Experience Investigators by 360Connext
MAY 24, 2016
Customers can’t always tell us what they want, even when we ask them to leave feedback. So is there another way to learn what they will want next, before they take their business elsewhere? Customer data, feedback and market research can still help guide your next innovation. You just need to see the experience though a different lens, and be willing to […].
InMoment XI
MAY 25, 2016
While customer experience (CX) is already an established discipline in the English-speaking world, it has remained on an immature level in Germany for years. But without a doubt, customer experience has now become a hot topic for many German companies. Large enterprises have started to consolidate CX activities in one central function, and SMEs implement.
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Beyond Philosophy
MAY 23, 2016
It’s official. After two years of working on the deal between Charter and Time Warner Cable, Inc., Charter officially owns the most hated brand in cable provider brands, for $55.1 billion. Charter will phase out the Time Warner Cable brand, as well as Bright House Networks LLC, over time. Here’s the thing: Changing the name doesn’t change the service.
Customer Bliss
MAY 26, 2016
Note: On June 2, I’ll be presenting at a Vision Critical webinar on the rise of the chief customer officer. The following is a preview of the content you can expect from this exclusive, live webinar. Customer Experience is not a new idea. In 1984, as I lead the customer experience strategy at Lands’ End, I helped map the company’s customer journey and identify 267 touchpoints, narrowing that list down to the key 15 that were most critical to our customers.
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Experience Investigators by 360Connext
MAY 26, 2016
#of hours/year: this is when health happens. @markhymanmd #PESummit pic.twitter.com/ETpMikdraP — Jeannie Walters (@jeanniecw) May 16, 2016 Thoughts from the Cleveland Clinic Patient Empathy Summit (Part 2) In case you missed it, you may be interested in reading Part 1: The Intentionality of Patient Empathy. Considering the patient experience as an overall idea is relatively new […].
CXDNA Update brings together the best content for customer experience professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Beyond Philosophy
MAY 25, 2016
Nearly 40,000 employees from two unions contracting with Verizon have been on strike for a little over a month. Now, Verizon is learning firsthand the cost of not having a strong culture of employee engagement—in actual dollars and sense. Unable to reach a compromise for the outsourcing and transfer of their jobs , employees from all parts of the organization walked off the job last month.
Win the Customer
MAY 24, 2016
Whether you’re an Italian restaurant, a vendor of smartphones, an organic grocery store, or a women’s fashion outlet, something about your brand needs to gain the long-term favour of its consumer base in order to be successful. Sure, it’s important to provide a service where customers ultimately find what they’re looking for. But they will – whether it’s from your brand or not.
ShepHyken
MAY 25, 2016
I recently interviewed Nate Skinner, the VP of Customer Care for Campaign Monitor, a company that helps businesses use email to market their businesses. It was for one of my Forbes columns, Seven Ways to Use Email to Build Your Brand and Create a Better Customer Experience. In the process of the interview, I asked Nate about his favorite customer service story.
InMoment XI
MAY 25, 2016
While customer experience (CX) is already an established discipline in the English-speaking world, it has remained on an immature level in Germany for years. But without a doubt, customer experience has now become a hot topic for many German companies. Large enterprises have started to consolidate CX activities in one central function, and SMEs implement.
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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
MAY 24, 2016
Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. My friends at Keller Fay Group (Ed Keller and Brad Fay) have conducted research which once again demonstrates that everyday people, i.e. consumers, customers, suppliers and employees, can have a significant on the product and service vendor decisions individuals make in the marketplace.
Win the Customer
MAY 26, 2016
In 2015, the average cost of a data breach was $154 per person affected, a IBM and Ponemon Institute study found. Large-scale data breaches could cost a company millions or, using the average numbers, maybe billions in revenue and compensation. This pales to the impact it can have on brand trust and the perception of consumer safety. For companies that need to collect customer data, keeping it safe is critically important to the business.
Steve DiGioia
MAY 23, 2016
This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. In a previous article I wrote about how small, seemingly insignificant comments & actions can make a difference toward creating a positive customer experience. In that case, it was just a few pleasant words from a new gas station attendant that started my day on an upbeat note. Here’s another example….
Heart of the Customer
MAY 23, 2016
What does “good” look like? It’s something that, as CX leaders, we’re always thinking of. I frequently get asked questions like, “How fast does our response rate need to be?” The easy answer is, “As quick as you can make it.” But that’s lazy! And, even worse, that lazy answer can actually harm your brand. […].
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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CSM Magazine
MAY 27, 2016
The possibility to provide exceptional service is available to almost any company if it believes in its peopl e, is willing to innovate, and really cares about their customers’ experience. Today, few companies create a legendary or memorable customer service experience. Most provide average service, and only go through the motions to improve. The giant, waving inflatables on the roof!
Think Customers
MAY 24, 2016
As the leader of the company, the CEO often sees himself or herself as the person who is ultimately responsible for the customer experience. While some past studies have revealed a disconnect between the quality of the customer experiences the CEO believes a company delivers to its customers and what customers' actual perceptions are, a recent survey of CEOs finds that many chief executives view customer experience as the most effective opportunity for obtaining a competitive advantage.
ShepHyken
MAY 24, 2016
Donn Sorensen Shares Leadership Principles That. Drive a Customer-Focused Culture. Shep Hyken discusses how to create and maintain a customer-focused culture with Donn Sorensen, speaker, philanthropist, and Regional President of Mercy, a large healthcare organization based in St. Louis, MO. Donn shares his leadership principles and how they help to drive customer service and experience.
ClearAction
MAY 24, 2016
Understanding Business-to-Business Customers’ Purchase Decisions. What is it like to be a customer when both you and your suppliers are manufacturers? More than meets the eye. And a large percentage of the world’s gross domestic product comes from these customers. You’ll find them in industries such as these: aviation, chemicals, defense, computer hardware, construction, energy, industrial automation, machinery, medical devices, and packaging, just to name a few.
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
ijgolding
MAY 23, 2016
When it comes to the profession that Customer Experience has now become, one of the most important and significant competencies required by all organisations is that of measurement. The ability of a company to robustly and continuously capture a ‘fact based’ understanding of how capable they are of meeting customer needs and expectations is critical if they have a desire to achieve customer focused success.
Think Customers
MAY 27, 2016
Albert Einstein once said that "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.". There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.
Eptica
MAY 25, 2016
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Mapping digital transformation in customer experience. Published on: May 25, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the fast-moving world of customer experience there is no shortage of new trends and technologies for companies to evaluate and adopt. How do they choose their priorities and ensure that they meet both customer needs and that they gain buy-in from the board?
Amity
MAY 22, 2016
Customer success is an exciting and game-changing opportunity, and a prerequisite for the majority of B2B SaaS companies, but are you ready for it? According to an Aberdeen Report* on Customer Experience Management, the top three drivers for investing in customer experience management are: Improve customer retention – (42%). Improve customer satisfaction – (33%).
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Experience Matters
MAY 26, 2016
We recently released the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 294 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. Kaiser Permanente and TriCare deliver the best customer experience of any health plan, according to the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual customer experience ranking of companies based […].
CSM Magazine
MAY 23, 2016
This in-depth research report written by CX Network looks at the key customer experience trends, challenges and investments for the next 12 –18 months and the digital transformation of organisations. The annual survey gauged the views of global leaders – across all major industries – within customer experience, service, insight, digital and marketing, on the changes that will be defining the industry in 2016.
Daniel Group
MAY 26, 2016
Whack-a-Mole is hilariously fun at first, yet it quickly becomes tedious and repetitive. Just imagine having to play it for a living. If you manage a customer facing team or function, that’s what you may feel you’re doing when dealing. Read More. The post How to Stop Playing Customer Service Whack-a-Mole appeared first on The Daniel Group.
NICE inContact
MAY 24, 2016
V oice of the Customer is a hot topic at companies looking to become more customer-centric or improve their customer experience. For many, this term has become synonymous with customer feedback surveys, but that’s not exactly true. Voice of the Customer is a multi-faceted process to learn more about your customers. What do they want? What do they need?
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Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.
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