Telcos, personalization and the missing millions research report
2 min. Read
Are telcos and consumers on the same page?
Marketing campaigns are won and lost on the accessibility and quality of companies’ data about their customers – and how smartly they use it. Across every industry, this makes customers’ data a hugely valuable asset and means of gaining competitive advantage. No sector holds more data about their customers than telcos.
In the spring of 2022, we conducted two surveys. One targeted at consumers, which explored how they feel about their data being used to make marketing, offers and services more relevant and personal to them, and if operators are meeting their expectations.
The second survey probed operators about their attitudes towards using customers’ data for these purposes, how they are using it, and why they make those choices. The results highlighted that they are far from making the most of their data assets. For example, we found that less than a third of operator respondents are using weblogs from within their network data to improve customer experience and marketing to them, although this fabulously rich source of insights is unique to them.
We dug down further to extract some fascinating, more granular understanding of operators’ attitudes and concerns, which often differed radically from those of our consumer respondents. In short, we discovered that operators are leaving millions on the table and failing to meet their customers’ expectations.
Nowadays words like “agile”, “lean”, “scrum” or “kanban” have been abused so many times that some of its initial values or ideas have been lost. Many people think (and say) they are agile because they do stand-ups; some others are trying to come up with new “smart” acronyms (SAFe, LeSS…) for unknown reasons (because the old buzzwords don’t sell anymore?)
On the 28th of May, we hosted the Intent HQ 3rd Annual IESE Congress, where we explored the impact of AI on customer loyalty and loyalty programs, and its effect on consumer goods and services. Key Takeaways Throughout the day, leading experts and brand executives shared insights on the transformation of customer loyalty and the […]
Explore insights from industry experts at The Drum Live on the future of AI-driven hyper-personalization. Learn how empathy, trust, and data transparency are shaping customer engagement.
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 […]