ClearAction

JANUARY 14, 2015

State of Business-to-Business Customer Experience Management. How relevant are the trendiest customer experience management (CXM) practices in business-to-business (B2B) companies? High-Touch in B2B Customer Experience. Therefore, surveys of B2B practices may understate the actual work being done.

Customer Experience 97

Customer Experience B2B Management B2C 97

Taylor Reach Group

MAY 1, 2020

In a recent post, we looked at the cost of providing a poor Customer Experience (CX). Here we’ll look at how direct feedback from customers can be gathered with little expense and lead to significant process improvements. Some companies have large departments dedicated to Customer Experience and analysis of customer opinion.

Consulting 140

Consulting Consulting Surveys Feedback 140

Customer Guru

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The Customer Experience Buzz. Customer experience is becoming more important with every passing year. I, however, believe that customer experience is becoming a part of the boardroom discussion in companies. The problems with the current state of customer experience. Source: Google Trends.

Customer Experience 119

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer centricity Coaching 119

Taylor Reach Group

APRIL 9, 2020

Everybody wants to improve the Customer Experience (CX) they provide, right? What’s the cost to your organization if nearly three quarters of your customers go elsewhere? The Return on Investment (ROI) for improved Customer Experience can be amazing, and companies that focus on CX reap the benefits each day.

Consulting 173

Consulting Consulting Contact Center Surveys 173

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Each year, we do a Global Leader Survey of top executives in Customer Experience Management. Last year’s survey revealed that Amazon claimed the top spot and Bank of America…well, didn’t. It is important that your employee experience evokes the right emotions also. You Will Now.

Banking 150

Banking Employee engagement Customer centricity Surveys 150

ClearAction

DECEMBER 11, 2016

And so it is with every one of the groups in your company that is managing part of the end-to-end customer experience. Business results are correlated with coordination of customer experience management methods. Business results are correlated with coordination of customer experience management methods.

Customer Experience 73

Customer Experience Best practices Surveys CRM 73

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 28, 2015

Between 2001 and 2013, the number of large banks grew by 29% while small banks shrank by 24% (from 8,263 to 6,279) (Source: Mercatus Center at George Mason University (c) April 2014 The Financial Brand ). To adapt your bank, you need advanced awareness of your environment, so you can build a customer experience that can survive in it.

Banking 79

Banking Customer Experience Surveys Finance 79

Win the Customer

JANUARY 20, 2020

Better customer service – It’s no secret that customers love live chat. eDigital surveyed in 2013, where 73% of people surveyed said that they preferred live chat to use email, SMS, social media, the phone, and so on. The Benefits of Live Chat Software.

Chatbots 159

Chatbots Feedback Surveys Sales 159

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Customer Contact Expo, the UK’s largest event for the customer contact and customer service industry, is now less than a week away, and I’m looking forward to joining some of the industry’s leading experts on both days to talk about how SureFlap provides its excellent customer experience and has rapidly grown its business.

Customer Service 120

Customer Service Consulting Consulting Marketing 120

Customer Experience Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

We just published a Temkin Group report 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings of Tech Vendors that rates the customer experience of 58 large tech vendors based on a survey of 800 IT decision makers from large North American firms.

Surveys 75

Surveys Customer Experience Technology Benchmark 75

TechSee

OCTOBER 23, 2018

For organizations to succeed in creating a truly personalized CX, innovative approaches must be implemented that resonate deeply with customers so that they feel valued and appreciated. Personalized product recommendations: AI-driven recommendation engines offer customers products tailored to their preferences.

Personalization 157

Personalization Customer Service Chatbots Analytics 157

ijgolding

AUGUST 25, 2015

I am often asked how I find so much to write about on the subject of Customer Experience. So many of us experience great things (less so) and awful things (too often) on a regular basis, that I am inundated with stories that bring to life the effect (good, bad or indifferent) that Customer Experiences really do have.

Customer Experience 92

Customer Experience Construction Surveys Personalization 92

ClearAction

AUGUST 2, 2016

Using B2B VoC to Transform Customer Experience Lynn Hunsaker. Customer experience transformation is the top priority of business-to-business (B2B) companies that track customer survey data. That’s according to a series of global B2B customer experience studies that I led. Why is there a gap?

B2B 54

B2B Customer Experience Customer centricity Surveys 54

Answer Dash

JANUARY 9, 2019

(This article is first published at Forbes ) Before we get into my fifth annual piece on customer experience predictions, let me introduce myself to new readers. I started writing about customer experience for Forbes in 2014, simply because I thought it was interesting–I was fascinated by human behavior and by the idea of a brand.

Customer Experience 82

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Chatbots Technology 82

aircall

JUNE 21, 2021

If you are struggling to increase sales in your company, it may be time to take a closer look at your existing customers experience to see how they interact with business. Suppose there are gaps between what customers expect from an interaction and what they’re actually getting. of sales reps made their quota.

Sales 71

Sales Customer Experience Surveys Feedback 71

Vonage

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Which technologies really can improve customer service? We’ve compiled the opinions of John Goodman, a leading customer experience researcher and author of Customer Experience 3.0: High-Profit Strategies in the Age of Techno Service , who shared his findings in our webinar, ‘ Customer Experience 3.0:

Technology 113

Technology Customer Service Gamification Wireless 113

ijgolding

JUNE 14, 2016

When it comes to the subject of Customer Experience, there are many questions I would like to know the answer to. So this year, I wanted to explore another aspect of Customer Experience that I find extremely interesting. Organisations having a dedicated resource to champion their Customer Experience cause 10%.

Customer centricity 56

Customer centricity Customer Experience Education Metrics 56

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

But on the other hand, less wait time indicates efficient customer service and low customer effort. The amount of effort a customer has to put in to engage with your business can make or break the customer experience. . released in the year 2013. How to Analyze the Customer Effort Score (CES) Survey Results?

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Customer effort Surveys Wait times Customer Support 78

TechSee

DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to Walker , a customer intelligence consulting firm, by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator for B2B. This customer-centric focus has resulted in 72% of businesses reporting that their top priority is improving the customer experience, according to Forrester.

Contact Center 116

Contact Center Technology Self service Call Center 116

Fonolo

AUGUST 4, 2020

Businesses care about customer perception because it directly impacts their bottom-line. A swing in customer opinion may not destroy your business, but it will almost certainly lead to lost revenue, market share, and reputation. What influences customer perception? Customer Experience. Ask them with a survey.

Advertising 120

Advertising Call Center Airlines Metrics 120

LiveChat

JANUARY 20, 2017

In this post, I’d like to focus on customer experience trends. Here’s how customer service of the future will look like. A quick history of customer service. Before we get to the future of customer service, let’s see how it looked in the past. Can you agree with above customer experience trends?

Customer Experience 62

Customer Experience Customer Service Chatbots Self service 62

GetFeedback

JANUARY 8, 2020

Using automation to prevent customer dissatisfaction. In 2013, the Stealthwatch team needed to gauge customer satisfaction after support case resolutions. Because the team used Salesforce as the backbone of their customer data, they sought for a tool that would integrate with it. . . ” said David. .

Surveys 15

Surveys Customer centricity Feedback Engineering 15

Hello Customer

MAY 17, 2020

Hello Customer was founded in 2015 by Leslie Cottenjé, Bram De Vos and Joeri Pansaerts as a SaaS platform that enables businesses to analyse customer experiences and expectations, automatically distil useful insights from them and subsequently take actions to optimise the customer experience.

SaaS 98

SaaS B2B Feedback Enterprise 98

ijgolding

AUGUST 12, 2018

Over time, several words have been used to describe the organisational focus on customers. They include: Customer Experience. Customer Focus. Customer Centricity. Customer Service. Customer Success. Customer Outcomes. Customer Relationship Management. Customer Management.

Airlines 74

Airlines Customer centricity Surveys Customer Experience 74

NICE inContact

AUGUST 21, 2019

As far back as 2013, Forbes was publishing articles like, 5 Ways Email Makes Your Employees Miserable and How To Get Rid Of Email In Your Company. And yet, it turns out customers like. I can think of several technologies that have promised to replace email, like Slack and other messaging applications (e.g., Apple Chat or WhatsApp).

contact center solutions 15

contact center solutions Contact Center Morale Benchmark 15

Callminer

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

When looking at new infrastructure they need to look at how the changes in the marketplace can improve the way they run their business and improve the employee and customer experience – not simply replicate/improve what they have. Craig joined Software Advice in 2013 after two years as CMO and service strategist for the U.S.

call center software 210

call center software Call Center Contact Center Interactive Voice Response 210

Maru Group

AUGUST 1, 2018

We’re extremely proud to announce that Maru/edr have been shortlisted for the UK Customer Experience Awards for the fourth year running thanks to our pioneering Voice of the Customer programme. The post Maru/edr shortlisted for UK Customer Experience Awards for fourth year running appeared first on Maru/EDR.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Transportation Best practices Surveys 40

CX Journey

MAY 20, 2015

Image courtesy of Pierre Metivier I originally wrote today's post for Confirmit in May 2013. How do you make sense of your customers' words? There are not only a ton of different customer listening posts these days, but the types of customer data are equally as varied and voluminous. I've made some modifications.

Analytics 64

Analytics Surveys Call Center Feedback 64

ProProfs Blog

JUNE 21, 2019

Building customer loyalty implies you can sell multiple products and services to the same customer over a period of time. eMarketer states In a November 2018 – Retail TouchPoints survey, retailers’ spending on acquisition and retention weren’t radically different on the surface.

Customer retention 95

Customer retention Sales Marketing Scripts 95

Eptica

AUGUST 21, 2019

Author: Steve Nattress - International Solutions Director Chat is fast becoming a mainstream channel when it comes to customer service. For example, while 7% of UK companies offered chat in 2013, by 2019 Eptica research found that 44% advertised it on their websites. Focusing on these five areas is key: 1. Share this page on: Tweet.

Advertising 66

Advertising Best practices Upselling Analytics 66

Fonolo

JANUARY 11, 2022

Contact Center Management on Fast Forward: Succeeding in the New Era of Customer Experience (2019), Brad Cleveland . Internationally renowned customer strategy and management expert Brad Cleveland shares his best advice on how to succeed in today’s customer-focused contact center climate. Click To Tweet.

Call Center 81

Call Center Marketing Management First call resolution 81

Win the Customer

JANUARY 13, 2016

Businesses have had to move quickly to keep pace, making sure their websites are mobile-friendly, so they don’t lose out on the many customers who prefer to connect through a smartphone. Furthermore, more than 75% of people surveyed check work data on their phones every day.

Call Center 85

Call Center call center software Technology Sales 85

CX Global Media

JULY 12, 2019

I believe wildly successful companies start with successful customers and associates. Through strong values, discipline, and sharp customer focus, I build amazing experiences resulting in worldwide leading customer experience scoring, Net Promoter Scores, Customer Satisfaction, and company profitability.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Coaching Employee engagement Call Center 120

aircall

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Lacking a prominently displayed phone number on your website makes an unfavorable impression: in 2013, 47% of people reported feeling “frustrated or annoyed” and “more likely to explore other brands” when unable to contact a business directly. The phone channel is an means to a simplified customer experience.

Customer Support 81

Customer Support First call resolution Brand ambassadors voip 81

Vonage

JANUARY 3, 2017

Here, we examine what leads customers to complain on social media, and how businesses can avoid many of these problems with an omnichannel customer experience. Why are customers complaining in the first place? billion less than in 2013. But, what makes customers switch to a competitor?

Customer Service 54

Customer Service Surveys Feedback Customer Experience 54

Tethr

JUNE 21, 2019

In 2008 when we first reported on our findings, we recommended companies use a new metric—the Customer Effort Score—to gauge the level of effort in their customer experience. The original CES was a survey question that asked customers how much effort they had to put forth to get their issue resolved.

Surveys 68

Surveys Coaching Customer effort Metrics 68

ClearAction

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Why: satisfied customers make payroll possible — and everyone’s decisions, attitudes, and handoffs have a ripple effect on customer experience excellence. Sharing voice-of-the-customer (VoC) company-wide is relatively rare, yet those firms that do so enjoy greater business results.

Feedback 59

Feedback Employee engagement Best practices Consulting 59