Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

DiJulius is a best-selling author of three books, a renowned keynote speaker, and an international customer experience consultant. She has published the training e-manual “Five Steps To The More Loyal Customers” and has had numerous articles published and products produced on customer retention, satisfaction, and loyalty.

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Pointillist

AUGUST 18, 2021

I recently sat down with three luminaries in the field of customer experience to discuss the highlights of Pointillist’s third annual report on the State of Customer Journey Management and CX Measurement. This year, 68% of high performers reported having a role or a team dedicated to customer journey management.

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ijgolding

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

What happens when two Customer Experience Professionals visit a restaurant together for the first time? . As a result, when any organisation plays host to a Customer Experience Professional – let alone two at the same time – they have no idea what they may be in for!

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I speak with customer experience professionals every day. Some of them have fancy, customer-focused titles like Chief Customer Officer or Vice President of Customer Experience. Others have more common org chart regulars, like Chief Marketing Officer or Voice fo the Customer (VoC) Director.

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Customer Experience Insight

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Customer experience professionals might be the most valuable players in their company’s success in 2021. You hold the key to customer retention. Many just couldn’t retain the customers they had before they were forced to shut down. The coronavirus put a monkey wrench in actual customer meetings.

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ijgolding

MAY 23, 2016

Although this is important, VOC in isolation of any other form of measurement may not enable those capturing it to understand the relationship between the things they do (processes that enable the customer journey) and the way they make the customer feel (customer perception). Are you still with me?!

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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. In 2014, Ian officially became a Certified Customer Experience Professional.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. Organizations create CX teams, undertake new Customer research, do journey mapping, but fall short of dealing with the cause of the problem: How Customer-centric your organization is. Here is the issue. – See more, here.

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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. In 2014, Ian officially became a Certified Customer Experience Professional.

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Wootric CX Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

These authors, speakers, thought-leaders and dedicated customer experience professionals have all helped contribute to the widespread adoption of CX, not just as a strategy, but as a higher goal. Why we love Amy: She’s head of Customer Advocacy at MindTouch. Angus Yang. Why we love Augie: He’s the Sr. Bruce Temkin.

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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.

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ijgolding

MARCH 31, 2017

So when my friend and fellow CCXP (Certified Customer Experience Professional), Mike Bartlett sent me his own story comparing Delta and Virgin, I felt that others needed to read it too! The customer Journey in this case did not begin when I spoke to Virgin’s excellent customer rep.

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Customer Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Chauhan has been recognized for demonstrating exceptional passion in putting the customers first and aligning business strategies based on the customer needs. In this candid interview with Customer Guru, Mr. Chauhan shares his journey as a customer experience professional.

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ijgolding

MAY 25, 2015

Conclusion – organisations in the technology space must focus on improving the end to end customer experience… 3. Conclusion – you MUST have an understanding of the experience across the full end to end customer journey… 4. SDL’s research clarifies why this is so vital.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Head of Customer Experience for UL EHS, Co-Founder of CX Accelerator, and CEO of Officium Labs, Nate Brown is an ICMI Top 50 Thought Leader. He is a Customer Experience Blogger and Speaker and offers expertise in customer journey mapping, a voice of the customer programs, survey process and analysis, employee engagement, and others.

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PeopleMetrics

MAY 30, 2015

We’re trying to help our customers. Customers are people, with needs to satisfy and problems to solve. As customer experience professionals , our job is to help them, so they’ll come back again. Ultimately, the point of customer experience strategy is to be more helpful to our fellow human beings.

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ijgolding

MARCH 10, 2016

This is why Customer Centric Culture is one of the six competencies that comprise the Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) accreditation. CX Practitioners need to possess the knowledge and skills to help their organisation evolve the culture so that the definition of Customer Centricity becomes a reality.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. Organizations create CX teams, undertake new Customer research, do journey mapping, but fall short of dealing with the cause of the problem: How Customer-centric your organization is. Here is the issue. – See more, here.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. Organizations create CX teams, undertake new Customer research, do journey mapping, but fall short of dealing with the cause of the problem: How Customer-centric your organization is. Here is the issue. – See more, here.

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

However (there is always one of those), Customer Experience Professionals all around the world, still seem to be fighting a justification battle – fending off attack from those who do not believe in the value of CX as a strategic priority, or from those who do not believe that any ongoing investment is required to sustain a focus on it.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Now that she is rendering her service at Slack, she is ensuring the best of customer service given to the clients that pull in massive customer retention and loyalty. Annette Franz, CEO, and Founder, CX Journey Inc. Maria Martinez, Executive Vice President, and Chief Customer Experience Officer, Cisco.

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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. Anita Toth.

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CX Journey

JUNE 16, 2015

You're a customer experience professional, right? You've made some strides with your customer experience initiatives. What happens when companies spend huge sums of (marketing) dollars on customer acquisition when they can't even keep the customers they have because their products, services, and experience stink?

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ijgolding

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Whilst the meaning behind the phrases is perfectly well intended, all too often the words and their meaning are dismissed by those looking for any excuse to resist a focus on ‘the customer’. Last week I, along with thousands of other Customer Experience Professionals, proudly celebrated the third global CX Day.

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ijgolding

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Just researching Sky on the web highlights a plethora of issues being experienced by many of their customers. One of my valued network of Customer Experience Professionals is enduring an even worse experience with Sky at the moment. Sadly, I am not alone.

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Chattermill

JUNE 25, 2019

Integrating all data sources into one platform gives brands a holistic view of the customer journey. To unlock insights on the customer, leading brands invest in powerful analytical capabilities harnessing AI and Machine Learning to understand customer feedback at scale.

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ijgolding

MAY 3, 2016

Inspired by some unbelievably determined and capable Customer Experience Professionals, they wanted to challenge the status quo and see if the same behaviour could be afforded to their people and customers. A global financial services business I have been working with considered this very carefully.

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ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That is why I also advise people that I am a Customer Experience ‘Specialist’ – not an ‘expert’ – as I believe that anyone who champions a profession should be continually developing their specialism. Continuous professional development never ends!!

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

So when it comes to driving great Customer Experiences, which is more important – the heart or the head?

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ChurnZero

APRIL 12, 2019

Speaker: Julia Ahlfeldt, Certified Customer Experience Professional. Q: What do you see as the main differences (if there are any) between the Customer Success (CS) and Customer Experience (CX) practice? A: The ultimate health score for the customer journey is customer lifetime value (LTV).

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

VP of Client Experience & Transformation - ADP. David is incredibly passionate about the emergence of Customer Experience as a profession, and was a founding member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. Customer Success Practice Director - CSM Practice. The Dave Mitz Blog.

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ijgolding

JULY 1, 2015

When I became an independent Customer Experience Specialist in 2012, I could scarcely have imagined where my chosen career, my passion, would take me.

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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?”

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