One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 3, 2018

It is time for a mid year workforce innovation break! This midyear workforce innovation blog post review links to the top 5 blog posts that readers find relevant and valuable. As a Professional of Worth, target continuous collaborative workforce innovation. Innovative Collaboration Cultures evolve Customer Experience [link].

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Innovation Engagement Roadmap Customer Retention 44

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 29, 2018

Ah, the impact of experience conflicts on the performance of our customer retention strategy. That “something” completely disrupts customer experience equilibrium. Perhaps experience conflicts are more important when detected prior to acquiring customers than they are when they occur during post-sale execution?

Customer Retention 60

Customer Retention Strategy Customer Experience Comparison 60

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Customer retention is a business growth, expansion and sustainability strategy. However, in reality, customer retention is firmly in the hands of everyone else in the organization who usually is not part of the customer acquisition process. Retaining Customers involves All Hands on Deck.

Customer Retention 63

Customer Retention Consulting Customers Sales 63

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These 18 ways create a more effective customer retention strategy. Or a sales engineering professional, a customer service professional, or any other professional engaged in acquiring and retaining customers. That habit creates a set of behaviors and expectations which impact how we best serve customers.

Customer Retention 73

Customer Retention Strategy Return on Investment Sales 73

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 20, 2018

Customer retention experiences create a rich chronicle of just how it is to work with us, and our organizations. Yet, these bold, splashy stories, which our marketing departments love, leave the customer’s biggest question unaddressed: “Will you forget about taking good care of me, once I sign the contract?”. Think about it.

Customer Retention 50

Customer Retention Customer Experience Sales Customers 50

One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

How would you rate your own customer retention performance? Listen in on my latest video about post sale customer abandonment, and how it negatively impacts customer retention. Listen in on my latest video about post sale customer abandonment, and how it negatively impacts customer retention.

Customer Retention 48

Customer Retention Sales CRM Customers 48

One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Reinforcing a hopscotch client retention strategy reinforces “the same” rather than providing the palette for innovation. Move one millimeter beyond a comfortable client retention strategy, towards what is Possible. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Today and Tomorrow.

Strategy 213

Strategy B2C Customer Retention B2B 213

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 15, 2018

Our innovative value leverages the client-focused outcomes we create. Instead, our innovative value leverages the voice which defines us as Professionals of Worth. Professional innovation is the road less traveled. Innovative value reflects the Who We Are behind What We do. Looking for an innovative, engaging speakers?

Innovation 51

Innovation Customer Retention Travel Sales 51

Verint

DECEMBER 28, 2017

One Millimeter Mindset customer retention moves you and your organization one millimeter outside your current comfort level. One of the biggest differences has to do with how we acquire and then retain customers. More importantly, One Millimeter Mindset customer retention is about today and tomorrow, not yesterday.

Customer Retention 36

Customer Retention Leadership Sales Innovation 36

One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 18, 2018

All throwing their professional efforts at the customer. Instead of in partnership with the customer. That is such an outdated customer retention model. For starters, this outdated concept of retaining customers is linear. Again, so the customer “fits” into the organization’s customer retention model.

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Customer Retention Resources Touchpoint Customers 118

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Let’s move forward with a facilitated pandemic storytelling workshop. However, putting them on the table in all their glorious imperfection moves your team past creativity and innovation blocks. Instead, this internal customer discovery exercise allows you all to uncover what external clients really value.

How To 95

How To Leadership Exercises Innovation 95

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Why Experiential Rewards Are Winning Over Customers: 5 Stellar Examples by Peter Vogel (The Wise Marketer) In today’s highly competitive business environment, brands are constantly searching for innovative ways to engage and retain their customers. My Comment: True customer loyalty is a gift.

Customer Service 63

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Ecommerce Loyalty 63

One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Why be surprised when customers defect, when small, but effective customized and personalized experiences impact customer retention? Isn’t it time to take a different approach to acquiring and, most of all, retaining valuable customers? Start moving one millimeter forward beyond what is comfortable, today.

Customer Experience 96

Customer Experience Customer Retention Sports Sales 96

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 15, 2020

If everyone is an internal client of everyone else in your organization, then who are your customers? Each time I ask this question at speaking engagements , workshops or coaching sessions , attendees engage in a flurry of activity. At that point, level of engagement changes. I don’t think so either.

Exercises 88

Exercises Innovation Leadership Report 88

One Millimeter Mindset

JANUARY 7, 2019

Compelling storytelling fuels customer retention. After all, each story is about how working with you and your organization fuels their business growth, customer success and customer retention. The ones that reflect each customer’s reality and your role in their success? Catalyze your mindset and skill sets!

Customer Retention 73

Customer Retention Customers Course Innovation 73

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 9, 2018

Customer Room is open for a week during each quarter, anybody can come and go as they please. Top executives are invited to come into the space and hold meetings and workshops. Some even host “fireside chats,” increasing their engagement with the room. What worked and what was the value? What worked and what was the value?

Customer Experience 175

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Chief Customer Officer Effort Score 175

SurveySparrow

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Customer Experience conferences are always a source of joy for us, CX enthusiasts. The in-depth learning sessions, the opportunity to meet and have penetrative conversations with visionaries and of course, the hands-on workshops on cutting-edge technologies, etc. Customer Experience Strategies Summit (CXS).

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Conference Customer Experience Customer Journeys Omni-Channel 96

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Consequently each meeting becomes a turf war rather than a collaborative and innovative exchange. Consequently, this team persona leaves little opportunity for collaboration and innovation. Why remain an order-taker when you can evolve into an innovator? Engage me to present a One Millimeter Mindset program!

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Innovation Leadership Meeting Groups 115

ECXO

APRIL 18, 2024

He was a Customer Success Manager at a well-known company, “TechEase” A traditional company in the city that has been there for decades, working in the same way they have always worked. Though TechEase was renowned for its innovative products, it was infamous for its lack of customer-centric culture.

Customer Experience 101

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer Culture 101

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 8, 2018

Think of the implications of this professional innovation strategy on customer success and customer retention. Thus, we engage clients during conversations. Instead, we evolve into innovators. Engage me to speak or conduct an interactive workshop at your next corporate or association event.

Customer Retention 53

Customer Retention Innovation Strategy Trends 53

NobelBiz

OCTOBER 24, 2023

. – Christian Montes, Executive Vice President of Client Operations @NobelBiz Key Components of a Customer Experience Map: Touchpoints These touchpoints are the various points of interaction between the customer and the brand. Social media engagement for customer feedback. What is a Customer Journey Map?

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Customer Journeys Customer Experience Contact Center Touchpoint 104

One Millimeter Mindset

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Can you afford to continue to jeopardize customer experience and customer retention due to how you currently deal with “No”? Engage me to present a One Millimeter Mindset program! Babette Ten Haken is a refreshingly extroverted STEM professional and skeptical thinker focused on intentional innovation.

Leadership 81

Leadership Innovation Consulting ROI 81

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Her key focus is to serve her clients with the latest innovations in her field, leading to fast and effective results. Read Shep’s latest Forbes article: Customer Service And CX Are Not Just For People On The Front Line Srushti Shah is the Head of Product Marketing for Middleware.

Customer Experience 56

Customer Experience Sports Innovation Feedback 56

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 22, 2018

This week, I am engaged in what I love and what I do best. Providing compelling speaking programs and workshops focused on professional innovation, workforce engagement and customer success for customer retention. First, when many of us experience this professional epiphany, it takes our breath away.

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Exercises Customer Retention Roadmap Innovation 51

One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Consequently, professional experience is customer-focused, rather than self-serving. Far too many of us equate customer retention only with retaining customers in our own customer bases. Regardless of our professional disciplines, each of us utilizes our professional experience to better serve customers. .

Customer Retention 50

Customer Retention Innovation Sales Customer Experience 50

One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Here are 8 zinger blog posts to catalyze your professional innovation, workforce engagement and customer success during Q4. Confusing Customer Service Delivery with Customer Experience Delivery? A Hopscotch Client Retention Strategy will not boost Customer Success. Contact me. Subscribe to my blog.

Customer Retention 70

Customer Retention B2C B2B Innovation 70

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 1, 2018

Compelling stories become the reasons new hires seek to be engaged within that organizational culture. Developing an innovation collaborative culture fosters a workforce of nascent storytellers. Towards a new way of leveraging collaboration to catalyze professional innovation, workforce engagement and customer retention?

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Customer Success Customer Experience Customer Retention Exercises 50

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

When you proactively retain customers, your non-customer-facing groups collaborate to prevent recurrence of prevalent issues that cause customer pain. Your Marketing team supports customer retention in balance with customer acquisition. Include cross-functional representatives in each workshop.

Strategy 71

Strategy Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Analysis 71

One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 19, 2018

Engage Babette Ten Haken to deliver some of the most distinctive and game-changing keynotes and workshops, finely tuned for today’s digitally transforming workplaces. So, while these employees will keep an organization in business, their performance is unremarkable and lacks distinction and innovation.

Innovation 55

Innovation Customer Retention Engagement Industry 55

One Millimeter Mindset

AUGUST 13, 2018

Making Professional Zen a professional innovation goal allows us to create strategic order, rather than perpetuate tactical chaos. The goal of developing professional Zen is to create an ongoing customer experience. That is what customer retention is all about. and regard us as innovators. Think about it.

Customer Experience 53

Customer Experience Customer Retention Innovation Exercises 53

ShepHyken

JANUARY 28, 2024

For certain customers, self-checkout still makes sense. Keep innovating and properly staff for the customer willing to use self-checkout and needs help. The research evaluates The Alexander Group Customer Experience Index (CXI) of over 160 organizations across seven industries. My take on this is not to give up.

Customer Service 65

Customer Service Customer Journeys Trends Study 65

One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 5, 2018

And is this inconsistency reflected in the rate of customer churn and customer retention, mid year? Too many professionals wait until the official “numbers” are available to realize that they blew it with their customers. I do not need to be reminding you of best practices in customer experience and customer retention.

Customer Experience 44

Customer Experience Customer Retention Roadmap Innovation 44

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Regardless of whether you and I collaborate on a new, innovative professional development path for you, leveraging the profitability of workplace collaboration, or creating a more collaborative, organization- and association-wide customer retention strategy. Right here, Today. Discover what is Possible, Tomorrow.

Customer Retention 68

Customer Retention Innovation Consulting Sales 68

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

I offer you 16 collaboration exercises to jump-start collaborative customer retention in your own career trajectory. In order for each employee to discover just what “their” specific customer touchpoint involves, they often must stray beyond the confines of their department. Better yet, ask your current customers.

Customer Retention 73

Customer Retention Exercises Touchpoint Leadership 73

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Retaining those customers for the long haul is equally, if not more, essential. A high customer retention rate is a testament to a company’s customer-centric approach, resulting in increased profits, positive word-of-mouth, and enhanced brand reputation. Educate and Empower: Empowered customers are loyal customers.

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Customer Retention Strategy Loyalty Programs Customer Centricity 10

ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

Deloitte Shares Loyalty Trends and Best Practices for 2024 by Alicia Esposito (Retail TouchPoints) To drive customer retention and loyalty, most brands and retailers continue to rely on purchase discounts (77%) and loyalty program points (61%), according to Retail TouchPoints research. It must become part of the company’s values.

Customer Service 65

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Contact Center Financial 65

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Or, tell these stories, compellingly, while acquiring or retaining customers. Consider the impact of our not having time to capture these stories on productivity, profitability and customer retention? I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event. Click on this link to find out more.

Customer Retention 75

Customer Retention Culture Consulting Innovation 75