Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The Customer Experiences I have in the UK are not as good as I have in the USA, now there is evidence to back this up. Per the 8th annual “ Customer Experience Excellence Study” published by KPMG Nunwood, shows that Customer Experience in the UK is lagging. I founded Beyond Philosophy in the UK back in 2002.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

It turns out that the use of color and package design, among other aesthetic elements, affects customer behavior more than you might think. . We had Claudia Townsend, associate professor of marketing at the University of Miami at the Miami Herbert Business School, as a recent podcast guest.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2023

I’ve followed the American Customer Satisfaction Institute (ACSI) results since I started Beyond Philosophy in 2002. When you consider all the resources organizations and individuals have put into customer experience and the voice of the customer, I wonder… was it worth it? Guess what? So, how can this be?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

When I started my Global Customer Experience consultancy, no one knew me or even what Customer Experience was. So, I told them, starting my marketing efforts with my first book, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Then I began conference speaking.

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Answer Dash

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Our team at BrightTALK recently had a chance to interview a number of marketing professionals and get their thoughts and predictions about some of the key trends in B2B marketing. Now more than ever, marketers have a variety of new and traditional options in their toolboxes.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 8, 2018

Having worked in Customer Experience since 2002, I may be too much of a purist. However, for a while now, I have been writing about the decline and dilution of the discipline of Customer Experience. From changing titles but not behavior to a poor understanding of what customers want, the trends are troublesome.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 20, 2023

Expanding Too Quickly Around 2004, I made the mistake of thinking that my global Customer Experience Consultancy was about to experience rapid growth. At this point, I had done little more marketing for my Customer Experience consultancy than writing and marketing the books.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

As a Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy , we have worked in China on a few occasions. We learned a few things about what to do and what not to do there, as it pertains to Customer Experience. Three Truths Every Marketer Should Know about CX in China. Let’s take a closer look at each of these points.

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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. This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 3, 2018

How big does a company need to get before it is too big to care about Customer Experience? If this week’s news is any indication, telecom customers in the U.S. We all can see from surveys like this (#2), or this one (#6), Customer Experience has been a significant area of concern for many CEOs recently.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2020

When I was in corporate life, my boss asked me to improve the Customer Experience and do it for the least cost. what is a Customer Experience?” This idea was revolutionary in that day, but today, the business world has more or less accepted that emotions are a significant part of interactions with customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

So, what is Customer Science? Like any embryonic change, Customer Science is evolving and emerging, like Customer Experience did over the years. In my view, Customer Science is the fusion between technology (mainly AI), behavioral science, and data. There are a few out there, but not an overwhelming amount.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 29, 2017

Forbes once described the omnichannel experience as the point where “ marketing meets ubiquity ,” an apt description. Building on the Forbes concept, I say your brand promise delivered through excellent Customer Experience is what is ubiquitous. John Lewis has a great reputation for excellent Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

When I started my Global Customer Experience consultancy, no one knew me or even what Customer Experience was. So, I told them, starting my marketing efforts with my first book, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Then I began conference speaking.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

A recent article on corporate customer-centricity by a prominent market research firm made the case for this type of culture as “the most effective way to meet customers’ changing needs.” Customer-centricity, in short, is not pervasively ‘people first’. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., when making decisions.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 10, 2016

It parallels a shift in the overall mindset of consumers in this area, one of a more commanding and capricious customer. In other words, the Customer Experience matters here more than it did even a couple of years ago. Much of this value derives from how your Customer Experience makes them feel. Are you ready?

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 20, 2016

I reached the exalted heights of SVP leading a team of 3,500 people globally before I left to start Beyond Philosophy, a customer experience consultancy, back in 2002. I spent my days trying to improve the customer experience and being thwarted at every point by people who have their own agendas.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 7, 2016

Last year, I questioned whether Customer Experience had delivered the goods. This year, I question whether Customer Experience is the problem. This year, I think Customer Experience isn’t failing us; we are failing Customer Experience. You can see the whole chart here. The answer is YES!

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, nobody knew us. ” We discussed marketing efforts in our latest podcast. .” ” We discussed marketing efforts in our latest podcast. One of the things that came up was the question, when marketing an idea or organization, is any press good press?

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SmartAction

MARCH 7, 2023

After several years of steady growth, 2023 marks the year when the global conversational AI (CAI) market should really take off. What are the key drivers of this explosive growth in the CAI market? These market offerings blur the lines between what customers interpret as a computer conversation and a live human agent.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Finally, we discuss that once you have a Price Image, what you can do with it from a Customer Experience standpoint. For example, a story ran in The Denver Post several years ago about the opening of another market, Trader Joe’s, which has a low Price Image. Whole Foods Has a Whole Lot of Problems with Price Image.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

I had just finished a big project on improving our Customer Experience (in the year 2000), before the words Customer Experience were even a term. A second journey to establish a consulting company based on Customer Experience. Since 2002, I have learned some truths about starting my own business.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In January, I was surprised and disappointed that research from Nunwood and Forrester, two significant firms in the Customer Experience movement, showed that Customer Experience was flatlining. Colson believes that in these times, human interaction and service takes on a renewed value for your Customer Experience. .

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. My Prediction.

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Comm100

JANUARY 5, 2022

Not all live chat platforms are created equal, so to make sure you pick the right vendor, this blog will take a look at: The top 4 factors to consider when choosing a live chat provider The best live chat providers for government websites on the market. Excellent user experience . Read this guide to do this for live chat.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 7, 2016

Last year, I questioned whether Customer Experience had delivered the goods. This year, I question whether Customer Experience is the problem. This year, I think Customer Experience isn’t failing us; we are failing Customer Experience. You can see the whole chart here. The answer is YES!

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Natalie Petouhof

JULY 26, 2016

Tweet The need for customer experience to improve is not a myth. With the advent of CoIT, we’ve actually imposed a new set of demands on our customer’s brains. And at the same time customer’s flow-oriented brains simply aren’t wired to deal with poor digital experience interactions. In fact, here’s why.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. My Prediction.

Employee engagement 150

Employee engagement Big data Analytics Education 150

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

But what if I told you peer pressure could be great for your Customer Experience? Marketers use this fact to get your attention to their product. A great example of this type of marketing is found on Amazon. This banner is an example of how marketers use “social proof” to sell products. Everybody else is doing it.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Conversational chatbots are one of the top market disruptors in call center automation. However, in recent years their use has declined as businesses have learned how difficult it is to properly maintain a chatbot that actually helps customers to accomplish their goals.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I recently participated in a Customer Experience Day webinar with two other leaders in our field, Joe Pine and Lou Carbone. I learned a few things that I would love to share with you, and discussed on my most recent podcast , regarding where we are now with Customer Experience and, perhaps more importantly, where we are heading.

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AWS Machine Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The applications also extend into retail, where they can enhance customer experiences through dynamic chatbots and AI assistants, and into digital marketing, where they can organize customer feedback and recommend products based on descriptions and purchase behaviors.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 24, 2022

As a marketer, using an influencer might be a way to promote your product or services. Back in 2002, I founded my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, I fancied myself an influencer on Customer Experience, and I was. The problem was nobody knew what a Customer Experience was back then.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Twenty years ago, in January 2002, I established my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. Many years ago, I decided to be a conference speaker on Customer Experience. With Customer Experience in mind as a topic, you could choose many aspects of experiences. I hesitated.

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C Space

MARCH 25, 2020

Build cultural understanding : We have the ability to understand how customers from one side of the world to another are experiencing and reacting to changes, allowing us to tailor local marketing and comms so messages feel authentic and relevant. This can inspire new customer-led principles for activations during this time.

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C Space

APRIL 18, 2019

In 2002, Sepso jumped on the opportunity and co-founded Major League Gaming, which became one of the largest esports (or, competitive gaming) companies in the world. Guy Kawasaki: Evangelist in Chief Subscribe to the Outside In podcast: Guy Kawasaki pioneered evangelism marketing. He eventually sold MLG to Activision Blizzard.

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Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Kate Nasser, otherwise known as the People Skills Coach™, offers anyone who happens upon her Twitter page a wealth of knowledge on topics such as how to increase your impact and how to create positive customer experiences. She is an expert on customer-centric leadership, and an active tweeter. Flavio Martins. flavmartins.

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