Start Simple But Be Ready For Sophistication With Your CX Plans

After a recent round of events and meetings, one thing that resonated is how many companies are struggling to get their Customer Experience (CX) plans and initiatives under way. In some cases, newly formed CX teams have been trying to understand the current customer experience as well as the internal processes, technology and possibilities that exist to improve life for the customer but are overwhelmed with complexity. In other companies, we’ve seen the keen CX advocates trying to make change happen whilst also trying to manage the intricacies of their day job.

For both, the challenge isn’t with ideas in the CX space, but more about how to get these CX Plans underway.

So, what are the things to look out for to kick start CX? Here are some thoughts from us:

Have a process

We’ve come up with a 6 step process to help guide companies through to CX success. With key steps such as identify your goals, knowing your customers, developing potential use cases and choosing the best ones, through into designing, testing and refining, this process will get you up and running fast. Whilst business-friendly tools such as our CX Vision Cards help to win buy in.

Focus on quick wins

As you identify potential CX opportunities it makes sense to focus on those which you can implement quickly, prove value and gain the support of colleagues around the business. By proving clear benefits from each of these quick wins, we’ve found it helps to generate enthusiasm and budget for further activity.

Always think multiple channels

Whilst creating these quick wins you might be tempted to invest in a software which only benefits one of your channels, however the reality is for most businesses the main challenges to customer experience happen when customers fall into the gaps between touchpoints, and this approach would have zero benefit for these situations. After all your customers don’t worry about your silos or channels, they just think about you as one brand. So, having a ‘central brain’ capable of co-ordinating activity across all your channels makes more sense, even if you start to use it in just 1 or 2 channels to deliver those quick wins.

Consider beyond the next few months

It’s also worth thinking from day 1 about the level of CX sophistication you will need down the line and pull your CX plans together. After all you don’t want to choose a ‘central brain’ which you find in 6 months can’t keep up with your plans. So, look for solutions which enable you to manage multiple prioritization for each customer, which can perform real-time model scoring and utilize Machine Learning. You will also want a solution capable of understanding each customer, seeing how they behave and letting you turn this insight into relevant action for each individual. It’s still surprising how some solutions can manage processes, but struggle to truly personalize for every different customer.

Want to find out more? Why not get in touch for a no-obligation discussion with one of our consultants.