The customer experience (CX) trends we were seeing in late 2022 (see 2022 Customer Experience Reflections post) will continue well beyond 2023. The Verde Group has a fresh predictions on what’s in store for CX practitioners this year. With 2023 well underway, we encourage businesses to adapt and think efficiently. New ways of buying, working […]
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2022 Customer Experience Reflections from The Verde Group
Understanding the Customer Experience (CX) is the key to building a profitable and reputable company. The Verde Group’s bread and butter is pinpointing the friction in your business’ customer experience, AKA, we are in the business of protecting your revenue from risk. Our CX experts weighed-in on 2022 and how recovering from COVID impacted the […]
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The sorry state of customer service post-COVID — and what to do about it
“Customer communication channel preference are evolving dramatically, especially post-COVID, and customers expect more personalized support than before.” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… By Lori Childers, Vice President – The Verde Group The COVID-19 pandemic may be over and, in most places, life feels normal again. Family gatherings have returned. People are shopping in stores, eating in restaurants, going to […]
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NPS: The Danger of its Singularity
This blog builds on our recent piece identifying challenges with legacy CX beacon metrics. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… By Paula Courtney, CEO – The Verde Group After Fred Reichheld published The One Number You Need to Grow in the Harvard Business Review, many customer experience professionals thought they had to ask only a single question: “How likely is it that […]
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Why “I Love You” metrics won’t solve your CX challenges
“… CX Index metric correlates to changes in year-over-year financial performance and that it can serve as a leading indicator of future economic performance.” ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… By Dennis Armbruster, Executive Vice President – The Verde Group As customers return to brick-and-mortar stores, retailers face headwinds like never before — margins are tighter, finding staff remains challenging, […]
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Better EX may be the key to delivering great CX
“…engaged and empowered employees are critical to the customer experience.” ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… By Candice Troupe, Senior Vice President – The Verde Group Negative experiences – or friction — are the best predictor of whether or not a customer remains loyal to a business. That’s a fundamental conclusion The Verde Group has drawn from our learnings as […]
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Over a decade of customer trust gone in a flash – A personal story
“…much work goes into building trust and loyalty with customers and how easy it is to lose it in a single negative experience.” ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… By Paula Courtney, CEO – The Verde Group At Verde Group, my team and I have spent years researching customer experience and counselling businesses on how best to deal with their […]
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A New CX World for Utilities
By: Paula Courtney, CEO & Jon Skinner, EVP – The Verde Group Of all the business categories that Verde serves, the Utilities sector is probably the least developed when it comes to customer experience. Which makes sense, since Utilities – which for most of their history have operated as monopolies with highly regulated prices and […]
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When breaking the rules can save a customer (literally)
By Paula Courtney, CEO – The Verde Group Earlier this year, I booked my first post-COVID trip to Europe — three weeks in Italy with my family and long-delayed reunions with friends from Europe. It was my longest trip in 30 years and I couldn’t have been more excited. Then, two weeks before I was […]
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5 pitfalls holding back companies’ CX investments
By Paula Courtney, CEO – The Verde Group Global pandemics, recessions and evolving generational cohorts aside, one thing that’s not likely to change for business leaders is their desire to refine their organizations’ customer experience (CX) strategies and tactics. Understanding and responding to customer needs and expectations remains key to improving business performance no matter […]