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. Rightly so, to be honest.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 21, 2022

She’s also a web design consultant focusing on customer experience and user interface. She shares how customer experience is a valuable marketing strategy. However, customer-centric marketing takes all of that a step further. Here’s why customer experience is of great value in your marketing strategies. .

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Integrity Solutions

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A customer-centric strategy is about more than just a values statement or a directive to the team. Are your customers truly at the center of your business universe? A customer-centric culture is one that is relentlessly focused on putting what’s best for the customer at the core of everything you do.

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Customers That Stick

JANUARY 7, 2020

Our first official blog post of the 2020s. What better way to start off the new year and new decade — a decade that I hope will be marked by incredible improvements in customer experience design, thinking, and execution — than by taking a look at one of the most essential ingredients of customer experience: leadership.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

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Peter Lavers

JANUARY 15, 2020

Peter is delighted to included in this list as it confirms his passion to help companies become more customer centric and thereby competitive in this world of ever-increasing customer empowerment and digital disruption.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Another thing Tom said was that people use employees now to help in the Customer Experience. However, I disagree; fewer people work in Customer Experience these days. Colin has conducted numerous educational workshops, on how to improve your Customer Experience, to inspire and motivate your team.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

You might have a hard time believing, but the most effective solution is building a customer centric organization. . But what is customer centricity ? Maybe a couple of customer surveys. For decades, companies of all sizes across the globe have been working on their customer centric business strategy.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

My obsession for Customer Experience (CX) started when I received a package in the mail on a random afternoon. I could write a book just about my Trader Joe’s customer experience! You can read more about return experiences and lessons about DoingCXRight. I’d love to hear your examples.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 7, 2019

This week we feature an article by Molly Moore about why phone calls and online chat can make the difference between customer-centric brands and everybody else. But beyond the immediate opportunities, phone calls and online chat are what differentiate and insulate truly customer-centric brands in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 4, 2022

He shares how organizations can deliver a total customer experience. What is the total customer experience? Customer obsessive, customer-focused, customer-centric, the idea is to take customer service to a higher level. Listening to the customer. Engage the customer.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

What does being customer-centric really mean today? Find out here and learn what are the essentials of a healthy customer-centric culture. The concept of customer-centricity and customer-centric culture has been around for nearly 20 years now. What does being customer-centric really mean today?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

In building relationships with customers, and value for them, my long-time observation is that most organizations tend to progress through several stages of performance as they are becoming truly customer-centric: a) customer awareness, b) customer sensitivity, c) customer focus, and d) customer obsession.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Being Customer-Centric requires rewarding those that contribute to Customer-Centricity. Too many organizations are still not rewarding Customer Experience improvement because they don’t measure it. Focusing on rewarding these, however, is not conducive to Customer Centricity. Some do both.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 11, 2017

This week we feature an article by Borge Hald who writes about the importance of being a customer obsessed company and how it is the key to success. We need to obsess about creating such an amazing customer experience that our customers will want to do business with us and nobody else. – Shep Hyken.

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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. I am a detractor and that is what has motivated me to write this blog. It’s lose-lose.

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Integrity Solutions

APRIL 16, 2021

Building a customer-centric culture is more challenging than you might initially think. But every organization has the ability to build a strong customer-centric culture- and it doesn’t have to be complex. A strong, vibrant customer-centric culture is an organic and natural strength that cannot be compromised.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 20, 2022

Over the last 20 years, Customer Experience has been a concept embraced by businesses. . However, despite this emphasis on providing excellent experiences, customer satisfaction levels have not improved. As you can see, this was pre-pandemic and a time that I think of as the height of the Customer Experience movement.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology. Given the importance of competing on the customer experience, the idealistic approach is an encouraging sign. Task: Identify a “gap” in the customer experience journey.

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

Shep Hyken offers valuable insights into the customer support domain and how to create a customer-centric culture in your organization. Here are the excerpts from his interview: Question: How to create a customer-centric business? Only then can you drive customer experience. Get customer feedback.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Why Systems Matter to Your Customers.

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Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

You read blog posts and research articles if you want to learn more about a specific topic. For example, there are plenty of good customer experience books to read if you want to learn more about customer experience. To help you out, we have listed our top 10 must-read customer experience books.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This week we feature an article by Patrick Thuot who shares an infographic about how customer service can help the retail industry. A customer-centric approach can help any type of business succeed. – Shep Hyken. The post Guest Blog: Customer Service in Retail – Infographic appeared first on 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. The majority of a Senior Manager’s time is spent in meetings, not with Customers.

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Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

That’s why we’ve rounded up this handy list, so you have all top customer support blogs published (so far) in 2022 in one accessible place. Most of these blogs allow you to subscribe to their newsletters and publish new content regularly. 2022’s top customer service blogs. 2022’s top customer service blogs.

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Babelforce

JUNE 9, 2022

Businesses benefit significantly from committing to a customer-centric approach. They’ll have happier, more loyal customers who are worth more to the business. In this article, we’ll explore customer-centricity in more detail. In this blog: • What is customer centricity?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This week we feature an article by Daniel Bakst who explains why competitive benchmarking is key to better serving your customer base. – Shep Hyken. Contextualizing your brand’s place amongst competitors in the industry you encompass is vital to creating a leading Customer Experience.

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

I dedicate my career to helping organizations take their current Customer Experience to the next level, or Beyond the Philosophy of it and into the “real world.”. Philosophy drives my actions, of course , including the following five: Philosophy #1: Experiences are not just about the “what” but also the “how.”.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

So how do you get happy employees and how does it affect Customer Experience? You must design an Employee Experience that enables the Customer Experience you want to deliver. We discussed the importance of creating a complementary Employee Experience along with your Customer Experience in a recent podcast.

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 19, 2018

The master rule to customer-centricity is this: solve your customers’ problems. Every change, every action, every improvement your company makes should have the end goal of solving a customer problem. P.S. What did you think of this blog post? So how does this apply to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries?

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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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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. These choices affect the Customer Experience.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 12, 2019

This week we feature an article by Joel Gottesman who shares tips to ensure that seasonal employees provide an excellent customer experience. Many of these employees were tasked with challenging customer-facing positions. However, these employees also present unique challenges to delivering exceptional customer experiences.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 12, 2015

With all the focus on Customer Experience over the years, and the increasing resource that organizations have put into improving the Customer Experience, what have been the results? The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) uses an overall U.S. Trend #3: Creating a Customer Experience Team for your company.

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Nextiva

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Any business that lacks a customer centric culture is well on their path to being irrelevant. But customer service statistics show that those that are customer-centric become profitable faster. They also discuss how […]. They also discuss how […].

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Which customer service blog posts helped to shape the last decade for you? . When we look back at the customer support industry in 2010, we see a very different beast to the one we work in today. Here, we cover the 20 best customer service blogs and influencers to follow in 2020. Shep Hyken.

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