Alida

MARCH 10, 2017

Failing customer experience initiatives are keeping business leaders up at night. According to an Accenture-commissioned study by Forrester Consulting, only seven percent of business leaders think that their company’s shopping experience exceeds customer expectations. Failure to listen to customers.

Customer Experience 196

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score Chief Customer Officer 196

CX Journey

AUGUST 16, 2017

It's been a year or more since I've written about the ROI of customer experience. Always good to revisit this topic because it is such a hot one for customer experience professionals. Executives want to see hard numbers about any investments they make. Always the same (great) story, regardless.

Customer Experience 142

Customer Experience ROI Airlines Insurance 142

ijgolding

JANUARY 4, 2017

When it comes to the world of Customer Experience, business people and Customer Experience Professionals all around the world will be thinking of and dreaming about, a more customer centric 2017. During 2016, I did at times feel like a stuck record (remember those!),

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Customers Government 148

Experience Matters

APRIL 7, 2016

In a recent speech I gave at the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I talked about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this will be a popular topic for Temkin Group this year.

Video 120

Video Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Groups 120

ijgolding

JANUARY 15, 2016

Whilst organisations have always delivered experiences, it is only now that most are starting to recognise the importance of them. However…there is usually one of those…there are still A LOT of people who DO NOT recognise Customer Experience – either as something of significant importance to business strategy OR as a profession at all.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Government 120

ijgolding

APRIL 5, 2016

The very first question they asked me was “How did you become so passionate about customer experience management?” Using tools and methodologies to improve the ability of a business to meet and exceed customer expectation just made so much sense to me. I took a role as a Six Sigma Black Belt…. the rest is history!

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Hotels Customers 120

Experience Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Yesterday was a great day, as Temkin Group joined customer experience professionals around the world in celebrating Customer Experience Day 2015. Since Temkin Group labelled 2015 as the Year of the Employee for customer experience, we carried that theme into our CX Day 2015 activities.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Infographics eBook Customer Experience Professionals 120

CX Journey

MAY 24, 2017

It appeared on their blog on August 29, 2016. Quite simply: without employees, you have no customer experience. The linkage between employee engagement and experience and the customer experience has been proven. But what tools do we give to employees to prepare them to deliver a great customer experience?

Engagement 154

Engagement Strategy Customer Experience Customer Journeys 154

SuiteCX

JANUARY 2, 2017

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. The primary disconnects are how Customer Experience professionals present and communicate Customer Experience to the C Suite.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys Self Service Customer Insights Survey 100

SuiteCX

JANUARY 2, 2017

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. The primary disconnects are how Customer Experience professionals present and communicate Customer Experience to the C Suite.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys Self Service Customer Insights Survey 100

ijgolding

JANUARY 24, 2017

From the first time I arrived in Abu Dhabi in 2012, to the my most recent trip to Dubai last week, it has always been clear that the region has a strong desire to satisfy – and often wow – the customer. As a customer, there is so much to be impressed by – whether you be in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar or Saudi Arabia.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Transportation Banking Customer Journeys 120

Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 13, 2016

I’m often asked about customer experience conferences: What’s out there? I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals.

CEM 120

CEM Conference Customer Experience Professionals Contact Center 120

Vonage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Silos may be a great way to store grain, but if you apply this idea to the organization of people, it can damage customer experience. What is avoidable, however, is “silo mentality,” in which departments are isolated, proprietary, and competitive, and which can have a negative impact on customer experience.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Infographics Customer Experience Professionals Poor Customer Service 120

Kerry Bodine

JUNE 20, 2015

I’m often asked about customer experience conferences: What’s out there? I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals.

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Conference CEM Customer Experience Professionals Contact Center 120

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In 2016, I am already scheduled to work in North America and the Middle East as well as continuing my efforts in Europe and Africa. In all cases, I have been asked to work with; talk to; teach; cajole; people from the C-suite to the front line; in understanding the importance of Customer Experience.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Airlines Consumers 120

Experience Matters

APRIL 18, 2016

In a recent speech I gave at the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I talked about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this is a popular topic for Temkin Group.

Video 120

Video Customer Experience Professionals Groups Customer Experience 120

ijgolding

MAY 3, 2016

A great deal of my work as a Customer Experience Specialist involves the recounting of stories. As students of Customer Experience will attest, the use of storytelling to ‘bring to life’ the benefits and consequences of ‘operationalising’ Customer Experience is hugely beneficial.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Return on Investment Customer Centricity Hospitality 120

Experience Matters

APRIL 19, 2016

In a recent Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I spoke about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this is a popular topic for Temkin Group.

Video 120

Video Customer Journeys Customer Experience Professionals Groups 120

Experience Matters

APRIL 15, 2016

In a recent speech I gave at the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I talked about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this will be a popular topic for Temkin Group this year.

Video 120

Video Customer Experience Professionals Groups Customer Experience 120

Experience Matters

MARCH 21, 2016

In a recent speech I gave at the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) CustomerSpark event in Dallas, I talked about the importance of focusing on emotion. Give that we’ve called 2016 “The Year of Emotion,” this will be a popular topic for Temkin Group this year.

Connections 120

Connections Video Customer Experience Professionals Groups 120

Heart of the Customer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Successful customer journey maps drive customer-focused change like improving customer experience, developing a new way to deliver value to customers, or reducing the cost to serve current customers. The reason? The reason? A lack of action […].

Customer Journeys 114

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Professionals Study Customers 114

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

The Super-Heroes of Customer Experience are here! Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. They have not only brought new perspectives on the table but have redefined the customer experience exceptionally!

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

So what on earth has this got to do with the subject of Customer Experience?! If you have not yet guessed, the Hokey Cokey has actually become the perfect analogy for the way organisations around the world are attempting to put Customer Experience at the forefront of their strategic thinking.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Company Customer Centricity Strategy 120

iPerceptions

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

There's no shortage of customer experience focused conferences and in 2016 it is going to be no different. These events offer boundless opportunities for networking, discovery and communication.

Conference 48

Conference Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customers 48

Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 4, 2017

I’m often asked about customer experience conferences: What’s out there? I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals.

CEM 120

CEM Conference Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals 120

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. We Need New Thinking.

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Insurance Exercises Analytics 60

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. We Need New Thinking.

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Insurance Exercises Analytics 60

Alida

APRIL 26, 2018

According to CMO.com way, back in 2016, 63% percent of CEOs saw rallying their organizations around the customer as one of the top three investment priorities for the year. Today, customer centricity, or some notion thereof, has become the strategic posture of almost every profitable company in existence.

Customer Centricity 133

Customer Centricity Analytics Study Customer Experience Professionals 133

Customer Bliss

JULY 4, 2017

Mark Slatin is the Director of Client Experience for Sandy Spring Bank. They won CX Innovation Awards in both 2015 and 2016, so he seemed like a great person to bring on and discuss what he’s doing with his team — and how/why. He was a great student of customer experience and formed/understood what the work needed to be.

Banking 143

Banking Leadership Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys 143

CX Journey

MAY 3, 2016

This is a modified version of that post, which appeared on their blog on March 30, 2016. The Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) was established in 2011 to support and to advance the customer experience profession, to set standards for the profession, and to increase the visibility of these long-unsung heroes.

Customer Experience 80

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals ROI Metrics 80

Alida

JUNE 16, 2016

If you work in customer experience (CX), you probably already know Jeanne Bliss. A thought leader in CX even before this practice became mainstream , Bliss is an author and a rexpected expert on customer-centric leadership. Here are our top seven reasons: She pioneered the emergence of the chief customer officer role.

Chief Customer Officer 100

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Leadership 100

Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Like customers, customer service experts come from a wide range of backgrounds, each with their own unique perspective and take on the industry. We have compiled the following list of customer service experts so that you don’t have to. We have compiled the following list of customer service experts so that you don’t have to.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Consulting 0

Think Customers

DECEMBER 15, 2015

One of the undisputed thought leaders in the customer experience space is Bruce Temkin, customer experience transformist and managing partner at Temkin Group as well as co-founder and initial chairman of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). 1to1Media.com/weblog.

Connections 60

Connections Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Trends 60

ijgolding

JUNE 25, 2017

When I first conceived the idea for the article I wrote in my exclusive CustomerThink column in October 2016, I did not think I would be able to continue writing about the subject matter, seven months later! Customer experience professionals need to be able to use every tool in their armoury to make these words a reality.

Customer Centricity 128

Customer Centricity Culture Customer Experience Professionals Case Study 128

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Temkin Group, a leading customer experience firm, has published its annual list of customer experience trends. As a part of these publications, Temkin is calling 2016 “The Year of Emotion.” ” Here are the 10 customer experience trends to watch in 2016: 1. Emotion Arising.

Trends 40

Trends Customer Journeys Customer Experience Contact Center 40

Tricia Morris

JANUARY 4, 2016

“If you wonder what getting and keeping the right employees has to do with getting and keeping the right customers, the answer is everything.” – Fred Reichheld, Author, Business Strategist. A new year brings resolutions to change or improve in ways that matter, and for brands and organizations, customer service is always a key focus.

Trends 40

Trends Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Self Service 40

Tricia Morris

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Jeanne Bliss: Chief Customer Officer Author and CXPA Co-founder. Sumair Dutta: The Service Council Chief Customer Officer and Former Aberdeen Customer Experience Analyst. Annette Franz: Certified Customer Experience Professional, CX Journey Author and CXPA Board Member.

Trends 40

Trends Chief Customer Officer Customer Service eBook 40