Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

We have had the pleasure of working with Caterpillar for a while, and recently I was asked to judge their ‘Excellence in Customer Experience Awards for 2014.’ The way we did business years ago with a small base of customers was one-on-one, face-to-face, and we knew them intimately. Communicate Often and Clearly.

Employee engagement 355

Employee engagement Customer retention Customer centricity Customer Experience 355

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 14, 2015

While call center usage is about the same, use of FAQ pages increased from 67% in 2012 to 76% in 2014, according to Forrester. Source: North American Consumer Technographics Customer Life-Cycle Survey 1, 2014, Forrester.com.). Clearly, more Customers want self-service options. (Source: Brian Manusama, Gartner.com ).

Self service 402

Self service Best practices Customer Experience Call Center 402

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2015

Customer Experience continued to be a dominant business issue throughout the world in 2014. They are all working to improve their Customer Experience. I can say with confidence the Customer Experience concept is now a worldwide phenomenon. Of course I know what the Customer Experience is about!”.

CRM 306

CRM Employee engagement Customer retention Customer Experience 306

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

I have often said in the past how lucky I am to have so many people share their customer experience stories with me. In all cases I believe that through the use of storytelling, it is possible to bring to life the significance of the customer experience in the organisations we work and interact with. Disney Store.

Customer Experience 131

Customer Experience Customer retention Customer Service 131

Verint

DECEMBER 28, 2017

One Millimeter Mindset customer retention moves you and your organization one millimeter outside your current comfort level. One of the biggest differences has to do with how we acquire and then retain customers. More importantly, One Millimeter Mindset customer retention is about today and tomorrow, not yesterday.

Customer retention 36

Customer retention Engineering Coaching Sales 36

ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2017

Customer loyalty should be a year-round focus, and not just a monthly effort, but let’s take this month to celebrate. We need to obsess about creating such an amazing customer experience that our customers will want to do business with us and nobody else. Amy stressed the importance of customer retention.

Customer retention 185

Customer retention Education Analytics Marketing 185

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 24, 2014

At the time they began their Customer Experience improvement process, the concept was relatively new and largely untested. Downie compares their journey to “driving a snowplow for Customer Experience in Scotland.” Embracing the emotional parts of the Customer Experience right from the start.

Customer emotions 188

Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer centricity Customer retention 188

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Helping your Customers make a decision is an important element in your Customer Experience design. All channels for your Customers make up your Customer Experience, including websites. When you find that Goldilocks sweet spot, however, it is Customer Experience gold. 4 September 2014. <

Consulting 305

Consulting Consulting Customer emotions Morale 305

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 ). In 2006, the most common reason customers visited a branch was to deposit funds. Wows and Woes Study.

Banking 79

Banking Customer Experience Surveys Finance 79

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 27, 2014

How can this possibly relate to customer experience? If you’re looking to improve customer experience, maybe it’s best to think of customers you interact with online as fans. Your customers care enough about you to talk to you (and talk to each other about you) on the massive forum that is the internet.

Customer Experience 102

Customer Experience Customer Care Customer retention Technology 102

CX Journey

APRIL 28, 2015

Image courtesy of LendingMemo I originally wrote today's post for Confirmit in September 2014. Not all returns from your customer experience investments are financial. This is a good first step that allows you to educate your executives on the benefits of the customer experience. Will that scare your executives?

Customer Experience 84

Customer Experience Customer centricity Metrics Education 84

ijgolding

AUGUST 7, 2014

In 2014, a staggering number of 28 pubs are still being closed every week. What they/we expect from a pub is on the whole different in 2014 to 2002. We expect the experience we have in a pub to meet and sometimes exceed our expectations. 30th July 2014. By 2012, the number had declined to 49,433. How will it fare?

Customer Experience 80

Customer Experience Customer retention Government Personalization 80

ijgolding

APRIL 25, 2017

In April 2014, I wrote an article entitled, ‘Common Sense – The Not So Magic Customer Experience Ingredient’ – If you did not, or do not want to read it, I told two quite ridiculous tales of the lack of application of common sense. As I told them – I will not be staying with them again.

Airlines 65

Airlines Customer Experience Management Marketing 65

CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Less than half of CX execs trust their company's ability to deliver great experiences. Here are over 100 customer experience stats and trends for you to discover. 99% of Customer Experience and Success leaders believe CEM has a positive impact on their business. Only 8% of their customers agreed.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Journey mapping Metrics Surveys 195

ijgolding

AUGUST 11, 2015

Rather than answer the question immediately sharing my personal opinion, I would like to share a story with you that brings Customer Experience failure in the industry to light. Beth has summed up her experience in an excellently and eloquently written letter to British Gas. This story is just one of many that exist.

Customer Experience 88

Customer Experience Customer retention Accountability Customer centricity 88

Call Center Weekly

APRIL 25, 2018

What do you think is overlooked by contact center leadership, that hinders their customer retention efforts? Customer retention is a relationship rather than an event! Too much emphasis is placed on "saving" customers. EVERY customer contact is a retention opportunity!" By then it is too late.

contact center associations 43

contact center associations Customer retention Contact Center Sales 43

ijgolding

MARCH 31, 2017

In fact, one of my most read posts is a review I conducted in 2014, comparing the airlines Emirates and Etihad. So when my friend and fellow CCXP (Certified Customer Experience Professional), Mike Bartlett sent me his own story comparing Delta and Virgin, I felt that others needed to read it too! CONCLUSIONS.

Customer Experience 65

Customer Experience Airlines Wait times Call Center 65

ijgolding

OCTOBER 24, 2014

October 2014 was not the best day to be a shareholder of two of the world’s retail giants. I wrote about the ‘Bursting of the Tesco bubble’ in July 2014. Amazon is about long term relationships – with customers, employees and shareholders. The returns will come in time.

Customer retention 116

Customer retention Customer Experience 116

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 14, 2014

Go On, Tell Me All About This Customer Service Fail. He reached a “customer retention” specialist who had decided that Ryan was not, in fact, going to cancel his service that day. My first job was in tech customer service. — Ryan Block (@ryan) July 17, 2014. Customer Experience'

Customer centricity 93

Customer centricity Customer emotions Feedback Customer retention 93

AskNicely

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

announces its NPS software — the perennial #1 recommended software for Customer Feedback on G2Crowd — is now on the Salesforce AppExchange. Quickly and easily automate the customer feedback loop to improve your customer experience, be more effective at every touchpoint, and amplify growth. AskNicely, Inc. About AskNicely.

Customer advocacy 60

Customer advocacy Feedback Customer retention Enterprise 60

Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Its lean and straightforward formula for measuring customer contentment has made this metric a veritable “gold standard” in the customer experience space.

Customer centricity 83

Customer centricity Airlines Metrics Feedback 83

Customer Interactions

JULY 7, 2015

CMOs across all industries are expected to stay up-to-date on trends that tie into the customer experience. In this week’s installment, we placed focus on topics such as customer retention, collaboration between departments, and digital transformations.

Customer retention 28

Customer retention Customer Experience 28

Clarabridge

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Provide a better customer experience (CX) , and your business will do better. But research shows that 45% of organizations actually find it very difficult to tie customer experience investments to business outcomes.*. This does not mean that their customer experience management (CEM) initiatives are failing.

Revenue potential 75

Revenue potential Customer retention Metrics Customer Experience 75

delighted

JANUARY 7, 2020

Back in 2015, Forrester Research uncovered that customer experience was the number one priority for business and technology leaders. A Walker study found that by the end of 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Surveys Feedback Marketing 40

ijgolding

MARCH 1, 2017

As I wrote last week , when it comes to the world of Customer Experience, many journalists are writing about the subject without necessarily understanding what it is, or that they are even writing about it at all. The post Waterstones – Is it right to do whatever it takes to improve the business AND the Customer Experience?

Customer Experience 62

Customer Experience Marketing Management Technology 62

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

billion from 2014 to 2016 alone. Loyalty programs have witnessed steady growth from 2014-2016 because of the deals they have to offer to the customers of a brand. And more exclusive deals tend to boost the confidence among customers that their partnership with a brand is valued via these programs. million to 3.8

Customer retention 164

Customer retention Sales B2B Marketing 164

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Fellow Customer Experience specialist, Dr Nicola Millard, once said that the best way to reprimand your misbehaving children is not to send them to their room – it is to remove their Wi-Fi!! In 2014, Wi-Fi has become such a critical part of our day to day lives that it is difficult to imagine how we might exist without it.

Entertainment 84

Entertainment Customer retention Analytics Technology 84

CSM Magazine

MARCH 13, 2020

Deploying a range of chatbots, each suited to a specific task, can greatly enhance the customer experience and deliver substantial benefits to the business. Here are 5 ways specialist service bots can play a winning role in your organization’s customer retention strategy: 1. About the Author.

Chatbots 64

Chatbots Customer retention Contact Center Self service 64

Clarabridge

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Banks encounter many of the same problems as other enterprises— customer retention and loyalty, revenue growth, etc. These problems all point to the same solution – the need to understand exactly what customers are thinking and feeling about your brand. US and European banks paid $65 Billion in fines in 2014.

Banking 45

Banking Advertising Accountability Best practices 45

Win the Customer

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Social media sites have evolved from simply personal sharing portals to communication platforms that can enable organizations to deliver enhanced customer care and customer relationship development not typically capable in traditional customer service channels. YoY increase in customer retention.

Customer Service 115

Customer Service Advertising Customer Care Customer retention 115

Lumoa

MAY 19, 2020

There are a lot of stats that showcase how critical a customer experience program is to any business’ success. Some experts feel that companies stand to lose upwards of $75 billion if they don’t deliver a best-in-class experience. Other research points to a slightly lower, but still an eye-popping loss of $44 billion.

Customer Experience 103

Customer Experience Metrics CRM Customer retention 103

AskNicely

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Founded in 2014, AskNicely helps thousands of forward-thinking companies like Reddit, Xero, and Jetstar transform customer experiences. Thus driving growth by automatically collecting and actioning customer feedback in real time — powered by the Net Promoter Score framework. About AskNicely. About G2 Crowd.

Enterprise 60

Enterprise Feedback Management Customer retention 60

Clarabridge

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Banks encounter many of the same problems as other enterprises— customer retention and loyalty, revenue growth, etc. These problems all point to the same solution – the need to understand exactly what customers are thinking and feeling about your brand. US and European banks paid $65 Billion in fines in 2014.

Banking 40

Banking Advertising Accountability Best practices 40

aircall

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Customer experience related to the Click-to-call feature. How does the click-to-call feature relates to the customer experience? Customer Satisfaction. A 2014 study , showed that 75% of the people preferred to contact a business by phone. Boost customer retention. Customer experience managers.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Inbound sales voip Sales 48

CustomerSuccessBox

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Christoph Janz, a SaaS enthusiast, and a Venture Capitalist had published a brilliant article way back in 2014. finding customer acquisition channels that are highly scalable, repeatable, and profitable. . So to answer this simply, the customer success here will be 100% tech. You can keep your customers satisfied this way.

SaaS 52

SaaS Customer retention Enterprise Accountability 52

Fonolo

APRIL 24, 2019

And, for those who want to know they will be helped the minute they walk in the door about a particular problem, Apple offers the option to schedule a service session at a future time; this is useful for those customers who want and expect their problem to be solved at a concrete time. Customer Experience Above All.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center Technology Customer Service Call Center 78

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 19, 2015

When we work with future clients, we often get a lot of questions about customer experience metrics. We don't have a universal measurement that every company can use to improve customer experience. The best customer experience metric for a business depends on that business. Using the Customer Effort Score.

Customer effort 101

Customer effort Construction Metrics Customer Experience 101