reminded Fiat Chrysler. Fiat Chrysler was fined $70 Million by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Why? Failing to report fatalities, injuries, and warranty repairs.
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Win the Customer
JANUARY 4, 2016
According to human psychology, the human brain cannot think in words or alphabets, it thinks in images or pictures. As customer experience leaders we need to be more proactive in creative a vision for experience rather than just empty affirmations of service. When Microsoft decided to eliminate its controversial stack ranking system for employees, the decision was widely discussed by Wall Street and business professionals around the world.
PeopleMetrics
JANUARY 28, 2016
For all its promise, and all its hype, big data has always had one inherent problem. You see, big data is. well, big. And when you're facing something big, you may find it overwhelming. And when you find something overwhelming, you may find yourself in the fetal position. But let’s get you off that cold linoleum floor and discuss how to best use customer feedback.
InMoment XI
JANUARY 26, 2016
In this series, I’ll be talking about the 5 steps to building a differentiating customer experience strategy. The Customer Experience Strategy is a part of the Competency pillar within the Three Cs Framework I introduced in 2010 – Competency, Credibility and Culture. The 5 steps to building a customer experience strategy. Step 1: Understand Corporate.
Think Customers
JANUARY 3, 2016
As we embark on a new year, we can't forget the dominant trends of 2015. From virtual reality to the rise of the digital world, the past year saw emerging technologies that will likely help to elevate the customer experience throughout 2016. 1to1 Media covered numerous trends that influenced the customer experience. Let's revisit our top 10 articles based on the number of page views.
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JUST RELEASED! New research reveals 92% of business leaders would like to provide additional training to their customer service representatives. Soft skills training stands out as a priority area of investment and/or improvement. Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report —the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall exper
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