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Why monitoring systems are essential to great customer experience

Inside Customer Service

Note: The following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of The Guaranteed Customer Experience. That might seem inconceivable to many people, but a car isn't necessary if you live in a city that has reliable public transportation—like Portland, Oregon. Jon Bell is TriMet's senior manager of customer experience.

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Three ways to predict and avoid service failures

Inside Customer Service

What service failures can you predict by following your customers' journey? Tip #3: Monitor the customer experience Track customer experience data in real-time to identify potential service failures and solve them before your customers are even aware of the problem.

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Faces of Customer Experience: David Janusz

Customers That Stick

I’ve been a paper boy, a janitor, a paint factory worker, a waiter, a bar manager, a bicycle mechanic, a track and field coach, a personal trainer, a librarian and now a program coordinator for the city of Sherwood, Oregon. Customer Service < Customer Experience . False Dichotomy. Paper < Plastic. Mac < PC.

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Meet the Faces of Customer Experience 2014

Customers That Stick

We introduced our Faces of Customer Experience series in April 2014, and we’ve had the privilege of meeting and sharing the stories of a number of wonderful customer-facing professionals. Meet Sean Hawkins! – A customer experience and contact center manager with over 15 years of customer service experience.

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Announcing the Winners of the 2022 CX Excellence Awards

Fonolo

Customer experience is no longer just a buzzword. Brands that go the extra mile to make life easier for their customers have seen the immense payoff in the form of long-term customer loyalty. Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth. Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (Oregon PERS).

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A History of Brand and Customer Experience (Part 1 of 2)

PeopleMetrics

A few of us at PeopleMetrics were talking the other day about customer experience. And we meandered our way to an interesting question: What is the difference between brand and customer experience? Nice to Meet You”: A Short History of Customer Experience. Like we do.) The Difference Between You and Nike.

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How to keep customers coming back | Shep Hyken interview

Inside Customer Service

Check out our conversations about the importance of convenience and how to create an amazing customer experience. Hyken answered a number of important questions in our interview: Why do customers leave a business? (:48) For example, there are a lot of delis in Portland, Oregon. I'll Be Back is now available on Amazon.