User feedback is the key indicator of customer experience. Having access to the customer insights puts you as a marketer at a competitive advantage. In fact, user feedback will also enable you to prioritise and address issues that surface, putting you one step closer to reaching a profitable conclusion and closing the loop. That is why it’s important to have the right user feedback solution in place, depending on your needs and of course, budget. In this article we will zoom in on several free user feedback tools that are great for digital marketers who are on a budget.
https://mopinion.com/free-user-feedback-tools-digital-marketers-budget/
As consumer behaviors and demands continue to evolve, brands are now focusing their efforts on delivering a good customer experience, even if that’s at the (slight) expense of the actual product or service they sell. In fact, a study by Gartner states that nearly 89 percent of companies are competing on customer experience alone.
And for enterprises to consistently deliver good customer experiences, they need to know the wants, needs and preferences of their customers, hence the rise of "voice of the customer" (VoC) campaigns — where brands aim to purposefully curate and act upon the voice of their customers.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/9-enterprise-voice-of-the-customer-voc-tools-you-should-know-about/
"We've asked some of the industry's most knowledgable boffins to break down jargon to help you through those confusing meetings and indecipherable conferences. Here, MaritzCX's Gillian Mackay explains how voice of customer programmes work."
https://mumbrella.com.au/how-does-a-voice-of-customer-programme-work-557923/
SEO firm Conductor has introduced Actions, which is designed to democratize and disseminate search data to people throughout a marketing organization. Actions will send the data to Asana and, in Q1 2019, Jira and Trello.
Freeing search data from its silo. The idea is to give non-SEOs in the organization access to search data as a kind of proxy for the voice of the customer. Conductor believes that SEO issues affect many groups within an organization and wants to enable “search intelligence” to break out of its SEO silo.
https://searchengineland.com/conductor-actions-turns-search-seo-data-into-voice-of-the-customer-intelligence-309423/
By using event detection to listen to patterns in data, and then applying Artificial Intelligence, your business can now sense these moments of needs as they are happening
Customer experience or ‘CX’ as it is popularly referred to is one of the most important verticals that businesses need to address in order to thrive. And tanks to artificial intelligence and data, CX can be achieved via the use of these technologies in an improved and efficient manner. From artificial intelligence to IoT, Don Schuerman, CTO and VP Product Marketing, Pegasystems, states 7 ways in which technology will aid customer engagement.
https://www.dqindia.com/artificial-intelligence-technology-improved-customer-engagement-cx-2019/
When it comes to e-commerce personalization, how do you know if you are truly delivering a personalized experience? As shoppers, we all have different likes, patterns, affinities, interests and trigger points that lead us to making purchases. In a physical store environment, an associate is well equipped to not only gauge the interest and patterns of their repeat customer, but also to inquire and learn what prompts that particular shopper to make a purchase. Is it a BOGO offer? Is it the ability to sample a new product with a purchase? Or is it the allure of purchasing an exclusive line solely available at that particular store?
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2019/01/02/the-key-to-ecommerce-personalization-contextual-relevancy/
The travel industry, one of the world’s largest industries, has changed drastically over the last few years as a result of digitisation. Digitally confident customers now seek more control of the booking process, making the demands for good (online) service even higher than before. So what does this mean for travel marketers? You guessed it, the Voice of the Customer must become a top priority.
https://mopinion.com/travel-companies-voice-of-the-customer/
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/
In this episode we talk to Lauren Decker, Director of Product & Customer Marketing at G2 Crowd.
Lauren shares 3 distinct ways to incorporate the voice of the customer into all of your marketing initiatives:
https://sweetfishmedia.com/voice-of-the-customer-in-your-b2b-marketing-lauren-decker/
The latest trend in today’s data-centric world is machine learning and artificial intelligence, and AI is looking like the go-to technology and buzz for 2019. In fact, Gartner recently released a Smarter With Gartner report that identifies AI as one of their top 10 strategic technology trends for 2019. And a McKinsey Global Institute economic model estimates that about 70 percent of companies will adopt at least one type of AI by 2030.
Given the projection of AI, it’s worth noting that the possibilities and potential for AI-driven applications to enhance Customer Experience (CX) seem endless — from chatbots and personal assistants to text & sentiment analytics that can turn customer feedback into a roadmap for CX improvement. If, however, you’re thinking about jumping on board as soon as possible, think again.
http://customerthink.com/five-prerequisites-for-adopting-ai-to-improve-cx/
