What can we do to improve the digital customer Experience

Jan 27, 2023
Image of Angela Bucher, Senior Director, Customer Enablement at Unbounce

for Angela Bucher, customer enablement is all about what you are able to create with an amalgamation of. With over a decade of expertise in evolving areas like customer experience as well as the satisfaction of customers she's been involved in all stages of SaaS beginning with growth through the initial stages (wearing various different hats) and on to investments in an enormous numbers of (driving the scaling). In her current role as the senior director of customer support in Unbounce, Angela's team monitors all aspects of the journey of a customer, starting at the point of inquiry, and continuing to the point of acceptance, and onwards.

In this video, you will learn:

  1. How can you enhance the experience of your customers? by paying attention to your personality traits, communication preferences and by using a variety of methods to interact with your clients?
  2. How do you measure the experiences of your clients and the work
  3. How can you reduce the number of customers who leave your company by establishing a customer-onboarding process?
  4. What can we do in order to create a sustainable personal experience for passengers

The creation of a Customer Experience Plan which will benefit your company

Amber: A large number of organizations are searching for an all-encompassing approach to developing the most efficient customer service system that typically is started with a website. With the ease of accessing information and information that has altered the requirements of customers and expectations, it is important to offer an optimal service to your customers on every device as part of the branding of your company. Do companies have the ability to expand their reach to other platforms beyond their own?

Angela A: If you are one of some companies that are not doing very well the customers of your website will be interacting through your website. They may not be aware of every channel or source available for their clients. Expectations have evolved- think about the type of service we experienced from firms who offered phone or internet services (and often aren't). Today, we demand fast efficient, professional and prompt solutions. Our customers today need a multitude of methods for communicating with us. We must be able to adjust to the needs of our customers. In addition, we should be conscious of their personality in the best way possible. Are they friendly? Are they getting bored by the specifics? What is the best way to our environment to better accommodate our services, our languages and information transfer in order to provide them with the best possible service user experience?

Amber It appears that Unbounce has done an excellent job at establishing strategies to let customers communicate with employees. Through time, Unbounce has created a array of channels that allow for the engagement of customers like the CTA Conference and knowledge-base blog as well as video content. an online academy. While you've grown your programs What impact has your experiences had on your clients' experiences?

Angela is able to achieve this by developing a range of channels that range from online to offline. She also makes sure that all content on our site is geared towards providing relevant information that can help clients build their businessesand boost their conversion rates We've been able to establish a brand which is well-known among marketing professionals and is beloved by, and an engaged the marketing community across all over the world.

We aim to not only provide the most efficient designing tool for landing pages, but also to provide the most efficient. However we strive to be the best in terms of Marketing and Conversion Intelligence, which is why our clients rely on us to provide the best practices in their field as well as AI-powered software that can assist our clients in optimizing their websites and boost converts.

Amber: So, with this goal of becoming the top player in Marketing and Conversion Intelligence, what can you do to create compelling content that your customers will be able to enjoy across the various channels you utilize? How do you measure the impact of your content?

Angela It's at the top of the funnel, as it is. It is a good idea to have a strong online presence, tangible proof of your expertise within the area you are in or an activity like the community that provided by Unbounce which marketers can access for assistance and guidance regarding making the most of conversion.

One way to gauge the effectiveness of certain campaigns or contents is to measure the number of New Trial Starts (NTS) which the content or campaign produces. NTS are the measure we consider of the people who are willing to take part in try our service for free. These can be linked to any particular campaign, or our blog, or even the community.

To determine the degree of high-quality, we have the capability of evaluating the quality of these leads too. This allows us to take advantage of the data to improve the effectiveness of subsequent marketing efforts and also the information we utilize to identify high-quality. The data that we collect from this helps us improve our understanding.

We also collect the opinions of our clients in various ways (NPS as an example) for example, like requests for new features or, in recent times, market-fit surveys of products, as well as other types of survey conducted through our Product Marketing team. This is another method to make sure that the content that we distribute is centered to the correct target market.

Amber It's amazing. It's not difficult to get into, as the content that we produce is produced within a silo. I'd suggest that the final aspect is vital to ensure that the team you work with is attentive to the requirements of the clients through different types of forms in order to determine the type of data they need.

     If you are analysing the efficiency of software, what objectives must a business consider when deciding to improve their customer service on the internet? Have you used any benchmarks in the past? You have used them before?

Angela's Customer Efficiency Score also called CES is one of the most important for benchmarking. What it means to Unbounce is that it allows us to create targets to make customers' experience much better.

We think that simple interactions with our customers result in loyal customers. that is the most significant effect on retention as in expanding. We're studying "Effortless Customer Experience" published by Matt Dixon and are working to apply the strategies described in this book for Customer Success.

The principal objective of this plan is to necessity of reducing efforts of customers as the most successful way to avoid disloyalty. The early days of the Unbounce planwere not easy, but we've made impressive progress in the last year of 2020. And we have some excited plans to keep going until 2021.

HTML0 Amber: Could you please send me an image of the CES sign?

It's a lot like NPS It's however not in any way based upon the NPS product but instead it is based on the conversation a client interacts with someone with the help of Unbounce. Unbounce is activated upon the conversation and will request whether the participant put in the required effort during the exchange and will tell that you once the problem is solved.

Implementing a scalable digital onboarding program

Amber: Let's move to a different style. The world is currently in a state of uncertainty due to the pandemic which has spread across the globe. What does COVID-19 and remote working affected your customers' satisfaction?

Angela: Super strange times. Unbounce Unbounce is extremely fortunate to be in the fortunate position to be part of an online firm that has not faltered in these times. Our first step was to make sure we could help those businesses that were suffering the most. Our aim was to take some of the stress and stress off their shoulders.

Also, we created an alliance group to bring everyone all together to help the clients. Our team was able to do an outstanding job on this job. The changes were made fast, managed to get coupons and deals given to companies that made the greatest impact; decided on free accounts in healthcare and other sectors so that they could continue aiding, and developed specific plans for other struggling industries using the lessons we gained. In the example above, our gym took to the internet and began offering virtual classes in fitness and education, we discussed what other companies might do to accomplish similar goals. Our team came together and resulted in keeping the majority of our clients and increasing our customer base.

Through time we have re-focused our plan to implement, and are focused on creating the most effective customer behavior for our products that give our clients long-lasting, reliable customers, and advancing our product's worth using things such as AI or machine learning. Actually, during the peak of COVID-19, we received our first significant capital raise of $52 million. We're now better positioned to increase our growth and speed up our strategy.

Amber Now we will talk about one of the crucial components of an educational curriculum: onboarding.

Due to the increasing number of businesses, their capacity for personal training as well as onboarding may get difficult to maintain. According to the Preact study on Churn Ineffective Onboarding is responsible for up to 22.9 percent which is within an business's reach. It is therefore crucial that you devise a strategy for your onboarding program to expand and provide regularly high results. How has Unbounce faced when it came to the task in enhancing your onboarding strategy? Which are your most effective strategies you've used?

Angela This percentage isn't surprising to me. This is sometimes called "failure to start" and usually results in an impact of some sort on the process of churn. This is particularly the case of the initial procedure of churn.

The most efficient strategy involves some variety and that is eager to try new methods. But there's no only one strategy that's perfect. As I've said before, stated that there are a variety of ways and channels to communicate that are suitable for every person, or at the right moment, and it is essential to be able to communicate to our various customers.

In my previous jobs, I've experimented with several "nurture" methods, such as personalized contact with a set time period as well as an increase in amount of emails. For instance, email.

Additionally, in the past, as a way to handle onboarding at a larger the scale of business I've also implemented "one to many" or group training . This could be similar to one-to-one onboarding, while preserving the timing of onboarding as well as the amount of employees required to provide the course cost-effective and long-lasting. One of the advantages from implementing this method was that the customers had an opportunity to acquire knowledge through talking about their problems or what queries they had and received answers to, and so on.

In Unbounce the majority of our webinars are sessions that focus on specific actions or workflows. It's a method we use, and receive a lot of participation. It's something we'll be in mind to supplement our courses on onboarding. Instead of having each session be one-to-one, one approach we'll use to help increase the size of webinars is by inviting multiple clients at the same at simultaneously. It may sound obvious yet it's an established method.

It's, at the very least, possible to discover various ways of dealing the issue. I would always suggest testing some new approaches as well as knowing if they've worked well or not.

     Amber It is suggested that you discuss your views on self-paced educational programs to assist in getting onboard? Is it a substitute for education in person?

Angela My personal experience suggests that what I'm witnessing increasingly is the need for a compromise between services that are self-serve and in-person. Returning to the basics of customers' experience by offering choices for clients (as in the sense that there are none that are too numerous  that are difficult to access) is the ideal compromise we're seeking to achieve.

Customers would like a personal touch with a white glove assistance and service and also being able to stay current with technological advancements. It is usually seen in the more large, enterprise sort of customer that understands and understands the significance of having a strong relationship management.

But, there's a significant portion of customers who prefer the simple and straightforward training. They're more likely to study on their own and are looking for low-cost the training it typically offers.

We are Unbounce we offer a range of educational options that can be private and self-guided learning.

  • We oversee education and advertising campaigns that focus on the elements required to optimize the user experience on your landing page, for example, our study of the content on landing pages and the copy analyzer
  • We have set goals to make sure that the new users that sign up for a trial receive an email within 15 minutes to reduce the risk of not launching
  • We develop targeted email nurture campaigns that can lead to one-on-one sessions with a CSM or Sales representative.
  • In-app help is available for self-serving users.

And I can't overlook one of the primary motives for this outstanding customer support, who be willing to go that extra mile to help customers.

Amber: Finding the perfect equilibrium between interactive and self-paced in-person training is the best way for customers to seek assistance whenever they require it. But, since scalability is so dependent on technology, how can you establish the feeling of an individual customer experience on an environment of mass-scale?

Angela The concept behind group online training and webinars , which I've mentioned is an effective method to enhance the quantity of customized onboarding sessions. But, they should not replace a really great online onboarding process. This is similar to a "choose your own adventures!"! We design all of the possibilities for onboarding, and it is possible to select the one that's most appropriate for you. what's highly personal and scalable with this is that each client has an option to choose the length and quantity!

Impacting your customers for longer-term growth

Amber: The top courses for customer training ensure that your clients are able to stay in contact with the company for a long time. While building out these programs for onboarding, what are the primary elements for creating this?

Angela When I think of myself in these types of scenarios, I would like that the program function right from the start. I'd like to have it easy-to-use and when I need assistance, I'll require it fast and in a way that is understandable.

If your products are similar to ours that is, on top of many other factors the benefits our clients receive are the most accurate measure of health and happiness. You can change this situation in various ways. The first is that we're shifting away from strictly goal-based time goals for employees on the front lines and requiring them to concentrate on training our customers on how to most effectively optimize their page's landing pages.

We believe that the future of optimization for marketing is based on the power of conversion. The term "conversion" is the amalgamation of experience of our clients and AI-powered information that takes part of the responsibility for optimization of our clients, as well as helping them to create content that converts.

     Amber When we understand the nuances of what constitutes an effective customer onboarding what are the most efficient methods to evaluate the effectiveness?    

Angela: Most probably Customer Satisfaction, or CES...the impact of an established and healthy firm is clear retention and expansion. Although one of these variables does not guarantee that you've got the perfect solution. it's essential to make use of all inputs into your measurement and your choices. If you notice variations in your measurement It is helpful to determine the cause. determine what is the reason of the fluctuation, then try to fix the problem.

However, NPS is an important metric on a broad scale, I would suggest it should be used to serve as a metric that you can monitor your company generally, but if NPS decreases, you are able to employ other methods to slice data into smaller pieces and go further to analyze.

It is also my opinion that personal KPIs offer a different option to measure the efficiency of particular aspects of onboarding. This is especially true in the event of any type of experiment takes place. Also, it's essential for me to present our employees with results that they have achieved through their work.

Amber: Angela, thank you for sharing your wisdom this morning. Prior to ending the interview, we'd like to find out what you learned from this conversation. If you have a suggestion or tip that you'd love to give to people seeking to improve the customer experience online, what would you recommend?

Angela: Just one?

  • Be attentive to your customers.
  • The data access settings let you gain access to information for free.
  • Happi employees is the foundation for happy customers.

What is Unbounce: Unbounce is the largest company worldwide in the area of marketing and the software which optimizes landing pages. This software allows marketers to create and build landing pages with no requirement for web developers. Its platform for landing pages helps marketers significantly increase conversion rates using the Unbounce Conversion Intelligence(tm) technology. It was founded at the time of its founding in Vancouver, B.C., Unbounce is a people-first business and one of Canada's best valued corporate cultures. Unbounce has helped facilitate over one billion conversions all over the world.

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