Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

For many years, there has been a debate whether you could assign a dollar amount to determine the return on investment for any Customer Experience improvements. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value. Focusing on customer retention with a better Customer Experience will benefit your bottom-line expenses.

Net Promoter Score 164

Net Promoter Score ROI Customer Experience 2014 164

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 23, 2015

Culture” took home the prize in 2014. The customer experience (CX) space has experienced a similar trend. Temkin Group recently predicted that this will be the year of the employee, and MCorpConsulting states that customer-centric culture is a top priority for companies serious about customer experience improvement.

Customer Centricity 97

Customer Centricity Culture 2015 2014 97

inQuba

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Australian National tyre retail chain Beaurepaires uses inQuba’s real-time Customer Experience (CX) management solutions to enable them to know what their customers really want – and how to give it to them. Since the inQuba implementation, Beaurepaires is able to receive summaries of customers’ experiences with the brand.

Customer Centricity 45

Customer Centricity Net Promoter Score 2014 Retail 45

ijgolding

DECEMBER 30, 2014

As we approach the last 24 hours before the end of 2014, I feel it is time to reflect on the last twelve months in the world of Customer Experience. Twelve months is not a particularly long time in the context of a lifetime of experiences, yet it is remarkable what progress can be made in 365 days. JD Williams.

2014 85

2014 2015 Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals 85

Customer Bliss

JANUARY 11, 2018

As we start off 2018 with the focus of continuously improving customer experience work, talking about the role of the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a great place to start. In order for your customer experience process to be sustainable and drive long-term transformation, it needs to be based on a company-unifying framework.

Chief Customer Officer 168

Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Leadership 2014 168

Maz Iqbal

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Why is it that I prefer not to business with a customer-centric business? Which supermarket chain was applauded, by many, for its customer-centred way of doing business? What was held responsible for fuelling this customer-centred way of doing business? Allow me to share my answer by referring to the UK grocery market.

Customer Centricity 76

Customer Centricity 2014 Culture Customer Focused 76

Strativity

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

The results of Strativity’s 2014 Customer Experiences in Action Study provide insight into the characteristics of a successful customer-centric company, including five core customer experience components on which companies must focus to become customer-centric.

CEM 40

CEM 2014 Customer Experience Customer Centricity 40

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 30, 2015

Microinteractions are the small moments that impact the customer experience. It's the little thing that sets the tone for an experience. Disaster Alert: Proactive Customer Service to the Rescue. A bad customer experience might be remembered, but how you handle it proactively will make a lasting impression.

Brands 266

Brands 2013 2014 Retail 266

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 12, 2015

With all the focus on Customer Experience over the years, and the increasing resource that organizations have put into improving the Customer Experience, what have been the results? The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) uses an overall U.S. over the four quarters of 2014).

Net Promoter Score 137

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience 2015 2013 137

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 30, 2015

Microinteractions are the small moments that impact the customer experience. A bad customer experience might be remembered, but how you handle it proactively will make a lasting impression. A beer store went public on Facebook when they accidentally overcharged a customer. Added by Anne Reuss on Jan 31, 2014.

2013 252

2013 Customer Service E-support 2014 252

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Microinteractions are the small moments that impact the customer experience. Disaster Alert: Proactive Customer Service to the Rescue. A bad customer experience might be remembered, but how you handle it proactively will make a lasting impression. Added by Anne Reuss on Jan 31, 2014. Follow List. Embed List.

E-support 274

E-support 2013 2014 Social Media 274

Experience Matters

MARCH 17, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group data snapshot, Customer Experience Expectations and Plans for 2015. This year’s results show that companies are planning on dedicating more money and effort to improving a variety of customer experience activities in 2015. Download report for $195. Download report for $195.

2015 102

2015 Customer Connectedness Customer Experience 2014 102

ijgolding

AUGUST 13, 2014

The number of Bookstores physically present on UK high streets have fallen to less than 1000 in 2014 – down over a third in the last ten years. Borders were trying to offer their customers more than just the product. Borders were trying to offer a more varied customer experience. You can read the article in full here.

Customer Centricity 86

Customer Centricity 2014 Books 2009 86

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

BM: Generally, the customer engagements I’m proudest of are those where the value of becoming more customer-centric has been amply demonstrated and I’ve “converted” sceptics within the company. With the help of our good friend and CX colleague, Bruce Temkin , here are three questions he posed to us to which we responded below.

Customer Experience Professionals 95

Customer Experience Professionals Customer Experience 2014 Customer Centricity 95

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

For the last six years, Nunwood (now a part of the KPMG family) have been assessing how customer centric well known brands are across three continents. Last year, Nunwood’s UK analysis concluded that ‘Customer Excellence is here: it’s just not evenly distributed yet’. It is what customers experience.

2015 87

2015 2014 Brands Customer Experience 87

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 30, 2015

In her speech from Co-Op’s Think 2014 conference , my colleague Kate related a quote from Forrester that goes something like this: To say that customer experience is the same thing as customer service is like saying the safety net is the trapeze act. Apologies and punishment don’t lead to customer-centric culture.

Customer Experience 74

Customer Experience Customer Centricity 2014 Culture 74

Customer Guru

APRIL 5, 2018

At Customer Guru, we believe that Customer Experience (CX) should be the number one priority for all the Indian businesses so that they become more sustainable and successful globally. Thus, we are on a mission to spread this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

Customer Experience Design 92

Customer Experience Design Customer Experience E Commerce Customer Centricity 92

Amity

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The evening’s guest speaker, Kia Puhm, VP of Customer Experience at Oracle, has extensive experience fostering and evolving Eloqua’s customer experience department. She outlined key aspects of Eloqua’s Ideal Customer Experience (ICE) program, “customer bill of rights” and Customer-Centric Organization.

Customer Centricity 48

Customer Centricity 2014 Presentation Events 48

CCO Council

APRIL 16, 2014

I''m putting the finishing touches on the CCO Council 2014 Tenure Study and am excited to share a sneak preview. The CCO Council defines a chief customer officer as the customer-facing executive who is ultimately accountable for customers and who is driving customer strategy at the highest levels of the organization.

2014 74

2014 Chief Customer Officer Fashion ROI 74

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Customer experience is about so much more than call-center scripts or proper protocol around customer complaints. The best companies, the ones we know as customer experience leaders, adopt a customer focused view to everything. Silos make understanding the customer journey that much harder.

Customer Focused 275

Customer Focused Call Center 2014 Social Media 275

CX University

OCTOBER 12, 2021

PHILADELPHIA, PA – October 12, 2021 – The Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) updated their professional certification exam (CCXP) on October 5, 2021 and CX University’s (CXU) online courses are congruent with the new exam content domains. CXPA revised its rubric after commissioning a detailed 2020 job analysis study.

Definition 98

Definition 2021 2014 ROI 98

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Microinteractions are the small moments that impact the customer experience. A bad customer experience might be remembered, but how you handle it proactively will make a lasting impression. A beer store went public on Facebook when they accidentally overcharged a customer. Added by Anne Reuss on Jan 31, 2014.

2013 197

2013 E-support 2014 Social Media 197

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 19, 2018

Your customers have one, too, and you can use it to get them to do what you want in your Customer Experience. In 2014, an essay in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine showed that while 62% of citizen’s in the UK said they were willing to donate organs, only 31% were on the actual registry.

2008 199

2008 2018 2017 2014 199

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 7, 2015

As more companies enlist the titles of Chief Customer Officer and Chief Digital Officer, the convergence becomes ever more interesting. One of the most challenging aspects of customer experience is setting boundaries around duties within organizations. Put customers front and center. How do we break a tie?

Chief Customer Officer 257

Chief Customer Officer 2011 2014 Leadership 257

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Devika Vittal is the Director of Customer Experience at UAE Exchange. She is a seasoned customer experience professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Her expertise in this space helped UAE Exchange win two Customer Experience Benchmarking Index Awards for 2014.

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Leadership Innovation 60

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 28, 2015

Between 2001 and 2013, the number of large banks grew by 29% while small banks shrank by 24% (from 8,263 to 6,279) (Source: Mercatus Center at George Mason University (c) April 2014 The Financial Brand ). In 2006, the most common reason customers visited a branch was to deposit funds. Wows and Woes Study.

Banking 79

Banking Customer Experience 2014 2001 79

ijgolding

JANUARY 15, 2016

However…there is usually one of those…there are still A LOT of people who DO NOT recognise Customer Experience – either as something of significant importance to business strategy OR as a profession at all. The Confused’ – increasingly, I am coming across organisations that are just confused by Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 56

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 2016 56

ijgolding

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This blog post is written to mark the second global Customer Experience Day on Tuesday 7th October 2014. Join thousands of CX Professionals all over the world in marking the significance of Customer Experience in our lives today! Monday 29th September 2014. Tuesday 30th September 2014.

Customer Experience Professionals 80

Customer Experience Professionals Workshop Customer Experience 2014 80

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

These women and their motivating stories are testimonials to why we need more women in Customer Experience. Sue Duris – Director of Marketing and Customer Experience, M4 Communications, Inc. Read how Kanika built one of the most customer-centric Private Jet and Helicopter companies in India.

E Commerce 113

E Commerce Fashion Customer Centricity E-support 113

Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Its lean and straightforward formula for measuring customer contentment has made this metric a veritable “gold standard” in the customer experience space. Netflix.

NPS 83

NPS Customer Centricity Loyalty Presentation 83

CX Journey

APRIL 28, 2015

Image courtesy of LendingMemo I originally wrote today's post for Confirmit in September 2014. Not all returns from your customer experience investments are financial. That's not a purpose; that's an outcome of creating customers. Being customer-focused and customer-centric translates to shareholder value.

Customer Experience 84

Customer Experience ROI Financial 2014 84

Think Customers

MARCH 17, 2015

Corporate leaders are beginning to recognize that the lines have blurred between the brand and the customer experience. This revelation is prompting a growing number of companies to establish a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) role and bring a more unified approach to customer centricity. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

Chief Customer Officer 85

Chief Customer Officer 2014 Customer Centricity Loyalty 85

Experience Matters

MAY 12, 2015

Here’s the executive summary: For the sixth straight year, Temkin Group surveyed nearly 200 large companies to evaluate the state of their Customer Experience (CX) management. Companies have also achieved the best scores we’ve seen for two of our four core competencies, Employee Engagement and Customer Connectedness.

2015 106

2015 Customer Connectedness Management 2014 106

Experience Matters

JANUARY 6, 2015

In my post last year, I named 2014 “ The Year of Empathy.” We’ve recently seen a surge in the number of companies looking to build more customer-centric cultures and train their people on CX. Voice of the employee efforts are becoming an integral component of modern voice of the customer programs. Customer experience'

2015 132

2015 Customer Journey Mapping Contact Center 2014 132

inmoment

JUNE 1, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, the role of customer experience is at a crucial tipping point. Brands that are able to harness empathy and work toward achieving a more authentic customer experience will reach the top of its vertical and continuously achieve meaningful improvement for itself and its customers.

Customer Experience 69

Customer Experience Feedback Insights NPS 69

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Their success metrics should have a clear customer focus, and their leaders should care about customer experience. Learn how Help Scout aligns sales and support.

Culture 139

Culture Customer Service Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer 139

ENGAGE.cx

JULY 9, 2015

Social is driving sales for ecommerce: Q1 2015 data from a MarketLive survey indicates that US retail ecommerce traffic driven by social jumped nearly 200% between Q1 2014 and Q1 2015. Are they really providing value to the customer? What happens next is nothing short of amazing: Customer books beach vacation on travel website.

Customer Experience 66

Customer Experience Hotels 2014 2025 66