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

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

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 16, 2015

DISCLAIMER: The CX Feud is a game in which 150 customer experience professionals took our assessment about the presence, or absence, of customer centricity practices in their organizations. And only two-thirds are tracking CX as a metric on the company scorecard, alongside financial and operational KPIs.

Customer Centricity 48

Customer Centricity Leadership Data Net Promoter Score 48

CloudCherry

MARCH 19, 2018

Getting started with a Customer Experience strategy is generally never a problem for brands. Customer experience professionals are then assigned the task of launching initiatives designed to delight customers and make their experiences more effortless. How are these factors related?

Customer Experience 150

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Lifetime Customer Financial 150

Experience Matters

MAY 12, 2015

We additionally compared CX laggards with CX leaders and discovered that the leaders have stronger financial results, have more customer-centric cultures, focus more on internal communications, are stronger at customer insights and change management, and are better at digital interactions.

Report 120

Report Customer Connectedness Management Effort Score 120

ijgolding

MAY 23, 2017

Usually (although not exclusively) the domain of men and women working for organisations in senior roles, the ‘rolling eye phenomenon’ often occurs when someone like me, a Customer Experience Professional, starts to talk about anything related to the Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 227

Customer Experience Financial Customers Insurance 227

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

He has extensive experience in retail, wholesale, franchising, and small business and has a strong belief in positive customer experience. She has over 16 years of experience in areas of market research, program management, marketing, instructional design, and training. Aimee Lucas Follow @Aimee_Lucas.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Customer Journeys 130

ijgolding

DECEMBER 14, 2017

I first became aware of job roles containing the words, ‘Customer Experience’ in the early noughties. However, it was not until 2011, with the creation of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), that the role became officially recognised as a profession.

Customer Experience 164

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Customers 164

ijgolding

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The quote is in fact the very first line of the executive summary of this years Nunwood UK Customer Experience Excellence Report – a report that should be essential reading for any customer experience professional in the UK.

Report 229

Report Customer Experience Customer Centricity Fashion 229

ijgolding

MARCH 20, 2018

Today I am absolutely delighted to share my interview with passionate Customer Experience Professional, Kathy van de Laar – enjoy… Ian. We’re a small company specialised in customer insights, CX consulting and training/change management. How do you align channels to deliver the right customer experience?

Customer Journeys 152

Customer Journeys Culture Customer Centricity Contact Center 152

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

This article was originally written for my exclusive column on mycustomer.com – a hugely valuable and rich resource of information, expertise and inspiration for CX Professionals. I want to start my inaugural exclusive column for MyCustomer by stating how very proud I am to call myself a customer experience professional!

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Travel Study 120

Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Follow Martins on Twitter to see why he was named one of The Huffington Post’s Top 100 Customer Service Management Experts. Jeanne Bliss is the Founder and President of CustomerBliss , and the Co-Founder of The Customer Experience Professionals Association. Jeanne Bliss. JeanneBliss. Jeannie Walters. Jeannie Walters.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Consulting 0

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

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

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. The fear I speak of is the fear of failure.

Customer Experience 246

Customer Experience Airlines Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 246

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

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

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Now is the time to lend a helping hand to your fellow Americans,” he wrote, “to help them meet their immediate needs without the added stress of excessive financial demands.”. Telecoms Put Cost-Savings Ahead of Customers. Providing customers with a better experience was not on the company’s radar.

Wireless 117

Wireless Telecommunications Financial Customer Experience Professionals 117

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

ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2019

To Provide the Best Customer Experience, Be Proactive by Frank Konkel. NextGov) “Be where your customers are” and other helpful tips from customer experience professionals. My Comment: Is it possible to learn a customer service lesson from government? The short answer is yes.

Customer Service 102

Customer Service Hotels Hospitality Government 102

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

For the last six years, Nunwood (now a part of the KPMG family) have been assessing how customer centric well known brands are across three continents. Empathy – Achieving an understanding of the customer’s circumstances to drive deep rapport. Non Grocery Retailers in the CEE have delivered 15.8%

Analysis 120

Analysis Omni-Channel Customer Experience Brands 120

Think Customers

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In the era of the customer, companies are adopting digital initiatives and making changes to established business models, processes, and systems to become customer-centric organizations. What makes them tick, what terminology resonates with them, and how can customer experience efforts help them achieve their objectives?”

ROI 52

ROI Leadership Financial Data 52

Kustomer

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

AI has the potential to revolutionize how businesses engage with their customers, making interactions smarter, more efficient, and more meaningful. The AI/CX Virtual Summit is designed to be the catalyst for these discussions and a platform for sharing insights, experiences, and strategies that will shape the future of CX.

Innovation 52

Innovation Customer Experience Professionals e-support Industry 52

Innovative CX

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

There is one function that plays an important role in managing the customer’s journey in organizations, that of the customer experience professional. I’ll admit that as of late, the title customer experience professional has been bestowed on many different roles within an organization.

CEM 40

CEM Customer Experience Professionals Course ROI 40

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This will push more aggressive change driven by Customer Experience professionals. Organizational alignment will be most critical – both internally and to the market and customer expectations. Never underestimate the customers expectation in CX. Once the customer had a positive CX, it will set a new benchmark.

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

20:20 Customer Experience Summit by Marketforce gathers 250+ senior CX professionals from across a huge variety of industries, including retail, transport, financial services, media, telecoms, utilities, and more. Where: London, UK. CXPA Insight Exchange. When: May 16 to 17, 2017. Where: Phoenix, AZ. Where: Boston, MA.

Conference 50

Conference Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Customer Experience 50

Ann Michaels and Associates

MARCH 13, 2019

It’s important that your strategy supports business objectives, accurately reflects your brand, and aids in prioritizing which customer goals to support and how to support them. Organizations that aspire to differentiate based on digital customer experience need a clear, cohesive execution strategy.

Customer Experience 49

Customer Experience How To Touchpoint Customer Centricity 49

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. With that in mind, I offer the following observations and insights.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer NPS Consulting 100

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Devika Vittal is the Director of Customer Experience at UAE Exchange. She is a seasoned customer experience professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Her expertise in this space helped UAE Exchange win two Customer Experience Benchmarking Index Awards for 2014.

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Leadership Innovation 60

CX Ahead

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Jeanne Bliss , a CX thought leader, puts forward three fundamental truths on CX strategy: Customers are assets, not costs Customer experience professionals need to earn the right to do the work (i.e. deliver results and demonstrate the value they bring) Most importantly, it unlocks customer-driven growth.

Omni-Channel 52

Omni-Channel Company Entertainment Customer Centricity 52

CSM Magazine

MAY 19, 2022

Carly Freeman, Head of Customer Services at Insite Energy , shares some key lessons learned while helping people at the sharp end of a crisis. When times are hard for customers, high quality support is an absolute imperative. Autumn 2020 report) when it comes to response times. Enable self-service . Acknowledge that it’s hard .

Self Service 52

Self Service Wait Times Training Customers 52

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

ClearAction

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Maybe "love" is not the right word, but customer experience professionals should know what I mean: be a fan of, be engaged with, show a predisposition toward camaraderie that leads to co-innovation and co-promotion, inclined to look at the relationship with a long-term perspective for mutual value and growth.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customer Experience Management Financial 48

CX Journey

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It's a challenge that customer experience professionals face as they attempt to get executive commitment, transform the organization's culture, and more. What advice would you give to these professionals to help them help others (especially executives) change the way they think about things? And that makes him very proud.

Culture 169

Culture Banking Metrics Employee Engagement 169

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management, and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CustomerThink.com, the world’s largest community dedicated to customer-centric business. It’s not good enough to show how improved customer experience will, for instance, improve customer loyalty.

Industry 100

Industry Culture Metrics Customer Centricity 100

Strativity

AUGUST 5, 2014

Bruce is also the Chair and co-founder of the Customer Experience Professionals Association, a global non-profit organization. His blog, Customer Experience Matters, is one of the most popular blogs in the space. His strategic framework converts organizations from product to customer centricity.

Customer Journeys 40

Customer Journeys Tools Case Study Customer Centricity 40

Bold360

JANUARY 19, 2017

Founder and President of CustomerBliss, Jeanne Bliss is one of the foremost experts on customer-centric leadership. She was the first known CCO (Chief Customer Officer) at Microsoft as well as other corporations, pioneering this role. Jeanne is a co-founder and board member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Self Service Consulting Social Media 40