ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

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? There’s no denying that without an effective customer service team , a business would fall apart. Step 2: Recognition is Important .

Employee Experience 126

Employee Experience Customer Service Customer Experience Employee Engagement 126

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

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The Retail Trends Report from Retail Customer Experience is full of valuable insights on both consumers and retailers and how they’re feeling about the way we are shopping today. Customer engagement. Finding and keeping employees. …both challenges related to people. How can we confront this challenge?

Customer Engagement 110

Customer Engagement Engagement Strategy Retail 110

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

Adrian Swinscoe

APRIL 11, 2024

Today’s interview is with Gareth Higgins, who writes and speaks about the power of storytelling to shape our lives and world, peace and justice, and how […] The post Leadership, storytelling and why it is an art and it needs to be taught – Interview with Gareth Higgins first appeared on Adrian Swinscoe.

Leadership 59

Leadership Employee Engagement Employee Experience Communication 59

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.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Self Service Culture 324

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 26, 2016

Whenever I consider offering customer experience consulting services for a prospective business client, I interview senior leadership and ask a lot of questions that get at motivation and their perceived purpose for the potential partnership. How will you define employee engagement and customer experience success?

Leadership 100

Leadership Automotive Employee Engagement Hotels 100

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

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

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 24, 2015

I had the pleasure of reading Jeanne Bliss’s new book, Chief Customer Officer 2.0 , and can’t wait to tell you why you should read it! Jeanne Bliss was one of the original Chief Customer Officers, and has held titles like that for companies including Land’s End and Allstate. Chief Customer Officer 2.0

Leadership 110

Leadership Chief Customer Officer Handbook Social Media 110

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 27, 2016

One day, I was asking Horst about a client of mine that was struggling to engage customers. As I presented the challenge to Horst, I explained the efforts the company’s leaders had exerted to, “improve the quality of their customer experience so that most customers had less pain during interactions”.

Customer Experience 223

Customer Experience Hotels Leadership Customers 223

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2015

What’s more, they started realizing that while they excelled at acquiring new customers, they weren’t great at keeping them. But now there were new startups squeezing into their space, taking their customers and attracting the kind of buzz reserved only for the new and shiny players. What about Mr. Happy Customer?

Leadership 110

Leadership Consulting Employee Engagement User Experience 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 31, 2015

As some of you who follow this blog may know, I took the CXI® magnifying glass with me to South By Southwest Interactive this month to scout for customer-focused themes within the latest tech trends. New ways to gather data and offer personalized experiences should add up to better customer experiences and smarter marketing.

Technology 110

Technology Customer Experience Social Media Trends 110

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Customer experience has been a buzzword for several years and is only heating up. Many companies experience numerous challenges in the ares of customer experience transformation. We talked with the leading customer experience experts to find out what CX professionals should pay attention in the coming years. “CX

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

Maz Iqbal

DECEMBER 22, 2014

I wish to distinguish between ‘caring about’ and ‘caring for’ Let’s start with the realm of Customer. Caring About Customers v Caring For The Customer. I am clear that folks in business care about customers. Now, let’s turn our attention to caring for the customer.

Leadership 103

Leadership Customer Philosophy Employee Engagement Loyalty 103

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

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

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

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Continuing with our list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience (CX) influencers (experts, consultants, and authors), we are sharing a few names of leaders leaders that every CX enthusiast must follow and take inspiration from. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 31, 2014

In the months ahead, 360Connext will be offering some great content to help you deliver MORE for your customers. Our mission, after all, is to create fewer ruined days for customers. Why not sharpen your customer experience skills, hear from amazing people and offer your insights, as well? Take Daily Action! Let us know!

Entertainment 247

Entertainment Leadership Social Media B2B 247

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Customers, and those of us who serve them, have one thing in common, no matter what the industry or situation. The most exciting companies change the game by innovating around their customer experience. These are the types of questions Adam Toporek and I will be covering in our new business podcast: Crack The Customer Code!

Social Media 244

Social Media Consulting Leadership Employee Engagement 244

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Customer experience is about so much more than call-center scripts or proper protocol around customer complaints. The best companies, the ones we know as customer experience leaders, adopt a customer focused view to everything. Silos make understanding the customer journey that much harder.

Customer Focused 275

Customer Focused Employee Engagement Call Center Social Media 275

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Being Customer-Centric requires rewarding those that contribute to Customer-Centricity. Too many organizations are still not rewarding Customer Experience improvement because they don’t measure it. Focusing on rewarding these, however, is not conducive to Customer Centricity. It’s a simple concept, really.

Net Promoter Score 118

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience CEM Customer Centricity 118

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 9, 2015

Organizations across a wide range of industries are creating positions like Chief Customer Officer and Customer Experience executive. They’ve realized the importance of investing in the overall experience of customers, and that doing so generates phenomenal business results. But how can YOU make that happen?

Customer Experience 110

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals Resources 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As business owners, we want to believe if we INTEND to have a customer-focused organization, we will! We deliver an experience in the beginning based on who we are, not any plan about how we deliver. It’s organic – we just ARE customer focused. Culture supporting a customer focused organization includes: Playfulness.

Customer Focused 289

Customer Focused Employee Engagement Culture Social Media 289

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 26, 2015

are familiar with customer experience terms and ideas, most people still are not. So I explain our work of helping companies and organizations understand the true experience of their customers, leading to improved experiences. One outage creates massive issues for employees and customers alike.

Industry 110

Industry Customer Experience Social Media Leadership 110

ClearAction

JANUARY 4, 2020

CEO’s Guide to Growth through Customer Experience Engagement Lynn Hunsaker. Customer experience engagement is a growth strategy. Customer experience originated when the first people on earth bartered: it’s essentially a law of nature — not something that was invented in recent decades.

Engagement 48

Engagement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Employee Engagement 48

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

If there is one way to create a better customer experience, it’s this: Advocate. But what about customer advocacy? They became antagonists to the very customers they are supposed to serve. And they are never asked to advocate for the customer. Shame on the C-level for assuming customers aren’t paying attention.

Hospitality 251

Hospitality Social Media Consulting Leadership 251

PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Motivating Customer Experience Improvement. If you’re a customer experience leader, that duality is important to understand. Making Meaning Out of Customer Centricity. In customer experience strategy, we can get mired in the practical elements of our business: Who will take responsibility?

Leadership 48

Leadership Customer Experience Customer Centricity eBook 48

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 20, 2015

What is customer experience? According to Wikipedia, it’s this: Customer experience ( CX ) is the sum of all experiences a customer has with a supplier of goods and/or services, over the duration of their relationship with that supplier. Unhappy customers will harm your brand. YOU DON’T.

Customer Journeys 110

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Culture Communication 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Apply this idea to relationships with customers , and you’ll see everyone, whether customer or company, needs to make a withdrawal from the relationship bank at times. It only works when your customer believes it was beyond your control , not foreseeable, or the like. Care about your people before they become customers.

Banking 286

Banking Loyalty Culture Social Media 286

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Here’s the gist, just in case you haven’t heard it: We evaluate customer experience for organizations interested in understanding the true experience of their customers, not just what they believe it to be. Yes, everyone loves a great customer experience as a customer. Yes, yes, yes.

How To 271

How To Leadership Social Media Consulting 271

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 24, 2015

I’m speaking at the Next Generation Customer Experience conference in San Diego this week, but today I got to be an attendee and participate in some great conversations about customer experience. There were sessions on co-creating with customers, social media, and customer journey mapping. Stay tuned!

Customer Journeys 110

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Conference Social Media 110

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

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Emotional Engagement and Customer Centricity. How to Drive Customer and Employee Engagement for a Better Customer Experience. They discuss strategies for building customer centricity and emotional engagement. That means spending time on the frontlines of customer service.

Customer Centricity 75

Customer Centricity Culture Leadership Employee Engagement 75

Service Untitled

JANUARY 10, 2011

These kinds of business decisions can affect the remaining employee’s ability to stay positive and not focus on the negative. Employees need to be actively engaged so they can add value to the organization. The customer experience can be significantly affected when employees are not engaged.

Employee Engagement 71

Employee Engagement Engagement Leadership Culture 71

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Why Systems Matter to Your Customers.

Net Promoter Score 120

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience How To CEM 120