Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) meted out a $185 million fine that included a $100 million penalty to Wells Fargo in 2016 for their violation and abuse of consumer trust. The CFPB said employees made fake PIN numbers and email addresses to enroll unwitting customers in new products—1.5

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Banking Financial Customer Experience Consulting 141

Michelli Experience

MARCH 15, 2017

My water fascination dates back to at least 2011 when I wrote the following…. So, that was what I wrote in 2011 and we all know iPods gave way to streaming audio and smartphones, but how has bottled water done? Removing pain from the life of your customer. Helping your customer achieve health or pleasure. I’ll sip my $2.25

Trends 230

Trends Brands Sales Course 230

Horizon CX

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I’m reflecting and writing this latest blog on the eve of the very first Customer Experience Day (CX Day) declared so by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) as the first Tuesday in October from this point forward. Product and technology are often short-lived.

Strategy 138

Strategy CEM Customer Experience Banking 138

Currency Alliance

APRIL 23, 2019

Chuck Ehredt sat down with Steve Hoban, who recently returned to the UK after spending 11 years working for Pick n Pay in South Africa, to discuss brand collaboration in loyalty schemes. In such a context, the extra value that a loyalty program can deliver to customers was probably meaningful to many people.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Brands 40

Feedback

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

These are customer comments I found this morning on various retail shopping sites. Managing the Customer Experience. Customer experience today has a lot to do with feelings and emotions. Through customer experience management, you can spur innovation in all key touchpoints where customers have interactions with your company.

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Customer Experience Management Customer Experience Management Feedback 133

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

For many years, there has been a debate whether you could assign a dollar amount to determine the return on investment for any Customer Experience improvements. Whilst the transactional business is more interested in repeat purchases and their frequency, the subscription business is mostly interested in how long customers remain loyal.

Net Promoter Score 164

Net Promoter Score ROI Customer Experience Insurance 164

Bob Hayes

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Customer Experience Leaders Outperform Customer Experience Laggards. In this post, I study what loyalty-leading companies do differently than loyalty-lagging companies in their customer experience management (CEM) efforts. Customer satisfaction is important for business success.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty CEM Customer Experience Social Media 40

Customer Bliss

MAY 3, 2017

Consumers today prefer to do things on their own – and, most importantly, according to their own timeframe. This especially holds true when it comes to customer service. 81 percent of customers today will use self-service channels first before reaching out to a company Click To Tweet. Guest post by Matt Dixon.

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Self Service Customer Service Contact Center Airlines 134

ReviewTrackers

JUNE 12, 2018

Farmhouse Chicago, a restaurant that’s been serving some of the best Midwestern fare in Chicago’s River North neighborhood since 2011, uses local and sustainable ingredients. It’s a one-of-a-kind restaurant concept that is sure to attract local customers. It shows customers you care. Give Us Another Chance.

How To 91

How To Customer Expectations Loyalty Brands 91

Customer Bliss

APRIL 26, 2016

In this episode, I speak with Margie Dillon, the EVP and Chief Customer Officer for Liberty Mutual , about her unusual path from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Customer Officer. Finally, Margie and I discussed the build-out and results coming from their new and quite extensive customer room. Episode Overview. The overall U.S.

Chief Customer Officer 100

Chief Customer Officer Engagement Net Promoter Score Insurance 100

Retently

AUGUST 15, 2018

Customer service used to be something companies offered without giving it too much thought, but it has become a central point of any business strategy nowadays. There are plenty of numerous examples of excellent customer service being provided by top companies. But what is good customer service, though?

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Examples Customer Service Social Media Exceptional Customer Service 105

ijgolding

DECEMBER 14, 2017

As a prolific writer on the subject of Customer Experience, I feel as though every article I publish is a reflection of sorts. I first became aware of job roles containing the words, ‘Customer Experience’ in the early noughties. Unusual – yet those who know me will agree that I often am!

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Customers 164

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

That post-purchase anxiety about a decision is a common affliction for Customers. Reducing choices isn’t the answer though, as customers are attracted by large assortments; i.e. they like the feeling of having an abundance of choice. Wine stores play music to put their customers in a happy and relaxed mood. Wine Buying Closures.

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CEM Conference Customer Centricity Consumers 113

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 9, 2015

What you may not realize, however, it is also critical to winning the hearts and minds of the coveted group of women consumers. My angle is typically about Customer Experience. I regularly beat the drum of evoking the right emotions from your Customers with your Customer Experience and brand promise.

Brands 60

Brands Net Promoter Score Effort Score Case Study 60

datastax

JANUARY 2, 2019

Personalized experiences, real-time insights, 360-degree customer views: the power of analytics can never be understated. Today’s most powerful companies do everything they can to serve up personalized experiences to customers during every encounter, as personalization has proven to increase customer loyalty and drive more sales.

Trends 105

Trends Data Management Government 105

Service Untitled

JANUARY 13, 2012

Stabucks UK has a lot of unhappy customers today after the company decided to change the terms of their loyalty program. Now it seems that Facebook is buzzing with caffeinated complaints because of the changes as consumers post everything from their disappointments to threats of shredding their loyalty cards.

Loyalty Programs 51

Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs Loyalty Customer Service Representative 51

Eptica

MARCH 18, 2016

Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 UK retail customer service failing to move forward. Transformed by the internet, new entrants and ever more demanding consumers, retailers cannot afford to rest on their laurels. Customers are pushing retailers to innovate and deliver new services , improved experiences at lower prices.

Retail 48

Retail Self Service Customer Service Entertainment 48

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 7, 2016

In 2011, An American Express survey found that Americans tell an average of 9 people about good experiences and 16 people about poor experiences. We have all seen the word “viral” tagged to a personal story about bad customer service more often than a good one. According to J.D. It is quite good.

Social Media 60

Social Media Brands Customer Service B2C 60

Kustomer

JULY 1, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Tom Rieger from NSI , to learn about customer retention through enhancing wait times. The Science of Wait Times and Rewarding Customers. Customers can sense this. Did the rep solve the customer’s problem?

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Wait Times Customer Experience Call Center Contact Center 98

Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Tweet The phrase “customer service is the new marketing” has gained popularity with brands realizing that poor customer service takes current, and even potential customers, out of the marketing funnel. Customer care extends far beyond the traditional call center. How to Calculate Social Customer Care ROI.

ROI 45

ROI Social Media Airlines Customer Service 45

Pretium Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Customer loyalty is built and sustained on the front line, in those daily interactions that take place between front line employees and the customer, who is often calling only because they have an issue or a problem with the company’s product or service.

Net Promoter Score 49

Net Promoter Score Brands Touchpoint Loyalty 49

West Monroe

JULY 24, 2017

Across all industries – from utilities to banking and from healthcare to education – organizations are tapping into unprecedented amounts and types of actionable “big data” to understand consumers and drive powerful engagement. Sources: Kosinski et al 2013, Chittaranjan et al 2011, Epp at al 2011.

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Data Marketing CRM Advertising 51

Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Statistics for the 2011 shopping holiday season look a little scary for merchants this year. According to a Price Grabber survey, 45 percent of consumers say they are going to spend less on holiday shopping compared to what they spent in 2010. The longer a consumer stays in a store, obviously the more money a person is going to spend.

Customer Service 47

Customer Service Rewards Programs Customer Service Representative Retail 47

ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2018

Over the last few years, customer service has shifted from traditional phone support toward social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others. Dan Gingiss started the Social Customer Care Track and interest has grown exponentially. Social Media Changes Customer Service. Happy customers tell an average of 6.

Social Media 87

Social Media Self Service Customer Service Marketing 87

Pretium Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Customer loyalty is built and sustained on the front line, in those daily interactions that take place between front-line employees and the customer. Look at the results from any current survey out there measuring customer loyalty or brand loyalty.

Touchpoint 40

Touchpoint Net Promoter Score Brands Loyalty 40

Pretium Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Customer loyalty is built and sustained on the front line, in those daily interactions that take place between front-line employees and the customer. Look at the results from any current survey out there measuring customer loyalty or brand loyalty.

Touchpoint 40

Touchpoint Net Promoter Score Brands Loyalty 40

Pretium Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Customer loyalty is built and sustained on the front line, in those daily interactions that take place between front-line employees and the customer. Look at the results from any current survey out there measuring customer loyalty or brand loyalty.

Touchpoint 40

Touchpoint Net Promoter Score Brands Loyalty 40

Pretium Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Customer loyalty is built and sustained on the front line, in those daily interactions that take place between front line employees and the customer, who is often calling only because they have an issue or a problem with the company’s product or service.

Net Promoter Score 40

Net Promoter Score Brands Touchpoint Loyalty 40

Pretium Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Customer loyalty is built and sustained on the front line, in those daily interactions that take place between front line employees and the customer, who is often calling only because they have an issue or a problem with the company’s product or service.

Net Promoter Score 40

Net Promoter Score Brands Touchpoint Loyalty 40

Currency Alliance

MARCH 30, 2022

As I reflected on the presentation footage, I decided I wanted to share these principles with the many loyalty professionals I’ve met building Currency Alliance over the last seven years. In recent years, brands have invested more in loyalty. but within a few years it had become South Africa’s leading loyalty program.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Resources Airlines 52

Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In Hawaii, small businesses make up 98 percent of the 30,000 businesses, and where huge retail establishments can beat prices and offer a wider inventory of products, most consumers still believe in putting money back into their own communities.

Retail 44

Retail Rewards Programs Advertising Customer Service Strategies 44

Pretium Solutions

OCTOBER 29, 2011

Being more desirable is certainly the first stop; however, the greatest influence a company has with a customer is through their c ustomer service. After the product’s purchase is when the true quality of the product and customer service matters for both the consumer and the company. Customer service has a budget bucket.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Social Media ROI Metrics 40

Pretium Solutions

OCTOBER 29, 2011

Being more desirable is certainly the first stop; however, the greatest influence a company has with a customer is through their c ustomer service. After the product’s purchase is when the true quality of the product and customer service matters for both the consumer and the company. Customer service has a budget bucket.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Social Media ROI Metrics 40

Pretium Solutions

OCTOBER 29, 2011

Being more desirable is certainly the first stop; however, the greatest influence a company has with a customer is through their c ustomer service. After the product’s purchase is when the true quality of the product and customer service matters for both the consumer and the company. Customer service has a budget bucket.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Social Media ROI Metrics 40

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

But you also want your former users to consume it and engage with its offerings. Retention marketing is so effective that SEMRush states that a loyal customer usually spends 67 percent in their 31st-36th month on a brand rather than in the first six months of use. As per Alexa , it costs 5x more to acquire new customers.

Marketing 10

Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking Customer Retention 10