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Orchestrating a seamless and exciting customer journey is the true test of the brand’s profitability. Avoid these common mistakes and retain loyal and valuable customers. Each customer journey is a story; make it a happy one.

FROM PURCHASE TO LOYALTY

Investing resources in acquisition is far more costly than retention. Moreover, repeat customers make up most of your profit, and loyal customers spend more on average. Real growth comes from building strong customer relationships. Increase AOV and spread the word about your brand.

Therefore, you’ll have to keep the customer journey profitable from the first purchase to loyalty and beyond. Nevertheless, leading customers through an engaging journey has many challenges along the way. Let’s explore them:

FAULTY OMNICHANNEL

A truly unified, seamless omnichannel experience must be flawless. Customers notice when the different channels feel disconnected. For example, a voucher must be valid in both physical and online shops.

Tips to resolve omnichannel issues:

1. Manage channels from one platform using one data source. That way, you’ll avoid differences in prices, customer data, and human errors. To avoid inconsistency, CareCloud allows you to create email, SMS, push, WhatsApp, and Viber campaigns in a unified designer.
2. Streamline communication between marketing specialists. Your team should constantly cooperate, discuss, and verify each member’s marketing content. 
3. Maintain a unified tone of voice across channels. The website should look and sound similar to e-mails, SMS, push, and other touchpoints.
4. Combine multiple channels in one automation workflow. If valuable customers fail to respond to your abandoned cart emails, add an SMS with a voucher. 

For a deep dive on omnichannel strategy, read our dedicated blog post.

IRRELEVANT OFFERS

Many retailers send generic campaigns with random product offers, achieving zero engagement. When you send a “special” offer on a new fish tank to a cat owner, they’ll not react at all. Therefore, omnichannel brands have to adapt to customers’ needs and preferences.

Tips to improve product offers:

1. Collect preferential, demographic, and transactional data to learn about customers’ needs (for a guide to clean data, click here). They may also willingly send you “zero-party” data in exchange for a small discount or improved service. Relevant data fuels precise product suggestions and offers.
2. Feed the customer data to a recommendation system that automatically generates tailor-made offers. CareCloud’s Abigail Recommendation Engine 3.0 has up to five recommendation models to use for different situations.
3. React to customers’ actions. If they often browse pricier products, offer an alternative at a lower price. If they recently purchased, cross-sell typical product complements.

UNPERSONALIZED COMMUNICATION

Many brands limit their “personalization” to custom greetings in emails. They do not optimize the frequency, form, or relevancy of the communication. When every customer gets the same message, how can their journeys feel unique? To make customers feel understood and cared for, you have to personalize properly.  

Tips to unlock true personalization:

1. Segment customers depending on their product preferences or hobbies. Write on topics that interest your audience.
2. Personalize every part of messages to increase the chance of conversion. Create alternative subject lines, pre-headers, greetings, or background designs. For example, you can even send hobby-focused newsletters according to individual preferences.
3. Modify the frequency, type of communication, and preferred channel. Some customers prefer long-form email drip campaigns, and some prefer short-form SMS notifications on repeat purchases.

Check out our personalized SMS tutorial for a deeper understanding.

CARECLOUD HELPS YOU ORCHESTRATE CUSTOMER JOURNEYS

Resolving the three aforementioned issues will immediately improve customer engagement. With streamlined customer journey orchestration, you can create unforgettable relationships and build your business with loyal customers. 

Nevertheless, your strategy also depends on your toolset. CareCloud contains multiple apps that optimize customer journeys:

• Customer 360 View provides critical insight and manages customer profiles. 
• Campaigns & Audiences segment customers and sends omnichannel campaigns.
• Marketing Automation ties together complex communication in robust workflows.
• Loyalty & Administration keeps customers engaged through customer programs.
• Customer Engagement tracks customer web activity on your channels for deeper personalization.
• Analysis & Reporting gives you business and campaign updates.

CDP & CRM CareCloud lets you create unified and profitable marketing. Let’s make every journey an adventure!

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