August, 2014

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Where does Reputation Management Fit into Your Customer Experience Management Program?

InMoment XI

Last week, in my blog called “Reputation Management: Customer Experience or Marketing,” I established that reputation management is a way to assess an individual’s customer experience and, more importantly (to companies), a marketing tool to manage the impact of past customer experiences on other customers’ decision making in the future.

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The Top 3 Avoidable Mistakes of Customer Surveys

Michel Falcon Experience

'Every company, regardless of size or industry, must use surveys to improve their customer experience. When it comes to customer surveys, I believe there are three types of companies: The “surveys don’t work” company : This company never collects customer feedback because they are short sighted and don’t know what to do with the data.

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Learn from the Best: Tips on Being Customer Centric

PeopleMetrics

'In an effort to discover the experts within our clients’ companies that truly understand customer experience, we used customer feedback to identify those individuals who consistently deliver an exceptional customer experience. In 2011, we launched our first annual Brand Ambassador Awards to recognize these outstanding individuals. After discovering who the best of the best are, we picked their brains to discover why they are the best of the best.

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3 Secrets to Virgin Atlantic’s Awesome Customer Service

Win the Customer

'Last week I had the opportunity to fly with Virgin Atlantic. I’ve become an addict of their sister airline, Virgin America, and was relishing the opportunity to see how the international service compared. Like most savvy business travelers, I packed my carry-on with cleverly matched outfits that would last me the week I’d be away, […].

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What Does it REALLY Mean to Put CX First?

The 5 Essentials of a CX-First Platform Customer experience was once considered a soft metric, or a “nice to have.” But it is now a board-level priority for many brands. The experience you provide your customers is a defining way to differentiate your business from the competition. But how can you really make CX a priority when you have competing budget and resource constraints?

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car – Customer Experience Review

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'The majority of readers of this Customer Experience Review are likely to have hired a car. Whether it be for business or holiday, hiring a car is commonplace all over the world. Over the years, I have hired a car from a variety of well know (and not so well-known) rental companies. Brand names like Avis, Budget, Hertz, Europcar and Thrifty are often the first we see on entering into a foreign country.

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Where does Reputation Management Fit into Your Customer Experience Management Program?

InMoment XI

Last week, in my blog called “Reputation Management: Customer Experience or Marketing,” I established that reputation management is a way to assess an individual’s customer experience and, more importantly (to companies), a marketing tool to manage the impact of past customer experiences on other customers’ decision making in the future.

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Are We Doing Employee Onboarding All Wrong?

Michel Falcon Experience

'Employee onboarding is the design of what your employees feel, see and hear after they have been hired. Often, companies confuse onboarding with training. While training does have a role within onboarding it doesn’t represent the entire scope of the process. Say yes or nod your head if you felt lost during your first few days with your past or current company.

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A Celebrity Did What to Comcast? The Power of Customer Feedback

PeopleMetrics

'At PeopleMetrics we’re all about gathering customer feedback. But we aren’t just helping companies to listen to their customers – we advise them to close the loop too (that is, follow-up on the feedback – get in touch – help solve a problem if need be.). Following up with a customer or prospect who took the time to reach out to you is key to building trust and solidifying your relationship with them.

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4 Simple Tips to Improve Customer Service in Your Real Estate Agency in the Social Age

Win the Customer

'What benefit do your customers have to use your services? Find ways to help your customers make sound buying decisions to make your job easier while improving their own well-being.

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Manual Call Reviews? There's a Better Way!

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 If so, this webinar is for you! What was once a common practice in the call center is now a barrier to success. Manual call monitoring is no longer an option if you want to proactively coach your agents to ultimately improve the customer experience using data-driven insights. Join this webinar with Angie Kronlage and April Wiita of Working Solutions to discuss how you can modernize outdated, manual call review processes through the power of autom

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Book Review – Delivering Effective Social Customer Service: How to Redefine the Way You Manage Customer Experience and Your Corporate Reputation

ijgolding

'It is impossible to ignore the fact that customer service has gone all social on us. Our obsession with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram and more has led to the humble consumer actively seeking to interact with companies via social networks. Although this is a fact, there are still many organisations who are yet to understand how to manage this new ‘channel’ particularly well.

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Seven Stages to a Data-Centric Mindset

Experience Matters

'Analysts who work with customer data are often frustrated by the slow uptake in its usage. They see a ton of valuable insights in their work that go to waste. They’re frustrated that business partners aren’t lining up for as much of this insight as they can possibly consume. What’s going on? Are analysts unjustifiably bullish about their content?

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Where does Reputation Management Fit into Your Customer Experience Management Program?

InMoment XI

Last week, in my blog called “Reputation Management: Customer Experience or Marketing,” I established that reputation management is a way to assess an individual’s customer experience and, more importantly (to companies), a marketing tool to manage the impact of past customer experiences on other customers’ decision making in the future.

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Is it the Consumer’s Fault Customer Service is Vanilla?

Michel Falcon Experience

'We run to complain but move like snails when given the opportunity to recognize exceptional customer service. I’ve studied customer experience management for nearly a decade and have recognized a few trends. First, I believe customer service is improving. Organizations are slowly beginning to invest more into improving their customer experience to avoid paying customer service lip service.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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TD Bank Made Me Cry and Reached Millions of Customers

PeopleMetrics

'TD Bank made me cry today. Picture this: I’m at my desk in an open-office workspace, when a co-worker IMs me a video about TD Bank. I had previously written on switching from TD Bank to an online bank named Simple , so I’m interested, and I click the link. About halfway through, my eyes well up with tears. In addition to handing twenty dollars to everyone who came to specific Canadian locations and depositing the same amount to online banking customers, last week TD transformed thei

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Customer Service – One of the Biggest Mistakes to Avoid

Kristina Evey

'What is one of the biggest mistakes companies make in their customer service efforts? Not asking for or not encouraging customer feedback. The customers are the people keeping you in business. Listen to them. Many of us go about our day and do business with our usual vendors day in and day out. Or, maybe we are one of those 70% who leave because we don’t like the service and find someone who does treat us better and we like the overall experience enough to stay until we find someone else.

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Fullers Doric Arch – Customer Experience Review

ijgolding

'The great British Pub. Whether you live or have ever visited the UK, you are likely to have frequented many. If you are looking for a quiet romantic place to meet up for a drink; a location to watch the football with your mates; or a venue to take the family for Sunday lunch, the multi purpose experience maker that is the British pub can tick most boxes.

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Why is Customer Experience a Journey?

CX Journey

'Have you ever wondered why the customer experience is a journey, not a destination? The best journeys answer questions that, in the beginning, you didn''t even think to ask. -Jeff Johnson I often get asked why I named this blog CX Journey and why I consider the customer experience a journey and not a destination. Most recently, in a chat with Customer Service Guru , I was asked: You place a lot of emphasis on the idea that customer experience is a journey and not a destination.

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Revolutionizing Contact Centers: Next-Gen Tech for Enhanced CX

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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Reputation Management: Customer Experience or Marketing?

InMoment XI

I recently took my family on a vacation to Rome and we saw some great sites and ate some amazing food, especially the fresh made pasta. During our visit, we used both Yelp and Trip Advisor extensively to help us choose the restaurants where we dined. After all there are 8,374 restaurants in Rome listed. View Article.

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Make no mistake: Employees choose whether or not to serve

Customer Enthusiast

'Do you work hard? When questioned publicly, an overwhelming majority of us will respond that, yes, we work hard. I’m not sure what the percentage is, but I bet it’s close to the percentage of us who, in the presence of others, would claim to be excellent drivers who observe posted speed limits, consistently use our turn signals, and come to a complete stop at stop signs.

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Unbelievable Comcast Customer Call and What You Can Do About It

PeopleMetrics

'Social media. Like most people in business, you probably fall in one of these camps: absolute adoration or total apathy. But, one day, a customer service disaster could explode and go viral. Why me? Why my company? This one customer service call is going to ruin my brand! I’ve worked so hard to build it the right way, and why, oh, why did this one employee do that one thing?!

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Customer Experience is kinda like comedy

Heart of the Customer

'Like you, Robin Williams’ death last week was a real shock. He had a true gift to make others laugh and feel better. A true irony. I even met him once, in a software shop in San Francisco. Thinking back to his career, he reminds me of parallels between comedy and customer experience. Let’s look at some of the ways that these two arts/sciences are similar.

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Your Expert Guide to CX Orchestration & Enhancing Customer Journeys

Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia

Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the

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‘Thank You’! The two most important ‘Customer Experience’ words of all

ijgolding

'‘Thank You’ Two little words. Two words containing a total of eight letters. As a parent you spend most of your life teaching your children to use the words regularly. As a child, you are constantly reminded of their importance. It is unlikely you have ever looked up the dictionary definition of ‘thank you’ – so I have done so for you – you can thank me later: 1.

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Excellent Customer Service is PROACTIVELY Connecting the Dots

Kristina Evey

'One of the best ways to increase customer satisfaction and to improve the customer service skills your staff delivers is to encourage your staff to proactively “Connect the Dots” for your customers. Customers are looking to service and product providers not only to help make the purchase, but to help them accomplish their goals as quickly as possible.

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Reputation Management: Customer Experience or Marketing?

InMoment XI

I recently took my family on a vacation to Rome and we saw some great sites and ate some amazing food, especially the fresh made pasta. During our visit, we used both Yelp and Trip Advisor extensively to help us choose the restaurants where we dined. After all there are 8,374 restaurants in Rome listed.

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Keep working for the referral

Customer Enthusiast

'I know a successful Denver web designer whose mantra is: “Keep working for the referral.” In other words, even after he gets the business, he continues to work hard to deliver a breathtaking design to his clients in order to delight them – and inspire their referrals. But what impresses me even more about Jeff is that, when the business doesn’t go his way, he continues to keep working for the referral.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr