Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 2, 2018

This past July 23rd, Southwest Airlines passenger Stacy Hurt called the airline’s customer service desk at the Pittsburgh International Airport. For those of us who have experienced lost, delayed or mishandled luggage events, we expect that the airline involved will deliver it by courier as soon as it arrives at the airport.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Is Customer Empowerment the New Customer Engagement? by Chitra Iyer (CMSWire) Employee empowerment, especially frontline customer service staff, has been a key element of customer experience (CX) for years.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Both understand (in the case of Sir Richard at Virgin Group) and understood (in the case of Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines) the value of putting people and customers first, HR practice second. Among airlines, working in a supportive, trusting, fun, responsive and energetic culture isn’t confined to staff at Virgin.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

This week we feature an article by Misa Chien who shares great lessons we can learn from the Southwest Airlines customer culture. This also reminds us that customer service doesn’t just happen on the front line. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Article: Would You Rather Clean A Toilet Or Contact Customer Service?

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CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It’s at that point I realized that I never received an email from the airline after booking my flight. Surely customer support could help me sort this out. I sent the airline a direct message on X (formerly Twitter) and within an hour they were able to resend to an alternate email address. Back To Blog Home

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2016

What do a Bank, an Airline, and an Online Retailer Have in Common? Consorsbank, Lufthansa, and Zalando—three very different companies—have both undertaken a Customer Experience improvement program. Consorsbank is a bank; Lufthansa is an airline; Zalando is an online clothing retailer.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 28, 2019

Airline agents are still at check-in counters to guide passengers after self-service kiosks and to arrange complicated ticketing. This gives employees the opportunity to make a greater impact on the resolution to the issue, and on the overall customer experience. Technology replacing humans. That’s what we all fear.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Other areas of personalization include tailored product recommendations, personalized content widgets, and customized overlays that fire on exit intent. Of course, these kinds of functionalities typically rest with marketing, yet they very much impact the overall customer experience. So, how is AI changing customer experience?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 30, 2015

Most Customer Experiences are accidents—and unfortunately, they are not always happy ones. Unless a company designs a deliberate experience that puts the Customer first and considers the Customer’s perspective, the message you send to the subconscious is rarely what you intend. For MY convenience…I think not!

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CustomerGauge

MAY 17, 2017

Now that the dust has settled, and pictures of Dr.David Dao’s half naked body are no longer making the rounds on my social feed, I think it’s time we talk logically about the elephant in the room: Customer experience within the airline industry has come under hot water over the last few months, through a combination of […].

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 25, 2021

They are all part of three news stories that, believe it or not, give you insight into improving your Customer Experience. There are many news stories that don’t seem to be about Customer Experience, but, upon second glance, really are. However, this issue isn’t the only one facing society coming out of the pandemic.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This week we feature an article by Josh Linkner about the DMV, The Department of Motor Vehicles, experience. The location he writes about is a great example of how to provide an Amazing customer experience! – Shep Hyken. When you think of terrible customer service, what types of companies come to mind?

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Fonolo

MAY 8, 2019

This blog series explores two separate experiences related to the airline industry. In Round I, we looked at our CEO’s experience with Air Canada. This week, Fonolo’s Digital Marketing Manager describes his interaction with United Airline’s pre-flight customer service.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 15, 2018

It also has an enormous influence on Customer Experience outcomes. You should understand Mental Accounting as it pertains to customer behavior before you set the price and before you ruin how your customers feel about your experience. Airlines Run Mental Accounting Too Often in the Red. Money order?

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 14, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Pascal van Opzeeland, writes an informative article about the popularity of messaging apps and how they are impacting customer service. Messaging support is a great opportunity for better customer relationships, one that’s too big to pass by. Shep Hyken.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Airlines have this a bit, too. Many times, you fly an airline even when you don’t like them. In this case, consider Ryanair, the budget airline in Europe. If some other airline provided better service at the same price, people would flock to them. . It’s the same situation with airline loyalty programs.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 23, 2018

The key: That passion and purpose must be communicated and conveyed effectively from senior leadership throughout management and all employees, so that they are more compelled to consistently deliver a superior product, service, and customer experience. Stating your mission once is not enough. Vitalize the mission by actions and words.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 21, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Dianna Booher, shares ideas for handling tough personalities while offering great customer service. Solving customer problems is expected. The key is to do it in such a way that also restores confidence, even when the customer is difficult. Shep Hyken.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

One of the most influential factors on your Customer Experience is your company culture. Most companies might understand the concept, yet still engage in activities that influence company culture in a way that hurts the Customer Experience. Organizations that don’t focus on Customers say as much in their language.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

They understand that delivering on the tangible and functional elements of value are just table stakes, and that connecting, and having an emotionally-based relationship with customers are keys to leveraging loyalty, advocacy, and brand-bonding behavior. They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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Enghouse Interactive

JULY 29, 2020

In the latest in our series of guest posts, noted customer experience author and speaker Jeanne Bliss is sharing two of the case studies from her latest book Would You Do That To Your Mother? which looks at the importance of thinking about people as individuals when making decisions about the experience you offer. We trust you.

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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! P.S. What did you think of this blog post? They won’t let you down.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 22, 2015

This fact is important because when you can predict emotions, you can also plan for them in your Customer Experience. Over 50% of any Customer Experience behavior is driven by emotions. In business, there are times in a Customer Experience when things don’t go well, and it is not your fault. Let me explain.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2016

What makes this question so profound, and so pivotal, in customer experience optimization today is that every aspect of value delivery is at play. More than a buzzword, “being human,” especially in brand-building and leveraging customer experiences and relationships, has become a buzz-phrase or buzz-concept.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 31, 2020

It is in instances of trouble, problems and even more so – crisis, that the true nature and customer-centricity of organizations (and politicians) is shown. I’ve received a number of messages from airlines, hotel chains and travel site CEO’s about all the measures they are taking, the policies they are changing, etc.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 14, 2017

These are negative emotions and they spell trouble for the overall customer experience. As a customer experience consultant and frequent traveler, I’m glad to see airports making an effort to improve the passenger experience. Cheap Airlines: Low Prices! PR Nightmare! What United Should Have Done.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 11, 2022

He said he thought the combination of high customer expectations, lack of customer awareness, insufficient staffing, and absence of empathy led to a perfect storm for poor experiences. The postal service isn’t breaking customer experience records right now either. It’s not all bad out there.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 23, 2018

Forbes and her colleagues studied Department of Transportation records for 160 million commercial airline flights between 1990 and 2016. They looked at the flying times for comparable flights between the same cities on the same airlines and at the same time of year. Airlines are Managing Customer Expectations.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On a recent podcast, we hosted speaker and author Shep Hyken, one of the most influential voices in Customer Experience today. His new book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , has some fantastic ideas on building customer loyalty. . 6 Steps for Creating an I’ll-Be-Back Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

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. Where does the customer get put on your agenda? Where you discuss customers on the agenda reflects whether the organization prioritizes them.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Dan Gingiss) Find a “candle” in your customer experience and see if you can upgrade it to the way-cooler “sparkler.” 3 Ways Covid-19 Has Changed the Customer Experience Forever by Josiah Johnson.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 7, 2016

This week, Bob Thompson’s informative, timely blog on strategies companies can use to make customer experience a competitive advantage – and how most neither measure experience nor compete on it – puts me in mind of a line of discussion around customer experience lagniappe. It’s experience lagniappe.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Some customer habits may be useful for your Customer Experience strategy, and some of them may not. Understanding how customers’ habits form and how to identify them is crucial for Customer Experience. We talked about how habits form and understanding your customers’ habits in a recent podcast.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 17, 2017

When United Airlines brutally forced a senior citizen off a flight this week to accommodate United crew members, the social media world lit up like a Roman candle. Who would have thought you could be beaten up for insisting on your right to use an airline ticket you paid for? The treatment this man received was deplorable.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In this incident with Air Canada , a customer seeking a bereavement discount for his flight, was informed by the airline’s chatbot that he could apply for the bereavement rate after purchasing his ticket. In my ebook, “ Frontier Airlines: A Year Without Phones – Could AI Have Saved the Day?”,

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What’s customer experience (CX)? It’s not just their products or services; it’s the memorable experiences they create. Such experiences can truly touch the hearts of our customers and stay with them long after. Such experiences can truly touch the hearts of our customers and stay with them long after.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 6, 2019

Many new technologies, such as facial recognition technology for Customer Experience are emerging. Facial recognition and facial expression analysis are capturing essential information about how customers feel during an experience at the moment. Those benefits should be crystal clear to your customers.

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