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You have done everything you can to please your customers. In every aspect, your team of professionals provided the best possible service from the operational side; you are confident in your work.  But what do your customers really think? Are you truly the best...

Some of the often used metrics in customer perception of the quality of experience.

Companies that integrate customer feedback into their DNA, can quantify their customers’ perceptions better, understand the customer journey as well as bottlenecks in it and continuously improve experience every day.

Slack has come a long way since its inception back in 2009.  Currently, users send over 1.5 billion messages per month. According to Slack statistics from 2021, 88,000 of the 600,000+ organizations that use Slack have a paid subscription; approximately 550,000 use the...

Customer Experience (CX) is the overall experience that customers have during the relationship with the delivered product/ service from first contact to becoming a happy and loyal customer.  Certain moments of truth occur during the entire journey along channels that...

Many customers want to tell you what they think and how they feel. Are you really listening to them? Most likely your answer is “YES” and you’re not alone! It is fair to say that companies have become better at listening to their customers in recent years. How deep do...

Twenty to thirty years ago, our needs and requirements were limited compared to today's world, so products and services were designed much simpler with customer experience in mind. The Internet was raw and used mainly for E-mail, E-commerce, personal websites and...

We already know that good CX quality and customer loyalty drive successful business growth. What most firms overlook is that they should prioritize the “people factor” since employees work hard to provide high-quality customer experience. The impact of employee...

COVID-19 has emotionally exhausted many workers. The term “great resignation,” which refers to the high number of people who have quit their jobs as a result of collective burnout, was a trending topic in 2021. In this new era, securing employee engagement and loyalty...

A company can see its definition as a “customer-centric company” as its proudest achievement today. This is only possible with customer focused employees. The equation is simple: Happy employees make for happy customers.  However, in a post-pandemic world, the...

In many customer experience research, expert interviews and case studies, we often see how important the concept of change management is for CX. There is no doubt that change management should be handled in a structured way for the customer experience program to...

Forrester recently shared 2022 predictions about customer experience. One of the predictions was: Customers will Want Over Half of the Pandemic-Era Services to Become the “New Normal”. As an example, one-half to two-thirds of the US and European consumers say that the...

Customer centricity is a way of doing business and a way of thinking that focuses on customer needs and is committed to creating a great customer experience. The goal is to provide customers with great experiences at each step of their journey, by focusing on what...

As Fred Reichheld and Rob Markey stated in their article*: “Closing the loop is a central element of the Net Promoter System℠. To close the loop is not only to let customers know that you have heard their feedback but also to bring the customer’s voice right inside...

Design thinking, experience design or service design. Sometimes our playing field seems to be dominated by jargon. These are fairly similar terms, but what do they actually mean—and why is it worth  understanding? The boundaries between physical products and services...

Simply put, Voice of Customer (VoC) is the process of collecting customer feedback about a business, its products and services. Many companies believe that collecting customer feedback through surveys is the meaning of a VoC program. In reality, that just isn’t the...

Short-termism*: Short-termism refers to an excessive focus on short-term results at the expense of long-term interests. Short-term performance pressures on investors can result in an excessive focus on their parts on quarterly earnings, with less attention paid to...

For the fifth year in a row, Amazon has been listed as the loyalty leader in the U.S.A. according to Brand Key’s annual loyalty rankings. The New York-based brand loyalty and customer engagement research consultancy examined 1,260 brands in 112 categories in 2021....

Insights from experience professionals themselves across industries about their most significant learnings from 2020 and their expectations for 2021 regarding customer expectations and CX efforts

During the global pandemic, we have witnessed that customer needs, expectations, and journeys shifted overnight. Times like these have once again shown us the importance of managing “dynamic” customer journeys.

As the first wave of the impact of the pandemic is experienced, we see some changes in this initial response. Based on our conversations with our clients in banking, retail and insurance, we wanted to share approaches and actions regarding Voice of the Customer programs:

In times like these where organizations and businesses are working remotely; building space for communication between employees, understanding their needs and supporting has become a priority.

Continuous improvement loop is a proven approach in managing customer experiences. Customer Experience Platforms automate the flow in continuous improvement loops and make it easy for companies to manage

Only 45 percent of senior marketing professionals understand their customer’s journeys. Read on to learn the critical steps in designing customer journeys

According to a research by Oracle, 86% of consumers will pay more for better customer experience. Increased competition is forcing companies to differentiate through the experience they provide to customers

NPS is a simple metric to measure, but it is not that simple to improve NPS score. Higher NPS score does not always guarantee better performance in business KPI’s

Delivering superior customer experience is the result of a customer-centric culture which starts with people. They are not your customers they are your employees.

It is much more critical today to improve employee engagement as a lever for higher productivity, for retention of key talent and ensure the realization of the happiness of customers!

An article by Don Peppers explaining “an array of innovative tools based on artificial intelligence and machine learning”, including Alterna CX.

How can companies deliver frictionless customer experiences? Here are some effective insights on making the customer experience better for the customer and more efficient for your business

What is AI technology and how does it relate to Customer Experience? Pros of Integrating AI into daily customer experience process

For insurers, improving customer experience and service quality is not only a necessity; it is also a loyalty and revenue growth opportunity

Text analytics enables companies to determine which topics are on your customers’ mind and trigger actionable insights

If we consistently deliver experiences that create distinctive emotions in our customers, then we can get a differentiated positioning in their hearts and minds