"Beyond Digital: The Human Touch in Customer Experience"

"Beyond Digital: The Human Touch in Customer Experience"

In today's digital age, creating genuine and lasting customer relationships is more crucial than ever. Despite the promise of digital tools to bring us closer to our customers, many organisations find themselves more disconnected.

Did you know it costs up to 7x more to acquire a new customer than to retain an existing one? Let's explore how we can maximise Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) through loyalty and retention by redefining Customer Experience (CX).

Defining Customer Experience (CX)

Customer Experience (CX) is often misunderstood. It's essential to distinguish CX from customer service and product journeys. CX from the customer's perception of their interactions with a company, emphasises on the feelings customers have throughout their engagement across the journey.

56 percent of respondents strongly agreed that?customers will switch brands?when unsatisfied.

Emotional Intelligence in CX

Emotional Intelligence (EQ/EI) is critical in CX as it helps in authentically emotionally engage with your customer. This is achieved through empathy, active listening, and rapport which builds customer loyalty and satisfaction. It’s based on human connections, not just technology, and vital in delivering a memorable experience.

The CX Infinity Loop

The concept of the CX Infinity Loop, where the mindset is once a customer, always remains a customer, couldn’t be further from the truth. Since digital interactions became prevalent, customers are savvier and if a level of expectation is not met, then they have a reason to leave.

Nevertheless, depending on your business, customers relationships can be categorised into three types: ?Reason, Season, and Lifetime. Regardless of the type, you should always create a positive experience to give the customer a reason to return rather than choose a competitor.

Ensuring Customer-Centric Decisions

Every business decision made impacts customer relationships. The importance of incorporating customer-first mindset into decision-making processes ensures a positive outcome for both the business and its customers.

The Psychology of Customer Experience

Understanding customer behaviour involves recognising the dominance of emotions (90%) over logic (10%) in decision-making. The psychological aspects of CX, should include how subconscious drivers influence customer choices and the importance of addressing both logical and emotional needs.

Key Drivers of Customer Engagement

Customer engagement is driven by trust, importance, and life improvement. There are three key questions customers subconsciously ask: 1-Do I like or trust you? 2-Do I matter to you? 3-Will you make my life better? It is important to address these emotional needs to create loyal customers.

Building a Customer-First Culture

A customer-first culture starts from the top and permeates the entire organisation. The importance of leadership in embedding a customer-centric ethos, creates engaged employees which leads to satisfied customers. and

The Role of a CX Practitioner

CX practitioner’s role is to bridge the gap between business goals and customer needs. Which includes understanding customer emotions, aligning business strategies with customer expectations, and fostering a holistic approach to CX.

Not a small task to say the least, however, when collaborating across the business it makes it much easier to achieve positive results. Don’t worry I got you!

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A little helping hand - Actions to Implement

1-Develop Emotional Intelligence Training:

Conduct workshops and training sessions on Emotional intelligence and Emotional engagement for all customer-facing employees.

2-Map Customer Journeys:

Create detailed maps of customer journeys, identifying touchpoints and emotions at each stage. Be careful not process or product journeys

3-Embed customer-centricity in your Company Culture:

Ensure leadership champions customer-first philosophy and integrates it into the company’s core values and practices.

4-Make Use Feedback Loops:

Regularly collect and act on customer and employee feedback to continuously improve your customer experience journey.

5-Measure and Monitor CX Metrics:

Implement tools to measure CX, including NPS, CSAT, and emotional engagement metrics.

6-Collaborate

Schedule an all-hands meeting to introduce the new CX initiatives.

Establish a cross-functional CX task force to oversee implementation.

Set quarterly goals for CX improvement and review progress regularly.

Key Learning

?? Creating exceptional Customer Experience (CX) is an ongoing journey that requires constant adaptation and a deep understanding of emotional intelligence. By embedding a customer-first culture, leveraging emotional engagement, and making data-driven decisions, we can build lasting customer relationships.

??I invite you to share your thoughts and experiences on this topic. Let's connect and collaborate to elevate our CX strategies!

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