Continually improving the customer experience and satisfaction with service support is a goal of every service desk. While there are many metrics that influence measures of customer satisfaction, the four service desk agent performance metrics discussed here are among those that have a great impact and should be monitored in real-time, as well as trends occurring over a period of time.
http://customerthink.com/4-service-desk-agent-performance-metrics-that-influence-the-customer-experience/
Understanding customers, discovering and managing their behaviours have been hot topics in marketing for a long time. However, customer experience is still a new notion to many. Today, different companies sell almost identical products at the same price level. This state of play creates a question. If the price and quality are almost the same, on which criterias do the consumers make their decisions?
https://www.cxnetwork.com/cx-experience/articles/4-steps-for-creating-unique-customer-experiences/
Customers are the most important cog in your business. Without them, you don’t have a business. But, despite all the tools we have today to create emotion-rich experiences for buyers, many marketers still struggle to understand their customers and what they really want. This just doesn’t cut it any more, particularly when consumers are actively seeking out connections with the brands they purchase from rather than one-off buying frenzies.
https://mopinion.com/4-steps-successful-customer-obsessed-marketing-strategy/
Customer Experience (CX) includes a combination of multiple elements that translate to a customer’s satisfaction with the experience and her overall perception of your brand. As marketers, what more can we do to ensure this is a positive, fruitful journey for her? Let’s look at some best practices.
In 2019, Marketers and CMOs can leverage MarTech in innovative ways to stand out in these times of information overload. Let’s start by setting the context with some perspectives about customer experience.
https://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/customer-experience-2/4-surprising-customer-experience-best-practices-to-try-in-2019/
The workplace is evolving and there are a myriad of choices to made when considering which technology your organization utilizes and supports. In the enterprise, decisions like this are typically made by a group of stakeholders who represent different parts of the organization but who is often left out of the process, is the users of the technology and all of the niche ways they may interact with digital workplace technologies.
https://www.cmswire.com/digital-workplace/4-tips-to-apply-design-thinking-to-the-digital-workplace/
In today’s omni-channel world, consumers shop using multiple devices, touchpoints, and channels, ultimately choosing their own preferred path to purchase.
A typical digital journey today could start with a consumer researching a purchase on their smartphone, then continuing later on a laptop or tablet. They might visit your site after engaging with your search ad and ask your chatbot some initial questions. They might call your business a few days later after getting one of your emails and finalize their purchase in person at your closest brick-and-mortar location.
https://www.business2community.com/customer-experience/4-ways-marketers-use-voice-analytics-to-create-frictionless-customer-experiences-02088381/
Let’s face it - customer experience has not always been the number one focus for most B2B companies. The truth is the mindset of companies in the space is changing with new technology and opportunities. Although most B2B companies realize that customer experience is important, less than a quarter of companies actually emphasize it. The companies that put resources into creating a powerful customer experience see higher revenue growth than their competitors, showing the importance of focusing on customer experience.
https://customer-relationship-management.cioreview.com/cxoinsight/4-ways-to-build-a-powerful-b2b-customer-experience-nid-26713-cid-108.html/
There’s been some debate in the customer experience community about how to keep CX vibrant and as beneficial as possible. As part of that discussion, there was some disagreement around how to build momentum for a CX program. Should you try to tackle giant, very meaningful initiatives first to completely embed CX as an imperative for your business or should you start slowly, build momentum and grow your program steps at a time? After trying it both ways with multiple companies and with different teams, I’ve come to believe in the “crawl, walk, run” approach. Here’s why:
Attempting to tackle giant initiatives requires people, resources, money, time and most of all … patience. Some leaders can create a vision, dedicate resources to it and be comfortable waiting for successful outcomes.
http://customerthink.com/4-ways-to-build-customer-experience-momentum/
The fight for customer loyalty is fierce these days and with the ever increasing focus, many brands are taking a closer look at how they can compete to win the heart-share, mind-share, and of course, “purse-share” of their audiences. As they focus on elevating their customer experiences and finding their advantages in an ever more competitive marketplace, several businesses look to data—such as customer feedback—to help them in the battle of customer attraction, retention, and recommendation.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/4-ways-to-make-the-most-of-your-customer-experience_us_5953fdbbe4b0f078efd986ec/
Customers are exposed to more choices than ever before, and that means the experience your brand presents them with is make or break for your business. The 2017 report Customers 2020: A Progress Report, by Walker customer experience consulting firm, found that 86 percent of buyers will pay more for a better customer experience. By 2020, customer experience will overtake product and price as the key brand differentiator.
http://www.youngupstarts.com/2018/02/14/4-ways-to-optimize-the-digital-customer-experience-in-2018/
