Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Consumers also believe that in spite of this concern about safety they must share data to have a better experience with a company. In other words, Customers will share data even though they don’t believe it is protected enough to get a better value from an organization. Trust and the Customer Experience.

Net Promoter Score 102

Net Promoter Score CEM Books Customer Retention 102

Myra Golden

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This is the 7-point call strategy I use when my work is to improve the telephone customer experience in a call center. Customer Care. Short video on how to acknowledge a customer’s emotion: 3. Yield to Callers (Don’t interrupt or over talk customers). Open with a lead-in. Good morning. This is Penny.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Workshop Call Center Customer Service Training 52

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. Here is the truth from the trenches… .

Airlines 89

Airlines Travel Customer Experience Design Innovation 89

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. It helps potential customers warm up to a product.

Entertainment 45

Entertainment Customer Service Social Media Healthcare 45

Myra Golden

MARCH 19, 2017

Every interaction your employees have with customers is an opportunity to make the customer experience easy, helpful and friendly. The wrong words can cause dis-ease in customers, or leave customers thinking you don’t care. Customers, especially if they happen to be angry, need options. I’m fine.”.

Workshop 86

Workshop Airlines Customer Service Training Customers 86

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 4, 2017

Every time I develop a customized customer service training tool for a client of mine, I caution that the tool is a “guidebook” for customer service behavior and that no tool can fit every application. As such, a customer service toolkit is only as good as the judgment and skill of the person using it.

Customer Experience 89

Customer Experience Customer Service Training Customers Customer Service 89

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 10, 2016

I love serving customers and helping businesses create loyalty-building customer experiences. HOWEVER, service does not mean customers should be given the power to ABUSE those that serve them. Customers are not always right and when they wrongly mistreat your staff they should become former customers!

Leadership 56

Leadership Hotels Loyalty Customer Centricity 56

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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. Actionability is also, as we believe, one of the essential aspects of customer experience management.

Definition 178

Definition Net Promoter Score Customer Experience B2C 178

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

Customer experience (CX) — defined as “the cumulative impact of all interactions and experiences between your business and the customer, at every touchpoint across the entire customer journey, and viewed entirely from your customer’s perspective” — has become one of today’s most important business benchmarks.

2017 50

2017 Events Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping 50

Myra Golden

JULY 25, 2017

If your customer is raising his voice, cutting you off, or is clearly upset, he is stuck in the right side of the brain. To help this customer calm down, you’re going to have to move him to the left side of the brain. What you want is for your customer to operate in the left side of their brain, or their logical side.

Workshop 56

Workshop Customer Service Training Communication Customers 56

Myra Golden

JULY 1, 2019

A lot of people are curious about self-service options in public libraries and in retail, but many customers will avoid trying self-service if it seems complicated. Here are 6 keys to guiding you through exactly how to teach first-time users to master self-service in your library branch or retail store. Let me show you.”.

Workshop 55

Workshop Retail Books Customers 55

Michelli Experience

JULY 25, 2017

I also opined on the critical role of trust in strengthening the social contract between businesses and customers. As such, I suggested business leaders should take the first step by trusting customers out of respect and gratitude for them. I depict this relationship in the formula: High TRUST = Happy Employees = Happy Customers =.

Consulting 45

Consulting Touchpoint Leadership Roadmap 45

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 6, 2016

I’ll admit it, as a customer experience consultant I have a tendency to see improving customer experience as a cure for all business ills. Clearly, a bevy of mounting research does indicate your company’s’ future is linked to the consistent delivery of a differentiated customer experience.

Customer Experience 85

Customer Experience Social Media Mobile Customer Service Consulting 85

Myra Golden

JULY 11, 2019

In this article, I’m going to show you how to spot when it’s time for you to step up, and help a customer use self-service, much like the airport employee did for me. Self-service at the library must be a smooth and quick experience. There are 3 steps you can take to make self-service work. Key 1: Observe.

Airlines 53

Airlines Workshop Customers Article 53

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Would you be willing to be held to a standard (which I refer to as the “tremble effect”) when it comes to the quality and consistency of experiences you and your team provide to your customers? So let’s assume you want to drive increased customer accountability in your business. Where do you start?

Net Promoter Score 75

Net Promoter Score Healthcare Books Feedback 75

Storyminers

MAY 21, 2020

Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital transformation and customer experience. That’s the view of managing principal of Storyminers and experience design expert, Mike Wittenstein. The bottom line is they’re doing before design.”. Change by design.

Culture 59

Culture Voice of Customer Fashion 2017 59

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.

Advertising 49

Advertising Poor Customer Service Culture Customer Service 49

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 6, 2016

I’ve been critical of leaders who make declarations like “ THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE CUSTOMER.” My problem with those types of statements is that I believe every year should be the year of the customer. In support of my position, I offer the following: If you want to keep customers in 2016 …. Why else are we in business?

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience 2016 Competitive Advantage Definition 45

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2018

Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital and customer transformation, and not going deep enough into insights analysis and cultural change. Wittenstein agreed that with the arrival of more technology at the front end of engagement, marketing and customer experience are aggressively coming together.

Culture 45

Culture Voice of Customer Fashion Customer Experience Design 45

Myra Golden

JULY 16, 2019

After I deliver a customized, engaging customer service workshop, I help my clients reinforce the main ideas. We’re just trying to measure the customer experience. I remember sitting down with Ava, a customer service supervisor, to discuss her Quality Form. Yes, I’m serious.

Contact Center 51

Contact Center Webinar Workshop Feedback 51

Michelli Experience

MAY 8, 2018

Redesigning Process Improvement in the Age of AI & the Customer. In essence, if you standardized your processes, you maximized efficiencies and drove consistency into your product creation and service delivery. But What About the Customer? Every process improvement effort should seek to effectively add value to customers.

2002 40

2002 Competitive Advantage Books Customers 40

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 27, 2016

One day, I was asking Horst about a client of mine that was struggling to engage customers. As I presented the challenge to Horst, I explained the efforts the company’s leaders had exerted to, “improve the quality of their customer experience so that most customers had less pain during interactions”.

2017 89

2017 Hotels Leadership Customers 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

Myra Golden

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It’s rare that I don’t write to you about customer service issues. But I want to talk about balance, not just because it’s so important to me, but because I know achieving peace and balance will help you be a better manager, leader, or customer service professional.

Travel 53

Travel Hotels Workshop Customer Service 53

Myra Golden

MARCH 17, 2017

How to handle a customer’s credit card. When you have to deliver bad news to a customer, and this was bad news, you must always be discrete, regretful, and if you can, be hopeful. When a customer’s credit card is declined, they are in an awkward and vulnerable situation. Work to put the customer at ease.

Banking 58

Banking Travel Hotels Workshop 58

Michelli Experience

APRIL 20, 2016

More than a decade ago marketing professors Kevin Keller and Alice Tybout advanced two concepts that not only changed the way people market their businesses but also SHOULD have changed the way we think about delivering customer experiences. In essence, they are the things you and your customers call your own.

Customer Experience Design 53

Customer Experience Design Brands Reference Books 53

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In the course of my work as an experience designer and consultant, I have been defining customer experience strategy as a disciplined approach to brand differentiation achieved by elevating the perception of those you serve based on their interactions with you. Let’s assume you open a brick and mortar retail business.

Net Promoter Score 89

Net Promoter Score NPS Financial Consulting 89

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In business today, it takes leadership to build a business that consistently engages customers. If customers aren’t emotionally connected to your brand, through the experiences you provide, you will be vulnerable to offers and solicitations from your competitors. Which are you? Such was the case for Mercedes-Benz!

Customer Experience 101

Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Leadership Hotels 101

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. They have not only brought new perspectives on the table but have redefined the customer experience exceptionally!

2020 132

2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Branded Customer Experience. That’s the power of customer experience design resulting in a “signature moment” that enhanced the Dairy Queen Fan Experience. Normally customers expect to step in line at a quick service restaurant (QSR) like Garbanzo and begin looking up at the menu board.

Brands 45

Brands Hotels Magazine Leadership 45

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2016

There always seems to be a new product, service, or experience within reach of a brand’s current customer. 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? VP of Customer Experience, Compellon.

B2C 49

B2C Customer Retention Brands Social Media 49

Michelli Experience

MARCH 27, 2018

I lay no claim to my prognostic ability, but when it comes to the future of customer experience delivery, I’m willing to venture an educated guess. Currently, companies like Amazon win customers through the selection, price, and ease involved in the shopping process. They lose them when customers want items now.

Customer Experience 49

Customer Experience Retail Consulting Customers 49

Think Customers

MAY 10, 2016

These days, it seems as if all customers have heightened expectations for receiving consistent customer experiences. I recently had a chance to discuss some of the components of delivering a luxury customer experience with Ana M.

Hotels 56

Hotels Customer Experience Guest Experience 2016 56

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2018

Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital transformation and customer experience. That’s the view of managing principal of Storyminers and experience design expert, Mike Wittenstein. The bottom line is they’re doing before design.”. Change by design.

Culture 40

Culture Voice of Customer Fashion 2017 40

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 10, 2017

As customers, we’ve encountered a service provider who unfortunately chose to attend to something of interest to them instead of attending to our needs. each time they don’t say hello or goodbye to a customer. We’ve all had it happen. So, what’s the best way to make your expectations as a leader clear and consistent?

Culture 89

Culture Customer Service Interaction Information 89

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 22, 2018

Customer Experience Design Strategies. For me, my “go to” strategies for product development or experience innovation involve components from my “empathic design” toolkit. In that article, Dorothy Leonard details many empathic design strategies including: User-designer. Ethnographic research.

Culture 58

Culture Consulting Customer Experience Design Article 58

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 22, 2018

Customer Experience Design Strategies. For me, my “go to” strategies for product development or experience innovation involve components from my “empathetic design” toolkit. In that article, Dorothy Leonard details many “empathetic design” strategies including: User-designer. Ethnographic research.

Culture 55

Culture Consulting Customer Experience Design Article 55