ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 2017

First Up: Shep Hyken’s opening comments focus on how companies are currently incorporating artificial intelligence into their customer experience. Featured Interview: Shep begins his interview with Anthony Goonetilleke by asking if we have reached the point of HAL, the computer in 2001 A Space Odyssey?

Technology 227

Technology Customer Experience Customer Service Personalization 227

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 2, 2021

So, the question I pose today is, what part of your customers’ past would they want to relive? . For example, at our global Customer Experience consultancy, we take clients on study tours. These tours are a behind-the-scenes look at organizations that we admire for their outstanding Customer Experiences.

Entertainment 221

Entertainment Construction Consulting Consulting 221

SmartAction

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The early 2000s recession affected the US from March 2001 to November 2001 and led to a decline in participation in the workforce. Below you’ll find a graph with data regarding the topic beginning in 1990 (when the global labor force participation began to show a steady decline) and now. In January of 2000, 67.3% It’s a solved problem.

Contact Center 76

Contact Center Virtual Agent Agent burnout Self service 76

PeopleMetrics

JULY 17, 2018

As noted previously, the term VoC is frequently used to describe the measurement of the customer experience; so is the term customer experience management (CEM). A consulting firm mentioned in the introduction, Forrester , coined a third term: customer feedback management (CFM). Market Research vs. VoC.

Telecommunications 210

Telecommunications Wireless Surveys Feedback 210

Momentum Telecom

JUNE 30, 2021

The superior customer experience businesses have with Momentum is the result of the high-touch approach we use with clients. We’re one of the only UCaaS providers to send an implementation team to your customers’ offices. We’ve been serving customers since 2001. We go through a unique, detailed discovery process.

Marketing 98

Marketing Sales Management Technology 98

Contact Center Pipeline

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Company 2Ring CEO/Founder Ondrej Smolar Founded 2001 Describe your company 2Ring is an independent software vendor focused on innovative enhancements for many of the major contact center platforms (Amazon, Cisco, Five9, Genesys). What […].

Contact Center 26

Contact Center Customer Experience 26

Maru Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

However, traditional financial institutions and lenders continue to fall short by failing to provide a frictionless customer experience. In a market already in flux, neobanks and financial technology firms (fintechs) are maximizing this missed opportunity by providing customers with deeply satisfying experiences from start to finish.

Personalization 89

Personalization Banking Marketing Sales 89

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 31, 2018

Customer service (CS) is critical for delivering a great customer experience (CX). Customer service is part of the overall customer experience, not the entire customer experience. It is vital to understand the difference between CX and CS as you implement Voice of the Customer (VoC).

Customer Service 117

Customer Service Consulting Consulting Analytics 117

PeopleMetrics

JULY 13, 2020

Use this feedback to make changes to improve feelings of safety or to improve other areas of the customer experience. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. Sean has over 20 years of experience helping companies measure and improve the customer experience.

Surveys 71

Surveys Consulting Consulting Feedback 71

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 28, 2015

Between 2001 and 2013, the number of large banks grew by 29% while small banks shrank by 24% (from 8,263 to 6,279) (Source: Mercatus Center at George Mason University (c) April 2014 The Financial Brand ). To adapt your bank, you need advanced awareness of your environment, so you can build a customer experience that can survive in it.

Banking 79

Banking Customer Experience Surveys Finance 79

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

McDonald’s Corporation has appointed Manu Steijaert, a McDonald’s veteran, as its first Global Chief Customer Officer. He will be leading a new Customer Experience team. The Customer Experience team aims to transform how customers interact with McDonald’s.

Chief Customer Officer 52

Chief Customer Officer Consulting Consulting Analytics 52

PeopleMetrics

MAY 13, 2020

Research in employee e xperience shows that passionate, enthusiastic employees provide a better customer experience. In fact, engaged employees attract engaged customers, and higher customer engagement results in higher profits. Encourage team members to be grateful and enthusiastic about their work.

Best practices 116

Best practices Customer centricity Feedback Consulting 116

PeopleMetrics

JULY 29, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Topic: Customer Experience. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Surveys 71

Surveys Consulting Consulting Analytics 71

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 29, 2020

Basically, any company that is re-introducing human interactions with customers. Should we include new questions that are relevant to the “new normal” customer experience? I hope these recommendations will help you navigate the customer experience during these uncertain times. Topic: Customer Experience.

Surveys 121

Surveys Feedback Consulting Consulting 121

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 27, 2022

As the new wave of Customer Science comes in, the old tide of Customer Experience (CX) is receding. I have seen it before with other influential business concepts, like Total Quality Management, Business Re-engineering, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

CRM 195

CRM Consulting Consulting Quality management 195

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 21, 2018

As we discussed in Lesson #5 , NPS is important to include in your VoC program, but if you’re running a transactional VoC survey, you need other ways to measure the most recent customer experience alongside NPS. The more effort a customer expends on resolving their issue, the more negative the customer experience.

Surveys 82

Surveys Banking Accountability Consulting 82

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 4, 2019

The sales force becomes a key touchpoint in the customer experience for B2B. B2B companies are smart to want to know what their clients think of their sales process and how the expectations that their sales force established compared to their actual experience. More confidence means you can create better customer experiences.

B2C 122

B2C B2B Real estate Airlines 122

PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

in person, digital) you have with your customers is key to delivering a memorable customer experience. Contact Center: an important touchpoint where customers call for more information or assistance. In Location: refers to an actual in-person customer experience, such as a retail store, restaurant, or hotel.

Feedback 91

Feedback Interactive Voice Response Surveys Contact Center 91

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 17, 2016

So, arguably, understanding where perceptual gaps between employees and customers exist anywhere in the company should be of prime importance to HRD, especially in their capacity of helping optimize the effectiveness of human resources. You Also Might Like… What is Customer Value and How Can You Create It?

Customer advocacy 186

Customer advocacy Consulting Consulting Sales 186

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

No matter how talented you are as a customer experience professional , you need a team to create a world-class VoC program. IT should be your best friend as you make your VoC program because IT controls the most up-to-date information you need about the customer experience. The Information Technology (IT) Department.

Telecommunications 82

Telecommunications APIs Analytics Feedback 82

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I was inspired to write this book because of another great book that most of you have probably heard of - Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business by Forrester. Measuring customer experience is critical to we do here at PeopleMetrics. Purchase Outside In on Amazon.

Consulting 70

Consulting Consulting Feedback Analytics 70

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 12, 2018

Business leaders use this all the time as a way to set standards for performance evaluation on metrics such as Net Promoter Score (NPS) or overall satisfaction; and many look to external benchmarking results as key indicators for how to improve customer experience. Interview the people who are delivering those fantastic experiences.

Benchmark 70

Benchmark Feedback Metrics Best practices 70

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 18, 2019

Chatbots and endless IVR loops may scale, but they often do not deliver a great customer experience. Customers want things to be easy with as little friction as possible. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. In fact, it's often the opposite.

Best practices 48

Best practices Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Consulting 48

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 29, 2019

If providing feedback takes longer than the actual customer experience, you have a major problem! So, if you’re measuring a customer experience that normally lasts three minutes using a survey that takes ten minutes, it’s time to go back to the drawing board. Watch the clock.

Surveys 61

Surveys B2C B2B Feedback 61

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Feedback 94

Feedback Surveys Consulting Consulting 94

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 17, 2020

The latter situation is applicable to almost all companies, as COVID-19 has no doubt changed something about the customer experience. In many cases, the customer experience has completely shifted to digital modes. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

Surveys 83

Surveys Feedback Consulting Consulting 83

PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I’ve seen companies do actual internal marketing campaigns, with posters in every office, intranet articles and blog posts written by executives, and town hall meetings — complete with skits demonstrating good and bad customer experiences! Communication should be ongoing. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Feedback 54

Feedback Consulting Consulting Marketing 54

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 7, 2018

As a CX leader, do you ever feel like you're spending too much time setting up users and dashboards in your feedback management platform when you should be focusing on strategic ways for your organization to improve customer experience? basically all the different parts of your company who impact the customer experience.

Feedback 76

Feedback Management Consulting Consulting 76

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Customer Experience often lives within Marketing, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the two are always aligned. At PeopleMetrics, we advise our clients to bring customer experience together with marketing. Sean has over 20 years of experience helping companies measure and improve the customer experience.

Marketing 67

Marketing Advertising Consulting Consulting 67

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Today's CX Secret revolves around the notion of a "Customer Experience (CX) Mindset." High-end hospitality companies have owned the CX space for years because they maintain this mindset that every touch point they have with a customer has to be excellent. Photo by +Simple on Unsplash. Think through your touch points.

Banking 64

Banking Call Center Consulting Consulting 64

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 26, 2018

Consider this: if you were your customer and you got your organization's survey (or other mechanism to provide feedback), would it be a fantastic experience? Would you recommend that experience to others? Customer experience is cumulative. Every touchpoint counts towards the bigger picture. Print this article.

Feedback 86

Feedback Surveys B2B Call Center 86

PeopleMetrics

MAY 24, 2018

Entrepreneurs looking for a crash course on how to best listen to customers and use that feedback to improve their business will benefit from the book as well. Moving VoC past data to a listening path that engages your organization and improves customer experiences is key. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Feedback 54

Feedback Chief Customer Officer Best practices Consulting 54

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2019

In turn, the best way to secure executive sponsorship in VoC is to demonstrate that improving the customer experience pays big returns. 2016) that provides compelling ROI evidence that CX matters, including the ability to charge a higher price when you deliver a better customer experience. Start with the facts.

Telecommunications 70

Telecommunications Consulting Consulting Surveys 70

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 3, 2019

As the customer experience lead, you need to focus on how to improve the customer experience rather than managing a complex software process and providing technical support. A good value-added VoC partner can also help you identify specific things you can do immediately to improve the customer experience.

Surveys 60

Surveys Technical Support Analytics Consulting 60

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

At PeopleMetrics, we often talk about creating an easy, or “frictionless” experience. The reason is that a great customer experience is usually about solving a problem with as little customer effort as possible. Listen to your customers! They won’t let you down. As CEO, he guides the company’s vision and strategy.

Airlines 66

Airlines Customer effort Accountability Consulting 66

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 21, 2018

This is really important in the customer experience space because now the anonymity of that feedback has pretty much gone away. In other words, if a customer has a poor experience and they put it in a survey, not only do they not mind if other people know about it, but they also expect someone to follow up and fix it.

Feedback 82

Feedback Surveys Benchmark Consulting 82

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

On the other hand, an exceptional employee experience leads to employees who pass on their enthusiasm to customers. In fact, customers are more likely to have a positive customer experience if they are served by passionate employees. Yet most office environments inspire apathy, not excitement.

Banking 91

Banking Consulting Consulting Feedback 91