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CEMs vs. CRMs (And Why You Need Both)

PeopleMetrics

Customer Experience Management (CEM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) are the same, right?”. While it may be true that at their core, both systems revolve around the key interactions a customer has with your brand, CRMs and CEMs serve distinctly different purposes and operate from two contrasting angles.

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Making Optimal Customer Experience A Focus of Your Company’s (And Your) Thinking and Doing: The Case for Foundation and Advanced CEM Training

Beyond Philosophy

How do individuals and organizations achieve what we describe as a “natural”, or obsessive state of customer-centricity where: Emotional and rational customer needs/expectations are well understood throughout the enterprise. All employees have the responsibility of providing customer value.

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You Can’t Legislate Customer Centricity

Beyond Philosophy

One interesting bit of his speech touched on an important issue for Customer Centricity: data breaches. If they have the need to legislate, then lags in notifying Customers must have happened so many times they feel the need to put it in law! This is a law for the “non-Customer centric” organizations.

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Why Your Customer-Centric “Breakthrough” Is Not Working

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

That leader had an epiphany about customer-centric culture. If we focus on customers, we will be a better organization. And a few months later, people are rolling their eyes when a colleague says “remember how we’re supposed to be focused on the customer?” Once upon a time, there was a leader.

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12 Reasons to Invest More in Customer Experience

PeopleMetrics

Forrester’s Customer Experience Council 2017 member survey shows that 79% of all respondents believe that measuring customer experience is a top priority. Market research shows that the Customer Experience Management (CEM) market is estimated to grow from USD 5.06 Put the customer at the center of every decision.

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Putting the Power of Your People to Work for Customer Centricity

Beyond Philosophy

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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A to Z Guide to Customer Experience Definitions and Terms (Updated)

Lumoa

The focus on enhancing customer experience has gained traction in recent years. As businesses recognize its value, the shift from a product-centered approach to a customer-centric one continues. Customer-Centricity Customer centricity refers to customer-oriented culture in the company.