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About Jeanne Bliss

As “Chief Customer Officer” for Lands’ End, Mazda, Coldwell Banker, Allstate, and Microsoft, Jeanne got “customer” on the strategic agenda, earned 98% loyalty rates, and changed experiences across 50,000-person operations. Jeanne now runs CustomerBliss to create an actionable path for profitability and business growth -- through earning customer and employee raves. Her best-selling books are Chief Customer Officer and I Love You More than My Dog: Five Decisions that Drive

How do you deliver a reliable experience?

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. Customer success is about uniting the company and delivering a reliable experience that your customers want to have…

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Connecting “being there” and “reliability” to junk removal

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. For 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, performing a mundane task in customers’ lives is its growth engine. It has become the largest…

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How reliable is your everyday experience?

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. Many companies want to leapfrog past the tough blocking and tackling of doing the everyday things right and…

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Why a unified cross-silo customer experience is important

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. The grand outcome of dueling silos is the random and inconsistent customer treatment delivered to customers. Your organization…

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How to build a bond with your customers

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. “Deciding to be there” begins with learning about your customers’ lives and their needs, then building a solution…

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What decisions make you a “beloved company?”

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. Beloved companies know they are defined in the fleeting moments of a customer interaction. They know the actions that…

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Repair the emotional connection when things go wrong

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. By suspending fear and taking a leap of faith that customers get that we are human and mistakes sometimes…

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How to make decisions to tell the story you want told by customers

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. Making the right decisions to tell a story you’re proud of begins with holding up a mirror to yourself…

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