Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Great customer experience brands are not only “visual storytellers” but they are supporting their customers as those brand loyalists visually communicate about their brand journey. Thanks to livestream.com we know: 81% of internet and mobile users watched more video in 2016 than 2015.

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Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience). 2016 Answer.

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OpinionLab

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As I spoke with customers and analysts, and listened to the keynote presentations, I found emerging commonality across three main themes: 1) Mobile is a mainstay. One Forrester analyst coined the term “landmarks” to describe the critical moments that matter in the customer journey. Here’s how. 3) CX innovation is accelerating.

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OpinionLab

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As I spoke with customers and analysts, and listened to the keynote presentations, I found emerging commonality across three main themes: 1) Mobile is a mainstay. One Forrester analyst coined the term “landmarks” to describe the critical moments that matter in the customer journey. Here’s how. 3) CX innovation is accelerating.

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Eptica

MARCH 11, 2016

Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 How good are UK brands at email customer service? Published on: March 11, 2016. However, UK brands are struggling to cope with the emails they receive , with performance overall worsening according to the latest Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study. There are over 4.35

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Date: Friday, February 26, 2016 How are retailers working to improve customer experience? Published on: February 26, 2016. Author: Robin Tandon Customer experience is important to every industry, but particularly vital for retail. If you show it your bolt; it will find you the wingnut that fits.

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Eptica

JANUARY 25, 2017

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 The 5 trends brands need to address for improved customer service. Author: Pauline Ashenden The latest Institute of Customer Service (ICS) UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI) has a positive message for everyone involved in customer service. Published on: January 25, 2017.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 9, 2021

Building adaptive loyalty marketing functionality is increasingly complicated and necessary, as loyalty points become a new asset class, and loyalty commerce between complementary brands gains traction. Recently, microservice-alternatives to the five core loyalty modules have made brands’ loyalty platforms more agile and affordable to run.

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ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Through customer loyalty facts and trends, your business can pick up some of the pivotal ideas, and do’s and don’ts of the customer loyalty program. What’s more, these customer loyalty stats give an insight into factors that prompt customers to be loyal to a brand. Customer Loyalty Through Customer Satisfaction.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 15, 2017

With malls looking at the writing on the wall, businesses are now focused at effective customer engagement strategies. This is the reason brands are focusing on a customer experience module so that they can handhold customers through this process. It gives a differentiator between a good brand and great one.

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Oracle

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The global ecommerce market continues to present a massive opportunity for retailers. These staggering statistics, however, bely the tremendous pressure today’s online retail businesses are facing. Here are 5 examples of CX technologies retailers can use to encourage customers to buy on their sites and nurture customer loyalty.

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Storyminers

JANUARY 12, 2017

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. Steve Haeckel (the guy who taught me systems thinking applied to enterprise design) introduced me to Lou Carbone (the guy who helped me fall in love with customer experience). 2016 Answer.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 20, 2017

In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the US by market capitalization. And by the summer of 2016, it was the 4th most valuable public company. In large part because Amazon knows a great deal about their customers. Unfortunately, most retailers only know what a consumer buys from them.

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Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

From my worldview, responsiveness is a make or break differentiator in all business arenas including retail, banking, online sales, air travel, and automotive. This keeps customers happy and keeps them evangelizing the brand, resulting in high customer satisfaction numbers. The Payoff. Would Buy Again. What About You?

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Optimove

JANUARY 16, 2024

To the Stakeholders of Optimove: At Optimove, we have the job of ensuring that leading brands create deep, lasting relationships with their consumers. We are grateful for the enduring trust of these brands, many of which have been with us for more than a decade.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The key to getting customers once again actively involved in loyalty program participation is through providing greater liquidity. The points will only affect the perceived value – if the customer can do something with them. In the context of retail, it is equally about making things less complicated for the customer.

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Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4 lessons from the Forrester CX Index. Published on: August 17, 2016. Author: Pauline Ashenden Forrester has just published its 2016 US Customer Experience Index , providing an update on the state of CX across multiple sectors. This shows in their performance within the Index.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker, and frontline trainer who helps organizations get results by thinking differently about customer service. His best-selling book in 2016 is called: How to Wow: 68 Effortless Ways to Make Every Customer Experience Amazing. Barry Dalton.

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Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2016, the customer experience became the focal point of marketing, acquisition, onboarding, UX design, and many other core business functions. “I have learned in 2016 that our customers (aged 18-24 years old or the millennials) spend most of their time…” On their mobile devices. In short, M.N.U.

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Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

Date: Friday, June 24, 2016 The ROI of improved customer experience. Published on: June 24, 2016. Author: Chris Eideh Businesses understand that improving the customer experience has a direct impact on revenue generation. Happier customers are more loyal, will spend more and recommend your company to their friends.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Date: Friday, October 14, 2016 What customers want this Christmas when it comes to service. Published on: October 14, 2016. Author: Neil Cox New figures from the National Retail Federation point to sales increasing by 3.6% over the course of 2016 holiday shopping season in the US, hitting $655.8 billion.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker, and frontline trainer who helps organizations get results by thinking differently about customer service. His best-selling book in 2016 is called: How to Wow: 68 Effortless Ways to Make Every Customer Experience Amazing. Barry Dalton.

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Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 Websites lead the way for UK customer service. Published on: March 31, 2016. Author: Dharmesh Ghedia With an increasing amount of our time spent online, company websites are now more often than not the first port of call for consumers looking for information from brands.

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Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Published on: January 06, 2016. 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.

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Self Service Customer Experience Social Media Insurance 48

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

David Thompson, Director of Claims at Tesco Underwriting, also praised customers’ empathy for the difficulties facing contact centre staff at the start of lockdown. As a result, the Quote Helper Bot provided consistent on-brand responses that were based on live chat conversations with previous customers who had the same requirements.

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Published on: January 08, 2016. However, not every retailer will have felt the benefit, as consumers focused on those that provided the right combination of customer service, price and stock availability.

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Alida

MARCH 30, 2017

At a recent Vision Critical webinar, Sam Trimboli, consumer insights specialist at Price Chopper, joined us to discuss how customer insight is helping the company thrive in the increasingly fragmented grocery industry. Trimboli highlighted three benefits of using customer insight. Launching new brands successfully. In the U.S.,

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Tricia Morris

JUNE 17, 2016

Consumers today expect to engage with brands just as easily online and on their mobile devices as they do on the phone or in person (if not more so). Microsoft’s 2016 State of Global Customer Service Report shows that globally, 55% of consumers’ customer service interactions now begin online rather than on the phone or in person.

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Currency Alliance

AUGUST 16, 2019

From a standing start of zero customer data some 20 years ago, brands became able to incentivize desired behaviors in highly-predictable customer segments. To the majority of less-frequent customers, these partnerships are not only impersonal, but many are downright irrelevant.

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Eptica

JANUARY 27, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Social customer service – why it is a continuous journey. Published on: January 27, 2016. Author: Michael Cheung All brands should now understand the importance of social media to customer service. Four companies took over 20 days to respond to a query on Facebook.

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Storyminers

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Last week’s post predicted that customers won’t stand for technology that constantly sells to them. It predicted 2016 as the year predictive analytics and other ‘sensing’ technologies will be used to serve customers first. The Cathy family have been building their brand based on service (they […].

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Kustomer

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Customers are gravitating towards brands that fulfill great experiences, leaving those that don’t in the dust. With this in mind, brands are beginning to realize that customer experience is directly tied to their revenue. By ignoring CX, brands are missing out on market share and revenue.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016 Are you joining the dots when it comes to customer service? Published on: September 01, 2016. Resource channels adequately to meet customer needs The fact that over a fifth of people in the Northridge study reported that they didn’t get a response on social media is unfortunately typical.

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Eptica

AUGUST 31, 2016

Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Are you joining the dots when it comes to customer service? Published on: August 31, 2016. Resource channels adequately to meet customer needs The fact that over a fifth of people in the Northridge study reported that they didn’t get a response on social media is unfortunately typical.

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Eptica

JANUARY 22, 2016

Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 So how did customer service perform in 2015? Published on: January 22, 2016. This overall downward shift is echoed by the 2015 Eptica Retail Holiday Customer Experience Study. The United Kingdom – customer service recovery?

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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. And this number is only rising.

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