Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Digital Customer Experience”
May 29, 2018 By Carla Johnson Lynn Bonge was a larger-than-life executive with a scant shock of salt-and-pepper hair who grew up in a small Nebraska town not far from where I did. Twenty years my senior, Lynn had an enviable reputation in the architecture industry for the wacky ideas he brought to the table and how, somehow, he got …
April 24, 2018 by Mitch Duckler More and more, as customers increase their expectations of brands, they will continue to demand faster responses. Gone are the days when brands had the luxury of waiting a day to respond to an email. In reality, the majority of consumers expect responses to their inquiries in under 10 minutes—across all channels. This is the first …
April 17, 2018 by Carla Johnson I spent last week at Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience conference in Chicago. One of the refreshing things about the work I do is being able to lift my head from my desk and spend time with really groups of people who focus on customer experience from many different angles. That’s the gift that Oracle’s …
April 12, 2018 by Sam Holzman In today’s digital age, the customer has more power than ever before—and marketers are taking notice. In fact, a recent study found that 83% of marketers think customer experience is more central to their role than it was five years ago (source). Interestingly, that same study found that 74% of marketers believe brand strategy …
March 8, 2018 By Carla Johnson Just because two customers are close in age, live in big cities and earn similar incomes doesn’t mean they spend the same way. Despite what they have in common, they could be very different customers once we dig into the details. Once we understand what influences how people make decisions, we can look at …
February 8, 2018 by Carla Johnson I went to my local library yesterday to use their production studio to make a higher-quality voiceover recording than I could do on my laptop. My schedule’s tight so I reserved the room online ahead of time. I checked in with the woman behind the desk when I got to the library. She checked …
January 25, 2018 by Carla Johnson When, where, why and how do people spend money? The motivations that make up how people make decisions have become incredibly complex in the last few years. And while businesses keep gathering bigger and bigger data, customers feel brutally frustrated with how brands interact with them. The outcome is that companies find that they’re …
March 9, 2017 by Carla Johnson Marketers love massively creative work. We hype Super Bowl ads. We study the most innovative companies. And we follow curious minds. But that’s where much of our inspiration ends and reality sets in. We have bosses who would never go for such wild ideas. Budgets that can’t stretch that far. There’s too much bureaucracy. …
January 3, 2016 by Carla Johnson We live in a world of constant connections – access to anything, anytime, anywhere. Consumers and customers are empowered with more information than ever before. This makes the quality of every connection that much more critical. It’s no longer enough to be simple and fast. We have to think beyond new tactics and strategies …
December 1, 2016 by Carla Johnson By 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product and the key differentiator between brands. Are you prepared? While most business leaders admit the importance of customer experience, few understand what it takes to become a leader. For marketers, this is a major area where we can deliver value across the organization. But even …
November 15, 2016 by Carla Johnson I was talking to the CMO of a $7 billion technology company this week about his secret to success. In just two short years, he’s been able to build a highly innovative, highly accountable team that delivers customer value. And I don’t mean “value” as in people recognize the logo when they see it. …
November 10, 2016 by Carla Johnson In the midst of buyer complexity marketers are getting the message that it’s time to change their role in the business. A report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, The Path to 2020: Marketers Seize the Customer Experience, explains exactly how much. The report is based on a global survey of 499 CMOs and senior …
