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Building a Better Loyalty Program (and the Reward for Getting It Right)

BlueOcean

Check your wallet (digital and/or physical) – do you have loyalty cards for your favorite retail outlets? loyalty programs on average. Ulta tells a similar story— 95% of their revenue comes from their loyalty program members. The data is clear—loyalty pays… but it is often harder to achieve than it looks.

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The Employee Hierarchy of Needs

ShepHyken

This week, we focus on our employees. Before you can have a strong customer experience, you must have a good employee experience. So, here are the five levels of the pyramid that make up The Employee Hierarchy of Needs. The Paycheck: At the base of the pyramid is an employee’s primary need: money.

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Communicating CX: 15 Tips for Talking About Customer Experience

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

If overall revenue goals are tied to bonuses, stress how customer experience provides positive revenue outcomes. Connect the employee experience to the customer experience in big ways. If you aspire for an effortless customer experience, should your employee experience also reflect that value?

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Defining the Value of Customer Experience: A Guide for Creating CX ROI in A Constantly Changing World

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Leading customer experience efforts within a larger business strategy can offer a blueprint for fostering customer loyalty, enhancing customer (and employee) retention, and ultimately, driving brand loyalty. Understanding Customer Experience Management (CEM) Let’s start at the beginning.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of December 4, 2023

ShepHyken

Used the right way, it may even help you create more tailored and personalized customer experiences! Loyalty is a Strategy, Not a Program by Kevin Susman (Total Retail) In the commercial innovation workshops I lead around the globe, there are many strategies that clients and customers want to cover.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of October 2, 2023

ShepHyken

Total experience transformation: Five strategies for a seamless customer and employee experience by Ron Shamah (Fast Company) Employee and customer experiences have an inherent overlap—one does not exist without the other. My Comment: What I’m about to write may lead you to believe I don’t like this article.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of March 18, 2024

ShepHyken

And beyond loyalty is a brand fan. 2024 MarTech Predictions for a Better Customer Experience by MTC News Desk (MarTech Cube) Innovation is indeed the core of achievements, and 2024 became the symbol of the leap towards the discovery route, discovering the possibilities of the future of customer experience.

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