Tag: Digital transformation

Three steps for successful SMB communications in 2024

Over the last year, the consumer landscape changed significantly. Regulations like the new Consumer Duty and proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill are pushing customers into the spotlight more than ever. It’s not just regulations that are changing – consumer expectations...

How organisations can act on the needs of their customers to set new standards for a great digital CX

As digital further dominates business sales and revenue, organisations are facing major hurdles in decreasing the time between identifying digital opportunities and acting on them.  Added to this are teams’ limited ability to capture every customer friction, including small customer touchpoints...

Get ready for Gen Alpha: Why brands need to plan for the future now

Generation Alpha, those born between 2010 and 2025, may still be young, but they represent a future tidal wave for brands and marketers. This generation, the first to never know a world without smartphones and social media, will demand a...

3 practical strategies to help customer service agents overcome “The computer says no”

“Computer Says No” may be a phrase that most people in the UK associate with a comedy sketch, but it is a real and frustrating reality for contact centre agents. When resolving customer issues, agents usually follow a defined process, like a decision tree, where a system provides recommended steps to follow for customer resolution...

Four features of a good customer experience

Customers have expectations when they call for help, as they should. After all, they typically aren’t reaching out to your organisation for any other reason than to get their issue resolved or a question answered quickly.  Most customers would agree that...

Are influencers relevant in the age of UGC?

Love it or hate it, we are living in the age of the influencer. Just look at the ongoing phenomenon of Love Island. With 1 million viewers tuning in to the recent Love Island All Stars final, the show’s impact extends far beyond the screen, turning many contestants into household names with...

How brands can create deeper customer connections in a cookie-less world

The disappearance of third-party cookies will cause a reckoning for the marketing industry. Losing out on third-party data stands to leave brands in the dark about behavioural and demographic insights that currently help them create target audiences and segments. Businesses will no longer be able to...

Traditional purchase journeys are dying. The future lies in the in-stream checkout

As we head towards the second quarter of 2024, retailers can be forgiven for feeling nervous. Strong retail sales volumes in January 2024 were an encouraging sign, but look to be going against the grain with the UK currently in recession. Once again, retailers...

What do consumers really think about AI in retail?

Not long ago, Artificial intelligence (AI) was something you only saw in sci-fi movies. Now, however, it is an everyday tool that people use to process data, create content, distribute information quickly and process data, and it’s here to stay.    Yes,...

The evolution of technology through a businesswoman’s lens: Interview with Medallia’s Simonetta Turek

In honour of Women’s History Month, and our campaign to raise the volume on women’s voices in business, Customer Experience Magazine is honoured to host an interview with Simonetta Turek. She is the Chief Product Officer at Medallia, and has...