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8 more funny customer service scenes in film and TV
While most reasonable people abhor terrible customer service, for comedy writers, it’s the gift that keeps…
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4 ways to bring transparency to the customer experience
When he was Chief Revenue Officer at PowerReviews, a technology company that helps retailers collect and…
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CXM best practices for every business
Customer Experience Management (CXM) has become a buzzworthy concept over the last 10 years as businesses…
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Bespoke is coming to a product or service near you
A headline in The Atlantic Monthly proclaimed: “The Future of Marketing is Bespoke Everything.” That might…
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7 innovative ways technology is transforming the patient experience
I recently came back from vacation with an insect bite the size and feel of a…
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Feeding the needs of today's experience-hungry customer
Technology has changed the way we human beings interact with the world. Everything is faster, easier,…
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Unlocking the potential for new customer experiences with 5G
No one knows for sure what a 5G world will look like. Imagine what’s possible if…
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Lessons in CX from 3 thriving brands
One of the things that shocked Mio Adilman when he became host of the Repeat Customer…
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In a digital world, let customer trust be a differentiator
People have historically put their faith and assets in large institutions because there weren’t many other…
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Putting the sensory into the customer experience
A few years ago, a study was published that showed that walking barefoot on the Earth,…
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Personalization’s deep data foundations
Data-driven personalization is the Holy Grail of marketing today. Various studies, mostly sponsored by retail-related organizations,…
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To excel at customer intimacy, you will need data
Technology has reduced barriers to entry across many industries, leading to saturation in some markets and…
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What makes for a repeat customer? Podcast host Mio Adilman weighs in
After two years of hosting the Webby-nominated Repeat Customer podcast, Mio Adilman has learned a thing…
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5 innovative ways brands are using bots to help customers connect
“What’s your weirdest family tradition?” That was the first message I sent to Shaun, someone I’ve…
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How the Design Institute for Health reimagines patient healthcare
When the Design Institute for Health was testing out its prototype for a new clinic for…
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Neuroscience: today’s tool for understanding customers and ourselves
What if you could have such profound insight into your customers that you literally understood their…
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Simple and sophisticated: the "mullet" imperative of seamless CX
Business is becoming even more like a mullet than we thought. Bear with me. As James…
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