Storyminers

JANUARY 22, 2015

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a FREE eBook: The 2015 Customer Experience Outlook. This eBook is a collection of ideas from customer experience authors, designers, and industry leaders. The post THE 2015 CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE OUTLOOK appeared first on Mike Wittenstein. Joseph Pine II & James H.

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CX Journey

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Image courtesy of derekGavey Another year almost gone, and it''s time to start sharing trends and predictions for 2015! Every One of a Kind : Consumers want and expect customized and personalized products, services and experiences, fueled by. Real Brand Engagement : Marketers will link ?engagement? engagement?

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Trends Brands Retail Leadership 171

Kerry Bodine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As I looked at Comparably’s recent ranking of the 100 companies with the happiest employees in 2021, something struck me: In one way or another, many of top-scoring companies have a strong focus on customer experience. Medallia , a customer experience and employee experience feedback company. But much more data is needed in this area.

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Connections Employee Engagement Study Employee Experience 227

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

For the last six years, Nunwood (now a part of the KPMG family) have been assessing how customer centric well known brands are across three continents. Last year, Nunwood’s UK analysis concluded that ‘Customer Excellence is here: it’s just not evenly distributed yet’. The 2015 results appear to go a step further.

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Analysis Omni-Channel Customer Experience Brands 120

Comm100

MARCH 2, 2022

Many consumers choose to join a credit union based on this principle, and so expect to receive the very best member engagement that reflects this priority. Why is member engagement so important to credit unions? As a result, members often have high expectations when it comes to customer service and credit union member experience.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 31, 2015

In case you’re just hearing about us, or you haven’t subscribed for updates, we’ve put together a heaping handful of our best customer experience posts from the past year […]. The post Our Top 15 Customer Experience Posts of 2015 appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 12, 2015

My hope this year, as I travel with my partner-in-chaos Lisa Diomede , is to find the glimmers of what’s next for customer experience. Here are a few ideas already seeming popular and interesting: Virtual reality in functional ways – how can we entice and empower customers with this technology? Listen now!

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Experience Matters

JANUARY 6, 2015

With this post, I’m declaring 2015 “ The Year of the Employee.”. We’ve recently seen a surge in the number of companies looking to build more customer-centric cultures and train their people on CX. Voice of the employee efforts are becoming an integral component of modern voice of the customer programs.

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Experience Matters

JANUARY 20, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2015. This report has rich insights about both B2B and B2C customer experience. Here’s the executive summary: This year, we chose eight organizations as finalists for Temkin Group’s 2014 Customer Experience Excellence Award. Download report for $195.

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Experience Matters

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

We just published a Temkin Group report, Employee Engagement Benchmark Study, 2016. The research is based on an online survey on Q3 2015. Take a look at our Employee Engagement Resource Page). Here’s the executive summary: We used the Temkin Employee Engagement Index to […].

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Heart of the Customer

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Yesterday, four of the CXPA’s CX experts spoke about the year in review, and what customer experience has in store for 2015. Employee engagement? The post What’s the customer experience focus for 2015? appeared first on Heart of the Customer. Is it the role of emotions?

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Customer Enthusiast

DECEMBER 30, 2014

It occurred to me while reading through a list of 15 Customer Service Trends for 2015 assembled by Richard Shapiro, president of The Center For Client Retention , that nine of the 15 trends are related to omnichannel: a seamless approach to a consumer’s experience through all available shopping channels (e.g.,

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Hotels Social Media Omni-Channel Trends 100

Experience Matters

MAY 12, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, The State of the CX Management, 2015. Here’s the executive summary: For the sixth straight year, Temkin Group surveyed nearly 200 large companies to evaluate the state of their Customer Experience (CX) management. This year we found an abundance of CX ambition and activity.

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SuiteCX

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

One of the most compelling reasons to conduct a journey mapping exercise is to get various employee representatives around the room, engaging with one another and finding ways to make positive organizational change. Customer Journey Mapping: Three Ways Journey Mapping Can Drive Employee Engagement. suitecx ©2015, suitecx Inc.

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Storyminers

JANUARY 22, 2015

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a FREE eBook: The 2015 Customer Experience Outlook. This eBook is a collection of ideas from customer experience authors, designers, and industry leaders.

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CX Journey

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

We’re one month into 2015, and it’s already apparent that Customer Experience is on everyone’s agenda - or at least on those of the 95% of retailers surveyed by Boston Retail Partners ,who identified customer experience as a top-three priority in the new year. My take: Customer experience is absolutely a powerful differentiator.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. Engaging your investors starts by understanding what they care about. They care that you’re staffed appropriately to serve the needs of your customers, because ultimately that results in revenue. We cover: How does customer success work with investors?

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Metrics Customer Success Engagement Effort Score 98

Eptica

JANUARY 22, 2016

Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 So how did customer service perform in 2015? The US picture – could do better Overall 2015 was a poor year for customer service across the US, with close to six out of ten companies (59%) seeing a fall in customer ratings according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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CX Journey

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Joining 200 others, I spent Moments of Truth Day 2015 (part of NCSW ) here, thanks to Rant & Rave. As you’d expect, there was time to play with Legos and to learn how playing can enhance both customer and employee experiences. All in all, it was an engaging day that was clearly popular. But it works well.

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Horizon CX

APRIL 1, 2024

Organizational Growth Through CX Maturity Introduction In today’s competitive landscape, delivering exceptional customer experiences isn’t just a goal; it’s a necessity for sustained success. What is Customer Experience Maturity? Employee engagement: Employees are empowered to deliver a positive customer experience.

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Customer Journeys Touchpoint Customer Centricity Competitive Advantage 130

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

As a result, Employee Engagement is slipping as well, which is a problem for Customer Experience. The article reports that a mere 30% of Americans “feel engaged at work,” according to the 2013 Gallup poll, leaving the remainder somewhere between indifferent and disgruntled. Take Walmart as an example. What’s the problem?

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets. Published on: January 06, 2016. Read the full post here.

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Self Service Customer Experience Social Media Insurance 48

Comm100

JUNE 15, 2022

Digital customer engagement is always evolving. Just as live chat was a technological leap over telephone communication and is proving to be the most essential of all channels, chatbots are the latest technological milestone in customer support. Provide cost-effective 24/7 support to improve customer engagement.

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Chatbots Industry Customer Service Wait Times 198

Experience Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2017

We focused on Elevate Purpose in 2017, Intensify Emotion in 2016, Engage Employees in 2015, and Amplify Empathy in 2014. The post Introducing The Year of Humanity (2018) appeared first on Customer Experience Matters®. Every year, Temkin Group identifies a theme that we believe deserves the attention of the entire CX community.

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Think Customers

JANUARY 3, 2016

As we embark on a new year, we can't forget the dominant trends of 2015. From virtual reality to the rise of the digital world, the past year saw emerging technologies that will likely help to elevate the customer experience throughout 2016. 1to1 Media covered numerous trends that influenced the customer experience.

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Customer Journeys Customer Experience Engagement Trends 40

ijgolding

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Followers of my blog will know that I am keen to share others perspectives on the subject of Customer Experience when the opportunity arises. ” The big question is HOW do you achieve it – how do you transform an organisation to become Customer Centric? I am delighted to be able to do just that in this post. Bean and OxFam.

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Tricia Morris

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

For November and December 2015, U.S. More customers this year doing more shopping online, asking more questions and expecting better and faster service across more channels, including their smartphone. Feeling stressed already that your brand might wind up on the naughty list for customer service? billion holiday haul.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Is your customer-centric team actively working on providing better customer service in 2015 ? Have you been searching for trends that will help them optimize customer interactions and get a leg up on your competitors ? Below are the top six customer service trends for 2015 according to Forrester : 1.

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GetFeedback

JULY 11, 2018

When you’re truly in sync with your customers, it shows. Customer support is frictionless. And customers are happy to send new business your way. Despite all the customer data and technology at our disposal, most companies don’t know their customers as well as they think they do.

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CRM Social Media Customer Satisfaction Customer Centricity 207

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Welcome to part three in our series exploring digital transformation in customer service. In this series, we’ve been looking at how digital transformation is helping organizations transition to a digital customer service offering that benefit both them and their customers.

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Customer Service Chatbots Banking Engagement 216

Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 1, 2015

But are customer service preferences and expectations? The 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature, from Microsoft and Microsoft Dynamics CRM shows that geography does play a role in customers’ views on service. Global Similarity Highlights.

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Self Service Customer Expectations Report Customer Service 40

Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Author: Robin Tandon While the peak season for retailers isn’t yet over, many companies are already taking stock and looking at their performance, as well as studying the wider trends that emerged in the run up to Christmas 2015.

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Self Service Customer Experience Ecommerce Social Media 48

Tricia Morris

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

With the Institute of Customer Service reporting that customer satisfaction in the U.K. A newly-released 2015 U.K. On September 29, 2015, join us for the first view of the results from our Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report which compares and contrasts customer service expectations and preferences from the U.K.,

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Infographics Customer Service Customer Centricity CRM 40

Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 18, 2021

In a nutshell, he found the book’s distinction between customers and employees to be incompatible with his belief system. But this author’s comment made me consider that day — and on many days since — if Outside In and the industry’s focus on customer experience had inadvertently relegated employees to some second, lower class.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 22, 2015

Social media as a customer service channel is now a given. Customers turn to this method when they are frustrated, and aren’t afraid to air their grievances publicly. Instead of hiding behind press releases and formal communication, social media engagement allows organizations to speak directly to customers and prospects.

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Social Media Engagement Video Innovation 110

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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Alida

JULY 11, 2017

Customer experience is middling at best, and that’s troubling for brands. Forrester’s 2017 Global Customer Experience Trends report found the vast majority of firms in digital and traditional retail, banking and insurance around the world only earned the research firm’s Customer Experience Index (CX Index) score in the “OK” range.

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