When it comes to customer expectations, it is no surprise that with all the latest tech-leaning us towards instant gratification that millennials have higher expectations for customer experience. This is mostly due to instant gratification with mobile and email notifications from brands.
A recent report from Adobe surveyed 1,500 U.S. adults regarding preferences and expectations for digital experiences in the retail, travel & hospitality, media & entertainment, and financial services industries and found that expectations for customer experience are much higher coming from the millennial age group than ever before.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolemartin1/2019/03/26/why-millennials-have-higher-expectations-for-customer-experience-than-older-generations/
Stuart O’Neill, head of SAP Hybris Australia and New Zealand, explains why digital customer experience (CX) must be a company-wide mandate in order for brands to continuously improve interaction across every touchpoint.
http://www.bandt.com.au/marketing/digital-customer-experience-needs-move-beyond-marketing/
Now, more than ever, a customer’s relationship with certain brands is relying on the CX. Marketing professionals are responsible for this relationship between customer and brands, that’s why it’s obviously their job to take care of the CX. There’s a good number of reasons why CX is so important in data-driven marketing, and here are a few of them:
https://customerthink.com/why-customer-experience-is-an-integral-part-of-data-driven-marketing/
A traditional organizational strategy tends to revolve around minimizing costs and maximizing sales and profits, thereby maximizing shareholder return. In a government setting, cost reduction is important to strategy; but so is raising awareness of what government is doing, and changing the behavior of citizens.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/when-organizational-strategy-ruins-customer-experience/
Today’s consumers expect instant, automatic, and correct results – every time. Don’t believe me? Go read reviews for your last purchase and I am willing to bet that there are some negative reviews on there about time to delivery, quality, or the return process, etc. We have turned ourselves and future generations into savvy and high-standard consumers. We want it now and we want it for cheap and only the best quality. Too much focus on the front-end delivery will lead to a failed satisfaction. Today’s CX standards are more than just a notification that the missile COULD be inbound. We expect to know where exactly it’s going to impact, when it’s going to hit, how big it is, and we expect to be told immediately if it’s not going to happen.
http://customerthink.com/what-we-learn-from-one-click-cx-its-pitfalls/
Every company’s ecosystem is unique. Different people, interactions, rituals, and tones must be well understood and respected for customer experience excellence to thrive. The earlier you understand and respect your company’s ecosystem, the faster and better your customer experience results will be.
https://www.business2community.com/customer-experience/customer-experience-ecosystem-01961481/
What does the future of CX look like? That was the question asked by CMO.com shortly before the new year. The result is an impressive list of predictions offered by some of the brightest minds working to make the future of CX a reality today.
http://www.briansolis.com/2018/01/future-cx-look-like-promising-predictions/
2017 has been a transformative year for customer experience, with artificial intelligence and digital assistants at the forefront of the transformation. With the emergence of new channels, organisations also spent much of 2017 grappling with how to handle and analyse the sheer volume of data they were able to collect on customers.
These emerging technologies will inevitably play a more integral part in how businesses deliver the customer experience. Other technologies such as VR and AR, as well as IoT, also have potential to affect customer experience. As we look towards 2018, we’ve put together some thoughts on what 2018 might bring for the customer experience.
https://www.itproportal.com/features/what-does-2018-hold-for-the-customer-experience/
This Customer Think article outlines 20 real steps to cutting waste out of your products, services, and experiences to make sure you deliver what the customer needs to solve their pain points.
https://customerthink.com/what-are-the-customer-experience-steps-to-cut-poor-features-from-your-tech-product-to-enhance-cx-design/
Customer experience leaders make lots of presentations to describe the customer perspective. Storytelling may not be in their job description, but if their goal is to compel an audience to take action, it’s highly effective.
http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/CRM-News/CRM-Featured-Articles/Voice-of-the-Customer-CX-Leaders-Need-to-Become-Customer-Storytellers-123281.aspx/
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