According to the Corporate Executive Board, (CEB) almost 60% of the customers’ journey is complete before they reach out to vendors. Our customers’ journey starts way before their first transaction. with us And in a Harvard Business Review, “Solution Selling is Dead” (that cites the CEB findings) because talking about our products and services is no longer good enough. It … Read more
In the FICO Insight whitepaper, When Is Big Data the Way to Customer Centricity? Next-generation analytic learning finds critical insights in an ocean of false clues, Dr. Andrew Jennings, FICO Chief Analytics Officer and Head of FICO Labs, shares that “the real value of Big Data for business is the opportunity to learn about our … Read more
I recently heard Rick DeLisi, co-author of The Effortless Experience, give a Keynote: All of Your Customers are loyal Right Now. What about Tomorrow? Rick shared that after years of focus on the “above and beyond” service mentality, research of tens of thousands of customers globally across multiple industries and customer types indicates there is … Read more
I recently heard David Deal, Senior Director Marketing at CHEP, speak about their challenges, trials, and triumphs with developing and maintaining their Net Promoter Score (NPS) program. Here are a few things that David had to share. For starters… you have to ensure that everyone in the organizations understands the relevance. If it is … Read more
At Satmetrix’s 8th Annual Net Promoter Customer Experience Conference, Richard Owen, President and CEO of Satmetrix, gave the keynote: Friends with Benefits or Enemies with Consequences: The promoter-driven economy and the next decade of innovation in customer experience. In his presentation, Richard shared five predictions for the next decade of NPS and CX: Pricing transparency … Read more
People are tired of surveys! I’m tired of surveys. We are over-solicited with surveys – in store, bottom-of-receipts; online; via pop-ups or post-purchase emails; and, more and more, on our mobile devices. We are experiencing survey fatigue (yep, that is a real thing). Just because you can survey your customers doesn’t mean you should. Surveys … Read more
Richard Owen, President and CEO of Satmetrix, had a lot to say at the Satmetrix’s 8th Annual Net Promoter Customer Experience Conference. At his keynote: Friends with Benefits or Enemies with Consequences: The promoter-driven economy and the next decade of innovation in customer experience, Richard explained that Satmetrix sees four important factors to the future … Read more
I was at the recent Satmetrix’s 8th Annual Net Promoter Customer Experience Conference where Richard Owen, President and CEO of Satmetrix, gave the keynote: Friends with Benefits or Enemies with Consequences: The promoter-driven economy and the next decade of innovation in customer experience. In his presentation, Richard explained that Satmetrix sees three types of NPS … Read more
In Ian Golding’s blog STRATEGY – MEASUREMENT – PEOPLE, he provides a simple framework for managing customer experience. Here’s how Ian breaks it down: Strategy Ian warns that “Not knowing your strategy means that employees do not know what direction they are going in, and customers are unlikely to know what to expect.” Your CX … Read more
According to Forrester, 86% of companies say customer experience is a top strategic priority; 76% seek to differentiate based on customer experience; 46% have a company-wide program for improving customer experience currently in place and another 30% are actively considering it. What is the right customer experience strategy for your company? Again, according to Forrester, … Read more
Satisfaction/Value – this charts what customers’ ranked as most valued and most dissatisfied. Items that are most valued and most dissatisfied are where we should concentrate our time fixing. On the contrary, items that our customers don’t value but are satisfied with we should stop spending time on. Items that our customers don’t value and … Read more
In pursuit of new business, a small consulting firm was frequently asked if they had a website. Based on the demand-side information and needs of the business, the three missions of the website were to: Establish company credibility Be an easy-to-use networking tool Provide those working at the company with an easy-to-access, anywhere sales presentation … Read more