Many years ago I ran the support organization for a small software company. We had a whiteboard on the wall opposite the area of the office where my team sat. Everyone walking to the break room could see it. It showed the number of customer calls or emails we had each week, how many support tickets were still open, and how many we had resolved.
Above it sat another sign that said, “We are not a black hole.”
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/are-your-customers-shouting-into-the-void/
We start 2018 facing an experience gap – that’s to say a gap between what customers need from their experiences with brands and organisations and the quality of the experience that they actually receive. Improvement of customer experiences stalled from 2016 to 2017 in many markets. Despite talk, action and investment in VOC & CEM programmes, few companies are making any headway in responding to customers’ journey needs and experiences for customer have become ‘average’ at best.
https://customerthink.com/is-dark-data-the-key-to-closing-your-customer-experience-gap/
There are many reasons why companies don’t succeed, but one important reason is not analyzing customer feedback correctly, and hence making bad decisions. How do you know what your customers like or dislike about your product or service? Isn’t it valuable data for you? Of course it is.
https://www.influencive.com/5-proven-growth-hacks-leverage-customer-feedback/
As a keyed in customer service leader, you are constantly looking for ways to measure and improve customer experience. Perhaps you have heard of the CES metric, and are considering implementing Customer Effort Score for your team. Let’s talk about what it is, how it can improve your service offerings, and the steps to get you started with CES in your organization.
http://customerthink.com/implementing-customer-effort-score/
Today, brands in all industries are facing new challenges. There has never been more feedback online, and the expectations have never been higher. For a business, online customer support is no longer an option. Customers are demanding more, and they want answers at their fingertips. In this digital and social media age, where customer experiences are laid out on the table for other customers to see, companies want to understand how engagement and experience are affecting customer relationships, and they are using feedback to measure it.
http://www.convinceandconvert.com/customer-experience/measure-customer-experience/
Online ratings and reviews can offer valuable insights into what customers are really thinking. But what happens when that feedback isn’t the whole story? However, there’s actually hope in the “silent majority,” and it starts with bridging the gap between timely customer feedback and the brick-and-mortar shopping journey.
http://multichannelmerchant.com/blog/giving-voice-silent-majority-boosts-the-customer-experience/
Web design is one of the most important aspects of a customer’s experience when viewing a business’s webstore. Whether looking for a product or a service, customers tend to wish for ease-of-use and accessibility across devices first and foremost, but there are multiple other aspects to consider when designing your website. In fact, just looking to the design of a webpage can automatically improve its function and, in turn, bring more visitors to your page. More visitors potentially means more customers! Here are the main ways you can improve your website to guarantee that it highlights all of the best bits you have to offer.
https://www.business2community.com/web-design/web-design-impacts-customers-online-experience-01992894/
“Omnichannel” has been a buzz word in CX circles for a while now. Which makes complete sense. Whereas before you were in control, your customers now want to engage with you on their terms whenever and however they want. And this occurs across every contact point – be this online via your desktop or mobile site, through your mobile app, via live chat, one-to-one at your call center or even face-to-face in one of your physical locations.
If you’re able to excel in meeting this huge challenge head on, then the potential rewards on offer are huge. But you need to tie every part of your omnichannel strategy to your own specific business objectives. Just because something works for another company, it doesn’t mean it’ll also work for you.
http://customerthink.com/omnichannel-experiences-are-critical-but-must-drive-tangible-business-benefits-to-be-successful/
CEO, Vinod Muthukrishnan, Co-Founder of CloudCherry, shares that customer experience is the biggest differentiator for brands today. He discusses why digital surveys are the best way to collect customer feedback and why long paper feedback forms are obsolete .
https://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/customer-experience/do-customer-surveys-have-a-future/
How can businesses leverage automation to humanise the customer experience, and drive a customer-centric approach?
http://www.information-age.com/automation-customer-experience-human-123470310/
