ijgolding

JULY 19, 2016

Although I do not intentionally seek out experiences that fail to meet my expectations, on the occasion where I have an experience that really ‘irks’ me in some way, I feel that it is necessary to let the person ultimately accountable for Customer Experience understand my pain (metaphorically speaking of course!).

Customer Focused 75

Customer Focused Customer Centricity Airlines 2012 75

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is.

Net Promoter Score 171

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Airlines 2002 171

Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

Did the comparison site or airline double book me? I got my answer in the end (and my refund), but it wasn’t an ideal way to spend the first hour of my Sunday morning or my first customer service transaction this year that stressed out. Becoming customer-centric will be the goal of most businesses this year.

Customer Centricity 83

Customer Centricity 2018 Customer Service Customers 83

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2016

What makes this question so profound, and so pivotal, in customer experience optimization today is that every aspect of value delivery is at play. More than a buzzword, “being human,” especially in brand-building and leveraging customer experiences and relationships, has become a buzz-phrase or buzz-concept.

Customer Experience 84

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Leadership Culture 84

ijgolding

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Over the last few weeks, I am saddened to confirm that I have been on the receiving end of some shocking customer experiences. Only recently, I wrote a post describing my shambolic experiences in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The most customer centric organisations in the world recognise and very much appreciate this fact.

Customer Experience 78

Customer Experience Airlines Customer Centricity Customers 78

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

What is Customer Experience Ecosystem? Recent snafus caused by faulty customer experience ecosystem management include United Airlines dragging a paying customer out of his seat and off the plane per a random drawing of passengers to make room for a flight crew to fly on that overbooked flight.

Customer Experience 76

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customers 2012 76

ijgolding

JANUARY 19, 2016

Customer Experience – as a concept…. However, it is true that most of the best examples – the earliest examples – of Customer Experience being deployed as a core element of business strategy was very much a US led phenomenon. as an idea…. as a principle… as a profession… – it all started in the US.

Airlines 56

Airlines Customer Experience Travel Customer Centricity 56

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. Adrian Swinscoe.

Customer Service 59

Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 59

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 10 Customer-Centric Questions to Create Irresistible Value by Josh Linkner. How a customer service project is helping Southwest Airlines realise its 360-customer vision by Nadia Cameron.

Article 71

Article 2019 Customer Service Airlines 71

ShepHyken

JUNE 20, 2016

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. by Kushal Dev. But, let’s not split hairs.

2016 78

2016 Article Customer Service Loyalty Programs 78

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. Adrian Swinscoe.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 52

Zeisler Consulting

JANUARY 25, 2021

Okay… now, feel free to refer to that as you read on, because I’m not trying to say that engagement isn’t fundamental; in fact, it’s a bedrock necessity if you’re going to provide a good Customer experience that you first ensure you are providing a good employee experience. For example, while I’m sure Zappos!

Airlines 93

Airlines Culture Employee Experience Customers 93

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

They should want this because study after study shows the financial rewards of having loyal customers. Some companies reach this goal through superior value delivery, built on quality products and services and positive, consistent customer experiences. Trader Joe’s does not have a customer loyalty program. In the U.S.,

Loyalty Programs 109

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Retail 109

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.

Airlines 40

Airlines Customer Experience Travel Social Media 40

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Airlines don’t either.

Net Promoter Score 110

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media CEM 110

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 7, 2016

This week, Bob Thompson’s informative, timely blog on strategies companies can use to make customer experience a competitive advantage – and how most neither measure experience nor compete on it – puts me in mind of a line of discussion around customer experience lagniappe. Experience lagniappe is out there.

Brands 74

Brands Customer Experience Banking Competitive Advantage 74

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. Customers are never satisfied.

Customer Engagement 48

Customer Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 48

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Delivering exceptional customer experiences to them has fast become a top priority for businesses and 2019 will be no different. The question then becomes – how can businesses continue to provide service experiences that are unified, consistent and compelling? Unified Customer Experience.

Multi-Channel 63

Multi-Channel Engagement Customer Engagement Omnichannel 63

Customer Alignment

JUNE 28, 2017

In my talks with people who have direct experience of npower, it has been trying to move this wieldy organisation to be more customer focused but efforts are slow when there are so many layers of complexity. Davidow In contrast to ovo, it’s worth noting that until recently the leaders of npower primarily had energy experience.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Airlines Innovation 2015 40

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.

B2B 95

B2B B2C Customer Centricity Sports 95

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Airlines don’t either.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Airlines don’t either.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60

CX Journey

MARCH 12, 2015

As companies focus inward to understand how to achieve their customer experience goals, the term “engagement” is often used interchangeably with “culture.” The two terms are related, and they’re both elements of customer experience improvement. Storytelling), or “We hire people who care about the customer.”

Culture 66

Culture Engagement Customer Centricity Entertainment 66

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

More and more marketers and customer experience professionals are now looking for the best customer journey analytics platform to understand and engage with individual customers at a personal level, at scale. Companies have traditionally looked to improve customer experience by focusing on particular touch points.

Customer Journey 90

Customer Journey Customer Journey Mapping Touchpoint Multi-Channel 90

Tricia Morris

JUNE 26, 2015

companies alone each year due to poor customer service. But according to the same report, after a positive customer experience, 69% of consumers would recommend the company to others and 50% would use the business more frequently. Affirms CEO Tony Hsieh, “Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.”

Customer Service 104

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

West Monroe

JUNE 8, 2018

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.” But I was simply blown away this year by the industry paradigm shift to “customer-centric thinking”. Most of the retailers focus on customer acquisition and retention strategies.

Loyalty 40

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.

2013 74

2013 Customer Journey Definition Magazine 74

Michel Falcon Experience

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

If you’re reading this, you most likely have a career in customer experience. Or perhaps the headline caught your eye because you manage a customer experience or customer support department and want to elevate your team. If this strategy worked for me, surely it will work for you too! Hosted free webinars.

Call Center 60

Call Center Consulting Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 60

Customer Alignment

DECEMBER 18, 2017

This year, customer experience has broadly been recognised by the business community as a key imperative and growth driver. The ‘ Experience Economy’ first conceptualised by Pine & Gilmore back in 1998 is here. As reported in my recent piece , we saw actions to improve the customer experience stall – particularly in Europe.

2017 45

2017 2018 Chief Customer Officer NPS 45

Customer Bliss

JULY 19, 2018

In today’s lively chat with Sue, we talk about her customer service experience and leadership that paved the way for her success in transforming the CX culture at Newegg, a multi-billion dollar company that has been customer-focused since its inception. Customer Experience Leadership Means Being a Team Player.

Customer Focused 129

Customer Focused E Commerce Multi-Channel E-support 129

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Proactive customer service is thinking wisely about problems that the customers may face in the future and resolving them before the customers start facing them. So, this approach can be defined as an anticipated effort to identify and resolve customer’s issues even before they perceive them or have them. .

Customer Service 101

Customer Service Social Media Customer Retention Loyalty 101

Kustomer

MAY 28, 2020

Changing a company’s culture and being willing to make a long term investment into customer experience isn’t always appealing and is not a quick fix. One of the elements of Blake’s philosophies is the psychological aspect of customer service. Blake recalls, “Customer experience has to permeate through the culture of the company.

Culture 52

Culture Books Customers Competitive Advantage 52

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Track key CX metrics such as CSAT score, NPS , and customer retention rates to gauge how well you’re fulfilling customer needs. Optimize your Customer Journey The customer journey includes multiple touchpoints and interactions that can be optimized to improve the journey and customer experience.

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Touchpoint Social Media Customer Centricity 52

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Track key CX metrics such as CSAT score, NPS , and customer retention rates to gauge how well you’re fulfilling customer needs. Optimize your Customer Journey The customer journey includes multiple touchpoints and interactions that can be optimized to improve the journey and customer experience.

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Touchpoint Social Media Customer Centricity 52