Execs In The Know

APRIL 26, 2023

Investing in organizational change can be one of the most rewarding investments any leader or executive can make – but it also presents unique risks and challenges. To ensure that organizational transformation is a successful undertaking, it is important to understand not only the benefits but also how to overcome potential pitfalls.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Most businesses design customer experiences from the inside out, based on what is best for the company, when they should be doing the exact opposite. At least, that’s Annette Franz ‘ s two cents on the matter. How to put the “customer” in “customer experience”.

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Customer Experience CX Start-ups Close the Loop 211

Steven Van Belleghem

JUNE 6, 2023

Lead Companies with a successful customer centric culture – from Apple and Amazon to Starbucks and Glossier – stand out with these 2 things: they have a strong customer vision and leaders who show with their decisions and actions that they will always and forever put the customer first.

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Construction Engineering Retail CX 62

Totango

JULY 15, 2021

The role of a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a fairly new addition to the C-suite, but it has been on the rise over the past several years as companies are better understanding the importance of creating a customer-centric culture within their organizations. What Does a Chief Customer Officer Do?

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Start-ups Customer Relationship Education Customer Retention 124

Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Shep Hyken.

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Customer Service Contact Center Social Media CX 136

SurveySensum

JUNE 19, 2023

You know what they say, ‘A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all’! That quote from Michael LeBoeuf, a renowned business author, really hits the nail on the head. Think about it: when a customer is satisfied with your business, they’re more likely to stick around and become a loyal customer.

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Customer Satisfaction Net Promoter Score Social Media Sentiment Analysis 52

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 17, 2019

I am cursed with the fact that I can’t have a Customer Experience without analyzing it and defining what they should do differently. But I am also blessed, because my Customer Experience knowledge has fed my family for 20 years! as though she was trying to claim a prize on a game show. How about some dessert?

Start-ups 121

Start-ups Gaming Customer Experience 121

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? How to overcome those challenges? Probably not.

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CX Customer Experience Education Machine Learning 129

SurveySensum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Their insights revealed a surge in “workout plans” and “nutrition tips” queries on their knowledge base. It helped the company enhance overall satisfaction and create a more personalized and efficient fitness experience. A fitness app team was analyzing its user interactions. Let’s dive in!

VOC 52

VOC E-commerce Text Analytics Customer Satisfaction 52

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

What we know from early research on employee engagement is that if you have happy employees, chances are you’re going to have satisfied customers. My new ebook, Happy Employees Make Happy Customers , explores this concept in great detail. So how do you get happy employees and how does it affect Customer Experience?

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Customer Experience Start-ups Government CX 165

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

One of the most influential factors on your Customer Experience is your company culture. Most companies might understand the concept, yet still engage in activities that influence company culture in a way that hurts the Customer Experience. You use the wrong language.

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Customer Experience Customer-Centric Organization Sales Customer Service 134

SurveySensum

JULY 10, 2023

Are you a regular customer of Starbucks? This is how Starbucks prioritizes its customers and consistently delivers exceptional retail customer service – showing how by creating a positive customer experience you can foster trust, cultivate customer loyalty , and set your business apart.

Retail 52

Retail Customer Service E-commerce Social Media 52

SurveySensum

JULY 11, 2023

You leave the restaurant with a big grin on your face. This delightful experience, my friend, is what we call customer experience (CX). Before we move ahead, let’s understand – What is customer experience? Customer Experience is the overall impression a brand creates in the minds and hearts of its customers.

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Customer Experience Touchpoint Customer Retention Net Promoter Score 83

Totango

MAY 5, 2021

It is essential for a company to understand the behavior, opinions, and needs of their customers to provide the best service possible. A business’s relationship with its clientele is a foundational necessity, and just like any other relationship, if one side does not understand the other, the partnership is destined to fail.

Net Promoter Score 118

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience NPS Education 118

Customer Bliss

JUNE 8, 2020

Recently, I was joined by Yamini Rangan, chief customer officer of Hubspot for a LIVE version of my podcast, the Chief Customer Officer Human Duct Tape Show. Be sure to subscribe here or on your favorite podcast app to get this episode when it comes out later this week. How did you manage to achieve getting everybody support?

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Finance B2B Education Sales 84

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy.

Net Promoter Score 163

Net Promoter Score CEM Social Media Retail 163

Execs In The Know

JUNE 14, 2023

In today’s digital world, building a culture of security within your organization is crucial. This blog post will explore some best practices for maintaining security for remote employees, with a focus on data security and workplace privacy. What Is a Culture of Security?

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ML Artificial Intelligence Education AI 52

Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

You read blog posts and research articles if you want to learn more about a specific topic. For example, there are plenty of good customer experience books to read if you want to learn more about customer experience. To help you out, we have listed our top 10 must-read customer experience books.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Management CX Start-ups 94

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We work with Customer Experience (CX) professionals around the world and train them on how to go about implementing CX programs. The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. If you consider Customers transactions, guess what? Why or why not?

Net Promoter Score 154

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Customer-Centric Organization CEM 154

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 4, 2014

An organization’s process tells me a great deal about how Customer-centric they are. Is the process designed for the good of the Customer or was it designed for the good of the company? In my experience, the latter is more likely than the former, leaving most organizations with a process lacking a customer focus.

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Customer Journey Map Retail Customer Experience Management Customer Experience 153

SurveySensum

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this digital age of customer shopping behavior, customer experience is not JUST a desirable outcome – it’s CRITICAL to your business’s success. More than 90% of customers are likely to make repeat purchases from companies that provide excellent customer service. CSAT score.

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VOC Scorecard Construction Customer Satisfaction 52

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX CX transformation is no longer a nice-to-have, it's a necessity” – concludes Forrester , one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world. How to overcome those challenges?

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CX Customer Experience Artificial Intelligence Omnichannel 141

Totango

MARCH 4, 2022

B2B customer service is often confused with B2B customer success, but they are not the same. Despite their differences, however, they do share an intimate relationship – you need strong customer service to achieve customer success. What is B2B Customer Service? B2B customer service may be manual or automated.

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B2B Customer Service B2C Net Promoter Score 92

Execs In The Know

MAY 22, 2023

The customer experience (CX) industry is a competitive and ever-evolving space, and many organizations struggle to stay ahead of the curve. For businesses that specialize in providing top-tier CX, staying on top of agent-focused employee experience is a priority. What does a positive agent-focused employee experience look like?

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CX Technology Technology Construction 64

SurveySensum

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If you did, then this blog is for you and everyone who struggled with What to do with this feedback? How to analyze it? How to make it actionable? And how to respond to the customers? However, a common pitfall in the feedback process is the failure to act on gathered insights, rendering valuable data unused.

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NPS Touchpoint Customer Feedback Start-ups 52

Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). In this blog post, we’ll answer all these questions and more.

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NPS Sentiment Analysis Start-ups Net Promoter Score 83

SurveySensum

JULY 10, 2023

Are you a regular customer of Starbucks? This is how Starbucks prioritizes its customers and consistently delivers exceptional retail customer service – showing how by creating a positive customer experience you can foster trust, cultivate customer loyalty , and set your business apart.

Retail 40

Retail Customer Service E-commerce Social Media 40

Shep Hyken

APRIL 18, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Tracking Customer Experience? The Drum) Ask any brand to rate their customer experience on a scale of one to 10 and most will probably choose a high number. (The This is the ‘customer experience gap.’

Customer Service 65

Customer Service Retail CX Start-ups 65

Intercom

APRIL 27, 2023

You might say your business prioritizes the needs of your customers. You might even say your customer-service is customer-centric. But do you have what it takes to earn the title of customer-obsessed? The terms customer-obsessed, customer-centric, and customer-focused sound pretty similar.

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CX AI Start-ups Customer Service 52

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Many b2b and b2c companies offer antiseptic, commoditized, vanilla experiences for customers. These are almost guaranteed not to be memorable, not to be talked about (unless neutrally or negatively), and not creating outside-in advocacy and value creation. They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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CEM Customer Experience B2C Customer Loyalty 156

CX Journey

MAY 29, 2019

It appeared on their blog on June 14, 2018. If you want to move beyond cosmetic changes and lip service to real changes in both the employee experience and the customer experience, the first thing you have to look at is your company’s culture. What is culture ?

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Customer Experience CX 58

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

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CX Customer Experience Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 64

Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It is essential for a company to understand the behavior, opinions, and needs of their customers to provide the best service possible. A business’s relationship with its clientele is a foundational necessity, and just like any other relationship, if one side does not understand the other, the partnership is destined to fail.

Customer Experience 85

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score NPS Education 85

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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CEM Customer-Centric Organization Social Media Customer Experience 114

Doing CX Right

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Who are your favorite companies, and what makes you brand loyal? People typically answer this question based on how well a business understands and meets their needs. Customers, including me, spend triple the price at Starbucks compared to other local coffee shops. Customer Care Call Data. Website contact forms?.

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Gaming VOE VOC Close the Loop 69

SurveySensum

JANUARY 17, 2024

Did you know on average, only 33% of people finish those feedback surveys you get after shopping or using a service? That means companies need to catch up on what two-thirds of customers think. So, how do we mend this situation? 11 Best Practices for Seamless Customer Satisfaction Survey Design 1.

Customer Satisfaction 52

Customer Satisfaction Text Analytics Actionable Insights Gaming 52

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

Author Jeff Gothelf sees this all the time in his work as a consultant for medium- and large-sized companies, and it inevitably leads to a culture clash where designers feel unvalued. Short on time? Here are five quick takeaways: You must establish deep empathy for the customer. Focus on outcomes over output.

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Start-ups Innovation Engineering Retail 179