It used to be that retailers couldn’t wait to hear the unmistakable sound that said the holidays had arrived — ringing cash registers. Today’s businesses are adapting to the new signs of the holiday season — digital clicks and online carts. Black Friday, the most joyous of all shopping days in the year for retailers and customers alike, still tops the list of sales spikes for the year, followed closely by its relatively new cousin Cyber Monday.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2017/11/28/five-digital-marketing-trends-for-the-2017-holiday-season/#54cb1dd4777f/
According to a 2015 study by Social Media Link, 83 percent of shoppers discover new products every month through customer reviews and social media.
This demonstrates how consumers today actively look for and engage with information that comes not from salespeople or traditional advertising, but from fellow consumers.
It therefore makes sense that search engines are placing greater importance on online reviews and customer feedback shared publicly on digital channels.
https://www.usertesting.com/blog/2016/08/19/customer-feedback-product-page/
Another year has passed and Digital Customer Experience (CX) finds itself – once again – at the top of many business agendas. Not surprisingly however, considering many experts are calling CX ‘the new battlefield’. Dramatic, I know – but there is some truth in the expression. In fact, 2018 is the year Gartner predicted that more than 50% of organisations will redirect their investments towards customer experience innovations. So why is there such a high demand to provide a good digital customer experience? And as a result, what kinds of innovations and trends can we expect to see this year?
https://mopinion.com/top-digital-customer-experience-cx-trends-for-2018/
Factors such as pricing, useful functionalities (which meet your goals) and user experience are all important and should always be taken into account when choosing a customer feedback software.
So whether it’s an additional feature you don’t want to pay for or you’re just looking for something they don’t offer, there are always alternatives to choose from. Here are 10 alternatives to Medallia for Digital, if not better in some respects…
https://mopinion.com/best-alternatives-medallia-digital/
The term digital transformation is increasingly creeping into the boardrooms of businesses both big and small. Finally, there is a realization at the top of many organizations that digital has genuinely changed the world and that business as usual is no longer an option.
Unfortunately, few executives understand either the nature of digital or how it has changed things. Worse still they are not turning to us, as digital experts, for the answers. In this post, I want to encourage you to embrace the new boardroom buzzword and move from digital implementor to digital transformation advocate.
http://mediatemple.net/blog/tips/digital-transformation-care/
How many of us follow the same purchasing habits today as we did even five years ago? Very few. How many businesses rely on the same sales and marketing approach as they did five years ago?
More than you would think.
In the rapidly evolving digital era, the rules have been (and are still being) fundamentally rewritten. It used to be the supplier who created interest in their products and services, pushing out information and offers as part of lead generation campaigns. But now it is the consumer who is firmly in charge of their journey to purchase.
https://www.marketingtechnews.net/news/2018/mar/01/customer-journey-smooth-path/
For your business to be successful, you’re probably doing everything you can to satisfy your customers. But how do you know if your efforts are actually paying off? We’re all aware that in today’s digital age, where social media is a powerful tool in the hands of people, customer experience can make or break a business. Both happy and unhappy customers wield much greater power than their counterparts from a decade ago. A happy post or an angry rant – both can go viral on social media, affecting your business in a way that you never imagined!
https://customerthink.com/cracking-the-customer-satisfaction-score/
With every business going digital with the aim of taking their products and services to a global market, it is also important to understand that competition is rising by the day.
As smaller businesses struggle to keep up with the demanding digital channels, there are also bigger players in every industry that make the going more challenging - especially with greater advertising budgets.
Now without customers, a business is sure to fail. But how do you pull consumers to what you have to offer when they have so many options in the market?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/marketing-branding/marketing/why-customer-engagement-is-the-growth-hack-for-small-businesses/articleshow/63409665.cms/
Head of digital and customer marketing talks about the marketing technology transformation she's led and how executive buy-in and cultural change was achieved.
https://www.cmo.com.au/article/635405/how-village-roadshow-brought-voice-customer-into-heart-business/
User experience (UX) design is the process of building relationships between products and prospects or customers through a digital or physical experience that involves engineering, marketing, graphical, industrial and interface designs. UEGroup CEO Tony Fernandes in an interview with CMSWire called UX design an “interactive brand experience that takes the place of establishing credibility and connection in the way that logos and taglines did in the past.”
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/what-is-user-experience-ux-design/
