When it comes to customer experience, expectations are at an all-time high. With the arrival – and subsequent success – of big players like Spotify, Uber and Airbnb, businesses around the world are racing to match the speed, dynamism and customer-centricity of these digital giants.
However, B2B customer-experience index ratings significantly lag behind those of retail customers. And with one customer intelligence consultancy predicting that customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator by 2020, there’s no better time to transform your B2B customer experience and start reaping the rewards.
https://econsultancy.com/three-steps-to-b2b-customer-experience-management/
Despite the e-commerce boom, numbers show shoppers still want the touch-and-feel experience of brick-and-mortar — recent data from the National Retail Federation found that nearly 80 percent of consumers primarily shop in traditional stores. While the increased foot traffic is great for a retailer's bottom line, it can wreak havoc on sales associates if you don't give them appropriate tools to manage the many needs and requests of shoppers in real-time.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/using-push-to-talk-technology-to-boost-the-customer-experience/
Until fairly recently, industry pundits had all but written off voice as a customer engagement channel. Considering there were more than 100 billion inbound calls via mobile devices alone in 2018, the past year has proven them wrong.
There has been an incredible resurgence of voice as the new user interface of choice, and it remains the chief channel for complex customer inquiries and interactions. As a result, organizations have been getting serious about connecting their voice communications systems to their systems of action -- deeply embedding voice in the fabric of customer relationship management systems.
https://www.crmbuyer.com/story/85827.html/
The need to constantly optimize their site is one of the biggest challenges faced by anyone investing in mobile commerce.
But how can they not? Also referred to as mcommerce or m-commerce, mobile commerce is an advancement of ecommerce that enables people to buy and sell products from virtually anywhere by use of a mobile device. Basically, any monetary transaction that’s completed on a mobile device constitutes as mcommerce.
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-to-optimize-your-ecommerce-site-for-mobile-conversions/
In today’s work environment, a void of effective feedback mechanisms exists, resulting in lower employee satisfaction and, ultimately, lower productivity. The primary driver behind lackluster performance management lies in the annual performance review. While the performance review has its place, managers miss many opportunities throughout the year to offer practical and meaningful feedback to performers.
While you may not be able to change the current performance management mechanisms in your organization, you can take the matter into your own hands by eliciting feedback from your mentors, colleagues, managers, partners, and even clients. Here’s how.
https://www.business2community.com/communications/how-to-ask-for-feedback-the-ultimate-guide-to-relevant-feedback-02164582/
Brands need to do a better job connecting with customers in several key touchpoints.
That’s according to a new study from customer experience platform provider InMoment. Data from “CX Trends 2019” reveals that 50% of brands believe they are “definitely” doing better at delivering an excellent customer experience, but only 11% of consumers agree.
The study also identifies five specific customer experience trends that demonstrate a disconnect between brands and customers, and offers recommendations on resolving them.
https://www.chainstoreage.com/technology/study-five-customer-experience-disconnects-to-avoid/
In this ever more discerning world, software needs to stand out. Choices are greater than ever before, and the winners in the race to success will likely be those that truly solve customers’ problems. On the other side of all software is a practitioner looking for ways to do something faster, more easily or better than before.
In order for engineers to create valuable products, they should put themselves in the shoes of their customers to understand their wants and needs. I've been developing consumer-facing digital products for the last 30 years and have worked in both startups and in large organizations. For me, focusing development on what matters most to the customer is often the single most valuable action taken during the development cycle. I've been on both the successful side when doing this and unsuccessful side when not doing this.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/02/01/stop-trying-to-outthink-your-customers-the-pursuit-of-software-stickiness/#2751c1f04e42/
If you have a big growth goal to reach in 2019, you can leverage your customer insights from your Voice of Customer (VOC) data to achieve it. And on the flip side, if you have already invested in a VOC initiative, there are multiple ways you can use this data to influence your company growth.
http://customerthink.com/how-to-leverage-your-customer-insights-for-growth-in-2019/
Insurance is competitive. It can be hard to stay afloat in such a saturated field, let alone find an advantage over your competition.
Lead generation is essential, but any agency can duplicate your efforts, and it gets exponentially more expensive with scale. Is there a more sustainable method of achieving long-term growth and competitive advantage? The answer is surprisingly simple and yet almost universally ignored.
http://sbj.net/stories/opinion-how-to-improve-customer-experience-beyond-surveys,62303/
Today’s marketing environment is undeniably a busy one. In fact, it’s almost impossible nowadays for digital marketers to perform their tasks without the right tools at their side; tools that automate and simplify processes ensuring they get a good return on their marketing investment. This is essentially where having a marketing technology stack becomes fundamental to your success as an online company.
So what is a marketing technology stack? Why do I need one? And which tools do I need to complete mine? Let’s take a look.
https://mopinion.com/tools-for-your-2019-marketing-technology-stack/
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