Businesses now have all of the tools necessary to find out how people feel about their branding efforts. Social listening is a marketing strategy that allows companies to read and respond to customer feedback on social media. This gives them the opportunity to fine-tune their marketing efforts to help them achieve their goals.
https://www.webpronews.com/social-listening-can-strengthen-online-marketing-strategy-2017-07/
“We know this solution is more usable based on the feedback the usability tests provide us with, but it’s just a bit boring,” was the heartbreaking feedback the agency received from their client. “There’s no way our users wouldn’t know what that interface control means.”
You might think that the arrogance of speaking on behalf of users without ever having met one – or, worse still, ignoring user feedback if it doesn’t suit – represents a luxuriant hubris for the tiny minority of organisations so successful and with such desirable products that their users will take what they are given. However, this author’s experience suggests that this outlook is more prevalent than it should be, based on what we know about the close relationship between how organisations treat their customers online and commercial success.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/ux-design-advice-tips/
Once you’ve built your prototypes based on the ideas you and your team generated, it’s time to gather feedback from the people on whom you are testing these. Optimising how you gather feedback — and, therefore, learn from your prototypes and users — is essential to help you save time and resources in the Prototype and Test stages of the Design Thinking process – and in any other human-centred design process. Being quick and efficient allows you to move rapidly from creating a prototype, to putting it out to test it, to gathering feedback, and finally to creating a new and improved iteration of your ideas. To maximise learning from your tests, we will share six best practice tips on how to gather feedback, as well as three methods (with downloadable templates!) on how you can organise your feedback.
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/test-your-prototypes-how-to-gather-feedback-and-maximise-learning/
A great user experience isn't a component of a product, service or digital interface, but is about designing the entire process and the related interconnections. What other misconceptions are there around designing a great user experience in financial services?
https://thefinancialbrand.com/68118/financial-service-user-experience-ux-design-misconceptions/#comment-block-wrapper/
With only months remaining before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect, it is dominating the news agenda and is a top priority for businesses. From retailers to charities and the manufacturing industry to financial services, the impact of GDPR will affect every organisation that handles customer data and will be far reaching. Indeed, it has the scope to change the face of marketing completely.
http://www.information-age.com/will-gdpr-improve-customer-experience-consumers-123470312/
As marketers chase efficiencies through programmatic media and marketing automation, how far does the industry need to go to reverse the nosedive in attention being paid to marketing messages.
http://www.campaignasia.com/article/are-we-representing-the-voice-of-the-customer-or-just-stalking-them/442027/
The world consumes media, entertainment, information, news, and advertising messages very differently than just a few years ago. Our changing consumption patterns haven’t changed the way we make a decision or purchase, however.
You need to ask yourself if your digital marketing efforts are enough to establish awareness, familiarity, and confidence with consumers so they’ll engage and take action to do business with you. Remember, traditional media and internal processes still play an integral role in balancing the right marketing mix.
http://www.dealermarketing.com/digital-marketing-dont-count-clicks-hatch/
Inaccurate location data can be a headache for marketers. Contributor Amy King explains how you can ensure precise data, resulting in more personalized location data-based marketing campaigns.
https://marketingland.com/location-data-accuracy-leads-stronger-personalization-233214/
Under the GDPR, individuals have new rights regarding the portability of their personal data between data controllers. What do marketers need to know?
https://econsultancy.com/blog/69553-the-gdpr-and-data-portability-what-marketers-need-to-know/
The buyer’s journey is morphing into a self-guided tour, and therefore, capturing and tracking behavioral data is more important than ever. Integrating sales and marketing in a closed loop based on that data is your key to conversion.
In this issue of Agency Perspective from SharpSpring, you’ll learn about:
- “closing the loop” to keep up with changing buyer behaviors.
- five technologies for optimizing campaigns and tracking performance.
- the stages involved in a successful closed-loop strategy.
https://marketingland.com/closed-loop-marketing-recipe-growth-225311/
