Alida

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

In our e-book The 10 Smartest Brands: How They Use the Competitive Advantage of Customer Intelligence , we reveal how companies like D E WALT, LinkedIn and Salomon engage with customers to make better marketing, customer experience and product innovation decisions. Boosting customer satisfaction with Alliant Energy.

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ROI Measurement Brands Net Promoter Score 269

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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Customer Experience Omnichannel 2015 Retail 183

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 Matters

AUGUST 6, 2015

How much is it worth to have customers willing to try your new products? There’s a huge advantage in having customers who are looking to try your next offering versus customers who want nothing to do with your latest and greatest. That’s why we created the Temkin Innovation Equity Quotient (TIEQ).

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Innovation 2015 Airlines Banking 98

TechSee

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

TechSee has been out there since 2015 driving change with innovation, working to make a difference. Our technology allows contact center agents and technicians to remotely guide customers on how to fix and install their products using video, Computer Vision, AI and augmented reality. How, what and why?

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Innovation 2021 2015 Insurance 84

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2015

Have you ever struggled with how you can listen better to your customers? I was thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Amy Jackson, Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Consumer Marketing for TripIt from Concur while I was at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas back in March. Thanks, @TripIt ! —

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Social Media Travel Rewards Programs Innovation 218

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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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

Avaya

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The idea they hit upon was to give consumers the chance to be chosen as one of 100 digital influencers, allowing them to test-drive a new Fiesta for six months. While GITEX is a great opportunity for vendors, including Avaya, to showcase our newest, most exciting, most innovative products and solutions, it is also a pretty tough spotlight.

Innovation 40

Innovation Feedback 2014 2015 40

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

Kustomer

DECEMBER 5, 2019

I wanted to take a few minutes and talk about reimagining customer service and the future of Kustomer. I’ve always been passionate about great customer experiences. Most importantly, I’ve seen that a maniacal focus on customer service wins every time. The Power of a Customer-Centric Platform.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service E-support Omnichannel Exceptional Customer Service 98

Alida

AUGUST 26, 2016

Social communities are useful for tracking what your competitors are up to and identifying broad consumer trends. Ninety-three percent of large companies use Facebook , according to a 2015 Social Media Examiner report. According to a 2015 Forrester Research report, 81 percent of companies have a support community of some kind. .

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Social Media 2015 Innovation 2014 167

Kustomer

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that the world can turn upside down in the blink of an eye… and the customer experience transforms just as quickly. Sifting through your inbox for the best news and insights can be time-consuming for anyone, regardless of their profession or industry. Save the date!

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2015 2022 Books Consumers 98

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 22, 2015

Social media as a customer service channel is now a given. Customers turn to this method when they are frustrated, and aren’t afraid to air their grievances publicly. 67% of consumers have used a company’s social media site for servicing, according to J.D. Share innovation as it happens. I’d wager yes.

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Social Media Engagement Magazine Innovation 233

Kerry Bodine

JUNE 4, 2015

It was so on point for companies looking to innovate the customer experience that I feel compelled to share. Max presented six trends that can help you frame your CX innovation efforts: Dynamic pricing. Ask yourself: Can we use targeted, dynamic pricing to prove to our customers that we care? Video valet. Politeness pays.

Consumers 70

Consumers Customer Experience Seminar 2015 70

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

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 Bliss

MARCH 30, 2017

When I work with clients, I always set up a “customer room,” which is another way of thinking about customer experience labs. I’ve written about this idea a few times , including in Chief Customer Officer 2.0. And now, customer experience labs have come en vogue in the last couple of years.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Banking Net Promoter Score Call Center 195

Alida

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the age of companies like Amazon, Airbnb and Apple, health care organizations are lagging other industries in customer experience. Retail, hospitality and other industries are setting a high bar, delivering innovative experiences to their customers. What kinds of experiences are consumers looking for? Not necessarily.

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Hospitality 2015 Retail Leadership 247

Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 The opportunity for European customer experience. Published on: October 16, 2015. Author: Olivier Njamfa From Berlin to Bermuda, and San Francisco to Singapore, consumers increasingly demand a superior customer experience from the organizations that they choose to buy from.

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E Commerce Customer Experience 2015 Banking 75

Tricia Morris

JULY 13, 2015

In the newly-published 2015 U.S. Multichannel Customer Service Report from Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Parature, from Microsoft, 92% of consumers surveyed said they now expect brands and organizations to offer a customer self-service support portal. Think Like Your Customers. Design with your customer in mind.

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2015 Download Innovation Social Media 94

Think Customers

JUNE 24, 2015

Drawing in new customers is more challenging than ever as companies compete to engage consumers who have a rapidly shrinking attention span and high expectations. Here are three takeaways for your own customer acquisition strategy. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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2015 Innovation Customer Engagement Blog 81

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Making a success of Twitter customer service. Published on: September 09, 2015. Author: Michael Cheung The immediacy and reach of Twitter means it has become a vital channel for customer service. For a business, delivering Twitter customer service well can provide additional benefits: 1.

Customer Service 97

Customer Service Social Media 2015 Contact Center 97

Alida

JULY 5, 2017

In a dynamic and sometimes struggling retail environment where online giant Amazon buys grocery chain Whole Foods , consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies must build brand awareness and harness the insight of shoppers if they are to win the battle for shelf space. It’s not the first food company to embrace the direct-to-consumer model.

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Insights Retail 2015 2012 113

Alida

JULY 28, 2016

To learn more about this topic, join us at the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit , where Lauren Meewes, senior program manager of seller at eBay, and Catherine Makk, vice president of global insights at HarperCollins, will share how to use customer feedback to give context and meaning to big data. The big data hype is officially dead.

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Natalie Petouhof

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Tweet At the NRF Retail’s BIG Show , Adobe introduced several solution innovations for the Adobe Marketing Cloud that help retailers unify data, rich content, and campaign management into one platform. Covering Customer-facing Applications That Drive Better Business Results. The Holiday season made up 28% of annual online sales.

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Retail Innovation E Commerce 2015 40

Eptica

AUGUST 19, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Robots – the future of customer service? Published on: August 19, 2015. Author: Derek Lewis Recent Forrester research pointed out the importance of understanding customer emotion and creating empathy with consumers if brands are going to deliver a successful customer experience.

Customer Service 85

Customer Service Wireless 2015 Contact Center 85

Kerry Bodine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

A couple of months back, I wrote a post called You Must Invest In Customer Experience. In it, I detailed research by the American Customer Satisfaction Index that shows that an investment portfolio that takes long bets on CX leaders and shorts CX laggards outperforms the S&P 500 by nearly a factor of five. Among them: IBM.

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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

Eptica

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Date: Friday, October 30, 2015 Which sectors offer the worst customer experience? Published on: October 30, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden While all industries need to ensure they are delivering an excellent customer experience, some seem to be intrinsically better at it than others.

Customer Experience 75

Customer Experience Transportation Insurance 2015 75

C3Centricity

AUGUST 20, 2017

Faster growth, increased profitability, or more successful innovations? So, how well do you know your current and potential customers? They go out looking for new customers by increasing their distribution channels in the hope of getting more people to buy. So what have you promised your top management? Be different!

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2018 Innovation Competitive Advantage Books 48

TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

And with 51% of Americans now preferring to shop online, the pressure on customer support operations is about to increase exponentially. However, most of these innovations revolve around language. The missing link has always been the visual dimension: the ability to show the customer exactly how to proceed. Object Recognition.

Contact Center 174

Contact Center Average Handle Time Insurance B2C 174

Provide Support

MAY 4, 2016

Key Aspects of Customer Service Agent Training. Customer experience is now winning the leadership race to become the main business differentiator. Hence, the need to create a strong customer service team which will enable the delivery of great customer experience. © 2003 - 2015 Provide Support LLC. Read more.

Customer Service 44

Customer Service 2003 2015 2016 44

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

This has come at the cost of innovation, experimentation, and ultimately customer experience. This is tantamount to shrinkage – because as the economy expands to accommodate new services and innovative customer experiences, retail occupies an ever smaller market share. The American economy mirrors this trend [viii].

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Retail Brands Banking 2015 110

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Over the past three years, consumer satisfaction with voice assistants has also increased greatly. In 2015, Gartner carried out research which stated that by 2018, 30% of our interactions with technology would be through conversations. How You Can Improve Your Website for Better Customer Experience With a Voice Assistant.

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Customer Service E Commerce Customer Service Representative 2017 52

TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2021

That’s ok, we may be a relatively new startup (founded in 2015) but we are really starting to make a splash, so expect to hear more about us going forward. And, if we can save a few consumer tech devices from being smashed to bits in the process, that’s fantastic…for us, for you, and for your wallet. ever again.

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Wireless 2021 2015 Technology 109

transcosmos Information Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Modern-day CEOs are taking a more hands-on approach and becoming the frontrunner of their companies when it comes to providing excellent customer service. They’re channeling their customer persona when developing customer-friendly policies within their organization or establishing an up-close and personal relationship with customers.

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