{"id":3247,"date":"2022-05-11T09:18:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2022-05-11T09:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:18:25","slug":"differentiation-sameness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/differentiation-sameness\/","title":{"rendered":"Make CX your Unique Selling Point &#8211; Differentiation &#038; \u2018Sameness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s your Unique Selling Point? Do you have a truly unique product or service? Maybe you created a service that everybody wanted but it didn\u2019t exist? (And nobody has duplicated it yet) Or maybe your market is so niche that you are simply the only player in the game? \u00a0 If so, you would be in the minority!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner predicted that by 2020 90% of brands will compete on customer experience rather than price or product quality. It is 2022 and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/form\/marketingcloud\/conf\/state-of-the-connected-customer-2nd-edition-mc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">salesforce<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found that 80% of customers choose a brand to work with, based on their Customer Experience. Gartner were not far off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On our courses, we use a concept called \u2018sameness\u2019. Sectors such as banking, insurance or utility providers, are mostly hit by the \u2018sameness\u2019 within their products and services. The differences in the products can sometimes be so miniscule that it\u2019s extremely hard to decide which to choose. Remember, feelings are more memorable than price or the features of a product. Therefore, customers are more likely to remember how you made them feel, while they were using your service or you were helping them sort out an issue. This is why today\u2019s customers choose based on the next best thing\u2026 their experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>So, how do you differentiate your business from the competition?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Customer Journey Map<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyse it. Is there a way you can simplify it? Are there unnecessary steps somewhere along the way that could be removed? Is it designed with a clear customer goal?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Feedback &amp; Customer Input<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you regularly reach out to your customers and ask for their feedback? Are you sending them surveys, asking for feedback directly on the website or prompting them to rate your app? Are you listening to their complaints, queries and concerns on social media and forums?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Employee Experience<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you ensuring your employees have good working conditions? Do you have regular one to one meetings with them to create real team bonds and strengthen relationships? Are you empowering them to make decisions and create an environment where customers feel taken care of? Remember, you can\u2019t ask your staff to do things for your customers that you won\u2019t do for your staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Human Touch<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are the customers able to talk with a human if they are experiencing an issue? Are you using technology to make things simpler for your company or your customers? Are you using it in the right places in their journey? Do you treat the customer as an individual or a number? Do you use data collection to your advantage?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3248\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3248 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01.jpg\" alt=\"Hands shaking illustration statistic: 32% will walk away from a brand after just one bad experience \" width=\"2500\" height=\"1342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01-600x322.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/32-will-leave-after-1-bad-experience-01-2048x1099.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PWC Publication<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By differentiating yourself through Customer Experience you can gain a competitive advantage and by striving for CX Excellence, you are creating advocates for your company. It is important because according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwc.com\/us\/en\/advisory-services\/publications\/consumer-intelligence-series\/pwc-consumer-intelligence-series-customer-experience.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PWC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 32% of customers will stop doing business with a brand just after one bad experience. Additionally, 9 out of 10 customers will leave you and not even bother to complain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though customer expectations are rising it\u2019s not too late to differentiate yourself through CX. 54% of customers claim that CX needs to improve in the majority of the businesses. This means that if you start your strategy to achieve excellent Customer Experience today, you have a chance to generate an army of advocates that will spread the word about how great your business is and get ahead of the competition \u2026 if they don\u2019t do the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>To learn more about how you can achieve this, get in touch or check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/thecxacademy.org\/courses\/\">Professional Certificate &amp; Diploma Courses.<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s your Unique Selling Point? Do you have a truly unique product or service? Maybe you created a service that everybody wanted but it didn\u2019t exist? 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