CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Being customer focused is all about making sure your relationships revolve around your clients and lead to their satisfaction. Customer focus is a type of company culture that focuses on putting the needs of clients first. Have the Entire Company Develop a Customer-Focused Approach. Follow the Right Metrics.

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Customer Bliss

MARCH 16, 2017

We’ve talked before on this blog about the need to be a customer-focused CEO. But since CEOs are often the major decision-maker within an organization, it’s important to understand the decision-making styles of customer-focused CEOs. This behavior is a hallmark of CEOs obsessed with building customer-driven growth.

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Customer Bliss

JANUARY 26, 2016

Delivering a reliable and then innovative customer experience requires adding a customer focus competency to the core competencies of your business (as important as products, finance, marketing or sales). The customer-focused experience needs to be built and honed as a skill. MetLife, Inc.,

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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. I recall a new restaurant with great food and impeccable service that quickly built a following.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Unfortunately, that’s not always the case with customer service coaching. The good news is research shows that employees want to know … Continue reading → The post Building Trust and Empowerment with Customer-Focused Coaching appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sometimes, they may bring more benefits to one group more than another, whether that’s employees, customers, or shareholders. Yet setting out to please your customers is not always as straightforward as it might seem. Customers concerned about sustainability might assume that reducing transportation altogether is the right move.

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Heart of the Customer

JUNE 18, 2020

, our analyst Diane and I were at the offices of Legrand AV, interviewing VP of Customer Experience Laurie Englert and her team. The post The Myth of the Customer-Focused CX Leader appeared first on Heart of the Customer. During a break, I turned to Diane and said, “There’s something here.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

You were just trying to market the latest brand effort to your new and existing customer base. Unfortunately, your marketing inadvertently damaged your customer focus. How you segment customers also contributes to this damage, as well as how well you understand your customers’ expectations of you.

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Customer Bliss

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

We’ve talked before on this blog about the need to be a customer-focused CEO. But since CEOs are often the major decision-maker within an organization, it’s important to understand the decision-making styles of customer-focused CEOs. This is important in any leader, but especially in a customer-focused CEO.

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Michel Falcon Experience

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

To be customer focused, a CEO must pay great attention to past, present and future customer behaviours, motivations and aversions. Do you work with a customer focused CEO? Does he invest to improve the company’s customer experience on a consistent basis? Take a moment to think. They think long term.

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Experience Matters

MARCH 7, 2018

It turns out that having a customer focus isn’t only good for customers, but it’s also good for employees and financial results. As you can see in the chart below: When senior executives care the most about customers’ needs, employees try their hardest and the companies have the best financial results.

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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. We all see the […].

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Customer Bliss

JUNE 2, 2016

It’s called The Human Duct Tape Show because CCO work often is akin to being a form of human duct tape — and if you want really actionable insights and plans in terms of how people broke down silos and stitched together cross-functionality in the name of the customer in huge companies, those episodes all have some great examples.

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Michel Falcon Experience

DECEMBER 31, 2014

How do you personally define a customer-focused company? I’m not talking about a company that claims to be customer-focused but one that genuinely obsesses over improving their customer experience. Year after year, we hear of companies of all sizes wanting to focus more on their customer experience.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 11, 2018

His plea was, “We are so NOT customer-focused, and we need to be!” He then shared what may be one of the most crystal-clear examples of the difference between a company that is customer focused and one that isn’t. Whether you’re customer-focused or not, this exercise is helpful. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Heart of the Customer

JUNE 28, 2017

Customer experience (CX) is about change. They see their role as being on the outside, there to show the business what the customers really […]. The post Three steps to create customer-focused change appeared first on Heart of the Customer. I wrote about this last week.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 9, 2017

Your people attend customer service training. They learn techniques and tactics on how to deal with complaining customers, angry customers or customers who just need a little support. This is what customer service training is all about. That’s important, but a customer-focused mindset goes beyond that.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 4, 2014

An organization’s process tells me a great deal about how Customer-centric they are. Is the process designed for the good of the Customer or was it designed for the good of the company? In my experience, the latter is more likely than the former, leaving most organizations with a process lacking a customer focus.

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InMoment XI

JANUARY 27, 2022

It’s no secret that the Head Of Operations and the Head Of Customer Experience often have differing priorities. In fact, COVID-19 has further encouraged most businesses to prioritise a more operational lens, decreasing their focus on the customer experience. Balancing Operations and Customer Experience: A Case Study.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Unfortunately, that’s not always the case with customer service coaching. The good news is research shows that employees want to know … Continue reading → The post Building Trust and Empowerment with Customer-Focused Coaching appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If you’re the owner of a retail business, then you’ll know more than most about the eternal struggle of getting customers through your doors. We’re in an age where customers can shop from anywhere – we don’t even have to leave our homes! Make The Experience Safe. Train Your Staff!

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In the quest to improve the customer experience and customer loyalty, it is helpful to consider the ‘cultural habits’ of successful service organizations, such as: Disney, Apple, Southwest Airlines, Wegmans, Nordstrom, and Amazon. Employees are supposed to focus on helping customers, not selling products.

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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. I recall a new restaurant with great food and impeccable service that quickly built a following.

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InMoment XI

AUGUST 3, 2023

Mastering unstructured data analytics is going to be key for any business wanting to improve the customer experience , and succeed in today’s business environment. While traditional customer feedback is a goldmine of insights that can drive business growth, a substantial portion of this valuable feedback lies in unstructured data.

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InMoment XI

MARCH 6, 2024

The best customer experience quotes can be a great source of inspiration for leadership teams and entire organizations looking to drive their CX transformation. According to research: Companies that earn $1 billion annually can expect to earn, on average, an additional $700 million within 3 years of investing in customer experience.

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Cyara

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To spark innovation and help you unleash the power that flawless CX can have on the success of your business, we’re hosting Xchange, Cyara’s customer-focused CX event in Pittsburgh this Fall. Right now is the best time to reimagine CX!

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Who will my target customers be and how will I market to them? Knowing what similar listings are charging and what amenities they offer is essential for setting rates that will attract potential customers and help you turn a profit. What are my goals? Are they short-term or long-term?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The 5 Rules for Driving Down Costs Without Affecting Customers. This episode of The Intuitive Customer covers my 5 Rules for Driving down costs without affecting customers. The 5 Rules for Driving Down Costs Without Affecting Customers. Look at the lifetime value of the customer. What Are The Five Rules?

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InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that customer expectations are always changing, and you’ll never be able to keep up. However, all your customers want the same thing: to be able to interact with their brand on their terms. What is Omnichannel Customer Experience?

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InMoment XI

MAY 23, 2023

Aegon’s ‘Connecting with Customers’ programme is an award winning programme which has delivered spectacular results for the business, colleagues and customers. Keep reading for the top takeaways: 3 Key Takeaways From the Presentation: Takeaway #1: Be BOLD Set out to create a customer-obsessed culture, and get there!

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 2, 2024

Your relationship with customers is built one step at a time. Touchpoints’ have been a hot topic for marketing, sales, and customer experience teams for decades. Each customer touchpoint is an opportunity to reinforce your brand value and engage customers in meaningful ways. And for good reason! What is a Touchpoint?

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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. Involve Your Customers: No one knows what your customers want better than your customers. What gets measured gets done.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Building a strong customer-focused service culture. All customers today want fast, accurate and comprehensive service, but increasingly they require more – they want to have meaningful conversations that engage them with the brand. Published on: February 22, 2017.

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Think Customers

JANUARY 26, 2016

Part of the reason McDonald's has misfired is that it lost touch with its customers' interests. But buoyed by a strong fourth quarter that beat analysts' expectations, McDonald's recent customer-focused turnaround appears to be putting some luster back in the golden arches. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Alida

MARCH 16, 2024

Table of Contents: Product Centric vs Customer Centric What is a customer focused approach? What is the impact of customer centricity vs customer focused? This post looks at the differences between customer focused and customer centricity —and identifies where customer centricity is taking center stage.

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Blueshift

MARCH 10, 2021

Have no fear — we’re recapping it all here, The post Webinar Recap: Creating A Customer-Focused Loyalty Strategy Based On Data with Lob appeared first on Blueshift. Couldn’t join us for our exclusive webinar with Lob, one of our leading direct mail partners?

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Win the Customer

JANUARY 8, 2016

In order to succeed in any business, it’s critical to map out needs and wants of customers and prospects in order develop a business focused on meeting the customer experience expectations of its audience. Learn to Sell to the Right Customers. Have a Customer-Focused Business Plan.

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