Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

While there are many experts on this field, we have created a list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience influencers (experts, speakers, consultants, and authors) who are leaders. Adam is a globally recognized expert on customer experience. Do follow these experts to learn from the best in business!

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

To help, we’ve curated this watchlist of Customer Success leaders who we believe you’ll gain some inspiration from and see them do great things in 2019. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks. Amanda’s commitment to business results drives each aspect of her work as Chief Customer Officer at Lucidworks.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2015

In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Mindtouch

APRIL 17, 2017

We evaluated thousands of members within the Customer Success community and created a measurement that took into account a wide range of metrics including internet presence, influence, authorship, individual contributions, community engagement and participation. Director: Customer Success Operations, @netmow, LinkedIn.

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Alex curates the Customer Success Newsletter which is a weekly curated collection of 4 helpful articles from around the Customer Success community. The Customer Success Newsletter. Customer Success Expert - Glide Consulting. The Glide Consulting Blog. Director of Customer Success Education - CSM Practice.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Sometimes we learn important customer service skills through training, or through years of hard-earned experience. But we still want you to be able to take advantage of the books that can transform your current customer support operations. Chief Customer Officer 2.0: Customer Service Culture.

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Netomi

JANUARY 5, 2022

Customer service leaders come in all shapes and sizes. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Top 51 Customer Service Leaders and CX Influencers (Editor’s Choice): Adam Toporek.

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Kayako

JANUARY 12, 2017

There’s been a lot of development around the customer support world this past year with more blogs, conferences, podcasts and consultancies popping up everywhere. How do you round off a year that’s been so good to the customer service industry? To remember why we do our jobs in the first place: the customer.

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 10, 2020

Over the past number of years, the customer experience (otherwise known as “CX”) has become a profession unto itself. Roles like Chief Customer Officer, Customer Experience Director, Manager, Customer Success have been popping up. By Patricia Ballantyne.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Conversations are no longer driven by product features but rather about customer enablement and alignment on the expected impact from the partnership between the customer and a company. Making customers happy is no longer good enough. . . Abby Hammer , Chief Customer Officer , ChurnZero .

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2016, the questions of ownership and business impact of customer experience management are still open. Learn more from the CRM consulting perspective. They say executive buy-in makes for an easier road to the happy customer, thanks to allocated budgets and all-round support with resources. Who should own customer experience?

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2021

This list has been compiled by the editorial team at SmartKarrot taking into account overall influence in the form of original insights, industry contributions, community engagement, followership, and similar guiding metrics. Without further ado, here is presenting to you our Top 50 Customer Success Influencers for 2021. Jeanne Bliss.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 27, 2020

A collection of some of the best newsletters to stay updated on the latest in the customer success space. Lincoln Murphy is a leading customer success consultant, keynote speaker, and author. 2 Keep THE CUSTOMER. Keep The Customer is a repository of resources for Customer Success Professionals.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

They then help the clients develop a customer-centric business strategy that increases customer loyalty and retention. With over 30 years in the industry, Annette is a professional coach, consultant, customer journey mapping facilitator, thought leader, and influencer. Annette Franz. Daphne Lopes. Emilia D’Anzica.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 8, 2022

The capacity to forecast that a specific customer is at a high risk of churning while there is still time to do something about it is a major new possible revenue generator for any company. We, at CustomerSuccessBox , spoke to some of the Top Customer Success Influencers to know how they manage churn! Q: Please introduce yourself.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 10, 2020

This is one of the most followed blogs on Customer Success. He is a leading CS consultant, keynote speaker and an author. Follow him to enhance your knowledge especially on Customer Success, Customer Experience and Customer-centric business. #2 By Customer Thermometer. 4 Chief Customer Officer Council.

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GetFeedback

JANUARY 19, 2020

Customer service agent notes and messages. Let’s step through a fictional customer journey and discuss how best to ask for feedback at each touchpoint, using this journey map developed by Jim Tincher of Heart of the Customer , a specialist in journey map consulting. . Best Metric: CSAT.

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Vistio

JANUARY 13, 2022

” The word I was looking for at that time was customer experience. .” ” The word I was looking for at that time was customer experience. Let’s look at the larger customer journey and reduce the friction upstream and set better expectations to equip customer service for success.

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Vistio

JANUARY 13, 2022

” The word I was looking for at that time was customer experience. .” ” The word I was looking for at that time was customer experience. Let’s look at the larger customer journey and reduce the friction upstream and set better expectations to equip customer service for success.

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Lumoa

APRIL 24, 2018

The Net Promoter System® (or NPS) has been a popular customer experience metric since its creation in 2003. We have received 31 answers from 31 recognised thought leaders, consultants and great doers from all over the world across industries. I would NEVER rely on NPS as the only measurement of customer perception."

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Pointillist

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve got clients where the Chief Customer Officer reports directly to the CEO and where CX teams report to Marketing. But there are general metrics of success around the work that they’re doing. Swati: What kind of CX metrics do organizations employ to measure success? Annette: It’s a mixed bag.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

VC and PE firms now ask founders about the metrics owned by CS teams, specifically NRR and GRR , within the first ten minutes of conversation. When your friend was looking for a Customer Success manager, the challenge he may have had, which we have today, is salespeople are born one way and customer service are born another way.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

VC and PE firms now ask founders about the metrics owned by CS teams, specifically NRR and GRR , within the first ten minutes of conversation. When your friend was looking for a Customer Success manager, the challenge he may have had, which we have today, is salespeople are born one way and customer service are born another way.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It’s hard to remember a time when Chatbots weren’t a hot (albeit, polarizing) topic in the customer service and tech industries. From customized Chatbots on major brand websites to Siri and Alexa in our own homes, it seems like Chatbots have entered the discussion (and our lives) for good. Source: Alex Knight.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This usually deals with streamlining the tools, policies, metrics, and commercial compensations, and aligning them with the vision. Director, Customer Success. The hierarchy then descends to the Director of Customer Success. This is where a director aims at building customer relationships from scratch and maintaining them.

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