Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As a Customer Experience professional, understanding three trends today is imperative. However, if you can accept them, you are poised not only to deliver an excellent experience, but you will also position yourself to move it to the next level of greatness. Every Customer Experience professional wants to build customer loyalty.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 2, 2020

There are three different groups of organizations regarding opening up again after the pandemic: Organizations that are reacting to things: This group is changing the Customer Experience to respond to the crisis, but believe the present environment we are experiencing is temporary. Train employees in managing emotional experiences.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 2, 2019

I recently read two pieces of research about Customer Experience that worried me. The first was from Nunwood , a UK-based research company with a Customer Experience index, and it showed that improvements in Customer Experience were not happening. The Seven Reasons Customer Experience is Dying.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 7, 2021

I recently received a letter from a listener on our podcast asking us to cover how a small business with limited resources can improve their Customer Experience using the behavioral sciences in their business. Define the desired memory you want customers to have for your experience. The post Zero Cost!

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2021

Sometimes your Customer Experience requires you to outsource a portion of it to a third party. Maybe it’s an installer or a tow truck service, or even an entire call center, but whatever or whoever it is, this part of the experience is not under your control. Today, we will examine whether this is a good idea or not.

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Customer Experience as an industry is at a crossroads. In our recent podcast, we had a guest Bob Thompson, CEO of Customer Think Corp., an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management and the founder and editor-in-chief of CustomerThink.com. It’s time to put up or shut up.

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Call Center Weekly

OCTOBER 9, 2017

How then does a well trained contact center impact customer experience? Higher First Contact Resolution When your staff is well trained, they can provide resolution (when possible) on the first interaction. Let's face it, FCR has benefits that far surpass the satisfaction of your customer.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 30, 2024

When I’m asked to give a customer experience keynote speech , one of the points I like to make is the importance of simplifying the complicated. My annual customer service and CX research includes some very compelling findings that will make you want to simplify your customers’ experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 27, 2016

We see this all the time in our Customer Experience consultancy: We come in with a Customer Experience program that we want to deliver. We give it to the customer-facing teams…. We haven’t taught them how to deliver the Customer Experience we designed. Why do they keep doing the same things?

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 8, 2021

However, as the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, we have a chance that is, dare I say, unprecedented to reimagine Customer Experience. Now, we can decide what parts of the change we want to keep to respond to what customers want now. When we can return to a pre-pandemic way of life, what happens with your Customer Experience?

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

So how do you get happy employees and how does it affect Customer Experience? You must design an Employee Experience that enables the Customer Experience you want to deliver. We discussed the importance of creating a complementary Employee Experience along with your Customer Experience in a recent podcast.

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Micah Solomon

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The author, Micah Solomon, is an author, consultant, influencer, keynote speaker, and trainer in customer service, customer experience, customer service culture, and hospitality. Last week, I suggested quick wins that could improve your customer service and customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2015

One essential element often neglected, but essential is the training of your Customer-facing teams. In my view, there is a great lack of training on soft skills with Customers and when there is training available it is too basic and not frequent enough. This concept is a key part of Apple’s training strategy.

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Global Response

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In fact, BPO consulting is a key way to add scalability to your business and grow your business quickly. At its core, BPO consultants will help audit your processes and existing systems in order to improve efficiency, productivity and operations. How exactly can BPO consultants drive business growth for your company?

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 25, 2021

They are all part of three news stories that, believe it or not, give you insight into improving your Customer Experience. There are many news stories that don’t seem to be about Customer Experience, but, upon second glance, really are. However, this issue isn’t the only one facing society coming out of the pandemic.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 29, 2021

My global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, has been recognized by Financial Times as one of the leading management consultancy organizations for the past three years. So, today, we will look at the 5 Rules for building a successful Customer Experience team. .

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CCNG

JUNE 14, 2023

Think about the very best customer experience that you have ever had with a brand. Now, I will share with you one of my best experiences… Once when I was preparing for a vacation, I spent many evenings searching the web for the best pricing for our airplane flights. Simply put, they created an emotional connection with me.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Beyond Philosophy won an award named one of the Best Management Consultancy Firms in the UK, by the Financial Times (FT). This bonus episode podcast explores how you can take your idea and turn it into an Financial Times Award-Winning consultancy, too. Remember that consultants are the first to go in a recession.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

We need to consider these traits when designing a Customer Experience to create most value. There are, then, five behavioral economics practices that are essential if you want to improve your customer experience. Embrace Your Customers’ Irrational Nature. Understand and Predict Customer Habits.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 8, 2017

Six years later, the outcomes of this study hold true – customers’ emotional and subconscious responses to your brand account for a good half of the total Customer Experience. Red Bull is far from being the only brand that manages its Customer Experiences from an emotional viewpoint.

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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. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity.

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Language holds a pivotal role in shaping your customer experience. Our interest in the significance of language ignited recently when we received a None of Us Are as Clever as All of Us video from Shane Smith ( ssmith@everetics.com ) at Everetics , a consultancy specializing in customer support and service.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2022

He has experience across the Contact Center spanning Hiring, Training, Quality, Workforce Management, and Performance Management. He shares how retailers can understand the digital customer experience in the retail world. Understanding the customer’s need . Product experience . Yes, that’s true!

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2015

First, that listening to the Voice of the Customer (VOC) is an important part of your brand strategy. Second, that incorporating what you hear in the VOC to your Customer Experience pays off for your bottom line, a.k.a. When It Comes to Customer Experience, You Have to Keep Rolling the Dice. It shows us two things.

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Micah Solomon

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The author, Micah Solomon, is an author, consultant, influencer, keynote speaker, and trainer in customer service, customer experience, customer service culture, and hospitality. Train your employees to handle unhappy customers–and to win them back when things go wrong. email, chat, web).

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2019

So, what does that mean for your Customer Experience? Communicating these things is paramount for your Customer Experience. . Covering uncertainty is a significant area for Customer Experience. When dealing with a customer complaint, it could be detailing the next steps for the process.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 8, 2017

Neither of them provides a Customer Experience worth mentioning—at least not in a positive light. We asked the Customer Experience professionals there to name a Telecom they admired for the experience they provided. Rather than this be a rant let’s look at the key issues with Telecom’s Customer Experience?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whether you take care of the issue yourself or pass it on to someone else, recognize that you play a very important role in the customer’s journey from experiencing a Moment of Misery™ to experiencing a Moment of Magic®. Time Well Spent Last year, I interviewed Aransas Savas on Amazing Business Radio. Does the Customer Come Back?

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 31, 2019

We need to consider these traits when designing a Customer Experience to create most value. There are, then, five behavioral economics practices that are essential if you want to improve your customer experience. Embrace Your Customers’ Irrational Nature. Understand and Predict Customer Habits.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 17, 2016

In our customer experience consultancy, we see employee stress and burnout as barriers to providing an exceptional customer experience. If Huffington succeeds in transforming the way that companies view stress and performance, she could also help make it easier for companies to improve customer experiences.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 26, 2018

This week we feature an article by Evan Hackel who writes about why it is important to train your frontline with excellent listening skills. Pay attention to what customers are saying. You Can Train People to Listen. Yet there are other listening skills that should be part of your training for frontline staff.

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Report analyzes the emerging real-time guidance (RTG) market, vendors, and products and explores the increasing importance, value, and benefits of RTG and its ability to enhance the customer and employee experience (CX and EX).

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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.”.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 28, 2016

There is a hidden experience every Customer has with you. If you haven’t uncovered what it is, then you are probably making a huge mistake with your Customer Experience. When it comes to having a great Customer Experience, all organizations have made mistakes. Chances are, you are making more than one.

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