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Customers Emotions are Predictable

Beyond Philosophy

In business, there are times in a Customer Experience when things don’t go well, and it is not your fault. Let’s say there is a weather delay during the holiday season and you work at the airline that now has to inform passengers they aren’t going to make it to their destination. Maybe it’s a drink ticket for the local bar.

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The Five Rules for Affecting Real Culture Change

Beyond Philosophy

I started to talk about how people within his organization needed to understand customer emotions and focus on customer-centricity. For example, we were working with an airline that wanted to improve their experience. ” In essence, this alone tells you everything you need to know about this airline.

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Making Optimal Customer Experience A Focus of Your Company’s (And Your) Thinking and Doing: The Case for Foundation and Advanced CEM Training

Beyond Philosophy

Some, through culture, discipline, and purpose have succeeded in creating consistent, positive experiences which are appealing to customers and which customers consider worthy of passing along through informal conversation and recommendation. Most brands and corporations get by on transactional approaches to customer relationships.

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eBay & PayPal’s Split is Good for Customers

Beyond Philosophy

Airlines don’t either. Follow Colin Shaw on Twitter @ColinShaw_CX The post eBay & PayPal’s Split is Good for Customers appeared first on Beyond Philosophy | Customer Experience Consultancy | CEM Consultants. Honestly though, I would guess that the vast majority of you haven’t used a pay phone in ten years.

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McKinsey Thinks Bland, Generic Loyalty Programs Are Killing Business – And They May Be Right!

Beyond Philosophy

These programs produce positive sales increases for hotels, for example, but negative sales impact on car rental, airlines and food retail. Loyalty programs continue to grow, but they are also tending to become more closely integrated with brand-building and multi-channel customer experience optimization. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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What Customer-Centric Companies Must Do To Become Customer-Obsessed

Beyond Philosophy

Customer Sensitivity. Performance measurement is focused, and shared, on what most monetizes customer behavior (loyalty, emotion, and communication metrics such as brand bonding and advocacy, replacing satisfaction and recommendation).

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Loyalty Programs!?! We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Loyalty Programs!!!

Beyond Philosophy

Airlines, as well, are doing their part to diminish the perceived value of their customer loyalty programs. Certainly, frequent flyers have been bitterly complaining about these airlines, and the “quite shameful” and “blow to the solar plexus” moves, on social media and online forums.

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