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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ShepHyken

JULY 17, 2023

Top Takeaways: Employee experience is the new customer experience. According to Deloitte’s State of Inclusion survey , nearly 2/3 of workers have experienced bias in the workplace, and 40% experience bias at least once a month. Customers buy and support companies that care about the same things that they do.

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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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Customer Experience Airlines Customer centricity Surveys 285

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How To Make Your Customer Strategy Fun by Chip Bell (Forbes) Is your organization about fun? How often do your customers giggle? If you want customers to return, give them a good experience they can rely on and trust.

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Customer Service Customer centricity Entertainment Airlines 196

ShepHyken

APRIL 6, 2018

This week we feature an article by Anand Srinivasan who looks at a few ways a business can keep tabs on the customer experience through continuous testing. – Shep Hyken. This brings down the time it takes to fix bugs and usability issues on the user’s end and thus contributes to a better customer experience.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 18, 2017

This week we feature an article by Martha Brooke who writes about how to execute a customer satisfaction survey that gives you the data you need. Surveys can give you a lot of data that you can use to improve virtually any part of your organization. – Shep Hyken. I know you get asked to take surveys all the time, because I do.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 21, 2020

If I have a fantastic or terrible experience at a restaurant, I am more likely to write a review than if it was okay or even pretty good. It also means that you don’t get a representative sample of surveys. Also, your situational proximity to the experience you review matters. However, will that always be the case?

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. With its unforgettable characters, intricate plots, and immersive storytelling, Star Wars encapsulates timeless wisdom that companies can apply to cultivate customer loyalty and satisfaction. May the CX Force be with you!

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Take a recent experience of my own involving British Gas, whereupon being let down on a maintenance agreement and requesting to lodge a complaint, I entered into their process to be told the complaints team would get back to me within 8, yes 8 weeks! Read Shep’s latest Forbes Article: Ten Ways To Celebrate National Customer Service Week.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 14, 2020

He writes about the importance of ensuring a positive customer experience, especially during a world crisis. The customer experience (also referred to as CX) seems like a simple concept. Put simply; customer experience can be defined as thoughts and feelings that the consumer associates with the brand.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 8, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Why marketing can no longer ignore customer experience by Jason VandeBoom. Digiday) Customer experience is rapidly becoming more designable, more accessible and more creative. They build brands.

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Airlines Customer Service Coaching Surveys 369

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 17, 2017

CX Data platforms are growing in popularity by those that seek to improve their Customer Experiences. These platforms can provide data management intended to optimize the Customer Experience, not only at a general level but also at a personalized level. The personalized experience presented does not provide value.

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Consulting Consulting Customer emotions Surveys 321

CX Accelerator

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

If one of them came to me and asked, “Uncle Jeremy, I’d sure love to follow in your footsteps and pursue a career in customer experience (CX). While there are more and more schools offering degrees in customer experience or customer experience management, what if their school of choice does not? Yael McCue.

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Customer Experience Journey mapping Entertainment Engineering 182

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 20, 2020

If I have a fantastic or terrible experience at a restaurant, I am more likely to write a review than if it was okay or even pretty good. It also means that you don’t get a representative sample of surveys. Also, your situational proximity to the experience you review matters. However, will that always be the case?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 9, 2024

Many years ago, I used to begin my customer service keynote speeches with a question: By a show of hands, how many of you believe it’s important to satisfy your customers? As you might imagine, just about everyone raised their hand. Then, I shared the findings from a study by Vanderbilt University professors Anthony J.

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Surveys Customer Service Customer Experience 373

ShepHyken

JUNE 10, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Voice of the Customer Surveys: Expert Tips for Creating Effective Surveys & Must-Ask Questions for Gaining Valuable Insights by CallMiner. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Back in May 2020, when the pandemic raged and safety was top of mind for millions, we carried out an in-depth study to explore consumer sentiment about technical support and residential technician visits. Survey Results: What Customers Expect of Service Delivery during COVID-19. Service delivery companies are busier than ever.

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Surveys Technical Support Enterprise Customer Service 207

ShepHyken

JULY 14, 2017

The affiliate not only betrays the consumer for B’s commission, the loss to the customer exceeds the cost of product – opportunity cost of time, as well as the sense of disappointment instead of the promised benefit. According to various surveys, 70-85% of shoppers use reviews before purchasing. Loss of Confidence.

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Customer Experience Morale Advertising Surveys 117

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2022

In this episode, we talk with special guest Jóhann Hannesson , Lead Product Manager and the head of Web Development at Streem , about using video in a Customer Experience. Key Ideas to Improve your Customer Experience. 25:07 Hannesson shares a specific case study that used video to reduce repeat home visits.

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ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2020

She explains the difference between customer service and customer experience and shares how implementing both into your business creates success. Customer experience and customer service are often used interchangeably and are the buzzwords for businesses in the age of instant gratuity. Customer Service.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 30, 2017

Moreover, per Groupon’s latest survey, most people lie about being happy about the gifts they receive at the holidays. When I read this study, I wondered if we lie to people about our gift receiving experience, isn’t it also likely we lie about other experiences too? Why Customers Lie to Us.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 12, 2016

A survey by CFI group , global leaders for providing customer feedback, conducted a holiday retail report sponsored by Radial, an Omni channel commerce technology and operations provider. Underestimate the importance of these expectations at your peril as they have a significant influence on the success of your Customer Experience.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Now, think about how many ripe opportunities you have to ask for customer feedback. Through after-call surveys. You might confuse them with net promoter score or cSAT, but post-call surveys are a much more specific way to gather real-time feedback. What is an After-Call Survey? 5 Reasons to Use After-Call Surveys.

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Interaction Metrics

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Is your survey a customer listening vehicle? On this episode of the ‘Amas Talks’ podcast, Amas and Martha agreed that if you’re considering how to improve surveys, a survey audit is the first step toward excellent survey design. Or could it be improved? Amas: You’ve been around this space forever.

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ProProfs Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

Receiving customer feedback is not just about surveys and data collection. Sure, an online survey maker helps you create a survey and access the right distribution channels, but what next? . When the survey data comes back in, how do you use it for the benefit of different teams – sales, marketing, product, etc.?

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Surveys Feedback Marketing Sales 158

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Body language is something we talk a lot with our clients about when we consult them on Customer Experience. How your team presents itself to customers can become an extension of your brand. Body language is an important part of these white coat moments, particularly for your Customer Experience.

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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

MARCH 7, 2019

To measure something like customer emotions in your Customer Experience, you need the proper tools. We talked about measurement tools in a recent podcast , and how you can employ them in your Customer Experience. Let’s take a look at a few different ways you can get feedback on customer emotions.

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CCNG

JANUARY 4, 2023

Elevating the Customer Experience (CX) is an obsession for the contact center industry, and rightly so. The experiences that customers have with your contact center condition the way they think about you as a supplier of goods and services and as a trusted part­ner in providing the things that they need and want in their lives.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2018

My colleague Professor Ryan Hamilton of Emory University explained it with an example from a study about substitution heuristics and rain ponchos (hence, my question at the open). Researchers at MIT asked people as they were leaving a science museum to participate in a survey. Why Customers Make Strange Decisions.

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CCNG

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Moreover, studies show they also have higher self-esteem, are more empathic to others, [and are] more trusting and cooperative"—all essential attributes of a stable and productive workforce. A 2021 Gallup survey found that a mere 23% of U.S. Engage employees continuously via coaching, polls, surveys and informal check-ins.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 4, 2021

It seems that going to the dentist to get a filling or a root canal is preferred over having to call customer support. This statistic comes straight from the 2021 Achieving Customer Amazement Study we conducted this year. We surveyed more than 1,000 consumers to find out what they loved and hated about customer service.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 25, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How Blending Brand And Culture Can Impact The Customer Experience by Chris Cancialosi. Forbes) Customer experience is a memory. Survey: Customer experience trends 2019 by Lynne Capozzi.

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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. Here are my top five picks from last week. by Roger Dooley.

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