The wave of innovation has taken the insurance industry by storm, forever changing organizations, processes and people alike. Risk management telematics are calculating accurate policies for underwriters, big data is helping employees analyze customer feedback to improve services, and drones are speeding up the claims process. These changes and more have left a very different industry and workplace in its wake – one that will undoubtedly look vastly different from now on.
https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-ideaexchange/2018/09/03/499530.htm/
In business, you set goals and encourage your team relentlessly to accomplish those goals. Turning a vision into reality takes discipline, passion and a motivated team. As a leader, you have an innate understanding of what customers want. You often make decisions based on your gut, which has served you well over the years and helped your ascent.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/08/24/do-you-truly-know-what-your-customers-want-heres-why-you-should/#56f759066a34/
It's time for a reality check. Chatbots are killing customer service.
Obliterating it, maybe.
If you're a customer, you probably already know that. The computer programs that conduct clumsy conversations with you when you have a customer question are maddening. But if you work for a company, maybe you won't believe chatbots are killing customer service until you see the evidence.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherelliott/2018/08/27/chatbots-are-killing-customer-service-heres-why/#52904cd013c5/
Analyzing your website can give you many insights into what your customers like or don’t like. But sometimes it’s not enough. Wouldn’t it be better if you could just ask them and get straight answers from them?
Yes, we’re talking about customer feedback.
Why Customer Feedback Is Important?
Anyone who owns or runs an eCommerce site, whether large or small, knows the importance of customer feedback. Equally well-known is the difficulty involved in generating quality customer feedback.
https://www.optimonk.com/blog/15-ways-e-commerce-websites-get-customer-feedback/#.W3_CsC2iHq1/
Collecting and acting upon customer feedback is a must for any business looking to provide users with the products they need.
Customer feedback guides and informs your decision making and influences your product roadmap. It’s also essential for measuring customer satisfaction among your current customers.
https://www.helpscout.net/blog/customer-feedback/
In an instant, mobile users read customer reviews, research products, and compare prices; the mobile customer experience is key for today’s informed customer base.
https://www.business2community.com/customer-experience/mobile-marketing-revolutionized-mobile-customer-experience-0733769/
With the explosion of social media tools, there are now myriad ways your customers can tell you what happened during their experience and how they feel about your organization, brand, products and services. Even voice of the customer programs are now commonplace.
https://www.businessinsider.com/5-ways-to-use-customer-feedback-to-strengthen-your-customer-experience-2011-8?international=true&r=US&IR=T/
Most customer experience professionals agree that customer feedback can lead to more streamlined processes and improved CX. But how that data is analyzed and acted upon can either help or hurt a company. Customer feedback misconceptions can be detrimental to growth and progress when utilizing it to drive change and improvements for processes and customer interactions.
https://blog.salemove.com/customer-feedback-misconceptions/
How well do you know the people you're targeting?
And I mean really know them? Do you know why they're signing up? Do you know why they're buying? Do you know why they would click on your ad in the first place?
If you do, congratulations. You're a genius.
https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2018/02/08/customer-feedback-ad-copy/
We’re all well aware of gaining insight into the Voice of the Customer (VoC) to improve the customer experience. Increasingly over the last few years, we’re also starting to hear more and more about the Voice of the Employee (VoE) and employee engagement. But a lot of people fail to mention that VoE and VoC have a lot in common, and that a focus on one at the expense of the other, can hinder attempts to improve the customer experience.
http://customerthink.com/need-to-improve-your-customer-experience-start-by-talking-to-your-employees/