Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 11, 2019

I complain a lot about companies that get Customer Experience wrong. Today, I am going to take another angle and explore how one company has taken on the Customer Experience journey and gets it right. RICOH Canada has done some incredible work in improving Customer Experience. The RICOH Canada Backstory.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

In other words, emotions are driving these importance and performance ratings; and their impact on customer experience perception needs to be understood. And, to parallel this, academics were actively studying the impact of emotions on various types of perception and decision-making.

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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

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. and now get 75% of our business stateside.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

My recent experiences with my cable company have been the complete opposite. This poor Customer Experience is one reason I now use Netflix more than my cable company. For those of you that don’t know, Net Promoter Score (NPS) represents the likelihood a Customer would recommend your product or service to other people (i.e.,

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 23, 2015

As a leader or a marketer if you want an employee or a customer to change behavior, research says the best thing to do is give them positive reinforcement when they do what you want. Several studies conclude that positive reinforcement is the best way to encourage better behavior. Study #1: Punitive Consequences Encourage Deception.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2020

Late last year, we decided to take our advice and study our customers and prospective customers, and well, anyone. One of the critical pieces of insight that came out of the study was the thing that people want most of all in 2020 is growth, whether that means in revenue, market share or return on investment (ROI).

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

One study from Duke University estimated that habits shape 45 percent of the choices we make every day, not conscious decision making as you might have thought. This statement from the psychologists Townsend and Bever captures one of the great truisms of human behaviour – and one of the great challenges for marketers.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 14, 2015

However, Customer Centricity puts the Customer first, not the organization. Those that don’t put the Customer first are more likely to have these types of policies, creating relationships that exhibit classic signs of one-sidedness. . #3: Your policy is to renew this cycle, over and over again. Reserve your spot today!

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This week we feature an article by Keith Schorah who states that in order to deliver an excellent customer experience, you have to know your customers better than ever before, and this begins with your frontline. Employee engagement is crucial for any organization striving to become more customer-centric.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 4, 2015

I wrote about Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and their role in the Customer Experience. A Customer Experience, however, is about how they feel about the transaction, not the transaction itself. If you reward the transaction, why should employees care about how the Customer feels about it? And it’s working.

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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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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

You might have a hard time believing, but the most effective solution is building a customer centric organization. . But what is customer centricity ? Maybe a couple of customer surveys. For decades, companies of all sizes across the globe have been working on their customer centric business strategy.

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Integrity Solutions

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A customer-centric strategy is about more than just a values statement or a directive to the team. Are your customers truly at the center of your business universe? A customer-centric culture is one that is relentlessly focused on putting what’s best for the customer at the core of everything you do.

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ShepHyken

JULY 8, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Roger Dooley) Internet service providers and cable TV services have the lowest customer satisfaction ratings of all rated industries in one survey. 100 Of The Most Customer-Centric Companies by Blake Morgan.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

He writes about designing a compelling customer experience process and training your team to implement it. The bar for providing a top-notch customer experience (CX) seems to be rising year after year, regardless of whether you operate in B2B or B2C. So, how does your CX team rise to the occasion?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 16, 2015

The University of Oslo researched the motivation and interpretation of sighs in a series of three studies and concluded following about the act of sighing: A sigh typically signifies a negative mood (e.g., In a study from the University of Leuven , researchers suggest that sighing can also be a physical and mental reset for your body.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 17, 2019

I am cursed with the fact that I can’t have a Customer Experience without analyzing it and defining what they should do differently. But I am also blessed, because my Customer Experience knowledge has fed my family for 20 years! As I often tell my audiences, I am blessed and cursed. So I shouldn’t complain.

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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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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Weve rounded up some of the best MBAs that emphasize customer service excellence, leadership, and innovation to help you make an informed decision when choosing which MBA to study. What to Look for in a Customer Service-Focused MBA Before choosing an MBA, its useful to identify key elements within a program that align with your goals.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Customer experience pros can argue back-and-forth about whether a vendor can create deep emotions such as bonding and love in a customer. There are lots of articles and studies around stating things like “Highly engaged customers are loyal customers”. 10 BIG Ideas for Customer-Centric Success.

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TechSee

APRIL 10, 2019

In the highly competitive telecom industry, customer experience is a critical factor in building and maintaining a competitive advantage. A recent report by Forrester takes this concept one step further by proving that improving customer experience in telecoms delivers a boost to all KPIs. BT – Customer-centric culture.

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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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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2024

Spotting Customer-Centric Companies I. In today’s fast-paced marketplace, this vision is a reality for some, and it all centers around the compass of customer service. As consumers, we are not merely transactional entities; we are individuals seeking experiences that resonate with us.

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Peter Lavers

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In my many years as a practitioner and consultant in the field of Customer Management I’ve often wondered why business treats its Voice of Customer (VoC) and Voice of Employee (VoE) studies as completely different and dissociated exercises. Such studies tend to be repeated, so both have rich historical data.

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ShepHyken

MAY 22, 2020

He explains the importance of finding the right balance when providing the customer experience. Similarly, those individuals in charge of their business’ customer experiences (CX) could learn a lot from a tightrope walker. The post Guest Post: How to Walk the Customer Experience Tightrope appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 16, 2015

Amazon’s tries hard to provide an excellent experience for their Customers. By consistently doing what it takes to build an excellent Customer Experience, Amazon enjoys an excellent reputation as a brand and continues to grow in influence and strength. Reputations Start The Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A new study by Calabrio reports that the majority of call center employees don’t feel trained to handle customer problems, making their jobs stressful and demotivating. The new report, “ The Health of the Contact Center: Agent Well-Being in a Customer-Centric Era ,” revealed that 56% of the 1,000 respondents in the U.K.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Resolving the paradox of choice should be a priority for most organizations that want to design a Customer Experience that creates a feeling of satisfaction instead of one of angst and remorse. This concept was well illustrated by Columbia University’s Professor Sheena Iyengar’s famous jam study.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 20, 2017

Customer-centric organizations are 60% more profitable than non-customer focused organizations (Deloitte and Touche). Forrester Research declares 2017 the year that businesses become customer-obsessed. Providing ‘value’ to the Customer. It is time to resonate with customers—and stop wasting money.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

Without fear of (much) argument, it’s a fair statement that all companies want, and try to generate and achieve, optimum loyalty from their customer base. They should want this because study after study shows the financial rewards of having loyal customers. Trader Joe’s does not have a customer loyalty program.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As businesses worldwide seek to improve efficiency while maintaining top-tier service, many have turned to call centre outsourcing in the Philippines to redefine their customer experience. This article explores how the Philippines is leading the way in customer experience innovation.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Personalization is a developing area in Customer Experiences. to explore the rapidly evolving field of Personalization in Customer Experiences. Hill explains that personalization operates on a continuum, ranging from broad, branded communications to highly individualized content tailored to a single customer’s needs.

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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. Experience lagniappe is out there.

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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. The seminal study on this was conducted in 1995, using a display of jam jars in a grocery store.

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