ShepHyken

DECEMBER 11, 2017

John Ruhlin is the corporate gifting expert, and in this article, he shares some of his best tips to ensure that the gifts you give will be meaningful, memorable, and wow your customers. Top 10 Wow Customer Service Stories for 2017 by Shaun Belding. It was a big task – there were a lot of great stories out there!

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ShepHyken

APRIL 3, 2017

In 2016, the conference organizers added a Customer Service track to the list of 20 or so other tracks. This year, attendance at several Customer Service sessions reportedly doubled from last year. Want Loyal Customers? Prioritize Your Customer Service With These 4 Tactics. Entrepreneur) What makes a brand strong in 2017?

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ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2017

Here are a number of examples of how the hotel industry can deliver better service and a customer experience. Why does my business have such angry customers? Real Business) It’s common knowledge that understanding and fulfilling a consumer’s needs equates to a happier, more satisfied and loyal customer. by John Walls.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Building a strong customer-focused service culture. Published on: February 22, 2017. At the same time it’s essential that your staff should find it easy to provide a good service to customers. A good example of this is warranty provider Domestic and General.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 16, 2017

(TechRepublic) Companies including Alibaba, Lexus, and Uber use both human and automated customer service to deliver the best results, according to a report from MIT Technology Report and Genesys. My Comment: The companies that use AI (Artificial Intelligence) effectively have figured out an important part of the AI customer experience.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Some of you may think these are common sense, but then think about how often you don’t experience these when you’re a customer. CIOs need to focus on customer experience now by Zavalaeus Kerr. 6 Key Statements to Propel Your Customer Experience Program by Bill Price. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 27, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Experience, Innovation and the Slow Death of Famed Brands by Augie Ray. While they focus on the contact center world, many of them are appropriate for any company (and department) that is customer-focused.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

3 Techniques to Help you Really Understand your Customers by Shay Namdarian. Collective Campus) Establishing a detailed understanding of your customers is essential in achieving business goals and creating a customer experience that is a key competitive advantage today. Five, in fact. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

MAY 8, 2017

10 Content Marketing and Customer Experience All-Stars by James A. CIO) From the recent Adobe digital marketing conference, here are 10 examples of brands (and in one case, an Australian entrepreneur) that are killing it with their content marketing and/or customer experiences. Great examples that we can all learn from.

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ShepHyken

MAY 29, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. How good is your company’s internal customer experience? McKinsey & Company) To excel with customers, frontline employees need high-level service from core support functions. by Nicolas Maechler.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If your company wants to truly be focused on delivering an amazing customer experience, then the customer must be at the heart of every strategic decision that is made. Customer Experience Simplicity in Technology: How Quality & Design Impact the Bottom Line by Ricardo Saltz Gulko.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2017

to your customers. I beg you, retailers, don’t digitize the in-store customer experience by Ben Davis. How to Justify the Importance of Customer Experience by Nitish Gautam. The answer lies in improving Customer Experience (CX). Will AI Replace Humans In The Customer Service Industry?

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 30, 2017

Keep these in mind the next time a customer service crisis occurs. Customer Service of the Future: 3 Most Important Customer Experience Trends by Justyna Polaczyk. LiveChat) In this post, I’d like to focus on customer experience trends. Here’s how customer service of the future will look like.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 2, 2017

(Salesforce) Every year, companies must put customers first, and this year was no exception. Here are a few lessons from 2016 to help you prepare and improve your customer service on Twitter for 2017. My Comment: Social media customer care is something that too many companies ignore – or don’t pay close enough attention to.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Believing These Five Customer Experience Myths Could Stunt Your Company’s Growth by Holly Chessman. One great way to gain a competitive edge is to improve customer experience. My Comment: What you think may be creating a better service experience for your customers may be driving them away.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 28, 2017

Artificial Intelligence: The Customer Experience Imperative by Bob Hayes. Business Over Broadway) The tools and methods of artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics will play a major role in helping businesses better understand and manage the customer experience. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The “20th Annual Mystery Shopping Study” recognizes seven retailers who excel in customer service. My Comment: It doesn’t matter what type of business you have, there are plenty of lessons you can learn from the top customer focused retailers. Customers want it and are expecting it. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Retail Customer Experience) If service was an impulse encounter, what would be its features? How do service providers convince customers to assume a “got-to-ha ve” state of mind? My Comment: Part of an amazing customer experience can be driven by technology. Impulse service on steroids by Chip Bell.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 5, 2017

Brands unclear who should take responsibility for customer experience by Charlotte Rogers. Marketing Week) Businesses are increasingly using customer experience to differentiate their brand yet 30% of senior leaders are confused about who should take ownership of it. Some companies have a Chief Experience Officer.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 17, 2017

United Airlines and the Dollars and Cents of Customer Experience by Augie Ray. The answer is no and yes and, this is a customer experience lesson for business leaders. My Comment: I couldn’t let this week’s Top Five list get away without at least one article about the United Airlines Customer Service debacle.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Customer Experience Excellence Centre Analysis by Nunwood. KPMG) For seven years the Excellence Centre has been comprehensively researching the UK and US markets through the Customer Experience Excellence (CEE) programme. Pay attention to their six pillars of customer experience, especially the one on personalization.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 2, 2017

‘Woo, Wow, and Win’: Designing a Captivating Customer Experience by Knowledge@Wharton . The Wharton School) Companies carefully craft the products they sell to customers, but rarely do they give the same thoughtfulness to designing what could be the most critical part of the sales process: customer experience.

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COPC

APRIL 6, 2018

This is especially true as companies increasingly focus on creating an exceptional customer experience (CX) across channels. But by attempting to apply traditional call center metrics, the things being measured aren’t necessarily what matters most to customers.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 20, 2017

#SXSW: Emerging AI with a Focus on Greater Experiences by Jeannie Walters . My Comment: Last week was SXSW (South By Southwest) and one of the technologies on “center stage” was Artificial Intelligence (AI), and how it will help improve the customer experience. Jeannie Walters reports on the current state of AI.

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Kerry Bodine

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Join us for a hands-on customer journey mapping workshop in 2017! I’m thrilled to announce our 2017 lineup of open enrollment journey mapping workshops: February 21 & 22 in San Diego. The customer focus is extremely valuable! Drop us a line to further discuss how we can help with your customer experience efforts.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

My Comment: Want to now what your customers hate more than anything (when it comes to customer service)? Then read this article featuring five of the top “irritations” that customers in any business might experience. When The CMO Owns Customer Experience: 10 Top CMOs Share Their POV by Blake Morgan.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2017

(CustomerThink) What does your B2B marketing program have to do with your customer retention strategy? Let’s look at three ways you can use marketing and customer experience to engage your customers. I especially love number three… that prospective customers watch how you treat current customers.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 6, 2017

Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, professional speaker and New York Times bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus™ customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of March 6, 2017 appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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Retently

JULY 28, 2023

Do you simply rely on the generic “the customer is always right” speech, or do you have a customer-centric culture in place that’s overseen by a professional who understands how customers think and feel, and who knows how to get that point of view across to other employees too? CXO stands for Chief Experience Officer.

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ijgolding

JANUARY 17, 2017

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. In my last column of 2016, I explored tip number 2 – how to embed a Customer Experience Framework. Do you know what you are supposed to be doing for your customers?

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Strativity

MARCH 20, 2017

The world’s premier Customer Experience consultancy, Strativity Group, Inc., adds customer experience consultants, expanding offices into the Midwest and New England. NEW JERSEY, March 21, 2017 –Strativity Group, Inc., His experience spans research, consulting, technology, marketing, and sales.

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ShepHyken

MAY 15, 2017

Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, professional speaker and New York Times bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus™ customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of May 15, 2017 appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 4, 2017

RT @360Connext : Jason Dabrowski @jeanniecw and @Dragonburger75 loooove customers! Jeannie Walters (@jeanniecw) October 4, 2017. So let’s unpack that a bit… First, customer service and CX are often used interchangeably. Take, for example, this piece in the British Museum of a customer complaint etched in stone!

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ProProfs Chat

MAY 6, 2020

That’s why your business needs to work towards building a customer experience that: Encourages customers to become loyal to your brand . Prompts them to share their awesome experience with your brand on public platforms. Helps you bring in new customers via word-of-mouth publicity. Future of Customer Experience.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 28, 2017

Several customer experience case studies confirmed this idea at Medallia’s Experience 2017 conference. Ground zero of any customer experience isn’t when a leader reads a book then declares it “the year of the customer.” Connecting the dots of customer experience.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The ones that do reap the rewards of repeat and loyal customers. Five Ways to Caffeinate Your Customer Experience in 2017 by Scott Anderson. Here are five tips to delivering that caffeinated customer experience in 2017. My Comment: Great article about ramping up your customer experience.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Balancing the human and the digital in customer experience. Published on: October 11, 2017. She recently contributed the foreword to Eptica’s new whitepaper, Putting the human at the heart of digital customer experience. Bridging the chat gap in customer experience.

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