A relentless focus on the customer is not just an important strategy, it is mission-critical for companies to survive in today's retail climate. When it comes to delivering the best customer experience, it is what is on the inside that counts: the retailer's people and its company culture. So, how is a customer-centric company culture built? Experts agree that a customer-driven culture results organically when employees individually and collectively prioritize customer needs above all else. Ultimately, being customer-centric requires a work environment where employees fully embrace the core values of empathy and servant leadership.
Recently, McKinsey & Co. studied the relationship between customer centricity and revenue growth. They concluded customer impact — the empathy to recognize and act upon the needs of customers — led all leadership competencies. Not only that, but the degree of customer impact also correlated with respondent company revenue growth. While the customer may not always be right, they are certainly always valued in high performing organizations.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/how-to-deliver-a-customer-experience-that-is-second-to-none/
A key aspect of optimizing your customer experience is creating a consumer-centric mindset both in your organization and throughout the buying process. Doing this well requires listening to the way consumers are talking about your brand and its products or services, as well as their needs and requirements, commonly referred to as the voice of the customer, or VOC.
In order to better understand how to use VOC and the types of feedback that your customers are providing, let’s divide it into three unique aspects, each with their own distinct attributes and value to an organization. In the work I do with clients at Yes&, all three of these facets are used to form a cohesive picture of what a customer needs, what their experience has been and how they are feeling about a brand.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2019/01/11/understanding-the-three-facets-of-the-voice-of-the-customer-voc/
Customer experience (CX) is not only a major priority, but also a game changer for businesses. To craft customer-centric business policies and meet customer needs, marketers first need to understand, what is customer experience? Let’s start with the basics.
Gen-Z is more aware, needs instant service and has rising expectations, and Millennials and Baby Boomers have their own unique needs. In this high-pressure situation, businesses need to be meticulous with their CX strategy. We have put together a comprehensive A-Z customer experience guide to help you optimize your business strategies.
https://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/customer-experience-2/what-is-customer-experience-a-to-z-guide/
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/
Do you remember that joyous feeling when the thing preventing you from having an easier life was removed? Can you remember what it feels like when the elephant that was sitting on your chest finally gets up? Have you ever experienced relief when that huge barrier preventing you from being more customer centric was finally removed?
The irony of many legacy contact center communication platforms that are being used to serve customers often prevent you from doing it effectively. Most of these platforms were primarily built from voice being the foundation and then as channels grew, they were merely added onto the voice channel versus being merged with voice from a workflow and queuing perspective.
http://customerthink.com/contact-center-technology-finally-enables-you-to-be-customer-centric/
Brands often talk about being customer-centric but in reality, most businesses are still not set up with customers at their core. Simply installing a chief customer officer and hoping the rest will fall into place will not cut it in 2019.
https://www.marketingweek.com/2018/12/12/marketing-trends-2019-customer-centric/
'Understanding the voice of your customer is key in today’s competitive business landscape, as is developing a customer-centric management style which focuses on understanding and maintaining compelling, positive high-quality experiences for your customers.
Internet and intranet communication allows organizations to hold ongoing conversations with the people they serve. This gives them access to an enormous amount of potentially valuable information. Natural language understanding and deep learning are key to tapping into this information and to revealing how to better serve their audiences.
In this blog, I will discuss the different ways that deep learning can take you to the next level of understanding the voice of your customer including: the importance of qualitative data (unstructured feedback); the role of analytics in the analysis of qualitative data for VoC; and the role and promise of deep learning for applications (including AI Assistant).'
http://customerthink.com/how-deep-learning-can-take-you-to-the-next-level-of-understanding-the-voice-of-your-customer/
Facing the highest competitiveness and being under the constant risk of losing clients and money, businesses are strongly focusing on the creation of a client-centric strategy. If earlier it was enough to offer some kinds of goods at a lower price, now getting success is much more difficult.
To stay competitive and boost sales, companies have to add value to customers, provide them with the personalized experience, and solve their challenges. Customer data is taking the center stage: when understanding the audience needs, a company can deliver the best service possible and thus receive loyal customers and increase income.
http://customerthink.com/how-to-improve-customer-experience-boost-sales-with-big-data-solutions/
Is your Marketing department aligned with customer experience and employee experience? The necessity and logic of doing this was highlighted in a recent presentation by Hootsuite’s Vice President of Customer, Kirsty Traill. She pointed out that Marketing Communications is unfortunately the typical focus of customer journey maps and customer-centric marketing.
Her observations are in accordance with the first half of this six-part series which also pointed out that MarCom-focus for customer-centric marketing is extremely short-sighted in what’s needed by your company. It short-changes marketing’s impact.
http://customerthink.com/marketings-role-in-employee-customer-experience-journeys/
BPM is implemented in an organization to improve business operations. However, organizations are discovering that the capabilities of this platform is helping them become more customer-centric as well. In their efforts to be customer-focused, brands are developing customer journey maps - identifying all points of interactions that a customer has with a brand. And then aligning their business processes to those touch points.
http://www.cxotoday.com/story/from-good-to-great-customer-touchpoints/
