Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. So… Is customer experience worth it?

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Effort Score Net Promoter Score Culture 261

ECXO

APRIL 18, 2024

posts header on ECXO The Story of Jose – A Tale About Customer Experience Once upon a time in the bustling city of Metropolis, there was an extraordinary lion named Jose. Though TechEase was renowned for its innovative products, it was infamous for its lack of customer-centric culture.

Customer Experience 102

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer Culture 102

ShepHyken

MARCH 26, 2024

There is some very practical wisdom in these motivational and inspiring quotes that we can apply to the customer service and CX world. Think of the best customer experiences you have had. They made your experience enjoyable and easy. It is incredibly complicated, but the Amazon experience is so easy!

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Entertainment Sports Customer Service Training Training 88

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a confrontation with a customer, you have a goal: win the customer , not the argument. I’ve written about this before, and it’s worth coming back to this topic from another angle with a different example. First, an interaction with a customer should never result in an argument. It’s not about blame.

Customer Service Training 151

Customer Service Training Customers Interaction Customer Service 151

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

No matter what language they speak, there’s typically a barrier between the language brands use internally and the language customers use while trying to get something done. Mixed message can make their way into signage, marketing materials, online experiences, and countless other touchpoints within every customer journey.

Touchpoint 207

Touchpoint Customer Journeys ROI Customers 207

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.

Self Service 79

Self Service Customer Service Airlines Touchpoint 79

CloudCherry

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

And, on this week’s ‘ Sweets of CX’Podcast , Eric Ullman – Customer and Employee Experience Strategist and owner of CX Alchemy – offers some delectable advice on the subject. Customer Experience, I believe, starts with a combination of customer understanding (What are our customers telling us?

Customer Journeys 186

Customer Journeys B2C B2B Employee Engagement 186

ShepHyken

AUGUST 5, 2020

What gets in the way of creating a great customer service experience for you and/or your organization? Is it a process that is clunky, inconvenient and difficult for the customer? As she moved into this role, she realized the opportunities that would come from providing a better customer experience.

Customer Service 160

Customer Service How To Exercises Customer Service Training 160

ShepHyken

JULY 25, 2018

Customer service and customer experience (CX) have become as hot of topics as any in business. It’s become a customer expectation. Don’t deliver on the CX and the customer will find someone – or some company – that does. And, not only do you have to deliver on the experience, you have to stand out and be different.

Employee Experience 91

Employee Experience Customer Experience Exercises Customer Service Training 91

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 27, 2018

Innovative customer experiences stand out from what customers are used to experiencing. Not only do these experiences feel different, as they happen. Also, after the customer service rep, sales rep, engineer, field sales service rep, Quality professional departs, the customer asks themselves: “What just happened?”.

Innovation 86

Innovation Customer Experience Customer Retention Sales 86

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Customer experience (CX) is the relationship of a customer with a business at all touchpoints during the period of the customer journey. It is widely said that customer experience is the next battleground for organizations. Adam is a globally recognized expert on customer experience.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Customer Journeys 130

ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2024

If you’re making your customer go through the same process multiple times, you’re creating a negative customer experience. As I typed the same thing onto each form repeatedly, I thought, “What a waste of time for the customer – or, in this case, the patient.” Don’t bog the customer down. I’m okay!)

Insurance 88

Insurance Banking Customer Service Training Retail 88

Michel Falcon Experience

APRIL 23, 2019

If you know of a great customer experience story please share in the comments section of this post. I’m going to share something with you that has helped me be the best customer-centric leader that I can be for my company, team and customers. Why can’t OUR team consistently deliver exceptional experiences like this?

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Company Customer Experience Customer Service Net Promoter Score 95

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When we create collaborative workplace experiences, we create better and better customer experiences. Ultimately, perpetuating conflicting workplace agendas is self-focused, rather than customer-focused. Collaborative workplace experiences are more productive and profitable than dysfunctional ones.

Customer Experience 70

Customer Experience Entertainment Customer Retention Customers 70

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That employee is the type of team member who will do whatever they can to take care of their internal and external customers. Because they do what it takes and know, “If I don’t do it, who will?” Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

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Customer Service Training Video Course Customer Service 142

One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 18, 2018

Customer bombardment should be a no-brainer non-strategy. Especially when it comes to how not to create a positive customer experience. Yet what should be common sense often flies in the face of customer experience reality. Do you really know how many times customers receive notifications from your organization?

Strategy 51

Strategy Customer Experience Customer Retention Customers 51

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2021

You know the brands that do customer culture well. They create such a focus on the customer that everything and everyone throughout the organization is on board. . Sometimes the customer-focused “way” is seen as a brand within a brand. It’s easy to TALK customer experience.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journeys Government 190

Smith+co CX

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Corona Energy had already defined their purpose – Helping our customers’ business to thrive. What they needed was to deliver this through their people and the customer experience. Smith+Co began by conducting qualitative and quantitative research (using our proprietary CEM+ Survey) with the loyal customers. What we did.

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B2B Customer Experience Marketing CEM 36

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

ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2022

He shares how organizations can gain loyal customers by providing an experience that exceeds expectations. We’ve entered a new era of service where businesses that are serious about scaling and retaining their customers — especially small businesses using continuity models (e.g., 10x Treatment for New Clients. Conclusion.

How To 132

How To Video Social Media Training 132

Seaton CX

MAY 16, 2024

Customer journey mapping is the foundation of customer experience management. A customer journey map informs your customer experience (CX) strategy, identifies where to listen for customer feedback, and connects your CX vision to the design, delivery, measurement, and management of the customer experience.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys ROI B2B Financial 52

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. As the customer journey continues to evolve into something more dynamic and diverse, it’s imperative to think about ways of optimising your (hopefully) amorous customer relationships through your business communications.

Customer Service 61

Customer Service Customer Centricity Loyalty Programs Culture 61

ShepHyken

MARCH 21, 2017

Diana Oreck on How to Be a Customer Service Rock Star. What lessons can we learn from rock stars in the world of customer service and customer experience, like Ritz-Carlton? First Up: In Shep Hyken’s opening comments he relates an experience from the customer service workshops his company conducts for client companies.

Leadership 81

Leadership Hospitality Hotels Customer Focused 81

ShepHyken

JULY 6, 2022

In our customer service training workshops , we have an exercise that introduces a concept called The Five Levels of Service. Any company should be happy with World Class , which is when the company is consistently and predictably delivering a level of service that gets customers to come back. Most often, it is a comparison.

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Company Fashion Customer Service Training Comparison 73

ijgolding

JUNE 9, 2015

If you have followed my writing for a while, you will be very much aware that I am very proud and passionate Customer Experience Professional (CXP). If you do not BELIEVE in the significance that Customer Experience can have on every stakeholder involved in an organisation, you are unlikely to cut it as a CXP.

Customer Experience Professionals 120

Customer Experience Professionals Leadership Customer Experience Effort Score 120

ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2023

For a number of years, I’ve preached that our customers no longer compare us just to our direct competitors, but instead to the brands they enjoy doing business with the most. In other words, the ones that provide the best customer service and experience. Customers can predict their Amazon experience with almost 100% accuracy.

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B2C B2B Customer Service Training Retail 65

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In our customer service workshops , we do an exercise in which we ask participants what their favorite companies are to do business with and why. When a customer places an order, he or she is immediately notified by email. And another is sent to inform the customer the package has arrived. But there’s more.

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Communication How To B2C Exercises 73

ClearAction

OCTOBER 25, 2022

You can fast-track your customer experience (CX) maturity with gigantic financial gains, as I learned when we faced a customer crisis early in my career. Within the first two years, we saved enormous time and money for employees, customers, partners and investors. How can customer experience management achieve this?

Customer Journeys 71

Customer Journeys Sports Study Leadership 71

CX Journey

APRIL 25, 2018

Customers are yearning for better experiences. But what are you doing to design a better experience? How do you know what your customers’ expectations are? Are you listening to customers? Are you mapping their experiences? Those are marketing tools and are too high level for customer experience design.

Customer Journeys 146

Customer Journeys Exercises Touchpoint Culture 146

Strativity

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Throughout Strativity’s 17+ years in CX consulting, we’ve developed fundamental principles to help our clients avoid roadblocks and accelerate success with their customer experience initiatives — and now we’re sharing what we’ve learned with CX leaders like you. Build understanding and engagement with Customer Journey Mapping.

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Consulting Customer Journeys Touchpoint Policies 53

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Are competing customer retention cultures crippling your organization or association? First, competing customer retention cultures are sustained within traditional departmental silos and business models. My One Millimeter Mindset blog post, “ Do Our Professional Labels create Positive Customer Experiences?

Customer Retention 61

Customer Retention Culture Customer Focused Customers 61

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 12, 2018

That leader had an epiphany about customer-centric culture. If we focus on customers, we will be a better organization. Starting today, we focus on customers in a whole new way! A speech that declares this day is “DAY ONE” of becoming customer centered. Or maybe he was the CEO. We will have legions of fans.

Customer Centricity 137

Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Culture Training 137

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Ultimately, as we serve each other, better and better, we create better internal workplace collaboration experiences and outcomes. We end up serving our customers, better and better, as well. And creating remarkable customer-focused experiences. 2 Ways We create unforgettably Innovative Customer Experiences.

Innovation 65

Innovation Customer Retention Consulting Culture 65

ShepHyken

JANUARY 6, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: What’s your ROX (Return on experience)? This excellent article from the good people at CCW, who put on several amazing conferences for the customer support world cover eight strategies in the contact center.

Customer Service 104

Customer Service Contact Center Customer Journeys Employee Experience 104

One Millimeter Mindset

MAY 23, 2019

Lead a more employee- and customer-focused workforce. Then, evaluate the human capital value of creating a storytelling culture on based on professionally diverse and inclusive employee and customer experiences, success and retention. Leverage co-created stories to better serve each other, and your customers.

Leadership 70

Leadership Conference Innovation Culture 70

One Millimeter Mindset

MARCH 18, 2019

With them, and for them, on behalf of better serving each other and your customers. What type of employee and stakeholder experiences do you create? Let alone experiences leading to customer success and customer retention? I survey the STEM professionals and left brain thinkers I speak to and conduct workshops for.

Customer Retention 72

Customer Retention Communication Culture Meeting 72

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 17, 2017

In our customer experience consultancy, we spend a lot of time educating people about the components of a great customer experience. If customers just had a gadget that could do more or electronic kiosks they could play with in the store, or a virtual reality app – well, then the customer experience would be great.

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Technology Touchpoint Case Study Consulting 132