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10 Tips for Connecting with Customers Emotionally

NICE inContact

Many studies by groups like Forrester have concluded that customer engagement depends on employee engagement. That means connecting with customers emotionally is the task of the customer service agent. Bearing that in mind, here are 10 tips for connecting with customers emotionally. 1) Be personal.

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3 Examples of Change for the Better in Airlines

Beyond Philosophy

Southwest Attacks Its Late Problem Head-on with Its Customers. Southwest Airlines is a great Customer-centric airline with excellent employee engagement. Personally I hate it when you hear, “This flight is delayed because the inbound aircraft was late.” Should 4% of Customers Dictate Strategy? I know that!

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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

These might include customer service speed, occasional price promotions, merchandising gimmicks, new product offerings, and the like. In most instances, the customers see no brand ‘personality’ or brand-to-brand differentiation, and their experience of the brand is one-dimensional, easily capable of replacement.

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How Not To Engage Employees: Telecoms Lead The Way Again

Beyond Philosophy

Nearly 40,000 employees from two unions contracting with Verizon have been on strike for a little over a month. Now, Verizon is learning firsthand the cost of not having a strong culture of employee engagement—in actual dollars and sense. Employee Engagement and Customer Experience Are Linked.

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Do You Harness the Power of Habit in Your Marketing Yet?

Beyond Philosophy

“ Duhigg goes on to say that understanding consumers’ shopping habits and personal habits for marketing is a priority despite the fact that most of us are hardly aware of those patterns ourselves. Charles Duhigg is a staff writer for The Times and author of “ The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. ”

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How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

Natural companies, in this case specifically, stand alone in that a person answers your call and works with you until your issue is resolved. I feel that in today’s age of multi-channel options for Customer “calls” it is important to note that call routing and answering applies to all channels, whether there is a call or not.

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Are You Making These Mistakes with Your Employees Today?

Beyond Philosophy

Not only does it make it easy since you don’t have to remember what you told each particular person, but it also gives you direction on how to plan your time because you have to keep your commitments. Not only that, employee engagement is a key aspect for the Customer Experience. I like the simplicity of this.