COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

The challenge of keeping pace with changing customer expectations looms large. Technological advancements, notably artificial intelligence (AI), fuel customer experience transformation. Companies worldwide are grappling with leveraging technology to enhance the overall customer experience (CX).

Customer Experience 89

Customer Experience Contact Center Gamification Chatbots 89

Bold360

MARCH 26, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having massive impacts on how companies engage with their customers and employees. No matter how the crisis evolves, customers and employees still expect to receive a high level of service that’s responsive to their needs. Being relentlessly helpful earns customers for life.

Employee Engagement 66

Employee Engagement Chatbots Self Service Engagement 66

Help.com

MARCH 14, 2016

A recent study by Gallup shows that only 29% of customers are fully engaged. 71% of customers are ready and willing to part ways with your company. We share a few tips below that can help boost your customer engagement and create a culture of loyal, happy customers. Make your business more customer-centric.

Customer Engagement 114

Customer Engagement Engagement Tips Social Media 114

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Sure, you may not intend to, but there are probably ways you, as the leader of your department or organization, are sabotaging the experience your customers have. Watch out for these sneaky ways typical business methods lead to customer defection. Never dealing with customers. Keeping customer praise to yourself.

Customer Experience 304

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Employee Engagement Social Media 304

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This week we feature an article from Emily Lavin, Content & Social Executive at Oak Engage. She shares a 3-step guide on how to improve the employee experience while maximizing customer engagement. Where would a business be without a customer service team? Step 1: Implement Employee Engagement Software

Employee Experience 124

Employee Experience Customer Service Customer Experience Employee Engagement 124

SurveySparrow

JANUARY 7, 2021

It’s a no brainer that covid-19 has brought major changes in every aspect of your customers’ life— purchasing behaviors, needs, and emotional mindset. Whatever situation your customer faced, the value of providing a great customer experience hasn’t changed a bit for businesses. So, what’s the wait?

Customer Engagement 52

Customer Engagement Engagement Chatbots Effort Score 52

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. Customer Churn Rate Understanding why customers leave is as crucial as acquiring new ones.

Customer Journeys 69

Customer Journeys Management Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 69

CSM Magazine

APRIL 15, 2020

and with customers across the U.K., and Australia, U-WFM’s solution gives its customers the ability to forecast demand, monitor adherence, and optimize their contact center operations for companies of all sizes and across any industry vertical. Headquartered in Sheffield, U.K., About Puzzel.

Omni-Channel 52

Omni-Channel Employee Engagement Engagement Contact Center 52

CX University

JULY 9, 2018

And in return for that sense of real, authentic meaning, they will be willing to give more of themselves, aspire to higher productivity, spiraling innovation, and off-the-charts customer satisfaction. Of these three rewards, the highest correlation exists between employee engagement and customer satisfaction.

Employee Engagement 68

Employee Engagement Leadership Insurance Engagement 68

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Customer experience is more than a full-time job. The best organizations spend plenty of time considering how to deliver exceptional experiences. Create or revise your customer experience mission statement. Deputize someone in each department as the customer advocate. Micromap a customer task and outcome.

Customer Journeys 306

Customer Journeys Customer Experience eBook Employee Engagement 306

Kustomer

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen uncovers the secrets to establishing employee and customer engagement with expert Suzzanna Rowold. You must have 4 years of experience”). Helping Employees Identify Their Purpose.

Customer Engagement 69

Customer Engagement Engagement Culture Customers 69

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 23, 2021

Sure, you may not intend to, but there are probably ways you, as the leader of your department or organization, are sabotaging the experience your customers have. Watch out for these sneaky ways typical business methods lead to customer defection. Never dealing with customers. Never dealing with customers.

Customer Experience 271

Customer Experience Contact Center Customer Journeys Metrics 271

ClearAction

JANUARY 4, 2020

CEO’s Guide to Growth through Customer Experience Engagement Lynn Hunsaker. Customer experience engagement is a growth strategy. It’s a never-ending hamster-wheel to entice engagement. Customer experience is customers’ realities compared to their expectations.

Engagement 48

Engagement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Employee Engagement 48

ECXO

JUNE 11, 2023

Customer Experience = Seeing + Being + Doing Customer Centricity is the umbrella for concepts like Customer Experience, Customer Intimacy, Customer Advocacy, Customer Loyalty, etc. The purpose of a large multinational: “To put a Smile on our customers’ faces today and tomorrow.

Customer Experience 122

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Competitive Advantage Government 122

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

It seems most organizations have a Customer Experience program and an increasing number have started Employee Engagement programs. Because the experience you give your Customers is the same experience you should give your employees. The second examined the retail experience of 40,000 Customers.

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Engagement Employee Experience Retail 60

InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

These tools are essential for understanding how your customers are talking about your brand. Engage with Your Audience: Build strong relationships with your audience through active engagement. Respond to customer feedback, both positive and negative, to show transparency and dedication to customer satisfaction.

Brands 378

Brands Management Multi-Channel Social Media 378

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 this post, we shall compare five customer expectations in 2021 to their reality.

Customer Experience 97

Customer Experience Self Service Advertising Customer Expectations 97

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Considering how much we ask employees to “own” the customer experience, why not form a company-wide book club to encourage learning and development in this area? How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World . What’s the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences.

Customer Experience 273

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Employee Engagement Culture 273

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 2, 2014

This Best of 360Connext post was part of the Customer Experience Professionals Association’s 2013 Customer Experience Day celebration. What’s the value of customer experience? Value to customers. As customers, we are aware when experiences go really well or really not well.

Customer Experience 297

Customer Experience Social Media Customer Experience Professionals Consulting 297

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The future of customer experience is decided. We asked 15 experts with world reputation in Customer experience the same question and the results might surprise you. Every each of them answered the following questions: How do you see the future of customer experience? Probably not.

Customer Experience 324

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Self Service Culture 324

ClearAction

JULY 29, 2018

Customer Engagement is an Enterprise-wide Imperative Lynn Hunsaker. Does customer engagement rely solely on Marketing, Sales, Success or Service strategies? Customer engagement is successful to the degree that the rest of the company empowers its success. It’s an enterprise-wide imperative.

Customer Engagement 48

Customer Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 48

Magellan Solutions

MAY 25, 2018

To develop a strong and lasting relationship with customers, you must first strengthen the camaraderie within your organization. To keep the customers satisfied, you must first create a great corporate culture. Start with the basics — customer service training. Start with the basics — customer service training.

Customer Service Training 70

Customer Service Training Training Customer Engagement Engagement 70

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Many executives are interested in improving and understanding customer experience. When Oracle released their White Paper Why Customer ‘Satisfaction’ is No Longer Good Enough , the stats caused quite a stir, and rightfully so. 64% have made future purchases from a company’s competitors after experiencing poor customer service.

Customer Experience 282

Customer Experience Social Media Poor Customer Service Loyalty 282

Comm100

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The customer service world continues to develop, and each new year can mean a sea change in changing consumer expectations. As new customer service trends arrive, service that was once considered exemplary might no longer meet the growing customer demand. Omnichannel customer engagement software offers a solution.

Trends 207

Trends Customer Service Chatbots Omni-Channel 207

Michelli Experience

MAY 15, 2018

I was asked recently to provide a couple (of what a reader called “See Spot Run”) blogs concerning must-have and must not do elements of a successful customer experience business. In this case, that connection hopefully comes through shared experiences with that reader concerning our early adventures with Spot!

Customer Experience 138

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Touchpoint Employee Engagement 138

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 29, 2017

Rhonda Basler and I discuss how Hallmark Business Connections is helping companies build bonds with their customers — by extending their own products and services. A very intriguing dimension of a company we all know so well, and you’ll be intrigued to hear how customer experience is a key part of how they help companies grow.

Connections 178

Connections Customer Experience Net Promoter Score B2B 178

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 13, 2014

They deliver an experience based on who they are. There is nothing more organic than how a passionate entrepreneur creates experiences for his or her customers. The experience is based on the entrepreneur as a person – and often reflects that in spite of their best efforts! What is the customer getting out of this?

Customer Experience 301

Customer Experience Social Media Consulting Employee Engagement 301

Alida

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Online communities are now an important tool in gaining ongoing customer feedback and insight. 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.

Engagement 250

Engagement Strategy Entertainment Exercises 250

Innovative CX

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Journey Mapping Surveying customers (VOC) Creating ROI’s Hiring CX “program” managers Engaging CX consultants Buying technology Attending CX conferences Listening to CX webinars and podcasts Reading the latest “how to do CX” book. I’m suggesting you do the following before engaging in these exercises. Strategic Alignment.

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience Conference Customer Journeys NPS 59

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 6, 2016

I’ve been critical of leaders who make declarations like “ THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE CUSTOMER.” My problem with those types of statements is that I believe every year should be the year of the customer. In support of my position, I offer the following: If you want to keep customers in 2016 …. Why else are we in business?

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Employee Engagement Competitive Advantage Customers 100

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

If you are having trouble retaining customers, this could mean a variety of things. Customers could be upset about a change. A change in your product, the experience, the billing structure, the cost or any change could lead to customers jumping ship. Your competition is quietly taking your customers away.

Metrics 252

Metrics Customer Experience Social Media Loyalty 252

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 22, 2019

If you know how critical Customer Experience is to the happiness of your customers and your team (and if you’re reading this, I’m willing to bet you are,) you’re probably already trying to anticipate the next big trends in CX. Customer Experience Still Reigns Supreme. But only 49% of U.S.

Trends 169

Trends Customer Experience Chatbots Innovation 169

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Unfortunately, all that passion doesn’t translate to a sustainable customer experience strategy. Here are some ways entrepreneurs typically fail at customer experience: 1. Customer experience is not part of their mission. This inevitably leads to problems and customers disappear. They need customers.

Customer Experience 272

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Leadership Airlines 272

Verint

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

While a good bit of the discussion focuses on the customer experience—and it should—providing tools for success to the people who speak daily with your customers should be front and center as well. After all, those are the people who serve your customers and help determine if they stay loyal or not.

Employee Engagement 20

Employee Engagement Engagement Gamification Customer Engagement 20

Verint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In my previous blog post , I discussed the rise to prominence of employee engagement in today’s contact center industry. As a reminder, 82 percent of participants in Saddletree Research’s recent survey of end-users ranked employee engagement as a highly important component of their contact center operational strategy.

Employee Engagement 32

Employee Engagement Engagement Contact Center Software 32

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The healthcare industry in the United States is very focused on patient experience right now. And it’s not an isolated experience. Rating the transaction of when the nice nurse treated you so well is not really rating the entire experience. And the entire experience is, for the most part, lacking much innovation.

Healthcare 234

Healthcare Customer Experience Hospitality Social Media 234

SurveySparrow

DECEMBER 29, 2023

When it comes to business competition, offering an exceptional customer experience (CX) is an absolute must. An outstanding CX is the heart of customer retention and a key strategy for customer acquisition. What is the Customer Experience Roadmap? Why Build a Customer Experience Roadmap?

Roadmap 52

Roadmap Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys Customer Experience 52