Customer Bliss
JUNE 22, 2017
I want to bring up an interesting example of customer experience innovation that has been discussed (but not directly) in recent weeks. It’s a little bit nuanced, so bear with me. (BTW, the overall idea of “customer experience innovation” is obviously very far-reaching, and numerous books have been written on it. This is just about one aspect.).
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JUNE 5, 2017
Seems obvious, right? It’s hard to have customers if you don’t have sales. True. But what happens after the sale? What happens when you are trying to establish relationships with prospects but don’t know what will hurt the relationship later? Too often, organizations with great intentions sabotage their customer’s experience before it even starts!
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InMoment XI
JUNE 20, 2017
Depth of Insight + Breadth of Influence = Speed of Success Register Now – June 22, 2017 Based on the 2016 CXEvolution Survey by MaritzCX, only thirty-eight percent of customer service (CX) professionals say their programs are successful. With expectations and demands from customers and company executives constantly growing, how do CX professionals help improve.
Alida
JUNE 15, 2017
Customer Experience (CX) is a messy space. Inside companies, CX pros are herding cats and presenting cases to the shark’s tank. CX improvement usually involves wrangling cross-functional teams, competing for resources and choosing a specific direction to run. Seasoned managers know that CX business cases can fall over despite listening intently to the voice of the customer.
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Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 22, 2017
It is critical to consider the “anatomy” of an interaction in a Customer Experience. The sheer number of things that occur in an interaction at the same time can seem astonishing. Understanding what happens when your team interacts with a customer and why it is an essential element to taking your Customer Experience to the next level. The Anatomy of a Customer Interaction can make or break your Customer Experience.
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Customer Bliss
JUNE 15, 2017
I wanted to take a second to talk about collaboration within CCO work. This is a complex, far-ranging topic and we’re only going to cover it in a brief blog post (although I do speak often about collaboration in books and speeches), but I wanted to touch on some recent research and thought leadership around collaboration. Collaboration and uniting silos.
Experience Investigators by 360Connext
JUNE 1, 2017
In many ways, customer experience is still a new phenomenon. Ok that’s not really accurate, of course. Your customers have experiences with you, and judge their relationship with your brand based on how they feel about those experiences, whether you want them to or not. But the idea of investing in creating powerful, meaningful and delightful experiences is still a relatively new idea.
InMoment XI
JUNE 26, 2017
From time to time customer experience managers will hear the following questions from their internal clients: “Is our response rate too low?”; “What can we do to increase our response rate?” or; “Should we provide an incentive for people to respond?” Like many things in research, these relatively simple questions have somewhat complex answers. When.
Alida
JUNE 1, 2017
Vision Critical is headed to the Automotive CX Summit in Marina del Rey, California, on June 20 to 21. The conference promises to provide actionable information to help automakers, dealers and finance companies improve customer experience. With industry sales softening, now is a critical time to listen and implement key takeaways. Here are three of the sessions we’ll be exploring at this year’s conference: 1.
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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.
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 28, 2017
Back in April 1985, the Coca-Cola Company introduced a product that became one of the biggest flops in modern history. “New Coke” had a sweeter taste that was so widely reviled that Coke brought back its old formula less than three months later. Coke says now that it learned a valuable lesson –their research and development didn’t anticipate their customer’s deep emotional attachment to the brand and the taste of the original.
OpinionLab
JUNE 20, 2017
Digital feedback has the potential to have far-reaching business impact on defining metrics, such as customer loyalty and revenue. But only if it’s harnessed correctly. For this to be the case, there are a handful of absolutely critical strategies you should be following. The first of these is ensuring you capture the right data. Sounds easy, right?
Customer Bliss
JUNE 6, 2017
Episode Overview. Brad Olson talks with me about his work to velocitize the member experience at Peloton, and creating a movement and a beloved brand. Peloton is a mission based company that deliberately crafted every element of its experience, from the build of the bike to its delivery, usage and even helping people move their bike from one home to another.
Michel Falcon Experience
JUNE 19, 2017
Companies of all sizes collect information on their customers. Whether it’s contact information or tracking buying behaviours, we are constantly collecting data purposely or indirectly. Sometimes these intended motivations can be used harmfully to violate privacy. Take Uber’s “God View” as an example. But, what about the companies who use their data collection to better their customer’s experience without harm?
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
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ShepHyken
JUNE 21, 2017
My buddy went to dinner with his wife to celebrate their anniversary. The server overheard them talking about how many years they had been married and was flattered they chose to spend their special night at the restaurant. So, he brought them over complimentary champagne. They were surprised and most appreciative. That is, until the bill came. As my friend looked over the bill he noticed there were two complimentary glasses of champagne on the bill had a charge of two dollars per glass.
Alida
JUNE 23, 2017
If there were any doubts that the grocery industry was on the verge of a major disruption, Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods just put it to rest. The deal, announced last week, is valued at $13.7 billion and received a considerable amount of media attention. With the acquisition, Amazon, one of the most valuable brands in the world, is now officially in the grocery market.
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 15, 2017
A couple of years ago, Millennials surpassed Generation X for workers in the U.S. and Canadian workforce. They are also the least engaged at their jobs and the most likely to job-hop. Unfortunately, none of this is good news for your Customer Experience. A much-maligned generation, Millennials have been the subject of many viral work videos. Like this one: This rant from millennial journalist Alex Bloomer about her generation struck a chord with people last year: Sure, the videos are worth a lau
Kayako
JUNE 8, 2017
One of the biggest mistakes when measuring customer experience is focusing on what your team is doing instead of what your customers are experiencing. Metrics like time tracking, productivity, and performance take the front seat, but often don’t relate to the experience your customer receives or how they feel about it. Average reply time, first response time, and the overall volume of conversations can give you useful insights into the productivity of your support but they each have flaws.
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.
Customer Bliss
JUNE 1, 2017
There’s a new report out called “The Evolution To Real-Time Customer Experience,” which is a joint production of Forrester Research (consulting firm) and DataStax. There’s also a summary of the report here. What can we learn? Real-time data is a problem for customer experience. A whopping 95% of companies indicated they were “unable to make sense” of real-time customer insights.
Peter Lavers
JUNE 26, 2017
When you think of your ideal customer experience, does it include someone telling you, “no,” or “I can’t”? Companies need to train their staff to provide alternative solutions and avoid the easy “no” response in order to create a better customer experience. It can take some effort and imagination, but it is worth it. Problem Solve for a Better Customer Experience.
ShepHyken
JUNE 9, 2017
This week we feature an article by Josh Brown about the importance of cultivating long-term relationships with relational customers who want to get more out of their experience with your company. – Shep Hyken. Recently, Shep Hyken sat down with Lifesize’s Chief Customer Success and Happiness Officer, Amy Downs, and discussed the importance of becoming absolutely obsessed with enhancing your customer’s experience.
Alida
JUNE 30, 2017
The auto industry is at a crossroads. Vehicle sales are softening, and car ownership is down, especially among younger consumers. Mobility platforms and car sharing apps are giving consumers more reasons to forego owning a car, especially in urban areas. While the market for on-demand mobility is expected to grow, the market for privately owned cars is predicted to shrink dramatically over the next five to 10 years.
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
Beyond Philosophy
JUNE 5, 2017
One of the annoying things about business travel is that you tend to need things in your hotel room at the worst time. More shampoo when you’re still in your pajamas. A mending kit to repair a button in time for your dinner meeting. The hotel staff, while generally helpful and accommodating, has other things to do. So you wait. It’s not the best customer experience, but if you travel often, you learn to live with it.
Win the Customer
JUNE 5, 2017
Giving employees the freedom to work from home can impact how much they love their job and their desire to stay. A survey by Leadership IQ found people are 87 percent more likely to love their job if they work from home or remotely. And aside from happiness with working at home, companies can recruit top talent regardless of where they live to gain an edge over their competition.
Customer Bliss
JUNE 27, 2017
Episode Overview. Alice is relatively new to her role at Marks & Spencer, where she is head of customer experience. She’d only been in that about four months (she’s been at the company five years) when we taped this episode, but within the first four months, her action plan is already humming. A lot of my episodes are about the first 90 days or making sure you prove action/get quick wins, and this particular episode is a great example of how exactly to do that.
Heart of the Customer
JUNE 28, 2017
Customer experience (CX) is about change. I wrote about this last week. But there’s a lot of confusion about the best way to create this change. Immature CX practitioners often see themselves there to drive the business. They see their role as being on the outside, there to show the business what the customers really […]. The post Three steps to create customer-focused change appeared first on Heart of the Customer.
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