ShepHyken

JULY 6, 2018

This week we feature an article by Natasha Postolovski who shares the idea of using sales contests to help motivate a higher level of customer experience at your organization. – Shep Hyken. Customer experience is the most important factor in the success of a retail business. Sales revenue. Promotions. New product lines.

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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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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service versus Customer Experience: Master both! My Comment: I’ve written about the difference between customer service and customer experience in the past. It’s not a department.

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Clarabridge

APRIL 26, 2017

There are many ways to measure the effect of your customer experience efforts. Both Net Promoter Score® (NPS) and customer experience surveys are useful ways to understand how your customers feel about you. For example, one Clarabridge customer, a leading NPS user, reduced their questions from 15 to 2.

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Surveys Customer Experience Consulting Consulting 69

ShepHyken

MAY 26, 2017

This week we feature an article by Bikash Mohanty about how important customer experience metrics are to your business. Companies that track and measure their customer service have a competitive advantage. So, what are the most-necessary Customer Experience metrics your Business should keep tabs on? Shep Hyken.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

One of my clients has done an excellent job in the last couple of years improving their customer experience. They focused their attention on the customer-facing teams at first. That would leave one group with a customer-centric mindset and the rest without one. We all know happy employees make happy customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 4, 2024

From a business perspective, the same concept applies to Customer Experiences. You can’t flip a switch and get the organization to be customer-centric. It should happen over time, with incremental improvements moving everyone to a customer-centric culture and experience. Now, she walks without any sticks.

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Comm100

JUNE 15, 2022

If you want your brand to stand head and shoulders above the competition, developing an unbeatable customer experience is essential. However, consistently achieving customer satisfaction across all aspects of your business is a considerable challenge. What is a customer experience (CX) program?

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Soon after that, I founded my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. The Speaker was New York Times Best-Selling Author Fred Reichheld , inventor of the Net Promoter Score ® (NPS). Reichheld’s inspiration for the book was his frustration about the misuse of the NPS system.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 9, 2021

For example, we had one recently from a listener Janet, who said that despite getting good comments from customers, they do not give us the top Net Promoter Score (NPS) ®. Janet’s organization has an overall NPS of 68, but its goal is 70. Using a scale of 1-5 for NPS is incorrect. The correct scale for NPS is 0-10.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Thinking about the coming year, I see trends underway that predict interesting changes in Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Experience (CX), and mobile digital experience for 2015, and they might surprise you. Prediction #1: Net Promoter Score (NPS) Will Continue to Falter. Can you help us?”.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is. I wondered how I did that.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 15, 2019

This oft-quoted line from Peter Drucker is more pertinent today than ever concerning Customer Experience strategy. Every marketer should measure their performance in Customer Experience to understand what drives value for customers. . We discussed measuring Customer Experience correctly in a recent podcast.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Did you know Netflix’s Net Promoter Score (NPS) is higher than the cable companies? My recent experiences with my cable company have been the complete opposite. This poor Customer Experience is one reason I now use Netflix more than my cable company. One of the frequent questions I get is, “Our NPS is XX.

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Lumoa

JUNE 14, 2023

You’ve designed your NPS survey and emailed it to all your customers—and the results are in… but not those you were expecting. When it comes to gauging customer sentiment and loyalty, few metrics enjoy such widespread acclaim as the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Does it spell doom for your business? Well, not so fast.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Having been with the Customer Experience movement since the beginning, I have seen companies embrace the idea of putting Customers at the center of everything they do and reap the rewards in increasing Net Promoter Scores (NPS) and revenues. Now, some of these companies are experiencing a plateau in their NPS score.

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CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Surely customer support could help me sort this out. It was incredibly distressing to encounter a customer service representative who clearly couldn’t care less if I ever left my house again. Give inconsistent or incorrect answers to customers. 6) do not invest in the human experience. , 5) put profits before purpose.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Measuring customer emotions for your Customer Experience is a vital activity for your organization. We discussed how to measure customer emotions on our recent podcast. The most common way to measure emotion is the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Your most loyal customers are promoters and have high NPS scores.

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Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

It can be really hard to discern how your customers truly feel about your company, product, or service. This gray area i s a pain point for all businesses and leaves them without a clear path to improving offerings and meeting customers’ needs. This article will discuss a good NPS score in 2023 and how you can measure your NPS.

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2020

Date: Thursday, January 9, 2020 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager 2019 in focus: our top 10 blog posts from the year. Ian Golding’s guest post focused on the vital importance of trust in delivering effective customer experience. As customers become more demanding, can self-service really help?

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ShepHyken

APRIL 11, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: When it comes to customer service, I believe everyone must be properly trained – not just the front-line/customer-facing employees. Seth’s Blog) It’s not a word, but perhaps it should be.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Elevating Customer Experience: Embracing Hospitality as the Foundation by Charles Ryan Minton (Newsweek) When it comes to providing exceptional customer experiences, few industries excel quite like the hotel business.

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Enghouse Interactive

JULY 7, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). Blog #2 Microsoft Teams Drives Agent Productivity. In our first blog, we explored how Microsoft Teams, when integrated into a Contact Center, helps provide a better experience for the end-customer. The Pressure is On. Self-Service Helps Agents Too.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Top 10 Blog Posts from 2020. 9 Well-Meaning Yet Harmful Phrases to Avoid with Customers. This article is a roundup of the not-so-obvious phrases you should avoid saying to a customer no matter how well-intentioned or deserved. Check out this post to see if you’re inadvertently sending subliminal negativity to your customers.

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Lumoa

APRIL 7, 2022

Net Promoter Scores are always an interesting topic of conversation, and industry NPS benchmarks even more so. A Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a metric used to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction. A Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a metric used to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Strong NPS is the backbone of a thriving customer experience. Net Promoter Score is a measure of how positively your customers rate you and your products. This metric is predictive of how likely they are to repurchase from you in the future, which makes a good NPS score a strong indicator of future success and growth.

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Totango

APRIL 5, 2022

The number of NPS software providers has proliferated as the importance of tracking Net Promoter Score (NPS) has been realized by a growing number of enterprises. This raises the question, how do you find the best NPS software solutions? Then we’ll take a look at the best NPS software providers. What Is NPS Software?

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PeopleMetrics

JUNE 29, 2020

In my last blog post , I wrote about how to build a VoC program depending on the maturity of your current program. Given the changes in customer expectations across all industries brought about by COVID-19, it is now essential that you rethink your VoC program with a “beginners mind.”. Now, your customers need to feel safe.

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Totango

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Merging sales and customer success (CS) is a delicate art that is often challenging but necessary for driving business results and creating a frictionless customer journey. Our hypothesis is that NPS is going to improve for each vertical,” Hodges said. “We

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Nicereply

JANUARY 23, 2023

Measuring your customer experience (CX) can feel complicated. Studies show that focusing on creating a great customer experience reduces customer churn, creates l oyal customers , and increases customer engagement. That’s exactly what NPS , CES , and CSAT metrics do.

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Global Response

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

If you’ve worked in or alongside Customer Experience teams for any length of time, you’ve likely heard of NPS, or Net Promoter Scores. But while the standard NPS survey is simple, interpreting your NPS score and figuring out how to use it for company growth and improvement is anything but.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This has been quite a year for the ChurnZero blog. We’ve published +60 posts on a variety of Customer Success related topics like customer churn, product adoption, customer journeys and more. We even got a shout out from HubSpot as a top blog you should be reading in 2018. 10 Punny Customer Success Jokes.

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Lumoa

APRIL 28, 2024

Every interaction with your business has the power to build or damage the relationship with your customer – and can directly impact your revenue. 78% of customers have backed out of a purchase due to a poor customer experience (CX). If you’re reading this blog post, you are probably one of them.

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Nicereply

JUNE 5, 2023

How can you combine customer satisfaction metrics? In the world of customer support metrics, Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) is king. They identify customers who need extra attention, improve their operations, and increase customer happiness. Customer satisfaction metrics overlap and intersect.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 2, 2023

Moreover, to successfully navigate today’s highly competitive landscape, businesses must understand exactly what customers think of them – and that means diving deep into customer experience data. . In This Article: What is a transactional NPS (tNPS)? How to calculate transactional NPS (tNPS)?

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Chip Bell

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

First, thank you Chip for allowing me to offer this guest blog. Chip is one of the most talented and seasoned customer experience professionals globally, and I am grateful for his colleagueship and support. Most business owners and leaders want to provide experiences that drive customer engagement, loyalty, and referrals.

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Totango

JULY 6, 2021

Measuring customer loyalty gauges the strength of your client relationships, helping you predict and manage performance. Loyal customers are likely to buy from you again and refer you to others, increasing your revenue. Customers who don’t feel committed to your brand are more likely to churn and spread negative word-of-mouth.

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