Companies are putting more and more effort into identifying and addressing the trials and tribulations customers encounter when interacting with them to create the best possible buying and use experience. Referred to as customer experience (and often abbreviated to CX), it’s inclusive of the customer’s journey from initial brand awareness to purchase, the customer’s interactions with the brand’s many touchpoints prior to and during use, and the environments the customer encounters during use of and interaction with the product or service. Brands find the greatest success and differentiate themselves from competitors by focusing on delivering an effortless experience that ensures each of those touchpoints and experiences are consistent and contribute positively to the customer’s overall journey.
https://customerthink.com/improving-the-customer-experience-takes-behind-the-scenes-work/
How? Simply by using two words which should be stricken from every business leader’s vocabulary – “back office.”
This is a term that many executives throw around without regard to its influence on the culture and mindset of their organization.
Here’s the issue: Creating a work environment that supports customer experience excellence requires getting everyone in the organization to view their role as a critical part of the customer experience equation. The moment employees start to feel that their work is invisible to the customer, they then lose appreciation for the impact their role has on the customer experience.
http://customerthink.com/two-words-that-will-hurt-your-business-customer-experience/
More than ever before, customer experience is now defined by digital interactions, with the majority of consumers now relying on email, SMS, web chat and social media to communicate. Research has shown that customers now use three or more channels when reaching out for customer support, meaning that if your organisation fails to offer these services, they risk losing out on vital business. This white paper outlines seven steps to help your organisation create a successful digital customer experience.
http://www.idgconnect.com/view_abstract/48314/delivering-digital-customer-experience-today-mobile-consumer/
Simplicity is a basic tenet of customer experience, but it is often overlooked in favor of a company’s outdated rules or procedures. Doing simple better means aiming for the fewest clicks (or taps) possible to complete a digital task, allowing a customer to easily talk to a human being on the phone if they need to, and writing legal terms and conditions in language customers can understand.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dangingiss/2018/03/21/how-to-do-simple-better-in-your-customer-experience/#8ab7c737204b/
With rising customer expectations, the need to deliver an exceptional customer experience (CX) is at an all-time high. And frankly, the best way to achieve this superior level of CX is to visualise it – which is often done using a process called customer journey mapping. A customer journey map essentially tells the story of the customer’s experience – which starts at the initial point of contact all the way through to a long-term relationship – giving us critical information about key interactions along the way. For this process to be a successful one and because it can be quite complex, many business seek the assistance of customer journey mapping tools.
https://mopinion.com/top-20-customer-journey-mapping-tools-overview/
Customer experience has become an oft-repeated phrase in business circles. You would think that, by now, CX ratings would be through the roof. To be fair, some reports indicate there already have been huge gains in customer experience. But, you may be surprised to learn that CX overall is no longer on the rise. At least that’s the word from the ACSI and Forrester (News - Alert).
http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/call-center-management/articles/437516-customer-experience-movement-has-stalled.htm/
There is no such thing as “today’s consumer” – and that is a great thing. The travel and hospitality industry, for instance, serves a wide range of customers looking for a tremendous variety of experiences at a range of price points for different travel purposes. They simply can’t be lumped together. The same is true of consumers generally. When businesses step away from this type of generalization, it allows for better focus on something more productive: individualization. What approaches and practices will help them best understand their customers and tailor their offerings to satisfy their unique needs and preferences?
https://chiefexecutive.net/keys-delivering-individualized-experience-customers/
Interesting interview with Maggie Chan Jones, the first woman global chief marketing officer of SAP. Here Steve Olenski talks to her about a lot of different topics ranging from CX, AI, all the challenges she's faced as CMO and what she's up to these days including her speaking at two diversity and inclusion events, Women Economic Forum and I Inspire, in New Delhi, India at the end of April.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveolenski/2018/03/19/should-cmos-lead-customer-experience-one-former-cmo-says-maybe/#4c14e6af5bff/
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already become an everyday part of our lives. We use it at work and at home - often without even realizing it. AI is evolving now in all industries especially in the banking sector, 2018 will showcase many projects and applications that are adopting AI to increase their performance and security in all terms.
http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2018/Mar/19/using-ai-to-enhance-customer-experience/
Marketers in the UK are typically missing out on revenue and delivering an improved customer experience by not measuring the lifetime value of their customers, a new report has revealed.
https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/uk_marketers_find_customer_lifetime_value_elusive/40197/
