Customer Bliss
MARCH 29, 2017
Guest Post by Rocky Romanella, author of Tighten the Lug Nuts: The Principles of Balanced Leadership. Your character and reputation are a direct reflection of your values. Rocky Romanella, author of Tighten the Lug Nuts: The Principles of Balanced Leadership. When I was young, I never really thought in terms of honor codes or values. I just knew there were certain things I needed to focus on; to do and to achieve.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
MARCH 8, 2017
I get a lot of “what a cool job!” when I describe what I do. It sounds so glamorous. And everyone is a customer, so of course I hear about the worst customer service they ever had, or less frequently, the very best they’ve experienced. It is awesome. I love what I do. But as the idea of customer experience takes off, the mythology around it does, too.
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Alida
MARCH 10, 2017
Failing customer experience initiatives are keeping business leaders up at night. According to an Accenture-commissioned study by Forrester Consulting, only seven percent of business leaders think that their company’s shopping experience exceeds customer expectations. Twenty-five percent admit that their company isn’t meeting expectations at all. CX is a huge business opportunity.
GetFeedback
MARCH 20, 2017
Customer experience (CX) is a term we're hearing a lot about these days. But what does it really mean, and how is it different from customer service?
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Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 20, 2017
Customer-centric organizations are 60% more profitable than non-customer focused organizations (Deloitte and Touche). Forrester Research declares 2017 the year that businesses become customer-obsessed. So what is the secret? Providing ‘value’ to the Customer. However, most organizations are terrible at doing this and particularly bad at articulating it.
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Customer Bliss
MARCH 30, 2017
When I work with clients, I always set up a “customer room,” which is another way of thinking about customer experience labs. I’ve written about this idea a few times , including in Chief Customer Officer 2.0. A customer room is a way for leaders (and other members of the organization) to really understand the customer experience.
Win the Customer
MARCH 8, 2017
In a year of lackluster Super Bowl ads, one brand that stood out was a spot for antioxidant infusion drink Bai Brands, recently acquired by Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. The ad featured Christopher Walken reciting the lyrics for the 2000 N’SYNC hit “Bye Bye Bye,” accompanied by N’SYNC veteran Justin Timberlake looking on quizzically. The commercial combined humor with nostalgia to appeal to multiple demographics, targeting both Generation X audiences old enough to remember Walken in his
Alida
MARCH 30, 2017
What do you need to succeed in a traditional and established multi-billion dollar industry like the grocery market? Price Chopper Supermarkets, an American grocery chain with 136 stores, has one answer: customer insight. At a recent Vision Critical webinar, Sam Trimboli, consumer insights specialist at Price Chopper, joined us to discuss how customer insight is helping the company thrive in the increasingly fragmented grocery industry.
GetFeedback
MARCH 20, 2017
Customer experience (CX) is a term we're hearing a lot about these days. But what does it really mean, and how is it different from customer service?
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Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 27, 2017
Uber’s woes continue to escalate, and the ridesharing company is scrambling to get back on track. A few days ago, company president Jeff Jones decided to quit after just six months on the job. He cited the company’s culture as a reason, saying in a statement to Recode : “the beliefs and approach to leadership that have guided my career are inconsistent with what I saw and experienced at Uber, and I can no longer continue as president of the ride-sharing business.”.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
MARCH 13, 2017
It’s been an eventful few days during my latest pilgrimage to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. Yes, I’ve had my share of good barbecue, live music and a few margaritas. Copyright 2017 · 360Connext. But I’ve also been soaking in the “next” that is what is shared here. The overwhelming theme this year is about artificial intelligence and using it for good, so here are a few themes that seem to be permeating the zeitgeist. 1.
Customer Bliss
MARCH 28, 2017
Episode Overview. Some people love flying, but many view it as a hassle — and a big part of said hassle is the airport itself. I found it interesting that our work in customer experience is now expanding to airports, and Karen Ellis of the San Antonio International Airport (previously in somewhat similar roles in Houston and Atlanta) was good enough to come on the podcast and discuss some of her initiatives and challenges.
Customers That Stick
MARCH 27, 2017
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Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.
Alida
MARCH 23, 2017
Telecommunication companies are under immense pressure to provide better, faster services. According to Jen Palmer from T-Mobile , “If we don’t provide the service our customers want, expect and deserve, they can leave us.” Despite this, telecoms are notorious for having the lowest rated customer service departments and representatives of any industry.
GetFeedback
MARCH 24, 2017
On the Salesforce Marketing Cloudcast, GetFeedback CMO Kraig Swensrud explains why marketers should lead the charge on customer experience initiatives.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 22, 2017
To be honest, I’m not lovin’ McDonald’s food! However, I’m lovin’ their plans to overhaul their Customer Experience to regain the 500 million lost customer visits. McDonald’s plan to upgrade to the “Experience of the Future “ has much to teach us all about how to adapt to the changing expectations of today’s discerning (and demanding) customers. McDonald’s rolls out the new experience to 2,500 U.S. locations by fourth quarter 2017.
InMoment XI
MARCH 9, 2017
For many business-to-business (B2B) companies, relationships with customers are ongoing, which gives these companies the opportunity to improve on relationships over time. Typically, these companies first take the information they obtain from customer journey mapping to make internal improvements to their own processes with an eye toward making the customer experience better.
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? 🤔 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!
Customer Bliss
MARCH 23, 2017
This will be a shorter post, as we’re working on a longer one for next week about customer experience rooms ( I call them customer rooms sometimes , and often work on them in my client work). You may be familiar with the Adobe Experience Cloud , which gives a business a suite of insights around campaign-building, ads management, customer profiles, and other centralized assets.
Alida
MARCH 13, 2017
Five years ago, Snapchat disrupted social media with its carefree, ephemeral media and augmented reality features. Fickle young users, myself included, came from Instagram in search of something more disposable, fun and interactive. At a time when social networks seemed overrun by ads and news stories, Snapchat offered a momentary escape. It was a refreshing way to share some of life’s sillier or less photogenic moments.
GetFeedback
MARCH 24, 2017
On the Salesforce Marketing Cloudcast, GetFeedback CMO Kraig Swensrud explains why marketers should lead the charge on customer experience initiatives.
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.
Beyond Philosophy
MARCH 8, 2017
We are fortunate enough to have two homes; one in England and one in the U.S. However, we are unfortunate enough to have two telecom providers; Virgin Media in England and Brighthouse, now Spectrum in Florida. Neither of them provides a Customer Experience worth mentioning—at least not in a positive light. Telecoms are bad at CX around the globe! Back in 2012, we did some research involving over 40 telecoms.
InMoment XI
MARCH 9, 2017
For many business-to-business (B2B) companies, relationships with customers are ongoing, which gives these companies the opportunity to improve on relationships over time. Typically, these companies first take the information they obtain from customer journey mapping to make internal improvements to their own processes with an eye toward making the customer experience better.
Customer Bliss
MARCH 14, 2017
Episode Overview. Diane has an interesting background for a CCO — she actually began as a technical writer. One of the more interesting aspects of this discussion is about the skill development necessary to grow into a customer-facing role — and how that professional journey can really start from anywhere. About Diane. Diane has been working since the early 1980s, serving in a number of transformative customer experience roles.
Win the Customer
MARCH 20, 2017
The cost of poor customer service is going up, rising from $41 billion lost in 2013 to $62 billion in 2015 , according to research reported by NewVoiceMedia. The cloud service company reports customer experience is the key differentiator in driving retention and acquisition, as companies that thrill customers at every touchpoint of the buyer journey are the ones most likely to keep customers around.
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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