ShepHyken

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Focus on the Customer, Not the Sale. Building a Customer Engagement Strategy That Lasts. They discuss strategies for improving customer service, interaction, engagement and experience. Top Takeaways: Become a partner to your customer. Work to solve your customers’ business needs without trying to make a sale.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A customer success platform for managing interactions in a single space. How to train new CX processes Refining your current CX processes and training your team is crucial for developing a more customer-centric team culture and building a well-oiled machine. Regularly update training materials based on customer feedback.

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B2C Customer centricity Feedback Upselling 356

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Conclusion: Customers want it, whether you want to do it or not.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Conclusion: Customers want it, whether you want to do it or not.

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Customer Experience Scripts Customer centricity Consulting 341

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This happens when executives and managers blame poor customer retention on marketing or an ill-trained sales staff. And it happens in everyday customer interactions. Blaming someone else is a sure sign of a company that is inwardly focused instead of looking at ways to be more customer centric.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Reflective of the escalating focus on customer data, experiences, and relationships across all methods of communication and access, the role is rapidly evolving and morphing; however, there is general agreement regarding its significance in building and sustaining true value, planning capability, and enterprise customer-centricity.

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Chief Customer Officer Enterprise Customer centricity Consulting 250

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Furthermore, they will donate all the proceeds from the sales of these commemorative chocolate bars to The Royal British Legion, a charity in Britain that addressed the social and emotional necessities of current and past members of the British Armed Forces and their families. Follow Colin Shaw on Twitter @ColinShaw_CX.

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Customer emotions Customer centricity Consulting Consulting 313

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

A recent article by a major employee research and engagement consulting organization were reported on results of their national workforce tracking poll, the highlight of which was that employee engagement had risen 1.2% To build on this statement, let’s begin by looking at the results of satisfaction on downstream customer action.

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Employee engagement Consulting Consulting Enterprise 364

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

An Electrical Retailer reduced complaints by 20%, increased levels of trust by 10% and achieved a 3% increase in ‘like for like’ sales. An Insurance company reduced certain repeat calls from 76% to 6 % achieving millions of cost-cuts and also moved Customer satisfaction from 73% to over 90%. 26 August 2014.

Customer Experience 411

Customer Experience Customer retention Upselling Banking 411

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

A spa might have a seating arrangement that brings you closer to the spa products for sale, naturally encouraging the patrons to browse. Even in the Business-to-business environment when getting construction equipment serviced, what is the layout of the site? If you would like to follow Beyond Philosophy click here.

Customer Experience 370

Customer Experience Real estate Customer emotions Customer centricity 370

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

He is the Head of Data Science (self-described as Chief Statistics Wonk) for Satmetrix , a company devoted to combining their software, data, and Customer Experience (CX) expertise to help organizations achieve Customer-Centricity. The One Question To Ask When Making Decisions. Have You Done These 3 Things to Improve Your CX?

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Banking Telecommunications Consulting Consulting 383

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In our customer experience consultancy, we find there’s one thing that consistently prevents companies from adopting a more customer-centric approach. You see, as people move up the chain of command, they get further and further removed from the average customer. They’re not greeting customers or closing sales.

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Management Consulting Consulting Finance 308

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 14, 2015

The same can be said of customer centricity. Customer centricity doesn’t happen overnight. If you want to build a customer-centric culture at your company, then you’d better be able to live with process and incremental improvement. It requires ongoing effort and commitment. Seeking Result: Must Love Process.

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Customer centricity Feedback Consulting Consulting 117

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

While multi-media, mega-budget programs were extolling wonderful products and services (and social values) offered by corporations, product quality and service performance for customers, and evidence of a customer-centric culture for employees, was often in decline in the real world.

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B2C B2B Wireless Customer centricity 341

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2020

Moreover, Forrester said that one in four people in the Customer Experience industry would lose their jobs this year. We realized that we needed to make a more reliable connection between how having a customer-centric culture that puts the customers’ needs first leads to customer-driven growth.

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Consulting Consulting Marketing Customer Experience 479

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Our listener wants help convincing his team that using a free trial will help sales. On the other hand, there is the short-term benefit from making it difficult for customers that you don’t have to return their money. So, yes, offering a free trial could increase sales by activating the Endowment Effect. .

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Furthermore, here are three more essential steps you must remember to embrace, particularly when you are trying to change your culture to be more Customer-centric: Incenting the Behavior You Want to See. The problem is sales-based comp plans focus on the organization, not the Customer. What would you add to my list?

Management 283

Management Metrics Customer centricity Consulting 283

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 2, 2017

How to Become a More Customer Centric Business in 5 Steps b y Mark Sallows. FitSmallBusiness) Customer centric businesses invest the whole team focus on supporting their prospective and existing customers. This doesn’t just mean sales and customer service, but accounting, marketing and other departments as well.

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Journey mapping Customer Service Customer centricity Chatbots 212

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In our customer experience consultancy I see many companies that mistakenly think that more choices make customers happier. In fact, when customers have too many choices, they often become confused and dissatisfied. Jam Jars and Sales. Customers tasted an average of two jams, no matter how big the assortment was.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Sales 274

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 31, 2020

Some of these will be driven by 1) the organizations’ response to the crisis and others will be driven by 2) changing customer habits and attitudes. 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.

Airlines 499

Airlines Healthcare Government Self service 499

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Wine stores play music to put their customers in a happy and relaxed mood. Research shows that classical music boosts wine sales the most, but an experiment showed that playing French or German music can have a huge boost on the sales of the wines originating from that country. www.winepleasures.com. 29 July 2011.

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Customer emotions Customer centricity Consulting Consulting 283

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The Relationship Between Customer Experience Management and Sales. Colin Shaw is the founder and CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s first organizations devoted to customer experience. If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: Tricks or Treasure?

Customer centricity 305

Customer centricity Customer retention Consulting Consulting 305

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

As a result of all of these changes, they saw a 50% increase in e-commerce sales where the omni-channel approach was in local markets where there was a physical location. If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: 5 Tests to Reveal How Customer Centric Your Channel Strategy Is. Register here today!

Customer centricity 353

Customer centricity Technology Marketing Customer Experience 353

ShepHyken

JUNE 25, 2021

After he bought his first car dealership, he walked in and noticed that all of the sales guys were dressed casual, in polo shirts and slacks. a leading consulting service for the major voice of the customer (VOC) platforms, helping clients in a variety of industries. So, he didn’t say anything. Talk is cheap.

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Customer centricity Coaching Consulting Consulting 307

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 21, 2022

She’s also a web design consultant focusing on customer experience and user interface. She shares how customer experience is a valuable marketing strategy. Then you describe your general marketing efforts as customer experience marketing. However, customer-centric marketing takes all of that a step further.

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Marketing Customer Experience Customer centricity Consulting 200

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

From my perspective, the second explanation is good common sense; however, the first statement is really questionable, even counterintuitive if a subordinating goal of loyalty behavior is to help drive customer-centricity. What Publix does, instead of loyalty cards, is try different alternative approaches to build sales.

Airlines 274

Airlines Customer centricity Multichannel Sales 274

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Negative or ambivalent employee attitude often drives customer complaints, some of which are expressed and some of which are either suppressed, mentioned in casual conversation, or posted on social media sites. If customer-centricity can be created in healthcare, it can be created anywhere.”. Wells Fargo Scandal.

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Brand ambassadors Customer centricity Banking Consulting 247

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

According to Business Insider, the new experience is called a “guest journey” and the sales associate is now their “muse.”. The associates (muses) are tasked with not just “making the sale,” but first and foremost to engage with the Customer. Consumers for the luxury brand can look forward to a change in their experience.

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Sales Consulting Consulting Marketing 319

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 27, 2016

The Role Of CX In A Sales Culture. Register now for my next webinar: 5 Steps For An Effective, Customer Centric, Digital Transformation. Colin Shaw is the founder and CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s leading Customer experience consultancy & training organizations.

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Personalization 282

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing many leaders in the business world and customer service industry. an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management, and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CustomerThink.com, the world’s largest community dedicated to customer-centric business.

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Metrics 264

aircall

OCTOBER 11, 2022

How to reduce multitasking in sales teams: task grouping. Now imagine you’re a sales exec about to pick up the phone for two hours of intensive prospecting. Train your sales team on this “task grouping” approach and you’ll be surprised by how much time, focus, and cognitive energy they’ll bank to reinvest in high-value workstreams. .

Customer centricity 118

Customer centricity CRM Sales Analytics 118

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2015

A recent article by a major employee research and engagement consulting organization led with the above headline. The consulting organization went on to conclude from these findings that “Recent trends suggest that improvements in engagement coincide with improvement in unemployment and underemployment.”, correlation.

Employee engagement 261

Employee engagement Customer Experience Consulting Consulting 261

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2016

Gwinner of Kansas State University—have found that employee behavior and advocacy—regardless of the employee’s level of satisfaction—have a direct and profound relationship to the behavior of customers, and also to corporate sales and profitability. Customer Centric Employee Engagement. appeared first on.

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Customer advocacy Chief Customer Officer Employee engagement Consulting 279

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Berger’s research team looked at The New York Times positive and negative reviews of books and how those review affected sales. They found that there wasn’t a clear answer because, surprisingly, bad reviews didn’t necessarily hurt sales in all cases. They found that sales went up by 40 percent.

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Entertainment Sales Consulting Consulting 276

ClearAction

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Customer Centric Sales & Service Policies Lynn Hunsaker. For example, think of Zappos and LL Bean: for their customer-centric sales and service policies, they’ve earned widespread admiration among customers, as well as among executives across a variety of industries who’ve sought to learn from them.

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Customer centricity Sales Entertainment Government 54

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Marketing should infuse everything you do as an organization because, at its core, marketing is about understanding the customer and what they want. In our global Customer Experience consultancy, we believe these principles should guide all of your significant business decisions. and they can’t answer.

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Marketing Advertising Education Consulting 62

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 2, 2020

That’s such a substantial threat that nobody ever puts the iPhones on sale. They naturally put customers first. I wrote a book in 2004, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , that showed the four customer-centricity orientations that organizations have, which range from Naïve to Natural. They use heuristics.

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Customer centricity Customer emotions Consulting Consulting 398