Alpharooms is one of the UK’s leading websites for discount hotels and flights, offering deals to over 220,000 properties around the world. Online travel bookings has largely become a commoditised marketplace that relies heavily on paid acquisition. Therefore price becomes a major factor in winning business – but in a market this big, no one can win on price all the time. Consequently, businesses need to generate value outside price and deliver a superior customer experience if they want to win market share.
https://mopinion.com/alpharooms-selects-mopinion-to-help-aid-in-customer-experience-initiatives/
Navigating multiple languages, currencies, preferences and expectations is complicated, to say the least. So, how can international brands create a customer experience that appeals to a global audience? Here are some tips.
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2018/10/22/building-an-ecommerce-brand-on-a-global-basis/
Balancing user experience, privacy and security for the connected consumer is a key challenge for online businesses, according to KuppingerCole.
A change in approach will help businesses achieve the right balance between user experience, privacy and security more easily, says Martin Kuppinger, principal analyst at KuppingerCole.
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450430785/Businesses-need-to-balance-user-experience-privacy-and-security/
The terms ‘customer experience’ and ‘customer centric’ have been around for some time. These terms are now referred to in shorthand as CX. But now a new term is emerging: HX, the ‘human experience’.
But what does this mean? Aren’t they the same thing? In commerce, customer experience (CX) is the product of an interaction between an organisation and a customer over the duration of their relationship. Basically, it’s the steps involved and how a customer experiences their buying and customer service journey with any organisation and its people — for good or for bad.
https://www.smartcompany.com.au/marketing/sales/businesses-cx-hx-human-experience-customer-experience-outperform-market/
I recently took my car in for servicing and got it back the same day. But after less than an hour, the problem reappeared. I took the car back, and after some delay, the issue was resolved. While I was collecting the vehicle the service associate informed me I would be receiving a survey, and asked if I would kindly give him a 9 or 10. After sharing my story with friends, I realized that my experience was no exception, which prompted us to launch our own survey on the premium and luxury automotive segment. We found that the customer experience (CX) with most brands was poor, yet most of them were boasting about their high customer satisfaction rates. This inevitably led to the conclusion that CX measurement is flawed.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2019/04/30/customer-experience-cx-programs-past-present-and-future/#103083671b26/
Today’s marketers are placing the ‘customer’ at the front and center of all its processes as key to sustaining and growing the brand and business.
Customers are more demanding than before. That is why Customer Experience (CX) is critical for companies to differentiate themselves from competition, improve customer satisfaction, foster loyalty, reduce churn and ultimately, increase revenue.
http://business.inquirer.net/252024/customer-experience-cx-biggest-driver-digital-transformation/
Of my heroes for their ability to tell an amazing story, Walter Isaacson, author of biographies on Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, and others easily makes the list. I just finished a listen of his book, The Innovators, and in comparison with his other works, it does not disappoint.
In some ways this book was a contrast from his other biographical works because it highlights the fact that the digital revolution wasn’t brought on by one single person or innovation. It instead was a continuous process of building and improving on the ideas and innovations of others and also required collaborations between individuals with a variety of strengths and abilities.
http://customerthink.com/customer-experience-insights-from-the-innovators/
While gambling and games of chance are Nederlandse Loterij’s expertise, there’s one thing it doesn’t gamble with and that is providing a good customer experience. Maurice Meijers, Head of Online Design & Development at Nederlandse Loterij fills us in…
https://mopinion.com/customer-story-nederlandse-loterij-doesnt-gamble-with-customer-experience/
What is best practice when it comes to UX? Unfortunately, a lot of advice out there on 'user experience' (UX) directly contradicts other advice. Some of this bad advice is simply out of date, but some is simply wrong—always was, always will be.
How do these myths take hold? Sometimes what makes for good advice is sector-dependent and not universally applicable, other times it's because of "truthiness": "Don't make users click more than three times" sounds like it should be true, even if it isn't.
Confusion over best practices for UX reign over every sector. This confusion creates myths, and these myths create disjointed experiences that actively work against the frictionless customer experience.
So what are these myths?
https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/opinion/3070207/debunking-the-myths-around-ux/
For some of the biggest and most considered products and services, the decision to buy doesn’t always come down to a solo customer.
From finance and utilities, to travel, household goods, and entertainment, we often buy (and use) products and services as a couple, family unit, or group of friends.
Why then do many of the online systems we use treat customers as solo decision-makers, tying customer accounts to an individual email address and neglecting (or even discouraging) sharing and collaboration?
http://econsultancy.com/defining-ux-best-practice-for-shared-customer-experiences/
