Technology start-ups require sound marketing goals as part of the overall business plan. This ensures new business, which is a source of revenue to cover operational expenditure. Startups offering software as a service, SaaS, need to employ a distinct marketing strategy to break into the highly competitive industry.
https://mopinion.com/winning-strategies-to-grow-a-saas-startup/
By 2020, customers will manage an estimated 85% of brand interactions without speaking to a human. The prevalence and richness of digital touchpoints means that companies are accumulating a huge volume of measurable information about their customers.
This information is power, and leaders are using it to learn from their customers and provide outstanding experiences. This is digital transformation, and those retailers wanting to emulate the success of industry leaders need to implement a digital Customer Experience (CX) strategy to get there.
https://www.retailsector.co.uk/3944-how-retailers-can-embrace-the-power-of-digital/
If you are not focused on receiving and using customer feedback, you are missing out on an amazing growth tool. Gathering customer feedback throughout the entire customer journey is of great importance to the buyer life cycle, marketing campaigns and the entire customer experience. As focuses shift to improving this experience, continuous feedback will be required.
According to a recent study, 86% of buyers will pay more for a better customer experience. And by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator. How do you get the best experience? By listening to the customer, of course.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnewman/2018/04/10/want-better-customer-experience-combine-crm-and-customer-feedback/#609ae22f3fbb/
Everyone knows reviews are important; so then why do so few actually take the time to create a strategy to capture the reviews consistently? If you work in any local or service-focused business, you can't afford to not get reviews from every client you serve. And if your business sells products online, you've got to ensure every place your product is sold has high-quality reviews.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/310899/
Following more revelations about fraudulent customer reviews, how can your business benefit from online reviews without falling foul of the fakes?
A BBC investigation has revealed that fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet.
https://www.mycustomer.com/experience/voice-of-the-customer/customer-reviews-best-practices-to-beat-the-frauds-and-build-trust/
Bill Gates once famously said “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
While it’s a poignant quote, it doesn’t mean unhappy customers are your goal (there’s only so much positive spin Silicon Valley can put on failure). Prevention, as always, is the best medicine. With that in mind, here are 7 of the most common customer feedback nightmares Product Managers face and a few sharp strategies for avoiding them.
https://community.uservoice.com/blog/customer-feedback-nightmares/
All entrepreneurs know that customer insights are invaluable to product design and continued improvement. However, acquiring and organizing useful feedback is easier said than done and developing a strategy can be a daunting task. But it needs to be done.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247671/
Time was when getting feedback from a customer was a process so complex, it was akin to getting blood out of a stone. Thankfully, we don’t live in those times.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/251743/
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” -- Bill Gates
Negative feedback from customers can be a hard pill to swallow. It often feels unjust, unhelpful and inaccurate. Even the most professional business owners can be defensive and emotional in the face of criticism. And while business owners may intellectually know negative customer feedback is critical to improving their business -- a 10-percent increase in Net Promoter Score (NPS) can correlate with a six to seven-percent increase in revenue -- the hard bit is constructively incorporating it.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/254553/
We live in a churning sea of feedback. Comment boxes appear on web pages like graffiti on a boxcar. Swirling around us are emoticons with thumbs-up signs, clapping hands, OK signs, happy faces, sad faces -- the list goes on. Many websites ask you to take a brief survey with a pop-up box that obscures most of what you are trying to read. It’s overwhelming. It’s everywhere, and it’s stifling.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/273253/
