Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 28, 2020

Only 30% of Sales leaders strongly agreed they can even measure customer experience improvements , in a study by Oracle in 2019. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to begin at the beginning, build your case, and create a coalition of customer-focused leaders. It’s time to build some bridges.

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2020 Net Promoter Score ROI Metrics 250

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Its reputation goes well beyond its market area. The President Emeritus, Colleen Barrett, has a favorite saying about Southwest Airlines: “We are a Customer Service Company; we just happen to fly airplanes.”. Apple’s sales per square foot are higher than Tiffany and Co.’s. Southwest Airlines began at Love Field in Dallas.

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Customer Focused Airlines Culture E-support 96

ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As a marketing professional, you understand the importance of customer success in driving business growth. And with the rise of customers in control, it has never been more important for marketers to focus on strategies that create and nurture successful customer relationships.

Customer Success 69

Customer Success Marketing Social Media Events 69

Horizon CX

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Art of Selling CX: Convincing Skeptical Senior Leaders on Customer Experience Success Introduction In the dynamic landscape of customer experience (CX) management, the journey extends beyond strategic implementation; it’s a constant process of persuasion and selling ideas, especially to senior leadership.

Customer Centricity 52

Customer Centricity Automotive E Commerce Fashion 52

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As you gather this information, bake in metrics so you can demonstrate to leadership the return on investment (ROI) of an enhanced customer experience. What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? Leadership #CustomerExperience #CXDesign. CX champions).

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Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 182

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As you gather this information, bake in metrics so you can demonstrate to leadership the return on investment (ROI) of an enhanced customer experience. What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? Leadership #CustomerExperience #CXDesign. CX champions).

Customer Experience 182

Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 182

Customer Bliss

APRIL 12, 2016

We talked about several key topics, including: The rise of the chief customer officer. Why every company should strive to implement customer-centric leadership. Adopting and holding to customer-centric practices. How to still value customers in times of economic/business downturns.

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Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Customer Centricity Marketing 120

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As you gather this information, bake in metrics so you can demonstrate to leadership the return on investment (ROI) of an enhanced customer experience. What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? After all, low hanging fruit and quick wins are great confidence boosters.

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Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 261

ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. Hence, the the role of a chief customer officer (CCO) which we define this way.

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Chief Customer Officer Net Promoter Score Insurance Customer Satisfaction 52

ClearAction

AUGUST 6, 2019

Customer Journey Insights Increase Marketing Impact Lynn Hunsaker. Customer journey insights are vastly under-utilized. Companies that are reaping full value are using customer experience insights to align their whole business to customers’ expectations. Customer-Focused Mindset.

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Customer Journey Insights Customer Journey Mapping Marketing 48

Customer Bliss

JUNE 6, 2019

“I am a bridge builder and I really like that aspect of my role,” says Yamini Rangan , chief customer officer at Dropbox , a SaaS company that offers file storage and collaboration solutions to both individuals and companies. Her love for being customer-focused was what helped drive her success at Dropbox, .

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Chief Customer Officer Feedback Customer Journey Leadership 152

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. MORE SALES! Customer Value X 2.72

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Culture ROI 261

Customer Bliss

JUNE 6, 2018

As “customer experience” has become a hot topic and nearly every industry has embraced it as a priority for their business, it is important that it also become united across your organization. It includes focusing the organization on one-company experiences. Unite your business’ leadership.

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Chief Customer Officer Leadership Customer Journey Customers 193

GetFeedback

JULY 23, 2018

This is a guest post by Tom O’Brien, Director of Digital Marketing at TimeTrade. Creating an amazing customer experience through omni-channel customer journeys that engage your prospects where they are and help shuttle them through your sales funnel. Retail is changing in 2018. What’s key?

Customer Journey Mapping 218

Customer Journey Mapping Customer Journey Retail E Commerce 218

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Although I was studying accounting and finance at the time, I started out in sales and marketing. It did not take long for me to start becoming interested in the customer service elements of the business. After a while, my role developed more down the sales route, looking after relationships with retailers.

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Culture Measurement 2008 Books 105

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 8, 2017

Stephen has held senior executive roles in marketing, customer growth, distribution, or product with Barclays, AMP, Frizzell, Berkeley Berry Birch, and Standard Life. These included the creation of new marketing approaches to acquire and retain customers and the formation of a new customer focused digital business channel.

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Chief Customer Officer Leadership Innovation Financial 137

Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of the day, customers value organizations for not just the products they provide but the service they receive throughout the customer journey. Customers expect to have their needs and opportunities looked out for. In This Post You Will Learn: What Does Customer Service Mean?

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Customer Service Training Customer Service Contact Center Culture 106

ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

With their visibility elevated, Customer Success leaders stepped up to carry the weight of their fellow revenue-driven teams and prove their value within the broader organization. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

2021 98

2021 Customer Success Chief Customer Officer Leadership 98

Customer Bliss

APRIL 20, 2016

In reality, the customer is the backbone of everything you do. Customer-Focused Organizational Decision-Making Begins With Connecting Silos. I call this one-company leadership. If interested in much more around this, check out Chief Customer Officer 2.0 or I Love You More Than My Dog.

Loyalty 165

Loyalty Chief Customer Officer Leadership B2C 165

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Voice of Customer Maturity Today Since the 2009 global economic downturn, companies have invested heavily in enterprise feedback management. Even before the pandemic, non-customer-facing managers typically saw VoC as something unrelated to their work or revealing issues too big to tackle.

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Voice of Customer B2B Leadership Workshop 62

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As more leaders discuss becoming customer-centric, I wonder how many actually walk the talk and put actions into their plans. What if customer-centric ideas and tactics were included in all strategy plans ? A strategy that is truly customer customer-focused needs to include ideas like these: 1.

Customer Centricity 268

Customer Centricity Social Media Consulting Leadership 268

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

How would you like to reduce customer churn by 27%, increase Net Promoter Score TM by 65%, and outperform competitors by 20% in sales, purchasing, ordering, installation, billing, service inquiry, maintenance and account management processes? Should Operations be the home for every B2B company’s customer experience leadership?

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score B2B Leadership 119

ShepHyken

AUGUST 19, 2019

My Comment: Someone once told me that if you chase profit over the customer, you may not get profit or the customer. But, if you chase the customer, you’ll most likely end up with both. The idea is that putting the customer before the sale is a good strategy. Satisfied customers or profit.

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2019 Article Customer Service Leadership 118

Retently

JULY 28, 2023

It involves ensuring a seamless experience at every touchpoint, aligning various departments to deliver exceptional customer service, and implementing customer-focused strategies to improve satisfaction. Their role is to champion the customer’s perspective and advocate for their needs within the company.

Chief Customer Officer 132

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Call Center Metrics 132

CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

A plan could be bulletproof, but without leadership buy-in and an OCM and communication plan to support it, it will struggle to thrive once rolled out. Nick’s background in sales, marketing and contact center solutions serves as the framework for his advanced expertise in the field of customer experience.

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Contact Center 2022 Call Center Roadmap 266

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

A customer-centric mindset often flies in the face of traditional business education and legacies. Business plans include sections on Products and Services, Sales, Marketing, Management and Finances. They rarely include the word customer beyond discussing how to acquire them. What do we need to get there?

Customer Experience 225

Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Net Promoter Score Measurement 225

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He has 25 years of experience on the leading edge of digital transformation, social, and marketing strategy and has previously worked at American Express, Prudential Financial, USAA, and Forrester Research in senior roles. Chad Horenfeldt – Director of Customer Success at Kustomer. LinkedIn : [link] /. Website : [link].

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2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Calabrio , the workforce performance company, has hired Daniel Maier as chief revenue officer and Ryan Toben as senior vice president of customer success and sales operations. Maier joins Calabrio with more than 20 years of enterprise software sales experience. Ryan Toben, SVP of customer success and sales operations.

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Customer Success Contact Center Sales Customer Centricity 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 16, 2015

We’re not having a tent sale or running a huge promotion, but every year March proves to be crazy but awesome, and 2015 is no different! Our Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ Jeannie Walters is in Austin gathering evidence from South By Southwest Interactive. Need a customer-focused speaker for your next event?

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Events Customer Experience Webinar Telecommunications 223

Help.com

OCTOBER 13, 2014

With a team that’s totally wedded to the Apple culture, Cupertino doesn’t need to sweat the imitation Apple Stores now popping up with identical furniture and Apple gear for sale. Look around and you’ll see businesses focused obsessively on the short term: this month’s sales target or this quarter’s analyst projections.

Culture 40

Culture Customer Focused Competitive Advantage Hotels 40

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 4, 2015

Product Power Core Resources and success metrics center on product development, not necessarily on customer focus. Sales Power Core Quarterly targets and sales goals pull the weight in the company. The ‘sale’ is the focus, sometimes at the expense of the rest of the experience. .

Hospitality 198

Hospitality Insurance Leadership Sales 198

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 23, 2016

Darryl Speach is a serial customer experience practitioner and change agent. He’s had leadership roles at New York Life, the Disney Institute, and Greystone and Company. Salmon and the “Destination Postcard” I often refer to customer experience work as being a salmon, i.e. swimming upstream. Episode Overview.

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Chief Customer Officer Culture Leadership Insurance 0

Customer Bliss

APRIL 7, 2016

Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, wrote an article in early 2016 entitled “Nobody Asked For Uber.” In reality, the customer is the backbone of everything you do. I call this one-company leadership. Your goal is to move towards one-company leadership.

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Chief Customer Officer Leadership Hotels 2016 185

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

There are nine orientation areas that we use to determine a company’s customer centricity level. Customer Strategy. Marketing & Brand. Culture & Leadership. Most organizations leave customer interaction with the customer service team, with anyone else avoiding direct communication most of the time.

Customer Centricity 160

Customer Centricity Leadership Consulting Culture 160

Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

Specifically, included in the tips and strategies in the book are our top culture-changing tools that move an organization to be more customer-focused.” Customer service is not a department. It’s a philosophy to be embraced by everyone, from the leadership to the most recently hired. “ ”Who should read the book?

Books 94

Books Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Management 94

Customer Bliss

MARCH 30, 2016

In order to understand how customer-focused companies design processes for listening to customers, we need to start by thinking about the three types of listening: Unaided or volunteer listening. That has validity as a management approach, but not if you want to truly be a company focused on customer-driven growth.

Social Media 195

Social Media Leadership Customers Brands 195

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 12, 2017

Instead, they are headhunting among PR and marketing professionals to be their commander in chief. PR and Marketing officers have the tough job – selling the brand. To do so, they have to understand the market and more importantly, their customers. We live in the age where the customer rules. So why this shift?

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Advertising Sales Brands Marketing 121