Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2016

Consorsbank, Lufthansa, and Zalando—three very different companies—have both undertaken a Customer Experience improvement program. Whilst they each have their unique challenges, their insight on Customer Experience shows us the common obstacles that all of us face when tackling such an important facet of our business.

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ShepHyken

JULY 11, 2016

“Oh when you smilin’, when you smilin’ The whole world smiles with you” – do happy customers = better customer experiences? I J Golding) I make no secret of the fact that I am a fan of ‘old fashioned values’ in the delivery of great Customer Experiences. by Ian Golding. (I That doesn’t work. And, you should too.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Morgan Stanley upgraded LULU , predicting that the stock will continue its success in earnings for 2016. First, that listening to the Voice of the Customer (VOC) is an important part of your brand strategy. Second, that incorporating what you hear in the VOC to your Customer Experience pays off for your bottom line, a.k.a.

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ClearAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Customer-Centric Marketing: Align for Growth Lynn Hunsaker. Customer-centric marketing has several layers of meaning. The most popular layer means personalization of communications, toward increasing customer lifetime value. First Layer: All Customer Touch-Points. Second Layer: Consistency.

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C3Centricity

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

As a customer first strategist (hopefully just like you), I spend a lot of my time searching how to better measure customer centricity for my clients. I also do a lot of analyses on what customers really want today. I’m always trying to understand exactly the solutions customers need, desire and dream of having.

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Peter Lavers

AUGUST 5, 2016

This series of blogs is based on the early results of research undertaken by Peter Lavers on customer centricity. Participants are asked to tell us what, if anything, they are pulling their hair out over when it comes to customer centricity. Also make every senior manager spend time at the “coal face”.

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ClearAction

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Customer-Centric Marketing: Step-Up Performance Lynn Hunsaker. Customer-centric marketing is necessary, yet far from sufficient — from customers’ and investors’ perspectives. Typical roles adopting customer-centric marketing are in the marcom area: digital, content, automation, intelligence, retention, advertising.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The Customer Experiences I have in the UK are not as good as I have in the USA, now there is evidence to back this up. Per the 8th annual “ Customer Experience Excellence Study” published by KPMG Nunwood, shows that Customer Experience in the UK is lagging. in 2016 to 7.75 Brands in the U.S.,

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ClearAction

AUGUST 16, 2019

Is Your Customer Engagement Really Customer-Centric? Customer engagement can yield short-term or long-term rewards or penalties, depending on how customer-centric they are. Long-term rewards: uptick that sticks or increases organically — engagement fit the customer’s expectations and circumstances. “An

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Peter Lavers

JUNE 26, 2017

When you think of your ideal customer experience, does it include someone telling you, “no,” or “I can’t”? Companies need to train their staff to provide alternative solutions and avoid the easy “no” response in order to create a better customer experience. Problem Solve for a Better Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 11, 2016

If you haven’t gone online with your Customer Experience, too, it’s time. The digital transformation of your present Customer Experience is long overdue. Consider this graph of which devices customers use at home: Nearly everyone has a computer or smartphone, and close to three quarters have a tablet.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Is Free by Seth Godin. Seth’s Blog) Customer service is expensive. 3 Customer Experience Lessons Brands Can Learn From Amazon by Scott Clark. The message is clear and powerful!

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ijgolding

JANUARY 17, 2017

In my exclusive column for CustomerThink in October 2016, I shared my ‘top tips’ for creating the right culture to enable an organisation to become genuinely customer centric. In November 2016 I did so with tip number 1 – how to make Customer Experience a priority for the whole company – you can read it here.

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Kayako

JANUARY 24, 2018

Which brings me neatly toward 2018’s customer service trends: Customer Service Trends 2018: Creating Effortless Customer-Centric Experiences. Becoming customer-centric will be the goal of most businesses this year. What will make a business more customer-centric than the next one?

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ijgolding

MAY 6, 2020

This is a post about customer experience (CX) transformation – about the incredible work being done by a bank in Eastern Europe in their quest to become sustainably customer centric. I first met Laura Tengerdi and Andrea (Andi) Hanyecz in 2016. customer insight. customer journey management.

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ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2018

What is Customer Experience Marketing and Why Is It Important? Customer experience marketing refers to strategies that focus on and improve your customers’ experiences with you. You need 12 positive experiences to compensate for a single negative one. Challenges of Customer Experience Marketing.

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Amity

MARCH 29, 2016

SaaS Tattler Issue 80 - The Rise of a Customer-Centric Mindset. When a customer-centric organization is taking shape, everyone should formulate a mindset to simply ask themselves – “ What is my contribution to my ‘customer’ today? • Customer-Centric Companies Sweat the Details.

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Customer Guru

MARCH 13, 2018

At Customer Guru, we believe that Customer Experience (CX) should be the number one priority for all the Indian businesses so that they become more sustainable and successful globally. Thus, we are on a mission to spread this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 14, 2016

Based on insights from the Temkin Group report’s State of CX Metrics, 2015, a recent LinkedIn infographic post by CXPA co-founder Bruce Temkin labeled customer experience metrics as “Immature, But Improving”. Further, they are principally macro measures, and limited as enablers for taking detailed, granular experience action.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 14, 2016

Editor’s Note: Opentalk 2016 is over, but the content lives on. Customer-centricity is the key to success in the modern business landscape. Whether you sell a B2B SaaS cloud-based service or gluten-free, organic, non-GMO oranges, your best bet is to take a customer-centric approach. Trick question.

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ijgolding

JANUARY 4, 2016

At the end of 2015, I wrote an article for my column on CustomerThink – the article was entitled ‘Customer Experience in 2015 – 5 Key Learnings’ – have a read if you would like to know what my key observations in 2015 were. It needs to make a commitment to its customers and colleagues that is never ending.

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Kayako

JANUARY 4, 2017

Customer experience better be at the top of your list when it comes to priorities in your organization. Customer experience is the new marketing.”. Have you bought into a great customer experience? In 2016 Gartner Research predicted that 89% of companies would compete on the basis of customer experience.

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Eptica

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Why you need to take a customer-centric view of digital transformation. Published on: November 23, 2016. The key is putting the customer first, and taking a comprehensive view of the entire journey and all of its touchpoints. Why is this?

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ijgolding

JUNE 25, 2017

When I first conceived the idea for the article I wrote in my exclusive CustomerThink column in October 2016, I did not think I would be able to continue writing about the subject matter, seven months later! Customer experience professionals need to be able to use every tool in their armoury to make these words a reality.

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Talkdesk

MAY 17, 2016

Opentalk 2016 is upon us. The Talkdesk team will be spending the day at The Village in San Francisco talking to forward-thinking business leaders and learning more about the future of the customer experience. That means you’ve missed the mingling, the refreshments and the attendee experience. May 17th is finally here!

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Talkdesk

MAY 31, 2016

Our inaugural summit, Opentalk 2016, explored the of the future of customer experience. We went above and beyond to make this event interesting and valuable to all of the customer-centric business leaders in attendance. We are thrilled to announce the winners of Talkdesk’s 2016 Customer Awards.

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aircall

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This funding complements our shared customer-centric missions of delivering best-in-class technology paired with outstanding customer experiences for small and medium businesses. Beyond that, both companies believe voice is a core component of creating great customer experiences.

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

The question was as follows: What value has our business experienced as a result of all the Customer Experience (CX) work that has been done? Only recently I wrote about an experience a friend of mine was (and still is) having with BT – it was the perfect example of the RANDOM or UNINTENTIONAL Customer Experience.

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Talkdesk

MAY 19, 2016

Opentalk 2016 was a great success! Hundreds of customer-centric business leaders gathered together to discuss the future of the customer experience. Here are the top 11: “Customer expectations have changed dramatically as a result of on-demand.”. The Rise of the Customer-Centric Company. “To

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ijgolding

JANUARY 4, 2017

When it comes to the world of Customer Experience, business people and Customer Experience Professionals all around the world will be thinking of and dreaming about, a more customer centric 2017. During 2016, I did at times feel like a stuck record (remember those!),

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aircall

DECEMBER 19, 2016

With every customer service champion, we’ll look at what they can teach us about improving our own customer service, and cultivating our own customers’ happiness. Best customer service companies of 2016: all-star division. Ranking high is far from a novel experience for these companies. SpotifyCares.

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Talkdesk

MAY 18, 2016

Opentalk 2016 was a whirlwind. Talkdesk’s inaugural summit was jam-packed with valuable insights on the future of the customer experience. Empathy is the heart of the most successful customer experiences. Employees are the determining factors for the customer experience.

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Talkdesk

MAY 6, 2016

Talkdesk’s customer experience extravaganza approaches. It promises to bring together today’s greatest CX innovators and customer-centric business leaders to discuss the future of customer communication. We’ve gone into depth about our goal of reflecting on excellent customer experience in our event experience.

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Amity

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Editor’s note: This is a living document, and our goal is to update it regularly with the best resources around customer success. The Best Customer Success Resources of 2016. Surely, you are staying up to date on the latest customer success trends – did someone say “customer marketing”?

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 18, 2017

Overall, the newspaper reported, airlines did a better job on some measures in 2016 than in 2015, with 7 percent fewer late arrivals. Alaska Airlines earned top rank for the second year in a row, but as a customer experience consultant, I was just as interested in the airlines at the bottom. How was it?

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Lumoa

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Lisätietoa Lumoasta: Lumoa on asiakaskokemuksen asiantuntijoiden vuonna 2016 perustama suomalainen yritys. Lue lisää Lumoan kumppaniverkostosta Summary in English Lumoa and Futurelab Finland are entering a partnership: Making AI an integrated part of customer experience improvement projects. Lue lisää Lumoasta: Lumoa.me

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Talkdesk

JUNE 7, 2016

We’ve taken a few weeks off of the Customer Experience Weekly because we’ve been completely overwhelmed preparing for Opentalk 2016! Opentalk is a celebration of all things customer experience. Our amazing speakers covered a wide range of topics related to customer communication and experience.

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