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Shocking! Yahoo’s data breach

Beyond Philosophy

If you aren’t sure this is true, then ask yourself: would I open a Yahoo email account today? Not because their user numbers in July were reported to have dropped 30% since the same time in 2014. Many of you reading this probably had a Yahoo account, even if you don’t think you do. Yahoo is in the news all over the world.

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Amazing Business Radio: Matt Wilbanks

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HelpSocial was developed inside Rackspace and eventually spun out with initial seed money funding from Mark Cuban in 2014. As CEO Matt is responsible for HelpSocial’s growth strategies, as well as ensuring the HelpSocial team has plenty of snacks and a working Netflix account.

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Have You Done These 3 Things to Improve Your CX?

Beyond Philosophy

For a more detailed account of how Target achieved this exercise, read the full story here. #2: As part of a larger global project with Caterpillar, we recently awarded one of their largest dealers, Carter Machinery , the “Excellence in Customer Experience for 2014.” 2: They Identify the Hidden CX and Design for it.

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3 Steps to Becoming #1 on Trip Advisor

Beyond Philosophy

Running it your way is a short sighted approach, however, because it doesn’t take into account what the Customer wants. 1 UK Attraction ” on Thursday, October 30th 2014. Downie said that many times when you are running a business; it’s easy to get a proprietor’s attitude that, “It’s my business, and I’ll run it the way I want to!”

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Attention, Target Shoppers: It’s Come Down to Trust. Distrust, or Even Disgust

Beyond Philosophy

Trust creates, what my colleague Colin Shaw calls, an emotional bank account. At Target, though, trust was broken with data breaches affecting 110 million customers (40 million accounts, and the theft of 70 million more customer records), whose bank security has been significantly impaired, with massive withdrawals.

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Essential Do’s & Don’ts for Customer Experience on Twitter

Win the Customer

According to a 2014 study conducted by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 83 percent of Fortune 500 companies maintain active Twitter accounts. Twitter is an absolute essential for connecting with customers and clients in today’s competitive business environment. The result […].

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Guest Blog: Reasons Why Eco-entrepreneurs Succeed in Winning Customer Loyalty

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For instance, a study conducted by Nielsen in 2014 indicated that 55 percent of customers are more likely to pay more for services and goods from companies that have a positive environmental and social impact. Consequently, the number of consumers that take into account eco-friendly minded businesses when shopping has significantly gone up.

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