Customer Guru

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The Customer Experience Buzz. Customer experience is becoming more important with every passing year. I, however, believe that customer experience is becoming a part of the boardroom discussion in companies. Each year, a new wave of technological advancements is introduced to customers.

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Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Customer experience has been a buzzword for several years and is only heating up. Many companies experience numerous challenges in the ares of customer experience transformation. We talked with the leading customer experience experts to find out what CX professionals should pay attention in the coming years. “CX

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Circular Edge

MARCH 4, 2024

As a Platinum Partner of Quest Oracle Community, Circular Edge will showcase how Oracle JD Edwards customers have leveraged the latest tools and technologies to adopt code current and cloud strategies, improve user experiences and transform business processes during INFOCUS, which will be held August 20-22 in Denver, Colorado.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. A 4-Step Formula to Create Freakishly Loyal Customers by Josh Linkner. Josh Linkner) In our transactional world of fickle customers, how do we snag the prize? Josh Linkner, innovation guru, shares four core ideas that build loyalty.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The first week of October is both Customer Service Week and the week of CX Day! This week of celebrating success through CX and better customer service is an important reminder that we all serve a role in this. But customer service has a special place in the way a customer feels about your brand! Here are a few ideas.

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Customer Alignment

DECEMBER 18, 2017

This year, customer experience has broadly been recognised by the business community as a key imperative and growth driver. The ‘ Experience Economy’ first conceptualised by Pine & Gilmore back in 1998 is here. As I was considering ‘what to expect in 2018’, I took a step back and contemplated 2017.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Opentalk 2017 was packed with thought leadership from some of the most customer-centric leaders and companies of our time. The Opentalk 2017 Video Library is your team’s chance to re-experience those speaking sessions. Empowering Customers By Design. Aly Habib, Director of Customer Experience, Indochino.

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Verint

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Verint is pleased to be a finalist in the 2017 Digital Innovation Awards by Ventana Research in the Customer Excellence category for Verint Digital Feedback Management. Simply said, if a customer can say it, write it or click it, we can collect, analyze and take action on it.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 28, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. The Contact Center Playbook for Improving Customer Satisfaction [Whitepaper] by Nicolina Savelli. Artificial Intelligence: The Customer Experience Imperative by Bob Hayes. While nearly every major U.S.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. How to Become a More Customer Centric Business in 5 Steps b y Mark Sallows. FitSmallBusiness) Customer centric businesses invest the whole team focus on supporting their prospective and existing customers. My Comment: Thomas A.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. The top five things you hate most about customer service by Sarah Ingrams . Whether you’re buying new gadgets, planning a holiday or managing your finances, everyone has to deal with customer service from time to time.

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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. Meet Our Panel of Customer Experience Pros: Daisy Jing. We make it a priority to respond to our customers as quickly as possible. Sasha Tenodi. Wendy Glavin. Casey Tibbs.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 27, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Experience, Innovation and the Slow Death of Famed Brands by Augie Ray. The reason comes in the form of a question: Is your brand preparing for tomorrow’s customers’ needs?”. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 30, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. My Comment: Southwest airlines continues to shine bright in the airline industry with their relentless focus on their customers. Keep these in mind the next time a customer service crisis occurs. Digital Customers Less Loyal by Tanya Gazdik.

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Blake Morgan

MARCH 13, 2023

Looking to be customer-centric? Companies with female CEOs aren’t just more profitable —they also tend to lead in customer experience. Women thrive in customer-centric roles. Her focus on customers and innovation. Her focus on customers and innovation. It pays to have a female leader.

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Oracle

JANUARY 13, 2020

Like years past , day 1 of the event was full of the hottest retail trends, technology, innovators, and predictions for the year to come. Ton stressed that it takes courage and conviction for retail leaders to make changes and create processes that prioritize employees and customers, but that change is possible. Courtesy of NRF.

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Forrester

APRIL 3, 2017

Successful business leaders drive their organizations to create experiences that continually meet or exceed customer expectations. I recently caught up with one of our keynote speakers -- Christine Corbett, chief customer officer at Australia Post -- to discuss the importance of creating and nurturing a CX-driven culture.

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Storyminers

MAY 21, 2020

This post first appeared in CMO Australia in late 2017. Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital transformation and customer experience. That’s the view of managing principal of Storyminers and experience design expert, Mike Wittenstein. That costs money. Change by design.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. Is The Customer Service “Department” Becoming Obsolete? TCFCR) Let’s face it, most Customer Service Departments were created, and still exist, to deal with a mismatch between customer expectations and what a business delivers.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 How to make your organization truly customer centric. Published on: November 08, 2017. Author: Olivier Njamfa We all know that today it’s vital to put customers at the heart of your business. How do you become more customer centric? I am going to focus on four of them here.

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Horizon CX

MAY 14, 2018

I suppose that’s natural when, as passionate CX practitioners, we want to impact the business world in a way that is congruent with our beliefs, knowledge, skills, and experience. Customer Focus (CX insights and integrated solutions). Innovation (ideas and new opportunities). Nimbleness (agility and simplification).

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ShepHyken

JULY 24, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. What do older generations want from customer service? The point is, don’t be misled to think customer service solutions driven by technology or social media doesn’t apply to an older generation. by Roxanne Abercrombie.

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ShepHyken

JULY 17, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. How Enterprise Chatbots Platforms Will Change Customer Service by Murray Newlands. Business2Community) The key to good customer care is making your customer’s experience with your brand seamless, easy, and great.

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LiveChat

AUGUST 3, 2018

It’s easy to envy great brands for their loyal customer base or their fabulous products. However beneath that sheen of success, we don’t get to see the thousands of hours spent in building businesses that are ready to weather any storm, withstand intense competition, and please the most exacting customer. Know your customer.

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Customer Bliss

JANUARY 12, 2017

It’s early 2017 now. Hopefully you have eyes on a customer strategy for this year. I’ll show you the five-competency maturity map in a second, but you can also think of this customer strategy as “crawl, walk, run.” Customer strategy: The five-competency maturity map. Customer strategy: Commit.

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Customer Alignment

JUNE 28, 2017

A massive 87% of UK customers are with one of these Big Six energy suppliers. According to USwitch, UK customers are over-paying for their energy by £3.6bn collectively or £191 per household per annum ! This is because customers are automatically moved onto more expensive tariffs when their fixed deals expire.

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ShepHyken

JULY 24, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. What do older generations want from customer service? The point is, don’t be misled to think customer service solutions driven by technology or social media doesn’t apply to an older generation. by Roxanne Abercrombie.

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Storyminers

JULY 29, 2018

This post first appeared in CMO Australia in late 2017. Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital and customer transformation, and not going deep enough into insights analysis and cultural change. So what can you do to become digital and customer-led by design? That costs money.

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Innovative CX

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Finally, a Pew research study states, “As of 2017 – the most recent year for which data are available – 56 million Millennials (those ages 21 to 36 in 2017) were working or looking for work. What does all this have to do with improving the customer and employee experience in an organization? And now we add Generation Z.

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VDS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As companies scrambled to drive efficiencies and cut costs, they adopted new ways to improve the experience for both the employee and the customer. There are many innovative ways to improve the experience for both your employees and customers. More, customers want seamless, effortless experiences.

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Storyminers

JULY 29, 2018

This post first appeared in CMO Australia in late 2017. Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital transformation and customer experience. That’s the view of managing principal of Storyminers and experience design expert, Mike Wittenstein. That costs money. Change by design.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The Hidden Costs of Poor Internal Customer Service By Joanne Wortman. Integrify) Of course, every business understands the need to maintain a high commitment to providing excellent customer service. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Peter Lavers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

As 2017 draws to its close I’ve been taking a look at my blog, twitter and Linkedin activity over the year, and I’d like to share with you my three top choices in four different categories: Most blog engagement. Nedbank – I have walked the customer centricity journey with this great bank for over a decade. 7WDATA from Yves Mulkers.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With the grace of a number of Customer Success communities, we have come a long way to 2022. Where now we see a new avatar of the emerging customer success, with the rise of customer advocacy and expansion putting in greater emphasis on customer onboarding. He is a complete customer-centric growth mastermind.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. They have not only brought new perspectives on the table but have redefined the customer experience exceptionally!

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 23, 2019

If you were to answer a question, “What is that one thing that customers hate the most? . Customers don’t want to go out of their comfort zone to solve their own problems. So what can you do to provide a smooth and delightful experience to customers throughout their journey? But what is customer centricity ?

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Avaya

APRIL 27, 2017

But this May 22-25, when you arrive in Orlando for the 2017 ICMI Contact Center Expo and Conference , we think you’ll be heading for what we like to call the second happiest place on earth. Each year, contact center executives gather for a few days of education on the latest innovations designed to ensure customers have a great experience.

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