March, 2017

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Tips to Gain High Quality Survey Responses

QuestionPro Audience

A bad dream for those crafting online survey questionnaires might go as follows… Panel members take an online survey critiquing a previous online survey in which they participated, and one that you wrote. The results are overwhelmingly negative. The panel members hated the experience and admit they offered slapdash information that, as an effect, will actually hinder your research more than help. .

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{Infographic} Revisiting Convenience – Lessons from H2O

Michelli Experience

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8 Customer Service Skills to Boost Your Career

Kayako

Continuous professional development can transform your career trajectory. For a customer support rep, you can become better at your job in ways you never expected by developing the right skills. We asked our customer support advocates at Kayako about new activities and skills that helped to further their careers. Here are their great insights. You can build on each of these eight customer service skills substantially, and give yourself an advantage through your resume, job application, and ace a

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Examining 10 Emotions, 8 Interactions, and Resulting Loyalty

Experience Matters

Any regular reader of this blog likely knows that emotion is a key topic for Temkin Group. We labelled 2016 as The Year of Emotion and operationalizing emotion is one of our 2017 CX trends. As part of our push to drive more detailed discussions about emotion, we examined the emotions that consumers feel after specific interactions. It turns out that […].

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Brainshark B-B Chief Customer Officer Diane Gordon – CB42

Customer Bliss

Episode Overview. Diane has an interesting background for a CCO — she actually began as a technical writer. One of the more interesting aspects of this discussion is about the skill development necessary to grow into a customer-facing role — and how that professional journey can really start from anywhere. About Diane. Diane has been working since the early 1980s, serving in a number of transformative customer experience roles.

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How to improve survey data quality

QuestionPro Audience

Numerous industry reports have consistently shown that, in comparison to other research methodologies, online research remains the dominant methodology of choice for research practitioners. With nearly 90% of the US population online, followed by 76% in Europe, it’s no surprise why online data collection remains king. When it comes to eCommerce, online sales are projected to reach $523 billion in the next 5 years, up by 56% from the previous year.

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Revisiting Convenience – Lessons from H20

Michelli Experience

I’ll admit it I am fascinated by water. Not just any water…A very special water – the kind you find in a bottle. In fact, I think many great business lessons can be found in the world of bottled water. My water fascination dates back to at least 2011 when I wrote the following…. “…bottled water is truly a phenomenon of our time. When I was a kid, water didn’t come in bottles, occasionally I was even reduced to drinking it straight from a garden hose.

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How to Build Customer Trust One Interaction at a Time

Kayako

In the age of disloyalty , it’s easy for your customer to jump ship from one subscription business or ecommerce store to another. How do you make a customer feel respected and gain their trust? Customer trust is a reciprocal behavior to what they receive. Trust comes when you understand your customer’s needs, respect them, and offer relevant service.

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Sadly Saying Goodbye to Pete Winemiller

Experience Matters

I just heard that Pete Winemiller passed away, and it hit me hard. I knew that he had been battling cancer, but I thought that he was winning the fight. How could he not? Pete was one of the most positive people that I’ve ever met. The world lost a wonderful man… and a true customer experience trailblazer. […].

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How AI Is Revolutionizing Contact Centers: 2025 Strategy + ROI Playbook

In 2025, contact centers aren’t just changing—they’re being rebuilt by AI. This no-fluff, executive-ready guide shows you how to capitalize on the transformation. Inside: proven ROI calculators, workforce optimization tactics, deflection strategies, and a 90-day AI deployment plan. Built for CIOs, COOs, CX leaders, and contact center strategists, it goes beyond buzzwords into play-by-play implementation.

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Should You Fully Label Satisfaction Scales?

InMoment XI

There are many types of satisfaction scales that are used in market research and beyond. This diversity stems from the fact that there is no magic ruler to directly measure distances associated with attitudes. For the researcher, a major consideration is how is this data to be analyzed? Four Different Modeling Types Long ago, you.

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3 Myths that Prevent You from Understanding Customers

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

I get a lot of “what a cool job!” when I describe what I do. It sounds so glamorous. And everyone is a customer, so of course I hear about the worst customer service they ever had, or less frequently, the very best they’ve experienced. It is awesome. I love what I do. But as the idea of customer experience takes off, the mythology around it does, too.

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4 reasons why customer experience programs fail (and how to avoid them)

Alida

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. Twenty-five percent admit that their company isn’t meeting expectations at all. CX is a huge business opportunity.

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{Infographic} McMobile – Will McDonald’s Mobile Strategy Kill the Drive-thru?

Michelli Experience

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Next-Gen Cloud Contact Centers For Dummies®

What does customer service excellence look like in 2024? According to our report with insights from CX expert Shep Hyken, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and there’s a bigger shift toward self-service and leveraging AI capabilities.

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5 Best Practices for Keeping a Killer Knowledge Base

Kayako

Question: When is a self-service writer a diplomat? Answer: When they are a writing a knowledge base to help customers solve their problems quickly and reduce repetitive conversations with your support team. Writing documentation for a knowledge base is hard. Documentation is more than providing information, it’s goal orientated. To ensure minimal reading and effort for your customers can be a lot of work and pressure for a technical writer!

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Courtyard By Marriott Earns Top Customer Experience Ratings for Hotels

Experience Matters

We recently released the 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 331 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. Courtyard By Marriott delivers the best customer experience in the Hotels industry, according to the 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual customer experience ranking of companies based on a […].

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Why Marketers Should Drive the Customer Experience [Podcast]

GetFeedback

On the Salesforce Marketing Cloudcast, GetFeedback CMO Kraig Swensrud explains why marketers should lead the charge on customer experience initiatives.

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What’s the State of Work-at-Home in Customer Care in 2017?

BlueOcean

About five years ago, we entered a discussion with a prospective client. They had been outsourcing their customer service to a call center with a predominantly “work-at-home” (WAH) model and one of the first questions they asked us was about work-at-home agents. They’d had a bad experience with that model and were keen to move as far away from any work-at-home solution as possible.

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Making the Moment: The Art of Creating Events That Drive Results

Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective

In a world where every brand is vying for attention, how do you make your events stand out? ✨ From creative swag strategies to immersive brand experiences, the key lies in fostering real connections that inspire action and leave a lasting impression. Whether you're planning a large-scale conference or an exclusive executive gathering, this session will explore how to elevate event engagement, strengthen brand perception, and maximize ROI.

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How does a customer-focused CEO make decisions?

Customer Bliss

We’ve talked before on this blog about the need to be a customer-focused CEO. But since CEOs are often the major decision-maker within an organization, it’s important to understand the decision-making styles of customer-focused CEOs. Because the C-Suite as a whole tends to make dozens (if not hundreds) of decisions in a given week, having an understanding on what specific decision-making styles make for leaders with a stronger customer focus is going to be helpful as you grow your own business.

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{Infographic} When The Customer Is Wrong – Should The Business Be Right?

Michelli Experience

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What vCommerce Brands Get Right About Customer Experience

Kayako

Could your company be blamed for a failed essay? Warby Parker had better hope not. My @WarbyParker home try on package is arriving tomorrow and I am so excited I can’t focus on my essay. — Brandon (@TheBrandonPFrye) February 22, 2017. Warby Parker are just one of many brands in the fast-growing vCommerce space who are inciting incredible customer love as a result of their their dogged focus on delivering fantastic customer experiences – and reaping the rewards: their latest funding

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Regions and Citizens Earn Top Customer Experience Ratings for Banks

Experience Matters

We recently released the 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 331 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers. Regions and Citizens deliver the best customer experience in the banking industry, according to the 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings. Regions took the top spot out of the 15 banks […].

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Campaigns that Click: Practical Personalization Strategies to Boost ROI

Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified

Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.

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Customer Experience (CX) vs Customer Service

GetFeedback

Customer experience (CX) is a term we're hearing a lot about these days. But what does it really mean, and how is it different from customer service?

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Top 20 Customer Service Experts to Follow on Twitter Right Now

Comm100

Like customers, customer service experts come from a wide range of backgrounds, each with their own unique perspective and take on the industry. But with the thousands of #CustomerService tweets, how are you supposed to get exposed to fresh ideas without spending hours or even days trudging through the classic internet information overload? We have compiled the following list of customer service experts so that you don’t have to.

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How to avoid the Innovator’s Dilemma: A look at Snapchat’s disappearing users

Alida

Five years ago, Snapchat disrupted social media with its carefree, ephemeral media and augmented reality features. Fickle young users, myself included, came from Instagram in search of something more disposable, fun and interactive. At a time when social networks seemed overrun by ads and news stories, Snapchat offered a momentary escape. It was a refreshing way to share some of life’s sillier or less photogenic moments.

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McMobile – Will McDonald’s Mobile Strategy Kill the Drive-thru?

Michelli Experience

Having consulted with and written two books about Starbucks ( The Starbucks Experience and Leading the Starbucks Way ), I seldom compare Starbucks with McDonald’s. Typically, I see these two iconic brands in two very different categories. From my vantage point, McDonald’s is an excellent example of a service brand which focuses on price, speed of delivery, and turnkey consistency.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Digital Engagement on the Voice Channel

Uniphore

Jacada is dramatically improving the experience of customer service at contact centers around the world. By providing the option to pivot an inbound call to a digital session, customers are able to bypass long hold times and effectively self-service their inquiry. This digital session is launched in-context, when required, and all without the need to download a mobile app.

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Report: 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings (U.S.)

Experience Matters

We published the 2017 Temkin Experience Ratings, the seventh annual release of this comprehensive customer experience benchmark. Here’s the executive summary: 2017 is the seventh straight year that we’ve published the Temkin Experience Ratings, a cross-industry, open standard benchmark of customer experience. To generate these Ratings, we asked 10,000 U.S. consumers to rate their recent interactions with […].

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For a laugh: Adobe’s new customer experience ad

Customer Bliss

This will be a shorter post, as we’re working on a longer one for next week about customer experience rooms ( I call them customer rooms sometimes , and often work on them in my client work). You may be familiar with the Adobe Experience Cloud , which gives a business a suite of insights around campaign-building, ads management, customer profiles, and other centralized assets.