CX Journey

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Image courtesy of ilya vinogradov How much progress did you make with regards to improving the employee experience and the customer experience this year? Did you stick with all of your CX resolutions for 2014? As we wrap up 2014 and say "Cheers" to another year, I thought it would be fun to take a look back on the year.

2014 66

2014 Customer Experience 2015 Touchpoint 66

Kustomer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Not only should businesses be considering podcasts as part of their own marketing strategies, but they should also be utilizing the wealth of insights in podcasts to evaluate and improve their own customer experiences. Customer experience (CX) professionals have to make a concerted effort to keep up with the ever-changing CX field.

Customer Experience 105

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Competitive Advantage 2014 105

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2003 there were 30 Chief Customer Officers worldwide according to the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Council, reaching 450 by 2011. Earlier this month, Thomasz Tungaz, a venture capitalist at RedPoint, published a blog titled “Why your SaaS Startup Needs a VP of Customer Success Sooner than you Might Think”.

Customer Experience 302

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Events 2003 302

Win the Customer

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The significant benefits of effectively engaging with customers on social channels make the investment worthwhile. “Social care” isn’t anything new, but providing effective multi-channel customer service that includes social care can be pose significant challenges for organizations big and small.

Customer Service 115

Customer Service Social Media Multi-Channel Customer Care 115

ShepHyken

AUGUST 22, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 45 Ways to Improve Your Customer Churn Rate by Dev Tandon. TheKiniGroup) Here are 45 different ways for your team to reduce churn, at every step of the customer management process. My Comment: How can you increase customer retention?

2016 0

2016 Article Customer Service Customer Retention 0

Customer Bliss

JULY 11, 2017

This is his third time around in a tech customer experience role, previously having held similar jobs at DocuSign and Citrix. Catherine is committed to delivering world-class products and services that drive customer adoption, loyalty and business results. Some include: Customer satisfaction. Customer retention.

Leadership 0

Leadership Customer Experience 2013 2011 0

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

This year represents the culmination in an ongoing business pivot – my own leap of faith – I’ve been making since 2014. I work with associations and organizations, like yours, who want to leverage collaborative business models and profitable workforces to retain the customers and members you work so hard to win. .

2018 67

2018 2014 2012 Customer Retention 67

Retently

MARCH 23, 2023

You can also learn a surprising amount of tactics and strategies by studying the opposite end of the scale – the world’s least successful companies, from a churn perspective – to compare their common weaknesses and find out what makes their customers so unlikely to recommend them to their peers.

Net Promoter Score 102

Net Promoter Score NPS Insurance Airlines 102

ijgolding

OCTOBER 24, 2014

October 2014 was not the best day to be a shareholder of two of the world’s retail giants. Too many businesses worry about Shareholders first, automatically placing concerns for customers and employees lower down the list of priorities. I wrote about the ‘Bursting of the Tesco bubble’ in July 2014.

2014 116

2014 Retail Financial Customer Retention 116

ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

“What can help me get committed and loyal customers?”. But trust me, factors like: Product quality, Awesome support, Marketing reach, Efforts to engage customers, . Efforts to retain customers, help you formulate effective loyalty programs that your customers enjoy being a part of. Benefits of Improving Customer Loyalty.

Loyalty 109

Loyalty 2020 Loyalty Programs Social Media 109

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 14, 2014

But, one day, a customer service disaster could explode and go viral. This one customer service call is going to ruin my brand! This ''stay calm'' advice comes with a warning: it''s the lasting customer emotions you need to be concerned about. Go On, Tell Me All About This Customer Service Fail. Social media.

2014 93

2014 Social Media Customer Centricity Culture 93

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Fellow Customer Experience specialist, Dr Nicola Millard, once said that the best way to reprimand your misbehaving children is not to send them to their room – it is to remove their Wi-Fi!! In 2014, Wi-Fi has become such a critical part of our day to day lives that it is difficult to imagine how we might exist without it.

Social Media 84

Social Media 2014 Hotels Entertainment 84

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

I have often said in the past how lucky I am to have so many people share their customer experience stories with me. In all cases I believe that through the use of storytelling, it is possible to bring to life the significance of the customer experience in the organisations we work and interact with. Disney Store. Correspondence.

Customer Experience 131

Customer Experience 2014 Customer Expectations Customer Retention 131

CustomerSuccessBox

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Christoph Janz, a SaaS enthusiast, and a Venture Capitalist had published a brilliant article way back in 2014. finding customer acquisition channels that are highly scalable, repeatable, and profitable. . In the x-axis you can see how many customers you need, for a given ARPA, to get to $100 million in annual revenues.

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention Customers Customer Success 2014 52

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Guessing has no place in a changing customer success industry. Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics.

Financial 52

Financial Metrics Customer Success 2014 52

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Guessing has no place in a changing customer success industry. Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics.

Financial 52

Financial Metrics Customer Success 2014 52

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Guessing has no place in a changing customer success industry. Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics.

Financial 52

Financial Metrics Customer Success 2014 52

Customer Interactions

JULY 7, 2015

But in today’s era of customer engagement, a company that is perceived as treating employees well and caring about social issues is much more likely to have loyal customers. And loyalty is vital: a 2% increase in customer retention has the same effect as decreasing costs by 10%.

2014 28

2014 Customer Retention Loyalty Customer Engagement 28

Customer Enthusiast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

These companies are breathlessly “hacking at the leaves” of customer acquisition with their social media strategies rather than artfully honing in and “striking at the root” of customer retention. But are the recipients of these marketing messages really qualified prospects or, better yet, actual customers?

Customer Service 77

Customer Service Social Media Customer Retention 2014 77

Magellan Solutions

JUNE 15, 2021

In searching for outsource customer service solutions , you must consider how long an agent stays in the company. Outsource customer service solutions offer a wide range of benefits to any SMEs. The rate slowly went down until in 2014 when most BPO companies lay off most of their employees due to automation. Managers – 6%.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Call Center 2008 2014 52

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

We have had the pleasure of working with Caterpillar for a while, and recently I was asked to judge their ‘Excellence in Customer Experience Awards for 2014.’ The way we did business years ago with a small base of customers was one-on-one, face-to-face, and we knew them intimately. “The Communicate Often and Clearly.

Engagement 142

Engagement 2014 Employee Experience Customer Experience Management 142

AskNicely

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

announces its NPS software — the perennial #1 recommended software for Customer Feedback on G2Crowd — is now on the Salesforce AppExchange. Quickly and easily automate the customer feedback loop to improve your customer experience, be more effective at every touchpoint, and amplify growth. AskNicely, Inc. About AskNicely.

NPS 60

NPS Net Promoter Score 2014 Touchpoint 60

SurveySparrow

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

What is it that’s making you look for a Customer Thermometer Alternative? The team and I spent a whole day finding the best alternatives to this customer feedback platform. What is Customer Thermometer ? Customization is limitless with instant survey design options and an icon playground.

2024 52

2024 Multi-Channel E Commerce Tourism 52

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. Maybe you could rebrand yourselves as UberBank?

Banking 79

Banking Customer Experience 2014 2001 79

CSM Magazine

MARCH 13, 2020

Facilitating customer self-service using automated contact channels, such as IVR and chatbots is a recognised method of reducing strain on contact centers during spikes in demand. Deploying a range of chatbots, each suited to a specific task, can greatly enhance the customer experience and deliver substantial benefits to the business.

Contact Center 64

Contact Center 2006 2009 Insurance 64

ProProfs Chat

JULY 13, 2018

Data from Riskified show that return customers account for 1/3rd of all online shopping revenue and they tend to spend 3 times more than one-time shoppers. Yet 44% of companies have no focus on customer retention. Customer retention could generally be traced down to customer satisfaction.

White Paper 63

White Paper Advertising Customer Retention Customers 63

Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As technology and tools for Customer Success evolve, pioneers in the industry are testing out new engagement strategies every day. In the Inaugural Customer Success Leadership Study , we found that many CS teams are still in the early stages of maturity when it comes to their tech stacks. When 72% of U.S. Fast-forward to 2021.

Customer Success 59

Customer Success Customer Engagement Engagement 2021 59

ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2017

Amy Downs on How Customer Obsession Can Drive Your Bottom Line. Are you obsessing about taking care of your customers? Shep Hyken interviews Amy Downs, Chief Customer Success and Happiness Officer at Lifesize, a connected video conferencing company, about why you should be obsessed about taking care of your customers.

Net Promoter Score 74

Net Promoter Score Customer Retention 2014 Loyalty 74

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 14, 2015

More and more of your Customers believe access to self-service options is essential to their relationship with your business. Their Customer Service Success Blog reported some interesting stats to consider about Customer’s self-service options, including: By 2017, Only 1/3 of Customer service interactions will require human assistance.

White Paper 160

White Paper 2014 2015 2012 160

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 19, 2015

When we work with future clients, we often get a lot of questions about customer experience metrics. We don't have a universal measurement that every company can use to improve customer experience. The best customer experience metric for a business depends on that business. Using Customer Satisfaction. The world champ.

Effort Score 101

Effort Score Customer Satisfaction Metrics 2014 101

Joe Rawlinson

JULY 25, 2018

While customer acquisition may be at the top of your list, customer retention should be as well. Your company may produce the best or only product of its type on the market, but without good customer support, your business will have a hard time holding on to customers. Inability to Keep Pace with Incoming Inquires.

Social Media 84

Social Media 2017 2014 Poor Customer Service 84

Customer Interactions

JULY 7, 2015

CMOs across all industries are expected to stay up-to-date on trends that tie into the customer experience. In this week’s installment, we placed focus on topics such as customer retention, collaboration between departments, and digital transformations.

2014 28

2014 Customer Retention Article Insights 28

Clarabridge

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Banks encounter many of the same problems as other enterprises— customer retention and loyalty, revenue growth, etc. These problems all point to the same solution – the need to understand exactly what customers are thinking and feeling about your brand. 22% of customers think banks are all the same.

Banking 45

Banking 2014 Financial 2013 45

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2015

Customer Experience continued to be a dominant business issue throughout the world in 2014. They are all working to improve their Customer Experience. I can say with confidence the Customer Experience concept is now a worldwide phenomenon. Of course I know what the Customer Experience is about!”. Are you sure?

2015 122

2015 CEM 2002 Books 122

ijgolding

AUGUST 7, 2014

In 2014, a staggering number of 28 pubs are still being closed every week. What they/we expect from a pub is on the whole different in 2014 to 2002. This Customer Experience Review is the first I have conducted on a pub – the Doric Arch in Euston. 30th July 2014. Passion for customers. How will it fare?

Customer Experience 80

Customer Experience 2002 2014 Customers 80

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 31, 2015

Are they technology centers, with increased reliance on self-service devices, speed, and with minimal customer interface? One industry consultant said that the new, high-tech branches are aimed at three customer personas: busy, gadget-centric millennials, Gen X soccer moms, and baby boomers who own small businesses. Are they both?

Banking 124

Banking Customer Relationships Financial Magazine 124

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

So let me ask the question from the header of this post – Do you need FANS or CUSTOMERS to have a sustainable business? The dictionary definition of ‘CUSTOMER’ is as follows: a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business. As a result, many of its loyal FANS, have ceased to become CUSTOMERS.

Sports 95

Sports 2014 Entertainment Definition 95