If you’ve ever worked in the service industry I’m sure the chant “the customer is always right” still rings in your head. Customer service and the customer journey are not new concepts. However, the medium that customer service is carried out through today is new. With the eruption and growth of the internet over the past 20 years – the entire customer journey has been rewritten – no matter how long you’ve been in business or what industry you’re in. As the way we do business evolved, the customer experience evolved with it. But why has it been so difficult for businesses to transition?
https://mopinion.com/why-the-customer-experience-should-be-your-main-focus-this-year/
No single tactic will deliver on the ultimate customer experience (CX) vision. Just like most matters in business, it takes the right mix of people and processes or methodologies to deliver a meaningful experience.
Customer journeys are at the core of understanding your customers, their needs or issues they may be facing so you can take action to deliver a great customer experience. Customer experience problems vary in complexity from simple to difficult, and the persistent ones are often complex because they occur over time, over channels, and fall between the cracks of organizational silos.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/why-customer-journey-mapping-journey-analytics-5-star-customer-experiences/
The online customer journey in retail is going through a major transformation. Consumers are not only (increasingly) picking up their mobile phones to shop online, but they’re also looking for a more interactive experience with the brand, accompanied by a smooth purchasing process. This is a shift that many suspect will demand more from online retailers, especially in the realm of customer experience. One way of achieving the much sought after sound customer experience is online feedback.
https://mopinion.com/white-paper-how-to-boost-your-retail-website-with-online-feedback/
Intelligent Sourcing magazine recently hosted a dinner in collaboration with Teleperformance in London where Mike Havard, CEO of Ember Group, and Julian Herbert from Everest Group discussed the future of the customer journey. The team from Teleperformance was also there to give feedback on the role of the customer experience (CX) supplier in managing modern customer journeys.
The phrase “customer journey” has been discussed and argued over so much now that it’s in danger of becoming meaningless – which is a shame because at its best, analysis and understanding of it can improve client relations and ultimately make the bottom line healthier.
Ultimately each business is unique and in many cases today the customer journey will be unique because we have moved so far in just one decade that it is now impossible to draw a simple step-by-step description of how a customer first hears about your brands and then moves all the way to making a purchase and (hopefully) becoming a fan.
http://customerthink.com/what-is-the-future-of-the-customer-journey/
Working towards a robust VoCA program can clearly separate customer experience leaders from laggards. According to Forrester, customer experience leaders grow revenue five times faster than CX laggards, drive higher brand preference and brand referrals. A Harvard Business Review article “How the Meaning of Digital Transformation Has Evolved” also backs the measurable value of a VoC strategy: Top performers in a (PwC) survey—those reporting revenue growth and profit margin increases above 5% for the past three years and expected revenue growth of at least 5% for the next three years—have a better understanding of the human experience that surrounds digital technology. These companies prioritize user experience specialists and creating better customer experience through their digital initiatives.
https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/voice-of-customer-analytics-describe-prescribe-and-predict-your-customers-journey/
"Growth for B2B is hard. It used to be that you could accelerate growth with huge customer acquisition. Ramping up your sales and marketing is not enough to sustain growth. Today, the best companies are growing through customer success. That’s why I interviewed Kia Puhm (@kiapuhm), CEO at K!A CX Consulting to talk about customer success."
http://customerthink.com/transform-your-customer-journey-and-accelerate-growth/
Are you a visual person? Looking for some deeper insights into what your visitors are doing on your website? Want to boost your conversions, but not sure where to start? A heatmapping tool might just be your answer! Heatmapping tools are great for tracking user behaviour patterns on specific pages of your website and are actually quite easy to use.
https://mopinion.com/heatmapping-tools-you-might-want-to-try/
When entrepreneurs and early-stage founders want to make smart decisions with their customer data, they may use third-party tools such as Google Analytics, but in fact there are dozens of other software tools out there to think about.
Those choices include business intelligence software, data warehouse software, customer service help desks, CRMs, attribution tools, heat maps and behavior marketing automation software -- all powered by customer data.
In addition, when you combine some of these tools in the right way, you can harness behavioral data and user information to allow your marketing and product teams to facilitate your customers journey to conversion.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/323652/
I just came back from hosting the CXPA’s Insight Exchange and talking all things customers. Of course, I tended to hang out in the customer journey mapping sessions. While the practice is maturing, there’s still a lot of room for improvement.
In the spirit of sharing best practices, we at Heart of the Customer put together our Top 10 Reasons that Journey Mapping Projects Fail, a la David Letterman.
Without further ado, let’s proceed!
http://customerthink.com/the-top-10-reasons-customer-journey-mapping-fails/
As information becomes more available and for free, thanks to the Internet and social media networks, product differentiation in one category is becoming more and more difficult.
As a result, businesses need to focus on customer experience to set themselves apart from their competitors. Customer experience is defined as a series of interactions between a customer and an organization throughout their business relationship. The interaction begins from the moment the customer hears about the business all the way to making a purchase of the product or service.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/313807/
