Sat.Jan 07, 2017 - Fri.Jan 13, 2017

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Mystery Shop Program Design in Financial Services

InMoment XI

In an earlier blog, my associate—Al Goldsmith—talked about what Mystery Shopping is used for. In essence, it is used to measure against service metrics in an effort to identify gaps in customer service delivery. But how does an organization, when considering a mystery shop program to assess site-level compliance, ensure maximum benefit while meeting budgetary.

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14 Articles to Help You Deliver Flawless Customer Experiences in 2017

Kayako

Narrowing down to a handful of posts to round up a year is tough. It’s easy to rush into 2017 without appreciating the good parts of 2016: there is now a lot of great content out there that supports you, the customer advocating superhero! There’s been a lot of development around the customer support world this past year with more blogs, conferences, podcasts and consultancies popping up everywhere.

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How to Make Customer Experience Magic with Co-Creation Sessions (part 1)

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Are you looking for ideas to help improve the experience you’re delivering to customers? Customers are often full of great ideas, but they’re waiting for you to ask! We often focus on the negative feedback we get from customers. After all, an honest complaint is a great opportunity to improve the experience, so we should see each […].

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Fine-tuning Your Service Expectations and Your Consistent Delivery of Service Behaviors

Michelli Experience

We’ve all had it happen. As customers, we’ve encountered a service provider who unfortunately chose to attend to something of interest to them instead of attending to our needs. As a result of their self-preoccupation, we were left to feel like we were intruding on their text messaging session, their online purchase, or interrupting their workplace gossip.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Here Comes CXFusion 2017

InMoment XI

In the hustle and bustle of our lives, there usually isn’t enough time to keep up with the nuances of our industry. Events such as CXFusion can fix this. What better way to get up to speed and further your career than by attending a conference where not only top influencers attend, but also where. View Article.

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Customer strategy: Crawl, walk, run

Customer Bliss

It’s early 2017 now. Hopefully you have eyes on a customer strategy for this year. If not — or if you’re in the earlier planning stages of it — let me run through an approach I use with a lot of clients (and have used in my own work in companies). Like much of what I do and speak about, it’s rooted in the five-competency framework.

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Report: Lessons in CX Excellence, 2017

Experience Matters

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2017. The report provides insights from eight finalists in the Temkin Group’s 2016 CX Excellence Awards. The report, which has 62 pages of content, includes an appendix with the finalists’ nomination forms. This report has rich insights about both B2B and B2C customer experience.

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Here Comes CXFusion 2017

InMoment XI

In the hustle and bustle of our lives, there usually isn’t enough time to keep up with the nuances of our industry. Events such as CXFusion can fix this. What better way to get up to speed and further your career than by attending a conference where not only top influencers attend, but also where.

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The Future is Now: Take Your Customer Data to the Next Level

CX Journey

I originally wrote this post for CXpert. It appeared on their blog in August, 2016. I'm often asked about the future of customer experience: What does it look like? What will companies focus on this year? What advancements have we seen or should we expect to see? What are the latest tools to help companies improve the experience? For this post, it's the latter I'll address.

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The 2023 Verint Experience Index: Retail

Reports of the death of in-store shopping have been greatly exaggerated. This year’s retail survey found that more than 60 percent of consumers start and end their journey by visiting a store. Retail customers value price above everything, but the importance of other factors varies for different brands. In-store shopping is valued highly by grocery and home improvement customers Technology retail customers place less importance on in-store experiences – for them it only ranks sixth Digital exper

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To deliver sustainable Customer Experiences… STOP looking backwards!

ijgolding

Every January in the UK, the business media tend to get rather excited. Whilst on occasion their excitement is slightly macabre, it is driven by their fascination and obsession with the reporting of retail trading results from the critical festive period during the last three months of the previous year. I may be paying a disservice to experienced journalists and commentators, but it is difficult to tell if they really are more excited by failure and doom, than they are disappointed by success a

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Emerging Trends In Customer Experience: The Continuing Story

Storyminers

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. We’ve updated it for 2017. Can you tell us how you got into CX and why you find the space so interesting? In 1999, I was working as a thought leader and executive consultant at IBM. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience).

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Hedonic adaptation: Today’s customers’ need for change, variety and improvement

Vonage

There’s a natural tendency for human beings to grow accustomed to any condition–positive or negative–over time. This is called the psychological principle of “hedonic adaptation.” . As a positive force, hedonic adaptation is a very good thing if you lose a job (or even a leg); it helps you to accept and ultimately adapt to your new situation. As a negative force, it’s to blame for such consequences as the fabled seven year itch, and the fact that catchy new songs become irritating not-so-new

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The Ultimate Question in Customer Service?

GetFeedback

It's a simple question that can tell you a lot about your customers and your business. Net Promoter Score is the customer service metric to track today.

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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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We’ve Launched! (A New Website)

Kerry Bodine

At Kerry Bodine & Co., we’re ushering in 2017 with a bang! I’m thrilled to announce the following updates: Website! If you’re reading this post, you’re on our new website. Our site now features the “& Co.” part of our organization (yay, Amelia !), actually describes our consulting services (imagine that), and provides access to resources like eBooks and templates.

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Galileo: A True Interactive Visionary

Storyminers

Many of you know that I started one of the world’s first digital agencies in 1992 with my business partner and creative director, Jackie Goldstein. We called it GALILEO. We picked the name not only because of Galileo’s prowess as an innovator (he brought the telescope, scientific method, and a mathematical perspective about astronomy to the world’s attention), but because he championed what he believed in.

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Report: Lessons in CX Excellence, 2017

Experience Matters

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2017. The report provides insights from eight finalists in the Temkin Group’s 2016 CX Excellence Awards. The report, which has 62 pages of content, includes an appendix with the finalists’ nomination forms. This report has rich insights about both B2B and B2C customer experience.

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Car Sales Through Vending Machines!

Beyond Philosophy

The customers have spoken, and they’ve had enough of car dealerships. They’re spending less time talking to salespeople at car lots and more time researching cars online, taking virtual test drives and emailing or texting dealers to find the perfect vehicle. Customers might still visit a dealership or two for a test drive, but they also might just buy the car sight unseen and have it delivered, according to dealers and industry executives who gathered recently for the Tampa International Auto Sh

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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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Here’s Why 2017 Might NOT Be The Best For Service

Steve DiGioia

…a tongue-and-cheek look at what customer service might be This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. Year after year we hope service and the customer experience gets better. But great service comes at a cost, a high labor cost that many businesses are not willing or able to pay. So what are their options? Technology, that’s it. Or is it? Chat Bots.

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Galileo: A True Interactive Visionary

Storyminers

Many of you know that I started one of the world’s first digital agencies in 1992 with my business partner and creative director, Jackie Goldstein. We called it GALILEO. We picked the name not only because of Galileo’s prowess as an innovator (he brought the telescope, scientific method, and a mathematical perspective about astronomy to the world’s attention), but because he championed what he believed in.

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Four Reasons Why Remembering Your Customers Is Important

ShepHyken

A few weeks ago I had breakfast at one of my favorite places, First Watch. On that particular day I wasn’t that hungry so I ordered just one pancake. Typically, when I add a pancake they charge a dollar. When the server left the check on the table I noticed they charged me five dollars for the pancake. I asked about the high-priced pancake and learned there was as difference between adding a pancake and ordering just one for breakfast.

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Will Uber and Lyft Kill Rental Cars?

Beyond Philosophy

Back in November, Hertz rental car shares fell sharply when the huge rental car company slashed its profit forecast for the year. Hertz (which also owns Dollar and Thrifty) blamed it on vehicle depreciation, but depreciation may be the least of the rental car industry’s worries as we move into 2017. Over the past several months, I’ve become a fan of Uber and Lyft.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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Innovative Service Requires Character!

Wired and Dangerous

“Would your work practices change if your son or daughter was watching you in order to learn life lessons?” my business partner, John Patterson asked a group of senior leaders. The company was famous for its profit at any cost mentality and had indicated a desire to become more customer-centric with a long-term view. A major conflict had emerged when one of the senior leaders wanted to implement an opt-out product.

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Emerging Trends In Customer Experience: The Continuing Story

Storyminers

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. We’ve updated it for 2017. Can you tell us how you got into CX and why you find the space so interesting? In 1999, I was working as a thought leader and executive consultant at IBM. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience).

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Employee Engagement Workshop in Miami in March

Experience Matters

Filed under: Customer experience.

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Net Promoter News: Sage Group, Ford, Epyx and Paladina Health

CustomerGauge

Sage Group Plc Is Customer-Obsessed Sage Group, a British multinational enterprise software company closed the year 2016 with excellent business results. In November, CEO Stephen Kelly published a press release, which highlighted Sage’s achievements throughout the year and the company’s customer-centric goals for 2017. Results show that Sage’s contract renewal rates grew by 2 percentage […].

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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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Half of all journeys maps fail to drive change. Don’t be a statistic.

Heart of the Customer

Customer journey maps are a customer experience (CX) leader’s best friend. Done well, a journey mapping initiative aligns your teams around a shared vision to an improved customer experience. Effective journey maps engage your entire company to align on your customers’ moments of truth, showcasing how to create more loyal customers. Unfortunately, these initiatives fail […].

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Guest Blog: 6 Signs You Are Ready to Outsource Customer Service

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Bryan Peterson, shares signs that may indicate it’s time to outsource your customer service. Outsourcing can be a viable alternative and it must be something your customers trust and have confidence in. – Shep Hyken. Managing a business can be quite demanding, especially when that business is growing at a rate faster than you can keep up with.

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Employee Engagement Workshop in Miami in March

Experience Matters

Filed under: Customer experience.