When it comes to bolstering consumer relationships, loyalty is often the first phrase that comes to mind. The ultimate building block, however, lies in brand affinity, or the emotional connection consumers have towards their favorite brands. When properly leveraged, affinity can help deepen consumer engagement and inspire long-lasting loyalty.
Increasingly, the brands that best resonate with consumers are those that create exemplary experiences—prioritizing personalization, meaningful rewards and seamless interactions. In a crowded marketing landscape, these trends are essential in setting brands apart and igniting brand affinity. A recent survey of consumers around the brands they purchase from most frequently, honed in on what brand affinity looks like, the factors that strengthen consumer ties, and how others can create experiences that move the needle.
Here are three ways to build brand affinity:
https://www.chiefmarketer.com/3-ways-ignite-brand-affinity-build-loyalty/
They say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. But how often do you apply that concept to your customer service? Most businesses wait for a problem to arise, and don’t make efforts to fix a problem until after a customer (or several customers) complains.
However, more often than not, a customer that has gotten to the point of complaining about something is one that is not likely to come back to your business.
So, rather than waiting around to fix customer complaints, here are 3 proactive ways that you can prevent those complaints from ever arising.
http://customerthink.com/3-ways-to-prevent-customer-complaints-instead-of-fixing-them/
If you haven’t noticed, it’s all about the customer these days. According to a research carried out by Deloitte and Touche, customer-centric companies are 60% more profitable than those not focused on the customer. This proves that the moment you put the customer at the core of your business, you’re already one step closer to success. And this is precisely why businesses are looking to customer feedback tools as a foundation for this success.
https://mopinion.com/30-best-customer-feedback-tools-an-overview/
If you haven’t noticed, it’s all about the customer these days. According to a research carried out by Deloitte and Touche, customer-centric companies are 60% more profitable than those not focused on the customer.
https://mopinion.com/30-customer-feedback-tools-an-overview/
There is a deluge of website feedback tools. Because of the diversity of feedback applications, you quickly loose the overview and it is not always clear where exactly the difference lies. What can be accomplished with which tool?
https://mopinion.com/31-website-feedback-tools-an-overview-and-comparison/
Online feedback tools come in many shapes and sizes. While some are intended to improve internal processes such as product development, others focus more on providing insights into the customer journey or enhancing user experience.
https://mopinion.com/34-online-feedback-tools-an-overview/
According to Kantar TNS’s latest Connected Life research, brands still have work to do to build trust in digital channels.
The report reveals that acceptance of chatbots, which are increasingly used in customer service functions, is generally low in Europe: just 28% of British consumers are willing to interact with them online. However, consumers in other markets are even less open to them: less than a quarter (22%) of Australian consumers said they were happy to interact with AI.
https://uk.kantar.com/tech/digital/2017/british-consumers-not-ready-to-embrace-online-customer-service/
Grow fast or die slow – that is the mantra that many startup owners repeat to themselves every morning in the mirror. And for a good reason – considering nearly half of small businesses fail the first four years, according to SmallBizTrends. But it doesn’t have to be so stressful – that is, if you’re familiar with the concept of growth hacking and growth hacking tools.
https://mopinion.com/35-best-growth-hacking-tools-startups/
A 360-degree customer journey is a set of ideas and methods meant to take you from vague promises of being “customer-centric” to a concrete process for measurably offering more value to customers. By better understanding individuals and groups of customers, you’ll find ways to make your products more useful and smooth out the buying process, building an engaged audience for your brand along the way.
https://mopinion.com/360-degree-customer-journey/
When you first start selling online, receiving negative customer feedback can feel like a real kick in the teeth. You’ve put in all the hard work to get the order out but have fallen short of your customer’s expectations and are now worried about your reputation, not to mention how it might affect your metrics.
With experience though, you start to realize that negative customer feedback is just part of selling online and shouldn’t be taken to heart. In fact, if you use it creatively, it can even present you with an opportunity to shine.
https://www.business2community.com/brandviews/xsellco/4-creative-ways-to-utilize-your-negative-customer-feedback-on-amazon-and-ebay-02083046/
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