Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Helping your Customers make a decision is an important element in your Customer Experience design. Strategy for CTA buttons is all well and good for the online experience, but what about retail experience and the CTAs that help consumers make decisions there? The Consequence of Choice. They don’t.

CEM 121

CEM 2004 Books Retail 121

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

These two NPS metrics are highly correlated – meaning when staff members “perceive” their company as worthy of being referred customers share that perception. So, why is it that some companies don’t focus on “perception” management in the pursuit of business success? In the end, we are all in the perception business.

Net Promoter Score 89

Net Promoter Score NPS Financial Consulting 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

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The circle of choice, or needing to have many choices available but not too many to create confusion and buyer’s remorse for their Customers, creates a paradox for many organizations in their Customer Experience design.

CEM 113

CEM 2014 2011 2010 113

Michelli Experience

MARCH 9, 2016

billion in revenue through 1,000 plus independent agencies, managing over $3.5 Acuity Insurance is approximately the 62nd largest insurer in the US, operating in approximately 25 states, and generating over $1.2 billion in assets, and employing over 1,200 people. ACUITY is rated A+ (Superior) by A.M.

Magazine 45

Magazine Engagement Insurance Loyalty 45

ClearAction

MARCH 24, 2017

Value chain thinking is extremely valuable in customer experience management. You can easily see its power in a customer experience journey map: nothing is an island — everything has a sequence and a series of connections that build upon one another. That is what customers reward. What is a value chain?

ROI 48

ROI B2B Metrics Culture 48

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

CX is also a great competitive differentiator, helping companies respond to and exceed customer expectations, improve satisfaction, drive loyalty, reduce churn, and increase revenue. For more on CX: “ Customer Experience Definition — and How CX Differs from Customer Service”. 20:20 Customer Experience Summit.

2017 50

2017 Events Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping 50

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Actionability is also, as we believe, one of the essential aspects of customer experience management. How do you take action on customer experience? Listen to your customers. According to Finance Digest , 95% of customer interactions will be managed with AI by 2025.

Definition 178

Definition Net Promoter Score Customer Experience B2C 178

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.

Airlines 89

Airlines Travel Customer Experience Design Innovation 89

Michelli Experience

MARCH 11, 2016

Two: Mobile Loyalty Programs Work. An astounding 90 percent of smartphone users enrolled in mobile loyalty clubs have found them beneficial. Modern consumers are actively agreeing upon loyalty program participation, and companies able to host such programs are experiencing immense growth.

Technology 56

Technology Marketing Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel 56

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to Forrester Research, 93% of corporate leadership teams place customer experience improvement on their list of strategic priorities and 23% businesses have it in the number 1 position. So what did leaders at Mercedes-Benz do that might help you with your customer experience elevation?

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience 2012 2014 Customer Satisfaction 45

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2016

In order to retain customers and create loyalty, you have to know what drives your particular customers. This means you have to listen to your customers, get to know them and use what engages each particular customer to build relationships and make them feel cared for. It’s all about the customer experience.

B2C 49

B2C Customer Retention Brands Social Media 49

Michelli Experience

MARCH 16, 2016

Then again, I’m reminded of the Gallup research captured in the book Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter which suggests that while there is a high correlation between employee engagement and customer engagement that relationship IS NOT CAUSAL.

Engagement 56

Engagement Books Culture Connections 56

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While I can go on and on about Ed’s visionary leadership, ability to inspire teams to greatness, top-drawer guest experience delivery and his ability to manage in a crisis, I want to talk about Ed Mady’s signed baseballs. Ok, where is this going?

Brands 45

Brands Hotels Magazine Leadership 45

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 19, 2016

They have had to learn to manage options, information overload and make quick decisions on where they will dedicate their energy and attention. Most importantly, it is time to craft experiences that engage Millennials and earn their loyalty! They look to reviews of peers, not to hype from marketers.

Consulting 49

Consulting Advertising Document Books 49

Michelli Experience

APRIL 20, 2016

While marketers like to call attention to aspects of a brand that they want to cement as PODS in the minds of prospects and customers, experience designers like me and business leaders like you should be thinking about DELIVERING PODS – behaving in ways that are relevant, different and valued by your customers.

Customer Experience Design 53

Customer Experience Design Brands Reference Books 53

Michelli Experience

JULY 25, 2017

I depict this relationship in the formula: High TRUST = Happy Employees = Happy Customers =. In support of my formula, Neil Davey, the managing editor of mycustomer.com recently cited David Ulrich’s research on the value chain of trusting and engaging employees. Trust, Engagement, and You. Research Support.

Consulting 45

Consulting Touchpoint Leadership Roadmap 45

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Brenda Lynn Dichoso – Head of Customer Experience Performance Management at PT Smartfren Telecom. Brenda Lynn Dichoso is a customer experience executive with direct vertical market experience in designing, implementing, and managing complex customer care operations in a telecom set-up.

2020 132

2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

Michelli Experience

JULY 27, 2016

While service speed and emotional engaging service may seem like opposite goals, Starbucks leadership is looking to expedite delivery AND make an authentic personal emotional connection with team members and customers.

2004 45

2004 Leadership Reference Books 45

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 12, 2016

This actually is a positive customer experience story AND it offers some important lessons for all of us seeking to drive customer loyalty. Before I get too far into my son’s story I have to offer a spoiler alert. Back to the story….

Travel 45

Travel Airlines Hospitality Consulting 45

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Clearly, a bevy of mounting research does indicate your company’s’ future is linked to the consistent delivery of a differentiated customer experience. Forrester found that 71% of consumers say that valuing their time is the most important thing a company can do to provide them with good service. .

Customer Experience 85

Customer Experience Social Media Mobile Customer Service Consulting 85

Michelli Experience

JUNE 7, 2016

Great leaders like Muhammad Ali inspire us with the grace by which they manage their adversity. He viewed success as an obligation to do good in the world. 5) Remain Positive in the Face of Adversity: All of us, to one degree or another, suffer Shakespeare’s “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”

Advertising 72

Advertising Brands Presentation Management 72

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 6, 2016

Hmm… Spending 7 times more to bring customers into your business (some of whom aren’t loyal by nature) or investing far less on the ones who want to be in relationship with you. If you want a competitive advantage driving customer engagement in 2016 …. Measure and drive employee engagement.

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience 2016 Competitive Advantage Definition 45

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 31, 2016

DRU the drone has been testing pizza deliveries in New Zealand – a country with legislation favoring commercial drone deliveries.

Technology 75

Technology Travel 2015 Innovation 75

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

While far less harsh, the world of customer experience performance management has certainly taken a turn in the direction of increased accountability! It also has a morbid Darwinian flair whereby only the best architects survived.

Net Promoter Score 75

Net Promoter Score Healthcare Books Feedback 75

Michelli Experience

JULY 4, 2017

The company goes through the process of photographing, identifying, categorizing and adding each item to an inventory that can be managed in a mobile app. When you store your stuff with Omni, it doesn’t just sit in a box or crate collecting dust in a warehouse somewhere.

Insurance 45

Insurance Consulting Books Customers 45

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

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. I have been slow to accept that, from a service perspective, humans will ever be replaced by computers.

Customer Service 108

Customer Service Customers Interaction Social Media 108

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 24, 2017

Often entrepreneurs reach out to me to discuss “customer-centricity” and the likely viability of their innovative products or services.

2005 111

2005 Customer Centricity Automotive Social Media 111

Michelli Experience

MARCH 18, 2016

He’s the managing director of thought LEADERS , LLC – a leadership development training firm. Mike Figliuolo is the co-author of Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results and the author of One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership. Army as a combat arms officer.

Leadership 45

Leadership Consulting Advertising Books 45

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. We’ve all had it happen.

Culture 89

Culture Customer Service Interaction Information 89

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

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 22, 2016

I’ve taken the liberty of extending Melody’s quote by suggesting in the context of business, “Gratitude turns shoppers into future buyers, and first-time buyers into repeat customers.”. Author Melody Beattie once noted that: “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.

Consumers 85

Consumers Communication Brands Marketing 85

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Writing in Automotive News , Vince Bond Jr asks a question that is mission critical for many businesses today, “How do you quickly turn an Internet search into a conversation and turn that conversation into a sale?”. In general, I believe all marketing involves disruptively creating interest.

Sales 85

Sales Automotive Advertising Article 85

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Thought leaders like Daniel Pink have provided insightful analysis of research showing three key drivers of human behavior: Purpose. Autonomy, and.

Engagement 92

Engagement 2013 Entertainment 2016 92

delighted

JULY 19, 2019

The digital customer experience specifically must be considered when tackling customer experience management as a whole. Further reading and resources: What is Digital Customer Experience? E-Book: Rising to the top with digital customer experience. Customer experience program.

Definition 56

Definition Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Journey Mapping 56

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