Customer Bliss

JANUARY 4, 2019

Alan truly valued this experience because when he came back into customer experience in healthcare, he had a better understanding of how internal and external factors played a part in operations. When Alan developed his action plan, he ended up with about 25 projects to improve the patient experience. About Alan Dubovsky.

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Hospitality Hospitality Healthcare Customer Experience 56

Win the Customer

JANUARY 8, 2016

In order to succeed in any business, it’s critical to map out needs and wants of customers and prospects in order develop a business focused on meeting the customer experience expectations of its audience. The biggest problem with starting a new business is that, by definition, it is new.

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CX Business Administration Start-ups Sales 69

Customer Bliss

JANUARY 18, 2018

.” says Kathy Tobiasen , VP of Customer Experience at The Nature’s Bounty Company. ” In this episode, Kathy talks to me about her path to the role of leader of customer experience. Be Deliberate About Crafting the Customer Experience. Define the Customer Journeys and Their Business Impact.

Customer Experience 51

Customer Experience Business Administration B2C Manufacturing 51

Customer Bliss

JUNE 28, 2018

In today’s episode, Vishal and I discuss how he is managing the transformation of the culture and employee experience at Parkland in order to fundamentally improve the hospital’s customer experience. Embed the Employee Experience. As the CXO, his goal was to embed the employee experience as CX at Parkland.

Hospitality 42

Hospitality Hospitality Customer Experience Healthcare 42

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

At PeopleMetrics, we often talk about creating an easy, or “frictionless” experience. The reason is that a great customer experience is usually about solving a problem with as little customer effort as possible. Especially if that change can be perceived as more difficult by your customers. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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Customer Bliss

MARCH 1, 2018

Bucket 5: Think of how to infuse fun into the patient experience. Alan has been able to see success in his customer experience transformation by dividing the work up into these buckets, and he mentions that he’s seen more internal interest in being a part of the process. CX Click To Tweet. About Alan Dubovsky.

Hospitality 61

Hospitality Hospitality Business Administration Healthcare 61

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Angie shared some great insights to shed light on how hard it can be to start and run your own business. “You There are certain survival characteristics of an entrepreneur and someone who leads a CX effort: The ability to press through dark times. An Entrepreneur Must Persevere Through the Dark Times. Stay optimistic.

Customer Acquisition 51

Customer Acquisition Business Administration B2B CX 51

Zendesk

DECEMBER 15, 2023

On the other hand, too few agents can negatively impact the employee and customer experience (CX) , possibly resulting in overwhelmed workers and long wait times to speak with a representative. Some senior positions may require a master’s degree. Start a free trial of Tymeshift today.

Business Administration 52

Business Administration Finance Healthcare Compliance 52

Zendesk

MARCH 2, 2023

Top 5 trends in the retail industry Meeting shoppers where they are Phygital retail Retail experience in the metaverse Return process incentives Hyper-personalization Why are retail trends important? This customer-centric approach provides exceptional customer support, whether in-store or by messaging, phone, or email.

Retail 52

Retail Net Promoter Score Customer Loyalty Business Administration 52

PeopleMetrics

JULY 20, 2020

After writing my book, Listen or Die , which outlined 40 lessons that turns customer feedback into gold, I often got the question: "what are the small handful of strategies that provide the biggest impact or provide the most insight on driving CX excellence?". Customer experience should be measured the same way - continuously.

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PeopleMetrics

MARCH 1, 2018

In this edition of #CXSecrets, I'm going to reveal how measuring customer experience can help companies more accurately predict long-term revenue. If you're not measuring the customer experience consistently , it’s like not counting the money that you’re earning every day from your customers, or keeping track of any expenses.

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PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 31, 2018

Customer service (CS) is critical for delivering a great customer experience (CX). All too often, these terms are used interchangeably, but they are not synonymous— CS is not the same as CX. Customer service is part of the overall customer experience, not the entire customer experience.

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CEM Customer Service Touchpoint CX 117

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 7, 2018

As a CX leader, do you ever feel like you're spending too much time setting up users and dashboards in your feedback management platform when you should be focusing on strategic ways for your organization to improve customer experience? CX leaders today hold many different titles. What makes a great CX leader.

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PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Customer Experience often lives within Marketing, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the two are always aligned. There is even more room for disparity when CX lives in departments other than Marketing. Watch this edition of CX Secrets above , or click here to download the video transcript. Getting on the same page.

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PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Today's CX Secret revolves around the notion of a "Customer Experience (CX) Mindset." High-end hospitality companies have owned the CX space for years because they maintain this mindset that every touch point they have with a customer has to be excellent. The 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback into Gold.

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PeopleMetrics

JUNE 29, 2020

Given the changes in customer expectations across all industries brought about by COVID-19, it is now essential that you rethink your VoC program with a “beginners mind.”. Basically, any company that is re-introducing human interactions with customers. Topic: Customer Experience. Yes and no). Gearing up to reopen?

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VOC CEM NPS Business Administration 120

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 12, 2018

Business leaders use this all the time as a way to set standards for performance evaluation on metrics such as Net Promoter Score (NPS) or overall satisfaction; and many look to external benchmarking results as key indicators for how to improve customer experience. Start with the best. Exemplify best practices. More #CXSecrets.

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Net Promoter Score CEM CX Business Administration 69

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Today I'm really excited to release the first video in a new series called CX Secrets , where I'll be talking about exclusive bonus materials from a book I'm working on titled Listen or Die! The 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. CX Secrets includes exclusive bonus material from Sean's book. Hi everybody!

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CX CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 69

PeopleMetrics

MAY 13, 2020

Research in employee e xperience shows that passionate, enthusiastic employees provide a better customer experience. In fact, engaged employees attract engaged customers, and higher customer engagement results in higher profits. Encourage team members to be grateful and enthusiastic about their work. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM Business Administration Machine Learning Customer Feedback 116

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 21, 2018

As we discussed in Lesson #5 , NPS is important to include in your VoC program, but if you’re running a transactional VoC survey, you need other ways to measure the most recent customer experience alongside NPS. The more effort a customer expends on resolving their issue, the more negative the customer experience.

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VOC NPS CEM CX 82

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 26, 2018

Are you familiar with all the different ways your customers interact with your business? Whether you're a seasoned CX professional or you've never heard of CX, chances are you at least have some basic notion of the areas, or touchpoints, where customers interact with your organization. Print this article.

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Touchpoint CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 85

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 4, 2020

In other words, operators are able to “close the loop” with the customer, resolve any issues, and reduce the chance of churn. In its most basic form, "closing the loop" means that your VoC software platform “alerts” people within the organization when something (usually negative) happened during the last customer experience.

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Close the Loop VOC CEM Business Administration 83

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 4, 2019

The sales force becomes a key touchpoint in the customer experience for B2B. B2B companies are smart to want to know what their clients think of their sales process and how the expectations that their sales force established compared to their actual experience. More confidence means you can create better customer experiences.

VOC 122

VOC B2C B2B CEM 122

PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

in person, digital) you have with your customers is key to delivering a memorable customer experience. Contact Center: an important touchpoint where customers call for more information or assistance. In Location: refers to an actual in-person customer experience, such as a retail store, restaurant, or hotel.

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Touchpoint Customer Feedback CEM Contact Center 91

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 21, 2018

This is really important in the customer experience space because now the anonymity of that feedback has pretty much gone away. In other words, if a customer has a poor experience and they put it in a survey, not only do they not mind if other people know about it, but they also expect someone to follow up and fix it.

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CEM Business Administration Machine Learning Social Media 82

PeopleMetrics

MAY 28, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Sean has over 20 years of experience helping companies measure and improve the customer experience.

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PeopleMetrics

JULY 17, 2018

As noted previously, the term VoC is frequently used to describe the measurement of the customer experience; so is the term customer experience management (CEM). A consulting firm mentioned in the introduction, Forrester , coined a third term: customer feedback management (CFM). So, what is CX measurement or VoC?

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VOC CEM CX Customer Feedback 209

PeopleMetrics

APRIL 9, 2018

Do you know any CX professionals who started out in market research? Like many of my peers, I too broke into the customer experience space by way of the market research world—working at a large firm on a variety of highly valuable market research programs before founding PeopleMetrics in 2001. The single source of truth.

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VOC CEM Close the Loop Business Administration 70

PeopleMetrics

JULY 23, 2018

The best VoC programs are squarely focused on integrating all types of customer feedback related to the customer experience. The result is that VoC becomes the single source of truth for all experiential customer feedback. The goal is to create a consistent customer experience at every one of their locations.

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VOC Customer Feedback Mystery Shopper CEM 72

PeopleMetrics

JULY 13, 2020

Use this feedback to make changes to improve feelings of safety or to improve other areas of the customer experience. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. Sean has over 20 years of experience helping companies measure and improve the customer experience.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Federal Government to Make Customer Experience and Customer Service a Priority. 62% of Americans don’t think the government delivers great customer service. That’s according to customer service and customer experience expert Shep Hyken. Those people are the citizens of the United States.

Government 69

Government CX Business Administration Customer Service 69

PeopleMetrics

AUGUST 7, 2019

In turn, the best way to secure executive sponsorship in VoC is to demonstrate that improving the customer experience pays big returns. Then begin to create your own internal business case for VoC. Here are two to get you started: Forrester has a must-read report called “Why CX? Start with the facts. Conclusion.

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VOC CEM Close the Loop Business Administration 70

PeopleMetrics

JULY 29, 2020

Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold. He founded PeopleMetrics in 2001 and is the architect of the company’s customer experience management (CEM) software platform. Sean has over 20 years of experience helping companies measure and improve the customer experience.

Net Promoter Score 71

Net Promoter Score CEM Business Administration Machine Learning 71

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 17, 2020

The latter situation is applicable to almost all companies, as COVID-19 has no doubt changed something about the customer experience. In many cases, the customer experience has completely shifted to digital modes. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

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VOC CEM Touchpoint Business Administration 83

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 16, 2020

Or anything that would cause a customer to indicate at least one of these items: NPS below 7 (i.e., Poor overall customer experience on a recent visit. T hat a problem occurred during their most recent experience. Sean McDade, PhD is the author of Listen or Die: 40 Lessons That Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold.

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VOC CEM Close the Loop Business Administration 77

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 27, 2019

No matter how talented you are as a customer experience professional , you need a team to create a world-class VoC program. IT should be your best friend as you make your VoC program because IT controls the most up-to-date information you need about the customer experience. The Information Technology (IT) Department.

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VOC Legal CEM Pharmaceutical 81

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

On the other hand, an exceptional employee experience leads to employees who pass on their enthusiasm to customers. In fact, customers are more likely to have a positive customer experience if they are served by passionate employees. Yet most office environments inspire apathy, not excitement. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CEM Business Administration Machine Learning Start-ups 91