4 Technology Innovations Shaping the Future of the Contact Center
by Dave Murashige
Successful differentiation in today’s market relies on delivering exceptional customer experiences, which in turn rely on strong data practices. When your employees and technology systems know everything about your customers, they’re equipped to provide better service, better support, and more personalized experiences.
Ongoing data capture is the first step. Most modern organizations are already gathering, processing, and tracking countless data points every day, through every single interaction with their customers. But all that data is of little use unless you have a process for harnessing the insights it can produce. You need a strategy.
Data and analytics strategy drives your business forward, helping you understand your customers’ emotional and relational needs and wants. Companies that capture and leverage customer experience KPIs are better positioned to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty, which translates to higher earnings overall.
There are three main types of KPIs to focus on, in order to get the most out of your customer data: operational, sentiment, and loyalty.
This data represents the logistical end of your customer experience, benchmarking the strengths and weaknesses of your efforts to attract and retain customers. Where are your customers experiencing friction or dropping out of the sales funnel due to technological frustrations?
Some elements to investigate:
These data points are focused on a customer’s emotional connection to your brand. How do they feel when they engage with your organization? Is their experience with your brand leaving a lasting positive impression, maybe even replacing their last best experience?
Sentiment data points may include:
Loyalty data points provide: a measure of how long your customers stick around, whether they come back to your brand again and again, and how likely they are to recommend your organization to their friends and families. Loyalty data goes beyond the one-time experience to assess your long-term relationships with your customers.
Key loyalty data points are:
So now that you know to continuously collect customer data and understand which data points are likely to be the most useful in improving your CX, here are five specific ways you can leverage the KPIs you’re gathering:
The ability to make informed, data-driven decisions is an essential part of business success, and customer experience is no exception. The better your data and analytics, the deeper your understanding of your customers, and therefore the higher the quality of the experiences you’re able to deliver.
A strong customer experience rests on a strong data/analytics foundation – you can’t have one without the other. At Avtex, we use our decades of collective experience in CX to help organizations just like yours use data and analytics to improve their customer experience. If you’re looking for a strategic advisor, get in touch today.