Customers Rock!

APRIL 14, 2010

We had a great discussion around listening to customers, gathering social media feedback and turning it into action inside of a company, and of course we talked about the NetPromoter score and how to use it strategically. Recently on Customers Rock! Radio , I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Richard Owen, CEO of Satmetrix.

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Waypoint Group

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Recognizing the need to create more customer advocates (“Promoters”) and improve retention, Reciprocity wanted to better utilize u nbiased feedback from the customer contacts that matter most (that is, Buying Committee members, not just end-users) to drive its product, customer experience and company. Seeking trustworthy feedback.

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Lithium

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Sinek went viral in 2009 after he delivered a TED Talk that discussed the relationship between success and understanding the underlying purpose of an organization. Let your audience know you appreciate their feedback and that they matter to your brand. Understand your purpose.

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Lithium

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Sinek went viral in 2009 after he delivered a TED Talk that discussed the relationship between success and understanding the underlying purpose of an organization. Let your audience know you appreciate their feedback and that they matter to your brand. Understand your purpose.

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Social Media Brands Consumers Video 40

Lithium

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Sinek went viral in 2009 after he delivered a TED Talk that discussed the relationship between success and understanding the underlying purpose of an organization. Let your audience know you appreciate their feedback and that they matter to your brand. Understand your purpose.

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Social Media Brands Consumers Video 40

Service Untitled

MARCH 15, 2010

In 2009, JD Power & Associates, a global marketing information service which measures customer satisfaction based on millions of consumers annually, rated Jet Blue &# Highest in Customer Satisfaction&# among low-cost carriers in North America.

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Grade.us

MARCH 31, 2020

Adult care center, Valir Pace, is creating care packages for the elderly to ensure the vulnerable among us have the supplies and resources they need. Swine flu April 2009 18.72 Begin looking for ways to pivot if your clients need additional help and resources. HIV/AIDS June 1981 -0.3 Pneumonic plague September 1994 8.2

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Service Untitled

JUNE 4, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Call Your Competitors Douglas June 04, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service , Exercises/Resources 1 Comment Here is something you can do to make your company more competitive in about 10 minutes. Call your competitors and test their service.

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Wired and Dangerous

MAY 16, 2021

In each case, the listed agreement protects both parties from legal recourse while allowing parties to share resources or information in exchange for something else. ED: If you have any questions, comments, or feedback on this podcast, please tweet us @mitenergy. Use this free residential agreement for your rental property.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 2, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Track Contact Volume Douglas April 02, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service No Comments How carefully do you track contact volume? Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. What contact volume metrics do you track?

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Service Untitled

MARCH 31, 2010

Some hideous stories released told of a toll collector not wanting to make change for a $1.75 toll from a twenty-dollar bill and then throwing the change and telling the driver to get his change from the road and die, or another toll collector demanding a driver to submit to a strip search because she entered the wrong toll lane.

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Transportation Travel Customer Service Training Exercises 41

Service Untitled

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The company’s quality reputation dropped from 6th in 2009 to 21st in 2010. If a product fails, use feedback to improve it. When the negative feedback threatens your brand, give it immediate attention. The widespread criticism brought considerable damage to Toyota’s brand reputation.

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Comm100

MARCH 27, 2023

Collect student feedback Collecting student feedback is an important way that schools understand student needs and how they can improve. A task bot can be used to gather student feedback in a chat format that is much more engaging for students than completing surveys and forms.

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Chatbots Multi-Channel Knowledge Base Wait Times 161

Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Douglas February 18, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service Experience 1 Comment I am a big advocate of making things simple and I’m a strong believer in the idea that simplicity leads to consistency. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Make it easy for everyone.

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C Space

JULY 7, 2020

In a blog post last week, Facebook said this, plus earlier announced changes, such as its intention to label “newsworthy content” it would otherwise take down for violating its policies, was a “direct result of feedback from the civil rights community collected through our civil rights audit.”

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Service Untitled

MAY 15, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Use Glass Doors to Improve Accessibility Douglas May 15, 2009 Culture No Comments In my post on Wednesday , I touched on what I think is an important aspect of manager accessibility, a physically inviting workplace.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 6, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Crazy Drive-through Experience Douglas August 07, 2009 Customer Service Experience , Specific Companies 1 Comment I went to the drive-through at McDonald’s not that long ago and had what had to be one of the most absurd customer service experiences I’ve ever had.

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Service Untitled

JULY 15, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Improving a Department in 4 Steps Douglas July 15, 2009 Customer Service , Exercises/Resources 2 Comments Over the last week or so, I have been working with a company on improving the service experience within a small department of theirs.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 22, 2009

Douglas June 22, 2009 Customer Service , Little Things, Big Differences 1 Comment In light of my recent post about my interesting experience at Blockbuster , I started thinking about situations in which employees of various companies might have an opportunity to either up or downsell you based on their own opinions and tastes.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 25, 2010

A recent Nielsen survey states that the primary online communication of today is Twitter; its unique visitors have increased 1,382 percent since 2009. Watch criticism, review feedback, and pay attention to marketing successes and failures.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Customer Service Pet Peeves Douglas September 15, 2009 Angry Customers , Customer Service Experience 2 Comments I came across this post recently, which lists some of the more prominent customer service pet peeves submitted by the blog’s readers.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 28, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Rewarding Volunteers Douglas April 28, 2009 Customer Service , Little Things, Big Differences No Comments More and more companies are encouraging conversations in company forums, on blogs, through Twitter, and on similar sites. They might take you up on it.)

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Service Untitled

APRIL 30, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience.

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Customer Escalations and You Douglas November 06, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service 1 Comment Many customer service managers (especially in small to mid-size businesses) spend quite a bit of time handling something I always refer to as “escalations&#.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 20, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience.

Guest Experience 40

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 31, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 16, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives First Contact Resolution Douglas March 16, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service Experience , Little Things, Big Differences 2 Comments First contact resolution is one of the most important things in customer service.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Gratitude – A True Measure of Your Service Warmth Chip and John September 10, 2009 Customer Service Experience , Etiquette , Little Things, Big Differences , Specific Companies No Comments “Thank you” are the two most important words in the English language.

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Measurement Fashion Exercises Consulting 41

Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience.

Hotels 41

Hotels Exercises Policies CRM 41

Service Untitled

MARCH 24, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives The Disney Experience Douglas March 24, 2009 Customer Service , Little Things, Big Differences , Specific Companies 1 Comment Last week I blogged about how I would be going to Disney for a day.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 4, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Customer Service in Different Countries Douglas March 04, 2009 Customer Satisfaction , Customer Service 7 Comments The consulting company Accenture recently surveyed about 650 senior executives in different industries from 11 countries.

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Customer Bliss

AUGUST 2, 2016

Here’s a humorous irony: when Jeb started doing this work, Oracle was using one of the “worst” (his words) survey tools imaginable to collect customer feedback. Essentially, they asked customers questions — and then had very little idea where the feedback was going or if it was benefiting product enhancement.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives The Angriest Customers Douglas February 27, 2009 Angry Customers , Etiquette 4 Comments Working with angry customers is a part of customer service that can’t be avoided. Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Call Abandonment Basics Douglas October 21, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service Experience 4 Comments Phone systems (also called IVRs or PBXes) usually measure something referred to as a call abandonment rate.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Way back in 2009, United Airlines baggage handlers broke Dave Caroll’s $3500 guitar during a flight from Halifax to Omaha. Third, determining which department should pick up the bill for the resources aimed at preserving the lifetime value of clients can turn into a buck passing game between departments.

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Social Media Airlines Customer Retention Brands 78

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Voice of Customer Maturity: Ultimate Guide Lynn Hunsaker Voice of customer maturity is not about scores, real-time feedback, response rates, listening posts, benchmarks, or comparisons of B2B versus B2C trends. Accepting all feedback requests would certainly require significant precious time. So, what does it mean?

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Voice of Customer B2B Leadership Effort Score 62

Service Untitled

APRIL 16, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Minimum Service Charges Douglas April 16, 2009 Customer Satisfaction 6 Comments I was going to hire a company today to do something fairly simple that would have cost about $45 (that was the advertised price).

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