ShepHyken

MAY 4, 2022

I was on a flight to a city I can’t remember, but what I do remember was the wonderful flight attendant, Bailee from American Airlines, who enthusiastically greeted me with a smile and said, “I like that hat!” She was the perfect frontliner for American Airlines – or for that matter, any type of business. . I knew better.

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Airlines Customer Service Training Presentation Engagement 130

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. On a recent flight, the author of this article met “Captain Adams,” who not only flew the plane but set the culture, empowered the crew and was the perfect example of a leader focused on the customer experience.

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Article 2018 Customer Service 2019 103

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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2017 Article Customer Service Airlines 97

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Do customers really want to take your survey? To Improve Customer Experience, Start With Morale, Not Technology, Feds Say by Tom Shoop. Here are a few ideas on how to retain those happy customers.

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Article 2018 Customer Service Airlines 83

ShepHyken

MAY 8, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 10 Content Marketing and Customer Experience All-Stars by James A. FCR) I recently flew on one of the major airlines and observed many opportunities for improvement (a phrase we like to use in contact centers).

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2017 Article Customer Service Airlines 81

ShepHyken

MAY 22, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 5 Fun and Inexpensive Customer Appreciation Ideas by Aja McClanahan. Fundera) Customer appreciation doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. 7 Powerful Customer Service Phone Tips by Pascal van Opzeeland.

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2017 Article Customer Service Airlines 82

ShepHyken

APRIL 6, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Improve customer loyalty and retention by focusing on relationships by Sarah Olson. Zendesk) Read on for customer retention strategies and tips to build long-term relationships that improve your customer loyalty.

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Article 2020 Customer Service E Commerce 76

ProProfs Chat

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

companies lose more than $62 billion due to poor customer service. Not surprising, considering Americans tell an average of 15 people about a poor service experience, versus the 11 people they’ll tell about a good experience. . Bad customer service has become a major business problem today. Annually, U.S.

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Customer Service Airlines Net Promoter Score Customer Retention 68

ShepHyken

MAY 15, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. A Look at Southwest Airlines 50 Years Later by Joseph Guinto. (D D CEO) Half a century after its incorporation papers were filed, the Dallas-based carrier is working harder than ever to reinforce its unique corporate culture.

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2017 Article Customer Service Airlines 69

ShepHyken

MAY 31, 2017

I’m often asked, “How many people in an organization does it take to create a culture focused on Customer Amazement?” I wrote about this in my book The Cult of the Customer (Wiley 2008), and the example I used was that of an airline employee. Maybe your organization is truly customer-focused.

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Airlines 2008 Customer Focused Customer Service Training 83

ShepHyken

AUGUST 28, 2018

Why (and How) to Put Your Customers at the Center of Your Decisions. Shep Hyken sits down with his close friend, colleague and customer service expert Buddy Rice. They discussed how he helped Delta Airlines with their customer service culture, what customers are really looking for, and the RATER service quality model. ? ?.

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Airlines Leadership Presentation Culture 69

ShepHyken

JUNE 20, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. World’s 3 MOST Customer Centric Companies: How do they do it!! Customer Guru) Here are our top three picks for the most customer centric companies and some lessons on how they manage to be customer-centric despite their size and diversity.

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2016 Article Customer Service Loyalty Programs 78

ShepHyken

AUGUST 10, 2016

Every once in a while I jokingly will say the motto of a company who gives me bad customer service is: We’re not happy until you’re not happy. It’s hard to shake off a reputation for bad service that has been going on for years – although they do seem to be getting better. They expect good service. Brand Promise.

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Airlines Government Customer Service Training Brands 86

Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

Armed with that empathy and over ten years in the business, there’s been one consistent signal that stands out from the noise in this year’s customer service trends: customers want effortless experiences. Customers hate putting in effort to get problems resolved. Did the comparison site or airline double book me?

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Customer Centricity 2018 Customer Service Customers 83

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 28, 2017

Connecting the dots of customer experience. Here are some valuable lessons from the customer experience case studies presented at Experience 2017. Using truly customer-focused metrics. The result of reducing YEARS off the wait time for one region illustrates the power of customer experience! Save 1,000 words.

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Airlines 2017 Metrics Social Media 152

Comm100

AUGUST 17, 2022

Answer: “It didn’t start out as CX, it started out as CS, that’s customer service. And when I first started, the concept of customer experience was not even thought about, it was all about service.”. Service is a big part of that. Service helps drive the experience, but it’s not all of it.”

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Airlines Virtual Agent Omnichannel 2010 73

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

In building relationships with customers, and value for them, my long-time observation is that most organizations tend to progress through several stages of performance as they are becoming truly customer-centric: a) customer awareness, b) customer sensitivity, c) customer focus, and d) customer obsession.

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Customer Centricity Banking Airlines Customers 111

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

Airlines, as well, are doing their part to diminish the perceived value of their customer loyalty programs. Certainly, frequent flyers have been bitterly complaining about these airlines, and the “quite shameful” and “blow to the solar plexus” moves, on social media and online forums.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Retail 109

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2016

To make the brand or company more attractive, and have greater impact on customer decision-making, there must be an emphasis on creating more perceived value and more personalization. Much of this is, culturally, operationally, and from a communications perspective, what we have been describing as “inside-out advocacy” for years.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Leadership Culture 84

Service Untitled

APRIL 8, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Everyone puts their best attitude forward when interviewing for a position, but during the training period and internship, we can use the opportunities to observe and evaluate each new customer service agent.

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Customer Focused Blog Customer Service Representative 2010 41

Customer Alignment

AUGUST 15, 2017

The poor management of these areas is probably the airline customers’ biggest pain point. Even if disruption is sometimes unavoidable; airports, airlines and all other parties involved in the travel process shouldn’t be excused from taking responsibility and ownership of the problem from the customer.

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Airlines Customer Experience Travel Social Media 40

Kustomer

MAY 28, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of Customer Service Secrets , Blake Morgan joins Gabe Larsen to discuss the importance of focusing on the customer and its role in attracting more customers. The Customer and Company of the Future. This involves the mindset and the culture.

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Culture Books Customers Competitive Advantage 52

ClearAction

JULY 29, 2018

When the CEO of Air New Zealand made the mindset shift replacing We Fly Planes with We Fly People 1 , the whole company began to focus on empowering customer engagement. Since that time it has consistently been among the highest profitable of full-service airlines around the world. What’s preventing customer-centricity?

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Customer Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 48

West Monroe

JUNE 8, 2018

CS Week is the premier annual educational and customer service conference serving electric, gas, and water/wastewater utility professionals globally. I attended CS Week a few years ago, and the big talk then was how “rate payers are now our customers, and they are demanding improved service.”

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Loyalty Retail 2018 Airlines 40

ijgolding

AUGUST 12, 2018

Over time, several words have been used to describe the organisational focus on customers. They include: Customer Experience. Customer Focus. Customer Centricity. Customer Service. Customer Success. Customer Outcomes. Customer Relationship Management. Customer Management.

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2013 Customer Journey Definition Magazine 74

C3Centricity

APRIL 17, 2018

Everyone is talking about customer first strategies and why they are important. He spoke about the differences between customer focus and customer centricity and the often times confusion between the two terms. That is why I tend to speak about customer first rather than customer centricity these days.

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Customer Centricity Innovation Airlines 2002 75

CSM Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

A report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index proved that the leading companies consistently outperformed the market. Customer service leaders outper­formed the Dow by 93%, the Fortune 500 by 20% and the NASDAQ by 335%. The airline went bankrupt and eventually was merged with a larger competitor. Bain & Co.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Airlines Leadership 40

Customer Bliss

JULY 19, 2018

You need a plan and you need to take baby steps,” said Sue Martin Homes , Global VP of Customer Service at Newegg , the leading tech-focused e-retailer in North America. Customer Experience Leadership Means Being a Team Player. Do you have “talk time” countdown timers in your customer service centers?

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Customer Focused E Commerce Multi-Channel E-support 129

Kustomer

JANUARY 21, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Steve Walker and Troy Powell from Walker to uncover the secrets of their newest research report focused on the differences between B2C and B2C customer experience. Humanizing the Customer Experience.

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B2B B2C Customer Centricity Sports 95

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In the face of such hurdles, how do you build a customer centric culture ? Listen, Think and Act on Customer Opinion. Are you just hearing or actively listening to what your customers are saying? Not only did they accept the return but they arranged for the shoes to be shipped at zero cost to the customer.

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Customer Centricity Customer Journey Mapping Customers Culture 96

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 59

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 52

ShepHyken

MARCH 8, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Why marketing can no longer ignore customer experience by Jason VandeBoom. Digiday) Customer experience is rapidly becoming more designable, more accessible and more creative. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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2021 Article Customer Service Hospitality 141

LiveChat

AUGUST 3, 2018

They know me right when I call – they already have my phone number to identify me with, the customer service representatives greet me with my name right away and the problem gets tackled in a jiff, all thanks to the magic of information. Invest in building a culture of customer first at every level of your organization.

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Customer Focused Multi-Channel Airlines 2007 28

Tricia Morris

JUNE 26, 2015

Sometimes an investment or a culture change supporting customer service is a hard sell to the CEO and the C-suite. So to help make the case, here are six things every CEO should know about the importance of customer service: 1. companies alone each year due to poor customer service. Let’s face it.

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Customer Service Poor Customer Service Net Promoter Score Customer Service Representative 104

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

And that is what brings me to the point: Friendly customer service is contagious. Just like the old saying, “Enthusiasm is contagious”, I would extend that to customer service as well. The lesson is this: Just one friendly, outgoing, customer-focused employee can raise the bar for everyone.

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Customer Service Airlines Customers Culture 69

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Test different approaches, gather insights, and iterate on your customer journey optimization efforts to drive continuous improvement. Customer service isn’t just a department – it’s the heartbeat of your business. So, how to achieve an exceptional customer service experience?

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Customer Satisfaction Touchpoint Social Media Customer Centricity 52