ShepHyken

MARCH 11, 2024

This episode of  Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken  answers the following questions and more: How can businesses create experiences that get repeat business and nurture brand loyalty? How can businesses think outside the box to create fan-like loyalty among their customer base? You are trying to create loyal fans.”

Customer Experience 372

Customer Experience Entertainment Customer centricity Personalization 372

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Functionality versus customer experience: Do they belong together? And both dealerships – Ford and Ferrari – provide stellar customer service. While both may appreciate a good customer experience, one wants a different product experience.   Here’s another example. The Ford costs about $25,000.

Customer Experience 346

Customer Experience Transportation Airlines Customer Service 346

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This episode of  Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken  answers the following questions and more: How is artificial intelligence used to improve customer interactions in contact centers? What are the challenges in finding the right balance between technology and human support in customer experiences?

Brand ambassadors 373

Brand ambassadors Healthcare Contact Center Self service 373

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Many of you who read my articles or watch my videos may not have jobs related to customer service or CX measurement, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pay attention to what I’m about to share. Here’s why this is important to you, even if you aren’t in a customer-facing role. Our customers’ time is precious, and we must respect it.

Metrics 379

Metrics Customer Service Consulting Consulting 379

Interaction Metrics

APRIL 4, 2019

April 2019: Catch customer experience speaker, Martha Brooke at 2 national conferences: Operations Summit in Columbus, OH and the Smart Customer Service track of CRM Evolution in Washington, DC. In addition, she’ll moderate a panel on how to improve customer service in omni channel environments.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience CRM Metrics Surveys 48

ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: Let’s kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with 2024 customer service trends. What caught my eye was the first trend (of eight), which was how social media customer care is driving growth.

Customer Service 181

Customer Service B2C B2B Customer Care 181

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We host Alex Mead , Global Customer Service Experience Director of Alvarez & Marsal ( alexmead@sky.com ), to discuss this crucial topic and its implications for experiences. Mead envisions that AI will significantly reduce customer effort in their experiences.

Consulting 222

Consulting Consulting Education Customer effort 222

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Customer service and customer experience (CX) are more than what happens after the sale. It actually begins long before a customer ever makes a purchase. Then, there’s the experience during the sales process and what happens after the sale, which could include a typical customer support call and more.

Sales 232

Sales Customer Experience Customer Service Customer Support 232

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Utilizing Customer Experience as a Sales Tool. Shep Hyken interviews Paul Reilly, a professional speaker, sales trainer, and author of Selling Through Tough Times. They discuss how brands can provide value to their customers during uncertain times. Certainty and stability are important to your customers.

Sales 355

Sales Customer Experience Personalization Customer Service 355

ShepHyken

MAY 5, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: Let’s kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with 2024 customer service trends. What caught my eye was the first trend (of eight), which was how social media customer care is driving growth.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 16, 2024

When it comes to customer service and customer experience (CX), there is a difference between perception and reality. First, how we think our customers perceive our customer service and CX is often not the reality. It’s what our customers say. They should learn firsthand what it’s like to be a customer.

Customer Service 356

Customer Service Customer centricity Surveys Customer Support 356

ShepHyken

JULY 21, 2021

In my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , I share a story about the shortest customer service keynote speech I’ve ever delivered. The short version of this story is that I was the closing keynote speaker. The shortest customer service speech ever …. “BE Two minutes!

Customer Service 436

Customer Service Customer Experience 436

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s about the entire customer experience. Imagine if your organization were bold enough to state that the value it delivers to customers would make price irrelevant. It’s the value provided in the customer experience. The title of this article may sound like a lesson in sales, but it’s much bigger than that.

Customer Experience 372

Customer Experience Customer Service Sales 372

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Top Takeaways: Building a solid customer experience foundation is essential for all businesses, regardless of their industry or target audience. Andrew shares the four key steps to deliver experiences that lead to customer satisfaction, repeat business, and retention. Get your CX house in order. Embrace AI.

Customer Experience 222

Customer Experience B2C Government B2B 222

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I want this year to be your best year ever for creating amazing customer service and experiences. But as it applies to the customer experience, I thought it would be fun to share some ideas we need to do more of. How fast do you respond to customers? Customers appreciate a quick response. Happy New Year!

Customer Service 394

Customer Service Accountability Customer Experience 394

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last week, I introduced you to The Customer Hierarchy of Needs based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Before you can have a strong customer experience, you must have a good employee experience. If one of your customers speaks the same language, doesn’t it make sense to let that employee talk to the customer?

Customer Service 371

Customer Service Customer Experience 371

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

TechSee’s Annual Influencer List For a second year, everyone at TechSee is proud and excited to share our annual list of influential leaders in the space of digital customer service. In addition, he is also a best-selling author, Forbes contributor, blogger & podcaster, and frequent conference speaker.

Customer Service 207

Customer Service Customer centricity Contact Center Consulting 207

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Unleashing the Power of AI vs. Human Touch: Which Delivers a Superior Customer Experience ? So, we have a proposition for you: If you have something you want to say about experiences or technology, statistics, or reports, feel free to share them via video. I often say, “None of us are as clever as all of us.”

Customer Experience 359

Customer Experience Consulting Consulting Education 359

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Top Takeaways: The key to transforming companies into customer-centric organizations lies in adopting a customer experience mindset. True customer loyalty extends beyond transactional interactions and loyalty programs. Building authentic, emotional customer relationships can lead to loyalty and increased revenue.

Customer centricity 211

Customer centricity Morale Feedback Customer Experience 211

ShepHyken

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Experience Maker. Creating Consistent Exceptional Customer Experiences. Shep Hyken interviews Dan Gingiss, an international keynote speaker, coach, and author of The Experience Maker. They discuss how to create experiences that customers want to talk about.

Coaching 356

Coaching Marketing Customer Care Customer Experience 356

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a confrontation with a customer, you have a goal: win the customer , not the argument. I’ve written about this before, and it’s worth coming back to this topic from another angle with a different example. First, an interaction with a customer should never result in an argument. It’s not about blame.

Customer Service 372

Customer Service Sales Customer Experience 372

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Whoever said “the customer is always right” didn’t hear this about this story. A customer walked into a Little Caesars restaurant and became angry when he was told he would have to wait a few minutes for a pizza. I’ve said it before – I don’t agree with the saying that the customer is always right. Fire them as a customer.

Customer Service 381

Customer Service Customer Experience Management 381

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Creating Customers for Life. Shep Hyken interviews John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and author of The Ultimate Marketing Engine. They discuss how to serve, understand, and create evangelists out of your ideal customers. Focus your attention on the growth of your customers, not just on the growth of revenue.

Engineering 384

Engineering Consulting Consulting Marketing 384

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Nienke Bloem is an acclaimed Customer Experience (CX) consultant and a distinguished keynote speaker on CX. Her passion for the field of customer experience is evident in her credentials and her work. Nienke is a certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP).

Consulting 61

Consulting Consulting Customer Experience Telecommunications 61

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

So, what does this have to do with business, specifically customer service and CX? In the customer service world, we should create a “game plan” to deliver an experience that is perfect, never requiring a customer to reach out to us because of problems. Plenty! In any team sport, the goal is to win. It just works.”

Customer Service 345

Customer Service Coaching Customer Experience Management 345

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: For those in the customer support world, this article is for you. AHT, as in average handle time, is a metric used to measure the average length of time for a customer support call.

Customer Service 162

Customer Service Average Handle Time Contact Center Metrics 162

ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2020

Call me boring, but I want the same thing every time—at least when it comes to customer experience. I want to predict the experience I’m going to have with the people and places I do business with. If, for some reason, there is a problem, we want our customers to know they can always count on us to resolve it for them.

Customer Service 642

Customer Service Feedback Customer Experience Marketing 642

ShepHyken

JANUARY 15, 2024

Top Takeaways: Shep’s Comment: Some may not see this as a customer service or CX interview. If they are on the frontline, dealing with customers, you want an elite performer, not just a competent performer. All of a sudden, you start taking risks, experimenting, innovating, and looking for best practices.” I beg to differ.

Accountability 200

Accountability Coaching Best practices Customer Service 200

ShepHyken

JANUARY 30, 2024

Many companies still believe that customer service is what happens when something goes wrong. However, that is only one part of customer service. The bigger picture is that customer service happens throughout a customer’s entire experience while doing business with you. Traditionally, that is marketing and sales.

Marketing 240

Marketing Customer Service Sales Customer Experience 240

ShepHyken

MAY 30, 2023

The owner of this four-office podiatry practice with seven doctors and 25 staff members, Dr. Mark Green, has always focused on creating a positive, unique and frictionless patient experience. No pun intended.) His answer was to create an on-hold experience that would make people say, “Please put me back on hold!”

Wait times 385

Wait times Marketing Customer Experience Customer Service 385

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Top Takeaways: Net Promoter Score (NPS) evaluates customer sentiment and allows companies to compare their data with competitors. To improve customer experience, companies need to break down the customer journey into smaller episodes or touchpoints. They compare you to the best experience they have ever had.

Automotive 318

Automotive Airlines Benchmark Service level 318

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As customers, we appreciate it when someone we’re doing business with does more than we expect. Even if we don’t consciously recognize it when it’s happening, the value of that “something extra” makes us enjoy the experience and want to come back. As a customer, which employee would you want to do business with?

Customer Service 362

Customer Service Customer Experience Management 362

ShepHyken

APRIL 22, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Ways to Scale up Convenient CX for Modern Customers by NICE (NICE) The easier things are for your customers, the better they are for your organization. It’s time to start driving better customer experiences today.

Customer Service 200

Customer Service B2B B2C Advertising 200

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how sales and customer service combine to create an experience – hopefully a positive one. She created an experience for her customer. This is where sales and customer service collide. This is where sales and customer service collide. Here’s the short version. And he has.

Sales 309

Sales Customer Service Advertising Customer Experience 309

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

First, every company should tinker with what’s working by experimenting and looking for better ways to do “what they’ve always done,” even if it’s working. Look at every interaction point a customer has with your organization and ask, “Is there a way to make it better?” This story has at least two lessons. Always look for improvement.

Airlines 211

Airlines Journey mapping Morale Customer Service 211

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Top Takeaways: Customer feedback is crucial for businesses of all industries. By actively seeking and analyzing feedback, businesses can identify areas of improvement, make informed decisions, and ultimately enhance their overall customer experience.

Feedback 334

Feedback Healthcare Analytics Customer Service 334

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What is the chief repeating officer, and how do they contribute to improving customer experience? Top Takeaways: A big bet is any concept, approach, project, or strategy with a high potential for impacting our customers and business. It’s all about understanding the problem and outcomes your customers are trying to achieve.”

Customer Experience 236

Customer Experience Customer Service 236