Sat.Mar 14, 2015 - Fri.Mar 20, 2015

article thumbnail

Walled Gardens and Customer Journey Mapping

InMoment XI

Let me begin with an obvious observation about customer experience excellence: Customer Journey Mapping is all the rage, it seems. Everyone is developing a journey map of customer relationships, not only the “cool kids” who pioneered this practice years ago. Even “Stalwarts” are proudly displaying their maps in their offices and sharing them amongst their.

article thumbnail

USAA and Credit Unions Lead Banks in Customer Experience

Experience Matters

'We recently released the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 293 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. USAA and credit unions tied for the top spot, each with a rating of 81%, putting them in 8 th place overall out of 293 companies across 20 industries. Credit unions (which is a rating for a group of credit unions, not one company) have earned the highest ranking for banks over the past four years.

Banking 246
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Bad Customer Service Slashes Your Sales and What to Do About It

Kristina Evey

'Bad customer service – we’ve all experienced it. The receptionist that seems impatient with us on the phone. The server at the restaurant that is condescending and rude, thus ruining our dining experience. The clerk at the store that seems to think we are invisible and rolls her eyes when we actively try to get her attention. Poor customer service is rampant these days.

article thumbnail

5 Reasons Never to Miss SXSW Interactive

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

'I’ve noticed a lot of blogs and articles and general gripes lately about why SXSW Interactive has jumped the shark. It’s fashionable to post emphatically about how there’s no appeal to the massive conference tackling digital and interactive trends each March. This was my sixth visit to SXSW. It has changed dramatically in those six years. There are fewer opportunities to discover new speakers through wandering into sessions.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Measuring CX in a Different Way at EchoPark

InMoment XI

In the last of our series on EchoPark, Marti Eulberg talks about a non-traditional dialogue approach to getting customer feedback. Full disclosure here – MaritzCX does EchoPark’s CX program. That being said, the approach is one that we are baking into more of our CX programs. The focus is shifting from a survey process that.

More Trending

article thumbnail

Shopper Centricity: re-designing the high street store customer experience

ijgolding

'This is not the first time I have written about bricks and mortar retail stores. The British high street has been under significant pressure for many years now – I have documented its demise since I started writing three years ago – you can read my opinions in the following posts: I’m not paying to […].

article thumbnail

March Madness! Events for Customer Experience Excellence

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

'It’s that time of year again! Who says March Madness is only for car dealerships and mattress stores!? We’re not having a tent sale or running a huge promotion, but every year March proves to be crazy but awesome, and 2015 is no different! Here’s a bit of what we have going on this month: Undercover at SXSW. Our Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ Jeannie Walters is in Austin gathering evidence from South By Southwest Interactive.

article thumbnail

Walled Gardens and Customer Journey Mapping

InMoment XI

Let me begin with an obvious observation about customer experience excellence: Customer Journey Mapping is all the rage, it seems. Everyone is developing a journey map of customer relationships, not only the “cool kids” who pioneered this practice years ago. Even “Stalwarts” are proudly displaying their maps in their offices and sharing them amongst their.

article thumbnail

Chick-fil-A and Papa John’s Leads Fast Food in Customer Experience

Experience Matters

'We recently released the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 293 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. Chick-fil-A took the top spot for the fourth year in a row, earning a rating of 82%, which put it in 4 th place out of 293 companies across 20 industries. Papa John’s —a newcomer to the Ratings—came in second with a rating of 81% and an overall ranking of 8 th.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

What If You Served Your Employees and Let Them Serve the Customer?

Who's Your Gladys?

'I shared a Stephen Covey quote on LinkedIn earlier this week, which read “Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” It’s a statement that I believe in 100%. When I’ve managed employees, I’ve expected the top levels of performance, though I’ve. attitude Best practices Customer Service customer service mindset customer service performance Leadership Lori Jo Vest performance Who''s Your Gladys?

article thumbnail

Guest post – Do not judge a contact centre by its accent!

ijgolding

'I remember reading a customer complaint letter whilst I was working with a large UK retailer. The complaints that were listed were all valid and well articulated, yet it was the final comment that sticks in my mind. It was along the lines of, “and when are you going to close down your Indian call […].

Retail 163
article thumbnail

Walled Gardens and Customer Journey Mapping

InMoment XI

Let me begin with an obvious observation about customer experience excellence: Customer Journey Mapping is all the rage, it seems. Everyone is developing a journey map of customer relationships, not only the “cool kids” who pioneered this practice years ago. Even “Stalwarts” are proudly displaying their maps in their offices and sharing them amongst their.

article thumbnail

PetSmart and Amazon Lead Retailers in Customer Experience

Experience Matters

'We recently released the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 293 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. PetSmart and Amazon.com tied for the top spot, each scoring 82%, which put them both in 4 th place overall out of 293 companies across 20 industries. Walgreens came in a close third with a rating of 81% and a ranking of 8 th , while Bed Bath & Beyond , Lowe’s , and Costco all earned 79% and tied for 19 th place overall.

Retail 217
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

It's Not About the Metric

CX Journey

'I originally wrote today''s post for Confirmit in November 2014. I''ve made some modifications. In November 2014, I participated in the Hooked On Customers Summit , a webinar series hosted by Bob Thompson of CustomerThink. I joined Bob, along with Jeanne Bliss, in the first webinar to discuss Creating Actionable Insight from a Customer Listening Engine.

Metrics 155
article thumbnail

Three Steps to Reduce Dueling Silos

Customer Bliss

'You can recognize disconnected silo agendas at work when short-term revenue requirements compromise long-term revenue efforts. There’s a lack of clarity on what’s really important to differentiate the company. The customer is not understood the same way by everyone in the company. There’s an imbalance between the culture to drive revenue and the understanding of including customer investment.

Metrics 141
article thumbnail

Video: Measuring CX in a Different Way at EchoPark

InMoment XI

In the last of our series on EchoPark, Marti Eulberg talks about a non-traditional dialogue approach to getting customer feedback. Full disclosure here – MaritzCX does EchoPark’s CX program. That being said, the approach is one that we are baking into more of our CX programs. The focus is shifting from a survey process that. View Article.

article thumbnail

Data Snapshot: Customer Experience Expectations and Plans for 2015

Experience Matters

'We just published a Temkin Group data snapshot, Customer Experience Expectations and Plans for 2015. This is our annual analysis of CX priorities and spending within large organizations (see last year’s data snapshot ). Here’s the data snapshot description: In the first quarter of 2015, Temkin Group surveyed 207 respondents, each from a company with $500 million or more in annual revenues, about their customer experience efforts over the past year and their plans for 2015 and beyond

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

CMO Brain Interview: All Things Customer Experience

CX Journey

'Image courtesy of Unsplash What is customer experience? And how do we improve it? Andrew Mounier of CMO Brain recently asked to interview me so he could pick my brain about customer experience, and I happily accepted. Any time someone wants to talk about customer experience - any opportunity to continue to spread the word about its importance - I''m up for it!

article thumbnail

Diminish the Funky Task Force to Focus on Important Tasks not Reactive Tasks

Customer Bliss

'Think about the number of task forces you’ve been involved in regarding customers. Did anyone have a clue, beyond the first few meetings, on: How you were going to get the things done that the brainstorming had birthed? Where you were going to get the funding from? Who was going to lead the effort? Many organizations gear up for “customer focus” action only when the survey results have just come out or are about to be announced.

Survey 139
article thumbnail

Video: Measuring CX in a Different Way at EchoPark

InMoment XI

In the last of our series on EchoPark, Marti Eulberg talks about a non-traditional dialogue approach to getting customer feedback. Full disclosure here – MaritzCX does EchoPark’s CX program. That being said, the approach is one that we are baking into more of our CX programs. The focus is shifting from a survey process that.

article thumbnail

JetBlue and Southwest Lead Airlines in Customer Experience

Experience Matters

'We recently released the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 293 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. Overall, the airline industry averaged a 63% rating in the 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings and tied for 12 th place out of 20 industries. It was also one of only five industries to improve its rating over the past year, increasing its average by 1.2 percentage-points.

Airlines 209
article thumbnail

How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

article thumbnail

Case Study: Increase Your Sales by 47% by Doing This…

Beyond Philosophy

'How can you increase your sales by 47%? It’s all in the packaging. Gressingham Foods, a pre-packaged food company in the UK, wanted to change their brand image at the store. They were declining as a brand and wanted their image to project “premium but accessible.”. They hired Elmwood , a design firm that took a good look at their packaging and came up with a strategy to help them stand out.

article thumbnail

Provide Proactive Customer Service and End Hold Time

Win the Customer

'The customer customer is so important, why do you have a machine keep you busy while you sort things out with someone else? Putting customers on hold is about more than people being patient. Hold time shows a disconnect between the customers wanting to work with you and your willingness to want to take advantage of that immediate opportunity to […].

article thumbnail

Employee Empowerment the Smart Way

Customers That Stick

'This morning we released CTS Service Solutions’ Ultimate Starter Guide to Employee Empowerment. This guide walks those new to the idea of strategically and consciously attempting to increase employee empowerment in their organizations through many of the basic ideas surrounding empowerment as well as nine tips for empowering employees effectively.

article thumbnail

Temkin Experience Ratings Overview and FAQs

Experience Matters

'We recently released the fifth annual Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 293 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. Here’s a recorded webinar that provides an overview of the methodology and results. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQs): How much does it cost to participate?

article thumbnail

11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

article thumbnail

7 Signs of Decline for the CX Movement in 2015

Beyond Philosophy

'Customer Experience continued to be a dominant business issue throughout the world in 2014. We get many inquiries for our services globally. I worked with clients in more countries than ever before last year, including China, India, and Saudi Arabia to name a few. They are all working to improve their Customer Experience. I can say with confidence the Customer Experience concept is now a worldwide phenomenon.

CEM 101
article thumbnail

The Customer Experience Management Cheat Sheet [INFOGRAPHIC]

Win the Customer

'Customer experience doesn’t happen by chance. It takes the right combination of insights and actions that result in the positive bottom-line impact that supports revenue positive growth in an organization. In a recent conference call is asked an organization if they had a report of their key performance metrics related to service and customer experience […].

article thumbnail

“Customer Experience is all about culture change” – an interview with Mark Smith, VP of CX at GE Capital Fleet Services

Heart of the Customer

'How do you create change when you’re the first customer experience (CX) leader at a highly successful business with a history of customer focus? That’s the challenge Mark Smith faced when he became GE Capital Fleet Services’ first Vice President of Customer Experience a year ago. His response? Focus on the culture, because that’s what […]. The post “Customer Experience is all about culture change” – an interview with Mark Smith, VP of CX at GE Capital Fleet Services appeared first o

Culture 92