Earlier this week, I joined Laura Sikorski on the WebTV show, Sikorski’s Think Abouts. In this 12-minute interview, we discuss the trends shaping service and how to meet today’s fast-evolving customer expectations.
According to a Nuance commissioned survey of 1,000 American consumers, a quarter (26 percent) of customer service interactions are a negative experience. Among Generation X consumers—those born between 1965 to 1980—this number rises to more than one-third (36 percent). And over half of those polled have cancelled a service because of a bad customer experience. The top complaints are the …
FinancesOnline recently released an infographic that provides a list of “top countries with the best customer satisfaction.” Top of the list: New Zealand, Canada, and Norway. The U.S. came in 15th, behind countries that include Mexico, Brazil and Russia—a ranking that may kick up some interesting discussion among service execs.
Effective communication across an organization is essential to sharing and using voice of the customer. And there are plenty of additional reasons to strengthen ties. Opportunities for ongoing product and service improvements and innovations almost always involve other areas. Root-causes must often be addressed elsewhere; an issue that deteriorates high levels of customer satisfaction may involve processes far beyond the …
Earlier this year, Forrester released its “2014 Customer Experience Index,” which ranked 150-or-so brands across 14 industries. Here’s a sampling of top brands by sector: Airline: Southwest Bank: USAA Consumer Electronics: Amazon Credit Card: USAA Health Insurance: Kaiser Permanente Hotel: Marriott Insurance: USAA Retailer: Old Navy Package Delivery: UPS Wireless: Verizon An interesting takeaway: the study identifies emotion as a key …
