{"id":96713,"date":"2020-08-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/?p=96713"},"modified":"2020-09-03T15:55:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:55:37","slug":"best-techniques-improve-customer-journeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/user-experience\/customer-experience-management-cxm\/best-techniques-improve-customer-journeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Marketing Optimization to improve customer journeys?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Personas, Journey mapping, AB testing, VoC or NPS: Which Digital Marketing Optimization techniques do you use?<\/h2>\n<p>Our latest research on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/guides\/digital-marketing-optimization\/\">Digital Marketing Optimization<\/a> demonstrates there is a major challenge for many marketers of creating integrated strategies and communications plans with <strong>less than a fifth of businesses<\/strong> using a structured, continuous approach.<\/p>\n<p>From a customer point-of-view there is also likely to be a poor experience if their customer journeys are unclear or restricted by the inability of brands to integrate their communications and experiences.<\/p>\n<h3>Customer Journey Optimization<\/h3>\n<p>Since improving your customer journey can be one of the most effective ways to boost online leads and sales, we asked respondents which analysis techniques their businesses were using to research and improve the effectiveness of their customer journey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155952 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Digital-Marketing-Optimization.jpeg\" alt=\"Digital Marketing Optimization\" width=\"836\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Digital-Marketing-Optimization.jpeg 836w, https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Digital-Marketing-Optimization-550x359.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Digital-Marketing-Optimization-700x457.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Digital-Marketing-Optimization-150x98.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Digital-Marketing-Optimization-768x502.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Digital-Marketing-Optimization-250x163.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Digital Marketing Optimization - What's hot?<\/h3>\n<p>You can see that A\/B testing, customer personas and customer journey mapping have become popular - which is great to see. Improved focus on customers can only be a good thing, both for businesses and their customers.<\/p>\n<p>In our customer persona template we show how different techniques such as customer persona development, customer journey analysis and content mapping can be used to review and improve digital experiences in conjunction with conversion rate optimisation.<\/p>\n<p>AB testing is now widely applied, by nearly half of businesses. If you're new to testing, a great place to start is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/optimize\/answer\/6211930?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Optimize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Less positive is that voice of customer surveys (VOC) where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/quick-wins\/effective-csat\/\">customers are asked about their CSAT and NPS<\/a> are less widely used.<\/p>\n<div class=\"monthly_campaign_blog_cta_banner monthly_campaign_blog_cta_banner_155793\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Boost-x2.png);\"><div class=\"monthly_campaign_blog_cta_banner_main_content\"><h3>Outpace your competition in a challenging SME market<\/h3><p>Access a complete marketing survival kit to grow your business during a recession<\/p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"but_2019 section_cta yellow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/content\/outpace-your-competition-in-a-challenging-sme-market\/?li=loggedin\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Sep 2020 Content Blog Banner', 'Clicked', 'Get Results, Fast', 1);\">Get Results, Fast<\/a><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"monthly_campaign_blog_cta_banner_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Boost-x2.png\" alt=\"Access a complete marketing survival kit to grow your business during a recession\"><\/div>\n<h3>Your Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategy<\/h3>\n<p>Digital Marketing is constantly evolving. Techniques and goals change regularly as the internet develops, and staying ahead of the curve requires you to devote a certain amount of time keeping up to speed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/guides\/digital-marketing-optimization\/\">Managing digital marketing 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sample<\/strong>: 600 marketers worldwide<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recommended template<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/guides\/customer-persona-toolkit\/\">Customer persona template<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personas, Journey mapping, AB testing, VoC or NPS: Which Digital Marketing Optimization techniques do you use? 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