Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 11, 2019

Number 10: The Customer Journey DOES NOT EQUAL The Customer Lifecycle. A customer journey is related to , but is not the same thing as, a customer lifecycle. The two main differences: 1) Customer journeys align with your customers’ goals or tasks — lifecycles don’t.

Customer Journeys 192

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Touchpoint Analytics 192

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

B2B Customer Journey Touchpoints: A Guide for CS Teams. B2B customer journey touchpoints mark the roadmap toward successful outcomes for clients and CS teams. In this way, customer journey B2B touchpoints serve as a powerful tool for increasing the effectiveness of your customer success strategy.

Customer Journeys 122

Customer Journeys Touchpoint B2B Social Media 122

Ecrion

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Beyond simply identifying your customer’s pain points, you need to understand the motivation behind the customer journey. Tracking, recording, and examining customer behavior provides valuable insight into how clients are interacting (or not interacting) with your brand. What is a Customer Journey Map?

Customer Journeys 103

Customer Journeys How To Touchpoint Roadmap 103

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 30, 2024

From the very first spark of interest to the warm afterglow that follows an event, we dissect the customer journey, offering strategies to heighten every touchpoint. Tune in as we elevate the conversation from customer service basics to a comprehensive understanding of what truly makes an event unforgettable.

Customer Journeys 143

Customer Journeys Entertainment Touchpoint Resources 143

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

AUGUST 23, 2018

And while most of us agree it’s vital to have and show empathy with customers, many rarely go beyond that in really capturing the touchpoints to understand emotions. The best customer-centric organizations leverage customer empathy to create a more positive journey for all customers.

Customer Journeys 151

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Loyalty Programs Contact Center 151

ECXO

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Whats more, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this shift, as companies adopted digital tools and reimagined customer touchpoints to remain relevant. For businesses, this means the bar for customer experience (CX) is perpetually rising. Todays customers expect companies to: 1. I usually call them MoTs (Moments of Truth).

Customer Experience 156

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Social Media e-support 156

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Align your feedback journey with your overall customer journey. Feedback is often treated as if it’s a separate and distinct experience from the customer’s journey. Customer journey maps, for example, don’t often include feedback requests as actual touchpoints.

Feedback 367

Feedback Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score NPS 367

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 13, 2021

Yet how often do we, as CX leaders, really just focus on listening to customers in authentic, low-tech ways? Customer interviews can be a key step in: Customer Journey Mapping. Building Customer Personas. Diving deeper into an identified problem or customer challenge. I love talking to customers!

Customer Journeys 291

Customer Journeys How To Feedback Brands 291

GetFeedback

MAY 9, 2019

Two customers can view the same experience in completely different ways due to many factors that influence their interpretation of events — their upbringing, cultural background, motivations, and much more. That’s why most companies struggle to meet the expectations of their customers.

Customer Experience 337

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Effort Score Metrics 337

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

This week we feature an article by Linda Taylor who writes about the importance of customer journey mapping in every organization in order to improve the customer experience. Customer Journey Mapping is a pictorial representation of the path a customer follows after coming in contact with a company.

Customer Journeys 88

Customer Journeys Customer Experience How To Touchpoint 88

eglobalis

JULY 31, 2024

With a unified view, companies can understand customer journeys better, predict future behaviours, and tailor interactions to individual needs, significantly enhancing the overall customer experience. Continuous Personalization Customers expect personalized interactions at every touchpoint.

Customer Experience 425

Customer Experience Social Media Analytics Chatbots 425

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 12, 2021

Identifying your customers is a two-sided coin: In order to understand our customers better, we need to identify what we already know about them. Your VoC analysis can help you create more accurate customer personas to use in customer journey mapping, marketing, product development, and more.

Customer Journeys 241

Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score Metrics Effort Score 241

Totango

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Your SaaS customer journey map lays out optimized outcomes that lead to customer renewals, upsells, and referrals. Here, we’ll show you how to create your path to customer success. First, we’ll define what a SaaS customer journey is, break it down into stages, and explain why mapping it out is important.

Customer Journeys 117

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Software Customers 117

Kustomer

JUNE 25, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of Customer Service Secrets , Annette Franz, CEO of CX Journey Inc. joins Gabe Larsen to continue exploring customer journey mapping and how to do it effectively. Customer journey mapping is a way of capturing the thoughts, feelings, and actions of the customer.

Customer Journeys 92

Customer Journeys Policies Customers Analysis 92

Kerry Bodine

JULY 11, 2017

Half an hour after the first round of introductions and ice breakers, our customer journey mapping workshop was in full swing. Here’s how it works: the customers capture each interaction—each touchpoint—on a separate yellow sticky note, and then place those sticky notes on a paper continuum from “least useful” to “most useful.”

Customer Insights 199

Customer Insights Customer Journeys Exercises Touchpoint 199

InMoment XI

JANUARY 27, 2025

Still, in discussing the logistics of the exchange, a nugget of information emerges amid the customers relief at having the issue resolved promptlya comment about wanting to look professional for an upcoming work event.

Call Center 195

Call Center Contact Center Effort Score Social Media 195

Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

By Steve Offsey The goal of customer journey orchestration is to improve journey outcomes by enabling the most relevant interactions in the context of each customer’s goals and their overall experience. What is Customer Journey Orchestration?

Customer Journeys 128

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Net Promoter Score Customers 128

Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 10, 2019

Number 10: The Customer Journey DOES NOT EQUAL The Customer Lifecycle. A customer journey is related to , but is not the same thing as, a customer lifecycle. The two main differences: 1) Customer journeys align with your customers’ goals or tasks — lifecycles don’t.

Customer Journeys 120

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Touchpoint Analytics 120

Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Struggling to understand your customers most common concerns? Missing key parts of the customer journey? Identify nuanced sentiment: AI detects subtle emotional cues, providing a deeper understanding of customer satisfaction beyond surface-level metrics.

Contact Center 130

Contact Center Call Center Effort Score Chatbots 130

Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Customer journey optimization lets you map a path to consistently satisfying experiences throughout client lifecycles. This delivers better service for your customers and better results for your company, promoting higher retention rates and greater motivation for customers to become brand advocates.

Customer Journeys 99

Customer Journeys Self Service Touchpoint Customers 99

InMoment XI

JULY 13, 2023

And because at InMoment, we value sharing knowledge as widely as possible, I’m going to share the results of that in-event poll with you here, along with a few thoughts about our learnings. This integration empowers organisations to leverage comprehensive data, driving focus and strategic changes that are aligned with evolving customer needs.

Consumers 369

Consumers Financial Competitive Advantage Customer Centricity 369

delighted

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

These micro-experiences are called customer touchpoints, and they play a crucial role in fostering customer satisfaction, including trust and loyalty. What are customer touchpoints? What are customer touchpoints? Why is it important to understand customer touchpoints? Let’s dig in.

Touchpoint 87

Touchpoint Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score Effort Score 87

Retently

JANUARY 13, 2025

So, if youre ready to transform your customer journey from frustrating to frictionless, lets dive into the CES tools that can make it happen. Trust us your customers (and your bottom line) will thank you! Analyze trends, identify friction points, and implement improvements that make a tangible impact on the customer journey.

Measurement 116

Measurement Tools Effort Score Multi-Channel 116

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

More and more marketers and customer experience professionals are now looking for the best customer journey analytics platform to understand and engage with individual customers at a personal level, at scale. But, once you begin to look into customer journey analytics at a deeper level things become much less clear.

Customer Journeys 90

Customer Journeys Analytics How To Touchpoint 90

inQuba

MAY 23, 2022

Demystifying the Next Evolution of Customer Experience. Customer Journey Management is the process of discovering and optimizing your customers’ journeys as they interact with your brand, to improve customer experience and achieve positive business outcomes. Customer Journey Management.

Customer Journeys 98

Customer Journeys Omni-Channel Management Multi-Channel 98

Kayako

APRIL 20, 2017

Having customer context makes the difference between a team focused on closing support ticket after support ticket, and a team which is empowered to have valuable conversations with customers and deliver an exceptional customer experience. Introducing Customer Journeys and Conversations. The Customer Journey.

Customer Journeys 144

Customer Journeys Multi-Channel Loyalty Customers 144

Retently

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Just like meeting someone new, customers form snap judgments – sometimes in just a few seconds – about your business. Whatever the touchpoint, that first moment matters more than you think. Here’s the thing: customers rarely tell you outright what they thought during those crucial first moments.

Survey 120

Survey Ecommerce Feedback Interaction 120

Kerry Bodine

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Yesterday I co-hosted a journey mapping webinar with our partner J.D.Power. You’ll find them grouped them into four categories: general questions, how to get started, types of journey maps, and our journey mapping process. Customer journey mapping tends to be very expensive.

Customer Journeys 120

Customer Journeys Exercises Contact Center Touchpoint 120

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 29, 2024

So, if a competitor somehow offers an even smoother customer journey , they can be swayed even if it means they’ll have to spend more. Freebie-loyal customers are drawn to your free offerings. For example, if your cafe offers free WiFi, you’ll attract many of these customers. Simplify Everything For Your Customers.

Loyalty 195

Loyalty Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Social Media 195

ECXO

AUGUST 9, 2023

An endless cycle of economic, political and social events are becoming the new normal. Map the end-to-end journey Journeys are all about clarity, direction and value. Journey mapping is probably not new to you. Don’t get blinkered by the touchpoints that PS / consulting teams traditionally focus on.

Consulting 296

Consulting Competitive Advantage Culture Touchpoint 296

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

So I decided to have some fun today and let you know why I am so passionate about this subject, plus fill you in on a few really amazing events coming up. Here, without further ado, are the reasons I believe customer experience is the key to happy customers , employees and people in general. Customer experience is proactive.

Customer Experience 289

Customer Experience Social Media Employee Engagement Consulting 289

ProProfs Chat

MAY 29, 2020

What Is a Customer Touchpoint? A touchpoint is where interaction occurs between the brand and the customer. . have scaled operations to such an extent that as marketers, a lot of times, you’re not even sure what your touchpoints are. How to Identify Your Customer Touchpoints.

Touchpoint 72

Touchpoint Customer Journeys Social Media Advertising 72

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

AUGUST 23, 2018

And while most of us agree it’s vital to have and show empathy with customers, many rarely go beyond that in really capturing the touchpoints to understand emotions. The best customer-centric organizations leverage customer empathy to create a more positive journey for all customers.

Customer Journeys 110

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Loyalty Programs Contact Center 110

Pointillist

JULY 25, 2018

Companies are increasingly benefiting from customer journey analytics across marketing and customer experience, as the results are real, immediate and have a lasting effect. Learning how to choose the best customer journey analytics platform is just the start. Steps to Implement Customer Journey Analytics.

Customer Journeys 93

Customer Journeys Analytics How To Government 93

Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Customer journey optimization lets you map a path to consistently satisfying experiences throughout client lifecycles. This delivers better service for your customers and better results for your company, promoting higher retention rates and greater motivation for customers to become brand advocates.

Customer Journeys 76

Customer Journeys Self Service Touchpoint Customers 76

CX University

DECEMBER 16, 2024

When employees struggle to access data for customer journey mapping, it reveals the presence of strong protective barriers within the organization. These barriers lead to inefficiencies and ultimately harm the customer experience. This initiative transformed exclusive meetings into company-wide events.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Culture Innovation Leadership 52

Lumoa

JANUARY 19, 2023

Here’s your ultimate guide on how to build a customer experience department. Map Your Current Customer Journey 3. Map Your Current Customer Journey To gain a better understanding of how exactly your customers interact with your business, you will need to map out the current customer journey.

Customer Experience 221

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score How To Customer Journeys 221