Kerry Bodine

JUNE 20, 2015

I’m often asked about customer experience conferences: What’s out there? I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals.

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Conference CEM Customer Experience Professionals Contact Center 120

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

I want to start my inaugural exclusive column for MyCustomer by stating how very proud I am to call myself a customer experience professional! There is still a band of people who do not consider customer experience to be a ‘profession’ at all. I have traveled as far east as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Travel Study 120

Forrester

OCTOBER 7, 2015

In April 2015 , we started a conversation about what is different between business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) customer experience (CX). But when business leaders assess the value of customer experience, they want to know that it contributes to revenue growth, a business success indicator.

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B2B Customer Experience Professionals Customer Experience B2C 40

Experience Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In my post last year I named 2015 “ The Year of Employee.” We agree and believe that customer experience is a reflection an organization’s culture and operating processes. We saw a surge of interest in the topic of culture in 2015, and we expect even more executives to begin the long-term journey of culture change in 2016.

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Trends Customer Experience Customer Journeys Customer Connectedness 120

ijgolding

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As I continue to develop my Customer Experience Specialism around the globe, a number of questions are continually raised by the people I meet. How many customer segments should we have? Should we have a Chief Customer Officer. Customer journey maps of all shapes and sizes are adorning many a conference room wall.

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Customer Centricity Customer Experience Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer 263

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Customers expect better and faster pre and post purchase services. Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd.

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Customer Service Contact Center Chief Customer Officer Call Center 251

CX Journey

AUGUST 16, 2017

It's been a year or more since I've written about the ROI of customer experience. Always good to revisit this topic because it is such a hot one for customer experience professionals. Executives want to see hard numbers about any investments they make. Always the same (great) story, regardless.

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Customer Experience ROI Comparison Airlines 142

Kayako

AUGUST 7, 2015

Customer experience expert Jeanne Bliss joined us for a webinar where she took an in-depth look at one of her key customer leadership competencies: alignment around experience. Chief Customer Officer 2.0. In Jeanne’s new book, “Chief Customer Officer 2.0: In Jeanne’s new book, “Chief Customer Officer 2.0:

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Chief Customer Officer Roadmap Leadership Customer Experience Professionals 120

ijgolding

JANUARY 15, 2016

However…there is usually one of those…there are still A LOT of people who DO NOT recognise Customer Experience – either as something of significant importance to business strategy OR as a profession at all. The Confused’ – increasingly, I am coming across organisations that are just confused by Customer Experience.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Government 120

Alida

JUNE 16, 2016

If you work in customer experience (CX), you probably already know Jeanne Bliss. A thought leader in CX even before this practice became mainstream , Bliss is an author and a rexpected expert on customer-centric leadership. Here are our top seven reasons: She pioneered the emergence of the chief customer officer role.

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Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Leadership 100

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That is why I also advise people that I am a Customer Experience ‘Specialist’ – not an ‘expert’ – as I believe that anyone who champions a profession should be continually developing their specialism. Continuous professional development never ends!!

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Brands Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Case Study 120

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 6, 2015

Recently, I went behind the scenes at the world famous San Diego Zoo and the experience was so much fun! I was in San Diego for the Next Generation Customer Experience conference and when we were offered the opportunity as part of the conference schedule, I jumped at it. Kaisa Ilola (@KaisaIlola) March 25, 2015.

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Customer Experience Conference Customer Experience Professionals Roadmap 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 24, 2015

I’m speaking at the Next Generation Customer Experience conference in San Diego this week, but today I got to be an attendee and participate in some great conversations about customer experience. There were sessions on co-creating with customers, social media, and customer journey mapping. So many answers!

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Customer Journeys Customer Experience Conference Social Media 110

ijgolding

OCTOBER 21, 2014

‘Customer Excellence is here: it’s just not evenly distributed yet’ A fantastic quote that I wish I could claim was mine! In 2014, it is very difficult to find an organisation who does not believe that the customer experience or being customer centric is NOT of value. Personalisation.

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Report Customer Experience Customer Centricity Fashion 229

Kerry Bodine

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Here are three lessons that marketers and customer experience professionals (and the advertising agencies they turn to for advice) still need to learn: Stress test your friggin website! A couple of years ago I wrote, “ 2015 was the year of the Super Bowl hashtag.

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Social Media Advertising Customer Experience Professionals Brands 120

Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In today’s show with Anne Witherspoon, we learn that sometimes implementing customer experience efforts has to start as a grassroots engagement across the organization. We discuss the skills and approach you need to build a customer experience program and its baseline foundation. Episode Overview. 90 day plan.

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ijgolding

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In 2015 alone, I have visited 20 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. In all cases, I have been asked to work with; talk to; teach; cajole; people from the C-suite to the front line; in understanding the importance of Customer Experience. Followers of my blog will know that I have traveled extensively over the last four years.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Airlines Consumers 120

Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Like customers, customer service experts come from a wide range of backgrounds, each with their own unique perspective and take on the industry. We have compiled the following list of customer service experts so that you don’t have to. We have compiled the following list of customer service experts so that you don’t have to.

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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Consulting 0

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

How do you become a Customer Experience Professional? I think it is fascinating to understand how people end up doing something like CX…… and so I am absolutely delighted to share with you one professionals story in this post. We wanted Customer Loyalty – Raving Fans (we just didn’t call it that!).

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Customer Experience Professionals Tourism Training Customer Experience 120

Customer Bliss

JULY 4, 2017

Mark Slatin is the Director of Client Experience for Sandy Spring Bank. They won CX Innovation Awards in both 2015 and 2016, so he seemed like a great person to bring on and discuss what he’s doing with his team — and how/why. He was a great student of customer experience and formed/understood what the work needed to be.

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Banking Leadership Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys 143

ijgolding

JANUARY 4, 2017

When it comes to the world of Customer Experience, business people and Customer Experience Professionals all around the world will be thinking of and dreaming about, a more customer centric 2017. I discussed 5 key learnings of emotion, knowledge, commitment, governance and leadership.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customers Government 148

CX Journey

MAY 7, 2015

I'm blogging again today (note: I wrote this yesterday but didn't get a chance to publish it) from the Customer Experience Professionals Insight Exchange in beautiful San Diego, CA. Bruce's keynote is titled, The Future of Customer Experience. In a nutshell, most companies are mediocre at customer experience.

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Customer Experience Hotels Insurance Effort Score 80

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 24, 2015

Thanks to a gathering of some Chicago Customer Experience Professional Association members and guests recently, my brain swirled with what could be next for customer experience. Here are some questions for customer experience leaders to consider. Who will lead customer experience next?

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Net Promoter Score Effort Score Metrics Comparison 110

PeopleMetrics

MAY 4, 2017

Over 150 customer experience professionals completed a PeopleMetrics online assessment about the presence, or absence, of customer-centric practices in their organizations. However, one exception to this stagnation in activities exists: the practice of customer journey mapping. mark or memory.

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Customer Journeys Banking Chief Customer Officer Touchpoint 91

CX Journey

JANUARY 6, 2015

Pundits are making their predictions about customer experience, marketing, and more: what''s the next big thing coming in the new year and what should everyone be focusing on. When we make predictions, we need to consider the various customer experience maturity levels. Baby steps. Let''s resolve to fix this this year!

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Employee Engagement Trends Employee Experience Customer Experience Professionals 80

Customer Bliss

MARCH 30, 2017

When I work with clients, I always set up a “customer room,” which is another way of thinking about customer experience labs. I’ve written about this idea a few times , including in Chief Customer Officer 2.0. And now, customer experience labs have come en vogue in the last couple of years.

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Customer Experience Banking Net Promoter Score Call Center 100

CX University

OCTOBER 22, 2020

BETHLEHEM, PA, October 22, 2020: Today, CX University (CXU) and Moravian College jointly announce the launch of their partnership to award graduate college credits for successful completion of CXU Online Courses in Customer and Patient Experience. Media contact(s): Moravian College.

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Gamification Course Customer Experience Professionals Leadership 64

Tricia Morris

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Jeanne Bliss: Chief Customer Officer Author and CXPA Co-founder. Sumair Dutta: The Service Council Chief Customer Officer and Former Aberdeen Customer Experience Analyst. Annette Franz: Certified Customer Experience Professional, CX Journey Author and CXPA Board Member.

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Trends Chief Customer Officer Customer Service eBook 40

Customer Interactions

OCTOBER 6, 2015

As the website [cxday.org] says, CX Day is a global celebration of the companies and professionals that create great experiences for their customers put on by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA).

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Customer Experience Professionals Customer Experience Company Customers 28

ijgolding

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Having been involved in the world of Customer Experience for many years, nothing should really surprise me – I have very much witnessed the good, the bad and the ugly of business behaviour. Two days ago, my wife was asked to participate in a Sky customer feedback survey. However (there is usually one of those in my posts!!),

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Feedback Examples Survey Customers 120

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2016

has announced that it has been named a 2015 CX Impact Award winner. The program is sponsored by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), a global non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and cultivation of the customer experience profession. Verint Systems Inc.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Exercises Customer Experience Professionals 40

Forrester

MAY 2, 2015

And that means it's time to announce the confirmed list of speakers for our biggest event of the year: Forrester's Forum For Customer Experience Professionals in New York (CXNYC), June 16th and 17th. Rasesh Patel, SVP, customer experience, DirectTV. Mark McCormick, SVP of customer experience, Wells Fargo.

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Guest Experience Hotels Customer Experience Professionals Innovation 40

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

However, for one group of Professionals in the UK, September now offers a completely different and more exciting prospect. September is the month where Customer Experience in the UK is celebrated – and celebrated in style. The 2015 UK Customer Experience Awards was a HUGE event.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 120

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 16, 2015

(DISCLAIMER: The CX Feud is a game in which 150 customer experience professionals took our assessment about the presence, or absence, of customer centricity practices in their organizations. When it comes to customer experience activities and commitment, leaders appear to be: 1. The Survey Says.

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Customer Centricity Leadership Data Net Promoter Score 48

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Businesses across the land champion their great service and the positive experience given to their throngs of loyal customers. They tout the benefits of their product and how they tend to the specific needs, wants and desires of their customers. The first question was to ask if what they were doing was right for the customer.

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Industry Culture Metrics Customer Centricity 100

Bob Hayes

MARCH 21, 2016

Businesses assess the attitudes of their customers using customer surveys. The purpose of these surveys, typically conducted annually, is to help companies maintain or improve the quality of the customer relationship. This study will compare customers' attitudes over a 1.5-year

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Metrics Customer Satisfaction Study B2B 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.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147