Holiday shopping is known for deep discounts and big sales. Entire websites are dedicated to finding the best deals, but is continually slashing prices really a strategic move for businesses? Competing simply on price isn’t sustainable. Eventually, the business will no long be making money or be different from any other company. The solution is to compete on customer experience.
http://forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2019/12/04/10-customer-experience-alternatives-to-competing-on-price-for-the-holidays/#10bc7027a0c5/
"If you’ve been thinking about trying out customer journeys but aren’t sure where to start, we’ve outlined three steps that your organization can make quickly and easily—without any major upfront costs or time- and energy-consuming integrations. By following these three steps, your organization will be well positioned to launch an effective customer journey initiative."
http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/Web-Exclusives/Viewpoints/3-Steps-to-Kick-Off-Your-Customer-Journey-Initiative-123007.aspx/
A 360-degree customer journey is a set of ideas and methods meant to take you from vague promises of being “customer-centric” to a concrete process for measurably offering more value to customers. By better understanding individuals and groups of customers, you’ll find ways to make your products more useful and smooth out the buying process, building an engaged audience for your brand along the way.
https://mopinion.com/360-degree-customer-journey/
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/
Customer Experience or CX is a hot initiative at many companies and many more companies, from Fortune 500 to 5-10 person start-ups, are looking how to start and build their CX programs. Customer Experience takes passion, perseverance, and a belief to build a great series of experiences for the customer across all customer interaction points in an organization. A great product or service is the start point for great CX. You also need a great billing process, great digital tools, and reasonable pricing, and a great way to resolve and settle customer problems. Here are five easy to follow steps to have a great Customer Experience program.
http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/news/12388438/5-steps-to-begin-a-customer-experience-program-at-your-company/
The way we create and deliver customer experiences is constantly evolving in this rapidly changing space. Keeping up with customer experience trends is now an essential part of running a successful business.
It’s moving from a “nice to have” to a “must have” department in most organizations. Those with or without customer experience in their titles are considering how their daily work impacts the customer journey. As a result, the ways we measure, analyze and improve the experience are becoming more and more sophisticated.
http://www.customerexperienceupdate.com/2018/trends/?open-article-id=7272949&article-title=5-top-cx-trends-for-survival-in-the-age-of-the-customer&blog-domain=360connext.com&blog-title=360connext/
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/
According to McKinsey, 75% of online customers expect service within 5 minutes – and successfully delivering that requires an effective technology foundation. The right CX platform is a critical part of that foundation. On premise, off premise, in the cloud – there are so many different options companies face when building a CX stack. Let’s take a closer look at what on premise cloud is, how it can support your CX technologies, and the steps you can take to maximize its effectiveness.
https://smartercx.com/can-on-premise-cloud-improve-cx/
When you hear the term “intelligence”, some of the first things that leap to mind include super-secret governmental reconnaissance and AI (artificial intelligence) technology. Although CI (customer intelligence) seems like a completely different story, it bears a little bit of resemblance to the former, in a benign sense, and leverages the power of the latter as machine learning algorithms come into play.
CI meaning boils down to harvesting and analyzing information about customer behavior. It sheds light on the whys and wherefores regarding the events and trends in a company’s consumer ecosystem in order to provide the business with actionable insights for more effective CX strategies. Importantly, this concept isn’t only about collecting the relevant data, but it’s also about harnessing that information to understand the customer’s needs, introduce improvements, and derive better results.
https://smartercx.com/ci-meaning-insights-into-customer-intelligence/
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast Business today announced more than 2.3 million companies, including SMBs and enterprises, are elevating customer experiences with fast, reliable connectivity and next-generation solutions from Comcast Business. These technologies have helped drive digital transformation at thousands of companies, enabling them to better serve their customers and develop ongoing business relationships.
http://businesswire.com/news/home/20191218005070/en/Comcast-Business-Helps-Millions-Companies-Reimagine-Customer/
