The future of customer experience is artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is popping up everywhere and changing how customers interact with brands. In fact, by 2025, an estimated 95% of customer interactions will be supported by AI technology.
From chatbots to automation, artificial intelligence helps brands learn more about their customers to enhance personalization. Here are just a few of the ways brands are leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to make customer experiences better:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2018/02/08/10-customer-experience-implementations-of-artificial-intelligence/#73cbf67c2721/
The digitalisation of society is progressing and fundamentally changing the behaviours, needs and demands of customers. The increased availability and sharing of data enables companies to improve the way they develop and offer personalised products and services. The expectation is that a variety of technologies is set to spur a fundamental change in the insurance industry. Examples are blockchain, the Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence.
https://www.nn-group.com/Media/Article/Improving-the-customer-experience-through-digital-transformation.htm/
In an ever-more-personalised retail world, where shopper loyalty is driven by the overall shopping journey, businesses big and small need to invest in a holistic customer experience strategy to keep up with customers’ interest. So what key elements should retailers consider when building a sensorial experience?
https://www.retailsector.co.uk/3044-3-ways-retailers-can-achieve-better-customer-experience/
Here are four examples of brands, from Sephora to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, that have successfully pivoted to a mobile-first world, implementing strategies that include a range of targeting techniques such as location-based marketing, personalization, push notifications, and even augmented reality and artificial intelligence.
http://www.adweek.com/digital/4-brands-explain-how-their-apps-improve-customer-experience/
It's no secret that in order to succeed in today's competitive industry landscape, brands must do everything possible to prioritize customers at all stages of their journeys to keep them loyal. Strategies must be revised to incorporate new technologies that not only improve the overall experience but also harness data to assess and solve for customer needs and issues across every touchpoint. Premium, personalized interactions have become the new norm, reinforcing that 2018 is all about the customer. To help make this a reality, we've identified eight key themes that should be considered by all brands when transforming into a customer-obsessed organization.
https://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/customer-experience-2/how-to-make-2018-the-year-of-the-customer/
In-App & Web Notifications are increasingly being used by digital-first businesses as a means for boosting conversions or simply conveying an important message to their visitors (while they are active in-app or on the website). According to Localytics, In-App Messaging in particular is capable of boosting engagement by 3x! So to what can we attribute the success of in-app and web notifications? Easy. That would be their exceptional ability to deliver the right content to the right audience at the right time.
https://mopinion.com/10-tools-with-in-app-web-notifications/
Adobe and Econsultancy have released a new report that covers the key differences between Asia Pacific (APAC) marketers and their North American and European counterparts when it comes to adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and investment in digital skills.
Notably, the report found that APAC marketers are focusing on making the experience as personalized and relevant as possible, while the main focus for North American and European respondents is on making the experience as valuable as possible.
https://www.enterpriseinnovation.net/article/apac-marketers-focused-personalized-relevant-customers-experience-1662569438/
With each passing year, omnichannel customer service and personalised experiences have become the norm. Strategic partnerships with disruptors, like UberEATS, have become so ubiquitous that they're no longer considered innovative.
Companies must move beyond the idea that personalised content is enough, as personalised experiences offer so much more.
https://www.itweb.co.za/content/j5alr7QlPjnvpYQk/
More forward-thinking travel organisations are taking it one step further and setting themselves apart from the myriad of competitors out there and they’re doing this by way of personalised customer experiences – better known to travel marketers as ‘personalisation’.
https://mopinion.com/combining-customer-profiles-with-user-feedback/
We often talk about B2B customers as if they are totally different from their B2C counterparts, but that simply isn’t the case. Yes, business purchases are usually made with more research and discussion, and they’re higher budget — but they’re still made by people. Those people go home every day and morph into regular consumers, which means their expectations for B2B customer experience are based heavily on their B2C activities.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2018/03/15/b2b-businesses-need-a-customer-experience-overhaul/#4de11bec2993/
