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.

Customer Experience 295

Customer Experience Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement 295

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.

Customer centricity 286

Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer Experience 286

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 4, 2020

She writes about preparing a productive and successful customer experience strategy and why it’s important to have one. This summer, The Petrova Experience conducted a Customer Experience Preparedness Survey. One of our questions assessed brand maturity in terms of customer experience strategy.

Customer Experience 348

Customer Experience Airlines Customer centricity Surveys 348

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.

Customer centricity 279

Customer centricity Complaint resolution Banking Enterprise 279

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.

Customer Experience 391

Customer Experience Customer centricity B2C Airlines 391

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I recently participated in a Customer Experience Day webinar with two other leaders in our field, Joe Pine and Lou Carbone. I learned a few things that I would love to share with you, and discussed on my most recent podcast , regarding where we are now with Customer Experience and, perhaps more importantly, where we are heading.

Customer Experience 334

Customer Experience Customer emotions Customer centricity Consulting 334

Quadient

AUGUST 1, 2022

Creating a Customer-centric Culture: Four Steps to Get Started. At the Experience-driven CCM event, I had the opportunity to explore how Quadient can further solve the challenges that our current and future customers face. As I mingled with our many customers and invited guests, two takeaways immediately became clear.

Customer centricity 105

Customer centricity Journey mapping Banking Consulting 105

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.

Customer Experience 300

Customer Experience Customer centricity Scripts Customer emotions 300

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.”.

Customer Experience 409

Customer Experience Employee engagement Consulting Consulting 409

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.

Customer Experience 278

Customer Experience Airlines Banking Customer centricity 278

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Using smells in your Customer Experience is olfactory marketing, and it works. Using scents to help create a positive experience for your retail customers works for many different industries though. Don’t underestimate the scent in your retail experience design. How it smells affects how it sells.

Customer Experience 370

Customer Experience Real estate Customer emotions Customer centricity 370

Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

by Colin Taylor The rapid advancement of conversational AI has had a profound impact on various industries, and one arena that has been significantly affected is the contact center industry. It signifies the industry’s continuous efforts to offload tasks that were traditionally handled by human agents to machines.

Contact Center 65

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Self service Chatbots 65

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

For many years, there has been a debate whether you could assign a dollar amount to determine the return on investment for any Customer Experience improvements. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value. Focusing on customer retention with a better Customer Experience will benefit your bottom-line expenses.

Customer Experience 411

Customer Experience Customer retention Upselling Banking 411

CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Less than half of CX execs trust their company's ability to deliver great experiences. Here are over 100 customer experience stats and trends for you to discover. 99% of Customer Experience and Success leaders believe CEM has a positive impact on their business. Only 8% of their customers agreed.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Journey mapping Metrics Surveys 195

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 7, 2020

If a new CEO for ABC Cable Company wanted to shake up the industry and change the perception of their brand, it would take a lot of time and effort to do that. Identify the culture of your organization now and improve your customer-centricity. The top team wants loyal customers. Don’t Be Like Your Cable Company.

Customer centricity 436

Customer centricity Technical Support Consulting Consulting 436

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

This list is an homage to the business leaders and influencers pushing the envelope when it comes to innovation in customer experience. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd.

Customer Service 251

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Consulting 251

ShepHyken

JUNE 21, 2019

And amongst that shared audience, their customer experience becomes the expectation set on your brand. Accenture calls these new, slippery customer expectations liquid expectations. This new set of customer expectations is portable; your customers are bringing their experience with the Netflixes and AirBnBs of the world to you.

Chatbots 294

Chatbots Customer Experience Scripts outsourcing 294

ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2021

This week we feature an article from Gary Williams, Director of Sales and Consultancy at Spitch. They were the cornerstone of the service industry, and in many ways they still are. In 2020, that customer-centric approach is more vital than ever. Gary Williams is the Director of Sales and Consultancy at Spitch.

Interactive Voice Response 344

Interactive Voice Response Customer centricity Consulting Consulting 344

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Reuters Events are excited to announce their next free customer service & experience webinar: ‘Kickstarting Your Customer-Centric Culture.’. It is becoming clearer that top-class customer experience cannot be achieved without nurturing great employee experience. I hope you can join us!

Customer centricity 52

Customer centricity Enterprise Consulting Consulting 52

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As businesses prioritize customer satisfaction, understanding the nuances of measuring Customer Experience Return on Investment (CX ROI) has emerged as a strategic imperative. Customers who enjoy positive interactions are more likely to become repeat buyers, brand advocates, and contribute to a lower churn rate.

Customer Experience 111

Customer Experience Contact Center Call Center Revenue potential 111

Satrix Solutions

JANUARY 24, 2022

Over the past two years, organizations have faced new challenges in attracting and retaining customers: an entirely new business environment and culture, threats of ongoing inflation, labor & supply chain shortages, and pandemic-related disruptions. As the world is forced to pivot quickly, so too are B2B organizations.

Customer Experience 97

Customer Experience B2B Customer centricity Feedback 97

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing many leaders in the business world and customer service industry. an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management, and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CustomerThink.com, the world’s largest community dedicated to customer-centric business.

Customer centricity 264

Customer centricity Metrics Consulting Consulting 264

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Before I explain what I mean by that and how it has to do with Customer Experience, however, let me first tell you where I was born. How is this applicable to Customer Experience? Well, Loss Aversion is applicable to Customer Experience as well. I won’t even get into why they Scottish chose not to go.

Customer Experience 351

Customer Experience Banking Customer emotions Employee engagement 351

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.

Customer centricity 409

Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer retention 409

ClearAction

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Customer Centric Decisions Lynn Hunsaker. Do you have a customer-focus creed? In the conference room of a company I visited recently a poster served as a clear reminder for customer centric decision-making. Reminder badge cards or posters such as this are great for building a customer centric culture.

Customer centricity 54

Customer centricity Customer retention Consulting Consulting 54

CSM Magazine

MAY 16, 2024

We work in the most valuable industry in business. Not only do we hold the keys to business success through data and all the conversations had with customers, but we work in the most friendly, warm and welcoming sector in the form of the contact centre/customer service industry. So what were the key takeaways?

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Banking Consulting Consulting 52

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Welcome to my second article in a series about assessing customer centricity in our global Customer Experience consultancy. All organizations are somewhere on a spectrum from Naïve to Natural, with Naïve being the least customer-centric and Natural being the most.

Marketing 221

Marketing Customer centricity Government Construction 221

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Customer experience (CX) is the relationship of a customer with a business at all touchpoints during the period of the customer journey. It is widely said that customer experience is the next battleground for organizations. Adam is a globally recognized expert on customer experience.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Consulting 130

Netomi

JANUARY 5, 2022

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. At Netomi, we deeply care about improving the customer experience. Can I Work a Customer Service Job from Home? Adrian Swinscoe.

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Customer Service Consulting Consulting 98

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 11, 2016

If you haven’t gone online with your Customer Experience, too, it’s time. The digital transformation of your present Customer Experience is long overdue. Consider this graph of which devices customers use at home: Nearly everyone has a computer or smartphone, and close to three quarters have a tablet.

Customer centricity 305

Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer emotions 305

ClearAction

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Customer Centric Internal Branding Lynn Hunsaker. Customer centric internal branding revolves around customer well-being. Living the brand promise is another way of describing customer centric internal branding. Customers will certainly agree that actions speak louder than words.

Customer centricity 59

Customer centricity Morale Advertising Surveys 59

ClearAction

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Customer Centric Employee Engagement Lynn Hunsaker. Organizations that are centered around their customers know that it’s not a part-time role. To truly be customer-centric , everyone company-wide needs to have a deep understanding of the customer’s world. Originally published by MyCustomer.

Employee engagement 59

Employee engagement Customer centricity Consulting Consulting 59

ClearAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Customer Centric Employee Engagement Lynn Hunsaker. Organizations that are centered around their customers know that it’s not a part-time role. To truly be customer-centric , everyone company-wide needs to have a deep understanding of the customer’s world. Originally published on CustomerThink.

Employee engagement 54

Employee engagement Customer centricity Best practices Consulting 54

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 5, 2015

There have been many great stories in the past couple of months about airlines doing what was right by their Customers. We can all learn a little about Customer centricity when we look at these examples from three major carriers in the US. Southwest Attacks Its Late Problem Head-on with Its Customers.

Airlines 330

Airlines Transportation Customer centricity Employee engagement 330

CX Journey

DECEMBER 18, 2014

In the words of Forbes contributor Brian Walker, " Digitally empowered customers are firmly in charge, bouncing from channel to channel at the drop of a hat.” The "Customer Journey" has become a common buzzword - but it can mean a lot of different things, depending on what you ask. customer experience customer-centric culture'

Customer centricity 76

Customer centricity Customer Experience B2C Analytics 76

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Your employees have the power to make or break your Customer Experience this holiday season with the customer service they provide. However, when employees aren’t happy, customer service often suffers. However, they also provide an excellent Employee Experience. Remember the Nordstrom Way.

Consulting 418

Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Customer emotions 418

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. Christine writes, “Our organization does not take complaints or our Voice of the Customer program seriously. So, what can we do now?”

Customer centricity 195

Customer centricity Education Consulting Consulting 195