• 5 Customer-Centric Attributes To Look For In Your Next Employer

      This post originally appeared on Glance Networks' blog in July, 2015.   I don’t think I’m going out on on too much of a limb when I say that everyone wants to help customers achieve their goals. We want to be customer-centric. It makes us feel good when a
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  • CX Professionals: Why We Do What We Do

      This post originally appeared on the CXPA Blog on November 10, 2016. Ben Motteram (BM), Ian Golding (IG) and Karl Sharicz (KS) are three Customer Experience (CX) professionals living on three different continents, all members of the Customer Experience Professionals Association, (CXPA) and each possessing the passion and the
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  • Communicating Price Increases

    (Image courtesy of Unsplash)   We are all customers of someone. No one can get through life without buying something. Being a customer and a customer experience consultant provides a rich source of material from which to draw the occasional blog post. And it was an email I received yesterday
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  • The Uphill Challenges of CX

    (Image courtesy of Unsplash)   Today's post has been provided by Karl Sharicz, CCXP, the Founder and Principal of CX Partners and ex-boardmember of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA).   On the cover of the November 2016 issue of Harvard Business Review (HBR) in pink uppercase lettering is the headline
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  • Ways to measure your CX… without having to hire a consultant

    (Image courtesy of Unsplash)   Today’s post is a joint collaboration between myself and Annette Franz. Annette is a recognised customer experience thought leader and board member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. It was a pleasure and an honour to write with her. There are three main components of any good CX strategy:
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  • ITIL and CX (Part 2 of 2)

    In my previous post, I outlined the history of ITIL, the first four of its guiding principles and how they relate to customer experience. This post contains the final five principles and how they link to the management of CX. The first four principles of ITIL are: - Focus on value,
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  • ITIL and CX (Part 1 of 2)

    Chances are you haven’t heard of ITIL before. In the work I do with IT Helpdesks though it’s very well-known and has been widely adopted by a range of organisations seeking to improve their IT service support and delivery. Here’s the thing I’ve found after studying it: I think it’s
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  • How Commission Based Sales Hurt Customer Service

    (Image courtesy of Pixabay)   Today I’m pleased to share a guest post by Steve DiGioia who is a thought leader in the areas of customer service, leadership, and management.   Don’t hard-sell me.  I don’t like it and I promise you won’t change my mind. Touting the benefits of
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  • Taking Your Customer Data to the Next Level

    Today I'm pleased to share a guest post by Annette Franz, CCXP who is consistently named one of the most active influencers in the world of Customer Experience through her blog, CX Journey.   (Image courtesy of Pixabay)   I'm often asked about the future of customer experience: What does it
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  • Due Recognition

    (Image courtesy of Unsplash)   Those involved in the customer experience profession will no doubt be familiar with the statistics that demonstrate the benefits of customer retention: - It costs 6 times more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an old one. (Source: “Understanding Customers” by
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