Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. So… Is customer experience worth it?

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score Culture 261

Kayako

JANUARY 17, 2018

When we talk about customer experience, many of us think about support. We think about the touchpoints between customer and business when the customer needs help buying or using a product. These interactions make up part of the customer experience, but not all of it. NPS measures customer loyalty.

Customer Experience 448

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score NPS Touchpoint 448

ECXO

MARCH 21, 2023

Journey Map Your way to Customer Experience Maturity in Just 8 Steps + 12 with CX and EX Customer experience culture is a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors that a company adopts in order to create a customer-centric culture. Based on the company ‘’mindset’’ and approach. In the end, everything is connected.

B2B 295

B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Net Promoter Score 295

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 4, 2017

Every time I develop a customized customer service training tool for a client of mine, I caution that the tool is a “guidebook” for customer service behavior and that no tool can fit every application. As such, a customer service toolkit is only as good as the judgment and skill of the person using it.

Customer Experience 223

Customer Experience Comparison Study Customer Service Training 223

Customer Guru

APRIL 5, 2018

At Customer Guru, we believe that Customer Experience (CX) should be the number one priority for all the Indian businesses so that they become more sustainable and successful globally. Thus, we are on a mission to spread this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

Customer Experience Design 92

Customer Experience Design Customer Experience Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 92

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Since, according to the Institute of Customer Service (ICS), most customer complaints (62%) aren’t about products per se but rather about the way people treat customers during service interactions, investing time and money to, select, train and develop service talent creates a huge opportunity. Dumbfounded in amazement!

Training 133

Training Social Media Consulting Customer Experience 133

Heart of the Customer

DECEMBER 4, 2014

“Customers aren’t filling out our form completely. We need to train them to fill it all out, and then we’ll be able to serve them better.” ” “We just need to teach our customers how to use our website so they won’t call us so much.” Training customers is a losing proposition.

Training 89

Training Customer Journeys Culture Contact Center 89

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? Can AI Handle Complex Customer Care? So let’s get into it.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Chatbots 156

SurveySparrow

JUNE 30, 2023

Welcome to the captivating world of customer experience design, where we turn mundane interactions into extraordinary adventures. But, we will be unleashing our creativity to design experiences that will have your customers grinning from ear to ear. Now, we won’t be donning capes or fighting villains.

Customer Experience Design 52

Customer Experience Design Customer Experience Effort Score Customer Journeys 52

Stella Connect

JANUARY 4, 2022

Customer service coaching refers to the practice of ongoing communication between the agent and their manager to hone in on how to improve on specific skills, achieve specific goals, and develop their craft so they can handle even the most difficult customer interactions. Coaching Customer Service Agents for Individual Growth. “A

Customer Service Training 97

Customer Service Training Training Tips Customer Service 97

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The first is customer-centricity, and the other is customer experience. From my vantage point, the latter phrase (customer experience) is a subset of the former (customer-centricity). Customer-centricity is a commitment or a strategy to assure the success of your customer.

Customer Centricity 133

Customer Centricity Customer Experience Advertising Touchpoint 133

Strativity

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Throughout Strativity’s 17+ years in CX consulting, we’ve developed fundamental principles and frameworks to help our clients avoid roadblocks and accelerate success with their customer experience initiatives — and now we’re sharing what we’ve learned with CX leaders like you. Think about a great customer experience you’ve had.

Customer Experience Design 52

Customer Experience Design Consulting Customer Experience Touchpoint 52

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As a Customer Experience professional, understanding three trends today is imperative. However, if you can accept them, you are poised not only to deliver an excellent experience, but you will also position yourself to move it to the next level of greatness. Recognizing that Customers decide emotionally and justify rationally.

Customer Experience Professionals 229

Customer Experience Professionals Trends Customer Experience Rewards Programs 229

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 25, 2021

They are all part of three news stories that, believe it or not, give you insight into improving your Customer Experience. There are many news stories that don’t seem to be about Customer Experience, but, upon second glance, really are. Moreover, you should understand the culture where your customers live.

Customer Experience 153

Customer Experience Culture Airlines Comparison 153

Myra Golden

JUNE 18, 2021

For Jack Cooper University , I produced a ten week conflict resolution training. Here’s our week eight video training. I loved every minute of this interactive training project! Learn about my customized 30-minute video training for your team, shot from my broadcast studio in Tulsa.

Training 105

Training Management Video Interaction 105

Myra Golden

APRIL 28, 2021

This morning I hosted a webinar for leaders of customer service departments and operations. I walked everyone through how to prepare customer service specialists to apply psychological tactics to bring down the temperature in interactions and de-escalate. I’m concerned about training my agents and supporting them.

Training 105

Training Customer Service Contact Center How To 105

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2019

Uncertainty influences a lot of our customer behavior. We discussed some of the psychological theories behind our need to placate uncertainty as customers in a recent podcast. One of the most worthwhile for us to talk about is Prospect Theory and its implications for customer behavior. The second part is Probability Estimation.

Customer Experience 127

Customer Experience Social Media Insurance Customers 127

Myra Golden

JUNE 8, 2018

Customer service employees struggle with call control for a variety of reasons, including they don’t want to be rude to the customer, they aren’t sure how to move to closure or because the customer is rambling or angry. Perfect statements to help employees gain control with aggressive customers.

Training 93

Training Course Customer Service Training Study 93

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

CX Journey

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Image courtesy of Todd Quakenbush/Unsplash What tools can you use to facilitate employee buy-in for your customer experience improvement efforts? A couple weeks ago, I hosted a webinar with ZenDesk on the seven steps to customer experience heaven. Provide a clear line of sight for employees to the target: customers.

Customer Journeys 160

Customer Journeys Employee Experience Customer Centricity Tools 160

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 16, 2020

Today, we decided to address memory and how crucial it is to enhance your customers’ recollections of their experience with you. Chen and the research team would have people experience something or go somewhere, then, after their return, ask them which felt longer, going there or coming back.

How To 194

How To Training Consulting Feedback 194

Myra Golden

MARCH 6, 2019

This training is about never having your customers hang up with negative feelings about how you talked to them. Here are 10 Takeaways Your Employees Get From My Telephone Skills Training. The art of yielding, so you don’t accidentally over-talk your customers. This training includes Knowledge Checks.

Training 94

Training Exercises Course Groups 94

CX Journey

APRIL 21, 2015

Image courtesy of xianrendujia What do your employees know about customer experience? I''ve been talking about the importance of employees to the customer experience since my days at J.D. Power and Associates 20 years ago; sadly, in the heat of customer experience design efforts, employees are still forgotten.

Customer Experience 80

Customer Experience Training Roadmap Tools 80

Michelli Experience

APRIL 14, 2017

According to Bruce Temkin’s 2016 study , after a positive emotional experience, customers are 15 times more likely to recommend a company. But do the current solutions deliver on the key question that companies should be asking themselves: How can we provide a positive emotional experience to our customers?

Analysis 223

Analysis Feedback Effort Score NPS 223

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In business today, it takes leadership to build a business that consistently engages customers. If customers aren’t emotionally connected to your brand, through the experiences you provide, you will be vulnerable to offers and solicitations from your competitors. Which are you? Such was the case for Mercedes-Benz!

Customer Journeys 140

Customer Journeys Customer Experience How To Leadership 140

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Many of you who read my articles or watch my videos may not have jobs related to customer service or CX measurement, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pay attention to what I’m about to share. Here’s why this is important to you, even if you aren’t in a customer-facing role. Our customers’ time is precious, and we must respect it.

Metrics 157

Metrics Customer Service Measurement NPS 157

Stella Connect

APRIL 17, 2018

If you’re in a call center performance management role, you’ve probably invested a lot of time and energy in your customer service training and coaching programs. You’re determined to build a team of brand experts who can connect with customers, resolve issues, and drive sales with ease. Coach your service team strategically.

Customer Service Training 62

Customer Service Training Training Tips Customer Service 62

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In the days before and after Irma, I’ve been privileged to experience individuals, business leaders, and government employees who have demonstrated immense compassion and care for those they serve. The difference between “average” and “great” in customer experience delivery can be the difference between panic and calm for those you serve.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Government Insurance Consulting 100

Customer Guru

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

At Customer Guru, we believe that Customer Experience (CX) should be the number one priority for all the Indian businesses so that they become more sustainable and successful globally. Thus, we are on a mission to spread this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

Groups 112

Groups Marketing Customer Experience Financial 112

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In the past few months leading up to my new book, The Convenience Revolution , I’ve focused on ways to be more convenient for your customers. These are the “convenience infractions” that potentially drive away customers. Cumbersome technology: Hard-to-navigate websites drive away customers. The goal is to eliminate friction.

Policies 127

Policies Case Study Advertising Banking 127

CX Journey

MAY 10, 2017

Not everyone is motivated in the same way, so you need to be prepared to use different tools and approaches; you need to personalize or customize the experience to the individual. We talk a lot about that when we describe customer experience design. What's in it for the customer? That sounds familiar.

Leadership 145

Leadership Employee Experience Feedback Customer Experience Design 145

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 22, 2018

Customer Experience Design Strategies. For me, my “go to” strategies for product development or experience innovation involve components from my “empathic design” toolkit. In that article, Dorothy Leonard details many empathic design strategies including: User-designer. User-designer.

Culture 145

Culture Consulting Customer Experience Design Tools 145

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 1, 2017

Most organizations realize Customer Experience is vital to their competitive differentiation. My co-author Professor Ryan Hamilton and I shared seven imperatives for taking customer experience to the next level in The Intuitive Customer. However, few include this consideration in their design, 2.4

Effort Score 133

Effort Score Customers Loyalty Customer Experience 133

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 1, 2021

Joseph Michelli, I have learned so much about delivering the World’s Best Customer Experience through his insight starting with his book, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary. Ironically, prioritizing profits can actually lead to business decisions that drive customers away.

Leadership 148

Leadership Hospitality Consulting Consumers 148

CX Journey

APRIL 25, 2018

Customers are yearning for better experiences. But what are you doing to design a better experience? How do you know what your customers’ expectations are? Are you listening to customers? Are you mapping their experiences? Design experiences. Implement and activate new experiences.

Customer Journeys 146

Customer Journeys Exercises Touchpoint Culture 146

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2019

However, my great experience is not why I return and drive past six or seven other bait and tackle shops to get to it. Economists say the reason I go back to Discount Tackle is that I remember it was a great experience. We don’t choose between experiences; we choose between the memories of experiences.

Net Promoter Score 153

Net Promoter Score Customers Brands Connections 153

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Most companies today know that putting the customer at the heart of everything they do is vital. The fact is, improving your Customer Experience means you must also become more customer-centric. But what is customer-centricity and how do you do it? The first one was, “We put customers first.”.

Customer Centricity 245

Customer Centricity Culture Customers Customer Experience 245