CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Collaboration with Ben Motteram and Nate Brown To transform an organization into one that is more customer centric is a complex task that requires many different skills. Customer experience is multi-disciplinary. Resource: Managing Projects Large and Small by Harvard Business School Press. Back To CX Accelerator Blog

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Customer Journeys Resources Analytics Customer Centricity 307

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

As companies embrace the digitization of customer support, the new standard is much more than a phone conversation with a call center representative or a visit from a field agent. This list is an homage to the business leaders and influencers pushing the envelope when it comes to innovation in customer experience.

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Customer Service Contact Center Chief Customer Officer Call Center 251

CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Most people know what salespeople or customer service representatives do. But it’s not usually the case that Customer Experience professionals experience the same level of understanding about what they do and what their job roles are for. Oh, so that’s customer service, right?”

Tips 282

Tips Customer Centricity Strategy Social Media 282

ijgolding

APRIL 4, 2017

It is also a reality that is becoming ever more significant in the fast moving, agile technology age that we human beings are now immersed in. We must never forget, that even though technology is moving at a remarkably rapid rate – it is the humble human being making it possible.

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Technology Innovation Leadership Customer Experience Professionals 336

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Much of the improvement has been driven by advancements in product innovation and digital technology. HOWEVER, I also argue that despite that, too many consumers continue to endure ‘random’ or ‘unexpected’ experiences as a result of the inconsistent delivery of the end-to-end customer journey. Customers want you to know them.

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Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 354

CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Most people know what salespeople or customer service representatives do. But it’s not usually the case that Customer Experience professionals experience the same level of understanding about what they do and what their job roles are for. Oh, so that’s customer service, right?”.

Tips 208

Tips Customer Centricity Strategy Social Media 208

Alida

APRIL 26, 2018

According to CMO.com way, back in 2016, 63% percent of CEOs saw rallying their organizations around the customer as one of the top three investment priorities for the year. Today, customer centricity, or some notion thereof, has become the strategic posture of almost every profitable company in existence.

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Customer Centricity Analytics Study Customer Experience Professionals 133

ijgolding

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This post is part of the Customer Experience Professionals Association’s Blog Carnival celebrating customer experience. It’s part of a broader celebration of Customer Experience Day 2017. Of course, CX is radically different from a ‘User Experience’ perspective. It is my vocation.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customers Customer Centricity 158

CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Most people know what salespeople or customer service representatives do. But it’s not usually the case that Customer Experience professionals experience the same level of understanding about what they do and what their job roles are for. Oh, so that’s customer service, right?”.

Tips 182

Tips Customer Centricity Strategy Social Media 182

Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Roy Atkinson is a senior writer and analyst who specializes in guiding organizations to better customer service and customer service management. His Twitter explores the connection between customer service and technology, and is jam-packed with useful customer service resources. Jeanne Bliss. JeanneBliss.

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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Consulting 0

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Removing pain points FIRST, is far more valuable than trying to delight customers. This shift has led to the advent of the Customer Service Officer, a role that didn’t even exist just a short time ago. One of my favorite learnings from my recent CX studies is this: customer experience ties directly into employee experience and culture.

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Customer Experience Contact Center Culture Study 177

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

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

More brands will (and should) bring up customer feedback to the decision-makers in the company, and with the help of some new amazing technologies , we’re changing the way businesses see their customers. Much of the improvement has been driven by advancements in product innovation and digital technology.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

This article was originally written for my exclusive column on mycustomer.com – a hugely valuable and rich resource of information, expertise and inspiration for CX Professionals. I want to start my inaugural exclusive column for MyCustomer by stating how very proud I am to call myself a customer experience professional!

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Travel Study 120

Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated to spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

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Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Employee Engagement Training 94

ijgolding

MAY 25, 2015

I am privileged because a multitude of organisations welcome me in to their inner sanctum to help them in their quest to become more customer centric. As people we never stop learning and being able to see, feel and touch Customer Experience in its many stages of evolution is an amazing honour.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Customers 120

ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

CCXP exam (Customer Experience Professional Certification) competencies are a guide to highly profitable customer experience management. Other joyful discoveries include accountability methods and practical ways to shape customer-centricity company-wide. For example, board members must be CCXPs.

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Customer Journeys Study Customer Experience Professionals Financial 62

CX Centric

OCTOBER 4, 2021

CX-Brussels in collaboration with CX-Centric hosted an event on CX Leadership which was on the 9th of September 2021. The online event was predominantly attended by Belgian-based Customer Experience professionals from most insurance companies.

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Leadership Customer Experience Customer Centricity Roadmap 52

Oracle

MARCH 7, 2019

I often remind people the acronym “CX” was little-known until Bruce Temkin and Jeanne Bliss co-founded the Customer Experience Professionals Association in 2011. “Customer experience” across the organization wasn’t a clear business initiative or concern. CX: The Past. CX: The Present.

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e-support Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Technology 103

Kustomer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Customer experience (CX) professionals have to make a concerted effort to keep up with the ever-changing CX field. Podcasts are a tried and true way for these professionals to not only learn but to keep listeners up to date with technological advances within the industry. Amazing Business Radio. Gartner ThinkCast.

Customer Experience 105

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Competitive Advantage Hospitality 105

Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated towards spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

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Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Employee Engagement Training 79

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 22, 2017

United, however, has become emblematic of an industry viewed as operationally challenged, uncaring, and not customer-centric. My perspective likely varies greatly from someone who travels only during peak holiday periods or who watches the same customer-experience disaster video repeatedly. Data Plus People.

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Airlines Data Travel Consulting 113

Kustomer

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of business and customer support, staying ahead of the curve is essential. Customer expectations are rising, technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, and the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and customer experience (CX) is where the future is being defined.

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Innovation Customer Experience Professionals e-support Industry 52

SurveySparrow

JUNE 21, 2023

Once the objectives and customer insights gathered, CX consultants work on formulating strategies that will help reach these objectives. Therefore, this could include improving customer service protocols, leveraging advanced technologies to enhance customer interaction, or redefining business processes to be customer-centric.

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Consulting Metrics Customer Journeys Customer Experience 52

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Maneesha Pednekar is currently working as the Director – Quality for Atos in India and drives initiatives on Quality & Customer Experience. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional from the CXPA (US). It believes that bringing together people, business, and technology is the way forward.

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Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Employee Engagement Training 60

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This week we feature an article by Brian Cantor who gives us a list of ways to achieve success and consistency when communicating with customers on any channel. – Shep Hyken. Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology.

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Omni-Channel Self Service Policies Abandon Rate 95

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 9, 2015

I’ve seen plenty of Marketing, HR and Technology leaders who have made astounding improvements in the experiences they create for customers. Customer focused organizations smoke the competition. If you are trying to become a customer-centric leader at a bank, that can be very different than an independent bookstore.

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Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals Resources 110

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

The CXPA Board of Directors member has expertise in ’embedding customer experience DNA in company culture’ – she has successfully led company-wide customer experience at Applied Materials. Maurice is the ex-Vice President, Customer Experience of HP and author of four best-selling books on customer-centric strategy.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

CX Journey

MARCH 16, 2017

As a follow-on to my post earlier this week about companies having no budget for customer experience improvements, I thought I'd compile a few ideas on how to move beyond the "no budget" excuse and make improvements that cost little to nothing. Not a good feeling when you're a customer experience professional.

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Exercises Culture Policies Employee Experience 112

Alida

AUGUST 8, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Winning the Research Revolution , an e-book exploring how technological changes pose both a threat and an opportunity for the world of research. Get your copy of the e-book and catch Ray Poynter’s presentations at the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit to learn more.

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Marketing Customer Centricity Innovation Social Media 100

Experience Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2015

We agree and believe that customer experience is a reflection an organization’s culture and operating processes. As companies get comfortable using text analytics and collecting customer insights from unstructured data, they often focus on their largest interaction dataset: contact center calls.

Trends 120

Trends Customer Experience Customer Journeys Customer Connectedness 120

Second to None

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Most customer experience professionals are familiar with the omnichannel strategy ; one which strives to create a fluid experience across all channels and platforms by utilizing centralized customer data and tracking previous interactions. What is the Channel-less Approach? Simplicity . 1] [link]. [2]

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Omni-Channel Customer Centricity Brands Strategy 76

ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2019

To Provide the Best Customer Experience, Be Proactive by Frank Konkel. NextGov) “Be where your customers are” and other helpful tips from customer experience professionals. My Comment: Is it possible to learn a customer service lesson from government? The short answer is yes.

Customer Service 101

Customer Service Hotels Hospitality Government 101

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. Self Service – Put control in the customer’s hands.

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Customer Experience Self Service Hospitality Customer Journeys 169

CX University

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

According to world-renowned expert in experience management and co-founder of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), Bruce Temkin defines customer experience as, Let us unpack that a little.

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Net Promoter Score Brands Effort Score Loyalty Programs 98

ijgolding

MAY 23, 2016

If we think of all organisations as a combination of ‘layers’, whilst the top layer is the customer journey, the middle layer is made up of business processes. It is a business’s processes that enable the customer journey to happen. The post Customer Experience Measurement – Why it is Vitally Important BUT Badly Done!

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Measurement Customer Experience Customer Journeys Customers 148

ClearAction

JANUARY 6, 2021

Customer Experience Management is company-wide alignment to customers. 12) Stop over-relying on customer experience technologies. Technologies are essential for information accessibility, efficiencies and important aspects of ease-of-work and ease-of-doing-business.

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Tips Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys 77