Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 5, 2017

Businesses need to be mindful of mistakes they make that impact their employees and customers. Although corporations may have written policies, particularly in relation to customers, it is important to consider the emotional and psychological impact of your mistake. Customer Apologies. Company Apology Guidelines.

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How To Guidelines Customer Journeys Course 133

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

A: Wells Fargo Bank, the latest bank to suffer the scrutiny of the truth and forced to answer for taking advantage of its customers’ trust. Carrie Tolstedt , unit leader of Wells Fargo’s community banking division, is set to retire at the end of this year after 27 years of service.

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Banking Culture Sales Customer Experience 60

SurveySensum

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Recently, I contacted the customer support of an electronics brand to address an AC installation issue. Businesses (their agents) use tactics like offering incentives to customers, badgering or threatening customers, etc, to manipulate their NPS scores. So, how to stop this?

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NPS Customer Centricity Survey Feedback 52

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2016

All of the changes in customer decision-making dynamics, and influences on corporate and brand perception over the past decade or two, have brought business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketplaces to a new frontier. Wells Fargo Scandal. At Wells Fargo, it can be argued that none of these exist.

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Culture Customer Centricity Social Media Banking 60

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 16, 2015

Our Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ Jeannie Walters is in Austin gathering evidence from South By Southwest Interactive. We’ll be laying it all out on the table and breaking out our magical magnifying glass to find out what the latest tech will really mean for customer experience. Free webinar this Thursday.

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Customer Experience Conference Telecommunications Automotive 110

SaleMove

MAY 26, 2020

Given the high expectations towards services we consume, and the examples of Netflix, Amazon and many others, it’s time to look at what some of these customer journeys look like today and where they are headed. What could be a potential customer journey for a Gen Zer looking to open an account or apply for a new product?

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Social Media Self Service Banking Conference 52

Customer Bliss

APRIL 20, 2017

It’s a blog post explaining one angle I think is under-discussed, which is the impact on employees of a brand when an incident like this occurs. On Tuesday, I’ll be doing a “postmortem” podcast on how United has fared in its recovery so far withe the public, employees, shareholders and customers.

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Social Media Airlines Leadership Financial 129

Vocalabs

MAY 12, 2017

Customer Experience. Here are three stories which have one thing in common: Several customers have reported being "fired" from their Ford dealer after providing less-than-perfect ratings on a customer survey. Wells Fargo bankers created millions of fraudulent accounts in order to meet sales and cross-selling quotas.

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Leadership Metrics Banking System 48

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 24, 2017

We can all agree that lying to customers is wrong. From lying on emissions tests like Volkswagen to overstating efficiency performance figures like Mitsubishi, to opening bank accounts your customers didn’t want like Wells Fargo , numerous recent examples exist of brands telling customers lies. Recruiting Now! .

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How To Study Consulting Banking 126

Service Untitled

MARCH 2, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. In December, 2008 Wells Fargo stepped in after the government forced the sale to avoid the failure of Wachovia. My congratulations to a team of professionals for going that extra mile for customers.

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Banking Call Center Government Financial 41

Bold360

JULY 9, 2020

There are those very large financial institutions — the Wells Fargos and Banks of America — that have giant IT budgets and big technology teams that can get CX done. Now, however, the little guys are playing in the big leagues thanks to new technology that can help them deliver a better customer experience.

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Customer Engagement Engagement Chatbots Banking 52

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In a subsequent blog post , company CEO Rose Marcario reported that Patagonia had expected Black Friday sales to reach $2 million. Marcario’s post talked about Patagonia’s grants to environmental groups and then said, “Along with many loyal customers, the initiative attracted thousands who have never purchased from Patagonia before.

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Sales Banking Retail Effort Score 60

Bold360

AUGUST 3, 2020

There are those very large financial institutions — the Wells Fargos and Banks of America — that have giant IT budgets and big technology teams that can get CX done. Now, however, the little guys are playing in the big leagues thanks to new technology that can help them deliver a better customer experience.

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Chatbots Customer Engagement Banking Engagement 52

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 3, 2017

Kairos is probably less well-known. Both are essential in customer experience, and particularly for the role of employees in delivering superior, differentiated value (or in undermining or destroying it). People do not inherently put the customer first, and they certainly don’t do it because their employer expects it.

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Self Service Travel Loyalty Customer Service Representative 76

Gainsight

APRIL 9, 2019

People expect a highly personalized product experience and can easily switch to one of your competitors if they don’t feel their needs are being met. These are potentially frustrating experiences but if you can get ahead of it, users will know what to expect and that you’re actively working to fix it. Wells Fargo.

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Examples Engagement NPS Survey 72

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In the consumer world, satisfaction has only incidental proven connection to customer experience and behavior, and engagement has similar challenges for employees (and customers). The same can be said of engagement, which is simply too limited as applied to both customer and employee behavior. Servant Leadership.

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Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Employee Engagement 60

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. If You Don’t Love Your Customers, Someone Else Will by Melissa Henley. Whether you call it compassion, or kindness or respect, love for customers is key to setting your organization apart. All You Need Is Love.”

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Customer Service Financial Loyalty Tips 14

West Monroe

MAY 31, 2019

While a chatbot or virtual assistant may not be appropriate for every interaction or use case, these tools can work especially well in a number of areas: Customer support and self-service. Customer intake and on-boarding. Customer outreach and preventive interactions. Customer Self-Service. Customer Self-Service.

Banking 40

Banking Financial Self Service Chatbots 40

Grade.us

AUGUST 22, 2017

We’re sorry you had an unpleasant experience. A customer service rep has offered a canned response to a unique customer problem. He was polite enough, so why are customers on the receiving end of this so angry? He was polite enough, so why are customers on the receiving end of this so angry? Absolutely not.

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Social Media Communication Customer Service Marketing 38

Grade.us

JULY 5, 2017

Customers can be tough. These customers pick at your support staff, slowly wearing them down. They experience abuse on a regular basis. Customers approach from a neutral place of need and occasionally a negative place of unhappiness and dissatisfaction. We all know what a horrible customer service experience looks like.

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How To Policies Training Airlines 38

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.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2017

I think I’d much prefer a hearty “Congratulations – well done!” But I see the same thing in the businesses we help at our customer experience consultancy. Mission statements and aspirations are great, but standing alone, they don’t inspire employees or lead to concrete actions that improve the customer experience.

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Consulting Employee Engagement Customer Experience Examples 129

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.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Grade.us

JULY 18, 2017

This one-day event was designed to focus on both online and offline experiences for marketers and brands. Agenda: This event will be hosting a variety of topics, most notably: New Era Selling: Turning Reluctant Buyers into Loyal Customers You & Your Competition: How to Dominate the Competition & Win the Business!

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Conference Case Study Tips Advertising 38

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Several years ago, in worldwide customer service experience research conducted for a major high-tech client, to drive stronger downstream customer behavior, it was found that processes and customer interaction had to take service employees well beyond the basics of knowledge, efficiency, and friendliness.

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Engagement Customer Experience Employee Engagement Consulting 60

SmartMessage Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The increasing popularity of instant messaging platforms created opportunities for engagement via conversational experiences. Many brands made investments to interact with their audiences directly to deliver quick information, accelerate sales stages, and run customer service activities. Almost every industry had chatbot experiences.

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Chatbots Tourism Banking Abandon Rate 49

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For more updates on the contact center space, check out our Blog section. But don’t be too alarmed, voice is still alive and well and remains preferential for complex customer support issues. Not only that, but the majority of contact centers eventually moved to work from home and handled the pandemic well.

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Call Center Industry Contact Center Government 52

Grade.us

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

He blogs over at SEO Theory , where he delivers top-notch advice week after week. Google says they drop completely out of the link graph, but people have run experiments that indicate maybe Google is still doing something with that link. And they go, "Well, maybe I just need more links.". But not everybody is Wikipedia.

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Advertising Video Marketing Strategy 41