Lumoa

APRIL 21, 2022

And so, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you: The Customer Support Blues I know I’m the foundation The core The nerve centre But I don’t have a voice I’m just a cheap, low-cost renter Seen as a complainer No-one wants to mentor a dissenter Silly me I’m just a lowly Cost Centre Understaffed No life raft Just a ton of hard graft “More headcount?”

How To 208

How To Self Service Banking Customer Satisfaction 208

Kitewheel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

With increasing demands from executives, customers, and even from employees to improve customer experience, your team needs a powerful strategy to prove ROI from CX investments. To solve this, leaders need to implement a journey step focused measurement framework. But none of this is easy. Data is the First Step .

Measurement 40

Measurement Customer Journeys Omni-Channel ROI 40

Heart of the Customer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

As we interviewed hundreds of customer experience professionals across scores of organizations for our research initiative last year, we looked for what indicated the ability to drive impact.

Customer Experience Professionals 78

Customer Experience Professionals Measurement Technology Customer Experience 78

InMoment XI

MARCH 6, 2024

Customer-centric companies are 60% more profitable than companies that don’t focus on customers. For organizations of any size, managing CX can be a complex and challenging process that involves executive commitment, strategy, and integration of technology.

Customer Experience 260

Customer Experience Social Media Customer Centricity Feedback 260

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Much of the improvement has been driven by advancements in product innovation and digital technology. 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. Customers want you to know them.

Customer Experience 354

Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 354

CX University

JULY 11, 2023

Employers throughout all industries, whether a small business with a few employees or an international organization, agree that customer experience certification is a valuable asset for their workers. In fact, a study by the Customer Experience Professionals Association found that 72% of employers would agree with that statement.

Customer Journeys 40

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Roadmap Customer Experience Professionals 40

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Surveys can benefit future customers but they do not help present customers who are experiencing the inconvenience. Per Forrester, more than 60% of customer experience professionals say their businesses lack closed-loop processes for CX feedback. Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert,?

Healthcare 88

Healthcare Feedback Customer Experience Professionals Survey 88

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 4, 2019

The latest developments in this field are changing the way we can measure authentic customer emotions in real time. We discussed how technology and facial recognition are changing how to measure authentic customer emotions in real time on our latest podcast. So, What Do We Mean by Authentic Emotion Measurement?

Measurement 102

Measurement Consulting Technology Customer Experience Professionals 102

Alida

APRIL 26, 2018

Today, customer centricity, or some notion thereof, has become the strategic posture of almost every profitable company in existence. He described it as a growing reality gap between brands and their customers. A recent survey from Deloitte found that 51% of companies consider embedding analytics into their process a challenge.

Customer Centricity 133

Customer Centricity Analytics Study Customer Experience Professionals 133

Horizon CX

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Let’s explore some examples where organizations have successfully recognized and addressed the perceived needs of their customers, drawing parallels to the role of a CX professional. Apple: Customer-Centric Innovation in Technology Apple is known for its ability to anticipate and address the perceived needs of its customers.

Customer Centricity 130

Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Automotive Fashion 130

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 6, 2019

Many new technologies, such as facial recognition technology for Customer Experience are emerging. Facial recognition and facial expression analysis are capturing essential information about how customers feel during an experience at the moment. It is time to lose the fear of facial recognition technology.

Banking 141

Banking Airlines Analysis Technology 141

Horizon CX

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Otherwise, my interactions with customers can be ad hoc and awkward; frustrating for the customer and embarrassing for me. Success in training is measured by participation, not by a real increase in skills. We learn on the fly, in the stressful moment of need, while the puzzled customer waits, and wonders.

Net Promoter Score 130

Net Promoter Score Survey System Retail 130

Quadient

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This one: Customer Journey Mapping: A brand's GPS to loyalty and advocacy was written back in 2016 by Laurent Ghio, Quadient’s first Certified Customer Experience Professional. Measure business impact.”. VP of Customer Transformation. Validate, test, and drive action on journey insights.” .

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Social Media Roadmap Software 52

Kayako

APRIL 15, 2019

We had the pleasure of hosting customer service and experience expert, Shep Hyken earlier this month for a half hour Q&A session on why customer experience matters so much and what businesses must do to create the best experiences for their customers. Self Service – Put control in the customer’s hands.

Customer Experience 169

Customer Experience Self Service Hospitality Customer Journeys 169

SurveySparrow

JUNE 21, 2023

Hence, this task involves understanding the company’s goals, closely studying customer behavior, and tailoring business processes to cater to customer needs effectively. The first step to devising a standout CX strategy is to establish clear and measurable customer service objectives.

Consulting 52

Consulting Metrics Customer Journeys Customer Experience 52

Experience Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2015

As companies get comfortable using text analytics and collecting customer insights from unstructured data, they often focus on their largest interaction dataset: contact center calls. Voice of the customer programs (including NPS), are a mainstream component of most CX programs. Filed under: Customer experience.

Trends 120

Trends Customer Experience Customer Journeys Customer Connectedness 120

CX Journey

JULY 5, 2016

As you know by now, I'm no stranger to advocating for - and writing about - ROI and building the business case for you employee and customer experience improvements. The implications of investing in both the employee experience and the customer experience are measurable against the bottom line.

Customer Experience 117

Customer Experience ROI Return on Investment Customer Experience Professionals 117

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

More brands will (and should) bring up customer feedback to the decision-makers in the company, and with the help of some new amazing technologies , we’re changing the way businesses see their customers. Much of the improvement has been driven by advancements in product innovation and digital technology.

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

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. C) Measuring the journey.

e-support 103

e-support Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Technology 103

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This week we feature an article by Brian Cantor who gives us a list of ways to achieve success and consistency when communicating with customers on any channel. – Shep Hyken. Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology.

Omni-Channel 97

Omni-Channel Self Service Policies Abandon Rate 97

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In a contact center setting, it is essential to minimize dead air time as much as possible to ensure a smooth and seamless customer experience. This can be achieved through coaching agents and implementing technology solutions that can automatically fill dead air time with pre-recorded messages or music.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Flow Call Recording How To 52

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

Session topics include how to make the most of customer feedback , the different elements of ROI, employee engagement, the continued role of NPS in measuring customer satisfaction, agile operations, and in-depth measurement and insight, among others. Interactive Customer Experience (ICX) Summit.

Conference 50

Conference Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Customer Experience 50

Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

Pednekar is currently working as the Director – Quality for Atos in India and drives initiatives on Quality & Customer Experience. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional from the CXPA (US). I started getting more invested in the Customer Experience arena seven-eight years back.

Customer Centricity 94

Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Employee Engagement Training 94

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

No matter how talented you are as a customer experience professional , you need a team to create a world-class VoC program. The Information Technology (IT) Department. Let’s begin with the information technology (IT) department. In this blog post, we are focusing on the internal help you will need.

CEM 82

CEM Telecommunications Software Analytics 82

ijgolding

MAY 25, 2015

Whilst consumers can easily recall a failed experience, they find it less easy to remember a positive one. Conclusion – get it wrong and it will stick in a customers mind for a long time… 2. It’s tough in the world of technology – there is no getting away from the digital revolution.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Customers 120

Eptica

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

What’s more satisfying than reporting an “uptick” in a stagnant measurement? Thanks to technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Text Analytics, there are powerful ways to do this. Create check-ins and internal measurements to ensure you are gaining traction across the organization.

Leadership 77

Leadership Net Promoter Score Contact Center Effort Score 77

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Maneesha Pednekar is currently working as the Director – Quality for Atos in India and drives initiatives on Quality & Customer Experience. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional from the CXPA (US). It believes that bringing together people, business, and technology is the way forward.

Customer Centricity 60

Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Employee Engagement Training 60

Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

Padnekar, currently working as the Director – Quality for Atos in India, and drives initiatives on Quality & Customer Experience. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional from the CXPA (US). I started getting more invested in the Customer Experience arena seven-eight years back.

Customer Centricity 79

Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Employee Engagement Training 79

Horizon CX

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I’m reflecting and writing this latest blog on the eve of the very first Customer Experience Day (CX Day) declared so by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) as the first Tuesday in October from this point forward. Product and technology are often short-lived.

Strategy 138

Strategy CEM Customer Experience Banking 138

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Pine believes that as the experience economy continues to grow and immersive experiences continue to be differentiators, the physical experiences of general Customer Experience have diverged from this path. Customer Experience, as I often refer to it, has different goals and different measurements of success.

Customer Experience 97

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Insurance Effort Score 97

CSM Magazine

MAY 19, 2022

As a result of these measures, our average call response times year-to-date have remained consistently at 1-minute 22-seconds, compared with 1-minute 21-seconds in 2021. During difficult periods, customer-experience professionals often bear the full brunt of people’s angst, adding to the stress of their jobs.

Self Service 52

Self Service Wait Times Training Customers 52

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Before we can answer these questions, let’s take a closer look at the three types of growth that exist in the marketplace: Traditional Growth: This type of growth is what many people picture when you say the word, and it includes customer retention and customer development activities.

Meeting 172

Meeting Hospitality Return on Investment Telecommunications 172

CX University

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

According to world-renowned expert in experience management and co-founder of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), Bruce Temkin defines customer experience as, Let us unpack that a little.

Net Promoter Score 98

Net Promoter Score Brands Effort Score Loyalty Programs 98

CSM Magazine

MAY 18, 2017

Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research with over 200 professionals involved in delivering customer experience, the report highlights a worrying technology gap.

Report 40

Report Self Service Customer Experience Contact Center 40

Customer Bliss

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We recently learned that a good friend of ours and member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association , Diana Helfinstine , VP of Customer Experience at Essilor , the world’s largest manufacturer of eyeglasses has passed away. A common example is the oft-stated “the customer is No.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys B2C Innovation Customers 100

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2019

As a certified Customer Experience Professional, he helps organizations and leadership change to improve their experience for their team members and customers. He says that Airbnb has created a 21st-century Customer Experience. The Airbnb story starts, as many things do, with technology.

Hotels 104

Hotels Travel Hospitality Consulting 104

Alida

AUGUST 8, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Winning the Research Revolution , an e-book exploring how technological changes pose both a threat and an opportunity for the world of research. Get your copy of the e-book and catch Ray Poynter’s presentations at the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit to learn more. Be a business translator/analyst.

Marketing 100

Marketing Customer Centricity Innovation Social Media 100