ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

CCXP exam (Customer Experience Professional Certification) competencies are a guide to highly profitable customer experience management. It’s equally applicable to Employee Experience and Partner Experience management. Pulling together all of this, you create your customer experience strategy.

Customer Journeys 62

Customer Journeys Study Customer Experience Professionals Financial 62

CloudCherry

MARCH 19, 2018

When you’re investing in CX, it’s because you want to improve customer loyalty, retention, and ultimately be successful as a brand in the long run. To get started in that journey, mapping your initiatives with outcomes is a pre-requisite. But often they fail to quantify the financial impacts of these initiatives.

Customer Experience 150

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Lifetime Customer Financial 150

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Customer experience (CX) is the relationship of a customer with a business at all touchpoints during the period of the customer journey. It is widely said that customer experience is the next battleground for organizations. Bruce is widely regarded as a customer experience visionary.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Customer Journeys 130

ijgolding

JANUARY 14, 2019

In 2018, the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) celebrated its 7th birthday. In 2011, the creation of the CXPA saw the competencies and capabilities practiced by those working in the field of customer experience as a profession for the first time. In 2018, I flew 127 times.

Customer Experience 246

Customer Experience Airlines Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 246

Horizon CX

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Year-end has always been a time for personal reflection for me and as 2018 ends in just a few hours, I am inspired to share the following thoughts around Customer Experience both in reflection of the year just about to end and the one just about to begin. Customer Journey Mapping is another case in point.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer NPS Consulting 100

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

Customer experience (CX) — defined as “the cumulative impact of all interactions and experiences between your business and the customer, at every touchpoint across the entire customer journey, and viewed entirely from your customer’s perspective” — has become one of today’s most important business benchmarks.

Conference 50

Conference Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Customer Experience 50

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Wanting proof of the real financial benefit of a CX focused strategy is a very common requirement of those who run businesses – and so it should be. Only recently I wrote about an experience a friend of mine was (and still is) having with BT – it was the perfect example of the RANDOM or UNINTENTIONAL Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 208

Customer Experience Poor Customer Service Financial Return on Investment 208

Oracle

MARCH 7, 2019

I often remind people the acronym “CX” was little-known until Bruce Temkin and Jeanne Bliss co-founded the Customer Experience Professionals Association in 2011. “Customer experience” across the organization wasn’t a clear business initiative or concern. CX: The Past. CX: The Present.

e-support 103

e-support Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Technology 103

Customer Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Customer Guru has taken this initiative of sharing the experiences of successful CX leaders across India to inspire and guide professionals in understanding and adopting customer centricity in their organizations. What has been your journey as a customer experience professional?

Customer Service 95

Customer Service Customer Centricity Touchpoint Customer Experience Professionals 95

CX Journey

MAY 3, 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. Transforming the customer experience takes baby steps.

Customer Experience 80

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals ROI Metrics 80

CX Journey

MARCH 16, 2017

As a follow-on to my post earlier this week about companies having no budget for customer experience improvements, I thought I'd compile a few ideas on how to move beyond the "no budget" excuse and make improvements that cost little to nothing. Not a good feeling when you're a customer experience professional.

Exercises 112

Exercises Culture Policies Employee Experience 112

ijgolding

MAY 3, 2016

What these ladies demonstrated was the overwhelming power of caring about customers. The joy that can be bestowed to and upon people by others who take the time to ‘think’ and ‘act’ in a truly, genuinely, authentically customer centric way is astonishing.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Return on Investment Customer Centricity Hospitality 120

Kustomer

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

From the rise of chatbots and virtual assistants to the personalization of proactive marketing campaigns and predictive analytics, technology has become an important part of the customer journey. Customers today expect more than ever before. This changing dynamic presents both a challenge and an opportunity for businesses.

Innovation 52

Innovation Customer Experience Professionals e-support Industry 52

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

HOWEVER, I also argue that despite that, too many consumers continue to endure ‘random’ or ‘unexpected’ experiences as a result of the inconsistent delivery of the end-to-end customer journey. Too many organisations are still focused on ‘making money first’, with the customer coming a distant second.

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

ijgolding

JANUARY 24, 2017

Whilst the Gulf Region is by no means lagging in its adoption of Customer Experience tools, techniques and methodologies compared to many parts of the world, the overt demonstration of understanding the significance of the ‘end to end customer journey’, not just customer service, has been lacking.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Transportation Banking Customer Journeys 120

ijgolding

MARCH 10, 2016

So simply talking about Customer Experience means nothing. To be a CUSTOMER CENTRIC organisation, requires something completely different – something that completely changes the mindset of people within a business. To be a Customer Centric Organisation requires a business to have a Customer Centric CULTURE!

Customer Centricity 120

Customer Centricity Culture Customer Experience Professionals Communication 120

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

Her diverse yet unique skills include customer life cycle optimization from pre-sales. In the revenue-centric SaaS world, Amarachi strives to provide customers with the highest value at every step of their customer journey. Annette Franz is the Founder and CEO of CX Journey Inc. Anika Zubair. Annette Franz.

Customer Success 21

Customer Success Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity 21

ClearAction

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Customer Experience Professionals’ Essential Toolkit optimizecx. Customer experience tools are just as important to success as a carpenter’s tools are. Likewise, customer experience professionals need to master basic customer experience tools to get the job done.

Customer Experience Professionals 78

Customer Experience Professionals Customer Experience Customer Journeys Analysis 78

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

As a VP Analyst for Customer Experience at Gartner, Augie Ray has been helping Fortune 500 firms to understand CX, how to succeed, how to gauge results, and how to make CX matter to the stakeholders. A leader in customer experience, he has spent years in leading successful CX, Voice of the Customer (VoC), and marketing teams.

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Prior to joining Temkin Group, she implemented the CX strategy and managed the Voice of the Customer program for Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the top 10 public accounting and consulting firms in the US. Annette Franz is the founder and CEO of CX Journey Inc. Annette Franz. Bob Thompson.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Pointillist

MAY 19, 2020

But what makes some organizations more effective than others at managing customer journeys, measuring outcomes and improving experiences? Pointillist surveyed over 1,050 CX, analytics, customer care and marketing professionals from a variety of industries across the world to discover what separates leaders from laggards.

Customer Journeys 94

Customer Journeys Measurement Report Management 94

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Prior to joining Temkin Group, she implemented the CX strategy and managed the Voice of the Customer program for Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the top 10 public accounting and consulting firms in the US. Annette Franz is the founder and CEO of CX Journey Inc. Annette Franz. Bob Thompson.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

ECXO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Journey To Centricity: A customer-centric framework for the era of stakeholder capitalism Paperback by Ilenia Vidili. About the book: Managers and leaders know that customer centricity means providing positive customer experiences. Here is the link. Here is the book link. Here is the link.

Case Study 52

Case Study Customer Centricity Social Media Competitive Advantage 52

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.

Innovation 100

Innovation Marketing Social Media Healthcare 100

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I found myself extremely fortunate and humbled to be judging the category that means most to me – the UK Customer Experience Professional of the Year. In fact, two of the finalists were so incredible, this year saw them both crowned UK Customer Experience Professional of the Year.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 120

ClearAction

MARCH 22, 2024

CX is a Team Sport: 2 Surprising Views Lynn Hunsaker CX is a Team Sport was the CX Day 1 theme in 2021, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. Camaraderie within the Customer Service (or Success) department is another way CX is a Team Sport. ” Why? ” (silos!)

Sports 62

Sports Chief Customer Officer Conference Customer Centricity 62

Pointillist

JUNE 5, 2019

Customer experience is a top priority for organizations in 2019 Customer experience is universally recognized as a top priority by most organizations, regardless of industry or size. To get the full picture, you also need to understand actual customer behavior.

Customer Journeys 89

Customer Journeys Measurement Report Omni-Channel 89

ijgolding

APRIL 27, 2016

For the last four years, I have had the wonderful opportunity to see and experience organisations across a variety of industries all over the world. Whilst I observe a number of similar issues and opportunities (to improve and become more customer centric), one of the most common observations I make is on the subject of ‘clarity of purpose’.

Travel 120

Travel Customer Centricity Exercises Financial 120

Chattermill

JUNE 25, 2019

A customer-obsessed culture creates the conditions where employees strive to design and invent to create delight for the customer. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is treating the customer experience as an external effort. Creating a customer-centric culture comes from within.

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Effort Score ROI 45

Lumoa

APRIL 24, 2018

If they are not doing a good job they can quickly fix the situation with the customer." Ian Golding Global Customer Experience Specialist and Certified Customer Experience Professional. Chip Bell Customer Loyalty Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Author. blog linkedin twitter Why? blog linkedin twitter Why?

System 338

System Effort Score NPS Net Promoter Score 338

Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

To gain some insight into the key lessons emerging from 2016 and what’s ahead for 2017, we asked a panel of 31 customer-focused marketers and CX pros to answer this question: “When it comes to customer experience: now that we’re nearing the end of 2016, what have you learned and what will you do differently in preparing for 2017?”

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Omni-Channel Social Media Self Service 40

ClearAction

AUGUST 13, 2019

Clarity is muddied when the CEO announces top strategic objectives, as the first one is usually financial, and the others are listed perhaps as equals or as paths to the financial objective. The default assumption is that financials rule, perhaps at the expense of the other objectives, or perhaps with the end justifying any means.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Financial Customer Journeys Customer Experience Professionals 48