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35 Indicators that a Company Isn’t Customer-Centric

CX Accelerator

It’s at that point I realized that I never received an email from the airline after booking my flight. Surely customer support could help me sort this out. I sent the airline a direct message on X (formerly Twitter) and within an hour they were able to resend to an alternate email address. 5) put profits before purpose.

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Perfect These Three Things To Curate A Great Customer Experience

Second to None

Here are three fundamental tools for building a superior customer-service strategy. I recently had a meeting with a marketing executive from an airline. But it’s their customers—their very pissed-off customers—who are doing the marketing for them. Think beyond marketing. I asked him how his marketing campaigns were going.

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Are You Protecting Your Brand From Potentially Dangerous Viral Moments?

Second to None

Another example of a negative moment invading the zeitgeist and greatly impacting the reputation of a national brand occurred in April 2018, on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Kentucky. In this instance, a customer who refused to give up his seat after the airline overbooked his flight was violently removed from the aircraft.

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North America’s Must-Attend Customer Service Strategy Meeting Hits NYC

CSM Magazine

The Summit provides a space for us to learn best practices from each other and about new technologies from sponsoring vendors.” – Michelle Buckley, Director of Operations, Customer Relations/Rapid Rewards, Southwest Airlines. Director of Operations, Customer Relations/Rapid Rewards, Southwest Airlines.

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Winning the Battle for Customers: A Dinner Conversation with Bay Area Financial Services Leaders

West Monroe

That said, there’s growing group of companies that are showing real commitment, and they are steadily making the right moves to up their game, stand-out from the pack, and become CX leaders: Delta Airlines, Tricare, SoCal Gas, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Suntrust, and Best Buy to name a few. Few hands went up.

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Customer-Centric Voice of the Customer

ClearAction

Customer-Centric Voice of the Customer Lynn Hunsaker. Customer-centric voice of the customer may seem automatic: it’s the customer’s voice, so isn’t it automatically customer-centric? Customer-Centric Examples. Pace Asking and Acting.

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Top 50 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Storyminers

Augie Ray is a Vice President Analyst covering customer experience (CX) for marketing and CX leaders. Bob Thompson is an international authority on customer-centric business management who has researched and shaped leading industry trends since 1998. Lincoln Murphy is a Growth Consultant focused on customer-centric growth.