Win the Customer

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

The 2014 Global Customer Service Barometer by American Express found that 74% of Americans spent more money with companies that had previously provided them exceptional customer service. The survey also found that customers are far more likely to tell friends about negative customer experiences than positive ones.

Customer Service 136

Customer Service Call Center Surveys Customer Experience 136

HGS

OCTOBER 30, 2014

What trends are you seeing in the world of customer service? Interacting with our customers we see two major shifts in providing a great customer experience. Don’t customers want to talk to “a real person”? Thu, 10/30/2014 - 19:59. Customer Experience. customer satisfaction.

Telecommunications 130

Telecommunications Airlines Self service CRM 130

ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

5 Keys to Customer Experience for the Future. I have a dream that in the future we'll look back and say "Remember how hard it was to be a customer back in the 2010s? Yet, for customer experience (CX) managers in companies, these are the first things on their minds. Can this gap continue indefinitely?

Customer Experience 105

Customer Experience Government Surveys Management 105

Clarabridge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Rogers : We are currently analyzing customer feedback – both text-based comments and customer ratings – from multiple customer surveys. Before Clarabridge, we used to manually read through and code all of the customer survey responses. Show executives that the issue is really meaningful to customers.

Feedback 81

Feedback Surveys Technical Support Analytics 81

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 ). In 2006, the most common reason customers visited a branch was to deposit funds. Who are our customers? Wows and Woes Study.

Banking 79

Banking Customer Experience Surveys Finance 79

Customers That Stick

JANUARY 5, 2015

To begin, we’ll be creating more free resources you can use to enhance your customer service and customer experiences. We’ve enjoyed sharing so much great customer service and customer experience content over these past three years. Subscribe to Customers That Stick’s TM YouTube Channel.

Surveys 111

Surveys Customer centricity Education Customer Experience 111

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

BM: Generally, the customer engagements I’m proudest of are those where the value of becoming more customer-centric has been amply demonstrated and I’ve “converted” sceptics within the company. More specifically though, about 18 months ago I implemented a VoC survey for an IT Helpdesk that ended up saving all their jobs.

Customer Experience 95

Customer Experience Customer centricity outsourcing B2B 95

Callminer

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

While gamification , call scoring and other strategies can help improve contact center agent performance, the first step is identifying the common behaviors that leave customers unsatisfied, frustrated and angry. A study from 2014 found that most people were not willing to stay on hold for longer than 13 minutes. Natalya Bucuy.

Contact Center 345

Contact Center Call Center Gamification Wait times 345

GetFeedback

JUNE 3, 2019

While people feel compelled to be involved in the decision-making process of a company, and love to feel like their opinion makes a difference, the fact still stands: people don’t always want to complete customer service surveys. If you’re involved with designing surveys at your company, you’ve probably seen a similar trend.

Surveys 74

Surveys Customer Service B2C Metrics 74

Customers That Stick

DECEMBER 15, 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 37: November 2014. Thoughts on the Customer: The Sympathetic Holiday Shopper. So what should organizational leaders take away from this survey? Necessary topic.

Surveys 126

Surveys Customer Care Scripts Contact Center 126

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

Clarabridge

MARCH 30, 2017

Do you need to revisit your survey strategy? Are you able to connect your customer experience survey program to key business goals, like increased revenue and decreased churn? Response rates for the typical customer experience survey have been dropping over the past 20 years, from about 20% to only 2% today.

Surveys 45

Surveys Customer Experience Feedback Analytics 45

CX Journey

JULY 10, 2014

It appeared on their blog on March 17, 2014. and how is it used to deliver a great customer experience? Data Sources Any initiative to improve the customer experience will be unsuccessful without understanding the customer and his needs. What is big data? Data must be centralized. Data must be socialized.

Big data 71

Big data Customer Experience Journey mapping Benchmark 71

3CLogic

APRIL 9, 2020

A study by Qualtrics revealed that around one-third of customer service inquiries that start over a digital channel end up as a phone call with an agent. Voice remains a leading customer service channel for a wide range of users. 74% of customers surveyed globally called a contact center in 2019. The Resurgence of Voice.

Customer Experience 80

Customer Experience Interactive Voice Response Wireless Call Center 80

Callminer

JANUARY 18, 2021

“A 2014 survey suggested that 69% of customers feel that their call center experience improves when the customer service agent doesn’t sound as though they are reading from a script. Implement IVR post-call surveys to glean better insights from callers. “Agent Assist AI is going to be huge.

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Best practices Call Center Contact Center Scripts 226

inmoment

JUNE 1, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, the role of customer experience is at a crucial tipping point. Brands that are able to harness empathy and work toward achieving a more authentic customer experience will reach the top of its vertical and continuously achieve meaningful improvement for itself and its customers.

Customer Experience 69

Customer Experience Surveys Analytics Feedback 69

Satrix Solutions

MARCH 12, 2019

In 2014, Gartner stated that customer experience would be the “new battleground” for companies to compete on. But it’s not enough to simply implement a few static customer service policies and call it a day. Suddenly, the mindset shifts from providing a good experience to just trying to keep up—and customers take notice.

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Surveys Customer centricity Feedback 60

ijgolding

JANUARY 15, 2016

However…there is usually one of those…there are still A LOT of people who DO NOT recognise Customer Experience – either as something of significant importance to business strategy OR as a profession at all. The Confused’ – increasingly, I am coming across organisations that are just confused by Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 56

Customer Experience Customer centricity Government Education 56

Joe Rawlinson

AUGUST 9, 2017

The 2017 IBM Consumer Experience Index (CEI) Study says only 3.4 percent of brands are delivering leading-edge customer experience , while 33.5 percent are lagging or falling behind today’s customer service trends. Live chat is another technology you can use to improve customer experience.

Customer Service 104

Customer Service virtual call center Self service Analytics 104

Amity

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Launched in 2014, Typeform has already reached over 1.5 The Southern European startup based in Barcelona is on its journey to making things a little more human with game-changing forms, surveys, and more. We are structured in 5 pillars which are effectively 5 sub-departments within Customer Success. Our growth has been crazy!

Education 129

Education Metrics Accountability Sales 129

CX Journey

MARCH 17, 2015

I originally wrote today''s post for Confirmit in November 2014. In November 2014, I participated in the Hooked On Customers Summit , a webinar series hosted by Bob Thompson of CustomerThink. I joined Bob, along with Jeanne Bliss, in the first webinar to discuss Creating Actionable Insight from a Customer Listening Engine.

Metrics 77

Metrics Chief Customer Officer Coaching Feedback 77

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

Vonage

JULY 27, 2015

And seeing as some of the world’s most demanding consumers make up Truphone’s customer base (time-pressured executives working in global markets); a fast, efficient and reliable service is essential. Plus, using NewVoiceMedia’s post-call surveys, Truphone can monitor performance and ensure it consistently delivers outstanding service.

Technology 125

Technology outsourcing Enterprise Sales 125

CX Journey

AUGUST 22, 2014

Image courtesy of Ian Muttoo I originally wrote this post as a two - part series for InsideCXM in February 2014. A couple months ago, I wrote a post called The 15 Senses of a Great Customer Experience. Why is that important to customer experience? Know and understand their customers. Why is this important?

Customer Experience 66

Customer Experience Airlines Journey mapping Interactive Voice Response 66

Ann Michaels and Associates

JUNE 24, 2018

Probably not in the near future, but they can be a beneficial supplement to your current survey strategy. Text messaging appears to be a useful way to contact survey respondents, particularly those who tend to have lower response rates with traditional survey methods, such as young adults. How Text Message Surveys Work.

Surveys 40

Surveys Feedback Customer Experience 40

ijgolding

MARCH 31, 2017

In fact, one of my most read posts is a review I conducted in 2014, comparing the airlines Emirates and Etihad. So when my friend and fellow CCXP (Certified Customer Experience Professional), Mike Bartlett sent me his own story comparing Delta and Virgin, I felt that others needed to read it too! CONCLUSIONS.

Customer Experience 65

Customer Experience Airlines Wait times Call Center 65

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As technology gets more complex, and consumers look to connect it all together, the importance of the customer experience becomes ever more vital. Looking online, how are consumer electronics companies faring when it comes to the digital customer experience? and How do I get a replacement manual for my product?

Multichannel 76

Multichannel Customer Service Banking Self service 76

Comm100

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

When one thinks of providing a great customer experience, it’s easy to visualize some of the more common aspects of customer service – employees with customer friendly attitudes, giving the customer their money’s worth and promptly resolving any concerns or issues. Web Chat – Customers Love It!

Benchmark 40

Benchmark Surveys Technology Customer Service 40

Vonage

AUGUST 15, 2016

A customer’s experience lives long beyond the purchase. Customers experience several touch-points with your company after the sale – from checking information on the website, viewing ads, reading articles, comparing brand experiences with peers, friends or influencers to contacting customer service.

Self service 69

Self service Contact Center Surveys Sales 69

Win the Customer

JUNE 7, 2016

billion by the year 2018, compared to 2014 when online sales totaled $304.1 Customers shop online because it’s convenient. Not only can you monitor your books and billing, you can automate purchasing and shipping, too, which is great for your business and your company’s customers. Simple Returns.

Engineering 90

Engineering Sales Metrics Surveys 90

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 19, 2015

When we work with future clients, we often get a lot of questions about customer experience metrics. We don't have a universal measurement that every company can use to improve customer experience. The best customer experience metric for a business depends on that business. Using the Customer Effort Score.

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Customer effort Construction Metrics Customer Experience 101

Kayako

JANUARY 5, 2017

In the customer service trends handbook published by Microsoft , “90% of consumers say they expect consistency and continuity from a brand across channels.”. Yet, relatively few contact centers have focused on providing a consistent customer experience. Omni-channel strategy creates a single view of the customer.

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Omni-channel support Customer Service Customer Experience Multi-channel support 38

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Future of Customer Loyalty. How to Build Customer Loyalty. Live Chat & Customer Loyalty. Customer Loyalty Program Statistics. Over half of the surveyed population reported that, if they like a brand, they will rarely purchase something different. billion from 2014 to 2016 alone. million to 3.8

Customer retention 164

Customer retention Sales B2B Marketing 164

GetFeedback

JUNE 12, 2019

When tasked with overhauling the customer experience (CX), business leaders often seek to identify the most critical customer touchpoints. In 2016, McKinsey and Company reported that even a slight improvement to the buyer’s experience could have up to a three-percentage-point impact on revenue.

Surveys 79

Surveys Feedback Benchmark Education 79

aircall

JANUARY 24, 2022

According to the 2017 American Express Customer Service Barometer , 81% of Americans said that businesses were at least meeting, if not exceeding their expectations for customer service, which is nearly 8 of 10. This percentage compares with only 67% in 2014. Customer service covers an array of services including: .

Call Center 126

Call Center Best practices call center software CRM 126

Clarabridge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Rogers : We are currently analyzing customer feedback – both text-based comments and customer ratings – from multiple customer surveys. Before Clarabridge, we used to manually read through and code all of the customer survey responses. Show executives that the issue is really meaningful to customers.

Feedback 40

Feedback Surveys Technical Support Analytics 40

ProProfs Blog

JANUARY 30, 2020

Consumers’ trust in retailers and manufacturers has declined by more than half since 2014. With the customer trust level going down at this rate, it will become all the more essential for a business to interact with its customers actively. And such bad experiences tend to stay with them for long. During the survey, 29.3

B2B 204

B2B Banking Personalization Employee engagement 204