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February 21, 2022
Why CX Matters for Your Business, and How to Improve It
The COVID-19 pandemic sent consumers into lockdown and shuttered brick-and-mortar stores for a relatively brief period. Many jurisdictions maintained stay-at-home orders for just a few months over the spring and summer of 2020. But the pandemic’s impact on the retail sector may have been permanent. Retail was already swinging decisively toward e-commerce, and the pandemic helped accelerate that trend, possibly forever. Most directly, consumers were forced to spend more time shopping remotely in early 2020, and brick-and-mortar operations found it difficult to pay the bills. The pandemic also had indirect consequences for retail. With more people working from home, for example, fewer people ran errands during their commutes. This trend persisted even when stay-at-home orders were lifted, and retail operations[...]
December 20, 2021
4 Tips to Build Customer Relationships with a Chatbot
Getting a customer is only the beginning. The act of building that customer relationship needs to be prioritized in that conversation. Here we are going to share four ways you can do build that relationship and how it will benefit your customers and your business in the long term. Tip #1: Customer Retention Starts Before the Sale, Then Continues You may have what your customer needs, but having a customer that is excited to buy from you vs buying out of convenience from you is a different story. Customer experience (CX) applies through the whole customer journey, from engagement to acquisition and aftersales. The initial purchase is an important first impression. This is where you set your expectations and show[...]
October 24, 2021
Why Your Brand Needs Live Chat and A.I Support
You and your brand are no strangers to social media. Neither are your customers! But did you know that your social media team can also handle Direct Messages (DMs) on social media in the same way as a live chat website integration? Your brand may be used to thinking of live chat services as being exclusive to websites, but in this article, we are going to detail to you how some of the benefits of live chat can now be extended to social media to answer customers in real-time. Provide customers with the information they need, quickly, in a form they are used to communicating with. Customers may want to use a live-chat experience for many reasons, such as: Ask[...]
April 4, 2021
Why Conversational CX is the Modern Marketer’s Most Powerful Tool
Today’s customers are more connected and better informed than ever before. The stakes are high when it comes to making purchase decisions, and your competitors are only just a click away. That’s why product and pricing alone aren’t the only things that are important. You also need to offer a conversational customer experience that’s personalized to the unique needs of every individual. What is Conversational Customer Experience (CX)? Customer experience is the new marketing, and it has always revolved around facilitating meaningful conversations and building relationships with customers. Being personable and human in your approach is now the key to maintaining a solid brand reputation in the age of online reviews and social media. But CX is still widely viewed[...]
March 23, 2021
Integrate Social Messaging Into Your CX Mix
The usage of social messaging around the world is ever-increasing. Messaging apps have more users today than ‘traditional’ social media platforms. Six years ago, the number of monthly active users (MAUs) on the top four social messaging apps (WhatsApp, WeChat, Messenger and Viber) surpassed the number of MAUs of the top four social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn). In 2020, Social messaging has reached 2.7 billion active users worldwide. This growing trend has changed the landscape and how businesses interact with their customers. Businesses are looking for more ways to reach their customers, they're now entering the scene as well. In a recent research conducted by Salesforce, customers today demand a different type of relationship with brands, 71% of[...]
March 18, 2021
5 Powerful Strategies To Improve Customer Experience
With businesses actively pursuing customers outside their local area, nationwide and globally, there’s never been more competition. Even if you are the best at what you do or have a distinct niche, you need to connect and engage with your target audience at a high level. This includes strategies geared toward current customers and strategies that improve the customer experience for leads and new customers. Recent HubSpot research shows that increasing customer retention by 5% can increase revenues by between 25% - 95% . Combine this with the fact that it costs more to acquire a new customer than retain an existing one, the focus on maintaining good customer relationships must be a priority. Below are 5 powerful strategies that leverage[...]
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