Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

I dedicate my career to helping organizations take their current Customer Experience to the next level, or Beyond the Philosophy of it and into the “real world.”. Philosophy #2: Your Customer Experience drives value for your organization. . Philosophy #2: Your Customer Experience drives value for your organization. .

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Experience Matters

JANUARY 6, 2015

With this post, I’m declaring 2015 “ The Year of the Employee.”. 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.

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Alida

JULY 21, 2017

Most companies today have a customer relationship problem. Many brands simply have no idea about the evolving needs of their customers, and that’s impeding their ability to build a closer relationship with customers. Creating a close relationship grows the lifetime value of your customers.

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Customer Relationships Brands 2015 Insights 154

Customer Enthusiast

DECEMBER 30, 2014

It occurred to me while reading through a list of 15 Customer Service Trends for 2015 assembled by Richard Shapiro, president of The Center For Client Retention , that nine of the 15 trends are related to omnichannel: a seamless approach to a consumer’s experience through all available shopping channels (e.g.,

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2015 Hotels Social Media Omnichannel 100

2020 Research

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In times of recession, it’s important to know how to keep your business afloat and your customers happy. Consumers will set stricter boundaries for themselves when it comes to their purchasing habits. Good branding. No matter the state of the world, your branding strategies will determine where you fit in.

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Tricia Morris

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

With the Institute of Customer Service reporting that customer satisfaction in the U.K. brands and organizations to know as much as possible about consumers and their growing expectations for service across channels. A newly-released 2015 U.K. The post INFOGRAPHIC: 2015 U.K.

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Heart of the Customer

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Yesterday, four of the CXPA’s CX experts spoke about the year in review, and what customer experience has in store for 2015. The post What’s the customer experience focus for 2015? appeared first on Heart of the Customer. Customer Experience Employee Engagement Resources Voice of the Customer'

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2015 Customer Journey Mapping Customer Experience Customer Journey 83

CloudCherry

DECEMBER 20, 2017

One of the most important things a company can do is to map the customer journey. However, the consumer is evolving at the speed of light, and, thanks to technological advancements, the customer journey is changing just as quickly. How the Customer Journey Has Changed. Not long ago, mapping that path was relatively easy.

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Tricia Morris

MAY 28, 2015

Customers’ expectations for brands and organizations delivering the right answer at the right time, whether through assisted or self-service, continue to grow. In the The Real Self-Service Economy Report , 70% of consumers surveyed now expect a company website to include a self-service application.

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2015 Customer Service Webinar Presentation 95

Kustomer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Today I’m pleased to announce our mission to reimagine customer service for consumers has become even stronger — we are officially part of Meta! The Kustomer journey began back in 2015 when the world was a very different place. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) businesses and digital-first brands are thriving.

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Customer Service 2015 Healthcare Customer Retention 111

Alida

JUNE 23, 2016

To accomplish a goal of elevating customer experience , the company engages with 5,000 customers through Food For Thought, a Vision Critical insight community first launched in 2012. We fulfill a need for customers, but must keep up with the evolving customer behavior and attitudes. Why do you love working there?

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Consumers Insights Retail E Commerce 150

Alida

JULY 11, 2017

Customer experience is middling at best, and that’s troubling for brands. Forrester’s 2017 Global Customer Experience Trends report found the vast majority of firms in digital and traditional retail, banking and insurance around the world only earned the research firm’s Customer Experience Index (CX Index) score in the “OK” range.

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Eptica

JANUARY 22, 2016

Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 So how did customer service perform in 2015? The US picture – could do better Overall 2015 was a poor year for customer service across the US, with close to six out of ten companies (59%) seeing a fall in customer ratings according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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2015 E Commerce Customer Service Social Media 49

Experience Matters

JANUARY 20, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2015. This report has rich insights about both B2B and B2C customer experience. Here’s the executive summary: This year, we chose eight organizations as finalists for Temkin Group’s 2014 Customer Experience Excellence Award. Download report for $195.

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2015 Customer Connectedness Net Promoter Score 2014 108

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 24, 2015

I’m speaking at the Next Generation Customer Experience conference in San Diego this week, but today I got to be an attendee and participate in some great conversations about customer experience. There were sessions on co-creating with customers, social media, and customer journey mapping. So many answers!

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Insights Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping 2015 236

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Retail brands can be saved; but not by conventional retail strategy. This has come at the cost of innovation, experimentation, and ultimately customer experience. The UK’s RPI data shows services becoming progressively more valuable over time, whilst consumer goods remains flat [vii].

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets. Published on: January 06, 2016. Read the full post here.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Customers expect better and faster pre and post purchase services. Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd.

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Customer Service Contact Center 2022 Magazine 251

Joe Rawlinson

JANUARY 27, 2016

With a saturation of marketing and advertising, companies rely more on consumer emotions to sell a product. But these four emotions and strategies are key ways to engage new customers in 2016. If you took the early Betty Crocker commercials of the 1950s and compared them to advertising in 2015, the differences would be night and day.

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Consumers Marketing Advertising 2015 94

Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Author: Robin Tandon While the peak season for retailers isn’t yet over, many companies are already taking stock and looking at their performance, as well as studying the wider trends that emerged in the run up to Christmas 2015.

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2015 E Commerce Customer Experience 2014 49

Alida

AUGUST 3, 2016

Still unsure about attending the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit? Tired of trying to convince your boss why you should join other customer-centric leaders in Chicago this September? It’s great to see that others share my struggles and challenges when it comes to understanding today’s consumers.”.

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2015 Workshop Customer Centricity Innovation 167

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That is why I also advise people that I am a Customer Experience ‘Specialist’ – not an ‘expert’ – as I believe that anyone who champions a profession should be continually developing their specialism. Continuous professional development never ends!!

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Books Brands Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer 91

C3Centricity

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Consumers no longer appreciated being interrupted in their daily lives, if they ever did! Brand Building. Many large CPG companies, such as P&G, Coca-Cola and Nestle, have changed the name of their Marketing departments in the past twenty years, to Brand Building. They were the ones that moved to customer centricity.

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CX Journey

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

We’re one month into 2015, and it’s already apparent that Customer Experience is on everyone’s agenda - or at least on those of the 95% of retailers surveyed by Boston Retail Partners ,who identified customer experience as a top-three priority in the new year. My take: Customer experience is absolutely a powerful differentiator.

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2015 Chief Customer Officer 2003 Customer Centricity 71

Alida

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Most companies know what their customers buy, when they purchase and where. But few truly understand why those customers buy—why customers choose to have a relationship with companies to begin with. Business leaders need to step back and more clearly define what customer relationships mean to them.

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Customer Relationships Customer Centricity 2015 Loyalty Programs 180

GetFeedback

JULY 11, 2018

When you’re truly in sync with your customers, it shows. Customer support is frictionless. And customers are happy to send new business your way. Despite all the customer data and technology at our disposal, most companies don’t know their customers as well as they think they do.

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2015 Social Media Customer Satisfaction Customer Centricity 207

GetFeedback

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Customer feedback can reveal opportunities for major business growth—what customers want, straight from their own mouths. Customers benefit from sharing feedback too. According to AgilOne’s Consumer Survey , over 70% of US and UK consumers expect some form of personalization from the brands they buy from.

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BirdEye

AUGUST 29, 2023

Happy customers build successful businesses. You can grow, scale, and develop your business if you understand your customers’ feelings about you. Great products, the best marketing campaigns, and the costliest ads are all playing second fiddle to the power of customer satisfaction. Why is customer satisfaction important?

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Customer Satisfaction Social Media Omnichannel Net Promoter Score 98

Eptica

MARCH 11, 2016

Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 How good are UK brands at email customer service? However, UK brands are struggling to cope with the emails they receive , with performance overall worsening according to the latest Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study. Published on: March 11, 2016. There are over 4.35

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Brands Customer Service 2015 Insurance 49

Kayako

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

As consumers, our needs are satisfied all around. It means consumers expect great product quality, but it’s no longer a currency that differentiates your business. When consumers don’t feel the need to look around as much, your business depends on customer retention and loyalty to survive.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Brands Retail 72

Alida

MARCH 30, 2017

Price Chopper Supermarkets, an American grocery chain with 136 stores, has one answer: customer insight. At a recent Vision Critical webinar, Sam Trimboli, consumer insights specialist at Price Chopper, joined us to discuss how customer insight is helping the company thrive in the increasingly fragmented grocery industry.

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Customer Insights Insights Webinar Innovation 145

Second to None

MAY 15, 2018

Brands that want to stand out in today’s saturated and competitive marketplace need to have a carefully developed branding strategy. Still, customers’ perceptions of a brand is an even more important part of the equation. What is brand equity? Types of brand equity. Brand equity can be positive or negative.

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Measurement Brands Social Media Voice of Customer 59

Alida

AUGUST 16, 2016

To appreciate just how dominant they have become, consider these stats: According to Forrester Research’s 2015 Customer Lifecycle Journey report, 81 percent of companies now have community-type support channels—a steep increase from 2012’s 67 percent figure. Customers demand a seat at the table.

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Win the Customer

AUGUST 9, 2016

It seems consumers are quickly adapting to mobile payment systems in droves, but many companies have neglected to keep pace. But before your company jumps on the mobile payment bandwagon, make sure you know why your customers want mobile payments in the first place to better meet their needs and expectations. Convenience and Ease.

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Consumers Loyalty Programs 2013 2015 72

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 16, 2015

We’re not having a tent sale or running a huge promotion, but every year March proves to be crazy but awesome, and 2015 is no different! Our Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ Jeannie Walters is in Austin gathering evidence from South By Southwest Interactive. Next Generation Customer Experience ConferenceSan Diego.

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Events Customer Experience Webinar Telecommunications 223

NetBase

MARCH 27, 2020

Able to stay one step ahead of consumers, offering what they want, when they want it, ecommerce brands using social insight have early access to consumer conversation and are winning market share. Staying on top of today’s social commentary is vital to the heartbeat of any good business, company or brand. billion in 2024.

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Insights Brands Marketing 2026 52

Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager The impact of worsening UK customer satisfaction. Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager Customer satisfaction in the UK is getting worse – impacting loyalty and profitability at some of the country’s biggest brands.

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