How Joseph-Beth Booksellers’ Hires Customer Experience Rockstars and More…

September 05, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Awesome Professional Development Best Practice Awesome Best Practice When speaking for Rentscale, the largest sales consulting and coaching company in the residential property management industry, I recently heard about a great best practice. Instead of hosting the traditional “book club,” they host a “YouTube club.” I absolutely love this. I immediately ripped off this idea… Read Full Article

Rolling Out New Customer Experience Training in a Hybrid Work World

August 29, 2025 | By: Dave Murray

Rolling out new Customer Service content to an entire organization has never been simple—and today’s hybrid workplaces make it even more complex. With employees splitting time between remote work and the office, the challenge is no longer “What do we share?” but also “How do we reach everyone effectively?” One organization, PSECU (Pennsylvania State Employees… Read Full Article

First Federal Community Bank Focuses on Employees, One Chapter at a Time!

July 25, 2025 | By: Dave Murray

First Federal Community Bank, based in Dover, OH, is focused on delivering a world-class client experience and a great employee experience to its team members.  First Federal has conducted the World Class Leadership workshops and World Class Internal Culture workshops to establish leadership and internal communication standards.   They have taken that focus a step further… Read Full Article

Costco’s Insane Return Policy Correlates with Insane Growth

July 22, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Costco’s strong reputation for customer service likely played a key role in its recent membership surge, adding approximately 5 million new members between 2023 and 2024. As of its fiscal Q2 2025 earnings call in March, total membership surpassed 78 million. Following this growth wave, Costco plans to open 29 new locations in 2025. One… Read Full Article

Chipotle Cuts Hiring Time by 75% Using AI Recruiter

June 23, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright recently confirmed that the chain aims to open a new location roughly every 24 hours throughout 2025. This hyper-speed rollout is fueled by the goal to nearly double their footprint, to 7,000 locations in North America by decade’s end. AI-driven hiring and operations tools are powering this rapid rollout, part of… Read Full Article

DoorDash Punishing Customers Who Don’t Tip / Turning Drawbacks into an Experience

June 06, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

Turning a Drawback into an Experience Sandals Montego Bay is situated directly adjacent to Sangster International Airport, which is in the primary departure flight path. As a result, guests can expect to hear and see planes taking off throughout the day. This is not ideal for guests who are mostly there to relax, whether at… Read Full Article

Making Every Moment Matter: How KeyBank Transformed Culture and Client Experience and Continues to Break Records

May 30, 2025 | By: Dave Murray

Overview KeyBank’s “Moments Matter” initiative exemplifies a holistic and sustainable cultural transformation that has significantly improved employee engagement and client loyalty. Spearheaded by Victor Aranda and championed by executive leadership, this initiative aligns organizational behavior with strategic goals through a thoughtful and multi-dimensional approach. Challenge In a competitive banking landscape, KeyBank sought to differentiate itself… Read Full Article

How Delta Airlines Has Made Price Irrelevant

May 19, 2025 | By: John DiJulius

While most airlines chased customers with low fares, Delta has taken a different approach—banking on the idea that travelers would pay more for a better experience. That bold strategy has paid off: Delta is now the highest-earning airline in the U.S. and the most profitable, with a rare customer loyalty level in the industry. “We… Read Full Article

177: Becoming, and Excelling as, a CXO with Debi Bush

October 30, 2024 | By: John DiJulius

Becoming, and Excelling as, a CXO   In this episode, John talks with Debi Bush, Customer Experience Officer (CXO) at Technology Marketing Toolkit (TMT). Debi has revolutionized the experience TMT delivers to their members. Debi is a distinguished graduate of the Customer Experience Executive Academy (class 2022). She has not only helped take TMT to… Read Full Article

How to Make Your Customers Be Great at Customer Service

October 28, 2024 | By: John DiJulius

This Marketing and Sales Consulting Company Created A CX Certification Program for their Customers Technology Marketing Toolkit (TMT) works with IT service companies that are managed service providers (MSPs). Over the last 20 years, TMT has experienced enormous growth. Nothing can ruin a company’s customer experience faster than rapid growth. CEO & Founder of TMT,… Read Full Article