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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It’s been stated that customer experience is the new brand, but what about the visual customer experience? Constant online interaction and social media engagement has piqued our need for visual stimulation and trained us to assimilate more imagery than ever before. So, how can brands provide the impossible?

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Clutch) In today’s “show me you know me” marketing world, it’s imperative that brands understand and engage their shoppers on a personal level with personalized marketing. My Comment: If customer service is the new marketing, and personalization is the hottest strategy, then this article is a must-read. Eggers and Greg Pellegrino.

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Second to None

MARCH 30, 2018

Creating a great Customer Experience can serve as a huge differentiator between your brand and the rest of the competition, but it can be very challenging to establish this level of service. I’ve never been able to thank the individual who helped me, but this kind of customer experience is unforgettable.

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Eptica

JANUARY 12, 2017

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 What were the top customer service trends of 2016? To help we’ve analyzed all 100+ posts published on the Eptica blog in 2016, and picked a top ten, based on a combination of readership and industry feedback. Is a lack of consistency letting your customer service down?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Technology, human behavior, Customer Experience are intersecting through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and taking marketing in a new direction. We spoke to Messina on a recent podcast about this concept and how it applies to customer-driven growth. Many times, these interactions surprised Messina.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 27, 2016

ON DEMAND: Microsoft’s 2016 Global State of Customer Service Report Reveal by Bill Peterson. Essential Customer Service Skills We’ve Forgotten in the Digital Age by Stuart Leung. My Comment: As the world becomes more and more digital, it is easy to miss opportunities to connect on an emotional level with the customer.

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Customer Bliss

MARCH 8, 2016

Ever since social media became a force, the idea of ‘social media love’ — getting positive feedback from clients and customers and fans, essentially — has been something that many brands aim for in the social space. In a customer-obsessed organization, however, the concepts need to be much different.

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Conversocial

MAY 4, 2021

In our State of CX Trends 2021 55% of consumers didn’t think bots could provide better CX and 54% have had a bad experience when interacting with a bot. The legacy of 2016’s ‘ Year of the Bot ’ was too many badly designed bots, mak ing “I’m sorry, I don’t understand” a far too regular occurrence.

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Tricia Morris

JANUARY 4, 2016

A new year brings resolutions to change or improve in ways that matter, and for brands and organizations, customer service is always a key focus. I don’t think that this endeavor will be completed in 2016, but those who have bought in to the importance of service will look to: 1. Why Will This Have an Impact in 2016? “A

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Customer Bliss

JULY 11, 2017

Catherine Courage is currently the VP of Ads and Commerce User Experience at Google, where she’s been since October 2016. This is his third time around in a tech customer experience role, previously having held similar jobs at DocuSign and Citrix. Interaction designers. Episode Overview. Prototypes.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2016

They help businesses take essential decisions and optimize their strategy and workflows, but how do you know if an artificial intelligence platform can h elp you build a more engaging, personal connection with customers – and improve your metrics? 20 Positive Phrases for Customer Service Success: Part 1 by Conversational. Surprising.

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Bob Hayes

AUGUST 21, 2017

Customer Experience Management (CXM) is the process of understanding and managing customers' interactions with and perceptions about the company/brand. In our Big Data world, improving the customer experience is increasingly becoming data-intensive endeavor.

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Tricia Morris

JUNE 17, 2016

Consumers today expect to engage with brands just as easily online and on their mobile devices as they do on the phone or in person (if not more so). Microsoft’s 2016 State of Global Customer Service Report shows that globally, 55% of consumers’ customer service interactions now begin online rather than on the phone or in person.

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OpinionLab

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As I spoke with customers and analysts, and listened to the keynote presentations, I found emerging commonality across three main themes: 1) Mobile is a mainstay. One Forrester analyst coined the term “landmarks” to describe the critical moments that matter in the customer journey. 2) CX is a business priority. Here’s how.

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Tricia Morris

JANUARY 25, 2016

As we start talking about self-service , virtual assistants and artificial intelligence in more and more customer service conversations, we have to talk about where human-to-human interaction will continue to make an impact, and why many customers have turned to more “humanless” customer service options in the first place.

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Customer Guru

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Before we begin our discussion into digital customer experience and how it must be improved, we must first understand what it is to be digital. So, what then could attract a potential customer into buying your product when neither location nor price is a constraint? There is only one answer – the customer experience!

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 14, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Consumer Trust Languishes at 2016 Levels by MarTech Cube (MarTech Cube) Consumers’ trust in the organizations they do business with has not recovered from its pandemic decline. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 14, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Consumer Trust Languishes at 2016 Levels by MarTech Cube (MarTech Cube) Consumers’ trust in the organizations they do business with has not recovered from its pandemic decline. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Employees are the common denominator in optimizing the customer experience. Powerful new research has produced results which allow companies to identify current levels of employee commitment and provides actionable direction on how to help them become more committed and active brand ambassadors. There’s a lot more to tell.

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ijgolding

JANUARY 17, 2017

In my exclusive column for CustomerThink in October 2016, I shared my ‘top tips’ for creating the right culture to enable an organisation to become genuinely customer centric. In November 2016 I did so with tip number 1 – how to make Customer Experience a priority for the whole company – you can read it here.

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BirdEye

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I’m thrilled to announce the acquisition of Cube Online– Australia’s leading customer experience platform — giving us the opportunity to help local brands and businesses worldwide. I want to extend a warm welcome to the entire Cube team and the thousands of Cube customers.

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ReviewTrackers

JUNE 29, 2017

There’s no shortcut to creating a great customer experience. It takes a thoughtful strategy, a customer-focused organization, and a design that delivers on your brand promise. But many companies fail to handle problems effectively, which contributes to poor customer experience and engagement.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

Gone are the days where high-quality customer experience (CX) was the exclusive purview of B2C. In today’s rapidly digitizing marketplace, brand perception hangs largely on the ability to offer customers a convenient, effortless use of products and services – in the B2B space as much as B2C.

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ShepHyken

JULY 11, 2016

“Oh when you smilin’, when you smilin’ The whole world smiles with you” – do happy customers = better customer experiences? I J Golding) I make no secret of the fact that I am a fan of ‘old fashioned values’ in the delivery of great Customer Experiences. by Ian Golding. (I That doesn’t work.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Date: Friday, November 18, 2016 Customer Experience - disrupt or be disrupted. Published on: November 18, 2016. Author: Olivier Njamfa Whatever market they are in, organizations face a stark choice – innovate across their operations and get closer to customers or lose market share to more agile, flexible rivals.

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Kayako

MARCH 14, 2017

Warby Parker are just one of many brands in the fast-growing vCommerce space who are inciting incredible customer love as a result of their their dogged focus on delivering fantastic customer experiences – and reaping the rewards: their latest funding pegs them at an eye-watering $1.2 billion valuation.

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

The question was as follows: What value has our business experienced as a result of all the Customer Experience (CX) work that has been done? Only recently I wrote about an experience a friend of mine was (and still is) having with BT – it was the perfect example of the RANDOM or UNINTENTIONAL Customer Experience.

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Ecrion

MARCH 27, 2020

They’ve undertaken large CX projects, and the vast majority of them think they deliver exceptional experiences. What is the cause of this disconnect, and how can we make more customer experience programs a success? I will argue below that Customer Experience providers need to be better Customer Success practitioners.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2016

Consorsbank, Lufthansa, and Zalando—three very different companies—have both undertaken a Customer Experience improvement program. Whilst they each have their unique challenges, their insight on Customer Experience shows us the common obstacles that all of us face when tackling such an important facet of our business.

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Second to None

APRIL 3, 2018

Capturing new customers is a foundational pillar of a successful fast-casual restaurant brand, but the ability to retain these first-time patrons is the true signifier of a leading Customer Experience. One specific segment that fast-casual brands should be catering their services towards are millennials.

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Alida

MARCH 21, 2018

Note: This article is part of our ROI Matters series , which explores the value of research ROI to C-suite executives and leaders in product innovation , customer experience, marketing and customer insight. . Further, they don’t contribute to the systematic design of superior experiences.

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Alida

JANUARY 19, 2017

According to Recode , e-commerce giant Amazon is preparing to launch its own activewear private label brands. Sales in athletic apparel rose 12 percent in 2016 , according to the market research firm NPD, as more consumers wear their workout clothes outside the gym. Using customer intelligence to improve the in-store experience.

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OpinionLab

AUGUST 23, 2016

But how do you create a fulfilling customer experience that incorporates each channel and is in line what your customer wants? Takeaway one leads neatly into the second takeaway from eTail East: how do you create a frictionless, enriching and consistent customer journey at all touchpoints? Customer journey mapping.

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Customer Bliss

MARCH 28, 2017

I found it interesting that our work in customer experience is now expanding to airports, and Karen Ellis of the San Antonio International Airport (previously in somewhat similar roles in Houston and Atlanta) was good enough to come on the podcast and discuss some of her initiatives and challenges. Customer experience.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 20, 2016

Here are six ideas that will make customer service both more personal and engaging. Successful customer experience moves past loyalty and towards desire b y Barb Mosher Zinck. Diginomica) When it comes to customer experience, companies struggle to bridge the gap between loyalty and desire. Great article!

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 15, 2016

Will it ever replace human interactions? There always has to be a “fall back” plan that defaults to human interaction. 4 Tips for Delivering a Richer Customer Experience by Tara Sporrer. Call it a “richer” customer experience. I don’t think so, at least not completely.

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ijgolding

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As I continue to develop my Customer Experience Specialism around the globe, a number of questions are continually raised by the people I meet. Starting an organisations Customer Experience transformation is hard – something I have written about in the past.

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