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. How does this exceed the needs and expectations of customers? How visible is it to your employees?

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Customer centricity Customer retention Consulting Consulting 54

Totango

JANUARY 15, 2019

While it’s no doubt a thrill to pursue and persuade a new customer to work with your enterprise, for software and subscription-based businesses, the real value lies in customer retention. But your customer retention strategies should be based on long-term thinking. Leveraging Customer Retention Strategies.

Customer retention 75

Customer retention Customer centricity Enterprise CRM 75

ClearAction

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Customer Centric Culture Lynn Hunsaker. What Does it Mean to be Customer-centric? To have the customer’s best interests as the focus of your attention — not to be pre-occupied in your own interests at the customer’s expense. There’s a myth that talking often to your customers (sales, service, surveys, etc.)

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Customer centricity Finance Engineering Customer retention 63

Totango

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Customer retention is the continuation of a valued service. In B2B terms, it is still possible to maintain your customer relationship and even improve customer retention during uncertainty, but you will need to focus on five key steps: Understand Your Customer. Listen to Your Voice of Customer Programs.

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Customer retention B2B Enterprise Best practices 63

Nicereply

MAY 1, 2023

In this blog, we will discuss nine ways for building customer loyalty, retain customers and create brand champions in the year 2023. These steps will help businesses create customer-centric cultures , strengthen relationships with customers, and retain more clients. Sounds simple, right?

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Customer retention Feedback Customer centricity Chatbots 59

TechSee

JULY 24, 2018

Developing a customer centric culture in a large enterprise goes beyond addressing a customer by name in an automated email, or segmenting by interest; it is a holistic approach designed to focus on the consumer’s authentic needs. He even managed to sit through the first half of Suits Season One in that same evening….

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Customer centricity Technology Enterprise Airlines 104

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

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. So any change in CX must include and address the Customer centricity of the organization. Why or why not?

Customer Experience 387

Customer Experience Customer centricity Journey mapping Consulting 387

NobelBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

To address and overcome this challenge, many companies have started embracing Unified Customer Experience Management (Unified CXM). CXM has completely revolutionized how brands engage with their customers. Table of Contents What is Unified Customer Experience Management? billion in 2023 to $52.54

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Customer Experience Management Omni-channel support Journey mapping 52

Totango

JANUARY 4, 2019

‘Customer-centric’ no longer just refers to a marketing strategy—it’s a whole economy. Customer expectations and demands on enterprises have never been so high, or so personal—especially for SaaS companies who are at the forefront of both the modern wave of technology and the new customer-centricity business model.

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Customer centricity SaaS Marketing Enterprise 79

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 25, 2015

By analyzing your feedback in aggregate, you can discover big issues, manage trends, and reveal future customer needs. This is where a good customer experience management partner can really help. Work with your crew to build a customer-centric culture. And guess what.

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Customer centricity Employee engagement Feedback Customer Experience 96

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.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement 295

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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Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer retention 409

ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

Deloitte Shares Loyalty Trends and Best Practices for 2024 by Alicia Esposito (Retail TouchPoints) To drive customer retention and loyalty, most brands and retailers continue to rely on purchase discounts (77%) and loyalty program points (61%), according to Retail TouchPoints research. I’m often asked to define customer centricity.

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Customer Service Contact Center Customer centricity Banking 166

Totango

JULY 28, 2021

Following best practices for hiring a customer success manager can make a critical difference in the quality of your customer relationships. Customer success managers serve as the face of your company in dealing with clients, playing a key role in ensuring satisfying experiences of your brand.

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Best practices Management Brand ambassadors Upselling 118

CSM Practice

MAY 28, 2020

What is the average Customer Success Manager Salary? More and more SaaS businesses are realizing the value of having a customer success team to ensure the continued success of their customers. Popular Customer Success Manager Salary Plans. 2. Base + Bonus Plan.

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Best practices Management SaaS Metrics 126

ShepHyken

AUGUST 10, 2020

How to Increase Customer Loyalty: 5 Customer Retention Strategies by Christopher Hutchens. SmartBug) In this blog, we look at five customer retention strategies that you can implement to deliver more value to your customers and increase customer loyalty.

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Customer Service Customer retention Customer centricity Education 232

JustCall

APRIL 5, 2023

The need for customer success management is fairly new and fast becoming pertinent. These include the need to create value for customers on a recurring basis as well as lowering the switching costs for customers. Traditional customer support models will not cut it. What is customer success management or CSM?

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Management CRM Analytics Customer retention 52

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 30, 2014

And yet, so many businesses claim that they have or aspire to have a customer centric culture - to become more customer-centric, to put the customer first, to be customer-inspired. Customer Centric Culture and Our Approach. We were looking to uncover the dimensions of customer-centric cultures.

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Customer centricity Benchmark Scripts Customer retention 111

CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 10, 2022

There is a need for managing brand loyalty to the clients and that’s why you need a client success manager. Also called as a client service manager! Roles and responsibilities of a Client Success Manager. Actively engage in communicating with the customers. Resolve their issues. Handle any conflicts of interest.

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Management Customer retention SaaS Customer advocacy 52

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Here are some of the most comprehensive facts and figures that I’ve come across: A recent study of the Value of Customer Experience amongst two $1 billion+ businesses published in Harvard Business Review (HBR) managed to quantify the effects of good customer experience. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value.

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Customer Experience Customer retention Upselling Banking 411

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.

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Airlines Transportation Customer centricity Employee engagement 330

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. Conclusion: Customers want it, whether you want to do it or not.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Scripts Customer emotions 300

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company.

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Customer centricity Customer retention Customer emotions Airlines 276

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 12, 2015

In customer experience management, we use transactional surveys to guide actions for customer centricity. Customer understanding helps you design experiences that work on an emotional level. A customer’s emotional experience drives their perception of any business.

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Customer centricity Surveys Feedback Customer Experience 115

Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. Here we’ve identified the 13 most essential qualities to consider when hiring a CS manager. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)? What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)?

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Management Upselling Coaching Best practices 90

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It is difficult to deny that these three terms are becoming increasingly visible in the language of business: Customer Service. Customer Experience. Customer Centricity. However… this is where the link to the last ‘customer’ term comes in. appeared first on IJ Golding.

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Customer centricity Customer Experience Customer Service Finance 84

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Winning means losing in the game of customer retention by Linda O’Grady. CMO) All too often retention is a blanket goal. ‘We Here are my top five picks from last week. by Steve Williamson.

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Construction Customer Service Feedback Customer retention 230

ijgolding

JUNE 14, 2016

I often say that if I were to be given £5, or $5 for every time a member of the C-Suite stated that ‘customer centricity’ was ‘very important’ to their business, I would be a VERY rich man – but is it actually true! Just saying that your business is customer centric, does not mean it actually is.

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Customer centricity Customer Experience Education Metrics 56

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.

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Customer centricity Customer emotions Customer retention Customer Experience 232

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 14, 2015

This method is not the way to set up a relationship that is open and honest with your current and future customers. 2: Your Customer retention plan includes penalties or fines if they want to end the relationship. However, Customer Centricity puts the Customer first, not the organization.

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Customer centricity Customer retention Marketing Customer Experience 366

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This is a classic example of companies blaming other people for their own failure to focus on what customers want. This happens when executives and managers blame poor customer retention on marketing or an ill-trained sales staff. And it happens in everyday customer interactions.

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer emotions 333

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd. Eric’s favorite motto is “The Customer Experience is Paramount and must be the driving force to any organization.” Paul Husar, Senior Call Center Manager at LG Electronics. Tom Hinds, SVP Customer Engagement at Advocate Aurora Health.

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Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Contact Center Consulting 251

ijgolding

DECEMBER 3, 2014

During these conversations, it has become abundantly clear that those who know a lot about Legal and Accounting firms are concerned that they are amongst the most ‘un-customer centric’ organisations on the planet. They THINK that Customer Experience does not apply to them. They are not alone. They may THINK they are different….but

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Customer centricity Customer Experience Customer retention Sales 90

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 12, 2015

For more Customer Experience concepts, register for our Advanced Customer Experience Management (CEM) Certification Course beginning on April 20th. I would love to read below in the comments of the irrational things that you do in your day-to-day life. Please click here to learn more.

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Customer emotions Journey mapping Customer centricity Customer retention 417

Comm100

APRIL 22, 2024

Chatbots can manage multiple interactions simultaneously, offering instant responses to customers 24/7, which drastically reduces wait times and improves customer satisfaction. Live chat systems provide a seamless communication channel for real-time customer interactions.

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Chatbots Feedback Customer centricity Wait times 52

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Watch out this space as in a subsequent blog we’ll give advice on the different ways to change a habit… Blogs CEM CEO Conferences consultants consumer behaviour customer Customer Analysis customer behavior Customer Behaviour customer centricity customer emotions customer engagement Customer experience customer experience books customer experience (..)

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Marketing Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer centricity 418

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

One of the most important things they learned, however, was that improving Customer Experience starts with improving your Employee Experience and managing the pain of change for them. Today, we have a much larger customer base, and we can’t keep doing things the ways we have always done them. Make It Manageable.

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Employee engagement Customer retention Customer centricity Customer Experience 355