ShepHyken

JANUARY 10, 2024

I’m always looking for good customer service stories that teach or remind us about creating an amazing customer experience. It would take two flights on two airlines to get to where I was going, so I expected two boarding passes. If the agent really was lazy, shame on her for taking a job where she supports customers.

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Customer Service Airlines Customer Experience Management 255

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Contact Center Satisfaction Negatively Impacting the Customer Experience by Andrew Berger. My Comment: The contact center can be the focus of how a customer rates a company’s customer service. Take Starbucks as an example.

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Journey mapping Customer Service Contact Center Airlines 309

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 14, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Pascal van Opzeeland, writes an informative article about the popularity of messaging apps and how they are impacting customer service. Have you been focusing on social media service lately? Why Messaging Is So Promising For Customer Service.

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Customer Service B2C Airlines Management 315

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. Simply put, because then we can manage them in others when necessary. Over 50% of any Customer Experience behavior is driven by emotions. Maybe it’s a referral to another airline or car rental agency.

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Customer emotions Airlines Consulting Consulting 401

ShepHyken

AUGUST 17, 2022

It was one of the most powerful customer service and experience books at the time, and the content aligned perfectly with my idea of creating Moments of Magic for our customers. Anytime a customer comes into contact with a business, however remote, they have an opportunity to form an impression. .

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Airlines Advertising Customer Service Management 349

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

As a customer, you interact with good people who don’t seem to deliver great customer service. They are nice, even knowledgeable, but they don’t seem to be what I call customer focused. I asked them what kind of customer service training they received from the companies they worked for. She was amazing.

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Customer Service Airlines Sales Management 261

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 20, 2015

So what does this have to do with managing people’s behavior? When you want to manage what people do, you have to understand people’s habits. A great example of this is the airlines. I had my airport habits well set by the time the airlines introduced self-check in. So the airlines intervened. Everything.

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Airlines Marketing Customer Experience Management 417

ShepHyken

MAY 22, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 5 Fun and Inexpensive Customer Appreciation Ideas by Aja McClanahan. Fundera) Customer appreciation doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. 7 Powerful Customer Service Phone Tips by Pascal van Opzeeland.

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Airlines Customer Service Self service Technology 210

ShepHyken

AUGUST 4, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to Build a Customer Experience Strategy to Boost Your Marketing Campaign by BBP Media (BBP Media) Connecting with your customers can be done in many ways, with businesses investing a lot of time and money into it.

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Airlines Customer Service Advertising Marketing 216

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Can awful airline customer service be overridden with AI and analytics? This article by Scott Kendrick of Callminer is about how the airlines are using (or should be using) AI to support their customers.

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Airlines Customer Service Chatbots Analytics 195

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. There is a lot to learn from this short article about a commercial airline captain that recognized his job was to do more than just fly the plane. The Mount Rushmore of Customer Service Leaders by John DiJulius.

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Customer Service Airlines Customer retention Customer Experience 262

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. Then, you implement it.

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Customer Service Airlines Best practices Consulting 287

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Leveraging Trends to Drive Business Success through Customer Experience by Joseph Michelli. The airline didn’t need to see my boarding pass. The Ultimate Customer Experience Primer by Nate Brown. (CX

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Customer Service Customer retention Airlines Employee engagement 54

ShepHyken

JANUARY 30, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Southwest’s Communications Chief Shares Her Top 3 Crisis Management Tips by Social Media Today. My Comment: Southwest airlines continues to shine bright in the airline industry with their relentless focus on their customers.

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Customer Service Airlines Customer Experience Personalization 207

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Some, through culture, discipline, and purpose have succeeded in creating consistent, positive experiences which are appealing to customers and which customers consider worthy of passing along through informal conversation and recommendation. Most brands and corporations get by on transactional approaches to customer relationships.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity B2C Airlines 391

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In my early career in corporate life, the philosophy flavor of the month at that particular time was Total Quality Management. I was with a big corporate telecom at the time, and we went on a training course for Total Quality Management. For example, we were working with an airline that wanted to improve their experience.

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Airlines Customer centricity Call Center Quality management 417

ShepHyken

AUGUST 11, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Rethinking Customer Interactions to Boost Customer Experience by Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business Review) Simply put, customer experience (CX) has the power to make or break business success.

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Customer Service Self service Airlines Government 223

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Dan Gingiss) Find a “candle” in your customer experience and see if you can upgrade it to the way-cooler “sparkler.” And the change is good for both the customer and the business willing to keep up with the changes.

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Customer Service Airlines Feedback B2B 236

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Clothing outlets will be able to suggest certain sizes and colors — and let customers re-order their favorite pair of shoes as soon as they walk inside (and it will not require any human interaction). Cameron Halcomb • Customer Experience Consultant, Emarsys • @cam_hassler • LinkedIn. Conclusion. _.

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Customer Service Automotive Airlines Chatbots 280

CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It’s at that point I realized that I never received an email from the airline after booking my flight. Surely customer support could help me sort this out. I sent the airline a direct message on X (formerly Twitter) and within an hour they were able to resend to an alternate email address. 28) can’t be empathetic.

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Customer centricity Airlines Feedback Construction 316

ShepHyken

JULY 30, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 12 Ways To Improve A Customer’s User Experience by Forbes Technology Council . Why is customer service training so important? Soft skills, like customer service, seemed to get left out.

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Customer Service Airlines Customer Experience Technology 195

ShepHyken

JUNE 4, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Stop Trying to ‘Delight’ Customers, Says CX Expert Paul Greenberg by Noreen Seebacher. My Comment: The title might surprise you; “Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers.” To me, that’s what “delight” is about.

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Customer Service Airlines CRM Employee engagement 194

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 11, 2022

Then, to add insult to injury, we had a lot of projects at the house that had gone haywire because of delayed timelines for radiator deliveries and a decorator’s inconsistent approach to project management. She thinks customer service is out the window and that getting a good experience is a pleasant change from the usual.

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Airlines Calibration Self service Consulting 365

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Radical Empathy And Other Ways To Rethink Your Customer Experience by Bridget Brennan. My Comment: Let’s start this week’s Top Five with one of the hottest topics in customer service and experience, and that’s empathy.

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Customer Service Airlines Customer Experience Marketing 215

ShepHyken

MAY 15, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. A Look at Southwest Airlines 50 Years Later by Joseph Guinto. (D My Comment: Let’s start this weeks’ Top Five articles roundup by wishing Southwest Airlines a Happy 50th Birthday! Sound familiar?

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Customer Service Airlines Customer retention Personalization 174

ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. Seth Godin) We know that your customers will put up with imperfect, but one thing that they’d like in return is for you to care. Will AI Replace Humans In The Customer Service Industry? by Tiago Paiva.

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Customer Service Airlines Customer Experience Technology 211

TeleDirect

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Top 3 Trends Shaping Customer Service in 2025 Customer service is undergoing a revolutionary transformation as businesses adapt to evolving consumer expectations, technological advancements , and the competitive need for personalization. Q: How can small businesses implement proactive customer engagement?

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Customer Service Analytics Airlines CRM 62

ShepHyken

MAY 16, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Are You Tracking the Customer Service Metrics That Really Count? My Comment: We kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with an excellent article about the best customer service metrics. Yes, metrics matter.

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Customer Service Airlines Metrics Journey mapping 168

Steve DiGioia

APRIL 17, 2017

To celebrate, I share a few examples of great service that were submitted by the loyal readers of this blog. It’s nice to read something positive – aren’t we all getting tired of that United Airlines story? Lindsey Hartig , Marketing Manager at Martin Resorts on California’s Central Coast, shares this story…. “At

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Airlines Accountability Marketing Management 133

ShepHyken

AUGUST 26, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Doug Sandler, busts some popular customer service myths. MYTH – Great customer service starts with understanding the customer is always right. Unfortunately, the customer may always think he is right, but in reality, that just isn’t the case.

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Customer Service Airlines Government Consulting 0

ShepHyken

JUNE 20, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. World’s 3 MOST Customer Centric Companies: How do they do it!! Customer Guru) Here are our top three picks for the most customer centric companies and some lessons on how they manage to be customer-centric despite their size and diversity.

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Customer Service Customer centricity Chatbots Airlines 195

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

In the final of our series of nine posts about the parts of your organization that affect Customer Centricity, we have the Top Ten Mistakes Cultures Make with Customer Experience : Senior management and back office employees are not spending time with Customers. This revealed how they thought of Customers.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Airlines Sales 335

ShepHyken

APRIL 24, 2020

This week we feature an article by Paul Selby, a product marketing director for ServiceNow Customer Service Management. He shares tips and examples of how both companies and customers can adapt during a worldwide crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. customers and? hotels and airlines.

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Customer Service Airlines Self service Entertainment 155

ShepHyken

JUNE 20, 2023

Miller eventually bought tickets, and Scott Anderson, managing director of the games, promised it wouldn’t happen again. There is the soft-skill side of customer service, being friendly and empathetic. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

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Customer Service Entertainment Airlines Customer Experience 180

Bill Quiseng

JUNE 19, 2017

Your most important assets are not your customers and your employees. It’s how your customers and your employees feel about your company. Your success as a customer service manager is directly proportional to your ability to drive simultaneously customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

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Customer Service Management Employee engagement Airlines 122

Steve DiGioia

APRIL 17, 2017

To celebrate, I share a few examples of great service that were submitted by the loyal readers of this blog. It’s nice to read something positive – aren’t we all getting tired of that United Airlines story? Lindsey Hartig , Marketing Manager at Martin Resorts on California’s Central Coast, shares this story…. “At

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Airlines Accountability Marketing Management 113

ShepHyken

MARCH 24, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Manuel Grenacher, writes about how using bots can help manage and improve the customer experience. Used properly, I believe bots can be an customer service excellent tool. Shep Hyken. Booking an appointment—say, a plane ticket—used to be so easy.

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Customer Experience Airlines Chatbots Personalization 241