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 Journeys Customer Experience Employee Engagement Conference 83

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 19, 2017

Taking care of your best customers is an age-old concept. Loyalty programs are one of many ways you can do this for these top priority people. When it comes to loyalty programs, you cannot forget certain vital features, and according to a recent report, one of them is easier than you think. How to Up Your Loyalty Program’s Game.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs How To Retail 117

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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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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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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Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Retail Culture 80

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 31, 2014

2015 is locked and loaded, right? We have big plans ourselves in 2015. In the months ahead, 360Connext will be offering some great content to help you deliver MORE for your customers. Our mission, after all, is to create fewer ruined days for customers. All set with your shiny new strategies and bold new plans?

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Entertainment Leadership Social Media B2B 247

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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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

Influitive

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Marketers know that finding ways to increase customer engagement is good for the bottom line. Customer engagement is highly correlated to customer loyalty ,” says Aimee Lucas , Customer Experience Transformist and VP at the Temkin Group , a customer experience research and consulting firm.

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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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BirdEye

AUGUST 29, 2023

Happy customers build successful businesses. You can grow, scale, and develop your business if you understand your customers’ feelings about you. Great products, the best marketing campaigns, and the costliest ads are all playing second fiddle to the power of customer satisfaction. Why is customer satisfaction important?

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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

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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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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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 21, 2016

They’ll be able to integrate their loyalty program, too – collecting loyalty currency and using coupons. The future of customer loyalty is mobile. Up from $75 billion in 2015. Customer loyalty must be simple and convenient for consumers to embrace it. With skepticism.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Study Consumers 40

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

CloudCherry

DECEMBER 20, 2017

One of the most important things a company can do is to map the customer journey. However, the consumer is evolving at the speed of light, and, thanks to technological advancements, the customer journey is changing just as quickly. How the Customer Journey Has Changed. Not long ago, mapping that path was relatively easy.

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GetFeedback

MAY 5, 2019

Or would you stay loyal to your old mobile phone provider if you knew they offer 24/7 support for delightful customer service? Apart from expecting products whose quality matches the prize, customers for years now also expect to find the service providers exactly when they need them. How can you improve your current support system?

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Sales Loyalty Programs Social Media Policies 277

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In 2015, Forrester Consulting released a study about satisfaction with loyalty programs in the US. The participants of the study weren’t just customers, but decision makers in businesses, too. They suggested that many loyalty program decision makers don’t feel they are making the most of customer loyalty programs.

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Seaton CX

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A well-crafted customer journey map rallies your colleagues around the customer’s needs, engages the executive leadership team, and primes your organization to change. It shows you where to invest your limited resources to create the greatest impact on customer experiences and business objectives. ” 1 2.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Unfortunately, all that passion doesn’t translate to a sustainable customer experience strategy. Here are some ways entrepreneurs typically fail at customer experience: 1. Customer experience is not part of their mission. This inevitably leads to problems and customers disappear. They need customers.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Leadership Airlines 272

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. We discussed her very deliberate path to engage the C-Suite and the specific actions that did and did not work. Introducing Our Guest.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 29, 2017

Some merchants can be hesitant about engaging with them, let alone attempting to obtain their loyalty. Figuring out how to engage with millennials and how to get their loyalty is critical. But this has nothing to do with their loyalty to brands. Millennials can be loyal customers. But make no mistake.

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Engagement Social Media How To Loyalty Programs 40

C3Centricity

MAY 25, 2020

Do you believe that using technology to understand customers is the only way today? Or worse, they invest in the latest platforms and systems in the hope that using technology to understand customers will help them with their knowledge void. BigData #Analysis #Customer #CustomerUnderstanding Click To Tweet. Is this your case?

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Technology Analysis Data Consumers 194

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

Vonage

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The days of winning over your customers’ hearts and minds based solely on the quality of your product or service are over. This leaves delivering a speedy, personalized and friendly customer experience as the best way to differentiate your business from its competitors. Half of consumers move on after poor customer service.

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Omni-Channel Consumers Self Service Social Media 218

Tricia Morris

JULY 7, 2015

As customer service and the overall customer experience become key differentiators for brands and organizations across all industries, it has never been more important to know as much as you can about your customers and their expectations for service and engagement across channels. The newly-released 2015 U.S.

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Self Service Report Consumers Loyalty 40

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2015

Customer Experience continued to be a dominant business issue throughout the world in 2014. They are all working to improve their Customer Experience. I can say with confidence the Customer Experience concept is now a worldwide phenomenon. Of course I know what the Customer Experience is about!”. Are you sure?

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CEM CRM Conference Employee Engagement 60

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

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Some merchants can be hesitant about engaging with them, let alone attempting to obtain their loyalty. Figuring out how to engage with millennials and how to get their loyalty is critical. But this has nothing to do with their loyalty to brands. Millennials can be loyal customers. But make no mistake.

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Engagement Social Media How To Loyalty Programs 40

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Meineke will present a fascinating session titled “Delivering High Performance, Personalized Brand Experiences to Customers,” at the 5th annual Engagement & Experience Expo presented by Loyalty360 – The Loyalty Marketers’ Association, which is set for Nov. 9-11 in Dallas, Texas at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center.

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Engagement Customer Experience Case Study Loyalty 40

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 31, 2015

As some of you who follow this blog may know, I took the CXI® magnifying glass with me to South By Southwest Interactive this month to scout for customer-focused themes within the latest tech trends. SXSW 2015 was no exception. But what’s really right for your customers? SXSW: Customer Experience Technology.

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Technology Customer Experience Social Media Trends 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2003 there were 30 Chief Customer Officers worldwide according to the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Council, reaching 450 by 2011. Earlier this month, Thomasz Tungaz, a venture capitalist at RedPoint, published a blog titled “Why your SaaS Startup Needs a VP of Customer Success Sooner than you Might Think”.

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Eptica

AUGUST 11, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 The importance of emotion to customer engagement. Published on: August 12, 2015. Customer service is no different. We’ve all had good and bad customer experiences where emotional engagement (or disengagement) has radically changed the interaction.

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PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In keeping with millennia of human tradition, let’s look back at our top ten blog posts from 2015. Without further ado, here's number 10: Starting off this list is a post for those who are confused about how to measure customer experience improvement. It examines two popular transactional customer experience metrics.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 23, 2015

We get asked a lot about how to help customers in the 24/7 always-connected world we live in. Customers turn to social media to get questions answered quickly, report issues about products, praise great service and much more. Social customer care is going to be with us forever. 30, January 2015. What about you?

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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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