QuestionPro Audience

MARCH 28, 2018

Created by Dave Thomas, and named for his daughter, Melinda (Wendy), it was a brand that was folky and wholesome. By using enhanced technology and digital marketing, they have evolved their brand voice to show a more snarky side, which has really resonated with customers. They’ve even released a mixtape, “We Beefin”.

Social Media 150

Social Media Consumers Interaction Brands 150

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 23, 2024

Customer experience leaders are not just expected to keep up with trends in the marketplace, customer expectations, and technology, we simply MUST do so to serve customers and stay ahead of the competition. Customers often crave personal, empathetic connections and some bots simply aren’t up to the task.

Trends 143

Trends Self Service Customer Experience Customer Journeys 143

NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brands of all sizes are learning that customer experience is no longer an afterthought: it’s the heart of what consumers want, and the foundation for profits. In light of fast-changing customer demands, is your contact center keeping up? Ultimately, digital engagement is what customers demand.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Consumers Net Promoter Score Self Service 136

C3Centricity

DECEMBER 31, 2018

A New Year tradition we started here at C3Centricity back in 2011, is to share our most popular brand building strategies and posts of the year. If you believe that you could be getting better support on your customer understanding and insight development, then these ten ideas will take you a long way to doing this in 2019.

Brands 208

Brands Strategy Customer Journeys Infographics 208

Strativity

MARCH 7, 2023

Brands need a strategy that incorporates generative AI. The sudden availability of this technology has brought with it challenges and opportunities for brands of every size, and this impact cannot be ignored. Why does ChatGPT matter to brands? Consider the past 10 years you have spent cultivating your brand personality.

Brands 98

Brands Analytics Consumers Technology 98

Blake Morgan

AUGUST 15, 2022

How do you move an iconic brand towards the future? That was the question Harry Overly, President and CEO of Sun-Maid, faced when he took over the company in 2017. The brand had vast stores of emotional equity, not to mention the familiarity and fondness for its iconic red raisin boxes.

Feedback 59

Feedback Brands Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 59

ReviewTrackers

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Reputation marketing is a way of thinking about your reputation in the same way you think about your marketing – the more positive your brand’s reputation, the more growth you can deliver. Companies like Apple get a huge value from their reputation as a user-friendly company that provides great customer experience. In fact, 63.6

Brands 104

Brands Marketing Social Media Sports 104

Lumoa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

There’s no denying that customer journey and customer experience are hugely important to the success or failure of a business. You want to keep your customers happy. One of the places in which the customer journey rises or falls is customer service. What is the Customer Journey? Read on and see.

Customer Journeys 208

Customer Journeys Customer Service Poor Customer Service Loyalty 208

Win the Customer

MAY 15, 2018

Abercrombie & Fitch is counting on direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales to counter the retail apocalypse, Columbus Business First reports. leases expiring over the next two years, the fashion brand saw a 4 percent increase in sales, largely thanks to direct-to-consumer sales. billion a year to $5 billion.

Retail 110

Retail Consumers Sales Industry 110

Comm100

DECEMBER 22, 2016

We hope your customer service department saw a lot of improvements in 2016. But no matter where you stand at the end of the year, every team is wondering the same thing: what will 2017 bring? Third party messaging applications, like Facebook messenger and Kik, will become mainstream channels for customer service.

Omni-Channel 80

Omni-Channel Trends Multi-Channel Customer Service 80

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

Customers expect top-notch service, with no patience or loyalty for companies that don’t provide it. The result is that businesses lose customers instead of the growth they’d planned. Customers value the quality of customer service as much as price and quality of products. Your customers want to help themselves.

Omni-Channel 95

Omni-Channel Self Service Trends Multi-Channel 95

Second to None

APRIL 3, 2018

Capturing new customers is a foundational pillar of a successful fast-casual restaurant brand, but the ability to retain these first-time patrons is the true signifier of a leading Customer Experience. In fact, the industry has accrued seven straight years of positive growth, totaling $780 billion dollars in 2017.[1]

Brands 63

Brands Consumers Rewards Programs Loyalty 63

Alida

DECEMBER 22, 2016

We’ve collected 10 of the most insightful predictions that we believe will define not just 2017, but also the years ahead. Likewise, companies must get closer to their customers—both local and international—to continue to deliver products and services that are relevant and valuable to their target market. Global uncertainty.

Trends 0

Trends Social Media Advertising e-support 0

delighted

JUNE 3, 2021

Consumer spending plunged amidst lay-offs and shelter-in-place orders. Niche and boutique stores without an online presence suffered the most, as consumers migrated to big box stores and online shopping to satisfy all their shopping needs in fewer trips. Omnichannel retail not only implies a brand’s presence in multiple channels (e.g.

Omni-Channel 101

Omni-Channel Retail Consumers Trends 101

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 3, 2017

Some interesting, if not surprising, news from the customer experience world recently. Forrester recently released their US 2017 Customer Experience Index , which goes through data from 120,000 online consumers to rank 300 brands across 21 industries. Customers actually want more of the emotional side of it.

Customer Experience 236

Customer Experience Travel Touchpoint Connections 236

Lumoa

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Customer experience consists of countless details, but at the end, it all comes to what a customer thinks of your brand. Sometimes, you think your brand and customer experience are the same thing. Brands are often missing that “social media” is a social platform. One way is right in front of you.

Social Media 273

Social Media Examples Customer Experience Advertising 273

ProProfs Chat

JULY 30, 2021

Be it a small or a big business, good brand perception is the common business goal. The ultimate verdict on any brand is given by its customers. Brand perception is a crucial indicator of how well your customers are able to connect with your brand: What are their feelings and emotions when they think of you?

Brands 111

Brands Net Promoter Score Social Media e-support 111

Joe Rawlinson

AUGUST 9, 2017

Mobile technology has been changing consumer expectations for both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers, making it more challenging to deliver satisfactory customer service. The 2017 IBM Consumer Experience Index (CEI) Study says only 3.4 percent of brands are delivering leading-edge customer experience , while 33.5

Omni-Channel 104

Omni-Channel Self Service Consumers Meeting 104

COPC

JULY 21, 2017

The 2017 Customer Experience Management Benchmark (CXMB) Series Consumer Edition report is in development and will be ready for publication on September 19, 2017. will present the findings of the full CXMB report during the Customer Response Summit (CRS) in Chicago, September 19-21, hosted by Execs In The Know.

Report 40

Report Consumers Customer Experience Management Groups 40

ReviewTrackers

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Corporate reputation management is a combination of strategies that are used to shape consumer perception of your brand. Today, consumers rely on current customers to tell them whether or not a business is worth their time and money. There is only one way a customer can start a journey with your brand.

Management 123

Management Social Media Culture Advertising 123

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices.

Customer Experience 354

Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 354

SuiteCX

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We all know that customer landscape is changing quickly. Over 90% of customers have higher expectations than they did last year and 64% of consumers switch some service providers every year (source: Accenture research). Customers aren’t your only problem. Reduce your costs on things that customers don’t value.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys Self Service Analytics Exercises 100

SuiteCX

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We all know that customer landscape is changing quickly. Over 90% of customers have higher expectations than they did last year and 64% of consumers switch some service providers every year (source: Accenture research). Customers aren’t your only problem. Reduce your costs on things that customers don’t value.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys Self Service Analytics Exercises 100

Eptica

MARCH 21, 2019

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2019 Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder How does CX impact brand trust? Author: Olivier Njamfa - CEO & Co-Founder Trust is central to any brand’s relationship with its customers. The study found that the key to creating trust is to simply to do what customers expect of you.

Brands 80

Brands Self Service Insurance Fashion 80

Currency Alliance

APRIL 11, 2018

Consumers love confidence. On evidence, true customer loyalty is won through projecting self-assuredness, generosity and boldness through your brand. As consumer marketing agency C Space puts it in their 2017 report, “Unlocking Customer Inspired Growth,”. Consumer brands used to mistake this for loyalty.

Consumers 45

Consumers Brands Loyalty Effort Score 45

ShepHyken

MARCH 13, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 47 Social Media Statistics to Bookmark for 2017 by Alex York. My Comment: It has been said that customer service is the new marketing. 89% of social media messages to brands go ignored. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Social Media 89

Social Media Customer Service Infographics Retail 89

Second to None

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In 2017, 954 pizza chain establishments opened in North America in addition to the already saturated market.[1] 1] Beyond a great tasting pie, price, convenience and sheer-availability are the major factors that push consumers towards these restaurants. The first step to achieving success in this segment is offering a great product.

Brands 74

Brands Measurement Customer Centricity Poor Customer Service 74

ReviewTrackers

APRIL 10, 2017

Key Takeaways from ReviewTrackers Local Search and Online Reviews Survey 2017. Over 50 percent of consumers often or always check out online reviews, while only 34 percent seek out information on discounts and pricing. percent of consumers say that at least half of their searches result in a visit to a local business.

Survey 101

Survey Social Media Automotive Analysis 101

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Experience Mapping: How to Create Smoother, More Effortless Journeys by Hutch Morzaria. The author has an interesting twist and discusses the move from a customer journey map to a customer experience map. It’s a tease.

Customer Journeys 79

Customer Journeys Customer Service Infographics Innovation 79

CX Journey

DECEMBER 20, 2017

An effective customer service solution has always been a tool that helps businesses stand out. However, customers recently have come to expect more from businesses in terms of service, forming a landscape that’s saturated with options, and thus hyper-competitive. This makes for a strong brand image that’ll remain on their minds.

Communication 137

Communication Brands Social Media Touchpoint 137

ShepHyken

APRIL 3, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Track Shines at Social Media Marketing World by Dan Gingiss. In 2016, the conference organizers added a Customer Service track to the list of 20 or so other tracks. Want Loyal Customers? by AJ Agrawal .

Social Media 76

Social Media Customer Service Hotels Hospitality 76

Clarabridge

JANUARY 4, 2017

As a discipline, customer experience is growing up. Here are 19 fundamental customer experience stats for 2017 to show you where CX stands, and where it is headed. People are still looking for a good customer experience. 45% of customers are willing to pay more for better customer service 1. trillion 1.

Customer Experience 51

Customer Experience Self Service Return on Investment Competitive Advantage 51

Michelli Experience

MAY 1, 2018

Once upon a time, brands purchased advertisements which effectively influenced prospective buyers. In those days, consumers were at the mercy of advertising claims made across traditional outlets (e.g., The report seems to point out that the customer baseline is distrust — and brands have to work from there to gain it back.

Social Media 185

Social Media Customer Experience Advertising Multi-Channel 185

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Social media has changed the rules of customer service. There was a time when if a customer wanted to complain, they’d have to dial the customer service number and then wait in a queue for 10, 20 or 30 minutes. It’s therefore not surprising that many businesses have concerns about social media customer service.

Omni-Channel 253

Omni-Channel Customer Service Social Media Customers 253

Eptica

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 UK brands struggling with digital customer experience. Published on: November 01, 2017. Author: Pauline Ashenden The rapid rise of digital channels and mobile devices means it’s easier than ever for consumers to engage and ask questions of brands they want to do business with.

Brands 49

Brands Customer Experience Self Service Social Media 49

BlueOcean

JANUARY 21, 2020

Blue Ocean, a world leader in customer care solutions, was named a Finalist today in the “Customer Service Success – Technology Industries” category in the 14 th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Our solutions, and our teams, are founded on the relentless pursuit of customer satisfaction.

Customer Service 156

Customer Service Insurance Conference Customer Satisfaction 156

Vonage

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Social media has changed the rules of customer service. There was a time when if a customer wanted to complain, they’d have to dial the customer service number and then wait in a queue for 10, 20 or 30 minutes. It’s therefore not surprising that many businesses have concerns about social media customer service.

Omni-Channel 253

Omni-Channel Customer Service Social Media Customers 253