RTP blog

APRIL 9, 2018

By Tom O’Keefe, 4-Tell Nordstrom has long been synonymous with the words ‘Customer Experience.’ Defining what it means to provide the white glove treatment — and proving that it equates to a fiercely loyal customer base — businesses have always looked to them for strategies to enhance the customer experience.

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Optimizely

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

These are the loyal customers your brand relies on. Given the much higher cost of acquiring new customers , you need loyal customers who will follow you to the end of the earth (or at least watch all your Instagram stories). It’s incredibly hard to authentically and organically build up brand loyalty. But it is possible!

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

B2B brands should invest in AI-driven CRM (customer relationship management) systems to analyze customer data, offering insights for personalized marketing and sales strategies. Additionally, maintaining ethical data usage and ensuring customer privacy will be vital in these AI deployments.

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Optimizely

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Are your customers truly engaged, or are they just coasting? Unless you’re keeping a close eye on customer interactions with your B2C brand, it’s impossible to know for sure. You must have quality customer data so you know which customers really are happy, and which customers are entering the at-risk zone.

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Optimizely

APRIL 5, 2018

Buyers today have simply changed the way they purchase products, with more and more of the B2C market moving online (or to Amazon) each year. Many B2C brands are making the leap and shifting away from retail and toward direct-to-consumer (DTC). You have to choose your own strategy, and test out what works best for your customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Digital marketplaces help you provide the personalization customers have come to expect, and in today’s crowded ecommerce space, the customer experience has never been more important. With a B2B or B2C marketplace, you benefit from an ecosystem of buyers and sellers.

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Optimizely

MAY 20, 2019

Boston, MA: Zaius , the world’s leading B2C CRM, announced today four new executive hires to further accelerate growth and the company’s clear leadership in the MarTech industry. Zaius grew over 150% in 2018 and as we continue to expand, it’s important to bring added depth and experience to our team. Need an assist?

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Digital Doughnut

MARCH 25, 2022

We’re constantly told that loyal customers are an asset, but look at research and you get a really keen sense of just how valuable they are. For instance, while just eight percent of customers in a typical online retail business may be repeat buyers, they account for a massive 40% of its turnover.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

We realized that our customers’ definition of ‘convenience’ had changed. Customers want personalized, convenient shopping experiences. In fact, according to Forrester, customers are 2.4 times more likely to stay loyal to brands that deliver a great experience. Modern consumers live on their mobile devices.

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

B2B companies are implementing new strategies to adapt to the changing consumer needs and take advantage of a growing online customer base, characterized by new loyalty programs, deep personalization options, and AI-based features. Additionally, 82% of B2B marketers prioritize lead generation, while 43% focus on customer retention.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2023

Earle, who talks a mile a minute and with a refreshing candor about not just his successes but his shortcomings, blind spots and missed opportunities, spoke on the topic “Building Brand Hysteria, Customer Loyalty and Memorable Experiences.” Hearing customers’ excitement and their frustration helps us make better decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

Preserving customer trust and privacy should be top-of-mind for retailers looking to make generative AI a bigger part of their holiday shopping strategy. Brands seeking to use this technology have an opportunity to engage customers, communicating the presence of generative AI in the consumer experience and where and when it is used.

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Kibo

AUGUST 23, 2022

When evaluating eCommerce technologies, customer expectation management needs to stay top of mind. Shoppers may only see the front-end user experience, but the back-end operational systems play a crucial role in creating frictionless shopping journeys.

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Omnisend

JANUARY 8, 2024

Reading Time: 8 minutes A common misconception about repeat customers is that they only respond to crazy discounts. While providing discounts is an effective strategy to encourage returning customers, it’s neither the only nor the best way. Use Omnisend’s powerful email and SMS marketing to create a superior customer experience.

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Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Loyalty marketers, the scope of your job just expanded. Loyalty marketers have conventionally focused their efforts on customers post-purchase: increasing customer retention, enrichment, and advocacy. And before you panic, it’s a good thing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2023

Sensory design is now recognized as a powerful sales tool — the senses play a critical role in human perceptions and can create positive experiences that delight and engage customers. Key takeaways: SETs enable brands to craft exemplary customer experiences online by appealing to consumers’ multisensory perception.

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Technology Retail Customer Experience Presentation 264

Groove

MARCH 24, 2022

In developing your BigCommerce website, we partner with you to help turn shoppers into customers and increase sales and customer retention. In addition, we use inbound marketing to engage new users to your eCommerce store and build an appealing website design to turn shoppers into customers. Our BigCommerce Services.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 3, 2022

And specifically for marketers, the status quo often makes working smart impossible — functional silos inhibit internal efficiencies and negatively impact the overall customer experience. Some of today’s biggest marketing silos are technology-based — different platforms for different functions. Let’s […].

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Wiser

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The chosen model should align with the brand’s long-term growth strategy and customer satisfaction objectives. eCommerce business models help in establishing a strong customer base and fostering loyalty by clearly identifying the target market and how to cater to their needs. For example, Amazon and eBay.

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Optimizely

JANUARY 9, 2019

The role has evolved beyond simple campaign management to focus on the entire customer experience, from the first moment of interaction to customer loyalty. In order to thrive in 2019, top B2C marketers today have to be a combination of: Marketing Technologist. Data Scientist. Brand Marketing Artist.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 13, 2020

This Wednesday, July 15th, we’re inviting executives from all companies — large and small, B2B, and B2C — to participate in our inaugural CX Reality Day.

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B2C B2B Customer Loyalty Customer Experience 322

Pivotree Blog

JULY 5, 2023

“Since the establishment of the new omnichannel B2B platform, we have been able to respond to these demands with more agility, and our customers have been reporting an immediate improvement in their user experience.

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Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How well did US financial services firms rank in terms of customers’ trust in 2022? Overall, customer trust was relatively […].

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Omnisend

DECEMBER 15, 2020

When your customers make a purchase, they’re thinking about getting the product and not about things like customer support. When that time comes, the customer will look to contact the company. You can have dedicated teams for each one of them, but remember to properly prepare your agents for customer interaction.

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GetElastic

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Still, those brands that can develop and maintain the best customer relationships are going to end up on top and ensure long-term success. Here are five ways to improve those customer relationships: 1. Reward loyalty. You don’t need to implement all of these but adopt those that make sense for your customers and business model.

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Social Media Customer eCommerce Customer Loyalty 158

Kibo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

But companies that tune into their customers’ changing habits and respond to them will go on to be the market leaders of tomorrow. There will also be indirect effects for B2B companies as falling consumer demand impacts B2B customers, who in turn stop spending as much as they have done in the previous period.

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Optimizely

AUGUST 9, 2018

The Customer Is the Center of Everything. “We For many B2C brands, the customer is the center of the world. But despite this, many brands make a lot of assumptions about what their customers want and need. But despite this, many brands make a lot of assumptions about what their customers want and need.

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Shipping Costs Omnichannel B2C eCommerce Marketing 150

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

US financial services brands are struggling to earn high levels of customer trust. Forrester’s Financial Services Customer Trust Index (FS Trust Index) revealed that customer trust in US financial services firms in 2023 was relatively weak and largely unchanged from 2022.

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GetElastic

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In the past few years poor customer experience and sluggish page loads caused by monolithic platforms have accelerated the need for better flexibility and the ability to create a more personalized customer experience. This means that Composable Commerce is suitable for any online business, be it B2B, B2C or D2C.

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Multi-channel Merchant Services Customer Experience B2C 78

Optimizely

AUGUST 28, 2018

The more you have, the better you know your customers, and the more relevant you can make your campaigns. Even if you’re lucky enough to have detailed analytics into customer lifetime value and repeat purchase rate, you still don’t have the whole picture. Know when NOT to contact customers.

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Omnisend

MAY 14, 2021

A solid understanding of the ecommerce customer journey and how to make it work in your favor is paramount to attracting customers and developing brand advocates. Each stage of the ecommerce customer journey has its opportunities. The 5 Stages of an Ecommerce Customer Journey. We’ll talk about these stages shortly.

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eCommerce Customer Social Media Customer Retention 78

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today, brands leverage loyalty programs to acquire and retain customers, particularly those they lost during the height of the pandemic. But loyalty programs are a symbiotic relationship: Consumers look to programs for better experiences and cost savings, especially in light of the current economic crisis.

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Consumer Customer Customer Loyalty Customer Experience 369

GetElastic

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

A recent study shows that 82 percent of B2B marketers spend more on customer acquisition than retention. Whereas, only 48 percent actually prioritized B2B loyalty. And, we all know customer acquisition costs more than retention. More so, customer retention is easier and more cost-effective to execute.

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Kibo

JUNE 20, 2014

Customer Fulfillment is Key to Building a Top-Shelf Furniture Company Started in 1995, OFM has evolved into one of the country’s leading sellers of office furniture for general businesses, schools, government offices and hospitals. Since we sell to businesses, we understand that our customers don’t have a lot of time to spare.”

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Kibo

MAY 19, 2014

Why Customer Care Will Win the Sale Consumers are largely motivated by one thing: Price. The answer: Customer care. According to SalesForce, customer service ranks as the number one factor influencing consumer trust in a company. But in the new omnichannel commerce landscape, customer service is, itself, fundamentally changing.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

According to Statista, B2B sales are now 6X larger than the business-to-consumer (B2C) market. For these companies, the change to a B2B sales model means moving their customers to make their purchases online. In some ways, the move from B2B sales happening offline to online mirrors other trends we see in the B2C market.

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B2B eCommerce Payment Services SEO 147

Kissmetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

It costs 5X less to retain a customer than it does to acquire a new one. That’s why customer retention is crucial to growing your Ecommerce business. What is customer retention? Customer retention is the ability to encourage customers to keep coming back to make purchases. Why is customer retention so important?

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