Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Customer expectations are changing and growing just as rapidly as the channels and technology consumers are empowered with to engage, encouraging (if not demanding) that brands and organizations embrace a strategy of non-stop, customer-centric adaptation. 2015 Aspect Consumer Experience Survey ).

Customer Service 70

Customer Service 2015 2016 Contact Center 70

Eptica

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Falling through the gaps – email and the insurance industry. Published on: October 19, 2016. The result is poor or patchy performance when responding to emails and social media messages This was combined with websites that failed to provide answers to routine consumer questions.

Insurance 75

Insurance 2016 Social Media Government 75

Hallmark Business Connections

MARCH 9, 2021

After all, the pandemic has impacted consumers’ spending habits in profound ways. And though financial optimism has increased since July, 40% of Americans don’t expect their finances to return to “normal” until at least the second half of 2021. But did you stop to consider whether you should shift your target audience, too?

Marketing 97

Marketing Brands 2020 2021 97

OpinionLab

JUNE 17, 2016

The results published in our latest Customer Opinion Index (COI) Report say a lot about exactly what is going on in CX at the moment: namely the impact of mobile and how this is affecting customer expectations. The impact of smart devices on customer behavior is undeniable.

E Commerce 74

E Commerce Multi-Channel 2015 Telecommunications 74

Tricia Morris

APRIL 15, 2016

There is a high price to pay for poor customer service, while conversely, there is money to be made from consistently delivering a satisfying customer service experience. The challenge on both sides is that customer expectations have never been higher. On the fence about investing in customer service?

Financial 58

Financial Customer Service Poor Customer Service 2016 58

Tricia Morris

JULY 29, 2016

Just a few years ago, Gartner Research conducted a marketing spending survey where 89% of the responding companies said that by 2016, they expected to compete mostly on the basis of customer experience. Forrester Research recently published the results of its 2016 U.S. Customer Experience Index , and if the U.S.

Customer Experience 57

Customer Experience 2016 Wireless Webinar 57

Provide Support

APRIL 13, 2016

How to Build and Maintain Digital Customer Relationships. Improving the overall customer experience is a top business priority for companies and the main driver behind their digital transformation goals for 2016, according to a new Accenture study “ Digital Transformation in the Age of the Customer ”.

Customer Relationships 43

Customer Relationships 2016 Social Media 2003 43

NICE inContact

DECEMBER 12, 2016

” A 2016 study shows that the vast majority of agents surveyed indicate helping customers and solving customer issues as their primary motivators… Is your organization enabling them to do so? Today’s customers expect to have their problems solved quickly, efficiently and on their terms.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Customer Service Document 2016 74

Retently

OCTOBER 19, 2018

But taking customer satisfaction lightly can be dangerous too. Some studies from 2016 suggest that poor customer service costs businesses up to $62 million per year. trillion per year when their customers leave – and that’s only in the US. Fosters a Company-Wide Customer-Centric Culture.

Chief Customer Officer 83

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Call Center Metrics 83

Tricia Morris

MAY 31, 2016

Customer expectations are changing, and to be successful, brands’ delivery on customer experience must too. Pombriant notes that McKinsey recommends automation, proactive personalization, contextual interaction and journey innovation as four key pillars to achieve customer loyalty.“

Customer Experience 55

Customer Experience 2016 Contact Center Loyalty 55

NICE inContact

JUNE 21, 2016

Customer experience is a huge factor in bringing consumers back into the fold as repeat customers. A major facet of a customer’s experience is the customer service exchanges they have with your company’s representatives. Any employee that a customer talks to is the face of your business during that interaction.

Contact Center 50

Contact Center 2016 Measurement Insights 50

Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s 2018, and customer expectations are changing faster than ever. Consumer patience is dwindling; we want better, more accessible products, and everything that we do seems to revolve around convenience. In other words, why invest in chasing after customer expectations when you could be shaping those expectations yourself?

Exceptional Customer Service 40

Exceptional Customer Service 2018 Customer Service Hotels 40

Kayako

DECEMBER 31, 2015

This year, we’ve seen the customer support community continue to grow, with small tribes setting up all over the internet and producing great support content. Last year, we rounded up the best blog posts of 2014 and saw some trends on hiring, job policies and communication. The best of customer experience.

2015 35

2015 Net Promoter Score Multi-Channel Social Media 35

ijgolding

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If you have read my blog posts before, you will now that I am a fan of discovering the definition of words. There is a role for academic institutions to play here – the majority continue to to teach traditional marketing and customer service skills yet are largely still to introduce Customer Experience to the curriculum in any way.

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience Definition Customer Centricity Hospitality 59

OpinionLab

AUGUST 29, 2017

87% of customers think brands need to put more effort into providing seamless omnichannel CX ( Zendesk ). For this, you need to know the specifics of how customers behave and what they actually want. This is exactly why we recently surveyed 24,000 consumers and 1,000 businesses globally. If not, you will also lose customers.

Omnichannel 166

Omnichannel Consumers Touchpoint Banking 166

Kustomer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

With this in mind, brands now realize that customer service is directly tied to their revenue, and are modernizing applications. How Can You Provide Differentiated Customer Service? By ignoring customer service, brands are missing out on market share and revenue.

Customer Engagement 105

Customer Engagement Engagement Omnichannel 2002 105

Tricia Morris

JANUARY 11, 2016

“Setting customer expectations at a level that is aligned with consistently deliverable levels of customer service requires that your whole staff, from product development to marketing, works in harmony with your brand image.” ” ~ Richard Branson. Employee Empowerment: Where to Start.

2016 67

2016 Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center 67

Tricia Morris

JULY 25, 2016

In Microsoft’s 2016 State of Global Customer Service Report , 44% of the 5,000 respondents across Brazil, Germany, Japan, the UK and the United States said they feel it takes them, the customer, more effort to resolve their customer service issue than it does a brand. Customer expectations continue to mount.

Poor Customer Service 45

Poor Customer Service Consumers Customer Service Brands 45

Storyminers

MAY 4, 2016

[originally posted on the User Testing Blog 3/06/2016 by Spencer Lanoue ]. Investing in customer experience drives revenue growth and increases customer loyalty. According to Gartner , customer experience will be the main battleground for competing companies over the next two years.

Customer Experience 56

Customer Experience Definition Interaction Customers 56

BirdEye

MAY 31, 2023

consumers today say friends and family are their top source of brand awareness. T-Mobile In 2016, T-Mobile initiated its “Stock Up” program in which customers could earn a share in the company by being a subscriber and by referring new customers. To be remembered by customers and become referral-worthy, go a step beyond.

Marketing 52

Marketing Social Media Reference Rewards Programs 52

Customer Bliss

JANUARY 26, 2018

“More and more customers are willing to use live chat when contacting brands, but their general satisfaction rate has gone down slightly.” This is a finding from the recently released LiveChat Customer Service Report 2018 , comparing results from 2017 to 2016. You need a strategy in place based off your customer journey.

2018 114

2018 Chief Customer Officer Touchpoint Customer Journey 114

Kustomer

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Customers are gravitating towards brands that fulfill great experiences, leaving those that don’t in the dust. With this in mind, brands are beginning to realize that customer experience is directly tied to their revenue. Take a True Omnichannel (NOT Multichannel) Approach to Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience Omnichannel 2002 Customer Centricity 59

Eptica

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Régine, you gave a fascinating speech at the Eptica 2016 Customer Day , looking at how digital transformation is impacting consumer behavior and expectations. For the benefit of blog readers, can you give us some more detail on what you are seeing happening in the market?

Technology 58

Technology Multi-Channel 2017 Consumers 58

Kustomer

JUNE 27, 2022

What consumers are looking for in a digital-first world is that feeling when your morning coffee barista greets you with a hearty hello and a warm smile, or when you get that email from your food delivery service giving you a free meal for continued loyalty. Complete Guide: What Is Personalized Customer Service.

2022 98

2022 Customer Service E Commerce E-support 98

Tricia Morris

MARCH 28, 2016

And in a 24/7 global marketplace where it’s becoming increasingly difficult for retailers to differentiate on price and product availability, more and more it’s becoming customer service and the customer experience that means the difference between buy, buy, buy and bye, bye, bye. For customers, expectations are up.

Retail 58

Retail Customer Service Omnichannel Call Center 58

Avaya

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Earlier this month, the CFI Group, which issues the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index, issued the Contact Center Satisfaction Index (CCSI). Here are some of the key findings : The index shows a four-point decrease in customer satisfaction from 2015 to 2016, sliding to the lowest score in the nine-year history of the report.

Customer Experience 69

Customer Experience Contact Center 2015 2016 69

Avaya

MAY 10, 2016

Being a consumer today can be frustrating. Is the gap between consumers’ smart devices and the digitization of the companies we want to do business with ever going shrink? Or will the consumer’s device always be smarter? In 2016 we would not consider ourselves early adopters. The customer—more than 2.6

Contact Center 56

Contact Center Retail Omnichannel Customers 56

Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

This blog post is dedicated to helping you calculate the return on investment (ROI) that Chatbots will bring your company, and how much money Chatbots can save you. Sixty-one percent have plans to incorporate (or continue incorporating) AI into their customer experience. Why Chatbots? Cheap 24/7 Availability.

ROI 53

ROI Contact Center 2018 Social Media 53

Comm100

JUNE 13, 2018

While the Friday after Thanksgiving has been known as the unofficial start of the shopping season, 4 in 10 consumers begin holiday shopping before Halloween, and as much as 12.2 Wallet, and even Bitcoin have been attractive to consumers – particularly Millennials, the generation with the fastest growing spending power.

E Commerce 54

E Commerce E-support Social Media Retail 54

Provide Support

JUNE 2, 2016

In today’s digital, fast-paced world customer expectations and the rules of customer engagement are rapidly changing. What used to be acceptable and satisfactory in customer service a while ago is no longer enough. While failure to address the changing consumer needs can put your business at risk. Read more.

Consumers 51

Consumers 2003 Customer Service Poor Customer Service 51

AskNicely

JANUARY 10, 2019

Even worse, 91% of unhappy customers who are non-complainers simply leave. A 2016 Nielsen Harris Poll revealed that more than 80 percent of Americans rely on peer recommendations before making a purchase. Five Common Customer Experience Metrics. Online Reviews Make or Break. Greater Spend.

NPS 60

NPS Metrics Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 60

John Paul

JULY 26, 2018

This transforms the way consumers relate to brands, turning a purchase into an experience, and this experience into an addiction. Geo targeting enables human concierges to bring clients customized options based on their exact location. Because of this, technology has remained been behind-the-scenes.

2018 45

2018 Technology Hospitality Hotels 45

CXApp

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In 2016, mobile internet usage surpassed desktop for the first time ever , a trend that has continued since. A State of the Connected Customer study by Salesforce revealed that 75% of consumers expect a consistent experience wherever and whenever they engage across websites, mobile, social, in-person etc. billion by 2019.

Touchpoint 40

Touchpoint Wireless Download B2C 40

Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2016, the customer experience became the focal point of marketing, acquisition, onboarding, UX design, and many other core business functions. “I have learned in 2016 that our customers (aged 18-24 years old or the millennials) spend most of their time…” On their mobile devices.

2016 111

2016 2017 Customer Experience Social Media 111

transcosmos Information Systems

MAY 10, 2017

Customers have grown accustomed to speed and immediate solutions because of the conveniences offered by technology today. In fact, many studies have shown that customers want their questions answered and their problems resolved quickly. Three out of ten customers that tweet support questions expect a response within 30 minutes. (

Social Media 59

Social Media 2016 2017 Call Center 59

transcosmos Information Systems

MAY 10, 2017

Customers have grown accustomed to speed and immediate solutions because of the conveniences offered by technology today. In fact, many studies have shown that customers want their questions answered and their problems resolved quickly. Three out of ten customers that tweet support questions expect a response within 30 minutes. (

Social Media 48

Social Media 2016 2017 Call Center 48

Opinionator

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Moreover they are from a low sample, usually from a non target audience, not a consumer with whom you should direct message. If a rant is not a survey, and the review is skewed to a fake or winier group – then Facebook and other review sites simply provide consumer stories for a social media customer group.

Social Media 52

Social Media Feedback 2023 2016 52