Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As we all take the time to think about improving strategies for focusing on customer-driven growth, join me as we revisit 5 of my most popular blog posts of the year. If you’re ever in need of a bit of inspiration or guidance for your customer experience implementation, this is the content you can come back to time after time.

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Self Service Customer Experience Chatbots Chief Customer Officer 141

Experience Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Employee Engagement is one of Temkin Group’s Four CX Core Competencies. In other words, you can’t be customer-centric unless you have a highly engaged workforce. Make sure to visit our Employee Engagement Page. Here are links to download different versions of the infographic: Infographic: in .png poster: in .jpg

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Employee Engagement Infographics Engagement Customer Centricity 218

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. According to Gartner’s annual CMO spend survey, as customer experience becomes the key to gaining a competitive advantage, CMOs will spend more on tech to support their CX goals.

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Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 100

Calabrio

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With 2016 behind us, we’re wondering what we can glean from the flurry of predictions, prophecies and prognostications for 2017. According to Gartner’s annual CMO spend survey, as customer experience becomes the key to gaining a competitive advantage, CMOs will spend more on tech to support their CX goals.

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Trends Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center 100

Alida

JULY 17, 2017

On July 13 2017, over two hundred Vision Critical customers, insights, marketing and CX professionals gathered in Sydney for the Asia Pacific Customer Intelligence Summit, Vision Critical’s 7th annual customer summit. Creating shared value is essential for developing an authentic brand and truly connecting with customers.

Customer Experience 172

Customer Experience Hotels Survey Loyalty Programs 172

Storyminers

JUNE 3, 2022

Kampyle, now part of Medallia, published this interview as a kick-off to their Emerging Trends in Customer Experience series in 2016. We’ve updated it for 2017. Together, we worked on the wireless drive-thru experience for McDonald’s. Steve taught me how to design a business to be adaptive to its customers’ needs.

Trends 147

Trends Customer Experience Wireless Entertainment 147

Alida

DECEMBER 20, 2017

We’re wrapping up 2017 with a recap of the biggest stories of the year from the Vision Critical blog. These organizations prioritize customer insight, leveraging data and analytics in every step of their decision-making. Edelman’s 2017 Trust Barometer suggests that the world today is suffering from an implosion of trust.

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Retail Study Innovation ROI 154

Experience Matters

APRIL 20, 2017

We are finally seeing a movement by the general business world to seriously focus on the role and value of employees, which is why “Embracing Employee Engagement” is one of our 2017 CX Trends. Temkin Group has viewed employee engagement as a critical foundation for customer experience since our inception.

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Employee Engagement Employee Experience Engagement Trends 218

Experience Matters

APRIL 3, 2017

We just published a Temkin Group report, 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings, UK. This is the same customer experience benchmark that we’ve been publishing for U.S. The UK Temkin Experience Ratings is a cross-industry, open-standard benchmark of customer experience. firms over the past seven years.

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Report Groups Consumers Industry 185

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.

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Trends Self Service Customer Experience Customer Journeys 143

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.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Roadmap Customers 81

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Over the last 10 years we have had the pleasure of working with many global organisations, across many sectors; retail, financial services, telecoms, technology, hospitality, professional services on the design and implementation of their Branded Customer Experience * (BCE) programmes.

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Tips Brands Customer Experience Competitive Advantage 267

GetFeedback

JULY 24, 2018

Today, customers can interact with companies in more ways than ever, across unique channels, devices, and time zones. A customer might see a company’s ad, visit their website, browse their products, read customer reviews, and go on their way—all without speaking to a single human. What is customer experience, really?

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Video Customer Experience How To Customer Journeys 277

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. Social interaction and engagement is what makes your brand personal and builds connection to the audience.

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Social Media Examples Customer Experience Advertising 273

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.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Trends Multi-Channel 95

Esteban Kolsky

JANUARY 27, 2017

I shared with you first the model for Customer Service Usage and Adoption , then the one for Data Usage in the Enterprise , followed by Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise , and Platforms and Ecosystems. This is the final topic: Customer Experiences and Engagement. True, trust me. Anything I missed?

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Engagement Customer Experience Case Study Study 60

Esteban Kolsky

JANUARY 27, 2017

I shared with you first the model for Customer Service Usage and Adoption , then the one for Data Usage in the Enterprise , followed by Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise , and Platforms and Ecosystems. This is the final topic: Customer Experiences and Engagement. True, trust me. Anything I missed?

Engagement 60

Engagement Customer Experience Case Study Study 60

Alida

JUNE 1, 2017

The conference promises to provide actionable information to help automakers, dealers and finance companies improve customer experience. How Cadillac put customers in the driver’s seat in the luxury hybrid market. The connection between the employee and customer experience. When: June 21, 9:15 am – 10 am.

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Automotive Conference Retail Employee Engagement 157

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.

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Omni-Channel Consumers Self Service Social Media 218

InMoment XI

MAY 4, 2022

We all know that employee loyalty is important , but oftentimes we forget how employee loyalty is connected with customer loyalty and how loyal employees contribute to the success of the entire business. Profit and growth are stimulated primarily by customer loyalty. Loyalty is a direct result of customer satisfaction.

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Loyalty Call Center Leadership Call Center Solutions 580

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I always say that Customer Experience is a journey, not a destination. After all, once you arrive, it is already time to refine your experience more. So, celebrate your successes for 2017 but prepare for new challenges in 2018. Is a ‘Human Free’ Experience the Future? Who Wins—Brand or Customer Experienc e?

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Net Promoter Score NPS Advertising e-support 119

Experience Matters

JANUARY 9, 2017

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2017. This report has rich insights about both B2B and B2C customer experience. The report provides insights from eight finalists in the Temkin Group’s 2016 CX Excellence Awards. Here’s the […].

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Report B2C B2B Groups 120

Experience Matters

JANUARY 9, 2017

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2017. This report has rich insights about both B2B and B2C customer experience. The report provides insights from eight finalists in the Temkin Group’s 2016 CX Excellence Awards. Here’s the […].

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Report B2C B2B Groups 120

Michelli Experience

MAY 1, 2018

Social Media Influencer Marketing is becoming one of the most effective ways to attract customers and opens up a new channel for brands to connect with consumers directly, amplify their message and increase buzz and brand awareness. Does the influencer have an engaged niche audience you haven’t been able to otherwise attract to your brand?”.

Social Media 185

Social Media Customer Experience Advertising Multi-Channel 185

CloudCherry

MARCH 12, 2018

Believe it or not, companies aren’t doing a great job at Customer Experience. Forrester’s 2017 CX Index for UK companies has revealed that customer experience quality has declined for most companies and verticals. Staying ahead of your customers also makes it easier for you to stay ahead of competition.

Customer Journeys 170

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Touchpoint Analytics 170

CloudCherry

MARCH 12, 2018

Believe it or not, companies aren’t doing a great job at Customer Experience. Forrester’s 2017 CX Index for UK companies has revealed that customer experience quality has declined for most companies and verticals. Staying ahead of your customers also makes it easier for you to stay ahead of competition.

Customer Journeys 170

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Touchpoint Analytics 170

ijgolding

AUGUST 6, 2018

The irony (life is full of so many of them) in me choosing to make use of travelling time to write about my favourite subject, is that the experience of travelling on either a train or an aeroplane is rarely one that I will remember. In 2017, I travelled on the train to London approximately 25 times. In 2017, I flew on 85 aircraft.

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Travel Transportation Airlines 148

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. We’ve updated it for 2017. Together, we worked on the wireless drive-thru experience for McDonald’s. Steve taught me how to design a business to be adaptive to its customers’ needs.

Trends 171

Trends Customer Experience Wireless Entertainment 171

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

This week we feature an article by Lindsay Tjepkema who writes about how artificial intelligence marketing (AIM) is becoming more important to our success in engaging with customers. Below are a few ways AIM can create higher levels of customer engagement. There is a wealth of customer data available to marketers today.

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Customer Engagement Engagement Marketing Fashion 193

Calabrio

JANUARY 19, 2017

At Calabrio, we know that to achieve those goals, successful companies are constantly analyzing what is and is not resonating with customers and driving those insights back into the business. Companies Will Deploy Employee Engagement Practices Geared Toward Millennials. Engaged employees = #customerengagement.

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Customer Satisfaction Brands Strategy Contact Center 100

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

As I look back at an article I previously wrote – What will CX Look Like in 2017 , I’m excited to see some of the progress that has been made in the industry. There’s a continuing focus on brands improving customer experience to lead customer-driven growth. You have to treat your customers as assets Click To Tweet.

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Trends Customer Experience Customer Insights Customers 204

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

Customer Bliss

APRIL 12, 2019

Are you responsible for building an entirely new customer experience path for your organization? Monica Whiting , Vice President of Customer Experience at TECO energy , shares tactics and plans to help you strategize short-term and long-term goals for CX, regardless of your industry.

Customer Experience 162

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Leadership Analysis 162

NICE inContact

JUNE 28, 2017

Technology has dramatically changed consumer expectations over the last 10 years with companies who want to lead in the digital customer experience finding ways to utilize technology in smarter ways. So what trends will have an impact in 2017? Digital Customer Experience Trends, 2017, Forrester, February 7, 2017.

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Report Self Service Customer Experience Trends 120

Storyminers

JULY 28, 2018

Take a recent experience of my own involving British Gas, where upon being let down on a maintenance agreement and requesting to lodge a complaint, I entered into their process to be told the complaints team would get back to me within 8, yes 8 weeks! Give them confidence that you care as a company for their business.

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Customer Experience Social Media Customers Chatbots 138