Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 24, 2014
'I meet many organizations that say they want to exceed Customer expectations at every moment of contact. I tell them they are mad! No organization can afford to do this. “The first step in exceeding your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations.”. - Roy H. Williams, Author of the Wizard of Ads. For most organizations, just meeting their Customer’s expectations would provide a good experience.
Customers That Stick
OCTOBER 9, 2014
'Language is important not just to how we communicate with our customers but to how we communicate with ourselves. The right words can put an irritated customer at ease and help you approach difficult situations with greater ease. Effective customer service language can take a long time to master, so I thought I would share a few quick language tips you can incorporate into your service communication immediately.
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Bill Quiseng
OCTOBER 27, 2014
This guest post is written by James Clifton , Social Media Manager at GetApp.com. This blog is all about Delivering the World’s Best Customer Experience. In my posts, I provide advice to improve face to face customer interactions. James and GetApp are focused on offering the best customer service technology solutions. As you read his post, you will see that whether it is in person or via social media, his five ways to improve customer service work for both.
Win the Customer
MARCH 7, 2014
'When you fall in love you gladly go the extra mile for that special someone every time. Everything you do, are, and want to be is what will make that special person truly happy.
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PeopleMetrics
AUGUST 25, 2014
'In an effort to discover the experts within our clients’ companies that truly understand customer experience, we used customer feedback to identify those individuals who consistently deliver an exceptional customer experience. In 2011, we launched our first annual Brand Ambassador Awards to recognize these outstanding individuals. After discovering who the best of the best are, we picked their brains to discover why they are the best of the best.
ClearAction
DECEMBER 19, 2014
Shared Vision is Essential for Customer Experience Strategy. If you've ever gone on an extended outing with several friends, you're sure to appreciate the value of having a shared vision among all, from the outset of your journey, about where you're going and why, how fast you'll go and when you'll pause and celebrate, and how you'll decide things along the way.
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CX Journey
DECEMBER 16, 2014
'Image courtesy of featureset I originally wrote today''s post for InsideCXM. It appeared on the site on September 15, 2014. Want to know the secret to customer retention? I''ll tell you, but first a story. I grew up on a farm in Ohio and, as a young girl, had many horses over the years. One of my horses was named Rusty, and he was what many would call "barn sour" and "herd bound;" he either didn''t want to leave the barn or leave the other horses.
1 to 1
APRIL 16, 2014
'From Facebook and Twitter, to Instagram and Pinterest, social media continues to prove it''s not just some trend, but also an emerging platform for individuals and brands to connect and converse. But, as social media expands into an enterprisewide initiative, more companies beginning to consider to pros and cons of bringing their CEO into the mix. While many feel this step would bring an added human element to their business, others worry that exposing their CEO to public scrutiny may backfire.
Beyond Philosophy
DECEMBER 26, 2014
'This time of year always has me thinking about the next one. It could be because I am already scheduling into January, February and so on, making next year feel even closer than it already is. Thinking about the coming year, I see trends underway that predict interesting changes in Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Experience (CX), and mobile digital experience for 2015, and they might surprise you.
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
'“ Most of the time, what we do, is what we do most of the time”. This is former F1 champion Lewis Hamilton stopping in the wrong team’s garage to change tires. He had recently joined the team of Mercedes who were waiting for him but his decade long habit of seeing the McLaren (his former team) mechanics outfit (cue) and stopping in for a change of tyres (routine) kicked in.
Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali
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Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
'For many years, there has been a debate whether you could assign a dollar amount to determine the return on investment for any Customer Experience improvements. At times (more in the “old days” but every now and then it happens in present times) we’ve literally have been accused of “having religion;” i.e., believing in Customer Experience (CX) without proof and asked to show the value of CX.
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Keeping employees happy and motivated is an agenda item that is on everyone lips, but little action seems to be happening. As a result, Employee Engagement is slipping as well, which is a problem for Customer Experience. The New York Times ran an article, “ Why You Hate Work ” that explains that the way we are working isn’t working for today’s employees.
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. All organizations are on a journey from being Naive to Natural in the way they focus on the Customer, passing through each of four stages: Naïve, Transactional, Enlightened, and Natural.
Customers That Stick
DECEMBER 18, 2014
'Meet Becky Lollar ! I grew up in Bartlett, TN and attended Union University in nearby Jackson where I earned degrees in elementary education. I taught Kindergarten for three years then chose to stay at home with my two daughters. After our first family trip to Walt Disney World, I was hooked! I now represent Magical Travel, an agency which specializes in selling Disney vacations.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
Customers That Stick
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'“First, do the customer no harm.”. The Hero-Class TM Oath. One of the interesting things about writing a book are the things you leave out. I am wrapping up the final edits on my upcoming customer service book with the publisher this week, and one of the few areas I made last minute changes to were on the topic of delight, amazement, and Hero-Class TM customer service.
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
'How many times have you undertaken Customer research to discover what a Customer wants you to do to improve their Customer Experience only to discover when you implement this, it has no effect? What is going wrong here? Quite simply, on many occasions Customers don’t know what they want and will say the first thing that comes to their head. Therefore to discover this ‘hidden’ aspect of a Customer Experience you need to undertake a different form of research.
Bill Quiseng
DECEMBER 15, 2014
This week’s guest post is offered by customer service expert Nicholas Goss. We both share a commitment to help small business owners Deliver the World’s Best Customer Experience. I connected with Nicholas first on Twitter and quickly began a fan of his customer service blog. He was kind enough to allow me to publish here one of his recent posts.
Customers That Stick
DECEMBER 11, 2014
'Here at CTS Service Solutions, we recently performed a survey designed to find out how consumers feel about holiday shopping and to see what customers are actually experiencing during the holiday shopping season. The Holiday Shopping Experience: Customer’s Viewpoint 2014 was conducted on November 24, 2014 and surveyed 450 male and females between the ages of 18-65 living in the United States.
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Customers That Stick
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
'At the core of all customer experience is communication. Communication helps direct a customer to the right department, helps make a customer feel valued, and helps give context to a product or service. Communication is among the most important of variables and, in many cases, the easiest to improve. Sometimes, the simplest things get lost in the sea of complexity that is modern business.
Customers That Stick
OCTOBER 20, 2014
'In honor of Customer Experience Day , Temkin Group released its “ The State of Customer Experience” infographic. The report is drawn from a number of Temkin’s research reports, including its experience ratings which evaluates more than 268 organizations across 19 industries based on feedback from 10,000 U.S. consumers. A number of the findings are exciting for those working in the CX trenches.
Customers That Stick
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
'The following is a post from Tricia Keels, Content Marketing Manager here at CTS. What I like most about Tricia’s story is that it demonstrates how great systems and training can make a high effort experience as effortless as possible. While the product design could be more customer friendly (wait until the screwdriver part), the call center handled the situation like champs from beginning to end.
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. Most organizations attack the symptom not the cause. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity.
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Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 3, 2014
'The Royal Yacht Britannia is the number one attraction on TripAdvisor in the UK. I have been fortunate enough to know and work with their Chief Executive Bob Downie for a number of years, and Bob will tell you that receiving this accolade wasn’t their goal. In a recent conversation with me, Bob explained “It wasn’t an objective to become number one on TripAdvisor.
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. The Naive to Natural assessment looks at nine areas of a company to determine how Customer centric the organization is with their Customer Experience.
Customers That Stick
OCTOBER 2, 2014
'Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™ , is a smart, energizing, experienced speaker, coach, and workshop leader. Her work in customer experience, employee engagement, leadership, teamwork, transforms how people think, act, and interact. With 25 years in business and a Masters in Organizational Psychology, Kate has guided tens of thousands to engage in uplifting productive interactions.
Beyond Philosophy
OCTOBER 31, 2014
'Well, there you have it! After so much campaigning, so many questions, debates, and emotions that moved currencies and markets, the Scottish said, “No!” to independence. I won’t go into deep macro-economical, sociological, PESTAL analysis, etc. I won’t even get into why they Scottish chose not to go. For me, it comes down to two words: Loss Aversion.
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Customer onboarding is so much more than going live with your product and driving adoption. The truth is, onboarding is the most important part of the customer journey. When you set positive first impressions, establish trusting relationships, and quickly deliver meaningful outcomes, you create customers for life. Invest an hour with Donna Weber to learn why your customer onboarding is critical to your success.
Customers That Stick
DECEMBER 8, 2014
'Customer experience isn’t easy — it just seems that way! From bargaining with the C-Suite to negotiating with customers, from maximizing profit to ensuring loyalty, providing great customer experiences in today’s environment is a continuous challenge. It’s a roller coaster, and I have teamed up with Jeannie Walters to provide a new resource that can help you with the strategies and tactics you can use to smooth out this wild ride!
Beyond Philosophy
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
'Retailers have been at the forefront for understanding how to use the human brain and emotions to maximize profits from their Customers. So what can the rest of businesses learn from them? Here are four lessons everyone can learn from a Grocery Store: 1. How it smells affects how it sells. Using smells in your Customer Experience is olfactory marketing, and it works.
Customers That Stick
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
'Welcome to the Monthly Mash, a mashup of tools, tales and tips on customer service and the customer experience from around the blogosphere. VOLUME 36: October 2014. Thoughts on the Customer: The Omnipresent Customer. If you are involved with customer experience at any level, you have likely heard the word “omnichannel” so many times in the last few years that you are seriously considering naming your next pet Omni.
Bill Quiseng
JULY 28, 2014
This week’s guest post is written by Ben Puzzuoli, Chairman of the Board at Cayzu Help Desk ( www.cayzu.com ). The real benefit of social media is in meeting people who share like interests. My very first management position was with Marriott Hotels. Back then, there were less than 35 hotels worldwide. Recently Marriott opened the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., its 4000th.
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