ShepHyken

JULY 26, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Negative Employee Experiences Can Translate Into Poor Customer Service, Report Says by Emilie Shumway. (HR

Customer Service 254

Customer Service Customer retention Contact Center Upselling 254

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

This week we feature an article by Jeff Pedowitz, ForbesBooks author of F The Funnel: A New Way To Engage Customers & Grow Revenue, and President and CEO of The Pedowitz Group. He offers five tips for brands to enhance the customer experience and in the process build brand loyalty. They won’t forget that.

Customer Experience 269

Customer Experience Consulting Consulting Customer Care 269

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 15 Qualities You Need To Get A Good Customer Service Job by James Spillane. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 167

Customer Service Customer retention Analytics Surveys 167

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Five Customer-Service Lessons From the Late Tony Hsieh by Ann-Marie Alcántara. Numerous experts were consulted.

Customer Service 360

Customer Service Self service Consulting Consulting 360

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Customer Experience as an industry is at a crossroads. In our recent podcast, we had a guest Bob Thompson, CEO of Customer Think Corp., an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management and the founder and editor-in-chief of CustomerThink.com. It’s time to put up or shut up.

Customer Experience 385

Customer Experience Journey mapping Customer centricity Surveys 385

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Eleanor Hecks , editor-in-chief of Designerly Magazine. She’s also a web design consultant focusing on customer experience and user interface. She shares how customer experience is a valuable marketing strategy. How To Infuse the Customer Into Your Marketing Strategies .

Marketing 179

Marketing Customer Experience Customer centricity Consulting 179

ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. The article starts with stats and facts that make a case for why delivering excellent service is non-negotiable.

Customer Service 120

Customer Service Contact Center Self service Consulting 120

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Winning means losing in the game of customer retention by Linda O’Grady. But what if we reframed that statement?

Construction 229

Construction Customer Service Feedback Customer retention 229

ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: This week’s Top Five roundup will include articles with LOTS of content in the form of lists. Look no further!

Customer Service 120

Customer Service Consulting Consulting Customer Experience 120

ShepHyken

AUGUST 17, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Customer Experience Emerges As A Critical Strategy For Small And Medium Sized Businesses by Maria Morais.

Customer Service 231

Customer Service B2B Consulting Consulting 231

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Many of you who read my articles or watch my videos may not have jobs related to customer service or CX measurement, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pay attention to what I’m about to share. She is a customer experience designer at the consulting firm, Stone Mantel , where the TWS metric was created.

Metrics 375

Metrics Customer Service Consulting Consulting 375

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This week we feature an article from Liliana Petrova , founder of The Petrova Experience. She writes about preparing a productive and successful customer experience strategy and why it’s important to have one. This summer, The Petrova Experience conducted a Customer Experience Preparedness Survey.

Customer Experience 346

Customer Experience Airlines Customer centricity Surveys 346

ShepHyken

AUGUST 19, 2022

This week we feature an article by Cassidy McDonnell, Creative Solutions Manager at Balto Software , a company that helps agents live on the call to analyze what’s working and scale best practices in real-time. She shares how organizations can improve employee engagement and customer satisfaction.

Scripts 196

Scripts Customer Experience Employee engagement Best practices 196

ShepHyken

MARCH 5, 2021

This week we feature an article from Deb Mukherjee , a SaaS marketer with DelightChat. He shares five customer-related applications worthy of taking your eCommerce customer service to the next level. To increase your store’s sales, the customer experience of the store must be top-notch. What’s customer experience?

Customer Experience 222

Customer Experience SaaS Sales Marketing 222

Micah Solomon

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The author, Micah Solomon, is an author, consultant, influencer, keynote speaker, and trainer in customer service, customer experience, customer service culture, and hospitality. Last week, I suggested quick wins that could improve your customer service and customer experience.

Customer Experience 256

Customer Experience Customer Service Consulting Consulting 256

CCNG

APRIL 2, 2021

CCNG recently spoke with Bob Azman about his contributions in the latest collection of insights from CX leaders included in the book Customer Experience 3. Customer Experience 3 is the third in a series of books that are a collection of the best and most innovative ideas of customer experience professionals from around the globe.

CCNG 195

CCNG Customer Experience Journey mapping Consulting 195

ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Nikhil Pereira is a Contact Center expert with 20 years of end-to-end contact center expertise. He has experience across the Contact Center spanning Hiring, Training, Quality, Workforce Management, and Performance Management. Product experience . Product buying experience .

Customer Experience 184

Customer Experience Contact Center Contact center software Personalization 184

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This week we feature an article from Joseph A. speaker, author, and organizational consultant. H e talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the customer experience and how business leaders responded. Leaders also listened more intently to the feelings behind the words of customers. Michelli , Ph.D.,

Customer Experience 179

Customer Experience Consulting Consulting Technology 179

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 3 Lessons From a Customer Service Failure by Jill Schiefelbein. My Comment: Every day I read articles on AI.

Customer Service 218

Customer Service B2B B2C Consulting 218

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 22, 2021

For example, one of the recent debates asked the question, is Customer Experience the new marketing? . Sherman is the Director of Customer Experience and employee engagement by day and the founder of DoingCXRight.com by night. In my view, I do not think Customer Experience replaces traditional marketing.

Marketing 222

Marketing Customer Experience Consulting Consulting 222

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. . The 3 Types of Customers That Will Talk About Your Business—and The One That Definitely Won’t by Jay Baer.

Customer Service 215

Customer Service Automotive Feedback Customer centricity 215

ShepHyken

APRIL 20, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Loyalty programs boost businesses’ ability to keep customers by Jill Young Miller. Washington University in St.

Customer Service 161

Customer Service Consulting Consulting B2C 161

ShepHyken

MARCH 22, 2019

This week we feature an article by John Boccuzzi Jr. who argues that digital transformation is bringing customer experience to an entirely different level. However, I would argue that digital transformation is bringing customer experience to an entirely different level. Shep Hyken. John Boccuzzi Jr.

Customer Experience 267

Customer Experience Banking Technology Consulting 267

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. I’ll leave it at that and hope you are intrigued enough by my hyperbole to spend five minutes reading this article.

Customer Service 200

Customer Service Airlines Employee engagement Morale 200

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

This week we feature an article by Christa Heibel who writes about how important employee feedback is to a successful customer service experience and high CSAT ratings. – Shep Hyken. In my past experience as both a consultant and owner/operator of a BPO, I understand that CSAT surveys tend to get all the attention.

Feedback 235

Feedback Customer Experience Abandon rate Surveys 235

ShepHyken

JUNE 22, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. Dealing With Tricky Customer Service Situations: 16 Useful Tips by Forbes Communications Council Expert Panel®.

Customer Service 140

Customer Service Consulting Consulting Customer Experience 140

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2016

Consorsbank, Lufthansa, and Zalando—three very different companies—have both undertaken a Customer Experience improvement program. Whilst they each have their unique challenges, their insight on Customer Experience shows us the common obstacles that all of us face when tackling such an important facet of our business.

Customer Experience 278

Customer Experience Airlines Banking Customer centricity 278

DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Report analyzes the emerging real-time guidance (RTG) market, vendors, and products and explores the increasing importance, value, and benefits of RTG and its ability to enhance the customer and employee experience (CX and EX).

Consulting 48

Consulting Consulting Marketing Average Handle Time 48

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This week we feature an article by Joseph Michelli who has written a new book about how Airbnb has used convenience and personalization to deliver an amazing experience. In fact, you probably spend time trying to inspire people (yourself and team members) to serve and create loyalty-building experiences for other people (customers).

Technology 238

Technology Customer Experience Personalization Engineering 238

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 8, 2017

Neither of them provides a Customer Experience worth mentioning—at least not in a positive light. We asked the Customer Experience professionals there to name a Telecom they admired for the experience they provided. Rather than this be a rant let’s look at the key issues with Telecom’s Customer Experience?

Customer Experience 313

Customer Experience Customer centricity Engineering Consulting 313

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 17, 2016

In our customer experience consultancy, we see employee stress and burnout as barriers to providing an exceptional customer experience. If Huffington succeeds in transforming the way that companies view stress and performance, she could also help make it easier for companies to improve customer experiences.

Customer Experience 280

Customer Experience Consulting Consulting Employee engagement 280

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 10, 2019

The answer is found in the concept of mental accounting, and it might have significant implications for your Customer Experience. We discussed how our mental accounting affects our behavior as customers in our recent podcast. So, what does all this have to do with your Customer Experience?

Accountability 318

Accountability Customer Experience Entertainment Benchmark 318

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 14, 2019

I have been talking about frictionless experiences and how vital it is to have a smooth Customer Experience. However, some of my reading lately has exposed some nuances about the friction in an experience that we haven’t addressed. You want your experience to be friction-less or easy.

Customer Experience 332

Customer Experience Benchmark Education Consulting 332

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: After doing this “Top Five” for all these years, I realized none of my articles have ever been featured.

Customer Service 198

Customer Service Chatbots Consulting Consulting 198

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How to Become a More Customer Centric Business in 5 Steps b y Mark Sallows. This article has some great information. ‘Woo, Your choice.

Journey mapping 207

Journey mapping Customer Service Customer centricity Chatbots 207

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

This list is an homage to the business leaders and influencers pushing the envelope when it comes to innovation in customer experience and customer service. As the Head of Customer Support and Engagement at HotDoc, she is responsible for leading the customer support and engagement strategy.

Customer Service 207

Customer Service Customer centricity Contact Center Consulting 207

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

For many years, there has been a debate whether you could assign a dollar amount to determine the return on investment for any Customer Experience improvements. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value. Focusing on customer retention with a better Customer Experience will benefit your bottom-line expenses.

Customer Experience 411

Customer Experience Customer retention Upselling Banking 411