he golden rule for delivering an excellent customer experience (CX) is to listen to your customer. If you know what your customers want, all you need to do is deliver it. It’s simple — except, it isn’t.
Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs have become vital drivers for brands looking to be competitive in customer experience. A Gartner study shows that 89 percent of companies are currently focused on CX as a competitive differentiator. However, according to a recent report by Forrester, only 33 percent of CX professionals say their VoC program is effective at “driving action” to improve customer experiences.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/4-tips-to-get-more-from-voice-of-the-customer-programs-in-2019/
The recent blunder by Instagram, however, is an important learning opportunity for all of us in the e-commerce space who are responsible for the user experience and interfaces of our websites.
First, key features of websites or apps should never be launched without fully testing and vetting them with customers. At Geriatric Medical, we develop most of our site features to address challenges or problems that are customers are having. In addition, we work very closely with our team to build enhancements that will complement the key features and ordering sections of our site. The “Instagram Tap” feature would be similar to us inverting the scroll feature on our ordering list pages, it just wouldn’t make any logical sense.
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2019/01/16/a-lesson-from-instagrams-bug-about-ux-and-voice-of-the-customer/
As enterprises in North America increasingly migrate their processes and applications to the cloud, contact center service providers (CCSPs) will have to deliver next-level customer experience (CX) and contact center performance and productivity to gain a competitive edge. Using a broadened set of analytics tools that incorporate novel technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), augmented reality (AR), and Big Data, companies are adding intelligence to existing applications such as interactive voice response (IVR). They are also integrating multiple contact channels such as mobile, chat, messaging, and social media to offer a richer omnichannel experience with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.
http://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=88741/
While the customer relationship management (CRM) system has had a monumental impact on sales and driven home the concept of a universal system of record across the enterprise, it is not really a system for knowing or managing the health of any given customer. CRM revolves around sales, plain and simple.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2019/01/16/sales-to-customer-success-gain-the-right-insights-from-your-software/#7cfd0ac33756/
While businesses across industries and verticals are making efforts to improve their overall customer experience (CX), the term “customer experience” is often misinterpreted or vaguely understood. The SmarterCX team hit the streets to find out just how many people are or are not familiar with the term “CX” — so if you think you’re the only one who’s not 100% sure, this may put your mind at ease.
https://smartercx.com/cx-101-what-is-customer-experience-anyway/
Improve customer loyalty. Reduce customer churn. Maximize revenue. These are the top reasons why so many organisations have employed Enterprise Feedback Management Software(EFM). Interestingly enough, in a highly competitive market where your competitors are just a click away, we’re seeing that some organisations still haven’t embraced EFM. In fact, according to Destination CRM, only 42% of organisations are using one or more technologies to back their VoC programmes. So why haven’t they all jumped on the bandwagon? Could this perhaps be a matter of not knowing which software to employ? Then we’ve got your covered.
https://mopinion.com/enterprise-feedback-management-efm-software/
In this blog, Corinium Intelligence discusses how to understand your Voice of Customer (VOC) feedback and why this is important. What are your customers actually telling you and how do you analyze this information to get to meaningful insights? Then, how do you use VOC data to drive change in your organization?
https://www.coriniumintelligence.com/insights/voice-of-the-customer-why-you-need-it-and-how-to-start-your-voc-program/
Do you wish you could read your customers' minds? It's difficult to improve your products, services and practices without knowing what buyers are thinking. You may get reviews here and there, but that's not always enough feedback to build off of. Voice surveys are one method you can use to get inside the heads of consumers.
https://www.cequens.com/story-hub/voice-surveys-how-effective-are-they-in-getting-customer-feedback/
A Voice of Customer (VOC) program aims to gather and analyze customer insights, allowing you to identify trends and strategies to improve customer experience and deliver positive business outcomes. In simpler terms, VOC offers a way to give your customers a voice within your organization.
Organizations that have well-developed VOC programs consider feedback from every customer, respond immediately, and ultimately use what they learn to make improvements across departments.
Today, we’re sharing how you can leverage VOC data to improve customer service.
https://www.business2community.com/customer-experience/use-voice-of-customer-voc-data-to-improve-customer-service-02156948/
Ever wonder why there is such a gap between all the hard work you do in providing Voice of the Customer and Net Promoter Scores to your internal partners and then not being able to see how that in turn results in enabling the company to improve their financial or operationals? With a veritable wealth of verbatim, Moments of Truth, customer feedback, and a trove of response and sales/marketing data and in many cases a very positive NPS alas, those departments still have no true understanding of WHY this is all happening and the levers and triggers that created those data points.
Maybe you are missing something?
http://customerthink.com/mine-or-mind-the-gap/
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