Totango

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When you bring agile innovation to customer success , you empower your CS strategy with the latest technology. In this blog, we’ll look deeper at what an agile customer success strategy means and why you can benefit from using one. Then we’ll lay out seven steps to bring agile innovation to customer success.

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Innovation Customer Success Customer Journeys How To 96

SurveySensum

MARCH 14, 2024

Did you know that 90% of customers say that their buying decisions are influenced by online reviews? 90%, that’s almost all your customers. After working in the CX industry for over 10 years, this much is clear to me – customer satisfaction is THE MOST important pillarstone of your business. ” 2.

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Customer Satisfaction Survey Effort Score Banking 52

CX Journey

JUNE 17, 2019

In this follow-up to my article last month titled “Has Your Customer Experience Transformation Stalled?” I continue to outline why customer experience transformation efforts stall or slow. There’s a New Hire Fail Employees are critical to customer experience transformation success. This just doesn't work.

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Customer Experience Management Culture Customer Centricity 148

Customer Bliss

APRIL 27, 2018

Just like that full-to-the-brim closet you’ve been ignoring, the customer listening data you’ve collected can pile up until it’s more a nuisance than it is informative. Let’s talk about de-cluttering your customer listening! 8 Steps to De-Clutter Your Customer Listening Data. Align to a one-company methodology.

Effort Score 181

Effort Score Survey Customer Journeys Social Media 181

ChurnZero

AUGUST 13, 2021

Your digital-led Customer Success program will only be as good as the technology behind it. But how do you go about building your Customer Success tech stack the right way? During the webinar, we discuss: What a Customer Success tech stack is and why you should care. Speakers: Anika Zubair , VP of Customer Success, inSided.

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Customer Success Effort Score Tools Self Service 98

Vonage

AUGUST 11, 2015

Businesses can pour money into elaborate advertising campaigns, but poor customer service can undo all that hard work instantly. Excellent customer service can be as good (and often better) for your brand than a well-orchestrated PR campaign: get your customers to do the talking for you! Plus, bad news travels fast.

Customer Service 120

Customer Service Contact Center Social Media Multi-Channel 120

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 27, 2023

She writes about how flexible workspaces revolutionize work, enhancing customer experiences through cost savings, increased productivity, and a dynamic, collaborative environment. Transparent and flexible arrangements show your commitment to a long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationship with your customers – this ain’t no fling!

Customer Experience 57

Customer Experience Sports Innovation Feedback 57

ProProfs Chat

APRIL 24, 2020

We’ve seen popular brands create some of the most memorable and successful customer service stories. Believe it or not, but customer service psychology is one of the driving factors for their success. So, when you think of satisfying your customers, you need to ensure that: Your operators are empathetic towards the customers.

Tips 82

Tips Customer Service Social Media Chatbots 82

CX Journey

JUNE 17, 2019

In this follow-up to my recent article titled “ Has Your Customer Experience Transformation Stalled? ” I continue to outline why customer experience transformation efforts stall or slow. There’s a New Hire Fail Employees are critical to customer experience transformation success. This just doesn't work.

Customer Experience 83

Customer Experience Management Culture Customer Centricity 83

C3Centricity

MARCH 18, 2020

Who are your customers? Instead, ask yourself who your customers really are. If you can’t give all these details about your customers, then you’re in serious trouble. Knowing your customers takes more than demographics. How are your customers changing? Are you following how your customers are changing?

Marketing 156

Marketing Advertising Brands Consumers 156

ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ross Clurman, writes about how important it is to personalize the customer service experience. Regardless of the type of business you are in, there is always an opportunity to personalize the customer experience. Do they prefer formal, or informal communications?).

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Omni-Channel Customer Service Customer Experience Social Media 48

Comm100

APRIL 27, 2020

In a truly customer-centric organization, the only real way to deliver cohesive digital support is with an omnichannel approach. Omnichannel platforms give agents visibility into their customers’ entire conversation history, no matter which channel they reach out from. Customer journey.

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Omni-Channel eBook Automotive CRM 147

ChurnZero

AUGUST 13, 2021

Your digital-led Customer Success program will only be as good as the technology behind it. But how do you go about building your Customer Success tech stack the right way? During the webinar, we discuss: What a Customer Success tech stack is and why you should care. Speakers: Anika Zubair , VP of Customer Success, inSided.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Effort Score Tools Self Service 52

Daniel Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

They discuss how Butler “realized years ago it isn’t just about the scores in those surveys, it’s about how we’re treating customers. So, over the last few years, customer experience has taken more of a front seat with Butler. What caused you to want to get more feedback from your customers?

Effort Score 111

Effort Score Leadership Groups Communication 111

Daniel Group

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

I’ve heard this question a lot from companies who measure customer loyalty using a 1-10 rating scale. A number of popular customer loyalty measurement systems sort customers into loyalty buckets based on their answers to a 1-10 rating question, and an 8 often falls into a middle-of-the-road “ meh ” bucket. Not the customer.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

When I worked in corporate life, we sold large communication systems, which were also complicated. Determining how to communicate the details of our advantages to customers was challenging. . How Are Customers Evaluating Their Options? However, his customers might choose based on something easier to compare. .

Hospitality 78

Hospitality CRM Insurance Travel 78

CSM Practice

AUGUST 26, 2019

A while back, I sat down with Paul Piazza for a fireside chat at one of our PulseLocal Silicon Valley Customer Success event series. At that time, Paul Piazza had already had multiple Customer Success systems deployed and configured. Changing management is hard but critical to the success of a CS team.

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System Customer Success Net Promoter Score ROI 49

Forrester's Customer Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s no secret that many of the challenges in getting value from data and insights are rooted in the need for better data literacy, internal communication, and a stronger data culture. It’s even become the subject of an SNL-worthy (for us data people) satire online. This week, we saw a meaningful move at addressing data […]

Data 56

Data Leadership Company Culture 56

CX Journey

MAY 17, 2017

Last month, I wrote about 20 tips to design better customer surveys. But what if you've been listening to customers for years? When was the last time you took a long, hard look at what you've been doing in terms of listening to customers in order to figure out if it's time for a redesign or a major overhaul?

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Survey Feedback Social Media Roadmap 159

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2022

Savvy customer service managers know the substantial compliance risk created by any communication that goes to the wrong recipient under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. According to the Federal Communications Commission, callers must obtain consent from the person actually called, not the person they intend to call.

B2C 52

B2C Call Center Consumers Communication 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 24, 2019

It wasn’t THAT long ago when business planning and strategy simply didn’t include the term “customer experience.” ” There are plenty of organizations that successfully earned customers, kept those customers, and didn’t think much about the actual experience they were providing.

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Customer Journeys Culture Customer Centricity System 110

Daniel Group

MAY 31, 2019

When we first started our work in customer experience the focus, appropriately, was getting a new process accepted by employees, managers, and customers. The customers? More loyal customers mean more repeat business, more referrals, and fewer customer defections, among other things. It took some convincing.

Communication 40

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C Space

MARCH 12, 2020

The bigger risk is that the customers you lose may never return, limiting your future growth potential. She envisions a near future where the relationships companies form with customers play as vital a role in organizational operations and decision-making as big data and sales results. Jessica DeVlieger. President, C Space Americas.

Tourism 59

Tourism Travel Sales Government 59

Answer Dash

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

(This article is originally published at IT-Online ) According to Gartner, customer experience (CX) – more than products or solutions – is the new battlefront for business, with 81% of marketers saying that by 2020 they expect to be competing mostly or completely on the basis of CX. but, ‘what will customers want?’

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User Experience Social Media Interaction Customer Service Representative 75

Education Services Group

JUNE 4, 2020

Building or expanding a Customer Success organization can be surprisingly similar to developing a startup. The result is a streamlined and effective organization built to adapt to changing environments. A CS incubation model is a system to define, test, and iterate a new CS process with a portion of your customer base.

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Customer Journeys Strategy Customer Success Examples 52

Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

There’s no question the customer experience (CX) has evolved significantly over the past 20 years. Here’s our take on 20 important CX changes from Y2K to 2020. Change #1: Artificial intelligence-powered, zero-wait customer response. Change #3: Multi-channel support is now the rule.

Social Media 51

Social Media Multi-Channel Chatbots Retail 51

Alliance by IFS

JUNE 6, 2019

Customers no longer expect effective service – they demand next-level capabilities that provide convenience and business intelligence on the value they are receiving. Service organizations are now faced with the challenge of future-proofing their operations to keep up with the rapidly evolving customer demands and technologies.

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Self Service Software System Technology 88

Amity

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The following is part of a conversation about Customer Success Management (CSM) between Amity and Jason Whitehead, CEO of Tri Tuns. Jason brings the perspective of the consulting methods and approaches CSMs should employ to drive user adoption and ROI with their customers. Jason: The first 90 days of an implementation are critical.

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ROI System Roadmap Measurement 76

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

A recent article on corporate customer-centricity by a prominent market research firm made the case for this type of culture as “the most effective way to meet customers’ changing needs.” The author had several suggestions for building customer-centricity. Customer-centricity, in short, is not pervasively ‘people first’.

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Culture Company Customer Centricity Travel 83

C3Centricity

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

If you haven’t yet had the chance to read last week’s post ( “Customer Centricity is Today’s Business Disruptor, Insights its Foundation”) I suggest you do this first, as background to this post. Where are customers who are leaving the category going to? How are your customers changing? Conclusion.

How To 168

How To Insurance Groups Consumers 168

CX Journey

AUGUST 16, 2016

Last month, I wrote about the concept of lean management and what that means not only for your company but also for your customers. Have a fanatical focus on customers, as they are the beginning and end of everything in lean. Image courtesy of 12:51_photography Are your company executives lean leaders?

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ShepHyken

JULY 3, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 100 Customer Experience Stats For 2023 by Blake Morgan (Forbes) Customer experience in 2023 looks different than it ever has before. But they have to understand their customers and the industry first.

Customer Service 12

Customer Service Competitive Advantage Exercises Customer Service Training 12

Qualtrics

MARCH 19, 2020

Instead, you’ll need to reprioritize your efforts to align with the changing needs of the organization. Five Principles For Making Changes To Your XM Program. Rather than pushing customers and employees to answer questions to feed those metrics and then trying to explain the variances, cut them out for at least the next quarter.

Airlines 56

Airlines Metrics Effort Score Survey 56

LiveChat

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I could give you thousand reasons why amazing customer service is worth the effort. For example, better customer service is cheaper than any advertising, happy customers become your brand advocates, bringing others with them and people are more likely to buy from you. Amazing customer service should be your mission.

Customer Experience 28

Customer Experience Customers Communication Feedback 28

Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It’s never been more important to understand your customers and what they value. It’s easy to say that we put the customer first, but what does that actually look like in practice? In the past, customer service centers were viewed as cost centers or expenses. But great customer experiences don’t just happen.

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Education Services Group

MAY 23, 2022

The role of a Customer Success Manager (CSM) is consistently ranked as one of the fastest-growing jobs in the world. LinkedIn’s 2020 Emerging Jobs Report put Customer Success Specialist at number six in the U.S. More and more companies are making the move to XaaS, and Customer Success is the belle of the ball! Congratulations!

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Customer Success Sales Guidelines Customer Satisfaction 52

Influitive

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The most powerful tool B2B marketers have in today’s hyper-connected world is genuine word of mouth from their customers—such as reviews, social media shares and recommendations. And brands that use advocate marketing programs to inspire and encourage their customers to create social proof for their products will be the ones that thrive.

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