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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of October 2, 2017

ShepHyken

I’m surprised how many companies don’t create a detailed journey map to dig deep into each (and every) interaction that customers have with you. The Most Important Rule of Journey Mapping by Annette Franz. I mentioned that step two of that process had to do with creating a customer journey map.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of October 17, 2016

ShepHyken

Five Ways to Caffeinate Your Customer Experience in 2017 by Scott Anderson. CustomerThink) not only can your company build and retain customer loyalty through an improved, invigorated customer experience in 2017, you will likely own a valuable strategic advantage over competitors if you invest in that experience today.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of December 18, 2017

ShepHyken

(Comm100) In this article, we’ll be exploring both the process of customer journey mapping and customer experience mapping, explaining the types of steps involved for each. First, let’s go through what a journey map is and how to complete one. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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The One Thing We Must Do to Create a Customer Focused Culture

ShepHyken

To kick off the start of 2017 I could share my “Top Seventeen Ways to Deliver Great Customer Service in 2017.” Start with your basic customer journey map that shows all of the typical interactions – or touchpoints – that the customer has when doing business with you. And you may need more than one map.

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There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Journey Map

Nicereply

Rather than treating your customer journey map like a static resource or a museum piece, treat it as an active, living example of what your team is doing. It feels like, in the past year, customer journey mapping has become the hottest thing since sliced bread. It’s everywhere. Let’s dig deeper into why that is.

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Will Uber and Lyft Kill Rental Cars?

Beyond Philosophy

Hertz (which also owns Dollar and Thrifty) blamed it on vehicle depreciation, but depreciation may be the least of the rental car industry’s worries as we move into 2017. Back in November, Hertz rental car shares fell sharply when the huge rental car company slashed its profit forecast for the year.

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The Surprising Effect of Choice Architecture on Your CX

Beyond Philosophy

Behavioral Journey Mapping takes regular Journey Mapping to the next level. 17 May 2017. After all, you should know if you are doing it well or poorly. Fail to fix it, and you could be sitting on a public bench in Sarasota, Florida wondering where you are going to sleep now. Sources: Colignatus, Thomas.