Kayako

JANUARY 12, 2017

It’s easy to rush into 2017 without appreciating the good parts of 2016: there is now a lot of great content out there that supports you, the customer advocating superhero! How do you round off a year that’s been so good to the customer service industry? Why Customer Development Is Crucial to Every Business’ Success.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Effort Score Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity 120

ClearAction

DECEMBER 31, 2016

2017 Customer Experience Resolutions Lynn Hunsaker. What’s new in 2017 customer experience management? Let’s take a look at 5 ways to accelerate results that your customers and investors will both reward: Customer Service — resolve to prevent recurrence of issues.

Customer Experience 81

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Roadmap Customers 81

Experience Matters

JUNE 12, 2017

Every organization makes some mistakes, so an important area of loyalty is the willingness of customers to forgive them. This year we’re publishing the 2017 Temkin Forgiveness Ratings, UK, which evaluates 157 companies across 16 industries based on a survey of 5,000 […].

Groups 161

Groups Loyalty Industry Measurement 161

Experience Matters

AUGUST 29, 2017

Temkin Group has labelled 2017 The Year of Purpose, so we have been examining the topic of purpose across many different angles. One of the areas we are interested in is the impact that a person’s level of purpose and meaning has on how they behave as an employee and customer. In our latest U.S.

Study 434

Study Loyalty Groups Consumers 434

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. How to overcome those challenges?

Customer Experience 354

Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 354

Experience Matters

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We published a Temkin Group report, Net Promoter Score Benchmark Study, 2017. Here’s the executive summary: Many large companies use Net Promoter® Score (NPS) to evaluate their customers’ loyalty. consumers.

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Net Promoter Score Study Report NPS 133

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.

Customer Experience 183

Customer Experience Effort Score Omni-Channel Retail 183

Experience Matters

JUNE 12, 2017

Every organization makes some mistakes, so an important area of loyalty is the willingness of customers to forgive them. This year we’re publishing the 2017 Temkin Forgiveness Ratings, UK, which evaluates 157 companies across 16 industries based on a survey of 5,000 […].

Groups 120

Groups Loyalty Industry Measurement 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.

Omni-Channel 218

Omni-Channel Consumers Self Service Social Media 218

Experience Matters

APRIL 10, 2017

We just published the 2017 Temkin Forgiveness Ratings. Every organization makes some mistakes, so an important area of loyalty is […]. Every organization makes some mistakes, so an important area of loyalty is […]. It uses feedback from 10,000 U.S. pdf)) after they make a mistake.

Loyalty 159

Loyalty Consumers Industry Feedback 159

CloudCherry

JULY 18, 2018

Customer experience is becoming an increasingly popular topic, with many forward-thinking businesses thinking it can set them apart in today’s highly competitive landscape. Compared to their competitors, experience-driven businesses grew their revenue 1.4 times the customer lifetime value of other companies.

Customer Experience Management 170

Customer Experience Management Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Management 170

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 116

ReviewTrackers

MAY 8, 2017

Customer experience (CX) — defined as “the cumulative impact of all interactions and experiences between your business and the customer, at every touchpoint across the entire customer journey, and viewed entirely from your customer’s perspective” — has become one of today’s most important business benchmarks.

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Conference Omni-Channel Customer Journeys Customer Experience 50

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.

Customer Experience 51

Customer Experience Self Service Return on Investment Competitive Advantage 51

CSM Magazine

MAY 30, 2017

Your ultimate resource to the key CX investment areas for 2017 and how to make the most from your vendor partnerships. There is no denying that in 2017 for organisations to stay ahead of their competitors and differentiate themselves within the market, they need to focus on providing an excellent customer experience.

Customer Journeys 40

Customer Journeys Customer Experience ROI Report 40

NICE inContact

JUNE 6, 2017

inContact believes that the customer experience (CX) and the customer’s satisfaction are critical to the long-term success of our business. After all, the entire foundation behind inContact and our solutions is to help contact centers transform their customers’ experiences! How inContact “Walks the CX Talk”.

Customer Experience 151

Customer Experience Contact Center Fashion Customer Journeys 151

Experience Matters

MARCH 16, 2017

We labelled 2016 as The Year of Emotion and operationalizing emotion is one of our 2017 CX trends. Any regular reader of this blog likely knows that emotion is a key topic for Temkin Group. As part of our push to drive more detailed discussions about emotion, we examined the emotions that consumers feel after specific interactions.

Interaction 240

Interaction Loyalty Trends Groups 240

Oracle

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Investing in better customer experience (CX) may significantly contribute to revenue growth and customer loyalty. According to Gartner , “More than two-thirds of marketers responsible for CX say their companies compete mostly on the basis of CX, according to the 2017 Gartner Customer Experience in Marketing Survey.

Customer Experience 87

Customer Experience Interaction Customers Loyalty 87

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The Customer is Always Right by Richard Shapiro. TCFCR) “The customer is always right” is a mantra urging service staff to give high priority to customer satisfaction. My Comment: Is the customer really right? Well worth it!

Customer Service 81

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Loyalty Trends 81

Clarabridge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

It’s *your* turn to take the stage and show us how you’ve been innovating and improving your customer’s experience. We are excited to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2017 Clarabridge Customer Experience Champion (CxC) awards – North America. Who can apply? What’s in it for you?

Customer Experience 49

Customer Experience Hotels Airlines Social Media 49

CX Accelerator

JUNE 19, 2018

But what happens when we are sitting behind a computer screen looking at call centre costs racking up from repeat callers or negative customer survey results? Do we empathize with the experiences our customers are having? Rather we should seek out opportunities where more empathy can be shown to our customers.

Customer Experience 159

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Groups Airlines 159

ijgolding

JANUARY 17, 2017

In my exclusive column for CustomerThink in October 2016, I shared my ‘top tips’ for creating the right culture to enable an organisation to become genuinely customer centric. In November 2016 I did so with tip number 1 – how to make Customer Experience a priority for the whole company – you can read it here.

Customer Experience 168

Customer Experience How To Customer Centricity Tips 168

Talkdesk

OCTOBER 23, 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. How To Design Customer Experiences To Create Fans. the customer expectations.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience How To Video Government 40

Clarabridge

JULY 20, 2017

Show us how you’re delivering state-of-the-art customer experiences! We are excited to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2017 Clarabridge Customer Experience Champion (CXC) awards – Europe. Award winners belong to an exclusive circle of leaders and innovators in customer experience.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Multi-Channel Hotels Social Media 40

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.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Self Service Return on Investment Competitive Advantage 40

Talkdesk

OCTOBER 23, 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. How To Design Customer Experiences To Create Fans. the customer expectations.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience How To Video Government 40

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That type of simple recognition goes a great way in building loyalty with customers. This presentation is about driving customer engagement, and how the loyalty industry is transforming in order to engage with the mid-tail and long-tail customer. Loyalty programs must evolve to keep customers engaged.

Loyalty 98

Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking 98

ShepHyken

APRIL 24, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Hidden Secrets of Exceptional Customer Service From Amazon, PriceFixer, Netflix and Tesla You Could use to Command Your Customers’ Loyalty by Vicky Law. (The My Comment: Want to learn from some of the masters of customer service?

Customer Service 69

Customer Service Customer Service Training Loyalty Exceptional Customer Service 69

ijgolding

APRIL 25, 2017

In April 2014, I wrote an article entitled, ‘Common Sense – The Not So Magic Customer Experience Ingredient’ – If you did not, or do not want to read it, I told two quite ridiculous tales of the lack of application of common sense. at an experience I had in a four star hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Airlines 164

Airlines Hotels Customer Experience Connections 164

ijgolding

DECEMBER 14, 2017

As a prolific writer on the subject of Customer Experience, I feel as though every article I publish is a reflection of sorts. I first became aware of job roles containing the words, ‘Customer Experience’ in the early noughties. Unusual – yet those who know me will agree that I often am!

Customer Experience 164

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Customers 164

CloudCherry

JULY 25, 2018

What better way is there to learn about delivering an amazing customer experience than examining how the best in the business do it? Respondents were asked a series of questions on topics including their customer experience programs , introducing new technology, and optimizing human capital. Social responsibility. “75%

Technology 170

Technology Brands Customer Experience Omni-Channel 170

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.

Loyalty Programs 76

Loyalty Programs Customer Service Loyalty Retail 76

Clarabridge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

It’s *your* turn to take the stage and show us how you’ve been innovating and improving your customer’s experience. We are excited to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2017 Clarabridge Customer Experience Champion (CxC) awards – North America. Who can apply? What’s in it for you?

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Hotels Airlines Social Media 40

The DiJulius Group

AUGUST 17, 2021

In 2020, almost 90% of organizations reported that they have a Chief Experience Officer (CXO), according to Gartner. This is a significant increase from 2017 when more than 35% of companies did not have a CXO on their team. Read Full Article.

Company 138

Company Loyalty Groups Report 138

CustomerGauge

MAY 9, 2017

You’ll hear the word “customer-centricity” a lot from companies on the cutting edge of customer experience. This year, Sciformix won the coveted 2017 Frost&Sullivan Award for Global Customer Service Leadership, which recognizes those companies demonstrating superior performance […].

Loyalty 60

Loyalty Customer Centricity Leadership Customers 60

Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

What’s more, Gartner also found that the top three emerging technologies expected to have the biggest impact on CX projects in the next three years include artificial intelligence (53%), virtual customer assistants and chatbots (39%), and omnichannel engagement solutions (37%). Accelerating customer engagement.

Chatbots 92

Chatbots Customer Experience Omni-Channel Customer Experience Professionals 92

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This week we feature an article by Jess Mizerak discussing the future of brand loyalty and how to continue to be successful in the world of E-commerce. We want the customer to feel a sense of ownership in the relationship they have with us. That’s what your loyalty program should do. – Shep Hyken. Is your brand eco-focused?

Customer Centricity 73

Customer Centricity Loyalty Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 73