Elevating Customer Service: A Guide for Business Leaders & Managers
A Hit and a Miss Recently, I called two companies for service. The first made it easy for me to find their contact number, answered and routed my call swiftly, and provided a personal, helpful, and warm experience. The second sent me through a failed “automated phone tree” experience and finally routed me to a…
Maximizing Customer Loyalty: Lessons from the Tech Industry’s Best
What might we learn about customer loyalty from Apple, Intel, and Alphabet (Google)? A recent study by DesignRush ranks these tech giants at the top for customer loyalty among Fortune 100 companies. So, let’s explore five customer engagement lessons from this group: Leverage Social Media Effectively and Build a Tribe: Apple’s social media engagement success…
How to Build Customer Loyalty Through Service Recovery (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about enhancing service recovery in your business. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Cultivating Passion and Purpose: The Power of Rituals in Business (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about increasing ritual in your business. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Cultivating Passion and Purpose: The Power of Rituals in Business
Many leaders constantly manage daily challenges or spend a lot of time “putting out recurring fires.” Others find a way to manage daily operational challenges with minimal effort – leaving ample time to ignite a passion for products, services, and customer experiences across their organization. In my book, Leading the Starbucks Way, I explore how…
Create a Zappified Customer Experience – 5 Service Steps Courtesy of Zappos (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about deploying a customer experience template. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Silo Busting Your Way to Customer Loyalty and Referrals
“We’d have happier customers if the sales team didn’t overpromise.” “Our customers would be more loyal if our service team was more responsive.” “Our systems don’t talk to each other. We need IT to fix our customer experience issues.” Alas, we’ve all seen how organization silos create friction and lead to customer experience breakdowns. When…
Customer Care vs. Speed of Service: Finding the Right Balance (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about increasing personalization in your business. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Customer Care vs. Speed of Service: Finding the Right Balance
Even the world’s most customer-centric companies have service breakdowns! Since perfect service is an unrealistic aspiration, leaders should encourage and train team members to manage service breakdowns effectively. Research from Amy Smith and Ruth Bolton shows customers remember effective service recovery more than the initial error. Studies also show that customers who experience a service…
Starbucks – A Guide to Fostering Customer Connection
Starbucks, a brand synonymous with coffee, transcended the beverage sector by focusing on product differentiation, customer choice, and a customer experience (CX) brewed for efficiency and enriched human connection. My book, Leading the Starbucks Way, the second of two books I’ve written about the company (the first was The Starbucks Experience), took a deep dive…
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