Tema Frank

Chief Instigator Frank Reactions

  • Edmonton AB

Customer Experience in the Digital Era, & Women in the Workplace // L'experience client, service à la clientèle, & Femmes au travail

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Biography

Best-selling author, customer experience consultant, and international speaker, Tema (rhymes with Emma) Frank released her second book, PeopleShock: The Path to Profits When Customers Rule, in 2016 and it quickly became an Amazon best-seller.

Her first book, Canada’s Best Employers for Women: A guide for job hunters, employees and employers, was a business and careers best-seller when it was released two decades ago, and an update is in progress.

Tema has done many media appearances in English et en français, including on Canada AM, CBC National News, Radio Canada, and many local radio and television programs. She has also been interviewed recently on many podcasts. (Visit http://frankonlinemarketing.com/peopleshock-book/interviews-tema-frank/ to hear them.)

A digital marketing pioneer, in 2001 she founded Web Mystery Shoppers International Inc., the world’s first company to test omnichannel customer service: web, phone, chat, email and in-store.

Using social media techniques before social media existed, she built a database of 75,000 “mystery shoppers” worldwide.

Clients have included the Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of America, Expedia, several government departments, and other organizations large and small.

Her industry-leading research has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Globe & Mail and many other publications. Tema’s weekly Frank Reactions podcast on customer experience can be found on iTunes or at http://frankreactions.com/show.

She has also taught digital marketing strategy at universities in Canada and France. Elle a donné des cours en français et en anglais.

Industry Expertise

Advertising/Marketing
Corporate Leadership
Design
Hospitality
Human Resources
Internet
Market Research
Social Media
Women
Retail

Areas of Expertise

Customer Experience
User Experience (UX)
Digital Marketing
Women & Work

Accomplishments

TIAW Word of Difference Award

2009-05-01

The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) World of Difference Award recognizes extraordinary individuals whose efforts have advanced the economic empowerment of women locally, regionally or worldwide.

"Tema Frank has for three decades dedicated her considerable energy and service orientation to improve and enhance the role of women in the workplace. As a skilled researcher, she has championed the need to encourage women-friendly workplaces."

Education

University of Toronto

MBA

Business

1988

University of Alberta

Bachelor of Commerce

Business

1982

Affiliations

  • Senator University of Alberta
  • Board of Directors President LitFest Alberta
  • Board of Directors Business Link

Languages

  • English
  • French

Media Appearances

What Top Industry Leaders Have To Say About Current UX Trends

Forbes  online

2016-10-26

Interviewed for a Forbes Technology Council column.

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Advice for Entrepreneurs

Capital Ideas (Edmonton Journal)  online

2014-07-28

A selection of quotes from Tema Frank that were printed in the Edmonton Journal's Capital Ideas section. (There are also more recent ones.)

Also has a video of my panel discussion on "Does or should work life balance exist?"

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Several articles for Hotel Business Review

Hotel Executive  online

2016-10-31

Articles include:

What Your Net Promoter Score Isn't Telling You

The Forgotten Folks Who Can Kill (or Help) Your Brand

13 Do's and Don'ts of Hotel Customer Service on Social Media

21 Customer Experience Touches that Add Up to Long-Term Loyalty

What is Your Ideal Customer Really Looking For?

How to Win Friends and Influence People on Twitter

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Event Appearances

Unlock Your Company’s Full Profitability with Digital CX Integration Strategies

Digital Customer Experience Strategies Summit - DCX 2016  Chicago

2016-09-13

Customer Experience Turnarounds: Strategies That Work

CXPA Insight Exchange  Atlanta

2016-05-03

How Robots Can Help Your Staff Deliver Better Customer Experience

eTail Canada 2016  Toronto

2016-05-17

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Partnerships

Retail Digital Marketing & E-commerce research partnership

University of Alberta Canadian Institute for Retailing and Sales

2003-01-01

Part of a collaboration to study how Canadian retailers were adapting to the advent of e-commerce

Articles

Attribute Perceptions, Customer Satisfaction and Intention to Recommend E-Services

Journal of Interactive Marketing

2009-06-05

Co-authored with Adam Finn and Luming Wang

Abstract
Academic research has focused on the quality perceptions that drive customer satisfaction as the key to achieving e-service success. This paper
develops a process-based model that relates perceptions of managerially actionable site characteristics to online satisfaction, which mediates the effects of site characteristics on intention to recommend e-services.

A unique data set provided by Web Mystery Shoppers International Inc. (webmysteryshoppers.com), a market research supplier, enables the model to be refined using data from samples of responses to each of the
competitive websites for one financial service, and then to be tested using similar data for another financial e-service and then for a travel eservice.

The model, which accounts for most of the variance in online satisfaction and online intention to recommend in the fitted data, is largely confirmed on cross validation. Process evaluations and satisfaction mediate the effects of actionable website characteristics on intention to recommend e-services.

© 2009 Direct Marketing

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What Works When?

Quirk's Marketing Research Review

2006-01-02

Article Abstract

A look at the drawbacks and advantages of several methods of testing Web sites, from focus
groups (online and offline) to lab-based usability testing and unsolicited customer feedback.

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Several Articles re Customer Experience at this Publication

Customer Think

2016-04-17

Titles include:

Do You Worry About Your Organization Being Attacked on Social Media?

From $20 to $500 Million: A Customer Experience Turnaround

What Does Your Ideal Customer Really Want?

As More Gets Automated, Is There Still A Role For People In Your Business?

How To Convince Your Boss To Invest In Customer Satisfaction

Hate Your Bank? This Big Bank Is Turning Around Customer Experience & Winning Loyalty

The 10 Commandments of Customer Service on Twitter

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