CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Surely customer support could help me sort this out. It was incredibly distressing to encounter a customer service representative who clearly couldn’t care less if I ever left my house again. Give inconsistent or incorrect answers to customers. 10) shut down customer support channels for cost rather than customer choice.

Customer centricity 316

Customer centricity Airlines Feedback Construction 316

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This week we feature an article by Brian Cantor who gives us a list of ways to achieve success and consistency when communicating with customers on any channel. – Shep Hyken. Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology.

Abandon rate 236

Abandon rate Journey mapping Average Handle Time Customer centricity 236

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This week we feature an article by Patrick Thuot who shares an infographic about how customer service can help the retail industry. A customer-centric approach can help any type of business succeed. – Shep Hyken. To entice those customers to come in-store requires there to be something worth coming in for.

Customer Service 223

Customer Service Customer centricity Service level Marketing 223

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.”.

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Customer centricity Customer Experience Consulting Consulting 614

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 25, 2024

Since my request, we were lucky enough to have a new one from Justin Stafford ( justin@customersmarts.co ), founder of Customer Smarts , based in Sydney, Australia, and podcast host of “Customer Smart.” Justin shared how sports can teach us a lot about how to improve your Customer Experience.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Finance Sales 195

ShepHyken

AUGUST 11, 2017

This week we feature an article by Borge Hald who writes about the importance of being a customer obsessed company and how it is the key to success. We need to obsess about creating such an amazing customer experience that our customers will want to do business with us and nobody else. – Shep Hyken. Here are a few tips.

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Customer centricity Feedback B2C Customer Experience 232

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

One of my clients has done an excellent job in the last couple of years improving their customer experience. They focused their attention on the customer-facing teams at first. However, to create a breakthrough to change the organization’s culture, you can’t stop there. NICE Systems, Inc., and Fred Reichheld.

Finance 195

Finance Customer centricity Accountability Technical Support 195

ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ross Clurman, writes about how important it is to personalize the customer service experience. Regardless of the type of business you are in, there is always an opportunity to personalize the customer experience. Maintain an up-to-date customer database.

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Personalization Customer Service Customer centricity Marketing 224

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. When I thought about it, there were some common telltale cultural signs organizations share that indicate where their focus lies. Natural companies are the opposite; they are “naturally” focused on the customer.

Customer centricity 427

Customer centricity Airlines Consulting Consulting 427

ShepHyken

MARCH 16, 2018

This week we feature an article by Marlene Caroseli who shares some great activities and questions to help customer service representatives improve their service and make the customers experience better. – Shep Hyken. Chip Bell is known for helping organizations create a customer-centric culture.

Customer centricity 192

Customer centricity Personalization Customer Service Customer Experience 192

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of growth in the Customer Success space, which means there’s now even more content out there on the web for you to research, consume and rely on. You can see this is the case by taking a look at the Google search trends for “Customer Success” and “Customer Experience” over time.

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Consulting Consulting Best practices Upselling 98

Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Shep Hyken.

Customer Service 136

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Call Center 136

Enghouse Interactive

JANUARY 27, 2021

Trends and Realities of Successful Organizations (Blog Series). Video outperforms all other communications methods when agents and customers need to quickly resolve an issue. This blog will provide some insight into the benefits that can be extracted from video along with how. Blog #2 of 4: It’s NOT just another channel.

Contact Center 92

Contact Center Technology Customer centricity Analytics 92

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 7, 2020

Cable companies are an excellent example of what NOT to do with your experience to promote customer-driven growth. Cable companies are an excellent example of what NOT to do with your experience to promote customer-driven growth. They give things to new customers only. Instead, they would say they wanted loyal customers.

Customer centricity 436

Customer centricity Technical Support Consulting Consulting 436

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

TechSee’s Annual Influencer List For a second year, everyone at TechSee is proud and excited to share our annual list of influential leaders in the space of digital customer service. As the Head of Customer Support and Engagement at HotDoc, she is responsible for leading the customer support and engagement strategy.

Customer Service 207

Customer Service Customer centricity Contact Center Consulting 207

ShepHyken

AUGUST 26, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Doug Sandler, busts some popular customer service myths. MYTH – Great customer service starts with understanding the customer is always right. Unfortunately, the customer may always think he is right, but in reality, that just isn’t the case.

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Customer Service Airlines Government Consulting 0

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We work with Customer Experience (CX) professionals around the world and train them on how to go about implementing CX programs. The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. Most organizations attack the symptom not the cause. Here is the issue.

Customer Experience 387

Customer Experience Customer centricity Journey mapping Consulting 387

CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Collaboration with Ben Motteram and Nate Brown To transform an organization into one that is more customer centric is a complex task that requires many different skills. Customer experience is multi-disciplinary. Customer Insights/Measurement/Analytics. Customer Journey Mapping. Project/Program Management.

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Journey mapping Analytics Customer centricity Government 307

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I meet many organizations that say they want to exceed Customer expectations at every moment of contact. No organization can afford to do this. The first step in exceeding your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations.”. - Defining these areas implies knowing what the Customer’s Expectations are.

Customer centricity 419

Customer centricity Customer emotions Consulting Consulting 419

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 4, 2024

As we see it coming, I know a lot of organizations diving into AI integrations. Different departments within an organization are looking for ways to integrate AI, but they aren’t talking to each other. From a business perspective, the same concept applies to Customer Experiences. The same thing is happening with AI.

Customer centricity 243

Customer centricity Morale Finance Education 243

24-7 InTouch

APRIL 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) stands as a monumental force reshaping the customer experience (CX). This blog explores how companies can synchronize AI adoption with effective risk management to foster a robust, safe, and customer-centric business environment. Data Mastery : AI is only as good as the data it processes.

Government 52

Government Customer centricity Technology Management 52

Amity

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Last night, the heroes of the Customer Success Meetup met for their second event. From the enthusiastic discussion, we continue to hear that – despite best intentions – customer success is still very much in its infancy. Once they exposed to the conversations and understand the customer pain, will rally to find solutions.

Customer centricity 48

Customer centricity Engineering Accountability Sales 48

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 25, 2024

Storytelling is an essential part of communication with customers, too. Many organizations have already used storytelling at the founder myth level. They are good at telling the story of how it all started with the organization. Stories also help you know what stories customers tell about you. A story can help here.

Customer emotions 195

Customer emotions Engineering Education Personalization 195

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 4, 2014

An organization’s process tells me a great deal about how Customer-centric they are. Is the process designed for the good of the Customer or was it designed for the good of the company? In my experience, the latter is more likely than the former, leaving most organizations with a process lacking a customer focus.

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Journey mapping Customer centricity Employee engagement Customer Experience 384

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Many companies seeking to improve their Customer Experience (CX) understand the importance of putting the customer at the center of everything they do. Those that have excellent experiences, the kind that makes their brand name a household one, demonstrate actual customer-centricity in their CX. Customer Strategy.

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer Experience 400

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The idea is to get people thinking about things they had never considered before and help them reframe their experience through the lens of the customer rather than operations. #1 This one is an old one that I have been asking for 20 years, and not many organizations can produce a coherent reply for it.

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Customer centricity Construction Education Customer Experience 195

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy.

Customer centricity 409

Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer retention 409

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I have led hundreds of successful Customer Experience (CX) program successes. A few things, but one of the most significant is the way an organization’s culture is centered. Organizations fail to improve their CX when they lack customer-centricity. This concept is difficult for many organizations.

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Customer centricity Journey mapping Consulting Consulting 313

ShepHyken

JULY 20, 2018

Interactions between brands and consumers are changing across virtually every industry, making it more important than ever that your organization strives to encourage consistency within every moment of the customer journey.

Feedback 118

Feedback Customer centricity Accountability Customer Experience 118

Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2020

Date: Thursday, January 9, 2020 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager 2019 in focus: our top 10 blog posts from the year. Ian Golding’s guest post focused on the vital importance of trust in delivering effective customer experience. As customers become more demanding, can self-service really help?

Customer centricity 65

Customer centricity Self service Marketing Customer Experience 65

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Do you allow Customers to use whatever channel they wish to communicate with you, or do you restrict them to one or two channels? The answer to this question can show how Customer centric your company is. This post is the fifth in a series of nine posts that uses our Naïve to Natural customer-centricity assessment.

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Customer centricity Customer emotions Customer retention Consulting 322

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Being Customer-Centric requires rewarding those that contribute to Customer-Centricity. Too many organizations are still not rewarding Customer Experience improvement because they don’t measure it. Focusing on rewarding these, however, is not conducive to Customer Centricity. Some do both.

Customer Experience 295

Customer Experience Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement 295

CCNG

MARCH 15, 2023

Omnichannel technologies, defined as those which provide a seamless customer service experience across channels, have seen major growth in popularity over the past few years. We asked executives to rank how often they use certain customer service channels today and how often they expected to use them in 10 years. Longer handle times.

Call Center 195

Call Center CCNG Self service Surveys 195

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 24, 2019

Instead of being a company that I admire with a customer centric and open culture it now appears that the inherent culture of Facebook is one of non transparency which chooses to manipulate their customers and their data. These actions reveal that the culture of the organization is not keeping users’ information private.

Customer centricity 348

Customer centricity Government Morale Advertising 348

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Marketing and Branding are the first contacts you have with your Customers. Your brand is the promise you make to your Customers. Surprisingly, too many organizations don’t deliver on the brand promise they made in their Marketing and Branding efforts, causing a disconnect between the two.

Advertising 324

Advertising Customer centricity Marketing Customer Experience 324

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 25, 2016

There is a major skill most organizations lack: Customer centricity. But if you want to remain competitive in today’s economic climate, putting the focus on Customers is imperative to your bottom line. It was 20 years ago when the realization that I wasn’t Customer centric hit me. Why did I realize this?

Customer centricity 273

Customer centricity Journey mapping Consulting Consulting 273

Totango

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Apple and IBM Peanut butter and jelly Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg Marketing and Customer Success They are all unexpected — yet incredibly successful — partnerships. On the other hand, the CCO focuses on what happens after the sale, overseeing onboarding, customer support, driving retention, and minimizing churn.

Chief Customer Officer 91

Chief Customer Officer Customer centricity Metrics CRM 91