
Engaging customers proactively is one of RightNow’s 8 steps to delivering great customer experiences.
Let’s face it. There’s a right way and a wrong way to engage with customers. Because some organizations have engaged customers in the wrong way, a backlash in email marketing campaign practices has developed, unfortunately pitting consumers against businesses.When you receive an unsolicited, generic marketing offer, how often do you read it closely and respond, let alone buy the product? Response rates on such offers are notoriously low.
The key issue behind this problem is relevance. Companies often communicate to prospects and customers in a way that isn’t relevant and does not resonate with them. The issue lies in a lack of knowledge about the customer or prospect, or in not using knowledge effectively if you have it. If customer knowledge is used correctly, you can leverage it to proactively interact with customers in an intelligent, intentional, and compelling manner, and in the process, develop deep, long-term loyal relationships and customer advocates. Otherwise, you’re probably just driving customers away. So what should you do?
Segment your customers with your email marketing campaign software—understand why they use your product or service, and why they interact with you. Then provide real value to them by sending relevant messages that address their individual needs and desires. Don’t forget, it is really up to them if they want to hear from you. You need to ask them.
Once you have decided how to engage with your customers and prospects, you need a email marketing campaign software tool to do it efficiently. RightNow offers email marketing campaign software that push relevant information and content to customers at the right time, through the right channel.
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