InMoment XI
JUNE 22, 2016
The idea that employee engagement has a measurable impact on customer satisfaction and retention is intuitive. We understand a disengaged employee is less likely to provide a positive service experience (and even less likely to provide an exceptional one). When Sue is unhappy at work, she isn’t motivated to go above-and-beyond for a customer. She’s.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JUNE 30, 2016
The following is a Best of 360Connext post Brains are fascinating. The very thing that allows me to write this blog is both an abstract idea to me and a very concrete part of my anatomy. They are simple muscles in one regard and totally complex, almost spiritual, machines in another. The more we learn about […]. The post Changing Customer Behavior: Your Brain Loves a Story appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.
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Customer Bliss
JUNE 23, 2016
I talk often about customer experience , but recently I’ve heard from some followers that they’d like a bit more on customer retention. The first thing to understand about customer retention is that obviously it comes straight from customer experience. In short, if the customer experience is good, the customer retention is there. Also there: referral.
Alida
JUNE 23, 2016
Founded in 1932, the New York-based grocer Price Chopper (known as Market 32 in some regions) operates 135 stores in the American Northeast. To accomplish a goal of elevating customer experience , the company engages with 5,000 customers through Food For Thought, a Vision Critical insight community first launched in 2012. The insight community provides ongoing feedback from customers and helps Price Chopper make better decisions about strategy, branding and marketing campaigns.
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Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 8, 2016
I’m happy to report that more and more companies realize that emotions are significant to the Customer Experience. It’s an excellent first step. But it isn’t enough. Thinking that emotions are important in Customer Experience, or even that positive emotions are important to our Customer Experience isn’t enough. In general, business needs to get specific about the emotions in their Customer Experience.
CXDNA Update brings together the best content for customer experience professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
OpinionLab
JUNE 2, 2016
We’ve talked a lot on the CX LabNotes blog recently about how to improve your website to ensure it helps you achieve your goals, specifically why complete redesigns often fail and the value of factoring what your customers think into any decision. It used to be that companies would be on a constant cycle of designing a new website, waiting for it to date and then starting the process again.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JUNE 15, 2016
How important is customer experience in your organization? Most executives now consider customer experience a priority, but so many of them are still not ready to get serious about it. You may be among those who don’t have the resources necessary to improve the big picture, but you still have the power to improve customer […]. The post So You Have No Customer Experience Budget… Now What!?
Customer Bliss
JUNE 14, 2016
Episode Overview. In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Parrish Arturi. Parrish is the SVP of Retail Service and Experience Delivery at Fidelity Investments. He’s no stranger to making the rounds on business journalism and customer experience shows — he previously appeared on the Fast Leader podcast and did a ‘Quick 6’ of questions with Customer Experience Matters.
Alida
JUNE 27, 2016
Most companies today strive to become more customer-centric—it’s simply good business. They use customer feedback to make data-backed decisions, and rely on customer intelligence software like insight communities. At a recent Vision Critical meetup in New York City, three leading companies shared how they successfully introduced customer intelligence to their organization.
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Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 2, 2016
We all want to be happy. But how do you consistently make your customers happy? Experts from companies like Disney and SoulCycle offered good advice on this subject during a panel discussion on designing happiness at SXSW. As customer experience consultants, we know that happiness is one of the key emotions that drives short term purchases and longer term brand loyalty.
Win the Customer
JUNE 23, 2016
One of the big challenges for brands using social media for customer service —and also making an effort to proactively reach out to customers with live chat and chatbots on their website—is striking a balance between customer service automation and real human connections. If you’ve ever taken a science class, you’ve probably heard of the triple-beam balance.
OpinionLab
JUNE 24, 2016
I recently returned from the CXFS conference in New Orleans. It was a really interesting event with some great content from some of the brightest customer experience experts at the biggest brands in the financial services industry. There were three main themes that kept coming up time and time again at the various sessions I attended: 1) Move from break-fix to break through.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JUNE 6, 2016
Do millennials really approach everything differently than generations before them? Or are the challenges of designing for them simply the same challenges as designing and delivering experiences for any group? Yes, millennials approach the world a little differently. But so does every generation. What should we remember as we design workplaces as we update customer […].
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
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Customer Bliss
JUNE 28, 2016
Episode Overview. Lesley Mottla was part of the senior leadership team that helped build Zipcar, a disruptive force in its industry. Now she has a customer experience leadership role at M.Gemi , where she’s trying to help disrupt the luxury shoe market. M.Gemi is a start-up and Zipcar was a start-up at the time, so we spend a good portion of this episode discussing customer experience lessons for start-up businesses.
Alida
JUNE 29, 2016
Storytelling is the key to effectively communicating insight. A purposeful story creates impact in a way that data and spreadsheets alone can’t. A compelling narrative, paired with the right visuals, engages your stakeholders and helps people see your way of thinking, while making your story sharp, concise and convincing. The importance of storytelling and visuals informed the latest enhancement to Sparq, Vision Critical’s customer intelligence platform.
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 15, 2016
Over the past few months, some retailers have been experimenting with virtual reality. With sales lagging, they‘re hoping that in-store virtual reality experiences will be the magic ingredient that lures shoppers back. Now, though, eBay has announced that it is launching the world’s first virtual reality department store. eBay’s new venture is being rolled out in Australia in partnership with Australian retailer Myer, and it requires nothing more than a free smartphone app and a pair of cardboar
Win the Customer
JUNE 7, 2016
From automated purchasing and shipping to simple returns and mobile-friendliness, these are the modern conveniences your online customers expect from your business. Today’s customer expects a lot. Online shoppers expect even more. And their expectations should not be ignored. In the United States alone there are more than 191 million online shoppers.
Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group
As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX
ShepHyken
JUNE 14, 2016
John DiJulius on Secret Service & The Customer Service Revolution. Shep Hyken speaks with John DiJulius, international consultant, best-selling business author and owner of the award winning John Robert’s Spa. John shares ideas from his latest book, “The Customer Service Revolution.” They discuss the radical overthrow of conventional business mentality which is transforming the employee and customer experience.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JUNE 8, 2016
What do you think when someone tells you about something that’s “gone viral?” Do you think it’s a funny video? A cringe-worthy comment? A parody of the latest topic in the zeitgeist? I don’t know about you, but I don’t think of customer experience as a recipe for going viral. Cat videos? Absolutely. Great customer service? […]. The post Why Positive Word-of-Mouth is Insanely Powerful appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.
Customer Bliss
JUNE 9, 2016
“Proactive experience reliability and innovation” — which is another way of discussing design for reliability — is one of my five customer experience competencies , which I’ve developed over 30+ years of doing this customer-driven work with companies of all sizes. In Episode 3 of my new podcast , I talk a good deal about design for reliability with Scott Dille, a Senior Vice President at Northern Trust.
Alida
JUNE 16, 2016
If you work in customer experience (CX), you probably already know Jeanne Bliss. A thought leader in CX even before this practice became mainstream , Bliss is an author and a rexpected expert on customer-centric leadership. As we recently announced, Bliss is one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit in Chicago. Her presentation at the Summit, The Five Decisions of Beloved and Prosperous Companies , will reveal actionable tips on how companies can transcend nor
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One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 13, 2016
We’ve all encountered these people in the workplace. The guy who wanders around joking with everyone but never seems to do any actual work. The woman who files her nails when she should be typing a report. The slacker who…well…nobody actually knows where the slacker is or what he’s doing! Co-workers label these folks ‘lazy’ and resent them for not doing their share.
Experience Matters
JUNE 14, 2016
USAA earned the highest score in the 2016 Temkin Customer Service Ratings for the fourth year in a row. These Ratings evaluate the customer service of 277 companies across 20 industries based on a study of 10,000 U.S. consumers (see.pdf with full list of companies). You can see all of the company data on the Temkin Ratings website. […].
ShepHyken
JUNE 17, 2016
This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ian Landsman writes about the importance of training and preparing customer service representatives to interact with customers. I agree that every employee should go through customer service training, and it should be ongoing. – Shep Hyken. Most of us go through training when we start a new job, learning the systems, tools and processes we need to accomplish our day-to-day responsibilities.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JUNE 22, 2016
What do customers talk about after interacting with your company? Most likely, one of two things happens. They tell their friends all about the painful, frustrating experience of an interaction gone wrong. Or…they tell their friends how happy they were with the service of such an exceptionally helpful, friendly representative for your company. In fact, these […].
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JUST RELEASED! New research reveals 92% of business leaders would like to provide additional training to their customer service representatives. Soft skills training stands out as a priority area of investment and/or improvement. Check out The Northridge Group’s latest CX research report —the 7th annual CX survey of 1,000 customers and 250 business executives—to see additional statistics as well as insights that businesses can use to benchmark their customer service and improve the overall exper
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