Customer Experience

Understanding and predicting customer behavior is crucial for organizations that want to thrive in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace.

You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘data is the new oil’, which refers to the fact that digital information has become many businesses’ most valuable asset. This is particularly true of the records enterprises hold about their customers, which are often the crown jewels of any brand’s data holdings.  The importance of a customer intelligence platform […]

Understanding how your customers interact with your brand is essential for the success of any business. This helps firms identify what they’re doing well when it comes to converting and retaining customers, in addition to any pain points that require attention. Regardless of the sector you operate in, customer journey analytics plays a key role […]

To successfully attract and convert consumers today, it’s important to understand them first. Understanding their preferences, needs and pain points allows you to market your products and services more effectively.  Conducting a customer behavior analysis is the first step in getting to know your customers on a deeper level, so you can improve your marketing […]

Telcos are at an inflection point. For years, they’ve faced mounting pressure from better-funded, more innovative tech competitors, and seen a return on investment, profits and market share slowly dwindle.

Getting a strong return on investment for your marketing activities shouldn’t be just about signing telecoms customers up for higher-tier plans or new services. In this sector, ensuring existing customers also feel engaged with their provider is also vital for long-term success.

Understanding who your customers really is already a must for any telco in today’s data-driven, highly competitive environment. However, how they do this will have to evolve in many cases to keep up with the growing pace and scale of the challenge.

Retaining loyal customers needs to be a top priority for any communication service provider (CSP). Churn rates in the industry remain high – at around 22 percent a year – and seeing as it costs up to four times more to acquire new customers than retain existing ones, anything you can do to boost the […]

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.

There aren’t many other industries staring down a future as uncertain as telcos. A stagnant growth and a global downturn on the horizon, Telcos are struggling to keep customers without having to resort to the obvious, giving more data and voice minutes for a cheaper price.

Earlier this month, we invited Forrester Analyst, Brandon Purcell, to share his thoughts on practical AI applications in Customer Experience. The thought-provoking session included an interactive element; with Brandon inviting the audience to debunk certain AI myths.

Having worked in Marketing for over 25 years, much of it in relationship marketing and loyalty, I am not sure that many days have gone by where the words brand and sticky, or some synonym for sticky haven’t been mentioned in the same sentence, PowerPoint slide or plan on a page.