Conversational Experiences: The Untapped Potential of AI in Customer Engagement SPONSORED CONTENT FROM INFOBIP

Content for the purposes of customer education is vastly improved and our engagement efforts are more effective. This leads to deepening the value of the relationship to both parties and promotes ongoing engagement. Defining these concepts is just the tip of the iceberg in this discussion.

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But AI is only as good as its underlying data — and without good-quality data that helps brands truly understand their customer, customer experiences will continue to miss the mark. Half of companies surveyed say that getting accurate data for personalization is a struggle, an increase of ten percentage points compared to 2022. Meanwhile 31% of respondents said that poor quality data is a major obstacle in leveraging AI. Our recent State of Customer Engagement Report found that investment in digital customer engagement generated an average 90% revenue increase in 2023. Such investments also increased companies’ abilities to address changing market conditions. What’s more, companies that were the most advanced at customer engagement (through the use of personalization, first-party customer data, and other indicators) more easily met and exceeded their overall financial goals.

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Manu Mathew is CEO & Cofounder of Cohora, a platform that helps brands drive customer growth, retention and advocacy through engagement. • A business might start by implementing a chat function within its website so consumers can ask product questions directly to an agent. A customer-centric approach was not in anyone’s DNA at the company in any way.

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Offers and content are tailored to take advantage of the individual features and outlets available at each hotel. For example, very few providers are yet in a position to monitor aggregate data across their customer base in order to suggest benchmarked improvements. Spend management vendor Coupa is a pacesetter here with its Community.ai initiative, which uses AI to help maximize the value of the customer ecosystem’s shared data and knowledge. This is a continuous relationship where businesses have to keep delivering value to earn a renewal, and where they’re constantly getting feedback and metrics they can use to enhance and improve the service they’re providing. Live chat can also be used to engage visitors on your website or Facebook business page. Proactively starting a chat with customers keeps them on your page longer and encourages them to ask questions.

• Much of what we provide customers is basic transportation, so to speak.
• In the world of customer success, this definition is one that allows for practical application in a customer engagement framework.
• And yes, I’m talking about more than personalizing one’s name in an email campaign.

That should be food for thought for those of you out there starting to think about engagement with all its simplicity and all its nuances. Don’t forget to keep tabs on your regulars too – if they keep coming back, you’re doing something right. Balancing the act of drawing in new faces while keeping your loyal crew happy is also key. You need fresh eyes, sure, but your regulars are your bread and butter. What is here will, and they are small observations about our industry to begin the new year.

Key customer engagement software features

However, small businesses are better equipped to provide a more personal and human touch in their customer service. Customers like supporting small businesses and small business owners, but you need to keep them engaged so your business stays fresh in their minds. Everyone’s glued to their smartphones, so having your own app is like having a direct line to your customers.

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Customer service and support is no longer incentivized to close tickets as quickly as possible, but instead refocuses on solving issues effectively. People management is impacted too, as the company has to look after its employees to ensure they’re in the right frame of mind to help customers. When the software industry first started moving to the cloud a quarter century ago, most participants massively underestimated the impact. The SaaS model, in which providers ran the software on behalf of customers and charged them a monthly usage fee, appeared to be simply a mechanism for amortizing costs, speeding implementations and achieving economies of scale. But this overlooked the significance of the continuous digital connection that the SaaS model creates between the software provider and its customers. Small business owners can upgrade to a paid plan as they grow to gain access to expanded features and offerings.

As another example, perhaps their intention is to find a key strategic solution to integrate into their business processes and the intended behavior and action is to adopt the solution at all levels of the company. Or perhaps you have a director with limited budget and their intention is to introduce your solution to their organization so that they can prove value with their initial small investment. Their intention could be using the licenses they are able to buy in order to make a case to senior leadership to have the solution adopted more widely across the company.