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What’s Love Got to Do With It? – How to Conquer Customers’ Hearts

To get in the spirit of this post, it helps (although it’s not required) to play Tina Turner’s What’s Love Got to Do With It? When it comes to business and, more specifically, customer experience delivery, what does love have to do with that? In short, – everything! If you bristle at using “love” in…

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Convenience Over Privacy [Infographic]

I remember sitting with Mercedes-Benz executives a number of years ago to engage in a discussion of something I thought was revolutionary at the time. By way of background, Mercedes-Benz USA owned and operated a dealership in Manhattan, which leaders used as a “test and learn” lab for customer experience innovation. The discussion I am…

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Trembling: Being Accountable to the Customer

There’s accountability and there’s ACCOUNTABILITY. Try this one on for size… Would you be willing to be held to a standard (which I refer to as the “tremble effect”) when it comes to the quality and consistency of experiences you and your team provide to your customers? The “tremble effect” seems an apt description of…

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Renewed Year Customer Experience Focus

A new year is here and I need to make a confession. I admit it. I’ve been critical of leaders who make declarations like “THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE CUSTOMER.” My problem with those types of statements is that I believe every year should be the year of the customer. Why else are we in business? In support of my position,…

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So You Want to Deliver Outstanding Customer Experiences… | Driven to Delight

According to Forrester Research, 93% of corporate leadership teams place customer experience improvement on their list of strategic priorities and 23% businesses have it in the number 1 position.  So if you want to drive an elevated customer experience that differentiates your business from the competition, increases the loyalty of your customers, and results in more…

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Understanding the Customer Journey

I will admit it.  I am old. I remember a time when people carried pieces of paper in their car to help them get around.  We called those documents “maps” and we struggled to fold them back into place when we were finished using them. Today maps have gone digital and satellites locate us and offer mellifluous voice…

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How to Become a Leader in Customer Experience | Driven to Delight

There are leaders, followers, and…well people who just get in the way! Which are you? In business today, it takes leadership to build a business that consistently engages customers. If customers aren’t emotionally connected to your brand, through the experiences you provide, you will be vulnerable to offers and solicitations from your competitors. Such was…

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How to Become a Leader in Customer Experience | Driven to Delight

There are leaders, followers, and…well people who just get in the way! Which are you? In business today, it takes leadership to build a business that consistently engages customers. If customers aren’t emotionally connected to your brand, through the experiences you provide, you will be vulnerable to offers and solicitations from your competitors. Such was…

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