CSM Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

Cierra Dobson, strategy director at design and technology agency, Rufus Leonard , explores how brands of all shapes and sizes can adopt the successful strategies of category-defining service brands to grow their market share and take the lead. The strength and resilience of service brands.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? We’ve long been proponents of making transactional customer service low effort, for both customer and contact center. Can AI Handle Complex Customer Care? So let’s get into it.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Average Handle Time Customer Care 156

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We develop personas for specific activities around customer experience management. They are extremely useful when it comes to: Customer Journey Mapping. Customer Service Blueprinting. Designing customer feedback strategies. Prioritizing improvements along the customer journey.

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Customer Journey Mapping Culture Customer Journey B2B 375

Myra Golden

MARCH 18, 2020

If you and your customer service employees are stuck at home like most of us, it can be a fantastic time to jump into the professional development training you’ve been putting off. We have some free and low-cost ways to improve the sound, flow, and feel of your customer interactions. YouTube Short Customer Service Videos.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The customer service department is too often referred to as “just a cost center”. As experience overtakes price and product as a key brand differentiator, customer service is being recognized as the face of, and driver for, organization-wide strategy.

Customer Service Strategies 40

Customer Service Strategies Customer Service Airlines Chief Customer Officer 40

Michelli Experience

JUNE 28, 2016

As I help business leaders deliver branded customer experiences, I often start with the premise that brands are nothing more than what people say about us when we’re not around. From there, I work with leaders to determine what they want to be known for and what they want to hear their customers say about them.

Brands 74

Brands Social Media Reference Financial 74

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When I was asked to do a TEDx talk about a year ago, I keyed in on the message that your brand (be that your individual brand or your corporate brand) is little more than “what people say about you when you are not around.”. Of all things for which Ed is known, “signature baseballs” is a substantial element of his brand.

Brands 45

Brands Hotels Magazine Leadership 45

Kustomer

APRIL 21, 2022

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Have you ever considered the importance of turning customers into forever fans, a.k.a brand ambassadors? It’s widely known that some of the best growth comes from word of mouth marketing, which naturally occurs when customers suggest your products to others in their close circles.

Social Media 86

Social Media Brands Loyalty Marketing 86

Myra Golden

DECEMBER 9, 2016

A free module from my customer service online training. I thought, “Why not create a professional development program for customer service professionals that would be similar to the management development program?” Experience “How to Rock Your Customer Service Job” .

Customer Service 53

Customer Service Customer Service Training Customer Confidence Customers 53

Myra Golden

DECEMBER 9, 2016

A free module from my customer service online training. I thought, “Why not create a professional development program for customer service professionals that would be similar to the management development program?” Experience “How to Rock Your Customer Service Job” .

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Customer Service Customer Service Training Customer Confidence Customers 53

CX Journey

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Think about the last time you called a company's customer service number. I know how painful it can be to call customer service. The following outlines four things that companies need to remember as they design the customer service experience. Did your personalities mesh or clash?

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Customer Service Call Center 2015 Customers 42

Myra Golden

JANUARY 8, 2018

Here’s what our current customers tell us are the three most fantastic things about our customer service eLearning. Custom website and branding. We show our three best features in this short video.

Customer Service Training 45

Customer Service Training Customer Service Customers Engagement 45

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2016

And as we all know, replacing an existing customer costs 7 times more than retaining them. So how do you ensure your brand is retaining its precious customer base? We decided to ask experts one question: What is your most effective customer retention strategy for B2C brands? . Stop trying to “satisfy” customers.

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B2C Customer Retention Brands Social Media 49

Michelli Experience

MARCH 23, 2016

In the face of these unpredictability drivers (and so many more that I didn’t dare list), our customers are looking for order through brands that offer predictability in products and services. In fact, much research about the way consumers perceive “brands” hinges on the consistency and predictability of a company’s offerings.

Brands 56

Brands Travel Consumers Technology 56

Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I was getting coffee and breakfast for my team because they’ve worked so hard to complete a project that I am over the moon excited about: My newly upgraded Customer Service eLearning suite. No other training has the potential to help your employees be friendly.

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Customer Service Call Center Customer Service Training Customers 61

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I have been slow to accept that, from a service perspective, humans will ever be replaced by computers. I’ve suggested that customers will resist “robots” and I’ve based my thinking in part on the “uncanny valley” hypothesis which postulates that the more robots look like humans the less humans will feel comfortable with them.

Customer Service 108

Customer Service Customers Interaction Social Media 108

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2019

Nobel-Prize Winning Economist and Professor Daniel Kahneman along with Barbara Frederickson theorized that what people remember most about an experience is the moment when they felt the most intense emotion and how they felt at the end. They influence how they think about the company or brand.

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Net Promoter Score Customers Connections Brands 153

Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I was getting coffee and breakfast for my team because they’ve worked so hard to complete a project that I am over the moon excited about: My newly upgraded Customer Service eLearning suite. No other training has the potential to help your employees be friendly.

Customer Service 56

Customer Service Call Center Customer Service Training Customers 56

Myra Golden

MAY 30, 2018

One of the most significant challenges facing companies today is attracting and retaining right-fit front line customer service professionals. When I work with companies on finding, hiring, and retaining the best customer service employees, I focus on three things. Millennials now make up about 50% of the workforce.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service Social Media Culture Feedback 49

Solvvy

APRIL 11, 2022

People are more stressed than ever, so it’s no surprise that customer service agents are feeling the heat when interacting with customers frustrated by shipping delays, product supply issues, website questions and…bad days. So how can we de-escalate angry customers?

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Webinar Customers Customer Service Customer Confidence 91

SurveySparrow

JULY 24, 2023

Ever wondered why some brands skyrocket to fame while others fade into obscurity? It often boils down to one thing: understanding the customer’s experience. The heart of CX is about making your customers’ lives easier and growing your business much faster. Please enter a valid Email ID.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Loyalty Customer Satisfaction 52

Michelli Experience

MARCH 25, 2016

If a video can’t entertain, then why can’t it inform simultaneously—specifically in the realm of customer service? Videos are very efficient in dispensing valuable information that would help the customer base enjoy and possibly encourage more transactions. So why not publish a video that addresses their needs?

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Entertainment Customer Service Social Media Healthcare 45

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 18, 2023

EQ is also a crucial part of your customer experience design and delivery. Today, we are discussing EQ, what it is, and how it helps your customer strategy and leadership. The same goes for customer service representatives. Having a high EQ is vital to customer service. Click here.

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Management Leadership Events Customer Service Representative 78

Michelli Experience

APRIL 20, 2016

POPS stands for “Points of Parity ” and PODS is an acronym for “Points of Distinction” In simplest terms, Points of Parity (POPS) are qualities that you share with competitive brands deemed to be excellent. These POPS won’t win you business but the absence of points of parity could cause you to see customer churn.

Customer Experience Design 53

Customer Experience Design Brands Reference Books 53

Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I’ve been doing customer experience design for a long, long time. In the old days, I would have read about some intriguing customer innovation and assumed that the attempted breakthrough was crafted on a firm foundation of customer listening and data analysis.

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Airlines Travel Customer Experience Design Innovation 89

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In his 1943 paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation”, Abraham Maslow foreshadowed a key ingredient to modern customer experience design. In essence, once you are able to meet a customers’ basic or functional need…there are higher needs you can address to drive their loyalty with your brand.

Connections 85

Connections Social Media Customer Experience Design Reference 85

Stella Connect

JANUARY 4, 2022

Customer service coaching refers to the practice of ongoing communication between the agent and their manager to hone in on how to improve on specific skills, achieve specific goals, and develop their craft so they can handle even the most difficult customer interactions. Coaching Customer Service Agents for Individual Growth.

Customer Service Training 97

Customer Service Training Customer Service Contact Center Customers 97

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Unfortunately, the recent UK Customer Satisfaction survey echoes those findings, indicating that it has fallen over the past couple of years, from 78.2 Joanne Causon, CEO of the Institute of Customer Service , joined me on our podcast about this downward trend in Customer Satisfaction.

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Customer Satisfaction 2002 Customers Books 113

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Home Depot is the latest big brand to suffer a large-scale data breach, affecting over 56 million payment cards. Consumers also believe that in spite of this concern about safety they must share data to have a better experience with a company. Trust and the Customer Experience.

Net Promoter Score 102

Net Promoter Score CEM Books Customer Retention 102

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Here are some random but interesting tidbits for your consideration: International Customer Management Institute’s research on business leaders suggests that 62% think mobile customer service is a competitive differentiator. According to CEI, only 1% of customers feel providers CONSISTENTLY meet their expectations.

Customer Experience 85

Customer Experience Social Media Mobile Customer Service Consulting 85

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

more friendly behavior in customer service) Marketing to take the info into account in better targeting (e.g. upselling to the most loyal customers) Process changes (e.g. informing the customer more often about how the repair is proceeding) Only after you have acted on feedback, customer experience processes are developing.

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Definition Net Promoter Score Customer Experience B2C 178

Myra Golden

APRIL 6, 2023

Breaking bad news is one of the most challenging aspects of customer service. It’s always challenging to tell a customer that their product is out of stock, their order is delayed, or their service is canceled. As such, these interactions can shape their perception of the brand as a whole.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Customer Service Representative Interaction Management 52

Myra Golden

MARCH 12, 2018

I liked the QVC chat so much that I used this example in my brand new Chat Customer Service eLearning course that we’re releasing on March 19th. If you’d like a sneak peek into one module of my brand new Chat course , learn my 4 Keys for Using the Right Language to Build Rapport in Chat in the video below.

Brands 65

Brands Interaction Communication Customer Service 65

Michelli Experience

JUNE 1, 2016

According to a recent comprehensive international study conducted by Accenture , 52% of customers reported that poor customer service caused them to switch from one brand to another in the past year. alone that “switching” behavior means poor service costs brands over 1.6 In the U.S. trillion dollars.

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Advertising Poor Customer Service Culture Customer Service 49

CX Journey

APRIL 21, 2015

Image courtesy of xianrendujia What do your employees know about customer experience? I''ve been talking about the importance of employees to the customer experience since my days at J.D. Power and Associates 20 years ago; sadly, in the heat of customer experience design efforts, employees are still forgotten.

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Customer Experience Roadmap Employee Experience Customer Experience Design 81

Storyminers

MAY 21, 2020

That’s the view of managing principal of Storyminers and experience design expert, Mike Wittenstein. Wittenstein agreed that with the arrival of more technology at the front end of engagement, marketing and customer experience are aggressively coming together. Customer Retention Strategies from 25 CX Experts.

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Culture Voice of Customer Fashion 2017 59

Myra Golden

APRIL 2, 2020

It’s fantastic that we can all support customers remotely. In my discussions with clients these days, I’m warning them to watch out for three things as they swiftly move into remote customer service. You also need to make sure your employees are assured of their ability to handle challenging customers. (We

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