Consumers have had enough of mass-marketing. And who can blame them? From the very beginning of their engagement with a brand, they’re bombarded with marketing messages. First there are the requests to accept consent terms and opt in to cookie tracking, then the requests to sign up for newsletters and offers, then the requests to register for text alerts, email blasts, push notifications and more.
Customers today care more than ever about the values of the companies they do business with. They want to know the brands they choose are socially and environmentally conscious and will quickly vote with their feet if they think enterprises aren’t doing enough, or aren’t taking the issue seriously.
If attention is the new currency, there simply isn’t enough of it to go around. Click-through rates are in the gutter, adblock use is growing, free reach on social isn’t free anymore, and organic search traffic is declining.
Verizon partners with Intent HQ to improve sector-leading churn prediction accuracy by up to 3.5%.
The Covid-19 pandemic was a driving force for businesses to innovate and pivot strategies. Telco and other service providers have long been viewed as utility companies by today’s consumers – customers might not necessarily love their service providers, but they do love the things they make possible. At the start of the global quarantine, service providers around the world were under immense pressure to deliver their services effectively to consumers.