Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

For those of us who are sports fans (cough cough, Go Cubs!) it’s sometimes weird to hear about our beloved teams as “products.” This term is thrown around a lot by team owners who fight with cities over stadiums and parking lots. In the last few months, I’ve had the privilege of getting an up-close […]. The post Sports Lessons – How to Turn Customers into Fans appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Using the Customer Room to drive monthly, quarterly and annual accountability is one of the most robust actions that we have been using to align leaders and drive a different kind of taking action. The Customer Room is a tangible depiction of the current customer journey. The Five Competencies come together to tell the story of your customers’ lives.

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InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

As a Master Black Belt at General Electric, I got to see the rise & fall of 6 Sigma. For those of you less than familiar with 6 Sigma, 1) thanks for already proving my point and 2) it’s a data-driven process improvement methodology that seeks to reduce customer defects. (Check out this definition.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Let me set the scene. My career was plateauing. I had done well, but things had started to get a bit stale. Then, I had a meeting/interview with Neil Hobbs. Neil would have the biggest impact on my professional life. Neil had a reputation of being a tough boss. He set high standards and expected people to achieve them. He didn’t suffer fools gladly.

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Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Continuing to innovate on service experience and improving service delivery requires organizations that are transparent about their service actions and get correct insight to what customers receive from service interactions. Successful organizations that enjoy great customer relationship and customer loyalty need to overcome the common customer service myths that prevent them from delivering the exceptional […].

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

1. Fall in love with the problem, not the solution. The mantra among leaders of the software company Intuit is to fall in love with the problem, not the solution. Suzanne Pellican, a Design Fellow at Intuit and opening keynote speaker at a conference called Delight, told the story of how 10 years ago Intuit, […]. The post 3 Lessons re: Design Thinking and Customer Delight appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

When you start building your first version of Customer Asset Metrics, all the data may not be perfectly lined up or organized. Establish your first version of the growth or loss of your customer asset and key customer behaviors to watch — using the data you have now. The key is to begin. Then evolve from there. Don’t wait until the systems are all perfect.

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Michel Falcon Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

As 2016 nears, have you started to map out your customer experience strategy for next year?Will 2016 be the year that you fully commit to improving your customer experience?I don’t mean that you continue to tell your customers, employees and business partners (i.e. vendors) that you’re customer-focused. I mean, will… Read More». The post Necessary Steps to Build Your Company’s 2016 Customer Experience Plan appeared first on Michel Falcon Customer and Employee Experience Expert.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In this series, professionals share their secrets to being more productive. Read the posts here , then write your own (use #ProductivityHacks in the body). Consistent productivity doesn’t happen by chance. Productive people have a secret to their productivity: Eliminate distractions. Were you hoping for something more complicated? It isn’t complicated.

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Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In today’s customer-centric world, empathy, efficiency and sincerity in customer communications is non-negotiable. We’ve heard them all – from, “Thank you for being a valued customer” to “I understand your frustration.” Traditional, scripted support lines are not only sound inhuman, but they tend to upset customers even further.In today’s customer-centric world, support should still carry […].

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Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

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Experience Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings of Tech Vendors that rates the customer experience of 62 large tech vendors based on a survey of 800 IT decision makers from large North American firms. This is the fourth year of the ratings, here are links to the 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 ratings. Here is the executive summary of the report: The 2015 Temkin Experience Ratings of Tech Vendors evaluates the customer experience of 62 large technology vendors.

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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

As you assess the maturity phase of embedding the five competencies, moving your organization from ‘Commit’ to ‘Unite,’ here are four tactics to engage (or reengage) your leadership and organization: 1. Establish Consensus on Managing Customers as Assets. This is an important step to earn the right to do this work. Achieving this can only occur when there is consensus on how to measure this growth or loss, and that leaders start to use the language in a united manner to shift from survey score f

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Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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Think Customers

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Stephen R. Covey said, "Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply." The 2015 1to1 Media Customer Champions are doing the former and proving that listening to understand leads to big results. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

“Emotions are contagious. We’ve all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.”. Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ. If you read my rude title, you will be disappointed to discover that I don’t think you are pathetic, but a new scientific study proves being rude to someone is contagious.

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Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Millennials and Alphas are beginning enter into they period buying power. From boomers to alphas, the changing customer base signals the need for business owners to adapt and implement new marketing strategies. Over the last century, statisticians and researchers have organized age groups into cohorts that seem to carry buying and value trends. In population and workforce representation, […].

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iPerceptions

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

With the power to drastically enhance the customer experience , beacon technology offers a lot of potential to retailers. Whether it's a simple welcome message, a coupon or a promotion on your mobile, retailers are increasingly trying to engage customers by enhancing the in-store experience by leveraging beacon technology.

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Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

The five competencies of your customer-driven growth engine are comprised of a series of actions and decisions that impact both the operation of your business and its cultural disposition. Over time, the customer experience competencies will move from being disruptive to part of business as usual. In this evolution, leadership and employee behavior will mature from requiring facilitation to natural collaboration once skill sets have become embedded throughout the organization.

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Think Customers

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Most business leaders would be thrilled to have their companies be able to deliver a differentiated customer experience. But many organizations are often hamstrung by a lack of insights about individual customers and process gaps that are needed to provide personalized, smooth, and tailored experiences. This can manifest itself in customer service interactions when a poor customer experience can result in desertion.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

In this series, professionals share how they embrace the entrepreneurial mindset. See the stories here , then write your own (use #BetheBoss in the post). I was a senior executive with 3,500 people reporting to me globally. I had worked my way up and found my place in corporate life. I had it all: a big expense account, a big budget, and a big salary.

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Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group

As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX

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Win the Customer

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Your biggest assets are your customer service agents. To ensure those agents are able to provide the best service, you must provide them with the tools to be successful. As a customer service manager, you understand the importance of providing good customer service. Your team’s success can make the difference in the survival of the […].

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ClearAction

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Customer Experience for the Future: Outside-In Beyond Skin-Deep. "Outside-in" is a popular term in the customer experience field. It refers to the importance of customers' inputs as a guiding light for the inner workings of an enterprise. In the quest for "outside-in" most companies have voice of the customer programs, loyalty programs, and high-touch service.

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Customers That Stick

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The Chief Customer Officer (CCO) role will evolve as you progress in implementing the five competencies and moving through the customer experience maturity phases: Commit, Unite & Build, Embed, Mature, and Elevate. Years one through three are what I call the “disruption and blocking and tackling years.” People know how to achieve results within their silo walls.

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