Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I’m often asked how or where a company should start improving CX. While the answer may be a little different for everyone, it’s critical to start out right! However, very few leaders take a realistic approach. Consider this way-too-typical scenario: Marcus decides one day to stand in front of his employees and request in no uncertain terms how everyone needs to be more customer-focused. “Help customers love our company and brand more!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Growth in customer experience (CX) innovation has flatlined, and it’s likely you’re on the wrong side of the widening gap. According to Forrester’s Customer Experience Index, 2017 , today’s businesses across 21 industries are plagued by a growing “CX leadership gap.” The research firm’s Customer Experience Index (CX Index) methodology measures how well a brand’s CX strengthens the loyalty of its customers, and is used to benchmark CX performance at 314 U.S. brands.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

This week we feature an article by Lindsay Tjepkema who writes about how artificial intelligence marketing (AIM) is becoming more important to our success in engaging with customers. Recently I have read and written a lot about AI and as technology improves and acceptance grows AI will have a strong role in customer service. – Shep Hyken. Artificial intelligence (AI) and all of its many uses have seen massive amounts of growth throughout the last year.

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Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As I’ve been doing more episodes of my customer experience podcast , I’m increasingly hearing more stories about omni-channel collaboration and experiences. I love that. Silos need to align for the customer to have the best experience possible, and when the customer has that best experience possible, that’s really the place where revenue and growth reside.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Walmart is debuting a towering new kiosk that makes it easier to pick up online orders in your local Walmart store. Early reviews of Walmart’s “pickup tower” give it a thumbs up. In about 20 Walmart stores, you can scan a barcode on your phone at the bright red 16-foot-tall tower in the front of the store. A door opens, your item appears, and you’re done.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The way we create and deliver customer experiences is constantly evolving in this rapidly changing space. Keeping up with customer experience trends is now an essential part of running a successful business. It’s moving from a “nice to have” to a “must have” department in most organizations. Those with or without customer experience in their titles are considering how their daily work impacts the customer journey.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Die CXPA hilft Customer-Experience (CX)-Spezialisten, das Customer-Experience-Management zu einem festen Bestandteil der Unternehmensausrichtung zu machen und Transformation über die gesamte Unternehmung hinweg einzubetten. Die CXPA wurde 2011 gegründet und ist die weltweit führende Non-Profit-Organisation für die Weiterbildung und Förderung von Customer-Experience-Managern.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week we feature an article by Belle Balace who talks about what you need to know about answering support tickets. There are different types of customers and it’s important to know how to deal with each one. – Shep Hyken. I have to be honest, answering support tickets or doing customer service isn’t the most thrilling job on earth but if you’re part of a startup or small business and you lack resources, you have no choice but to do it.

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Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Episode Overview. Damian and I discuss how he is leading the transition, in partnership with his CEO, to make AGL Energy of Australia a service business that happens to supply energy. In our conversation, Damian walks us through his six dimensions of the transformation, and many not-to-be-missed tactics that he has used to make progress. About Damian.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

RyanAir, Europe’s largest airline, in my view are the epitome of a poor Customer Experience. Over the last few days, they have proven this yet again as the airline has begun cancelling hundreds of flights. Hapless travelers are stranded in far-flung cities or stuck at home when they expected to be on holiday. Ryanair announced last Friday that it would cancel 40-50 flights per day for the next six weeks.

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ReviewTrackers

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Fans expect more than a win when they go to a baseball game, and that is evident when it comes to the New York Yankees. While the Yankees are one of the most successful sports franchises in history, Yankee stadium is rated No. 26 out of the 30 baseball stadiums in Major League Baseball. That’s according to the new 2017 Voice of the Fan Report by ReviewTrackers, which shows that the stadium of the Yankees, an iconic baseball team, doesn’t deliver an experience that meets fan expectations, even fo

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

“It’s an interesting time to study and talk about customer experience because there’s still no one size fits all approach,” says Blake Morgan, a Forbes contributor. “In fact most people don’t even agree on who should drive customer experience, let alone ‘own’ it.”. Yet, for 75 percent of companies, offering CX is the number one priority for companies across the country, according to a global survey of more than 6,000 business and tech leaders conducted by Forrester. .

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Bob Hayes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A new customer analytics survey of 80+ companies provides a look into the state of analytics in customer programs. Only 32% of respondents are satisfied with their company's use of analytics to create a competitive advantage. The use of multiple survey methods is the most common practice across companies (80% of companies). The use of machine learning was one of the least adopted practice in customer programs (38% of companies).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

As we head into the middle of September, as many people are reaching towards the back of their wardrobes to find their winter jumpers as are looking for their shorts and t-shirts. Whether you are revelling in the thought that summer is coming, or despairing at the reality of short days and long nights, the month of September is an annual signal of impending change.

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Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Episode Overview. Rachael walks us through her path to provide Cisco with crucial information that created insights around Cisco’s customer base — and how she is building capabilities inside the organization to value customers, show impact, and focus on their priorities. . About Rachael. Rachael McBrearty is Chief Creative of Customer Insights and Experience at Cisco.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

When you are making decisions, you carefully consider all the facts and factors that present in a logical and orderly process, right? Not so fast. You rarely make decisions this way—and neither do your customers. The truth is that psychological principles often influence the decision-making process; you might even say take over. But don’t feel bad that you didn’t know.

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LiveChat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Some time ago, I read a mind-opening book about communication in relationships. In the chapter dedicated to emotions, the author stated that the unconditional love happens between parents and their children only. Not really surprising, I know. But what the author also stated was that in all other relationships, we love because we have a reason to do so.

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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

I was recently invited to contribute to CX Factor, a web series hosted by Mark Fidelman, CEO of Fanatics Media, that shines a spotlight on world-class brands known for delivering smarter, superior experiences to today’s modern, connected customers. The episode in which I participated featured Sunil Bhardwaj, SVP, technology, platform, and data science for Kohl’s.

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Bob Hayes

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Customer surveys are the foundation of many CX programs. Improvements in the content of these surveys, however, have not changed for decades. Businesses now have a plethora of data sources to help them understand their customers. The use of these Big Data sources will necessarily impact the type of questions you need to ask in your customer survey. Figure 1.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

There’s an old proverb that says, “Outward appearances are not a reliable indication of true character.” In other words, you can’t – and shouldn’t – judge a book by its cover. One of my favorite examples of this is from the movie Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. This classic movie from back in the 1990’s was about a wealthy man, Edward Lewis, on a business trip in Beverly Hills who falls in love with a prostitute, Vivian Ward.

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Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I’ve been writing and speaking about uniting the C-Suite — i.e. uniting the silos, metrics, and accountability measures of various teams — for years. I mention it frequently in my books , I’ve blogged about it, and all of my 69 guests so far on my customer experience podcast have spoken about the same concept. Getting companies and leaders to understand the importance of thinking holistically instead of channel-by-channel is a great joy of my career.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Effective communication is the lifeblood of any relationship, whether it’s between individuals, informal groups, within companies, between leaders and the people they govern, and, of course, between companies and their customers. We’ve all seen what can go wrong when communication breaks down – anything from divorce to declarations of war; but in a business context, what does it mean?

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ProProfs Chat

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

How important is good customer support for your business? Is it a top priority for you, or happens to just another facet of your day-to-day business operations? It may seem like a no-brainer, but a surprising number of businesses have failed to deliver when it comes to ensuring that their customers are happy. And falling sales numbers are there to show for it.

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ReviewTrackers

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The patient is a consumer. As out-of-pocket healthcare costs continue to increase, patients are doing more research when they search for a healthcare provider. To understand the role of consumerism in healthcare, we spoke to Preston Gee, vice president, strategic marketing at CHRISTUS Health. He says that while it’s important for a hospital to be focused on the patient, it’s the consumer, the individual who is not a patient yet, that is the person who is still making the decision as to whe

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OpinionLab

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

You’d have to have been starved of internet access not to realize the Game of Thrones (or GoT for short) season finale aired recently. I’m a big fan of the show, having seen all episodes and read all the books. Maybe due to the combination of this passion and my obsession for CX (not to mention a couple glasses of Dornish wine ), it suddenly hit me: the CX landscape is as complex and changing as the power struggle in GoT.

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