ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2023

Even if you’re selling a big machine to a factory, there are still expectations that are shaped by retail experiences with customer-focused companies like Amazon. Amazon’s frequent email communications give you confidence that the order has gone through, is out for delivery with tracking information available, and that it has arrived.

B2C 65

B2C B2B Customer Service Training Retail 65

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 17, 2023

As the customer journey continues to evolve into something more dynamic and diverse, it’s imperative to think about ways of optimising your (hopefully) amorous customer relationships through your business communications. My Comment: The title is a question that I’m often asked. This article delivers the answer and much more.

Customer Service 60

Customer Service Customer Centricity Loyalty Programs Culture 60

One Millimeter Mindset

MARCH 18, 2019

I survey the STEM professionals and left brain thinkers I speak to and conduct workshops for. Yet, the same two-thirds of these workshop attendees tell me that the people sitting around the table do not know who they are and what they do. Her playbook of communication hacks, Do YOU Mean Business? Find out more right here.

Customer Retention 72

Customer Retention Communication Culture Meeting 72

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 12, 2018

Department leaders begin to envision ways they can improve their customer’s experience. The internal communications team sends a video of the speech to employees all over the globe. And people start talking about ways to focus on customers. Ask them to be peer ambassadors for the customer. Employees are excited.

Customer Centricity 137

Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Culture Training 137

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. These are investments focused on your employees.

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Effort Score Net Promoter Score Culture 261

SurveySensum

JANUARY 11, 2024

They bridge gaps, foster teamwork, and facilitate clear communication. Consequently, their ability to satisfy and delight customers also increases. It’s a clear example of how the right tools can transform the everyday workflow into a more efficient and customer-focused operation.

e-support 52

e-support Culture Feedback Tools 52

One Millimeter Mindset

MAY 23, 2019

Lead a more employee- and customer-focused workforce. Engage me to present one of my Storytelling for STEM Professionals and Left Brain Thinkers speaking programs, workshops or moderated facilitation services. Her playbook of communication hacks, Do YOU Mean Business? Liberate yourself from toxic professional stories.

Leadership 70

Leadership Conference Innovation Culture 70

CX Journey

APRIL 25, 2018

Communicate and share experiences. Maps are great communication and teaching tools. And they need to have a reasonable level of influence on what actions need to be taken as a result of the workshop. The maps become blueprints or statements of direction for the work to be done to improve and to redesign the experience.

Customer Journeys 146

Customer Journeys Exercises Touchpoint Culture 146

Smith+co CX

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Design the high-level customer experience – brilliant basics and magic moments, to deliver the promise at every touch-point. Launch the strategy to their entire team and propose a communications and training cascade to implement it.

B2B 36

B2B Customer Experience Marketing CEM 36

One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 18, 2018

Customers hear from your organization a lot, in addition to hearing from every other organization they do business with. Looking for a speaker or workshop on customer experience and customer retention for your next association or organizational meeting or event? Contact me and let’s get started collaborating!

Strategy 51

Strategy Customer Experience Customer Retention Customers 51

Strativity

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

We typically recommend organizations start with an internal workshop that engages two dozen mid-level, cross-functional employees in the process of defining key aspects of the customer experience — including the myriad of touchpoints, success drivers, emotions, etc. Dive into the qual and quant of customer experience research.

Consulting 53

Consulting Customer Journeys Touchpoint Policies 53

ClearAction

OCTOBER 25, 2022

You can fast-track your customer experience (CX) maturity with gigantic financial gains, as I learned when we faced a customer crisis early in my career. Within the first two years, we saved enormous time and money for employees, customers, partners and investors. Learn More. Learn More.

Customer Journeys 71

Customer Journeys Sports Study Leadership 71

Comm100

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Professional customer service agents understand that all face to face communication is made up of three different elements: Words, tone, and body language. Telephone communication can be tricky since agents can’t rely on assessing a customer’s body language to get more insight into what they’re thinking and feeling.

Training 103

Training Customer Service eBook Tips 103

ECXO

APRIL 18, 2024

As the Chief Customer Officer, Jose worked tirelessly to instill a customer-centric culture in every corner of TechEase. He conducted workshops, held regular meetings with different teams, and even started a mentorship program to nurture the customer-centric mindset within the company.

Customer Experience 102

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer Culture 102

ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2017

If you’re hiring someone that is going to do a lot of written correspondence with customers you need someone with good communication skills – a command of the English language, as in punctuation, spelling and grammar. There is an exercise we occasionally do in our workshops. That’s a skill. All of the above and more.

Customer Service 48

Customer Service Exercises Customer Focused Customer Service Training 48

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It simply is a matter of understanding where to look, how to listen, the questions to ask, and then how to collaborate and translate into enduring, customer-focused stories. I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event. Right here, Today. Discover what is Possible, Tomorrow.

Customer Retention 68

Customer Retention Innovation Consulting Sales 68

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 10, 2018

We end up serving our customers, better and better, as well. And creating remarkable customer-focused experiences. I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. And guess what?

Innovation 65

Innovation Customer Retention Consulting Culture 65

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

An association or organization sends a clear message to their customers about whether they are more technology-focused than customer-focused. When we abandon customers repeatedly throughout their relationships with our organizations and associations, they defect. Listen to my video o n Customer Abandonment.

Customer Retention 71

Customer Retention Culture Company Banking 71

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

As some companies grow, they purposely change their shift from customer focused to bottom line focused. For those that are interested in staying focused on the customer, it is more important than ever to hire the right people that fit the customer focused culture. Long term that can be a mistake.

Industry 100

Industry Culture Metrics Customer Centricity 100

One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Sometimes the best customer-focused stories are the ones our organization never pays attention to. These stories may come from the middle of the customer experience scorecard pack. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Until it is time to renew their contract. Contact me.

Culture 71

Culture Course Leadership Strategy 71

ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2020

Conferences, forums, and workshops are a great way to brush up on your skills, learn new ones and hear from thought leaders and experts in your industry. It’s also a great opportunity to meet and network with peers within the Customer Success community. Customer Success Around the Web.

Conference 72

Conference Customer Success Chief Customer Officer Return on Investment 72

One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 4, 2018

When we are not curious about whether an issue impacting customers is, in fact, being addressed, we are irresponsible. So, why not let customer-focused questions move us one millimeter outside our departmental confines and comfort levels? Start serving those valuable customers better and better each day, moving forward.

Customers 71

Customers Video Culture Customer Focused 71

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

He is currently focused on two areas: The impact of the digital customer experience disruption, the next wave of emergent customer engagement channels, and the value of unstructured VOC data in understanding customer behavior and demand generation. Jeff helps clients develop customer-focused cultures.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

One Millimeter Mindset

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

If your organization or association equates people value with customer satisfaction scores, how do you communicate these outcomes to internal stakeholders? When customers complain about products and/or your people? Engage me to deliver one of my speaking programs or workshops for a refreshing change from the same-old stuff.

Customer Focused 74

Customer Focused Communication Strategy Customers 74

ijgolding

JUNE 9, 2015

Develops and delivers ongoing CX (Customer Experience) interaction training to employees. Develop communication strategies and tactics to share the importance of CX with employees, customers, and the company. Ability to align employee behaviour with customer-focused culture.

Customer Experience Professionals 120

Customer Experience Professionals Leadership Customer Experience Effort Score 120

BirdEye

MARCH 24, 2023

Market development strategy focuses on the consumer and their journey right from awareness to loyalty and all the strategies employed to ensure they reach that loyalty stage. Some of the crucial skills to guarantee business success include: Excellent communication skills: Communication is a key skill business development managers will need.

Return on Investment 98

Return on Investment Social Media Sales Metrics 98

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For example, I was running a workshop for a client in the mobile communications market. The VP of customer service was late and came into the workshop after about an hour looking fraught. The post 5 Rules for Driving Down Costs in a Customer-Focused Way appeared first on CX Consulting.

Customer Focused 173

Customer Focused Call Center Consulting Measurement 173

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

He is currently focused on two areas: The impact of the digital customer experience disruption, the next wave of emergent customer engagement channels, and the value of unstructured VOC data in understanding customer behavior and demand generation. Jeff helps clients develop customer-focused cultures.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Ultimately, perpetuating conflicting workplace agendas is self-focused, rather than customer-focused. My keynote and workshops on how professional intimidation creates customer experience gaps focuses on the issues we are talking about in today’s blog post. Think about it.

Customer Experience 70

Customer Experience Entertainment Customer Retention Customers 70

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Improve communications and deepen understanding of change and improvement decisions being made. Jim Clemmer is a bestselling author and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, workshop/retreat leader, and management team developer on leadership, change, customer focus, culture, teams, and personal growth. About the Author.

Leadership 40

Leadership Financial Management Consulting 40

One Millimeter Mindset

JANUARY 17, 2019

Communication disconnects, above all, have negative impacts on customer retention rates. First, when customers do not understand the purpose of your job function or cannot understand the words you use, they tune out and turn off. Because they think you are not making every best effort to communicate with them.

Customer Retention 69

Customer Retention Communication Customers System 69

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When a reduction in involvement with customers is noticed, keep an eye on their well-being and take appropriate measures. Promote user adoption through a variety of touchpoints, such as workshops, product roadmap discussions, training, and forming connections with a number of champions and power users.

Customer Success 19

Customer Success Roadmap Customers Culture 19

Wootric CX Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Why we love Jeannie: She’s a TEDx speaker , CEO and Chief Customer Experience Investigator at 360 Connext , trainer, workshop leader, consultant, and podcaster. Why we love Rachel: She’s the Director of Customer Experience at Zuora. Rachel has built and led high-performing, thought-leading customer-focused teams.

Customer Journeys 67

Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals Chief Customer Officer 67

Education Services Group

JULY 5, 2022

So, why is true Customer Success so difficult to achieve in practice? As Kristi Faltorusso, CCO at ClientSuccess put it, change starts with culture , and there needs to be accountability across the business with customer-focused KPIs. This isn’t just a job for CS. After all, aren’t mistakes the best way to learn?

Conference 52

Conference Customer Success Culture Customer Centricity 52

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

He helps brands achieve improved customer experience, customer loyalty, and branding by his keynote speaker presentations and workshops. She is a renowned expert on customer relationship management (CRM), customer service strategies, and ROI. Kate Leggett Follow @kateleggett. Marsha Collier Tweet to @MarshaCollier.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

ShepHyken

MAY 22, 2023

My Comment: I’ve always believed (and have written numerous articles about the topic) if you want a good customer experience, it starts with a customer-focused culture. Here’s an article with several short examples about how companies created a culture that helped create the experience that retains customers.

Customer Service 13

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Social Media Culture 13

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Offer Tailored Solutions Rather than generic upsell or cross-sell pitches, focus on customized solutions tailored to your client’s unique needs. In today’s world of hyper customer focused, nothing can beat personalized communication tailored offers and meaningful interactions.

Customer Journeys 10

Customer Journeys Strategy Feedback Training 10