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Is the Chief Customer Officer a Worthwhile Addition to the C-Suite?

Retently

But taking customer satisfaction lightly can be dangerous too. Some studies from 2016 suggest that poor customer service costs businesses up to $62 million per year. trillion per year when their customers leave – and that’s only in the US. Well, that’s where the Chief Customer Officer comes into play.

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Who Really Leads Customer Experience: What Happens When Confusion Strikes

Customer Bliss

Guest post by Blake Morgan, Customer Experience Futurist, Author, Speaker. For a customer experience program to be effective, the most senior leaders at the company must take ownership of the program. Worldwide, brands spend $500 billion per year on marketing and advertising and a mere $9 billion per year on customer service.4

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Take Action Against These 4 Culprits That Hinder Customer Experience Growth

Customer Bliss

As we start off 2018 with the focus of continuously improving customer experience work, talking about the role of the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a great place to start. Silos tend to cherry-pick projects they believe will drive the “lift” on survey question scores that can be attributable back to them.

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Want To Sell Service Design? Get A Trojan Horse

Kerry Bodine

The study, titled The Customer-activated Enterprise , stated, “We identified three key themes that will help you shape your organization’s future: Open up to customer influence, pioneer digital-physical innovation, and craft engaging customer experiences.” Well guess what?

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Microsoft’s Path to Customer Obsession with Global General Manager of Customer & Partner Experience Amanda Sachs

Customer Bliss

This is the 100th episode of the Chief Customer Officer Human Duct Tape Show , and I have YOU to thank for it! I’m sending a huge, heartfelt thank you to all of the podcast guests I’ve interviewed since the launch of this podcast back in 2016. Move away from the survey score.

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2016 Customer Service Trends: “Humanless” Customer Service Driving Change

Tricia Morris

For the first time in the history of Forrester Research’s North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life Cycle Survey , consumers now say they are using self-service FAQ pages on a company’s website for customer service more often than speaking with a live agent via phone. A Turn Toward Less Human Customer Service.

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How to Get a Pay Rise as a Customer Support Manager

Kayako

When we put together the Customer Support State of Profession, one of the biggest surprises we found was the disparity in salaries. Start by grabbing these two resources, and we can help get you on your way to earning more: Customer Support State of Profession 2016. Support Driven Salary Survey. ” Jeanne Bliss.