Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

He has extensive experience in retail, wholesale, franchising, and small business and has a strong belief in positive customer experience. She has over 16 years of experience in areas of market research, program management, marketing, instructional design, and training. Aimee Lucas Follow @Aimee_Lucas.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 27, 2024

What Happens to CX When the Whole Company Is Aligned Customer experience is a front-and-center topic for the contact center… but excellent CX depends on the entire organizational culture. Book an appointment here to explore how Blue Ocean can help. The post What’s Everyone Talking About in Customer Experience?

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Alida

AUGUST 8, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Winning the Research Revolution , an e-book exploring how technological changes pose both a threat and an opportunity for the world of research. Get your copy of the e-book and catch Ray Poynter’s presentations at the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit to learn more.

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Marketing 2016 Customer Centricity Presentation 174

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2020

Moreover, Forrester said that one in four people in the Customer Experience industry would lose their jobs this year. We realized that we needed to make a more reliable connection between how having a customer-centric culture that puts the customers’ needs first leads to customer-driven growth.

Net Promoter Score 191

Net Promoter Score ROI Customer Experience Professionals Return on Investment 191

Alida

JUNE 16, 2016

If you work in customer experience (CX), you probably already know Jeanne Bliss. A thought leader in CX even before this practice became mainstream , Bliss is an author and a rexpected expert on customer-centric leadership. Here are our top seven reasons: She pioneered the emergence of the chief customer officer role.

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Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 22, 2016

However, once these requirements are met, the positive impact to business outcomes and sustainable organic growth should prove the importance of customer-centric initiatives and drive the business forward to a new operational and strategic model. Overcoming these obstacles is by no means an easy feat!

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Continuing with our list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience (CX) influencers (experts, consultants, and authors), we are sharing a few names of leaders leaders that every CX enthusiast must follow and take inspiration from. John is consistently helping his clients create a magical customer experience like Disney.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Blake Morgan – Customer Experience Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author. Industry Leader in customer experience, Blake Morgan is a Keynote Speaker, Author of two books, a Customer Experience Futurist, and a Guest Lecturer at Columbia University. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

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2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 15, 2017

As I always say, what’s happening on the inside of a company is felt on the outside by your customers. – Shep Hyken. Employee engagement is crucial for any organization striving to become more customer-centric. It is also just as crucial for organizations to adopt a strong voice of the customer programme.

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Blog Customer Centricity Feedback 2017 122

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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Customer Experience Customer Centricity 2012 Poor Customer Service 124

ijgolding

APRIL 3, 2017

Finally, a book has been written to help anyone aspiring to become a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP)! I wish I could claim the credit for such an important milestone for the fledgling, global, professional qualification… but I cannot! You can purchase the book here – I hope you do.

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Books Customer Experience Professionals Healthcare Government 61

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

As I said in 2014, it will not be long before they have to book Wembley Stadium to hold the hundreds and thousands of professionals who want to recognise the efforts of individuals, teams and companies in delivering better Customer Experiences. This year did not disappoint. I must tell you a little bit about them.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 6, 2017

It’s the secret sauce of those companies we hold up as the role models of customer-centricity. Companies like Rackspace or Safelite are well-known disruptors in their industries simply because they focus like crazy on their customers. What really creates a culture that always delivers great experiences for customers?

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Bold360

JANUARY 19, 2017

Founder and President of CustomerBliss, Jeanne Bliss is one of the foremost experts on customer-centric leadership. She was the first known CCO (Chief Customer Officer) at Microsoft as well as other corporations, pioneering this role. Jeanne is a co-founder and board member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association.

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2017 Customer Experience Books Consulting 91

ShepHyken

JUNE 21, 2019

Your customers are used to ordering a taxi, booking hotel rooms and getting their shirts dry-cleaned in a few taps of their phone screen or clicks of their mouse. Customers can get the service they want, when they want it, how they want it. Live chat flourishes in complex sales and customer support journeys.

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Customer Experience Hotels Consumers Books 123

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The first wave of customer experience professionals have had to create our own paths. There was no text book or standard curriculum when it came to customer experience. It could feel lonely to be the one saying “what about the customers? Why do we do this? Take Advantage of Social Media.

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Alida

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Earlier this week, more than 400 professionals in marketing, customer experience, innovation and research gathered in Chicago for the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit. The two-day annual conference featured keynotes and presentations by some of the world’s leading customer-centric brands.

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Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Through the eyes of Nasser, the areas of leadership, people skills, teamwork, gender equality, and customer service blend into a masterful understanding of corporate culture and the customer experience. Follow Martins on Twitter to see why he was named one of The Huffington Post’s Top 100 Customer Service Management Experts.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Delivering Amazing Customer Experiences Through Times of Crisis. certified CX professional and bestselling author. They discuss his new book, Stronger Through Adversity , and share key lessons on how to survive and thrive during challenging times. Not every moment within the customer experience is equal.

Leadership 89

Leadership Books Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 89

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 4, 2017

Mark and co-author John Danner’s excellent book – The Other "F" Word: How Smart Leaders, Teams, and Entrepreneurs Put Failure to Work – is billed as a “…pragmatic guide to exploring the frontier of failure, and improving performance,” and is well worth reading.

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Culture Books Innovation Customer Experience Professionals 94

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Providing customers with a better experience was not on the company’s radar. So it shouldn’t come as a big surprise, that, faced with an outage crisis, the telecoms paid attention to work crews and getting service restored, but gave little thought to communicating with their customers. You could have heard a pin drop!

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Wireless Telecommunications Financial Webinar 117

ShepHyken

MAY 8, 2018

Would your customers agree that your service is so good, you’d make mom proud? The “Make Mom Proud” Standard for How to Treat Your Customers , and discusses her book and the art of making customers happy. ? ?. This part of the book describes the importance of honoring your customers’ time.

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ClearAction

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Notes: Customer Journey Mapping is part of VoC, Customer Insight & Understanding, which is one of the six domains in the body of knowledge advocated by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). Comments are Customer Experience Gold. Inspire Voice of the Customer Actions: 12 Ideas.

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Customer Journey Mapping Customer Experience Workshop Customer Journey 109

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. Your experience will be very transactional. So the questions are, how Customer-centric are you and how do you know?

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Books 60

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. Your experience will be very transactional. So the questions are, how Customer-centric are you and how do you know?

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Books 60

ijgolding

JANUARY 28, 2018

Last week I had a fascinating conversation with a peer of mine – a fellow Customer Experience Professional. James Dodkins is as passionate about transforming organisations to become sustainably customer centric as I am. The six steps are as follows: Step 1 – Attract. What do I mean by the ‘right employees’?

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Engagement Customer Centricity Culture Customer Experience Professionals 78

ClearAction

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Notes: Customer Journey Mapping is part of VoC, Customer Insight & Understanding, which is one of the six domains in the body of knowledge advocated by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). Comments are Customer Experience Gold. Inspire Voice of the Customer Actions: 12 Ideas.

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Customer Journey Mapping Customer Journey Insights ROI 118

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management, and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CustomerThink.com, the world’s largest community dedicated to customer-centric business. Look at the retailers who rewrote the book on that e.g. Nordstroms, Costco, and even Kohl’s.

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ClearAction

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Notes: Customer Journey Mapping is part of VoC, Customer Insight & Understanding, which is one of the six domains in the body of knowledge advocated by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). Comments are Customer Experience Gold. Inspire Voice of the Customer Actions: 12 Ideas.

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Customer Journey Mapping Customer Experience Customer Journey ROI 96

ijgolding

JANUARY 15, 2016

‘The Know It All’ – this type of company does not think it needs to ‘do’ Customer Experience because ‘we already do it’; or ‘we do not need to do it’. The Confused’ – increasingly, I am coming across organisations that are just confused by Customer Experience. Customer Experience Strategy.

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Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 2016 56

Kustomer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Customer service expert and New York Times bestselling author Shep Hyken hosts this dynamic customer-centric podcast. Hyken brings together leading professionals and customer experience experts who offer tangible tips and insights specifically to take your business to the next level of success.

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Oracle

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeanne Bliss Jeanne Bliss is the Founder and President of CustomerBliss , and the Co-Founder of The Customer Experience Professionals Association. She is one of the foremost experts on customer-centric leadership and the role of the Chief Customer Officer. Learn more. Learn more.

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Webinar Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals Social Media 72

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

More and more marketers and customer experience professionals are now looking for the best customer journey analytics platform to understand and engage with individual customers at a personal level, at scale. Journey Discovery Creates a Bridge Between Customer Behaviors and Business Outcomes.

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Customer Journey Customer Journey Mapping Touchpoint Multi-Channel 90

Wootric

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

These authors, speakers, thought-leaders and dedicated customer experience professionals have all helped contribute to the widespread adoption of CX, not just as a strategy, but as a higher goal. Kia has pioneered the art of Customer Experience by leading businesses through the transition to customer-centric organizations.

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Workshop Consulting Customer Experience Professionals Books 67

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

His clients range from large, publicly traded companies to leading professional service firms and fast-growth and established small businesses including Apple, Diesel, Freshworks, KFC, Pearson, Shell etc… plus lots of smaller brands and SMEs. Aimee Lucas is an experience management researcher, advisor, trainer, and speaker.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 59

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Sonia Bhatia Salmin, Ex-Head of Customer Experience at Piramal Pharma Solutions, shares her thoughts on the importance of CX, and how she led Piramal Pharma Solutions into becoming one of the most customer-centric pharmaceutical companies in India. It was here that I exactly understood what customer experience really is.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer B2C 65

Wootric

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Traditionally used to assess and improve support interactions, CES is now guiding improvements in onboarding in the SaaS sector, driving customer-centric culture in healthcare and more. In the book The Effortless Experience , Matt Dixon and his coauthors lay out research results that are surprising. Why Focus on Effort?

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