These days, the ideal customer journey looks a lot less linear and a lot more like a repeatable loop. Customer retention is just as critical (if not more so) as acquisition—in fact, according to Bain and Co., a 5% increase in retention can increase a company’s profitability by 75%. Keeping your consumers happy so they continue to come back is more important than ever. Especially in these interconnected and always-on(line) times, consumer expectations are high and tolerance for screwups is low.One often overlooked way to improve the customer journey is with proactive, frequent, and honest communication. Your consumers want to stay in-the-know at every step of the way, from searching for the right product to returning a wrong fit, and this presents an opportunity for you to show them how much you care about their experience across touchpoints.Today’s consumers expect reliability, consistency, and transparency, which makes proactive communication table stakes for retailers. If you can tell your customers what they need to know exactly when they need to know it, you can foster more consumer confidence in—and ultimately loyalty for—your brand.There are several touch points where you can use communication as a tool to keep your customers in the loop and ensure their satisfaction. Below, we run through what retailers should be talking about at each of those touch points:
Find out the steps you can take to better communicate at each of these stages in the customer journey by checking out our latest eBook, Keep ‘Em In the Loop: How to Communicate Throughout the Customer Journey.Want to learn more about customer communications? Watch retail executive Michael Scharff weigh in on the future of retail.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1z4JJgT7mo&feature=youtu.be
Heather is Senior Content Marketing Manager at Narvar and has been working in the SF tech world for over 6 years. She has a bachelor's degree from CSU Long Beach and an MFA in writing from California College of the Arts.