CX Journey

AUGUST 16, 2017

It's been a year or more since I've written about the ROI of customer experience. Always good to revisit this topic because it is such a hot one for customer experience professionals. Executives want to see hard numbers about any investments they make. Always the same (great) story, regardless.

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Customer Experience ROI Comparison Airlines 142

ijgolding

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As I continue to develop my Customer Experience Specialism around the globe, a number of questions are continually raised by the people I meet. How many customer segments should we have? Should we have a Chief Customer Officer. Customer journey maps of all shapes and sizes are adorning many a conference room wall.

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Customer Centricity Customer Experience Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer 263

ijgolding

APRIL 5, 2016

The very first question they asked me was “How did you become so passionate about customer experience management?” Using tools and methodologies to improve the ability of a business to meet and exceed customer expectation just made so much sense to me. I took a role as a Six Sigma Black Belt…. the rest is history!

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Hotels Customers 120

ijgolding

JANUARY 15, 2016

Whilst organisations have always delivered experiences, it is only now that most are starting to recognise the importance of them. However…there is usually one of those…there are still A LOT of people who DO NOT recognise Customer Experience – either as something of significant importance to business strategy OR as a profession at all.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Government 120

ijgolding

JANUARY 4, 2017

When it comes to the world of Customer Experience, business people and Customer Experience Professionals all around the world will be thinking of and dreaming about, a more customer centric 2017. During 2016, I did at times feel like a stuck record (remember those!),

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customers Government 148

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

SuiteCX

JANUARY 2, 2017

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. The primary disconnects are how Customer Experience professionals present and communicate Customer Experience to the C Suite.

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Customer Journeys Self Service Customer Insights Survey 100

SuiteCX

JANUARY 2, 2017

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. The primary disconnects are how Customer Experience professionals present and communicate Customer Experience to the C Suite.

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Customer Journeys Self Service Customer Insights Survey 100

Experience Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Yesterday was a great day, as Temkin Group joined customer experience professionals around the world in celebrating Customer Experience Day 2015. Since Temkin Group labelled 2015 as the Year of the Employee for customer experience, we carried that theme into our CX Day 2015 activities.

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Customer Experience Infographics eBook Customer Experience Professionals 120

iPerceptions

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

There's no shortage of customer experience focused conferences and in 2016 it is going to be no different. These events offer boundless opportunities for networking, discovery and communication.

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Conference Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customers 48

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Alida

MARCH 10, 2017

Failing customer experience initiatives are keeping business leaders up at night. According to an Accenture-commissioned study by Forrester Consulting, only seven percent of business leaders think that their company’s shopping experience exceeds customer expectations. Failure to listen to customers.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score Chief Customer Officer 196

ijgolding

JANUARY 24, 2017

From the first time I arrived in Abu Dhabi in 2012, to the my most recent trip to Dubai last week, it has always been clear that the region has a strong desire to satisfy – and often wow – the customer. As a customer, there is so much to be impressed by – whether you be in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar or Saudi Arabia.

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Customer Experience Transportation Banking Customer Journeys 120

Alida

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Earlier this week, more than 400 professionals in marketing, customer experience, innovation and research gathered in Chicago for the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit. The two-day annual conference featured keynotes and presentations by some of the world’s leading customer-centric brands.

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CX University

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

To meet the market demands for quality online instruction and preparation for Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP), CX University (CXU) launches its CCXP Exam Prep Course. Course Availability Course is available for purchase as a stand-alone program or as an add-on the the CX500 Mastery Series.

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Course Roadmap Customer Experience Professionals ROI 52

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Temkin Group, a leading customer experience firm, has published its annual list of customer experience trends. As a part of these publications, Temkin is calling 2016 “The Year of Emotion.” ” Here are the 10 customer experience trends to watch in 2016: 1. Emotion Arising.

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Trends Customer Journeys Customer Experience Contact Center 40

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. We Need New Thinking.

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Employee Engagement Insurance Exercises Analytics 60

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. We Need New Thinking.

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Employee Engagement Insurance Exercises Analytics 60

Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 13, 2016

I’m often asked about customer experience conferences: What’s out there? I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals.

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CEM Conference Customer Experience Professionals Contact Center 120

Heart of the Customer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Successful customer journey maps drive customer-focused change like improving customer experience, developing a new way to deliver value to customers, or reducing the cost to serve current customers. The reason? The reason? A lack of action […].

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Customer Journeys Customer Experience Professionals Study Customers 114

CX Journey

MAY 24, 2017

It appeared on their blog on August 29, 2016. Quite simply: without employees, you have no customer experience. The linkage between employee engagement and experience and the customer experience has been proven. But what tools do we give to employees to prepare them to deliver a great customer experience?

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Engagement Strategy Customer Experience Customer Journeys 154

Tricia Morris

JANUARY 4, 2016

“If you wonder what getting and keeping the right employees has to do with getting and keeping the right customers, the answer is everything.” – Fred Reichheld, Author, Business Strategist. A new year brings resolutions to change or improve in ways that matter, and for brands and organizations, customer service is always a key focus.

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Trends Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Self Service 40

CX University

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As with all online content immersed in a growing and advancing field, the Customer Experience discipline continues to provide valuable insights, data, and knowledge. CXU sets high expectations for its online course content to fully support online learning and mastery of Customer Experience.

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Tricia Morris

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Jeanne Bliss: Chief Customer Officer Author and CXPA Co-founder. Sumair Dutta: The Service Council Chief Customer Officer and Former Aberdeen Customer Experience Analyst. Annette Franz: Certified Customer Experience Professional, CX Journey Author and CXPA Board Member.

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Trends Chief Customer Officer Customer Service eBook 40

Experience Matters

APRIL 18, 2016

In a recent speech I gave at the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I talked about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this is a popular topic for Temkin Group.

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Video Customer Experience Professionals Groups Customer Experience 120

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In 2016, I am already scheduled to work in North America and the Middle East as well as continuing my efforts in Europe and Africa. In all cases, I have been asked to work with; talk to; teach; cajole; people from the C-suite to the front line; in understanding the importance of Customer Experience.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Airlines Consumers 120

Experience Matters

APRIL 19, 2016

In a recent Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I spoke about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this is a popular topic for Temkin Group.

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Video Customer Journeys Customer Experience Professionals Groups 120

Experience Matters

APRIL 15, 2016

In a recent speech I gave at the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I talked about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this will be a popular topic for Temkin Group this year.

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Video Customer Experience Professionals Groups Customer Experience 120

Kerry Bodine

JUNE 20, 2015

I’m often asked about customer experience conferences: What’s out there? I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals.

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Conference CEM Customer Experience Professionals Contact Center 120

Experience Matters

MARCH 21, 2016

In a recent speech I gave at the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I talked about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this will be a popular topic for Temkin Group this year.

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Connections Video Customer Experience Professionals Groups 120

ijgolding

MAY 3, 2016

A great deal of my work as a Customer Experience Specialist involves the recounting of stories. As students of Customer Experience will attest, the use of storytelling to ‘bring to life’ the benefits and consequences of ‘operationalising’ Customer Experience is hugely beneficial.

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Customer Experience Return on Investment Customer Centricity Hospitality 120

CX Journey

MAY 3, 2016

This is a modified version of that post, which appeared on their blog on March 30, 2016. The Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) was established in 2011 to support and to advance the customer experience profession, to set standards for the profession, and to increase the visibility of these long-unsung heroes.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals ROI Metrics 80

Vocalabs

JANUARY 5, 2018

Customer Experience Non-Trends for 2018. Customer Experience. Bruce Temkin, for example, has declared that the Customer Experience Theme for 2018 is " Humanity ". So here I present my Customer Experience Non-Trends for 2018. Non-Trend 3: Customer Experience Professionals Often Have a Tough Job.

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Trends Customer Experience Leadership Customer Experience Professionals 48

Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2016, the customer experience became the focal point of marketing, acquisition, onboarding, UX design, and many other core business functions. Meet Our Panel of Customer Experience Pros: Daisy Jing. We make it a priority to respond to our customers as quickly as possible. Sasha Tenodi. Wendy Glavin.

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Customer Experience Omni-Channel Social Media Self Service 40

Tricia Morris

JANUARY 11, 2016

“Setting customer expectations at a level that is aligned with consistently deliverable levels of customer service requires that your whole staff, from product development to marketing, works in harmony with your brand image.” For a consistently satisfying customer experience, customer service must be everyone’s job.

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Trends Customer Service Chief Customer Officer CRM 40

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

So what on earth has this got to do with the subject of Customer Experience?! If you have not yet guessed, the Hokey Cokey has actually become the perfect analogy for the way organisations around the world are attempting to put Customer Experience at the forefront of their strategic thinking.

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Customer Experience Company Customer Centricity Strategy 120

Tricia Morris

JANUARY 25, 2016

As we start talking about self-service , virtual assistants and artificial intelligence in more and more customer service conversations, we have to talk about where human-to-human interaction will continue to make an impact, and why many customers have turned to more “humanless” customer service options in the first place.

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