Many CX professionals currently assess customer experience through the lens of biased ‘service’, and are becoming “A man with a hammer”: Always adopting the “Serve Customers Better” approach to try to solve every CX problem their respective clients or companies face. The Conventional CX is just service-in-disguise. It’s merely an expanded version of ‘service’ or customer interaction management (CIM). It is not a Real CX.
http://customerthink.com/stop-practicing-the-conventional-customer-experience-management-part-4/
Businesses are often failing because they are not considering the customer journey. The best sales people provide an experience that informs and inspires a desire to purchase.
https://medium.com/swlh/4-ways-to-improve-customer-experience-more-sales-708fd1e2d191/
There are a lot of things that impact customer experience—employee engagement, the online customer journey, the in-store atmosphere, and more. One area that is often overlooked but that has a tremendous impact on customer experience is leadership development.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2018/04/03/how-leadership-development-impacts-customer-experience/
Improving the customer experience has become a key focus of all astute retailers. For providers of convenience services, much of the focus rests on integrating frictionless point-of-sale payment. Hence, one of the best-attended educational sessions at the recent National Automatic Merchandising Association show at the Las Vegas Convention Center focused on how payment technology innovations — namely mobile payments — are impacting customer expectations.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/articles/mobile-payment-redefining-the-customer-experience-for-unattended-retail/
Expresso Fashion and Claudia Sträter are two well-known Dutch fashion brands with stores in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Alongside their more traditional, brick-and-mortar shops, these labels are also sold online. This omni-channel strategy makes it possible for these two webshops to not only serve as sales channels but also platforms for inspiration. Visitors can get their inspiration online and then choose to do their shopping in the webshop or in-store. In other words, their online services are critical to the success of both on- and offline channels.
Let’s take a look at how they’ve experienced the Mopinion software thus far…
https://mopinion.com/expresso-fashion-claudia-strater-customer-story/
Infiniti Research, a world-renowned market intelligence solutions provider, has announced the completion of their latest list blog on the top five fundamental principles to build a strong customer experience.
Building an excellent customer experience is an important step toward success, regardless of the industry in which you operate. Organizations in different sectors are investing their money, time, and efforts into improving their customer experience management. Anything and everything a company does is to enhance the customer’s perception of the brand. Hence, customer experience management includes everything starting from the message you use, the products you sell, the sales process, and after-sale services. In this blog post, we’ll take you through the top five fundamental principles to build a strong customer experience.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180403005800/en/Top-Fundamental-Principles-Build-Strong-Customer-Experience/
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/
We all know that the customer is king (or queen) and it seems you agree, as any article that mentions UC and the customer experience (CX) is a popular one at UC Today.
https://www.uctoday.com/news/whats-new/our-most-popular-cx-posts/
As the lines between offline and online are blurring, store retailers and online retailers are both redefining the way they function to engage customers and create better experiences for them. Amalgamation of online and offline marketing strategies makes purchasing more rewarding and easier for the customer.
https://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/customer-experience-2/5-ways-online-and-offline-customer-experiences-are-coming-together-in-2018/
Customer journey mapping is a popular tool for visualizing a customer’s experience. These maps provide a visual outline of various interactions that the purchaser has with a brand. It’s become a must for businesses as it allows managers to spot potential problems, going a long way in ensuring that the customer experience is satisfactory and hassle-free. When the customers’ road to conversion is straightforward, they’re more likely to stick with that brand.
http://customerthink.com/four-essential-components-of-customer-journey-mapping/
