transcosmos Information Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Customer service is the support you offer your customers before, during, and after purchasing your product. It’s what can make—or break—their experience with your business. The Groove HQ blog is a goldmine for customer service reads that are useful and engaging. Customer Experience Matters.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 2, 2016

Having worked with Starbucks since 2004, as I began my journey to my first of two books about them ( The Starbucks Experience and later Leading the Starbucks Way ), friends and colleagues are quick to contact me whenever Starbucks makes the news. 2) Drive Profitability – Every customer should be treated caringly and with respect.

Loyalty Programs 100

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Rewards Programs How To 100

Michelli Experience

JUNE 28, 2016

As I help business leaders deliver branded customer experiences, I often start with the premise that brands are nothing more than what people say about us when we’re not around. From there, I work with leaders to determine what they want to be known for and what they want to hear their customers say about them.

Brands 185

Brands Social Media Financial Analysis 185

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? Can AI Handle Complex Customer Care? So let’s get into it.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Chatbots 156

BlueOcean

JANUARY 6, 2020

Competitive pressures, customer expectations, and emerging technologies are some of the key factors pushing leaders to elevate and evolve their customer service approach. We often talk about omnichannel as the ultimate goal for any and every customer service solution. Listen to the audio or read the article.

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Omni-Channel Customer Care Self Service Customer Journeys 177

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We develop personas for specific activities around customer experience management. They are extremely useful when it comes to: Customer Journey Mapping. Customer Service Blueprinting. Designing customer feedback strategies. Prioritizing improvements along the customer journey.

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Customer Journeys Culture B2B B2C 375

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When I was asked to do a TEDx talk about a year ago, I keyed in on the message that your brand (be that your individual brand or your corporate brand) is little more than “what people say about you when you are not around.”. Of all things for which Ed is known, “signature baseballs” is a substantial element of his brand.

Brands 113

Brands Hotels Leadership Guest Experience 113

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2016

And as we all know, replacing an existing customer costs 7 times more than retaining them. So how do you ensure your brand is retaining its precious customer base? We decided to ask experts one question: What is your most effective customer retention strategy for B2C brands? . Stop trying to “satisfy” customers.

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B2C Customer Retention Strategy Brands 124

Michelli Experience

APRIL 11, 2017

I also suggested that from my vantage point the Net Promoter Score® (which is calculated using a single question about likelihood to recommend) has greater predictive value for customer loyalty (return business and future spend) than it does about advocacy (referrals). Remind them you operate from referrals.

Customer Care 133

Customer Care Brands Net Promoter Score Social Media 133

Kustomer

APRIL 21, 2022

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Have you ever considered the importance of turning customers into forever fans, a.k.a brand ambassadors? It’s widely known that some of the best growth comes from word of mouth marketing, which naturally occurs when customers suggest your products to others in their close circles.

Social Media 98

Social Media Brands Loyalty Marketing 98

Michelli Experience

MARCH 9, 2016

You might even name some of the other “typical suspects” on the list of legendary employee-obsessed brands like….Wegmans, That brand would be the name of my client (one who moved up from the #3 position on Fortune ’s list last year in it’s first year of eligibility) to the place right behind #1 Google.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The customer service department is too often referred to as “just a cost center”. As experience overtakes price and product as a key brand differentiator, customer service is being recognized as the face of, and driver for, organization-wide strategy.

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Customer Service Strategies Meeting Strategy Customer Service 40

SurveySparrow

JULY 24, 2023

Ever wondered why some brands skyrocket to fame while others fade into obscurity? It often boils down to one thing: understanding the customer’s experience. The heart of CX is about making your customers’ lives easier and growing your business much faster. Provides qualitative insights into customer experiences.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score Loyalty 52

Michelli Experience

MARCH 23, 2016

In the face of these unpredictability drivers (and so many more that I didn’t dare list), our customers are looking for order through brands that offer predictability in products and services. In fact, much research about the way consumers perceive “brands” hinges on the consistency and predictability of a company’s offerings.

Brands 100

Brands Travel Customer Experience Consumers 100

Michelli Experience

MARCH 25, 2016

If a video can’t entertain, then why can’t it inform simultaneously—specifically in the realm of customer service? Videos are very efficient in dispensing valuable information that would help the customer base enjoy and possibly encourage more transactions. So why not publish a video that addresses their needs?

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Video Entertainment Customer Service Social Media 100

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In his 1943 paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation”, Abraham Maslow foreshadowed a key ingredient to modern customer experience design. In essence, once you are able to meet a customers’ basic or functional need…there are higher needs you can address to drive their loyalty with your brand.

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Connections Social Media Video Customer Experience Design 100

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2019

Nobel-Prize Winning Economist and Professor Daniel Kahneman along with Barbara Frederickson theorized that what people remember most about an experience is the moment when they felt the most intense emotion and how they felt at the end. They influence how they think about the company or brand.

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Net Promoter Score Brands Connections Customers 153

Michelli Experience

APRIL 20, 2016

POPS stands for “Points of Parity ” and PODS is an acronym for “Points of Distinction” In simplest terms, Points of Parity (POPS) are qualities that you share with competitive brands deemed to be excellent. These POPS won’t win you business but the absence of points of parity could cause you to see customer churn.

Customer Experience Design 100

Customer Experience Design Policies Brands Tips 100

delighted

JULY 19, 2019

Customer Experience is loosely defined as the overall perception of your brand in the eyes of your customer — built on the accumulated interactions they have with your business across various platforms. It’s how they feel about their entire experience with your brand, both offline and online.

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Resources Customer Journeys Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 56

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. It is now considered to be the key brand differentiator and a critical factor for your brand’s success and revenue growth. LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link].

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Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

Michelli Experience

APRIL 14, 2017

Anjali Lai writes in her Forrester report that several high-intensity emotions are tightly linked to consumer spend, brand preference, and brand love. The analysts tell brands: These are the emotions that matter. These emotions lead to loyalty, advocacy, and love. How did they make the customers feel? _.

Analysis 223

Analysis Feedback Effort Score NPS 223

Michelli Experience

MARCH 11, 2016

Modern shoppers are fully engaged with their devices, and they’re preferring brand providers capable of offering text-heavy engagement platforms. Automated SMS platforms, too, are on the rise, boosting the total number of consumers considering text-for-service options superior than other provided offers.

Technology 100

Technology Company Marketing Loyalty Programs 100

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 18, 2023

EQ is also a crucial part of your customer experience design and delivery. Today, we are discussing EQ, what it is, and how it helps your customer strategy and leadership. The same goes for customer service representatives. Having a high EQ is vital to customer service. Click here.

Management 78

Management Leadership Conference Examples 78

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 17, 2017

Clearly, game theory has its greatest application within the “gaming industry” According to an article by Mark de Bruijn titled Level-up your customer experience: Lessons from the gaming industry , gaming has become a 100 billion dollar industry serving 1.5 billion customers. Those 3 areas are: Promotion.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Gamification Banking Sports 100

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I have been slow to accept that, from a service perspective, humans will ever be replaced by computers. I’ve suggested that customers will resist “robots” and I’ve based my thinking in part on the “uncanny valley” hypothesis which postulates that the more robots look like humans the less humans will feel comfortable with them.

Customer Service 100

Customer Service Customers Interaction Meeting 100

Michelli Experience

JUNE 29, 2016

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Infographics Brands Customer Experience Customers 113

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Home Depot is the latest big brand to suffer a large-scale data breach, affecting over 56 million payment cards. Consumers also believe that in spite of this concern about safety they must share data to have a better experience with a company. How a customer feels about the company is an integral part of their loyalty to it.

Net Promoter Score 102

Net Promoter Score Data CEM Customer Retention 102

Michelli Experience

MARCH 1, 2016

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Loyalty Programs 100

Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Customers 100

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to Forrester Research, 93% of corporate leadership teams place customer experience improvement on their list of strategic priorities and 23% businesses have it in the number 1 position. However, the dealership experience in the United States (how do I put this delicately) ….was Here are some highlights….

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Customer Satisfaction Consulting Loyalty 100

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In the course of my work as an experience designer and consultant, I have been defining customer experience strategy as a disciplined approach to brand differentiation achieved by elevating the perception of those you serve based on their interactions with you. In the end, we are all in the perception business.

Net Promoter Score 100

Net Promoter Score Effort Score NPS Financial 100

Michelli Experience

JULY 13, 2016

Striving to deliver great customer experiences intuitively seems like smart business, doesn’t it? So should you invest money in programs designed to improve the engagement and loyalty of your customers? Forrester has developed an annual benchmarking survey which they call the Forrester Customer Experience Index.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Effort Score Wireless Infographics 100

Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I’ve been doing customer experience design for a long, long time. In the old days, I would have read about some intriguing customer innovation and assumed that the attempted breakthrough was crafted on a firm foundation of customer listening and data analysis.

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Airlines Travel How To Customer Experience Design 100

Storyminers

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

According to the RIS 13th Annual Store Systems Study [2016], the top two store systems that can achieve these gains in customer experience and bottom-line gains are CRM/Loyalty and Mobile for Associates. Retailers must adapt how they work and think to accommodate new customer needs and the new capabilities technology brings.

Retail 124

Retail Omni-Channel Software Video 124

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

This keeps customers happy and keeps them evangelizing the brand, resulting in high customer satisfaction numbers. Tesla not only holds strong satisfaction numbers, as referenced by Jameson but more importantly it drives enviable loyalty among its existing customers. The Payoff. Would Buy Again. What About You?

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Consulting Automotive Retail Software 113

Michelli Experience

JUNE 1, 2016

According to a recent comprehensive international study conducted by Accenture , 52% of customers reported that poor customer service caused them to switch from one brand to another in the past year. alone that “switching” behavior means poor service costs brands over 1.6 In the U.S. trillion dollars.

Advertising 100

Advertising Poor Customer Service Culture Study 100

Michelli Experience

APRIL 14, 2017

Anjali Lai writes in her Forrester report that several high-intensity emotions are tightly linked to consumer spend, brand preference, and brand love. The analysts tell brands: These are the emotions that matter. These emotions lead to loyalty, advocacy, and love. How did they make the customers feel? _.

Analysis 100

Analysis Feedback Effort Score NPS 100

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Unfortunately, the recent UK Customer Satisfaction survey echoes those findings, indicating that it has fallen over the past couple of years, from 78.2 Joanne Causon, CEO of the Institute of Customer Service , joined me on our podcast about this downward trend in Customer Satisfaction.

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