What do my customers ……… Want Need Wish Crave Demand Desire Yearn For Require Fancy Hunger Have a hankering for ? Simple questions with difficult answers. Where do you get the answers? Most would suggest going to the source, your customers, and I agree. Many companies today utilize Voice of the Customer [VoC] programs to […]
Leaders: You Are Doing Empowerment All Wrong
Every management book will tell you that you need to empower your associates. In many ways, it does make perfect sense; the more your associates can do the right thing for customers on their own, everyone wins. Customers get their issue resolved or the product they want with limited hassle. Your associates are more fulfilled […]
The 6 Common Traits of the Greatest Customer Experience Providers
In the first part of this post, Defining a Great Customer Experience – Starting at the Top, we talked about the difficulties in defining a great customer experience, how its more than just “Delivery > Expectations”, and how a great experience starts at the top of the companies funnel. The expectations provided during the Awareness, […]
Why Customer Success is the Future of Customer Service
Meal Kit Industry worth over $1.5 billion; Blue Apron Holding recently went public Top 5 SaaS companies – Salesforce, Microsoft, Adobe, Box, Amazon Web Services Ford, Porsche, Volvo, BMW, and Cadillac are offering drivers options to subscribe instead of lease Stitch Fix’s market cap is north of $2 billion Birchbox’s subscriber list has grown 1777% […]
Defining A Great Customer Experience – Starting at the Top
Remember a time you fell head over heels for someone. Now, if I asked to define the experience, you would know the feeling intrinsically, but may have a hard time explaining it. You might comment how they made you laugh or how they dressed or became suddenly shy ordering a cup of coffee at Starbucks. […]
Why “Your Why” means everything in Customer Service
A personal story: We were all a little excited, done being on a plane for four hours, and ready to get to vacationing. My son, girlfriend, and I finally had a chance to get away to Orlando for a short, long weekend. As a Customer Experience Consultant, my schedule can run hot or cold depending upon my […]
How do you value the Customer Experience Executive role?
By Larry Streeter on October 19, 2011 A week or so ago, I was having a conversation with the SVP of Customer Service for a well known SaaS software company when the conversation turned to determining what value a Customer Experience Officer role would bring to their organization. This was a company that clearly gets […]