Who's Your Gladys?

JULY 15, 2015

We love tapping into the experience of successful customer-focused business leaders. That’s why we sat down with Steven Kalczynski, Managing Director of The Townsend Hotel, a luxury hotel nestled in the upscale shopping district of Birmingham, Michigan. It’s an audience that expects only the best.

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Hotels Customer Service Automotive Travel 100

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adrian Swinscoe.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2021

We were discussing how important it is to “bake” customer service into the culture. It’s leadership’s job to define the customer service vision, ensure it’s communicated, and be the role models demonstrating how customers and employees are to be treated. And don’t think customers won’t notice. And they must love it.

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Culture Hotels Customer Service Training Training 154

TechSee

APRIL 10, 2019

In the highly competitive telecom industry, customer experience is a critical factor in building and maintaining a competitive advantage. A recent report by Forrester takes this concept one step further by proving that improving customer experience in telecoms delivers a boost to all KPIs. And by how much?

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Customer Experience Strategy Customer Centricity Omni-Channel 154

SurveySparrow

JUNE 30, 2023

Welcome to the captivating world of customer experience design, where we turn mundane interactions into extraordinary adventures. But, we will be unleashing our creativity to design experiences that will have your customers grinning from ear to ear. Understanding Customer Experience Design What is CX design, you ask?

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ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Drawing inspiration from my experiences and insights into the evolving dynamics of customer interactions, let’s explore five pivotal strategies that can elevate your small business from being good to unforgettable.

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Self Service Customer Service Airlines Touchpoint 78

Help.com

OCTOBER 13, 2014

A customer-centered company culture is overwhelmingly resistant to being knocked off by your competition. Or consider Isadore Sharp’s Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, regarded as one of the top five companies in any industry for service, after having innovated and thrived through many different eras and trends of customer service.

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SurveySparrow

JUNE 22, 2023

In today’s business world, customers’ expectations are higher than ever, with each interaction playing a vital role in shaping their overall perception of your brand. Delivering a standout customer experience (CX) is the key to outpacing your competition and fostering customer loyalty.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In business today, it takes leadership to build a business that consistently engages customers. If customers aren’t emotionally connected to your brand, through the experiences you provide, you will be vulnerable to offers and solicitations from your competitors. Which are you? Such was the case for Mercedes-Benz!

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Customer Bliss

AUGUST 15, 2017

Annette Höher-Bäuerle went from being internal legal counsel at the Thomas Cook Group to leading all of Customer Experience globally. Her skills and long tenure with the company led her to use agile design thinking to prove and implement changes in the customer experience — to gain traction and drive real sustainable improvement.

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Travel Industry Hotels Customer Journeys 204

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

We received some great feedback, and it got me thinking of other ways to surprise our customers. I’m often surprised at how companies find ways to improve a customer experience with something that has nothing to do with what they sell. Certain hotels used to offer a shoe-shine service while you were asleep.

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Hotels Touchpoint Customer Service Training Tips 126

ShepHyken

JANUARY 13, 2021

One of the questions he was asked had to do with empowerment, specifically about the $2,000 the Ladies and Gentlemen – what Ritz-Carlton calls its employees – are allowed to spend to ensure a guest has a great experience. That reminded me of an experience I once had at a Ritz-Carlton. I let the housekeeper know.

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Hotels Customer Service Training Training Course 148

ShepHyken

JULY 8, 2020

Getting customers to review their experience with you is powerful. Before they make a purchase, go to a restaurant, stay at a hotel and more, many customers do online research, which leads them to reviews that help form their opinion of products or services they want to buy—or even the company they want to buy it from.

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Hotels Customer Service Training Customer Experience Training 121

Innovative CX

APRIL 1, 2021

The “it” is a better customer experience. I wish I could say this was an exception to my typical experiences with organizations. A streaming TV provider sends an email informing its subscribers their bills are increasing by 35% but only provides chat, no phone calls, for customer inquiries. Unfortunately, it isn’t.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Why do we design rational Customer Experiences when people are irrational? Rational experience designs are born of the notion that we are logical beings. However, emotions, not logic, drive our behavior, particularly as customers. The hotel mini-bar is a great example.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 25, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer service expert Chip Bell sets the stage with a story. How many of your employees haven’t experienced what it’s like to be a customer of yours? Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Service Guest Experience Loyalty Programs Hospitality 157

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 30, 2015

Most Customer Experiences are accidents—and unfortunately, they are not always happy ones. Unless a company designs a deliberate experience that puts the Customer first and considers the Customer’s perspective, the message you send to the subconscious is rarely what you intend. Convicted without a trial.

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Customer Experience Hotels Airlines Exercises 60

ShepHyken

APRIL 4, 2023

For most of my life – until the recent past – the customer wasn’t expected to tip. People used to tip servers at restaurants, taxi drivers, hotel staff and other traditional service-oriented businesses. Now customers are being asked to tip at auto shops, retail outlets and more. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken

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Tips Self Service Hotels Customer Service Training 124

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Ways Digital Evolution Has Changed Customers’ Ideas About Patience by Scott Clark. How has the ongoing digital evolution impacted how customers view patience today? Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Service Hospitality Hotels 67

ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2020

There were three steps: pay attention, care about your customers and put forth extra effort. I was staying at a hotel that had an executive lounge. When I was leaving the hotel the next day, the front desk clerk said, “We have a package for you.” My definition of “customer amazement” is to be better than average all the time.

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Hotels Customer Service Training Customers Training 154

ShepHyken

MARCH 2, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. CX Is Broken: Five Takeaway’s From NTT Ltd’s 2020 Customer Experience Benchmarking Report by Stan Phelps. That’s one of the main takeaways from NTT Ltd’s Annual 2020 Customer Experience Benchmarking Report.

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Customer Service Hospitality Hotels Loyalty 105

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The other day my friend asked me, “Is mediocrity the new customer experience?” He mentioned how he’s had to wait longer when he called customer support and that there weren’t enough cashiers at the grocery store. . The result is that companies are forced to “skimp” on the quality and service customers have come to expect.

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Poor Customer Service Hotels Customer Service Training Customer Service 148

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

What do you call your customers? Do you call them “customers”? Isn’t that what you want with all of your customers—a long-term relationship in which the customer continues to pay for what you sell? I get that you may be a guest of a hotel or a restaurant. Most people would call them customers.

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Hotels Connections Customer Service Training Retail 156

ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2019

This week we feature an article by Charles Richard who shares an article about how important it is for software development companies to have a successful customer experience strategy. We all crave for “more”- entrepreneurs expect more from their employees whereas your coworkers as well customers may expect more from you.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. They have not only brought new perspectives on the table but have redefined the customer experience exceptionally!

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Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

ShepHyken

MARCH 8, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Why marketing can no longer ignore customer experience by Jason VandeBoom. Digiday) Customer experience is rapidly becoming more designable, more accessible and more creative. They build brands.

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Customer Service Hospitality Airlines Infographics 140

ShepHyken

MARCH 5, 2019

Shep Hyken interviews Horst Schulze, the cofounder and COO of Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. They discuss Schulze’s new book, Excellence Wins , and how he succeeded in creating one of the best hotel companies in the world by developing and sustaining a culture of excellence. What’s the best way to satisfy my customers?

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Hotels Culture Customer Focused Training 95

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When it comes to taking care of customers, sometimes people go a little further than expected. In a sense, that is what customer service is about. While we may be paid to do a job, sometimes doing something that is not required – and therefore not expected – is what the next level of a good customer service experience is all about.

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Hotels Customer Focused Customer Service Training Customer Service 107

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Apart from being a lovely chap, like many people in the global Customer Experience (CX) community, he is as passionate and enthused about developing knowledge and education around CX competencies as I am. Chris is also someone who spends as much time in airports, aircraft and hotels as I do!

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ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The DiJulius Group) Even as the demand for Chick-fil-A is at an all-time high, the private company will only grow at a pace they ensure they won’t jeopardize the brand experience. (The What Makes Good Customer Service?

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 67

ijgolding

JANUARY 19, 2016

Customer Experience – as a concept…. However, it is true that most of the best examples – the earliest examples – of Customer Experience being deployed as a core element of business strategy was very much a US led phenomenon. as an idea…. as a principle… as a profession… – it all started in the US.

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Airlines Customer Experience Travel Customer Centricity 120

ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Predictions for 2023 by Dan Gingiss (Dan Gingiss) It’s a new year, so why not start it off right with some powerful customer experience predictions from the world’s foremost experts?

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Customer Service Hotels Hospitality Social Media 48

ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Research: How Employee Experience Impacts Your Bottom Line by Kate Gautier, Tiffani Bova, Kexin Chen, and Lalith Munasinghe. Customer Obsession: Being Real, Sensitive, and Personal is a Requirement Now by Sharel Omer.

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Loyalty Programs Customer Service Hotels Entertainment 65

ShepHyken

JULY 12, 2017

He made their hotel reservations, and for each hotel they planned to stop at on the way to Utah he asked, “Is your hotel dog-friendly?” But to his surprise, while checking into one of the hotels he was told there would be a $120 charge for the dogs to stay in his room. He asked if the hotel was dog-friendly.

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Hotels Customer Focused Policies Customer Service Training 99

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The short version of this concept, applied to customer interactions, is that customers judge their experience on how they felt at its peak and at its end. Specifically, when surveys are sent and how they could potentially negatively impact the customer experience. This can be any type of business.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 26, 2017

Every week I stay at different hotels around the world as I travel for my speaking engagements. And, every morning I get up in these hotels and take a shower. That is, until you experience something better. Small, but what a brilliant customer focused idea. There are some hotels that have figured this out.

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