Blake Morgan

JANUARY 20, 2022

These 30 top blogs cover a wide variety of CX-related topics, from creating a customer-centric culture to refining the contact center or delivering personalized experiences. He offers a European perspective on employee and customer engagement and customer focus and shares interviews with top CX leaders. .

Case Study 96

Case Study Customer Journeys Competitive Advantage Customer Centricity 96

Win the Customer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the evolving landscape of business, customer experience (CX) has emerged as the linchpin for success. For senior service managers, the ability to understand, measure, and enhance customer engagement is pivotal. Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Happy employees often lead to happy customers.

Customer Journeys 69

Customer Journeys Management Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 69

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Creating a customer-centric organization from the inside out requires serious word-of-mouth messaging. Help your people who don’t interact with customers understand what that is like. This led to more sharing beyond what the brand alone could do. Rotating the responsibility can help you get many people involved.

Customer Focused 275

Customer Focused Employee Engagement Call Center Social Media 275

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 26, 2015

Costco managed that lack of stress handily, and the experience offers four lessons, each of which can benefit your own business’s trek to customer centricity. Their brand, corporate mythos, and customer advocacy played a large part in my stepping through their sliding glass door in the first place. Mary, June 2015.

Customer Centricity 48

Customer Centricity Employee Engagement Exercises Insurance 48

Magellan Solutions

MAY 25, 2018

And finally, to ensure a meaningful customer engagement, you must first teach and expose your employees the ins and outs of customer service. Start with the basics — customer service training. Customer engagement starts within. Phases of customer service training. How would you this?

Customer Service Training 70

Customer Service Training Training Customer Engagement Engagement 70

Customer Guru

JANUARY 3, 2018

We, at Customer Guru, are on a mission to spread awareness of how Customer Experience (CX) should be the number one priority for Indian businesses to become more sustainable and successful globally. He has also been listed amongst the top 100 customer service professionals through PaulWriter Cx100.

Customer Centricity 95

Customer Centricity Healthcare Hospitality Management 95

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This week we feature an article by Tanya Ahmed, a Digital Marketer of Vantage Circle , a cloud-based employee engagement platform. She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. In my experience, many companies lose their way when looking to enhance their brands through innovation.? .

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Self Service Advertising Customer Expectations 100

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 9, 2015

When beginning an initiative to improve the customer experience, referring back to the brand promise is essential. Your brand promise is a means for setting customer expectations , but is typically written from the company perspective. How do you want customers to experience your brand? Barnes & Noble.

Customer Focused 110

Customer Focused Multi-Channel Customer Centricity Social Media 110

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy.

Net Promoter Score 163

Net Promoter Score Strategy Customer Centricity CEM 163

Hello Customer

MAY 19, 2021

Organizations have multiple touchpoints which define their level of customer centricity. Since it plays a critical role in defining the level of customer centricity within the organization it can’t be overlooked. Recently, many organizations saw peaks in demand for customer service and the requests never went down.

Competitive Advantage 98

Competitive Advantage Customer Care Customer Centricity Contact Center 98

ClearAction

JANUARY 4, 2020

Like attracts like: customer engagement is unlikely to be sustained without employee engagement in customer experience performance. Organic customer engagement is reciprocated to the extent that employee engagement improves customers’ well-being. Engage Non-Customer-Facing Roles.

Engagement 48

Engagement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Employee Engagement 48

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices. We asked 15 experts these three questions to figure out what direction industry is taking: How do you see the future of customer experience? How to overcome those challenges?

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 23, 2021

They want to align with brands that reflect their values, their ideals and the experiences they want. In fact, 86% of millennials find it important to have relationships with brands that align with their personal values , according to a report by 5W Public Relations. What is the promise, exactly, that your brand makes to customers?

Customer Experience 271

Customer Experience Contact Center Customer Journeys Metrics 271

RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Joining us today would be Tony Medrano; CEO of RapportBoost AI , the leading conversational sales analysis platform for brands that use chips, SMS and messenger tools to engage customers. Customer channel preferences are increasingly important, with more knowledge, organizations can deliver better self-service.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Customer Centricity Omni-Channel Chatbots 40

SurveySparrow

JULY 18, 2023

Did you know that delivering an exceptional customer experience can be a game-changer for your business? Imagine a world where every interaction with your brand leaves a lasting impression, where customers become loyal advocates and ambassadors.

Strategy 52

Strategy Marketing Customer Experience Omni-Channel 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 21, 2015

Listen to your salesperson’s product demo or and see how many times “this product,” “our product” or the name of the product is mentioned compared to discussing what customers have shared about how it meets their needs. What’s really meaningful to your customers?

B2B 110

B2B B2C Ecommerce Social Media 110

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

His clients range from large, publicly traded companies to leading professional service firms and fast-growth and established small businesses including Apple, Diesel, Freshworks, KFC, Pearson, Shell etc… plus lots of smaller brands and SMEs. A Global Guru poll established him as one of the top ‘Customer Service Gurus’ in the world.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

SmartKarrot

JULY 27, 2022

A healthy relationship with the customers – is the success mantra for B2B SaaS businesses. Along with a customer-centric approach, businesses should invest in customer engagement activities to build healthy customer relationships. This is where customer engagement managers enter the scene. .

Customer Engagement 10

Customer Engagement Engagement CEM Management 10

Alida

OCTOBER 4, 2016

In particular, insight communities —private, online communities made up of carefully selected groups of customers who develop long-term relationships with brands—are now used by hundreds of customer-centric global brands. Gratitude requires brands to show appreciation for community members.

Engagement 250

Engagement Strategy Entertainment Exercises 250

ProProfs Chat

MAY 30, 2019

Customer success is not just an alternative buzzword for customer service. Rather it indicates that your business is fulfilling the key objective of delivering excellent customer support. Your brand should be able to engage your customers and help them throughout their journey of buying a product or service.

Customer Success 73

Customer Success Customer Journeys Employee Engagement Culture 73

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

DiJulius is a best-selling author of three books, a renowned keynote speaker, and an international customer experience consultant. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach. He helps brands achieve improved customer experience, customer loyalty, and branding by his keynote speaker presentations and workshops.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 5, 2015

Take the time to hear customers each step of the way. Customers have been trained in many industries to expect poor service. Customer-centric leaders should realize how these expectations weave into the experience overall, creating either delight or disappointment. The bar is so low for meeting expectations.

Customer Service 110

Customer Service Sports Social Media Communication 110

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

We know that those habits can shape the fortunes of brands and products. The key takeaways from this are that habits are natural for humans, can be changed if the timing is right, and are integral to building brands.

Net Promoter Score 167

Net Promoter Score Marketing CEM Social Media 167

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

His clients range from large, publicly traded companies to leading professional service firms and fast-growth and established small businesses including Apple, Diesel, Freshworks, KFC, Pearson, Shell etc… plus lots of smaller brands and SMEs. A Global Guru poll established him as one of the top ‘Customer Service Gurus’ in the world.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Entrepreneurs who can’t let go are often left wondering why their “loyal” customers left without so much as a good-bye. Loyalty does not mean forever for customers. According to the NPD Group, nearly half of those who described themselves as highly loyal to a brand were no longer loyal a year later.

Customer Experience 272

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Leadership Airlines 272

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 24, 2017

Often entrepreneurs reach out to me to discuss “customer-centricity” and the likely viability of their innovative products or services. Her category creation is reflected in marketing imagery and the design of the female-centric experience. Patrice did just that in creating GAC.

Customer Centricity 100

Customer Centricity Automotive How To Social Media 100

Russel Lolacher

JUNE 15, 2021

There are some great resources on employee experience but certainly not nearly as much as around the customer experience. With a quick Amazon book search, customer service keyword results are north of 100,000. Employee engagement hovers around 9,000. The customer calls it “shopping elsewhere.”.

Employee Experience 128

Employee Experience Customer Experience Customer Service Customer Journeys 128

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Some, through culture, discipline, and purpose have succeeded in creating consistent, positive experiences which are appealing to customers and which customers consider worthy of passing along through informal conversation and recommendation. Most brands and corporations get by on transactional approaches to customer relationships.

CEM 60

CEM Omni-Channel Training Customer Experience 60

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 15, 2015

Saying you’re customer-centric isn’t enough. A few words of advice for translating your great intention into actual customer-centric communications : 1. It’s not fair to assume your customers, who don’t live and breathe your brand as you do, know very much about what’s happening.

Customer Centricity 110

Customer Centricity Communication Social Media Consulting 110

SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Happy and satisfied employees are behind a company’s successful business performance. Their positive vibes translate into enhanced productivity and employee engagement. When employees love what they do, they’re not just showing up; they’re bringing their A-game every day.

Culture 52

Culture Customer Satisfaction Loyalty Innovation 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 20, 2015

Yes, it’s the actual experience you have as a customer with a particular brand or organization. But the definition of a “good” customer experience is based on how you feel after that experience. And that’s why Customer Experience Investigation™ is important if you are a business leader.

Customer Journeys 110

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Culture Communication 110

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The focus on enhancing customer experience has gained traction in recent years. As businesses recognize its value, the shift from a product-centered approach to a customer-centric one continues. Brand experience is a very close concept to customer experience, except the latter, refers to how customers reflect on your company.

Net Promoter Score 445

Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys Customer Experience Omni-Channel 445

Kustomer

APRIL 8, 2021

Director of Customer Experience at Schindler Elevator Corporation, Stacy Sherman , attributes this to people at the top of a company not being completely customer centric. A great way to get executive involvement is to have them participate in CX activities to get to know the processes and the employees. Read More Hide.

Employee Experience 71

Employee Experience Culture Customer Journeys Employee Engagement 71

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Employee Engagement promotes the concept that employees that believe in the brand promise of the organization they work for are more likely to work harder to deliver on that promise. Not only that, employee engagement is a key aspect for the Customer Experience.

Net Promoter Score 79

Net Promoter Score Employee Engagement Social Media Loyalty 79

CX Journey

OCTOBER 23, 2014

People : You need to have the right people on board: employees who want to be there; employees who are passionate about the brand; employees who are motivated to push through the tough times and see the business survive and thrive. But, customers can''t control your internal decisions. What are some of the signs?

Culture 173

Culture Leadership Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 173

Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Synchronous engagement channels include: Voice Live chat Video chat Real-time messaging In an asynchronous channel, people interact without concurrently engaging in an active conversation. This kind of customer engagement is open-ended. Customer-centric, omnichannel support makes navigating between touchpoints simple.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Trends Gamification Omni-Channel 52

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Task: Identify a “gap” in the customer experience journey. Customer-centric organizations do not invest in chatbots for the sake of “keeping up with the Joneses.” They invest to meaningfully improve the customer experience. Consistency instead refers to a singular, on-brand commitment to customer centricity.

Omni-Channel 96

Omni-Channel Self Service Policies Abandon Rate 96