Today’s marketers are placing the ‘customer’ at the front and center of all its processes as key to sustaining and growing the brand and business.
Brands can now track individual customer behavior in real-time. With the availability of big data and analytics, companies are able to tailor-fit customer experiences on personal scale.
http://business.inquirer.net/244950/digital-amplifies-customer-experience/
For retailers, big data can be a game-changer. It can help you understand what customers really want, a critical success factor in today’s increasingly tough trading environment. The depth and intimacy of understanding consumers on this scale is new and powerful. Although mass information like this is hard to handle, if harnessed with the right tools and processes, retailers can interact and answer customers in a way that is superior to their competitors.
http://www.fourthsource.com/data/enhancing-customer-experience-big-data-22430/
Companies are rendered irrelevant by their scarcity of new thinking not the introduction of new technologies. They stop asking two crucial questions: What else can we do to enhance the customer experience, and what’s next on the horizon that will be important for our customers tomorrow?
The beauty of asking these two questions is that the answers can lead you to existing technology.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/changing-the-customer-experience-new-thinking-not_us_5a4c55dfe4b0df0de8b06e10/
Over the last 12 months, the Catch Group has been on a customer-centric mission to service customers to keep them coming back. To this end, the online marketplace overhauled and optimised all touchpoints to open the lines of communication with customers. The group integrated Zendesk's customer support platform, built dedicated customer service centres and teams, reached out via new channels, and importantly, gave its customer service agents autonomy in decision-making.
https://www.cmo.com.au/article/632587/how-catch-group-dedicated-cx-approach-revitalised-multi-million-dollar-marketplace/
While good customer experience can build loyalty, not every effort to improve CX leads to success. Today, site guests expect like never before from your site as they think about the customer experience against the pioneers from various divisions like Amazon, Facebook, HubSpot or Uber. However, regularly there are normal defects in how websites are composed which implies they don’t meet the customer expectation and your communication goals.
https://customerthink.com/10-customer-experience-mistakes-you-need-to-avoid-in-2018/
RetailTechNews’ weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world. In this week’s edition: Technology key focus for retail customer experience improvements; Consumers are embracing the connected retail experience; and are consumers ready to go cashless?
https://www.retailtechnews.com/2018/01/25/technology-key-focus-retail-customer-experience-improvements-consumers-embracing-connected-retail-experience/
In the age of the hyperconnected consumer, delivering a personalized experience is key. Columnist Andy Betts shares three ways to engage and resonate with your audience.
https://martechtoday.com/new-era-personalization-hyper-connected-customer-experience-209529/
What does the future of CX look like? That was the question asked by CMO.com shortly before the new year. The result is an impressive list of predictions offered by some of the brightest minds working to make the future of CX a reality today.
http://www.briansolis.com/2018/01/future-cx-look-like-promising-predictions/
The internet and social media have made customers more networked and connected than ever, and their influence is continuously increasing. When considering a purchase or vetting a new vendor choice, most consumers turn to that brand’s customers, particularly friends or family, to hear about the experience. If their best friend had a brand experience above and beyond the rest, that prospective customer will likely sign up themselves. Brands are now even calculating Net Promoter Scores (NPS) to gauge their customers’ loyalty and willingness to recommend their products and services, and using it as a KPI of their marketing and customer experience management programs.
https://customerthink.com/5-keys-to-humanizing-the-digital-customer-experience/
The public launch of Amazon Go Monday represents a slew of technology advancements and customer experience innovation as the Seattle-based supermarket, boasting a cashierless checkout, is delivering on a range of customer wants and needs.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/articles/amazon-go-disrupts-re-invents-elevates-the-customer-experience/
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