Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Both understand (in the case of Sir Richard at Virgin Group) and understood (in the case of Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines) the value of putting people and customers first, HR practice second. Among airlines, working in a supportive, trusting, fun, responsive and energetic culture isn’t confined to staff at Virgin.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 4, 2020

She writes about preparing a productive and successful customer experience strategy and why it’s important to have one. This summer, The Petrova Experience conducted a Customer Experience Preparedness Survey. One of our questions assessed brand maturity in terms of customer experience strategy.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 25, 2021

They are all part of three news stories that, believe it or not, give you insight into improving your Customer Experience. There are many news stories that don’t seem to be about Customer Experience, but, upon second glance, really are. However, this issue isn’t the only one facing society coming out of the pandemic.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2016

What do a Bank, an Airline, and an Online Retailer Have in Common? Consorsbank, Lufthansa, and Zalando—three very different companies—have both undertaken a Customer Experience improvement program. Consorsbank is a bank; Lufthansa is an airline; Zalando is an online clothing retailer.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Ryanair, a European discount airline service, has made a whole airline out of this concept. From a Customer Experience perspective, I find it challenging to champion telling Williams to add additional fees. What makes them especially bad is that they surprise customers if the costs seem hidden.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Airlines have this a bit, too. Many times, you fly an airline even when you don’t like them. In this case, consider Ryanair, the budget airline in Europe. If some other airline provided better service at the same price, people would flock to them. . It’s the same situation with airline loyalty programs.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

10:19 Colin shares how he discovered that he wasn’t really as loyal to Delta Airlines as he thought he was. 18:28 We share our list of telltale signs that you have customer loyalty. 23:24 We discuss how extrinsic and intrinsic motivation is different and it affects customer behavior. How can we help?

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 15, 2018

It also has an enormous influence on Customer Experience outcomes. You should understand Mental Accounting as it pertains to customer behavior before you set the price and before you ruin how your customers feel about your experience. Airlines Run Mental Accounting Too Often in the Red. Money order?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Changing the culture within your organization is vital if you want to deliver a Customer Experience that fosters customer loyalty and retention. I was running a workshop with a utility client many years ago about the concept of Customer Experience. Culture change is not easy.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

They understand that delivering on the tangible and functional elements of value are just table stakes, and that connecting, and having an emotionally-based relationship with customers are keys to leveraging loyalty, advocacy, and brand-bonding behavior. They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 23, 2018

Forbes and her colleagues studied Department of Transportation records for 160 million commercial airline flights between 1990 and 2016. They looked at the flying times for comparable flights between the same cities on the same airlines and at the same time of year. Airlines are Managing Customer Expectations.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is. Where does the customer get put on your agenda? Where you discuss customers on the agenda reflects whether the organization prioritizes them.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 22, 2015

This fact is important because when you can predict emotions, you can also plan for them in your Customer Experience. Over 50% of any Customer Experience behavior is driven by emotions. In business, there are times in a Customer Experience when things don’t go well, and it is not your fault. Let me explain.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 6, 2022

I am grumpy about customer experience these days. This realization came with a bunch of different things in my life as a customer went wrong, from gate delays on the tarmac for transcontinental flights on both sides of the pond to a house in shambles because of materials delays and poor project management. Thanks very much.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Do you think the airline ticket will be the most expensive one if you buy it from Southwest Airlines? It is their Price Image, which these brands have carefully cultivated through their Customer Experience choices. To subscribe to The Intuitive Customer and never miss a podcast, please click here.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 31, 2020

It is in instances of trouble, problems and even more so – crisis, that the true nature and customer-centricity of organizations (and politicians) is shown. I’ve received a number of messages from airlines, hotel chains and travel site CEO’s about all the measures they are taking, the policies they are changing, etc.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 11, 2022

He said he thought the combination of high customer expectations, lack of customer awareness, insufficient staffing, and absence of empathy led to a perfect storm for poor experiences. The postal service isn’t breaking customer experience records right now either. It’s not all bad out there.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 26, 2020

Be open and honest with your customers. I’ve had two interesting emails from Southwest Airlines and Delta explaining what they were doing to respond to the crisis. Moreover, people still talk about the fact that Southwest Airlines were the only airline after 9/11 that let people change flights without any additional costs.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 14, 2017

These are negative emotions and they spell trouble for the overall customer experience. As a customer experience consultant and frequent traveler, I’m glad to see airports making an effort to improve the passenger experience. Cheap Airlines: Low Prices! Share your thoughts in the comments box below.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Unless, of course, the viral post is about how you broke a guitar during a customer’s flight and then showed “indifference” to their complaint. Looking at you, United Airlines.) The trick is actually doing it—and for the right reasons, not a customer service failure. That’s a nightmare. Check it out here.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On a recent podcast, we hosted speaker and author Shep Hyken, one of the most influential voices in Customer Experience today. His new book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , has some fantastic ideas on building customer loyalty. . 6 Steps for Creating an I’ll-Be-Back Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 17, 2017

When United Airlines brutally forced a senior citizen off a flight this week to accommodate United crew members, the social media world lit up like a Roman candle. Who would have thought you could be beaten up for insisting on your right to use an airline ticket you paid for? The treatment this man received was deplorable.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 10, 2017

If you’re like me, you have loyalty cards for three different supermarkets, a half dozen airlines, several hotels, a dozen or so assorted retailers and the local frozen yogurt shop. Customer loyalty is a bit different. This distinction is often overlooked by companies that think their loyalty card is creating loyal customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2016

What makes this question so profound, and so pivotal, in customer experience optimization today is that every aspect of value delivery is at play. More than a buzzword, “being human,” especially in brand-building and leveraging customer experiences and relationships, has become a buzz-phrase or buzz-concept.

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PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

At PeopleMetrics, we often talk about creating an easy, or “frictionless” experience. The reason is that a great customer experience is usually about solving a problem with as little customer effort as possible. Listen to your customers! And I can only imagine how the true road warriors paying $49.95

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Some customer habits may be useful for your Customer Experience strategy, and some of them may not. Understanding how customers’ habits form and how to identify them is crucial for Customer Experience. We talked about how habits form and understanding your customers’ habits in a recent podcast.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 30, 2020

matter a lot to the Customer Experience and can have a significant effect on customer. However, if you leave behind the well-established system and forge a new one, you open up possibilities to get the customer behavior you want in exciting ways. Dare to be trivial. We like this rule of Sutherland’s 11.

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CCNG

AUGUST 16, 2023

Seeking the voice of the customer is an admirable objective. The voice of the customer is frequently identified as a requirement in establishing your customer experience strategy, improving processes, introducing new products, identifying the need for new services, and staying in tune with the ongoing changes in your marketplace.

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COPC

MAY 16, 2019

consultant, I spend a lot of time on the road and up in the air visiting clients all over the world. Aside from the enjoyment I get from experiencing new places and meeting new people, my extensive travels have given me an opportunity to get a firsthand view of what the customer experience is like for many different airlines.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 7, 2016

This week, Bob Thompson’s informative, timely blog on strategies companies can use to make customer experience a competitive advantage – and how most neither measure experience nor compete on it – puts me in mind of a line of discussion around customer experience lagniappe.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 18, 2016

Here are 8 big mistakes with Customer Experience that we hope brands learned from: “It’s not the pants, it’s your body type” excuse from Lululemon. The flight attendant on Jetstar Airways, an Australian budget airline, asked the woman how many weeks she was gesturing at her midsection. We all have. This is one of my favorites.

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ProProfs Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In 2017, United Airlines went viral when a passenger was forcibly removed in an overbooked flight. In a world where people can easily share their experiences with businesses via social media–an assessment which can make or break a brand— customer advocacy has become one of the top priorities today. How To Do It Right.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The first event took place on a United Airlines flight and involved a Knee Defender , a device that a passenger can secure to the tray table to restrict the seat in front of them from reclining. The second incident occurred on an American Airlines flight on its way to Europe. The airlines are not blameless in this either.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

If organizations hadn’t moved us to these efficient and easy ways to simplify these tasks, we might still be making small talk with the airline employee or licking envelopes. You might be surprised to know that giving customers exactly what they want isn’t always the best way to handle your customer strategy.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Do customers really want to take your survey? To Improve Customer Experience, Start With Morale, Not Technology, Feds Say by Tom Shoop. Customer Retention Made Easy by Samir Palnitkar.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 9, 2019

Measuring your progress for your Customer Experience strategy is an essential aspect to your program’s success. Not only will it show if your program is working to provide an excellent experience for your customers, but it also shows what customers really value, which can be an elusive thing to discover.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 6, 2019

Many new technologies, such as facial recognition technology for Customer Experience are emerging. Facial recognition and facial expression analysis are capturing essential information about how customers feel during an experience at the moment. Those benefits should be crystal clear to your customers.

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