Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I speak with customer experience professionals every day. Some of them have fancy, customer-focused titles like Chief Customer Officer or Vice President of Customer Experience. Others have more common org chart regulars, like Chief Marketing Officer or Voice fo the Customer (VoC) Director.

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Leadership Customer Experience Customer Centricity Net Promoter Score 259

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

What is a Customer-First Culture, and Why is It Important? There are plenty of noble reasons for wanting to create great customer experiences. Each interaction a customer has with your brand is an opportunity to make their day even the slightest bit brighter , which is as meaningful today as ever.

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Culture Lifetime Customer Customer Centricity Communication 251

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out.

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Culture Customer Centricity Sports Definition 109

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As business owners, we want to believe if we INTEND to have a customer-focused organization, we will! We deliver an experience in the beginning based on who we are, not any plan about how we deliver. It’s organic – we just ARE customer focused. RULES are established instead of culture.

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Customer Focused Culture Social Media Communication 289

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fact is, improving your Customer Experience means you must also become more customer-centric. But what is customer-centricity and how do you do it? What aspects of the experience should you focus your efforts to improve? Creating and sustaining a customer-centric culture was the subject of a recent podcast.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customers Customer Experience 245

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2021

You know the brands that do customer culture well. They create such a focus on the customer that everything and everyone throughout the organization is on board. . In a word, it all comes back to the culture. Sometimes the customer-focused “way” is seen as a brand within a brand.

Customer Centricity 190

Customer Centricity Culture Government Workshop 190

InMoment XI

JANUARY 25, 2022

If your org is in that boaHt right now, we can help you keep sailing with a look at three elements that create and sustain employee engagement: Organizational Culture Customer-Focused Processes Ambassadorial Behavior. Element 1: Organizational Culture. Element 2: Customer-Focused Processes.

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Engagement Culture Document Employee Experience 529

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

More and more people are complaining about bad customer service. The demand for better service continues to grow, as evidenced in our customer experience research (2022 Achieving Customer Amazement study sponsored by Amazon Web Services). However, customer service trends seem to be heading in the wrong direction.

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Culture Customer Service Poor Customer Service Leadership 107

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Customer experience is about so much more than call-center scripts or proper protocol around customer complaints. The best companies, the ones we know as customer experience leaders, adopt a customer focused view to everything. Silos make understanding the customer journey that much harder.

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Customer Focused Call Center 2014 Social Media 275

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 7, 2020

It’s probably safe to say that few of our organizations, no matter how well-meaning, eased perfectly into these new routines of working from home and distancing ourselves physically from our workplaces, our colleagues, our teams and our customers. There is a myth that customer-centric cultures happen by intuition and a little magic.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journey Mapping Customer Journey 178

InMoment XI

AUGUST 2, 2023

In our latest report, State of Customer Experience: 2023 UK Consumer Study in partnership with NPSx by Bain & Company, we uncovered the differences between industries and brands and how each brand represents certain values. The true value lies in taking decisive action based on the insights gathered from customers.

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NPS Customer Centricity Culture Automotive 260

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. So… Is customer experience worth it?

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Culture ROI 261

CloudCherry

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Companies today want to delight customers at every interaction. However, little do they realize that great customer experiences start from the inside. Yes, the experience you provide your customers is only as good as the culture you build within the company. They have defined their culture precisely.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customers Loyalty 231

Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

To customers, this was just confirmation the restaurant … Continue reading → The post 6 Traits of a Customer-Focused Culture appeared first on Brad Cleveland. Referrals spread rapidly, reviews were positive, and before long, the waits to get in became longer.

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Customer Focused Culture Customers Contact Center 26

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

One of the most influential factors on your Customer Experience is your company culture. Most companies might understand the concept, yet still engage in activities that influence company culture in a way that hurts the Customer Experience. You have no definition of what your culture is for the organization.

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Culture Customer Experience Customer Centricity Airlines 134

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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Culture Customer Service Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer 139

Eptica

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Building a strong customer-focused service culture. Essentially, it recommends building a service culture based on 5 key principles: 1). At the same time it’s essential that your staff should find it easy to provide a good service to customers. But how do you achieve this?

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Culture Customer Focused 2017 Effort Score 55

Micah Solomon

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The author, Micah Solomon, is an author, consultant, influencer, keynote speaker, and trainer in customer service, customer experience, customer service culture, and hospitality. Last week, I suggested quick wins that could improve your customer service and customer experience.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Hospitality Hotels 256

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 30, 2016

Co-creation sessions, customer journey workshops and customer-focused innovation summits can sound so sexy and intriguing. We envision a group working cohesively, rolling up their collective sleeves to create an improved customer-centric culture and earn long-term loyalty from customers.

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Customer Focused Innovation Workshop Customer Centricity 110

InMoment XI

MAY 23, 2023

Using a customer centric approach, Aegon has successfully enabled their teams to receive real-time feedback in order to drive change and as a result, are increasing customer satisfaction and accelerating growth. Aegon has taken the Connecting with Customers (CwC) roadshow to all locations and functions in the business.

Customer Centricity 260

Customer Centricity Workshop Culture Insurance 260

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2016

More and more companies are recognizing just how important a deliberate and intentional customer-focused culture is, but few companies do it well. Make customer service a key priority. Be Customer-Focused: Put your customer needs ahead of your own. Lead By Example: Leaders set the tone and direction.

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Customer Focused Culture Competitive Advantage Measurement 56

Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

For example, there are plenty of good customer experience books to read if you want to learn more about customer experience. To help you out, we have listed our top 10 must-read customer experience books. In This Article: Customer Experience 3 The Cult Of The Customer Chief Customer Officer 2.0

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Books Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Management 94

CX University

MAY 16, 2023

In today’s global business environment, customer experience (CX) is one of the most important factors that determine the success or failure of a company. A positive customer experience can lead to customer loyalty, repeat business, and positive word-of-mouth advertising, while a negative experience can have the opposite effect.

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Engagement Customer Experience Advertising Culture 98

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The job descriptions for a customer experience leader vary between tactical analyst and strategic overlord. Defining just what a customer experience leader does can be tricky. But what’s even trickier is when you may not have customer experience or customer insights in your title.

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Customer Experience Culture Leadership Consulting 225

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 15, 2017

There’s an increased focus on customer experience these days, and many companies are just beginning to implement a customer experience process. If you listen to some of my past podcast episodes , you’ll learn that a majority of these CX leaders developed a strategy and customer journey that didn’t previously exist.

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Customer Experience 2018 Culture Books 286

CloudCherry

MARCH 3, 2019

An amazing customer experience won’t just happen by accident. The inbound marketing software company HubSpot created a “culture code” that aligns job applicants and employees around a set of core beliefs. They also employ a vice president of culture and experience, who is responsible for driving culture as the company grows.

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Customer Experience Culture Events Customers 186

ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Drawing inspiration from my experiences and insights into the evolving dynamics of customer interactions, let’s explore five pivotal strategies that can elevate your small business from being good to unforgettable.

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Article 2024 Customer Service Airlines 78

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

How do you transform the culture and operations of your company to benefit the lives of your customers? Sami and his colleagues in the C-Suite wanted to know what customers really thought of American Bath Group. Give them a feel for how the customer is experiences these interactions. What did they value?

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Culture Customer Centricity Customer Journey Mapping B2B 197

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Apart from being a lovely chap, like many people in the global Customer Experience (CX) community, he is as passionate and enthused about developing knowledge and education around CX competencies as I am. My fascination with the ‘customer interface’ was born! Was HP a customer focused organisation at that time?

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Culture Measurement 2008 Books 105

InMoment XI

MAY 24, 2022

These signposts, or markers, represent the points along the path, or the trajectory, employee experience has taken, as companies become more mature in a) how they consider employee contribution, in other words the importance attached to it, and b) what role, or roles, employees have in enterprise culture, strategy, and business outcomes. #1:

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Employee Experience Culture Financial Leadership 295

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

Customer experience leaders are often told to “create a better customer experience” with little more than a pat on the back and an annual customer survey. There is a lack of understanding around what customer experience really is, and perhaps more importantly, what it takes to deliver it.

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Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Net Promoter Score Measurement 225

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 18, 2022

Why does Customer Experience Training Matter? It’s common for Customer Experience (CX) to be misunderstood as reactive customer service, support, or even ‘just being nice to customers.’ I like to define Customer Experience as: A mindset. A strategy. A business discipline.

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Culture Customer Centricity Customer Journey Feedback 378

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This week we feature an article by Dan Martin, Chief Executive Officer of Xpress Global Systems , an organization focused on innovation, efficiency, and scalability of shipping and distribution of flooring products. He shares the four key areas that lead to elevated customer experiences while growing rapidly. Voice of Customer.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 2021 Transportation 139

Customer Bliss

JUNE 2, 2016

What are the customer focus competency recipe cards and what are they based on? Today, I wanted to quickly talk about customer focus competency recipe cards, which are available on this site. I get asked often what they are or what that means, so I thought a quick post clarifying customer focus competency would be in order.

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Customer Focused Download Leadership Innovation 135

Customers That Stick

MAY 22, 2015

We wish that changing a customer service culture could be like turning a Jet Ski®. We all wish that changing a customer service culture happened that way. Changing a a customer service culture, particularly in a large organization, is more akin to turning around a container ship. How hard is cultural change?

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Culture Customer Service Customer Centricity Call Center 156

ShepHyken

APRIL 10, 2019

As part of his onboarding process, Bob was put through customer service training. He learned about how to treat the company’s customers with dignity and respect. Leadership came in and talked about how important it was to deliver a great customer experience to what they referred to as one of their most valuable assets: their customers.

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Leadership Culture Customer Service Training Reference 122

SurveySparrow

JUNE 30, 2023

Welcome to the captivating world of customer experience design, where we turn mundane interactions into extraordinary adventures. But, we will be unleashing our creativity to design experiences that will have your customers grinning from ear to ear. Understanding Customer Experience Design What is CX design, you ask?

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Customer Experience Design Customer Experience Touchpoint Net Promoter Score 52