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5 Most Popular CX Matters Posts Over 5 Years

Experience Matters

Seven Steps for Developing Customer Journey Maps (April 2013). Customer journey mapping has become a very popular CX tool, and also a hot topic on this blog. If you are interested in customer journey mapping, then you definitely need to read this post: Five Questions That Drive Customer Journey Thinking.

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Seven CX Tips to Help Weather the 2021 Holiday Season ‘Everything Shortage’

CSM Magazine

In fact, 2021 is forecast to be one of the most treacherous holiday seasons since the Great Recession of 2008-2009. From shipping problems to return policies, riding the supply chain shortage storm means being more prepared than ever by anticipating customer concerns before they even happen. The Great Resignation is also upon us.

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Making an impact on the customer experience in the first 90 days

Customer Alignment

the number of Chief Customer Officers across all industries increased from 14 in 2014 to 90 in 2017; half of those roles were created in the last 15 months. The average tenure also lengthened from 23 months in 2009 to 34.5 I would advise against the temptation to begin detailed journey-mapping at this stage. In the U.K,

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Assessment for Almost-Automatic CX Excellence

ClearAction

Strategic Impact Journey Mapping : motivate long-lasting engagement and gains by learning how to facilitate workshops that focus on Absorb-Adopt-Apply-Account. These 4 A’s are what’s missing in typical journey mapping. Short segments allow immediate application exercises, to practice on-the-job for new habits.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 6-13-2022

ShepHyken

In 2009 only 18% of the value of the top 100 brands was in subscriptions. Why AI Customer Journeys Need More Friction by Renée Richardson Gosline. Why would you want to put more friction into a customer journey? In fact, the subscription-based business model has been around since the 1770s.

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Customer Experience Design: 3 essential (design) skills for creating a great customer experience

ijgolding

Customer journey mapping and touchpoint analysis. Whilst process improvement is pretty well understood by many, Customer Experience Design is a skill set that has been less commonly deployed in organisations around the world. Process improvement methodologies and discipline. They can prove to be more valuable than gold.

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Does Your Organization Partner Internally to Deliver Great Service?

Wired and Dangerous

Research concludes that since 2009, customers are valuing an “average” experience less than before and have even less patience for variability inaccurate as well as effective delivery.