Marketers are constantly introducing newer and more sophisticated Customer Experiences (CX). But, how do you ensure that all of your customer touchpoints will align with the promise of these new CX improvements?
Based on our VoC research, we have learned that the brands most successful in making their CS (Customer Service) and back-end processes align beautifully with their front end CX, are those which involve and integrate every department and every employee!
Here are 3 tips to help ensure that your CS matches the promise of your CX:
http://customerthink.com/3-tips-to-ensure-customer-service-matches-your-promised-customer-experience/
“We really need to listen to the voice of the customer.”
If you’ve never heard this phrase before, then you either walk around with your headphones in all day or you’ve never worked at a startup. 89 percent of companies are using customer experience as a way to differentiate and compete.
If 9 in 10 companies are investing in voice of customer (VoC), isn’t it about time you did, too?
https://surveyanyplace.com/brand-perception-survey-questions/
Do you know what the difference is between successful and unsuccessful businesses?
The successful ones understand their customers.
They pay close attention to what their customers are saying. They know that business metrics like revenue and churn tell only a part of the story. They understand that to know why customers make certain decisions, it is critical to understand customer perspective.
Don't believe me? Here's what Steve Jobs once said about it: "Get closer to your customers than ever. So close that you can tell them what they need before they realize it themselves."
If you dream to become an industry leader, you have got to listen to your customers -- because customer-perceived value is one of the leading drivers of business success. You need to know:
https://blog.hubspot.com/service/voice-of-the-customer-methodologies/
It’s the age of the customer and the world’s biggest brands are duking it out every day for a greater share of our hearts, minds, and wallets. Customers hold more decision power than ever in an era where information about any company’s products and services is just a mobile search away.
Where does the Voice of the Customer (VoC) land in the priorities for your company’s overall strategy? Forrester’s Customer Experience Council 2017 member survey shows that 79% of all respondents believe that measuring customer experience is a top priority.
https://www.peoplemetrics.com/blog/12-reasons-to-invest-more-in-customer-experience/
We have the technology to listen to customers, but we're still not getting customer experience right. According to the State of Customer Experience 2017 report from business process services company Conduent, brands fail to provide 80 percent of customers with first-step resolutions. Further, 75 percent don’t provide enough support to encourage successful self-help.
Some brands have turned to Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs to help inform the experiences they provide. Wikipedia defines VoC programs as marketing techniques designed to understand and facilitate the wants and needs of customers by organizing them into a prioritized hierarchal structure.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/10-common-voice-of-the-customer-mistakes/
Customer centricity is misunderstood. A change in retail has already occurred: technology users and their need for immediacy have severed the middle ground. Retail in the middle, grounded in mediocrity is doomed. The unifying force, no matter what way you shop, demands a customer-focused experience.
https://www.retaildive.com/news/customer-centricity-is-misunderstood/524103/