Beyond Philosophy

JULY 7, 2022

One of the features of The Intuitive Customer podcast is “I’m in a Pickle,” where listeners come to us with business problems that they would like our advice on solving. ” However, the effects of the pandemic linger as the market, and brick-and-mortar experiences have changed. The Future of Brick and Mortar.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Has anything changed since the last time I spoke to you? Customers change their minds on many occasions. If you think they are still where they were two weeks ago, when you last spoke, you might be surprised that things have changed. Today, we will discuss why customers change their minds and what you can do about it.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 26, 2020

Many of our clients have been calling us about what to do. In times of trouble, it is best to start a dialog with your customers. Communicating with your customers will not reduce the global uncertainty around the health crisis. Communicating with your customers will not reduce the global uncertainty around the health crisis.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A listener, Irene Beard, is starting her own company. ” feature, where listeners write or call us regarding a business problem they want our advice to solve. Having that goal requires choosing your target customer and positioning your offer, determining the value it provides. Your brand is a tactic.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Like any embryonic change, Customer Science is evolving and emerging, like Customer Experience did over the years. So, I ask you, is your company good at the rigorous identification of customer experiences in a systematic way that you can explain with a theory? They have a division called Amazon Science. That is a lifetime ago!

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. After all, Suttle says, your culture is not just words on a page.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 28, 2019

It’s called Risk Aversion, and we all have it to some degree. I support a team called the Luton Town Football Club. You can’t rule the world or change human nature, but you can deal with it and use models of thinking that manage uncertainty. It starts with your attitude, how you look at things. The answer is harder.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 26, 2021

Being deliberate about which emotions your experience evokes is critical, too. Today, we will take a deeper dive into making your customers feel “Cared for” with the 5 Rules for Making Customers Feeling Cared For and Valued. Design that into your Customer Experience. Train your people on how to evoke these emotions.

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ShepHyken

MAY 15, 2020

Opting for a different approach, I sent a Tweet reporting the issue. Not receiving a response, I later wrote a blog post about the importance of not blocking your customers (literally, in this case!). Sometime later I received a call and was certain they would finally address my concerns. The Auto Recall. THE WINDSHIELD!

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Active listening is an essential skill for contact center agents for one very good reason: customers want to be heard. Call-backs are great for bridging the gap between self-service and live calls, by the way.) Call-backs are great for bridging the gap between self-service and live calls, by the way.) Let’s go!

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The automatic part of your brain’s primary job is putting ideas together from all the information it receives (experience). Eventually, our brain can call these connected ideas or patterns automatically. Hogarth talks about two types of learning environments for your experience or intuition, kind and wicked.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

Business leaders will benefit from reflecting on how these changes – shutdowns, communication changes, and working from home – have impacted their relationships with their consumers and consider how this season has improved or harmed business continuity. Changing Expectations. Changing Expectations. Business Continuity.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

One of the most important things they learned, however, was that improving Customer Experience starts with improving your Employee Experience and managing the pain of change for them. What Was the Catalyst for Change? We have to approach it differently but not lose sight of what got us to this point.”.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 4, 2024

Listen to the podcast: I have been ghosted. In that case, your interactions are probably texting, emailing, or social media exchanges. If I had invited them face to face or called them and they picked up the phone, my friends would feel more social pressure to respond to my invite, even if it is to say, “Can I get back to you?”

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Fonolo

JULY 5, 2023

In the age of social media backlash and call-out culture, how your customers feel about your brand is key to your success. Although it’s almost impossible to completely control what people think about your organization, improving customer opinions of your brand is very possible. We couldn’t agree more.

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Nicereply

APRIL 29, 2024

No matter what your job title is, you’re more than likely to receive some form of negative feedback. They allow you to take a closer look at your performance and take the steps to improve for the future. If you receive negative feedback during your time at work, your manager is likely pointing out areas where you may need to improve.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One of our listeners in Finland, Anna, is in a pickle. On a recent podcast, Anna called into the I’m In a Pickle feature to use their journey mapping exercise findings effectively. You should know or have your customers tell you themselves. Managing Change for Your Organization.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 9, 2021

On the podcast, we do something called “I’m in a Pickle.” ” The pickle is a business problem our listeners have that we try to address with the behavioral sciences. Which emotions do you want to evoke to get your score up to 70+? How do you know those emotions drive value for your organization?

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SmartAction

APRIL 11, 2024

Virtual voice agents can be a blessing or a curse for your customers. and switching to your competitor. When designing your call flow, there are some essential things to keep in mind to provide an optimized experience. No one wants to listen to an unfriendly, unhelpful, and inhuman voice. Use your CRM.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Therefore, imperfect or not, we see that if AI is applied intelligently and with a deliberate approach, it has the potential to problem solve and help organizations achieve their customer strategy goals. Listening to customers, empathizing with customers, and showing respect led to positive results. Bad Examples Are There, Too .

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CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It’s your first day on a new job and you’re trying to figure out how things work. You’re learning how to work in a new environment, and trying to battle the exhaustion that comes with that while remembering everyone’s names and figuring out what your priorities should be. We’ve all been there. So how should you go about remedying this?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 26, 2018

A Reference Point is your standard for evaluation. Your Customers Have Expectations, Too. Reference Points teach us the first step to keeping up with customer expectations is to know what experience to which your customers are comparing it. Is it to your competitors’ experiences? Is it to your competitors’ experiences?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 14, 2015

There are some signs that your Customer relationship is all about you, or one-sided, and they are easier to spot than you think. Many of the things that make personal relationships fail make your relationship with Customers one-sided. I wrote a blog a while back about some friends who only called me when they wanted something.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 16, 2023

Listening Vectors by Vecteezy. Providing exceptional customer success begins with listening to your customers. To gather the most helpful feedback, listening skills are essential and yet are difficult for many to implement because all too often, we are listening to respond, not to understand.

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Totango

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When you bring agile innovation to customer success , you empower your CS strategy with the latest technology. In this blog, we’ll look deeper at what an agile customer success strategy means and why you can benefit from using one. Responsiveness to change results from allowing customer data to drive CS plan implementation.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 5, 2021

Chances are you are ready to call this year last year, too. At the beginning of the pandemic, I was talking to a client who moved a 500-person call center to work from home in only 15 days. Family and friends are an essential thing in your life. The idea of Customer Science will continue to change how we approach business.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

Business leaders will benefit from reflecting on how these changes – shutdowns, communication changes, and working from home – have impacted their relationships with their consumers and consider how this season has improved or harmed business continuity. Changing Expectations. Changing Expectations. Business Continuity.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. This article delves into the essential aspects of call center optimization, including the tools and best practices that can drive performance improvements.

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CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It’s your first day on a new job and you’re trying to figure out how things work. You’re learning how to work in a new environment, and trying to battle the exhaustion that comes with that while remembering everyone’s names and figuring out what your priorities should be. We’ve all been there. So how should you go about remedying this?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 16, 2019

I live in Sarasota, Florida, and recently, there have been some interesting changes to the public benches. We discussed Choice Architecture on a recent podcast and how it could be affecting your Customer Experience. However, it could also be the words to use on the packaging, pricing, or the sizes you offer and what you call them.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A new study by Calabrio reports that the majority of call center employees don’t feel trained to handle customer problems, making their jobs stressful and demotivating. Chances are your call center employees feel the same way—especially if you train like most companies do. Why Am I Not Surprised?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 9, 2020

A genuine effort to understand your customers’ emotions is essential to your Customer Experience design. Also, when you can segment based on customers’ behavior and the needs the behavior indicates, you can customize your experience to appeal to each segment.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

There is a story that demonstrates this concept that happened in a neighborhood in Boston called Jamaica Plain. This incident demonstrates a concept called Price Image. There are two approaches we can take to studying Price Image formation. In other words, how do you manage the pricing in your firm?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In our customer experience consultancy, we find there’s one thing that consistently prevents companies from adopting a more customer-centric approach. 1. Give Your Customer a Seat at the Table. You can do the same at your company by having management work for a short time at retail shops, hotels or restaurants.

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ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While both are important for ensuring customer satisfaction and retention, they have different objectives and approaches. Customer support success is typically measured by the response time, first-call resolution rate, and customer satisfaction scores. Learn more about the role of customer success in your organization in this webinar.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 23, 2021

Emotions rule your customers’ buying decisions. He called the two systems System One and System Two. In my recent book, The Intuitive Customer , my co-author and I called them the Intuitive System and the Rational System. Your customers have similar “conversations” going on as well.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In a recent podcast , I gave my ten-step plan for how to create your award-winning consultancy. While the list is not exhaustive, I hope it can inspire some of you to take the leap into your own entrepreneurial venture—and to great success. Focus on your skills. We have a saying in England, “Stick to your knitting.”

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