Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 26, 2016

When shopping malls began dotting the American landscape in the late 1960s and 1970s, they presented a new and exciting customer experience. A first step is to fully understand the experience from the customer’s point of view. The key is to manage customers’ expectations and then exceed them. Good idea or bad?

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We see this sort of thing all the time in our global Customer Experience consultancy. After we saw this pattern emerging, we decided that it was not enough to design the deliberate Customer Experience. We must also train the team to deliver the experience deliberately. Are you in a Customer facing role?

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

In an article about habits for the New York Times in 2012, he writes, “ Over the past two decades, the science of habit formation has become a major field of research in neurology and psychology departments at hundreds of major medical centers and universities, as well as inside extremely well financed corporate labs.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Why do we design rational Customer Experiences when people are irrational? Rational experience designs are born of the notion that we are logical beings. However, emotions, not logic, drive our behavior, particularly as customers. The sign also says that the hotel doesn’t understand what a Customer Experience is.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I always say that Customer Experience is a journey, not a destination. After all, once you arrive, it is already time to refine your experience more. To get you ready for what is next in Customer Experience, let us review what we have learned so far. Is a ‘Human Free’ Experience the Future?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Helping your Customers make a decision is an important element in your Customer Experience design. Zhecho Dobrev, one of our consultants published his musings on this concept. All channels for your Customers make up your Customer Experience, including websites. The Consequence of Choice.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I have led hundreds of successful Customer Experience (CX) program successes. Organizations fail to improve their CX when they lack customer-centricity. Customer-centricity requires you to put the Customer at the center of everything you do. What emotions does your current experience evoke from your Customers?

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Resolving the paradox of choice should be a priority for most organizations that want to design a Customer Experience that creates a feeling of satisfaction instead of one of angst and remorse. The New York Times had an interesting article on the power of too many choices. The Paralysis of Too Much Choice. < [link].

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 18, 2017

On customers who are only starting to consider making a purchase. But according to a recent article by global management consulting firm McKinsey&Company, (D) may actually be a better answer. Customers aren’t as loyal as you think they are. Appeal to your customers’ emotions. Not Meeting Your Targets?

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Journey analytics seeks to improve customer experience by collecting data at each point on a customer’s journey and mapping customers’ paths – whether they lead to a purchase or not. The idea is that when you know the steps your customers take in their interactions with you, you can design a better customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 23, 2017

It can sound a little creepy and Big Brother-ish, but this proactive approach is very important when it comes to building a great customer experience. I discuss the importance of this in my recent book, The Intuitive Customer: 7 imperatives for moving your Customer Experience to the next level , which I co-authored with Prof.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 5, 2015

In a great article on Inc.com , Southwest’s senior director of operational performance Steve Hozdulick is attacking the problem to increase their on-time arrivals by 83 to 85% next year: First, they are going to break it down into several steps to solve the problem instead of just making one big move and moving on to the next order of business.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 9, 2016

I was thinking about this research in the context of our behavioral journey mapping , where we identify customer touchpoints and assess customers’ emotional reactions at each one. In our work with clients, we have found that customers make value judgments similar to those identified by the recycling researchers.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The other part lies in behavioral economics, which tells us that customers behave irrationally and emotionally. I discuss this in depth in my new book, The Intuitive Customer: 7 imperatives for moving your Customer Experience to the next level , which I co-authored with Prof. Revolutionary Thinking on Customer Loyalty.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The article quotes travelers still smarting with the sting of disappointment from their unfulfilled vacation expectations. Reading these comments, I thought, “The Customers are feeling disappointed due to the way that their expectations have been set.”. It is an emotion most of us would rather avoid at the holidays.

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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. China is still in the early stages of Customer Experience discovery.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 26, 2015

According to the article I read on Time.com, President Obama revealed his plan at the Federal Trade Commission. He said the federal standard he would impose to notify Customers their information had been compromised should be 30 days. . The post You Can’t Legislate Customer Centricity appeared first on Beyond Philosophy.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Quite frankly, this move is much bigger news for their Customer Experience than the release of the iPhone 7. The Core of Apple Retail Experience Challenges. Apple is responding to the sentiment that the stores aren’t delivering the same experience they were in the past. How to Measure Customer Emotions.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 1, 2017

No matter how emotionally appealing their ads are, in practice they treat customers as purely rational beings who purchase solely because of practical factors like price. Customers are not rational at all! I also have some theories about why businesses tend to ignore emotions: 1. Emotions are hard to define and measure.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In customer experience, satisfaction is more a state of benign calmness or passive quietude which is the result, or product, of some relatively neutral emotions and, in and of itself, doesn’t apply very well as either a precursor to learning more about behavior or as an emotion. Three Ways To Avoid Customer Rage.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

At Beyond Philosophy, we have always tried to be at the cutting edge of Customer Experience, pushing the boundaries. In my first book, I wrote about customers’ emotions and the emotional experience. I post a lot of articles, and sometimes I attract trolls. It depends on your point of view.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 22, 2015

When we look at the tactics, or types, of content marketers are applying, studies are showing that social media has become the most popular, knocking articles out of the leadership position. There’s social media, of course, in the form of micro-blogs and blogs, but also community involvement, articles, and product and service ratings.

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Amplifai Coaching Category

JUNE 26, 2019

ICMI Featured Contributor Article. Despite all our collective emphasis on customer experience, culturally, and via systems that drive more customer intel to Customer Service Reps (CSRs) so they can deliver improved Customer Experience (CX), I'm still having challenges when I contact my own service providers.

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ClearAction

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Business-to-Business Customer Experience Strategy Lynn Hunsaker. Before you get carried away with patterning your business-to-business customer experience strategy on the latest shiny objects, here’s a way to help you invest wisely. No one is exempt from playing a critical role in customer experience excellence.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Whether consumers articulate it or not, or whether it gets measured or not, emotions have become core to experience response and future consumer decisions. Personalized, invested service delivery is also about “being human” as an organization, not just as a buzzword to apply to customer experience optimization.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2015

Key among these are: Integrate Loyalty Into the Full Experience. Companies can link the loyalty program into the overall purchase and use experience. An example cited in the article is Starbucks, which has created its program to reflect the uniqueness of its café experience. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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CX Global Media

APRIL 10, 2017

If you need more than just simple product descriptions and frequently asked questions to make a sale and service customers are your people properly equipped? Delivering a great customer experience is not possible even if you have the most modern communication platform. Building Emotional Connections. Source: [link].

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

. – Management model is far more horizontal, replacing traditional hierarchy; and there is an emphasis on teaming, and inclusion of customers, to create or enhance value. Companies that are customer-obsessed, and what makes them both unique and successful, have been extensively profiled by consultants and the business press.

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C Space

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Senior Consultant at C Space. is a Senior Consultant in C Space’s Boston office and a core member of our global research team. Christina turns stats to story and is the lead researcher of our 2018 Customer, Experienced. Ignoring customer emotion means missing opportunities to get customers to choose you and recommend you.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In this article, we explore the influence of emotional intelligence in companies and how to unlock it for contact centers. Emotional Intelligence’s significance in Businesses We must be mindful of our own emotions in the job in order to be aware of our effect on others and to have a positive influence on our team.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Customer experience pros can argue back-and-forth about whether a vendor can create deep emotions such as bonding and love in a customer. There are lots of articles and studies around stating things like “Highly engaged customers are loyal customers”. Today, is that enough?

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aircall

JUNE 30, 2021

It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little better.”. While the importance of customer retention is undeniable, many companies struggle to develop strategies that allow them to hold on to their existing customer base. However, they often handle large volumes of customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 17, 2017

CX Data platforms are growing in popularity by those that seek to improve their Customer Experiences. These platforms can provide data management intended to optimize the Customer Experience, not only at a general level but also at a personalized level. These emotions create an emotional bond with a company.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

Depending on the need of the Customer in front of them, they can use the appropriate channel to make a helpful, effective, and pleasant experience for Customers. According to an article on Inc., article reported that Taco Bell experienced a 20% increase in the online orders when compared to in-store orders.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

More than just a buzzword, ‘being human’, especially in brand-building and leveraging customer relationships, has become a buzz-phrase or buzz-concept. To understand customers, the effective enterprise needs to think in human, emotional terms. Does it understand customers, and their individual journeys?

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Delivering the right customer experience (CX) is typically a top priority for businesses for good reason. For example, speech analytics can indicate repeated phrases used in customer conversations to identify new or common failures within particular customer journeys. About the Author.

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