Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The opportunity now is for CX leaders to get better at finding and activating unspoken insights from the customer journey, understanding what our customers tell us when they’re simply behaving as normal. 3 Ways to Listen to Untold Customer Feedback Don’t get me wrong, surveys are still valuable for improving your CX strategy.

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GetFeedback

JULY 19, 2019

With advances in and the rapid adoption of technology, we’re able to interact with customers in different ways and places all along the customer journey. We can also agree that customer experience is more important than ever. Some are calling CX the new marketing, others are calling it the new brand.

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C3Centricity

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A recent post by John Ollila on Loyalty Lobby about customer journey maps and touchpoints in the leisure industry prompted me to share with you, an experience I had recently with the Hilton Group. After all, why pay a booking site when I know the hotel I want to stay in, right?

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Interactions

MAY 20, 2021

Hotels, airlines, and tourist destinations are currently preparing for this resurgence– without actually knowing the volume that it will bring. . However, it’s impossible to know what these brands should expect. Or should hotels and airlines continue to be cautious? Will this summer mark a full return to normal operations?

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Countless articles have been written about enhancing the hotel customer experience (CX) with technology. The hotel market is becoming more competitive, with a larger share of wallet being spent on a greater variety of services. On the contrary, the hotel remains a highly valued experience offering.

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Eptica

JANUARY 29, 2016

Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 Customer service lessons from the hotel sector. Author: James Gladwish Since the days of coaching inns, providers of accommodation have had to focus on delivering the right customer experience to their guests. Published on: January 29, 2016. I think it comes down to four areas: 1.

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ReviewTrackers

JULY 27, 2017

Welcome to Customer Insights , a weekly digest of the most important stories about online reviews, customer feedback, and customer experience. This week: Banks must adopt a customer journey mindset, healthcare leaders discuss the importance of data, and more. Get Into the Right Mindset. The Importance of Data.

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Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Enormous budget airline brands and luxury hotel chains alike are seeing increased competition. But even these leading travel brands can do better. Forbes reported that Airlines have never risen above the bottom 20% of industries in terms of customer satisfaction ratings, even as J.D. Customer Journey Tracking Works.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 28, 2015

We received a master class on the use of microinteractions to support customer experience when we at CTS Service Solutions held a team retreat at Kimpton’s Vero Beach Hotel and Spa (VBHS) awhile back. From the moment we entered the Vero Beach Hotel and Spa, we were struck by the small touches that welcomed us at seemingly every turn.

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BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

When your customer first interacts with our customer care team, we want them to fall in love with your brand or remember why they loved your brand in the first place. We want to deliver an experience that makes them feel heard, deliver the resolution they need, and inspire long-term brand loyalty. (If

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 28, 2020

Did you deliver on the promises your brand made? Brands that are actively promising safety measures, for example, are building on trust when customers see those measures are part of the experience, not just talk. ” To build trust today, revisit your promises and ensure the experience for customers is living up to them.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This week we feature an article by Sawaram Suthar writes about how live chat can simplify the customer journey. Always remember that the customer just want to be taken care of, regardless of how you go about it. – Shep Hyken. Businesses often face multiple challenges with respect to how to simplify the customer journey.

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C3Centricity

DECEMBER 31, 2018

A New Year tradition we started here at C3Centricity back in 2011, is to share our most popular brand building strategies and posts of the year. Do You Know Your Customer Journey Map & the Emotions Overlay? The customer journey needs to integrate all possible contact points. These are: 1.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

Seven Easy Ways to Make Your Customers Feel Valued by Rolling Stone Culture Council (Rolling Stone) As their business grows, it’s all too easy for business owners to get swept up in the numbers and forget that there are real people behind their profits. Is Customer Empowerment the New Customer Engagement?

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CloudCherry

MARCH 14, 2019

The CX Champion Contest was all about nominating the best CX superheroes who go above and beyond their limits to surprise the customer and make them feel happy about the brand or business. Her journey makes her a specialist and leader at sales and marketing, planning, strategising and customer service in both B2B and B2C environments.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

How to Find Opportunities to Thank Your Customers: There are so many ways to show gratitude to customers. Customers love being thanked and it feels good to thank them! What about when they complete a training process or post about your brand on social media? How Have You and Your Customers Experienced Thankfulness?

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CloudCherry

MARCH 14, 2019

The CX Champion Contest was all about nominating the best CX superheroes who go above and beyond their limits to surprise the customer and make them feel happy about the brand or business. She is known for her strong skills like creating brand awareness, building a brand image to a customer and strong customer relationship management.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 10, 2018

In last week’s blog , I talked about how customer journey mapping has gained widespread acceptance and how to get maximum value out of efforts to depict perceptions of customers across interactions with your brand. When it comes to customer journey mapping, one size certainly doesn’t fit all. .

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Avaya

MARCH 17, 2019

Your prospective customers do copious research on your company before they contact you. Once you welcome a new customer, you’ll find they have high expectations for exceptional service. Positive experiences improve sales revenue, customer loyalty, and brand value. So, where do you start? Avaya Workspaces does just this.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Carlton Retland, Principal Solutions Engineer at Applause details how brands can successfully identify and remove barriers for new customers. Poor customer onboarding hurts your bottom line, increasing customer acquisition costs and driving down customer lifetime value. Common friction points for new customers .

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

With buyer satisfaction levels plummeting to a 17-year low, and less than 35% of consumers completely satisfied with their brand relationship, there is huge stakes resting on your ability to provide satisfying experiences. This begs the question – does your brand have the insights and strategies needed to buck this trend?

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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.

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GetFeedback

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To determine the ROI for your business, it’s important to have a clear understanding of how much you are spending on earning and keeping your customers. But your best customers will also spend more on your brand! In one study , the strongest brand advocates spent 15% more than non-advocates.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 24, 2017

There’s a part of your customer journey that is most likely inconsistent. Going from one hotel front desk to the next or calling different customer service reps can have very different outcomes. Sometimes calling the same customer service rep on a different day means having a completely different experience!

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

On his last trip to London, he stayed at the Lord Rochester Hotel, since his tried-and-trusted Hotel Miranda Grand was overbooked. If Customer Service has not yet resolved a customer’s issue, a planned upsell should be delayed. Was that a good customer experience? Sam travels often for business.

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Kustomer

JUNE 1, 2023

Using customer data to create a personalized customer experience is one of the top customer service trends of 2023, according to Forrester. By organizing data from all customer interactions such as purchases, queries and issue resolutions, your brand can deliver personalized CS throughout all stages of the customer journey.

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ijgolding

JUNE 15, 2015

The video served as an extremely powerful lesson of the damage that FAILURE to deliver the experiences that customers EXPECT from a brand can do. Now owned by the Hilton empire, the 5 star residence is an icon best associated with the wonderful city of New York (even though the brand has extended to other cities around the globe).

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ShepHyken

MAY 14, 2021

This week we feature an article by Ashwini Dave, a digital marketing expert at Acquire , a conversational customer experience software platform. She shares five rules that businesses should follow to create a great customer experience. Listen and take the customer queries and feedback seriously. Let’s jump right in.

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SurveySparrow

DECEMBER 24, 2023

To glean insights into customers’ perceptions, expectations, and satisfaction levels regarding the products or services offered. When you send out a customer experience survey, you ask customers to share their thoughts, opinions, and experiences with your brand. Customer Journey Surveys How do they align?

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Currency Alliance

AUGUST 16, 2019

From a standing start of zero customer data some 20 years ago, brands became able to incentivize desired behaviors in highly-predictable customer segments. To the majority of less-frequent customers, these partnerships are not only impersonal, but many are downright irrelevant.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

How to Find Opportunities to Thank Your Customers: There are so many ways to show gratitude to customers. Customers love being thanked and it feels good to thank them! What about when they complete a training process or post about your brand on social media? How Have You and Your Customers Experienced Thankfulness?

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Interactions

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Or imagine calling a brand only to have an automated system that could not understand what you’re saying. Some brands argue that self-service isn’t through voice or chat channels at all, but rather through website applications. An example of this would be booking a hotel online versus calling the hotel directly to book it.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2021

For example, I stayed at a hotel that offered a shuttle service from the airport. When I complained, the hotel had the attitude that the shuttle was more like them doing me a favor. Even in the adjacent shopping area of Downtown Disney, the shops owned by other brands still feel like the Disney retail environment.

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ijgolding

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Apart from both beginning with the letter ‘S’, they are both towns in England that have at least one Premier Inn hotel. One of the largest hotel chains in the UK, Premier Inn usually have at least one establishment in most towns and cities – they are a well-known feature on these shores. Not the good nights sleep.

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ENGAGE.cx

MARCH 9, 2017

In 2016, major brands like Walmart, REI, Belk and Target announced that omni-channel customers – or those that shopped across multiple channels – spent on average 2-4 times more than the average customer. Yet, in the end, neither brand really knows me for the loyal customer I am.

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LiveChat

DECEMBER 20, 2016

That’s why today, I’m going to show you lessons from Disney, the king of customer experience, on how to improve your customer journey so people also fall in love with your brand. But it’s more than just branding. Are you able to describe the characteristics of your brand in two or three sentences?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

This week we feature an article by Stacy Sherman who reminds us that brands must not compete on price alone and shares a great story to illustrate this point from Stacy’s Pita Chips. – Shep Hyken. My obsession for Customer Experience (CX) started when I received a package in the mail on a random afternoon.

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