Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Continuing with our list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience (CX) influencers (experts, consultants, and authors), we are sharing a few names of leaders leaders that every CX enthusiast must follow and take inspiration from. He specializes in customer experience strategies, customer service engagement, and loyalty.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Through the eyes of Nasser, the areas of leadership, people skills, teamwork, gender equality, and customer service blend into a masterful understanding of corporate culture and the customer experience. Follow Martins on Twitter to see why he was named one of The Huffington Post’s Top 100 Customer Service Management Experts.

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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Consulting 0

Lumoa

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This article addresses the importance of happiness in customer experience, explains how happiness can drive growth and become a competitive advantage, and is inspired by the fireside chat “How can we use the science of happiness in CX?” And it all starts with nurturing your very own happiness to blossom like a sunflower.

Competitive Advantage 208

Competitive Advantage Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score 208

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. Your experience will be very transactional. Most organizations attack the symptom not the cause.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity CEM 154

ijgolding

DECEMBER 14, 2017

I first became aware of job roles containing the words, ‘Customer Experience’ in the early noughties. However, it was not until 2011, with the creation of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), that the role became officially recognised as a profession.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Customers 164

Wootric CX Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Research indicates that when evaluating customer interactions with a product or service, Customer Effort Score, more than CSAT, or even NPS, is the strongest predictor of customer loyalty. Customer experience leaders are finding new applications for the popular Customer Effort Score metric.

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Effort Score Examples Self Service Net Promoter Score 59

Kayako

APRIL 15, 2019

We had the pleasure of hosting customer service and experience expert, Shep Hyken earlier this month for a half hour Q&A session on why customer experience matters so much and what businesses must do to create the best experiences for their customers.

Customer Experience 169

Customer Experience Self Service Hospitality Customer Journeys 169

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 15, 2017

As I always say, what’s happening on the inside of a company is felt on the outside by your customers. – Shep Hyken. Employee engagement is crucial for any organization striving to become more customer-centric. It is also just as crucial for organizations to adopt a strong voice of the customer programme.

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Employee Engagement Customer Centricity Feedback Analytics 119

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 9, 2015

Here are some ways you can educate and empower yourself to be the customer experience champion you want to be. There are now zillions of books (that’s a lot) focusing on customer experience. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience.

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Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals Resources 110

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. Your experience will be very transactional. So the questions are, how Customer-centric are you and how do you know?

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Customer Journeys 60

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. Your experience will be very transactional. So the questions are, how Customer-centric are you and how do you know?

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Customer Journeys 60

Wootric CX Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

These authors, speakers, thought-leaders and dedicated customer experience professionals have all helped contribute to the widespread adoption of CX, not just as a strategy, but as a higher goal. Kia has pioneered the art of Customer Experience by leading businesses through the transition to customer-centric organizations.

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Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals Chief Customer Officer 67

Answer Dash

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Gen Z tends to do more talking with their friends, family, and colleagues about an experience. As I shared in the many case studies in my latest book, Would You Do That To Your Mother? there are tons of companies that reinvent their operations to meet customer goals. Good CX prevails and has a significant business impact.

Chief Customer Officer 52

Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Customer Journeys Case Study 52

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management, and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CustomerThink.com, the world’s largest community dedicated to customer-centric business. Bob Thompson is CEO of CustomerThink Corp., Grant Cardone. It takes commitment, but it works. Micah Solomon.

Industry 100

Industry Culture Metrics Customer Centricity 100

Bold360

JANUARY 19, 2017

Founder and President of CustomerBliss, Jeanne Bliss is one of the foremost experts on customer-centric leadership. She was the first known CCO (Chief Customer Officer) at Microsoft as well as other corporations, pioneering this role. Jeanne is a co-founder and board member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association.

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Customer Experience Self Service Consulting Social Media 40

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 22, 2016

However, once these requirements are met, the positive impact to business outcomes and sustainable organic growth should prove the importance of customer-centric initiatives and drive the business forward to a new operational and strategic model. Overcoming these obstacles is by no means an easy feat!

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Chief Customer Officer Omni-Channel Social Media Leadership 0

Strativity

AUGUST 5, 2014

His company, Temkin Group, is a research and consultancy focused on enterprise-wide customer experience transformation. They’ve helped many of the world’s largest brands build customer loyalty by accelerating their CX journeys and avoiding many of the pitfalls along the way. About Lior Arussy.

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Customer Journeys Tools Case Study Customer Centricity 40

ClearAction

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Maybe "love" is not the right word, but customer experience professionals should know what I mean: be a fan of, be engaged with, show a predisposition toward camaraderie that leads to co-innovation and co-promotion, inclined to look at the relationship with a long-term perspective for mutual value and growth.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customer Experience Management Financial 48

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Blake Morgan – Customer Experience Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author. Industry Leader in customer experience, Blake Morgan is a Keynote Speaker, Author of two books, a Customer Experience Futurist, and a Guest Lecturer at Columbia University. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

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Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

More and more marketers and customer experience professionals are now looking for the best customer journey analytics platform to understand and engage with individual customers at a personal level, at scale. Journey Discovery Creates a Bridge Between Customer Behaviors and Business Outcomes.

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Customer Journeys Analytics How To Touchpoint 90

ijgolding

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Just researching Sky on the web highlights a plethora of issues being experienced by many of their customers. One of my valued network of Customer Experience Professionals is enduring an even worse experience with Sky at the moment. Sadly, I am not alone. There is also no email address for a complaint.

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Feedback Examples Survey Customers 120

ECXO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

02 2 Best Customer Experience Books 2023 in Digital Data, Design and Centricity – The famous 3 Ds: Digital, Data, Design. This article was originally posted at [link] During 2022 and December 2023, We read a series of 56 books that I found interesting and valuable for us in CX, Design, and Services.

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Case Study Customer Centricity Social Media Competitive Advantage 52

Chattermill

JUNE 25, 2019

A customer-obsessed culture creates the conditions where employees strive to design and invent to create delight for the customer. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is treating the customer experience as an external effort. Creating a customer-centric culture comes from within.

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Effort Score ROI 45

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

An alumna of Yale and Stanford, Allison has contributed to the Customer Success industry as the COO of Gainsight, a prominent customer success company, and a 1B USD unicorn. She has also hosted the very successful Customer Success Podcast and written the informative book called ‘The Customer Success Economy.’

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Customer Success Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity 21

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

He is known for his ability to help firms reimagine their customer care. He is the owner of CTS Service Solutions, a customer experience firm that grew out of his blog ‘Customers That Stick.’ Following him would help customer-facing executives offer contextual support, which is critical for a better customer experience.

Customer Service 10

Customer Service Social Media Customer Centricity Tips 10

Chattermill

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Whether it’s through automatically reading and classifying new support tickets, getting ahead of bad press, or discovering new business insights from unstructured data—Machine Learning stands to be a powerful tool the customer experience professional can integrate into their workflow. Text Analytics for Business Insights.

Strategy 76

Strategy Social Media Analytics Analysis 76

Alida

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The two-day annual conference featured keynotes and presentations by some of the world’s leading customer-centric brands. Authentic companies inspire loyalty,” said Scott Miller, CEO of Vision Critical, in his opening keynote. Super important point – authenticity drives loyalty #vcsummit.

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Innovation Marketing Social Media Healthcare 100

Russel Lolacher

JULY 4, 2022

He is the senior director of customer experience at arise virtual solutions, which is the platform that connects big brands with working from home service providers. But also, I mean, the greatest thing that you came out of it, you read all these books, you did all these projects, this and that. Nate Brown. Russel Lolacher.

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Employee Experience Connections Leadership Groups 52

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2022

So, without further ado, here’s SmartKarrot’s Top 50 Customer Success Influencers for 2022 (presented in no particular order). Widely acclaimed as a foremost expert to have pioneered and popularized customer success, Lincoln is a customer-centric growth mastermind. Lincoln Murphy. Jay Nathan.

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Customer Success Chief Customer Officer B2B Leadership 23

Comm100

APRIL 26, 2020

With this in mind, we sat down with Nate Brown , CEO of Officium Labs and the Co-founder of CX Accelerator , a community and resource hub for Customer Experience professionals. Hello and thank you for joining us today to chat with us about your experience in the CX space Nate. Check out the interview below.

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Omni-Channel Culture Customer Centricity Self Service 130

Bold360

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

To gain some insight into the key lessons emerging from 2016 and what’s ahead for 2017, we asked a panel of 31 customer-focused marketers and CX pros to answer this question: “When it comes to customer experience: now that we’re nearing the end of 2016, what have you learned and what will you do differently in preparing for 2017?”

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Omni-Channel Social Media Self Service 40

ClearAction

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This will empower your company to be more proactive about retention and repurchase (loyalty and lifetime value). " Prevent waste of customers' time and your time by setting up your organization for success in aligning what they do to what customers are trying to do. Comments are Customer Experience Gold.

Customer Journeys 48

Customer Journeys Customer Experience ROI Customers 48