CX University

AUGUST 1, 2023

Cost-Effectiveness One of the most significant advantages of utilizing specialized training companies for online professional development programs is cost-effectiveness. By outsourcing this function to a specialized training company, organizations can save on upfront costs and ongoing maintenance expenses.

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Training Company Case Study Banking 52

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When the world hit the pause button in the face of COVID-19, putting our client’s customer care programs on hold wasn’t an option. The key, of course, was that everything, including agent training, had to pivot to a virtual environment. Virtual Training: Moving from Just “Getting It Done” to “Doing It Well”.

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Contact Center Training Effort Score Virtual Agent 156

Lumoa

JANUARY 19, 2023

Understanding customers is a key step to success, and organizations do it best when they have a customer experience department in place. This department is tasked with analyzing customer feedback and data and disseminating its findings to improve the organization’s processes, products, and services.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score How To Customer Journeys 236

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 7, 2020

Cable companies are an excellent example of what NOT to do with your experience to promote customer-driven growth. Cable companies are an excellent example of what NOT to do with your experience to promote customer-driven growth. They give things to new customers only. Instead, they would say they wanted loyal customers.

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Customer Centricity Policies Consulting Transportation 174

Retently

AUGUST 3, 2023

“Customers are no longer buying products and services– they are buying experiences delivered via the products and services.” – Gregory Yankelovich In a world where your potential competitors are just a click away, customer experience is the new marketing battleground. and that’s exactly what customers want.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score Social Media 148

CSM Magazine

APRIL 19, 2022

Customer service can make or break a business’s reputation. In fact, more than 95% of customers will never purchase from a company that provided poor customer service. As recurring customers are the cheapest to acquire and maintain, having a strong customer service team is essential for your business’s bottom line.

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Customer Service Strategy Policies Poor Customer Service 52

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This AI-powered chatbot can write everything from raps to commercial copy for Ryan Reynold’s mobile company to online Customer Experience articles. Then, of course, there are implications for education. The implications for Customer Experience are significant, too. By now, you might have heard of ChatGPT by OpenAI.

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Industry Conference Chatbots Course 78

CSM Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

In the competitive world of start-ups, one key factor that sets successful companies apart from the rest is their ability to provide superior customer service. To begin with, start-ups must develop customer-centric policies and practices that prioritize convenience and transparency.

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Customer Service Strategy Social Media Customer Centricity 52

Happy or Not

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Customer satisfaction is the holy grail of success in today’s ever-competitive business landscape. Two popular methods that have emerged to gauge customer sentiment and improve service quality are HappyOrNot instant feedback and mystery shopping. What is HappyOrNot instant feedback? What is mystery shopping?

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Feedback Customer Centricity Customer Satisfaction Trends 36

ProProfs Chat

JUNE 5, 2020

Perhaps, getting customer service operations back in gear is what entrepreneurs need to shake-off the pandemic-induced slowdown. The good news is that CX experts from big brands are ready to spill the beans with their valuable customer service tips during COVID 19. Insightful Customer Service Tips During Coronavirus Pandemic.

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Tips Customer Service Social Media Culture 143

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Of course, I’m grateful for having the opportunity to meet and chat with all of these wonderful guests who share their wisdom, strategies, and tactics with us. Assess the Employee Experience Upon Starting Your New Role. Him and his team assessed various aspects of the business and found a few areas they could improve upon.

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Employee Experience Loyalty Programs Chief Customer Officer Loyalty 143

C3Centricity

APRIL 2, 2018

Here are the steps that I would suggest you take, should you wish to create or optimise your market research and insights function: Step 1: If you already have a market research or insights department, then the GRBN / BCG self-assessment tool is a great place to start – and it’s FREE! Customer profiles. Invaluable!

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Marketing Handbook ROI Social Media 175

SaleMove

MARCH 12, 2021

How to Avoid the Severe Fate of Complacency – and Continuously Improve your Customer Experience. Of course, new leaders often rise and replace the former frontrunners during times of change. We are seeing automation, self-service and AI completely transform customer care and how customer-facing teams operate.

Contact Center 97

Contact Center Self Service Customer Care Innovation 97

Totango

AUGUST 12, 2020

Customer onboarding is an introduction to a new way of working. Your customer has sought out your product because they hope it will bring them value and growth. The most effective ways to take the stress out of that transition are to build the customer onboarding experience around simple steps and a clear path to value.

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Tips Customer Experience Training Customer Success 87

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 24, 2018

By EX, of course, we mean employee experience. Customer experience optimization has, for some time, been the stated goal of many enterprises around the world. Where the role of employees in meeting that goal is concerned, however, there has been a tacit belief that the equation “happy employees = happy customers” works.

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Resources Company Consulting Employee Experience 100

CloudCherry

JANUARY 21, 2020

Gathering customer feedback is a mainstay in business. However, most companies have recognized that closed-ended surveys aren’t enough to gain powerful insights into the customer experience (CX). Instead, a voice of the customer (VoC) program is a necessity for any company that wants to understand and act on customer sentiment.

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Effort Score Feedback Net Promoter Score Survey 195

CX Journey

MARCH 1, 2017

Customer experience professionals fight hard for the customer and are often challenged when it comes to making the case for improving the customer experience and transforming the company culture to be customer-centric versus other, more easily quantifiable company initiatives. A shared vision Start with a vision.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customer Experience Professionals ROI 80

SaleMove

JANUARY 20, 2021

But that doesn’t mean they don’t need supervision, or perhaps evaluation, to ensure they are gaining the right experiences and continuing to deliver positive customer care. Contact centers can get the best ROI from virtual agents by applying the same basic processes as managing human agents – with some key differences, of course.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Management How To 52

Horizon CX

MARCH 25, 2019

We often hear that to deliver a great customer experience, it must start at the top with executive buy-in and commitment. Of course, being a CX Leader is not easy. In customer-centric organizations, issues are resolved with the customers’ best interests in mind. Effective leaders listen to employees and customers.

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Leadership Customer Centricity Employee Engagement Effort Score 113

C3Centricity

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I was recently in a clinic for surgery and was surprised by how customer (patient) centric they are. I remind my clients that exceptional customer service examples can come from anywhere! So here are my seven learnings about customer service excellence: 1. Is that how your own customer care centre exchanges feel?

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Healthcare Consumers Customer Service Company 202

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

Bringing this ramble around to customer service, I feel the industry is very much like the sweet shop, but with a very slim owner. 5 Essential Ingredients for the Perfect Data Pick ‘n’ Mix While data collection isn’t new, many organisations still aren’t capitalising on the true voice of the customer. Our sweets are our data sources.

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Data Self Service Chatbots Call Recording 52

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The customer-centric strategy is now on everyone’s mind, even among contact center experts and customer relationship specialists. In reality, the goal of companies is no longer to sell a product or service but to provide a quality customer experience that caters to the wants and aspirations of their target audience.

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Customer Centricity Strategy Contact Center How To 52

Retently

MAY 2, 2023

The key to success for SaaS companies lies in prioritizing the positive experience of their clients through a customer-centric approach. While there are many ways to do that, measuring satisfaction levels and actively seeking relevant feedback is critical to improving customer journeys. What is NPS, CSAT, and CES?

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Customer Journeys Survey Effort Score NPS 146

Qualtrics

DECEMBER 10, 2020

They must continuously learn what customers, employees, and partners are thinking and feeling, redefining their business models to provide positive, personalized experiences. In the early 2000s, companies typically collected customer satisfaction data and employee feedback via basic surveys and focus groups. X + O data.

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Management Employee Engagement Employee Experience Culture 52

Wootric CX Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2019

At a time when customer retention is the name of the game, Customer Effort Score has gained ground as a CX metric for good reason. Research indicates that when evaluating customer interactions with a product or service, Customer Effort Score, more than CSAT, or even NPS, is the strongest predictor of customer loyalty.

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Effort Score Examples Self Service Net Promoter Score 59

SaleMove

MARCH 12, 2021

How to Avoid the Severe Fate of Complacency – and Continuously Improve your Customer Experience. Of course, new leaders often rise and replace the former frontrunners during times of change. We are seeing automation, self-service and AI completely transform customer care and how customer-facing teams operate.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Self Service Customer Care Innovation 52

ProProfs Chat

JANUARY 7, 2020

Today, it is all about the ‘Age of the Customer’. Businesses have grown more concerned; some may say, even obsessed with how their customers are treated. . It only takes one bad experience for the customer to swear off your business forever. . Improved customer service. Your customer service team, of course!

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Customer Service How To Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 112

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It’s no coincidence that companies with great cultures also have great customer service. When employees feel valued and appreciated, they are more likely to go the extra mile for customers. When you’re interviewing candidates, take the time to assess whether they would be a good cultural fit for your organisation.

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Culture Company Customer Service Conference 52

SurveySparrow

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Assessment Center Method. Manager and employee meet regularly to discuss progress and course-correct accordingly. Cons: MBO is a result-centric method. For one thing, the evaluation is internal and done by key groups outside the company – like customers, vendors, or investors. Management by Objectives (MBO).

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Exercises Examples Feedback Effort Score 52

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Your employees have the power to make or break your Customer Experience this holiday season with the customer service they provide. However, when employees aren’t happy, customer service often suffers. Nordstrom department stores, renowned for their devotion to customer service, provide an exemplary Customer Experience.

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Poor Customer Service Employee Experience Consulting Training 60

ijgolding

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This blog post is written to mark the second global Customer Experience Day on Tuesday 7th October 2014. Join thousands of CX Professionals all over the world in marking the significance of Customer Experience in our lives today! You can find out about physical and online events throughout the 7th October here.

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Customer Experience Professionals Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customer Journeys 200

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 23, 2019

If you were to answer a question, “What is that one thing that customers hate the most? . Customers don’t want to go out of their comfort zone to solve their own problems. So what can you do to provide a smooth and delightful experience to customers throughout their journey? But what is customer centricity ?

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Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Knowledge Base Effort Score 96

Kustomer

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Annette Pedroza to learn about building a customer centric culture. In doing so, Annette has figured out three of the most impactful methods that make the biggest difference in customer satisfaction.

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Customer Centricity Culture Leadership Effort Score 59

CX Journey

MAY 27, 2015

Image courtesy of sandy_water How do we ensure that everyone in the organization is on the same page when it comes to customer experience? How does this apply to customer experience? It got me thinking about customer-centricity and getting the organization focused on the customer. Isn't that the truth.

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Customer Journeys Course Brands Customer Centricity 80

C3Centricity

JULY 16, 2018

Your boss expects you to be able to answer all his questions and especially to know your customers. Here are the 13 things your boss is likely to ask you and a handy Checklist to prove to him that you know your customers better than he realises. Who is your customer? How much do you really know about them? What about you?

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Social Media Advertising Brands Course 120

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

What is ‘Walking the Talk’ for Customer Experience? What does it really mean to “walk the customer experience talk”? An ironic byproduct of any customer engagement effort is that it intrinsically sets up expectations — externally and internally. And so do customers! Lynn Hunsaker. Why Does the Walk Matter?

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Policies Customers 54

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

This is, of course, a terrible customer experience. According to the New York Times , Payless Car Rental has a pattern of “pointlessly antagonizing its customers.”. In one case, a Payless customer returned a car and found she had been charged for personal liability insurance that she had repeatedly declined.

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Insurance Consulting Course Policies 60