September, 2014

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The magic of Disney – now that’s what I call a Customer Experience!

ijgolding

'I have often said in the past how lucky I am to have so many people share their customer experience stories with me. Sometimes the stories are difficult to hear. Sometimes the stories are inspiring. In all cases I believe that through the use of storytelling, it is possible to bring to life the significance of the customer experience in the organisations we work and interact with.

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The Untapped Value of Employee Engagement (Infographic)

Experience Matters

'We created this infographic called “The Untapped Value of Employee Engagement” with some of our employee engagement research. If you like the infographic, then here are some other download formats that are made for prinintg: Click here to download the.pdf. Click here to download a 18″ x 24″ poster (.pdf). Click here to download a 18″ x 24″ poster (.png).

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Improving Customer Service: How to Handle Upset Customers Successfully

Kristina Evey

'Improving customer service requires the fine art of working with frustrated and upset customers. We’ve all had them. We all know the principle that if you can successfully turn around an upset customer, they’ll be more loyal to your company than if they never had an issue at all. . . But in the heat of the moment, what is the best way to connect with them to calm them down so that you can help them?

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Execs Still Don’t Get Customer Experience

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

'The following is a Best of 360Connext post. Many executives are interested in improving and understanding customer experience. They want to know how to increase loyalty and revenue and all that good stuff. When Oracle released their White Paper Why Customer ‘Satisfaction’ is No Longer Good Enough , the stats caused quite a stir, and rightfully so. 70% of shoppers have stopped buying goods or services from a company after experiencing poor customer service. 64% have made future purchases from a

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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How to Get the Most from Social Media

InMoment XI

In last week’s blog, I shared results of the 2014 Voice of the Customer Challenges and Practices Survey recently conducted by Maritz Research. I focused on a rather interesting finding that having an effective method of monitoring social media—in and of itself—is not strongly related to VoC program success, at least not when the measure. View Article.

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The simplicity of a smile – it’s great for you and your customers!

ijgolding

'Smiling – we all do it. Some of us do it more than others, but it is very likely that we will all smile at some point today. There are actually some very interesting facts about the facial expression we take for granted: Forcing yourself to smile can improve your mood. Smiling boosts your immune system. Smiling is contagious. Smiling relieves stress.

Travel 271
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Report: ROI of Customer Experience, 2014

Experience Matters

'We just published a Temkin Group report, ROI of Customer Experience, 2014. The research shows the connection between customer experience, loyalty, and revenue growth for 19 industries. Here’s the executive summary: To understand how customer experience corresponds to loyalty, we examined feedback from 10,000 U.S. consumers describing their experiences with and their loyalty to 268 companies.

ROI 316
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Keeping the “Dream” in Your Dream Team

Who's Your Gladys?

'When your goal is to build a customer service dream team, and keep it going strong – it makes sense to learn from those who’ve already done it. That’s why we’re sharing concrete strategies from Dialog Direct, a company that offers a range of customer. Best practices Call Center Customer Service Communicating with Customers Customer Relationship Management customer service performance Dialog Direct Engagement Leadership Lori Jo Vest Marilyn Suttle performance Who''s Your Gladys?

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5 Customer Convenience Considerations (Before you Change Anything!)

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

'The following is a Best of 360Connext post. Customers want convenience on their terms, not yours. With busier schedules and comfort with ecommerce, customers are choosing those brands who provide convenience in the way they like – not the other way around. If you are among these brands, then you understand that customers want convenience on their terms, not yours.

Ecommerce 282
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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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How to Get the Most from Social Media

InMoment XI

In last week’s blog, I shared results of the 2014 Voice of the Customer Challenges and Practices Survey recently conducted by Maritz Research. I focused on a rather interesting finding that having an effective method of monitoring social media—in and of itself—is not strongly related to VoC program success, at least not when the measure.

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Your Actions Tell the Story

Customer Bliss

'In a world where products and services are available in a hundred variations, beloved companies get a disproportionate piece of the pie because of how they treat their employees and customers. Beloved companies blend commerce with their humanity. They blend their personal lives with their business lives. They make decisions that are congruent with honoring the person on the other side of the transaction.

Culture 211
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Emirates Vs Etihad – Customer Experience Review

ijgolding

'Many dinner table conversations about customer experience will end up talking about the airline industry. It is almost impossible to find a human who does not have an airline ‘story’ – and most of the time the stories are not particularly positive. An industry that appears to be amongst the most glamorous has consistently struggled over the years to deliver consistently good experiences.

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5 Reasons Why I Love Customer Experience Day

Experience Matters

'Have you been to the CXPA’s Insight Exchange or to one of our local networking events ? They’re great. Why? Because CX professionals are a fantastic bunch of people. If you haven’t been to one of those events, then I highly urge that you do so in the future. CX professionals are a happy group. In Temkin Group’s research, State of the CX Profession, 2014 (which is free for CXPA members), we found that 98% of CX professionals agree with the statement “customer experience is a great profession to

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Reimagine Your Communications With A Unified Platform

Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.

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Mobile Apps That Score with Customers

Storyminers

'The market for mobile commerce is growing exponentially and shows no sign of slowing down. Fueling the growth are retailers that continue to improve the customer experience through responsive website design and mobile apps.

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How Micromapping Can Save Your Business

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

'I had what I thought was a simple request. Let me explain. One of the nice perks of being on a certain level with American Express is gaining access to Regus business lounges throughout the world. A Regus card shows up in the mail and I use it! Not only is it a good co-working space, but they have offices everywhere. I’ve taken advantage of this perk when traveling , most recently in New York City.

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How to Get the Most from Social Media

InMoment XI

In last week’s blog, I shared results of the 2014 Voice of the Customer Challenges and Practices Survey recently conducted by Maritz Research. I focused on a rather interesting finding that having an effective method of monitoring social media—in and of itself—is not strongly related to VoC program success, at least not when the measure.

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Track Revenue and Profitability by Customer Group

Customer Bliss

'Customer metrics propel the organization into understanding the customer end-game. They supply leaders with a platform to stand behind and reinforce. Getting to the classification of revenue and profitability by customer group is not a trivial project. The key is to come up with labels and categories for these groups that are simple yet meaningful.

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Navigating the Future: Unveiling Trends and Bold Predictions in Customer Experience

Ready to explore 2024’s CX landscape? Join experts from SMG and guest Forrester as they discuss prominent trends actively shaping the industry and dive into a stack of bold predictions for the year ahead. Will the average customer experience improve? How can leaders leverage their CX metrics to establish financial linkage? What will global firms achieve using customer-facing generative AI?

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Customer Empathy – ignore it at your peril!

ijgolding

'Have you ever looked up the definition of the word Empathy? I would suspect that you have not! It is not often that we take the time to read dictionaries!! If you read the definition above, it is also likely that you will find it difficult to correlate many of the words used with organisations that you interact with on a daily basis. I often tell people how rare I think it is for companies to demonstrate ‘customer empathy’ on a consistent basis.

Airlines 211
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Can I Get Some CX With That Big Mac?

Experience Matters

'McDonald’s recently announced the appointment of its first VP Customer Officer , Fred Ehle. I applaud McDonald’s for the move. In Temkin Group report, ROI of Customer Experience, 2014 , we found that a modest improvement in customer experience can generate an average of $437.5 million over three years for every $1 billion in annual revenues for a fast food chain.

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Trust Isn't About Keeping Score

CX Journey

'Image courtesy of Dobi How is low trust impacting your organization? Your business results? I''ve written about trust at least a dozen times in the past. In response to my recent post, A Culture of Distrust , Richard Fagerlin reached out to me about his book Trustology : The Art and Science of Leading High-Trust Teams. He wanted to get my thoughts on his stance on trust.

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3 Inspired Ways to Increase Customer Loyalty

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

'The following is a Best of 360Connext post. Don’t you love feeling appreciated? Don’t you hate feeling overlooked ? Customers every day are expressing how they feel – publicly – about these emotions. And yet, there are simple ways to reward customers. Check out these simple ways to increase customer loyalty. Free refreshments on a hot summer day- just because!

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Join Us For CX Day in Utah

InMoment XI

Allegiance is proud to host Utah’s first Customer Experience (CX) Day as a sponsor of CXPA’s international CX Day. This event will offer key insights into the CX space and help educate those interested in measuring and improving the customer experience in their organizations. So what is CX and why should you care? CX is. View Article.

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Taking the Reliable Experience to Differentiation

Customer Bliss

'The experience you gain by working through the customer experience competencies and holding people accountable to customer metrics and accountability forums will condition the organization to redevelop the customer experience for greatest marketplace differentiation. For many people, this is what they thought was going to happen right away. Managing the corporate patience to develop the required competencies to establish a reliable experience is not easy.

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Use Experience Design Two Times for Best Outcome

Storyminers

'Innovation keeps brands fresh and fun. Practicality keeps brands from pursuing every idea the comes along. It is important to have the right mix of both. Using Experience Design twice is the way to achieve the right balance.

Video 178
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Report: Case Studies in Text Analytics

Experience Matters

'We just published a Temkin Group report, Case Studies in Text Analytics. The research provides rich details about how five leading companies—American Express, ADP, Firstsource, Safelite AutoGlass, and Verizon—are using text analytics. Here’s the executive summary: To help organizations understand how to use text analytics to transform their VoC programs, we have compiled five case studies from companies that have successfully utilized this capability.

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The Open CCaaS Advantage Report

Over the next 12 months, what do you think will have the biggest impact on your CX automation efforts? When asked the same question, only 10% of CX leaders surveyed by Verint chose telephony. It’s no longer the engagement channel leading CCaaS conversations. The customer engagement challenges facing organizations have changed – so a new approach is needed.

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Managing the Angry and Out-of-Control Customer

Who's Your Gladys?

'Some customers go beyond angry and become abusive. They might start the call in abusive mode, or might escalate to abusive from mere anger. Sometimes if you don''t tell them what they want to hear, they become abusive. Abusive is defined as verbally threatening, using foul language, and emotionally out of control.

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5 Keys for Multi-Channel Customer Support

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

'The following is a Best of 360Connext post. Customers are seeking your attention in immediate and demanding ways. They are asking questions on Twitter , but if you are not fast enough in your response, they are jumping on to your Facebook page. That new “Like” is actually just a subtle way of asking for help. Still not getting what they want, they seek out email on their phone and request a call.

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Guiding the Customer’s Experience from the Passenger Seat

InMoment XI

As customer experience professionals, it’s time we realized that we are no longer practicing customer experience management, but rather customer experience enablement. When it comes to the customer journey, we’re just along for the ride. This is not to say that we cannot have an effect on the customer experience, but the role that companies need.