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Would Consumers (Really) Spend More For Better Service?

Beyond Philosophy

Sometimes it is differentiating, and offers consumers definite benefits – such as practiced by companies like Zappos, Wegmans, Ritz Carlton, Rackspace, Southwest Airlines, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Baptist Health Care, and Zane’s Cycles – and sometimes it is just one of multiple factors which contribute to customer loyalty or disloyalty behavior.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of March 18, 2024

ShepHyken

KCI Survey: Swifties, the BeyHive and BravoCon Demonstrate the Power of Superfans by Alicia Esposito (Retail TouchPoints) “Brand fans” are definitely loyal customers, but not all loyal customers are brand fans — and for many marketing and brand teams, driving relevance and impact means activating and leveraging those brand fans and superfans.

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Guest Post: Customer Experience: Expectation vs. Reality

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Tanya Ahmed, a Digital Marketer of Vantage Circle , a cloud-based employee engagement platform. She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. Consumers today expect speedier access to services than ever before. Only collect vital data .

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Ford CFO Joins ASAPP to Help Scale Artificial Intelligence Efforts in CX Industry Disruption

CSM Magazine

Stone served as CFO for marquee Amazon operations during key periods of growth, including Amazon devices and digital content from 2010 to 2011 and Amazon Web Services from 2012 to 2015. ASAPP delivers AI innovations that exponentially increase the operational performance of customer experience teams for leading consumer companies.

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Revisiting Convenience – Lessons from H20

Michelli Experience

My water fascination dates back to at least 2011 when I wrote the following…. So, that was what I wrote in 2011 and we all know iPods gave way to streaming audio and smartphones, but how has bottled water done? Not just any water…A very special water – the kind you find in a bottle. bottled water is truly a phenomenon of our time.

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How is Your Business Dealing with the Paradox of Choice?

Beyond Philosophy

Both psychologists and economists agree that too many choices can paralyze consumers so they can’t make a choice at all. The circle of choice, or needing to have many choices available but not too many to create confusion and buyer’s remorse for their Customers, creates a paradox for many organizations in their Customer Experience design.

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5 Facts to End the ROI Debate on Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

In the United Kingdom, the NCSI portfolio earned a return of 59 percent from April 2007 to June 2011, and the FTSE 100 had a negative return of 6 percent.” In addition, higher levels of customer satisfaction are tied to high levels of positive cash flows with low volatility, and positive earnings surprises.