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. We know that over 50% of a Customer experience is emotional so this is important. You have to understand how these things work together to create an impression for the Customer on how they “feel” about your experience. #2: MORE
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This fact is why dealing with Customers is so difficult. Most organizations make the mistake thinking Customers are rational beings and only make decisions logically. There is a certain romantic notion that we sometimes just know things in our gut. We equate this to wisdom or expertise. MORE
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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. MORE
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. MORE
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. 2] The study found price increases had twice the effect on customer switching, compared to price decreases.”. Well, there you have it! MORE
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When they saw these purchases in the customer’s history, they decided that they would begin the targeted campaign to these women. “ Most of the time, what we do, is what we do most of the time”. This is former F1 champion Lewis Hamilton stopping in the wrong team’s garage to change tires. MORE
By Brad Baumunk , President and COO, Robert C. Davis and Associates. We have all heard the quote, “Give someone a fish, and you feed them for a day. Teach someone to fish, and you feed them for a lifetime.” MORE
Emotions play a significant role in customer experience, as many statistics clearly show. According to research by the Peppers & Rogers Group, 60% of customers stop engaging with a company when salespeople treat them indifferently, while 70% of customers leave a brand due to poor service. While retention involves rectifying negative customer experiences, it’s equally important to keep customers happy in a proactive manner. MORE
Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Week: Appreciating Clients and Employees Gives You an Edge by Sandra Idossou. My Comment: This week is International Customer Service Week. MORE
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We recently worked with a company that increased the monthly spend to drive potential customers to the contact center from $100K to $400K per month. This led to longer calls and a poor customer experience. By Brad Baumunk , President and COO. MORE
Want to know the secret to customer retention? Probably not so different from what keeps your customers coming back, too. I don''t think I''m going out on a limb here to say: "Customer retention is paramount to acquisition!" focusing on customer retention. MORE
You charged for the wrong plan on a Customer’s mobile bill or sent an ‘Extra Small’ instead of a Medium on the Jacket a Customer ordered online. So how do you recover from a mistake with your customers? Acknowledging your emotions is key to communicating with your customer. MORE
This poor Customer Experience is one reason I now use Netflix more than my cable company. For those of you that don’t know, Net Promoter Score (NPS) represents the likelihood a Customer would recommend your product or service to other people (i.e., It has become a standard metric used to determine if your Customer Service and Experience improvements are effective. So the question is, what can we learn about what works for Customer Experience by looking at trends in NPS? MORE
Customer feedback is often seen, at worst, as a compliance task and, at best, as a long-term way to increase sales and customer retention. Yes, the customer feedback process does drive long-term customer loyalty and lifts revenue but you can also use the data in a much […]. Customer Feedback Customer Retention Net Promoter Score Tools MORE
There is no such thing as, “just an address change” or a “simple customer question.” Every interaction is a loyalty situation: How that interaction is handled can either generate customer commitment or drive that customer away. MORE
In today’s world, your customer experience (or CX) matters more than ever. By Brad Baumunk , President and COO, Robert C. Davis and Associates. What differentiates you from your competition? In your contact center, the CX starts as soon as callers dial your number and get in to your system. MORE
I love watching what people, and Customers do. Your Customers would raise their hands during this TED talk also. What baffles me, then is why some organizations choose to ignore feelings and how they affect the behavior of their Customers. MORE
I must confirm that the focus of my blog is not switching from Customer Experience to travel! Firstly, the customer gave the restaurant a rating of three – higher than I would have expected in relation to the content of the review. The post Customer V Owner – Who wins? MORE
More and more of your Customers believe access to self-service options is essential to their relationship with your business. Their Customer Service Success Blog reported some interesting stats to consider about Customer’s self-service options, including: By 2017, Only 1/3 of Customer service interactions will require human assistance. As many as 2/3 of Customer service interactions will occur without human-to-human contact. Customers value trust. MORE
In the B2B world, where businesses tend to compete on price, DAT Solutions stands out as a shining example of a service-oriented company that prides itself on delivering value to customers. Customers for Life” has been a core value at DAT more than 20 years. MORE
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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. Customer Satisfaction results in a higher share price. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value. MORE
Wouldn’t it be great if you could truly predict Customer’s behavior. For those of you that do not know about this, behavioral economics embraces the fact that often Customers make irrational decisions and as a consequence this affects what they buy. In short, you need to embrace the fact that Customers are irrational. Let us start with three simple questions: What emotions are you trying to evoke in your Customers? in order to identify how the Customer is feeling. MORE
Quality sales cultures are the ones where the Customer comes before the close, like Mackay’s quote indicates here. I wrote about Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and their role in the Customer Experience. They balance the needs of the Customers and the needs of their organization. MORE
Competing to win customers today means not only keeping up with major brands in your industry but also staying ahead of new emerging service providers. Customer Experience Customer Service MORE
And they also believe it will revolutionize their operations (85% said), and the biggest way it would revolutionize them (37% said) is in Customer Relationships. Don’t get me wrong; I think big data is helpful to Customer Relationships. Big data will tell you that at some point, your Customer visited your website and then left x.x These moments tell us what an actual Customer is likely to feel. 4 Ways to Gain Customer’s Trust in Data Security. MORE
Gartner research shows that by 2018, 70 percent of business-to-business ecommerce sites will offer customers personalized features, and sites effectively using personalization will outsell competitors by 30 percent. Improve Your Customer Experience. Track Customer Satisfaction. MORE
There are some signs that your Customer relationship is all about you, or one-sided, and they are easier to spot than you think. Many of the things that make personal relationships fail make your relationship with Customers one-sided. To that end, here are three ways you can identify how you are making your relationship with Customers one-sided: #1: You don’t take no for an answer. Of course, Customers can’t always feel like they lose either. MORE
By Sean Hawkins By definition, customer retention is the activity an organization undertakes in order to reduce customer from leaving the business relationship. Most often though, it is the contact center that interacts with those customers who wish to leave. While the functional role of retention is housed within a specific team, everyone in customer service impacts the company’s ability to preserve customers. CCW Customer Retention MORE
I find it beyond belief how large organizations can cheat and lie to their Customers. Because they lied to their Customers. VW is a HUGE brand, and they have just lied to customers. It is essential to building Customer loyalty. When will companies learn to stop lying to their Customers? So sure, VW might lose their stock value, and be fined billions of dollars, but I think their real loss is the trust of their Customers. MORE
In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today. They are; Customer Experience and Value Optimization. Customer Insight, Data and Action Generation. Customer-related decision making is now knowledge-based, replacing intuition and guesswork. MORE
As a leader or a marketer if you want an employee or a customer to change behavior, research says the best thing to do is give them positive reinforcement when they do what you want. Your Customers have behaviors that cost your organization money. MORE
A new term, customer health, is all about monitoring the customer relationship to ensure it remains in a vibrant state. A large number here usually correlates to a higher chance of retention , but remember nothing is a guarantee in business. MORE
According to trendwatching.com, the feelings a Customer has when they are getting excellent Customer service are the same as the feelings they have when they feel love. Most excellent Customer Experiences leave Customers feeling valued and important, or, in other words, feeling the love. There are three things that great companies that have excellent Customer Experiences do in common to make Customers feel the love. MORE
While it’s fun to talk about customer support strategy and the future of the industry, sometimes all you need is that “extra little bit” to push your team over the edge and into greatness. Sending a nice “Thank You” gesture to a B2B customer can leave a long-standing impression. MORE
Social media may never become a traditional contact channel, but it''s still an effective tool for social engagement in customer service. Communication Customer Experience Customer Service Social Technology MORE
Customer Experience continued to be a dominant business issue throughout the world in 2014. They are all working to improve their Customer Experience. I can say with confidence the Customer Experience concept is now a worldwide phenomenon. I work in Customer Experience.”. MORE
In other words, Customers will share data even though they don’t believe it is protected enough to get a better value from an organization. Trust and the Customer Experience. Emotions are an important part of any customer experience. Listen to your customers and engage with them. MORE
Customer feedback is often seen, at worst, as a compliance task and, at best, as a long-term way to increase sales and customer retention. Yes, the customer feedback process does drive long-term customer loyalty and lifts revenue but you can also use the data in a much […]. Customer Feedback Customer Retention Net Promoter Score Tools customer gauge monetize MORE
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When they saw these purchases in the customer’s history, they decided that they would begin the targeted campaign to these women. “ Most of the time, what we do, is what we do most of the time”. This is former F1 champion Lewis Hamilton stopping in the wrong team’s garage to change tires.
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This fact is why dealing with Customers is so difficult. Most organizations make the mistake thinking Customers are rational beings and only make decisions logically. There is a certain romantic notion that we sometimes just know things in our gut. We equate this to wisdom or expertise.
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In other words, Customers will share data even though they don’t believe it is protected enough to get a better value from an organization. Trust and the Customer Experience. Emotions are an important part of any customer experience. Listen to your customers and engage with them.
Genroe
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Customer feedback is often seen, at worst, as a compliance task and, at best, as a long-term way to increase sales and customer retention. Yes, the customer feedback process does drive long-term customer loyalty and lifts revenue but you can also use the data in a much […]. Customer Feedback Customer Retention Net Promoter Score Tools
Beyond Philosophy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
According to trendwatching.com, the feelings a Customer has when they are getting excellent Customer service are the same as the feelings they have when they feel love. Most excellent Customer Experiences leave Customers feeling valued and important, or, in other words, feeling the love. There are three things that great companies that have excellent Customer Experiences do in common to make Customers feel the love.
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I find it beyond belief how large organizations can cheat and lie to their Customers. Because they lied to their Customers. VW is a HUGE brand, and they have just lied to customers. It is essential to building Customer loyalty. When will companies learn to stop lying to their Customers? So sure, VW might lose their stock value, and be fined billions of dollars, but I think their real loss is the trust of their Customers.
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OCTOBER 9, 2015
And they also believe it will revolutionize their operations (85% said), and the biggest way it would revolutionize them (37% said) is in Customer Relationships. Don’t get me wrong; I think big data is helpful to Customer Relationships. Big data will tell you that at some point, your Customer visited your website and then left x.x These moments tell us what an actual Customer is likely to feel. 4 Ways to Gain Customer’s Trust in Data Security.
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. We know that over 50% of a Customer experience is emotional so this is important. You have to understand how these things work together to create an impression for the Customer on how they “feel” about your experience. #2:
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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.
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Beyond Philosophy
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In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today. They are; Customer Experience and Value Optimization. Customer Insight, Data and Action Generation. Customer-related decision making is now knowledge-based, replacing intuition and guesswork.
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This poor Customer Experience is one reason I now use Netflix more than my cable company. For those of you that don’t know, Net Promoter Score (NPS) represents the likelihood a Customer would recommend your product or service to other people (i.e., It has become a standard metric used to determine if your Customer Service and Experience improvements are effective. So the question is, what can we learn about what works for Customer Experience by looking at trends in NPS?
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There are some signs that your Customer relationship is all about you, or one-sided, and they are easier to spot than you think. Many of the things that make personal relationships fail make your relationship with Customers one-sided. To that end, here are three ways you can identify how you are making your relationship with Customers one-sided: #1: You don’t take no for an answer. Of course, Customers can’t always feel like they lose either.
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could truly predict Customer’s behavior. For those of you that do not know about this, behavioral economics embraces the fact that often Customers make irrational decisions and as a consequence this affects what they buy. In short, you need to embrace the fact that Customers are irrational. Let us start with three simple questions: What emotions are you trying to evoke in your Customers? in order to identify how the Customer is feeling.
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More and more of your Customers believe access to self-service options is essential to their relationship with your business. Their Customer Service Success Blog reported some interesting stats to consider about Customer’s self-service options, including: By 2017, Only 1/3 of Customer service interactions will require human assistance. As many as 2/3 of Customer service interactions will occur without human-to-human contact. Customers value trust.
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