A company’s biggest differentiator is often their ability to predict the needs of customers. This concept is typically associated with the purchasing experience, or developing personalized services. What’s missing from these strategies are the opportunities in communicating to customers how things go wrong.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/wheres-my-stuff-power-speaking-in-customers-words-kvnw/
I regularly meet executives who tell me their customer experience initiatives are not meeting their expectations, and when I look deeper I find some or a combination of the following:
http://customerthink.com/create-a-customer-experience-transformation-programme-that-delivers-results/
Another year has passed and Digital Customer Experience (CX) finds itself – once again – at the top of many business agendas. Not surprisingly however, considering many experts are calling CX ‘the new battlefield’. Dramatic, I know – but there is some truth in the expression. In fact, 2018 is the year Gartner predicted that more than 50% of organisations will redirect their investments towards customer experience innovations. So why is there such a high demand to provide a good digital customer experience? And as a result, what kinds of innovations and trends can we expect to see this year?
https://mopinion.com/top-digital-customer-experience-cx-trends-for-2018/
“Our clients helped us see that in some cases where we weren’t collaborating, they would experience our lack of collaboration,” said Senior Vice President of Insights & Client Experience at SunTrust Bank, Jeff VanDeVelde. Is your voice of the customer program letting you know similar insights? If not, it’s time to change it up, and reveal these gaps, if they exist — which are more than likely in any organization.
https://www.business2community.com/customer-experience/customers-experience-internal-collaboration-lack-01981762/
If you got wedged under a rock in 2017, it may be both a blessing and a curse that you missed the CRM AI media frenzy. AI showed up everywhere, rivaling electricity’s systemic emergence a century ago, allegedly injecting sage-like wisdom into everything from sales forecasting tools to email subject lines generators.
https://customerthink.com/the-8-hottest-crm-ai-trends-to-put-eyes-on-in-2018/
Voice of the customer (VoC) programs are essential to any customer experience effort. In recent years, VoC efforts have continued to expand and support their organizations; however, going forward they will need to adapt to significant changes in data sources, technology, operational pressures, and consumer behavior. In this report, we detail how companies can propel their VoC programs into the future by:
http://www.satprnews.com/2018/01/14/renovating-your-voice-of-the-customer-program/
Internet of Things (IoT), the market for which will grow from $625.2 billion in 2015 to $1.29 trillion in 2020, has, helped drive this fundamental shift. It is this ability to connect brands directly with the end-customer that is making IoT one of the key agenda points in boardroom discussions.
http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/internet-of-things-what-is-technology-all-about-find-out-here/1015206/
As marketers chase efficiencies through programmatic media and marketing automation, how far does the industry need to go to reverse the nosedive in attention being paid to marketing messages...
http://www.campaignasia.com/article/are-we-representing-the-voice-of-the-customer-or-just-stalking-them/442027/
B2B mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are unlikely to slow down in 2018.
Deloitte estimates that M&A activity will accelerate in 2018, in part driven by new M&A technology and tools.
Low economic growth also pushes B2B leaders to rely on M&A as a central part of their growth strategies.
But it remains to be seen whether these deals will be as successful as leaders hope.
Many factors can improve M&A performance, but one critical factor is often overlooked: customers.
http://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/225068/why-b2b-customers-important-part.aspx/
The takeover is complete: The customer is in control and customer experience now reigns supreme over the business universe.
A whirlwind of global forces has propelled us to this place. Now that we’re here, what do companies need to do to not only survive, but also thrive?
https://customerthink.com/making-customer-experience-your-marketing-and-sales-magnet/
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