Have you seen The Customer Experience Factbook?

In this 180+ page report, you'll find all the information and support you need to build a profitable, effective CX Improvement Program that spans every part of your business. You'll be able to implement and manage meaningful and profitable change, and grow your bottom line despite a slowing economy.

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Amazon tops the list of America's most trusted brands

Auto insurers and mobile networks are the worst

Those are the findings of a national survey and peer review effort measuring the trustworthiness of the nation's largest brands in the fast food, airline, mobile services, auto insurance, retail, hotels and electronics.

The Values Institute (TVI), a leading social science research entity based in Santa Ana, Calif., calculated trust by looking at 25 trust dimensions in the five "macro" categories of Competence, Consistency, Connection, Candor and Concern. The national diagnostic survey measured brand strengths and weaknesses in each category, plus the trust outcomes of Loyalty, Advocacy and Satisfaction. The effort follows years of regional trustworthiness surveys and Trust Summit events designed to explore the levels of, and reasons behind, public trust in certain brands over others.

As a highlight of the findings released today for the first time, the most trustworthy brands in the seven measured categories were Amazon (retail), Marriott (hotels), Microsoft (electronics), Southwest (airlines), Subway (QSR), AT&T (mobile services) and Geico (auto insurance).

Building on TVI's five previous regional surveys, the 2017 National Most Trustworthy Brands Survey used a proprietary online survey developed by The Values Institute and Brand Values Research Center at California State University, Fullerton (BVRC) to rank the six largest national brands in seven key categories.

According to Jason Teven, Ed.D., professor of human communication studies at California State University, Fullerton, and BVRC director, Amazon received the highest scores in the "Joy" outcome categories - loyalty, satisfaction and trust - of any brand in any category. "Amazon's success in the joy categories is effectively the holy grail of brand ambassadorship. That's because satisfied customers are much more likely to advocate for the brand they love, their products, services and website."

For a list of the 40 most trustworthy brands, an interpretation of other 2017 National Most Trustworthy Brands Survey results, and specific survey information, go to http://www.thevaluesinstitute.org/americas-mtb/

"In the past, we have seen the strongest Concern and Connection scores come from brands where there is a personal interaction with the customer. Amazon has done an amazing job of creating that personal touch that may even exceed what you get at a brick and mortar location."

"Amazon is somewhat of a surprise to top the list because the brand actual lacks face-to-face human contact," said Mark Weinfeld, TVI's director of strategic planning who administered the survey. "In the past, we have seen the strongest Concern and Connection scores come from brands where there is a personal interaction with the customer. Amazon has done an amazing job of creating that personal touch that may even exceed what you get at a brick and mortar location."

Have you seen The Customer Experience Factbook?

In this 180+ page report, you'll find all the information and support you need to build a profitable, effective CX Improvement Program that spans every part of your business.

You'll be able to implement and manage meaningful and profitable change, and grow your bottom line despite a slowing economy. Grab this goldmine of easily adaptable and up-to-date strategies, walk-throughs, trends, technologies, research, suppliers and partners, plus all the supporting arguments you need to build a solid CX strategy.

While most marketers could list maybe a dozen key points for improving their brand's Customer Experience (CX), the researchers and writers at The Marketing Factbook have identified FORTY main 'CX Keys' which will help you drive your customers to new levels of delight, loyalty, advocacy and profitability.

The areas in which customers have direct contact with your organization are perhaps the most obvious places in which CX improvements can be made, and this report addresses all 24 of these 'Direct CX Keys', applicable to offline and online businesses alike.

At the same time there are many other areas that indirectly affect CX (such as the supply chain, policies and processes) in which every business can make simple but far-reaching improvements. This report guides you through the problems and solutions for all 16 of these 'Indirect CX Keys', many of which are often forgotten or under-played even in the best CX strategies.

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