Are you disrupting your industry? If you aren't, then it's happening to you right now. The way to differentiate and win today is through an exceptional customer experience. Learn four key strategies for aligning your business and your employees around your customers.
4. The World Has Gone Digital
Largest
accommodation
provider owns
no real estate
Largest phone
messaging company
owns no phones
Most popular
media owner
creates no content
World’s most
valuable retailer
has no inventory
World’s largest
taxi company
owns no taxis
World’s largest
movie house owns
no cinemas
5. Industries With Greater Risk of Going Out of Business
Source: Global Center for Digital Business Transformation, 2015.
Respondents who say the risk of being put out of business increases
“somewhat” or “significantly” as a result of digital disruption.
Greater
Risk
Less
Risk 17% 49%41%
Average
6. Closing In on One Smartphone Per Person
5.6
Billion
Smartphones, mobile PCs, tablets and mobile routers
with cellular connections
Smartphone subscriptions
20112010 20132012 20152014 20172016 20192018
7. 57%
Buyer Behavior
Has Changed
* Source: McKinsey & Company, 2010.
of purchase decision
happens before customer
calls the supplier.
Peer reviews now the most trusted
source of information.*
8. 80%
Businesses Aren’t
Keeping Up
* Source: Bain & Company,
http://bain.com/bainweb/pdfs/cms/hotTopics/closingdeliverygap.pdf
of CEOs believe they deliver a
superior customer experience…*
8% of their customers agree.*Only
76% of companies don’t have
a single view of the customer.
11. Align Initiatives:
Why This Matters
• Customer experience is the last
source of sustainable differentiation
and the new competitive battleground.
– Gartner
• 70% of buying is based on how the
customer feels they are being treated.
– McKinsey
• 82% of customers who switch
brands do so because of poor service.
– Zendesk
12. Align Initiatives: Survey Results
“Customer satisfaction and retention are among the top five metrics we use to measure company
performance. We track and hold ourselves accountable to these measures at a board level.”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree or
Disagree
Agree Strongly Agree
* Source: Survey of attendees at SugarCon 2016 (June 2016)
13. • Measure NPS & report at board level
• Gauge VoC through regular surveys
• Incent departments – not just in CS –
against customer satisfaction metrics
Align Initiatives: Doing It Well
“Customer satisfaction and retention are among the top five metrics we use to measure company
performance. We track and hold ourselves accountable to these measures at a board level.”
15. Empower Individuals:
Why This Matters
• 99% say being connected to a
knowledgeable employee is a core
element of good customer experience.
– American Express
• 50% of the time Customer Service
reps aren’t able to answer a
customer’s question. – American Express
• 89% of companies competing mostly
on the basis of customer experience
today. – Gartner
16. Empower Individuals: Survey Results
“Employees at our company have the tools, knowledge and permission to exceed
customers’ expectations.”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree or
Disagree
Agree Strongly Agree
* Source: Survey of attendees at SugarCon 2016 (June 2016)
17. • Information for all, everywhere
• Tailored to the individual
• Designed to help them do their jobs better
Empower Individuals: Doing It Well
“Employees at our company have the tools, knowledge and permission to exceed
customers’ expectations.”
19. Orchestrate Interactions:
Why This Matters
• Integrated customer journeys can
DOUBLE sales year over year.
– HBR
• 32% of customers who switch
brands do so because they are fed
up with speaking to multiple agents.
– New Voice
• 29% of customers who switch brands
do so because they are annoyed by
a lack of staff knowledge. – New Voice
20. Orchestrate Interactions: Survey Results
“We understand our customer's journey and have well coordinated business processes to support
them at each touchpoint along the way.”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree or
Disagree
Agree Strongly Agree
* Source: Survey of attendees at SugarCon 2016 (June 2016)
21. • Map the customer journey
• Identify gaps to close
• Leverage CRM workflow automation to
coordinate across organizational boundaries
Orchestrate Interactions: Doing It Well
“We understand our customer's journey and have well coordinated business processes to support
them at each touchpoint along the way.”
23. Deliver Insights:
Why This Matters
• Customer service agents fail to
answer customer questions 50%
of the time. – American Express
• 70% have suboptimal or no ability
to integrate customer data between
online and offline sources. – Acxiom
• 74% of firms say they want to be
“data-driven,” but only 29% are
actually successful. – Forrester
24. Deliver Insights: Survey Results
“Insights derived from customer information are used to guide and prioritize the day-to-day
activities of our employees.”
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree or
Disagree
Agree Strongly Agree
* Source: Survey of attendees at SugarCon 2016 (June 2016)
25. • Define a master data strategy
• Design/Integrate from the users’ perspective
• Focus on information that makes a difference
Deliver Insights: Doing It Well
“Insights derived from customer information are used to guide and prioritize the day-to-day
activities of our employees.”
26. In Summary
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Insight
Interactions
Individuals
Initiatives
* Source: Survey of attendees at SugarCon 2016 (June 2016)
28. SugarCRM: Solely Focused On Making
Every Customer Relationship Extraordinary
Most Adaptable
CRM Platform
Greatest
Business Value
Empowers
Individuals
29. SugarCRM Only Vendor with Positive NPS!
CRM – Overall Scores
7.1
6.5
6.2
6.1
6.0
5.8
6.0
SugarCRM
Oracle
Microsoft
Salesforce.com
ACT!
SAP!
Average
#1
Overall
Satisfaction
#1
Technical
Support
#1
User
Recommendation
“In A Class
By Itself”