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.

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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.

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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.”

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Customer Experience Consulting Consulting Education 359

ShepHyken

JANUARY 5, 2022

I’m sorry if I just revealed how the magic trick works, but it’s so good, and it’s something we can all do, that we need to be reminded how simple it can be to personalize the customer experience. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times, bestselling business author.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Top Takeaways: Businesses use advanced technology like search and generative AI to create better customer experiences. When customers visit a company’s website and use the search bar to find information, the technology behind it can provide relevant and helpful results, making it easier to get the answers they need.

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Customer Experience Self service Chatbots Engineering 235

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 19, 2024

Justin Stafford ( justin@customersmarts.co ), founder of a Customer Smarts shared how sports can teach us how to improve your Customer Experience. 13:28 We refer to a past podcast about how departments like Finance affect the experience, and why it is essential to have everybody working together for a common goal.

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Customer Experience Finance Customer centricity Sales 222

CCNG

JUNE 28, 2023

Customer Experience. Customer Experience does not equal customer service. Someone much smarter than me, but I don't know who, said "Customer service is what happens when your customer experience fails".

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ShepHyken

JULY 7, 2021

It is one of the most common questions I’m asked in interviews: What’s the difference between customer service and customer experience (also known as CX)? While I’ve written about this before, my original article about customer experience was more about how to create a more interactive experience.

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Customer Experience Customer Service Gamification Chatbots 376

ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2023

And in the world of customer service and CX, there is much to be excited about. Last month I released my annual Top Ten Customer Experience Predictions in my weekly Forbes column. One way to earn trust is to create a predictable, consistent experience. So much has changed in just the past three years. Here we go: .

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Customer Experience Customer Service B2C Self service 336

ShepHyken

AUGUST 18, 2021

I recently released my 2021 Achieving Customer Amazement research. and asked them numerous questions about topics related to customer service, customer experience, loyalty, reviews, and more. One of the questions had to do with creating a personalized experience. . We surveyed 1,000 consumers in the U.S.

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Personalization Airlines Customer Experience Surveys 431

ShepHyken

JULY 17, 2023

Top Takeaways: Employee experience is the new customer experience. According to Deloitte’s State of Inclusion survey , nearly 2/3 of workers have experienced bias in the workplace, and 40% experience bias at least once a month. .” How does employee experience impact customer experience?

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Customer Experience Marketing Surveys Personalization 296

Callminer

MAY 18, 2022

Read this blog to learn a few ways to start improving your customer experience today. Delivering great CX might not be the simplest thing to do, but it is well worth the effort.

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Customer Experience 345

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Every once in a while, someone will ask, “What’s the difference between customer service and customer experience?” Customer service really drove the customer experience. A customer could visit a store or business. A customer could visit a store or business. My answer used to be easy.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 21, 2020

He shares 5 habits of companies that went through dramatic transformation and still managed to improve the customer experience. 5 Habits of Companies that Improve Customer Experience Through Change. Prioritize human needs (customers, partners and employees). Adopt new behaviors.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 15, 2021

H e shares different strategies to help your business monitor and measure customer satisfaction. Customer experience is crucial for businesses looking to retain existing customers and attract new ones. If they’re not, there could well be an experience-related reason for this.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 4, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Srushti Shah, a digital marketer focused on effectively helping her clients and customers achieve their desired results. She writes about how artificial intelligence and machine learning technology can help businesses automate processes and put more focus on delivering amazing customer experiences.

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Customer Experience Technology Accountability Marketing 156

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

She writes about how contact center agents can maximize productivity and provide a better customer experience. Research shows that 86% of agents feel they don’t have the resources or the authority to deal with customers effectively, which hurts productivity and service quality. Eases access to customer information .

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 22, 2021

He shares six ways companies and their brands can deliver an exceptional customer experience. Companies and their brands are no longer built through advertising but through experiences, and these experiences are customer-driven.? . Here are six ways you can deliver an exceptional customer experience. .

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Customer Experience Management Finance Banking 357

Steve DiGioia

MAY 29, 2023

But does the look of the business matter and can the visual appeal boost the customer experience? Enhancing the Customer Experience Will these items make you spend more money at the restaurant? Will these items enhance the overall experience? This, in turn, can lead to increased customer loyalty and more sales.

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Customer Experience Sales Customer Service 162

Steve DiGioia

JANUARY 18, 2021

And how does this affect the customer experience? The McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case and the Customer Experience. “In How Was My McDonald’s Customer Experience? My experience was awful. What other business routinely offers a product that their customers cannot use as intended without risk of bodily harm?

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Customer Experience Engineering Best practices Personalization 298

Contact Center Pipeline

JUNE 14, 2022

Earlier this year, the Harvard Business Review published 11 trends they believe will shape the workplace in 2022 and beyond. These trends acknowledge a key reality for many employers right now: as the U.S. economy approaches full employment, competition for employees is critical. At the same time, the labor market is in the midst of […].

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Customer Experience Marketing Interactive Voice Response Chatbots 266

COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

The challenge of keeping pace with changing customer expectations looms large. Technological advancements, notably artificial intelligence (AI), fuel customer experience transformation. Companies worldwide are grappling with leveraging technology to enhance the overall customer experience (CX).

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Customer Experience Gamification Benchmark Chatbots 89

Interactions

APRIL 19, 2024

At the heart of every customer-centric business lies the quintessential question: “How can we improve and optimize the customer experience?” Discussions revolved around providing agents with guidance, support, and actionable data, enabling them to deliver exceptional customer experiences while optimizing operational efficiency.

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Cisco - Contact Center

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Digital customer experience (DCX) is a hot topic these days. As a digital team leader at Cisco, I was recently asked to speak about it at an industry conference. You should know that when I’m put in f… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Customer Experience 93

ClearAction

MAY 25, 2023

Growth via Massive Customer Experience Savings Lynn Hunsaker Customer experience savings are NOT about automation or slashing value to customers! Your enterprise goals are to continually increase value to investors, so by definition, you must continually increase value to customers. Well, you CAN!

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Lumoa

MARCH 9, 2023

In the world of customer experience, “customer empathy” is not just a buzzword, it’s a game-changer. Put simply, it means genuinely caring about the experience your customers have with your brand. So, how exactly does customer empathy impact the customer experience ?

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Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

For example, there are plenty of good customer experience books to read if you want to learn more about customer experience. To help you out, we have listed our top 10 must-read customer experience books. In This Article: Customer Experience 3 The Cult Of The Customer Chief Customer Officer 2.0

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From social media posts to Google and Yelp reviews, every buyer can recount their customer experience with your company to a global audience. It is no wonder, then, that businesses have started paying much closer attention to their customer experience (CX) strategy.

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Customer Experience Chatbots Analytics SaaS 83

Lumoa

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Success in customer experience (CX) can be represented by numbers. A high Net Promoter Score (NPS), a large number of new customers in a month, or fewer unsatisfactory customer service request conclusions, are just some of the metrics we use to measure an effective customer experience.

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Customer Experience Healthcare Metrics Customer emotions 83

Lumoa

JANUARY 15, 2024

This article will explore ways to leverage conversational commerce to improve customers’ experiences with your brand. Conversational commerce is all about interacting with customers through various communication tools, like live chat, chatbots, and contact centers. In This Article: What is Conversational Commerce?

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