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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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Call Center 136

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

What we know from early research on employee engagement is that if you have happy employees, chances are you’re going to have satisfied customers. My new ebook, Happy Employees Make Happy Customers , explores this concept in great detail. So how do you get happy employees and how does it affect Customer Experience?

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Customer Experience Consulting Consulting Employee engagement 413

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

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Customer centricity Banking Education Contact Center 266

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. You use the wrong language.

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ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ross Clurman, writes about how important it is to personalize the customer service experience. Regardless of the type of business you are in, there is always an opportunity to personalize the customer experience. Shep Hyken. Time of day.

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Personalization Customer Service Customer centricity Marketing 224

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 16, 2022

As you might know, my podcast does an “I’m in a Pickle” feature where business people send in their business problems with customer strategy for our consult. I wanted to share this one with all of you because I realize many of you might have the same pickle. ” I know how she feels. So, what can we do now?”

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Customer centricity Education Consulting Consulting 195

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Customers expect better and faster pre and post purchase services. Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 4, 2014

An organization’s process tells me a great deal about how Customer-centric they are. Is the process designed for the good of the Customer or was it designed for the good of the company? In my experience, the latter is more likely than the former, leaving most organizations with a process lacking a customer focus.

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Journey mapping Customer centricity Employee engagement Customer Experience 384

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We work with Customer Experience (CX) professionals around the world and train them on how to go about implementing CX programs. The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. If you consider Customers transactions, guess what? Why or why not?

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Journey mapping Consulting 387

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I have led hundreds of successful Customer Experience (CX) program successes. A few things, but one of the most significant is the way an organization’s culture is centered. Organizations fail to improve their CX when they lack customer-centricity. How is Your Organization Focused?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 18, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Tracking Customer Experience? The Drum) Ask any brand to rate their customer experience on a scale of one to 10 and most will probably choose a high number. (The This is the ‘customer experience gap.’

Customer Service 174

Customer Service Customer centricity Customer Experience Sales 174

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. What Gets in the Way of a Customer-Centric Culture.

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Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement Sales 121

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

Customer centricity 182

Customer centricity Banking Education Contact Center 182

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Many b2b and b2c companies offer antiseptic, commoditized, vanilla experiences for customers. These are almost guaranteed not to be memorable, not to be talked about (unless neutrally or negatively), and not creating outside-in advocacy and value creation. They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity B2C Airlines 391

ShepHyken

AUGUST 10, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to Increase Customer Loyalty: 5 Customer Retention Strategies by Christopher Hutchens. My Comment: Let’s start this week with a list of customer retention strategies. Customers love to feel in control.

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Customer Service Customer retention Customer centricity Education 232

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Most organizations do not fully understand, or leverage, the key linkages and relationships between customer experience and employee experience/behavior. Enterprises typically focus on employee satisfaction or engagement, in the belief that high levels in either area will directly drive customer loyalty. Employee life cycle.

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Surveys Enterprise Consulting Consulting 279

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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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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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2016

All of the changes in customer decision-making dynamics, and influences on corporate and brand perception over the past decade or two, have brought business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketplaces to a new frontier. As he’s stated, “Everything we do is built on trust. Employees have a particularly important role here.

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Brand ambassadors Customer centricity Banking Consulting 248

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

I was a keynote speaker there for a Customer Experience conference. There is a lot of Customer Experience activity happening there. He explained on a recent podcast the reason improving Customer Experience is such a hot trend in the Middle East has been the liberalization of markets there. How can they adapt?

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Customer centricity Transportation Consulting Consulting 385

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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Customer Service Customer centricity Chief Customer Officer Metrics 139

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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Customer centricity Complaint resolution Banking Enterprise 279

aircall

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This funding complements our shared customer-centric missions of delivering best-in-class technology paired with outstanding customer experiences for small and medium businesses. Activating HubSpot workflows using call activity to follow up with customers, and driving greater insights with native reporting.

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Customer centricity CRM Sales Customer Experience 127

Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

Culture is one of the most nebulous aspects of any company or team—but creating a positive one can make or break your employee experience, your customer service, and your bottom line. For example, let’s say teamwork is one of your core values. Work environment. Communication.

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Call Center Morale Employee engagement Customer centricity 62

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 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.

Customer centricity 232

Customer centricity Customer emotions Customer retention Customer Experience 232

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 10, 2018

Most organizations do not fully understand, or leverage, the key linkages between customer experience and employee experience/behavior. Enterprises typically focus on employee satisfaction or engagement, in the belief that high levels in either area will directly drive customer loyalty.

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Enterprise Employee engagement Consulting Consulting 150

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 3, 2017

No one would tell the emperor that the beautiful new clothes he’d commissioned didn’t really exist. So the emperor paraded through the streets stark naked until a young child finally told the truth: “But he hasn’t got anything on!”. You Can’t Create Change Without Challenging the Status Quo. There’s some truth to that.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Customer Experience 335

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Water and train companies in the U.K. have come under fire recently over their lousy customer service. Both are monopolies, and a monopoly is almost always bad news for the customer. is provided by regional companies that each hold a monopoly on their own territory. The water companies haven’t helped themselves.

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Government Customer centricity Customer Experience Customer Service 309

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Both understand (in the case of Sir Richard at Virgin Group) and understood (in the case of Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines) the value of putting people and customers first, HR practice second. Among airlines, working in a supportive, trusting, fun, responsive and energetic culture isn’t confined to staff at Virgin.

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Airlines Consulting Consulting Enterprise 218

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

On a recent visit, I planned on having a sandwich, but the menu gave me pause. In our customer experience consultancy I see many companies that mistakenly think that more choices make customers happier. In fact, when customers have too many choices, they often become confused and dissatisfied.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Sales 274

ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

If you were to answer a question, “What is that one thing that customers hate the most? . Customers don’t want to go out of their comfort zone to solve their own problems. So what can you do to provide a smooth and delightful experience to customers throughout their journey? But what is customer centricity ?

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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. times better customer retention.

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

We at ProProfs bring to our readers a thought-provoking conversation we had with Shep Hyken , the Customer Service and Experience Expert. A bestselling author featured on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, he has been inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement in the speaking profession.

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Totango

JULY 15, 2021

The role of a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a fairly new addition to the C-suite, but it has been on the rise over the past several years as companies are better understanding the importance of creating a customer-centric culture within their organizations. What Does a Chief Customer Officer Do?

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Chief Customer Officer Customer centricity Education Best practices 124

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2018

Companies are fond of saying that employees are their most powerful resource, and in many ways – especially their influence on customer loyalty – that’s been well proven. Most organizations do not fully understand, or leverage, the key linkages and relationships between customer experience and employee experience/behavior.

Surveys 170

Surveys Enterprise Consulting Consulting 170

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Companies Offering Convenience Are Taking Over The World by Shep Hyken. Three Revenue-Generating Rules for Creating a Client-Centric Culture of Service by Carrie Hansen. Dina’s Blog) Fix the Problem.

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