Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. Then, you implement it.

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Culture Customer Service Leadership Airlines 114

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Before you ask for any additional buy-in from your CEO, make sure you’re speaking the same language around what Customer Experience is and what Customer Experience Management requires. Related: [Article] Customer Experience Management Defined: How is it Different From CX? Nothing moves people to action like emotion!

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Management Feedback 376

Kustomer

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Sioban Massiah from Twitter to discuss the Power of Connection and how to retain customer loyalty. Learn how Sioban connects with customers by listening to the podcast below. Gabe Larsen: (00:11).

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Connections Conference Loyalty Survey 80

CX Journey

MARCH 12, 2015

As companies focus inward to understand how to achieve their customer experience goals, the term “engagement” is often used interchangeably with “culture.” The two terms are related, and they’re both elements of customer experience improvement. Prompts might include: “We know who is responsible for the customer.”

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Culture Engagement Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 80

Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

“ “It’s not what they say that makes these moments so significant, its more about how they tell it, how they show it, definitely how they live it, and most importantly how people feel it.” I wanted to share the tactics and tools I teach in my speeches, as well as what my team teaches in our customer service workshops.

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Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Management Customer Centricity 236

Kustomer

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Annette Pedroza to learn about building a customer centric culture. Listen Now: Listen to “Anntte Pedroza | Building a Customer Centric Culture” on Spreaker. TRANSCRIPT.

Customer Centricity 59

Customer Centricity Culture Leadership Effort Score 59

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Given the choices that customers have in today’s SaaS industry, customer focus has become indispensable for a SaaS company. Gone are the days when you could anticipate customer needs and produce your offerings to succeed in the market. Customer focus service can be a competitive advantage if you have the right mindset.

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Customer Focused Culture Net Promoter Score ROI 10

Gainsight

MARCH 2, 2022

San Francisco-based Sitecore is the only company bringing together content, commerce, and data into one connected platform that delivers millions of digital experiences every day. To be successful, your business needs to be completely customer-focused from the top down,” says Barnes. Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan.

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Customer Success Effort Score Course Culture 98

ijgolding

AUGUST 12, 2018

They include: Customer Experience. Customer Focus. Customer Centricity. Customer Service. Customer Success. Customer Outcomes. Customer Relationship Management. Customer Management. With this in mind, how do organisations determine what really does make customers happy?

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Customer Journeys Customers Airlines Social Media 185

ECXO

MARCH 21, 2023

Journey Map Your way to Customer Experience Maturity in Just 8 Steps + 12 with CX and EX Customer experience culture is a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors that a company adopts in order to create a customer-centric culture. In the end, everything is connected.

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B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Culture 94

C3Centricity

APRIL 17, 2018

Everyone is talking about customer first strategies and why they are important. He spoke about the differences between customer focus and customer centricity and the often times confusion between the two terms. That is why I tend to speak about customer first rather than customer centricity these days.

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Strategy Customer Centricity Innovation Airlines 189

Comm100

AUGUST 17, 2022

Answer: “The companies that figured this out started investing in this, started training people to deliver on it, not just frontline customer service reps, but entire organizations go through training to be more customer-focused. Everybody has a customer, whether it be the outside customer or an internal customer.

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Meeting How To Airlines Virtual Agent 183

ECXO

MAY 11, 2023

You’ll also probably know that the most successful companies go beyond offering quality products and services, and competitive prices, to design experiences that differentiate their brand and create emotional connections with customers. Everything they do is built around their customers. They are not profit-centred.

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Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Self Service Culture 52

Horizon CX

MARCH 19, 2022

Let’s start with a brief definition of AI to get us on the same page. Therefore, it’s incumbent upon organizations to get the AI technology right first and unfortunately what is often overlooked in the application of the technology is the cultural aspect—the people side of the equation—and how it integrates within the technology.

Customer Journeys 130

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Average Handle Time Survey 130

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

They do all these things, along with a million other jobs, to deliver on the promises made to your customers. Yet some organizations still act like only customer-facing employees need to be connected to the customer experience. There is a lot to unpack within the customer and employee experience connection.

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Touchpoint Employee Experience Customer Experience Brands 162

Feedbackly

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Why You Should Build a CX Program A CX program captures the entire customer lifecycle and focuses on optimizing interactions, processes, products, and services to ensure consistent and positive experiences at every stage of the customer journey. Essentially, everything is geared towards offering customers exceptional service.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Effort Score Touchpoint 52

ShepHyken

MARCH 1, 2021

Here’s his take on CX programs, and specifically, building and sustaining a customer-centric culture that contributes to repeat business (even loyalty) and evangelism. Foundational Steps for Customer Journey Mapping Initiatives by Dom Nicastro. CMSWire) Organizations approach customer journey mapping in many ways.

Customer Journeys 79

Customer Journeys Customer Service e-support Self Service 79

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Have you ever looked up the definition of the word Empathy? If you read the definition above, it is also likely that you will find it difficult to correlate many of the words used with organisations that you interact with on a daily basis. I would suspect that you have not! It is not often that we take the time to read dictionaries!!

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Airlines Travel Social Media Course 211

Kustomer

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

While not as popular as the text-based ‘blog’, audioblogs did exist and most definitely paved the way for the arrival of the podcast. She has also authored two books on customer experience. Discover an energized, connected community offering inspired solutions from around the globe. Experience This!

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Customer Service Entertainment Trends Social Media 98

ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2016

My Comment: Customers want an easy and frictionless experience, especially when they have to connect with a company’s call or support center. In this short article, Mike Cannova, the director of Advance Customer Care for ShoreTel, shares five important strategies and processes to create a better customer experience.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Service Contact Center Infographics 0

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Our guests have multiple years of experience in managing and consulting customer experience management in global companies and now lead their own businesses helping companies make customers happier. Some hints: big data, omnichannel, personalisation, AI and organizational culture. Customers want unique, special and innovative.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

ijgolding

JUNE 9, 2015

Although many do not have the positional authority to drive change, their practical delivery of a variety of core competencies aligns nicely with the Wikipedia definition. So when it comes to Customer Experience, the big question is – are YOU a transformational leader? A customer-centric organisation.

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Customer Experience Professionals Leadership Customer Experience Effort Score 120

Amity

JANUARY 11, 2018

She’s now become the Director of Customer Success and has evolved her department into three distinct teams. We sat down with her to talk all things Customer Success and found out how she maintained a strong culture of empathy at scale. I’m the Director of Customer Success and I’m in charge of 3 teams.

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Customer Success Abandon Rate Culture Customers 94

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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Customer Centricity Employee Experience CEM Culture 114

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). If you don’t recognize their names, you should get to know them because their ideas will have much to do with future stakeholder-centric cultures.

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Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Employee Engagement 60

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

An engaged employee, to follow the accepted definition of HR professionals and consultants, is aligned with the goals of the organization and is highly productive. These employees have some potential to impact the customer experience; and there is documented, often incidental, evidence of correlation between the two.

Employee Engagement 68

Employee Engagement Engagement Consulting Culture 68

Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

This is a shared definition of outstanding customer service that gets everyone on the same page. This is the most important step towards becoming a customer-centric company since it’s pretty hard to be customer-centric if you can’t get everyone to agree on what that means!”. The first support agent you connect with.

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Customer Centricity Self Service Trends Customer Experience 208

Russel Lolacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with 4x author, keynote speaker and consultant on service culture Jeff Toister on connecting the dots to create tangible employee engagement at work. Connect with, and learn more about, Jeff on his platforms: . Service Culture Book. The importance of definitions.

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Employee Engagement Engagement How To Survey 52

ijgolding

APRIL 19, 2017

This month, in my exclusive column for CustomerThink, I continue to explore in detail my perspective on seven ‘tips’ that will enable any organisation to become genuinely customer centric. It is not complicated, yet so often, the customer element of strategy is missing.

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Strategy Customer Experience Customer Centricity How To 191

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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Social Media Customer Centricity Culture Employee Experience 92

ShepHyken

AUGUST 8, 2022

My Comment: I love the idea of WOWING the customer. My definition of WOW is different than most. I believe it’s impossible to create an over-the-top or above-and-beyond experience every time the customer interacts with you. Start with creating the right culture, in this case, a “customer-first” culture.

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Customer Service Culture Customer Retention Video 23

Thematic

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Understanding Qualitative Data Analysis Methods Definition and Importance of Qualitative Data Analysis Qualitative data analysis refers to the systematic process of examining and interpreting non-numerical data to gain meaningful insights and generate new knowledge.

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Analysis Data Social Media Feedback 62

Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of the day, customers value organizations for not just the products they provide but the service they receive throughout the customer journey. Customers expect to have their needs and opportunities looked out for. Creating a culture of service in your organization requires a shift in both skillset and mindset.

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Customer Service Training Training Customer Service Contact Center 110

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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Social Media Customer Centricity Culture Employee Experience 68

Customers Rock!

MAY 5, 2011

I have definitely missed writing for all of you, and many of you have been encouraging me to get back out here and post. As a result, some people will tell you that you need outstanding customer service. But customer service is not enough. You also need marketing that connects with your current customers.

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Social Media Customer Centricity Case Study Loyalty 198

ProProfs Chat

JUNE 30, 2020

To help you understand this essence and develop better customer service strategies, we’ve curated a list of some of the best customer service books below. Create a positive customer-centric culture amidst the support team. Create better customer loyalty programs. Improve your existing customer success strategies.

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Customer Service Handbook Customer Satisfaction Loyalty 85

Kustomer

JANUARY 21, 2021

As Steve mentions, “The ultimate outcome of being customer focused is to have a sustainable business. Creating a high-level customer experience and aligning with a customer-centric company culture will surely bring a more sustainable and successful business. Troy, anything you want to add to that?

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B2B Company B2C Customer Centricity 95