September, 2016

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Forgotten Facts & Fantasies of Customer Delight

C3Centricity

If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that I’ve just returned from a three-week visit to Peru. I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker at IIEX-Latam in Lima and decided to take time off to visit the country after the conference. How glad I was that I took that decision, because I discovered that Peruvians are experts in customer delight!

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Customer Emotions (Joy, Anger, Sadness, and Fear) Affect Contact Center Interactions

Experience Matters

As you may know, Temkin Group labeled 2016 “The Year of Emotion” in its annual listing of customer experience trends. Why? Because emotion drives loyalty. And yet, despite its significant impact on customer loyalty, organizations do not focus on emotion enough. So to help increase organizations’ awareness of this critical area of customer experience, we […].

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5 Epic Employee Engagement Issues You Never Noticed

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Highly-engaged employees will deliver better experiences to your customers, leading to increased loyalty, more referrals, and more business overall. Yippee! However, employee engagement is emotional and often hinged on the very last experience an employee might have – with his or her manager, with co-workers, with an angry client, or even with you. These simple moments add […].

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Six differences between customer-focused companies and operations-focused companies

Vonage

Many companies that claim to offer good customer service in reality are grounded in an operations’ mentality with rules and policies that allow for little flexibility, preventing them from rising above anything more than average or satisfactory. The companies that really understand customer service have a different focus. Their hiring and training is focused on customer service, and they truly deliver it.

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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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Corporate Culture and the Customer Experience: A Delicate Balance

InMoment XI

Though the idea of culture has been around for centuries, it is only in recent decades that corporations have begun to speak of the notion of corporate culture. Probably the best way to define corporate culture is as the deepest thoughts and beliefs a company holds about itself. This includes what it considers to be.

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Enriching the Customer Experience Works in Any Industry

Steve DiGioia

Guest post by Ben Motteram This original article was written by Steve DiGioia. Today’s guest post is by Ben Motteram , the Principal at CXpert, a customer experience consulting company. Ben has over 20 years’ experience in customer service, and is a recognized CX thought leader. Thanks Ben! As someone deeply involved in customer service and the overall customer experience, I am interested in identifying companies that share my love of service and how they tend to the customer’s needs.

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Wells Fargo: A Lesson in Leadership & Culture Gone Awry

Experience Matters

In case you missed this in the news, Wells Fargo is under investigation for opening fraudulent accounts for its customers. During a period between 2011 and 2015, it is estimated that there were as many as 1.5 million deposit accounts and more than half a million credit card accounts opened inappropriately on behalf of customers. As part […].

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13 stunning stats on the ROI and growth of online communities

Alida

Every company today wants to be customer centric. From emerging upstarts to established conglomerates, brands of all sizes now recognize that getting closer to customers is key to long-term business success. In our customer-led world, the various types of online communities have become an indispensable tool to harness customer feedback and insight. In the last decade, online communities have taken the business world by storm.

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3 Reasons to Focus on Your Weakest Customer Service Channel

NICE inContact

“You are only as good as your weakest channel.” – Nancy Jamison, Principal Analyst, Frost & Sullivan. This is one of our favorite quotes from a leading analyst in the contact center space. If you know Nancy, you may have heard her say it yourself. It speaks to the changing customer landscape and the importance of staying up-to-date on what technology customers actually want to use – not the technology you think they want to use.

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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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Make a Mouse: The Power of a Culture of Customer Experience Excellence

Michelli Experience

I’ve often said anyone can create a mouse. All you have to do is put a copious quantity of food and cloth scraps on your floor and, over time, a mouse will appear. The same can be said for great service cultures. Leaders are responsible for “creating the right environment” for world-class customer experiences to occur. Take Starbucks as an example. . .

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Heaven or Hell? What Customer Experience vacation memories do you have this year?

ijgolding

Since I have been writing, summer holidays have been a regular feature in my posts. As someone who tends to use his own experiences to bring the principles of Customer Experience to life, this is not surprising! The following are my five favourite articles to date: ‘We only want one room!’ Will your summer holiday experiences create the right memories?

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6 Satisfaction Surveys Every Company Should Send

GetFeedback

Customer satisfaction surveys reveal customer preferences, top reasons for churn, and opportunities to improve processes company-wide.

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2016 Temkin Emotion Ratings (Publix, Chick-fil-A, and Residence Inn Are the Leaders)

Experience Matters

For the previous five years, we’ve measured emotion as part of the Temkin Experience Ratings (TxR). This year, we examined 294 companies across 20 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers (see methodology section below). The TxR examines the three elements of customer experience: success, effort, and emotion. In this post, I examine the results for the […].

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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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The proactive approach to customer complaints

Customer Bliss

Customer complaints are everywhere, and happen all the time. The word “complaints” is a bad word, yes — on the surface. But there’s power in customer complaints, just as there’s power in any feedback. Quickly, before we get to the action items on this post: think of your favorite brands. Consider brands that you love. You buy from them all the time.

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5 Ways to Guard Against Survey Manipulation

InMoment XI

I’ve been in the automotive industry for some time and concerns about dealership attempts to interfere with the customer satisfaction measurement process have been around for a long time as well, but lately they seem to be intensifying. Do you know how to guard against survey manipulation? My hope is this blog will give you.

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The Art of Resolving Human Need

Michelli Experience

Our friends at Hippo Roller have asked me to mention a campaign to raise funds to purchase 200 Hippo Rollers for Haiti. In case you missed my original blog about the Hippo Roller…you can find it below. By the way, thanks in advance for considering to support this cause…. For me… Invention is the creation of something new. and. Innovation is creating a new solution that addresses a human need.

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Why Have We Stopped Listening to Our Customers? Guest post by Stephen Hewett

ijgolding

Although I have spent a long time working with clients in the customer experience sector, I think it’s vital that we continually challenge the way we listen to and understand our customers. Over the last few decades, as the power of the computer has increased and we can gather more and more data about customers, often without their knowing, we have become more seduced by numbers rather than words.

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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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Why We Changed the Way We Run CSAT Surveys

GetFeedback

When we (a survey company) discovered the flaws in our first CSAT surveys, we set out to find a reliable formula for measuring customer satisfaction.

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Report: Tech Vendor NPS Benchmark, 2016 (B2B)

Experience Matters

We just published a Temkin Group report, Tech Vendor NPS Benchmark, 2016, The research examines Net Promoter Scores and the link to loyalty for 62 tech vendors based on feedback from 800 IT decision makers in large North American organizations. We also compared overall results to our benchmarks from the previous four years. Here’s the executive summary: For the […].

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Digital storytelling: The unabashed power in CX

Customer Bliss

Digital storytelling is crucial in customer experience. Before we get deep into digital storytelling and how to maximize your processes around it, let’s briefly set up why storytelling as a whole — and especially digital storytelling — is important in the current business climate. The importance of digital storytelling. Here’s a Wharton interview with Carmine Gallo , the author of a book called The Storyteller’s Secret.

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3 Ways You Are Ruining Your Customer’s Day

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Your organization might be well-meaning but still ruining your customer’s day. The mission at 360Connext is simple, but we believe it’s important: We’re on a mission to create fewer ruined days for customers. I started using this as our mission when I created the company in 2009. And I believe it’s still an important goals […].

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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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We Are All In The Perception Business {Infographic}

Michelli Experience

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Prepare for the Chatbots – an example of Digital Customer Experience Innovation by Elena Lockett

ijgolding

Chatbots – computer programs that mimic conversations with users by using artificial intelligence (AI) – are the latest technology trend to hit the webchat world. There are two types: a chatbot that functions based on certain rules , meaning it will only respond to specific commands, and a chatbot that functions by machine learning (AI).

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5 Reasons Customer Satisfaction Metrics Still Matter

GetFeedback

Happy customers become the repeat buyers who keep your business alive. Here are 5 reasons you should constantly monitor your customer satisfaction metrics.

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Temkin Group’s (Exciting) Plans For CX Day 2016

Experience Matters

Last year, Temkin Group had a great time celebrating CX Day. This year, CX Day will be held on October 5th and we’re planning another exciting celebration. Temkin Group has labelled 2016 The Year of the Emotion for customer experience. As you’ll see below, we’re continuing that theme in our CX Day plans: Thought leadership video: Bruce will interview renowned author and thought […].

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Voice of the customer: Your 4-point action plan

Customer Bliss

Customer experience work has been evolving for years, and it’s now on the radar of more execs than ever before. As such, you have a lot of thought leaders out there up-selling voice of the customer plans. Sometimes these voice of the customer approaches are great, but sometimes they’re put together by people who have never done boots on the ground CX work — and then they tend to be flawed.

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5 Strategies for Improving Call Center Coaching Sessions

NICE inContact

Every contact center manager wants a team of agents that perform at optimum levels. The path to getting to that point, however, isn’t always easy. While building a strong group dynamic is important, managers must also nurture individual team members with helpful guidance. As many managers know, there’s an art to delivering constructive feedback to employees.

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You Want Engaged Employees? Ignite Mastery

Michelli Experience

Thought leaders like Daniel Pink have provided insightful analysis of research showing three key drivers of human behavior: Purpose. Autonomy, and. Mastery. In essence, ample research shows that people will give maximal effort when they believe their effort will make a purposeful difference when they are given some level of control over the task or timeline for completing a project, and when they are provided the chance to grow and master new skills.