PERSONAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE… PCX

Mobile 1 to 1– is No. 1

Big data technology keeps giving brands more and more personal information about YOU. The rise of technologies available to brands keeps enabling each brand to know intimate details about consumer behaviors. These technologies deliver opportunities to create more personal, 1 to 1 customer experiences (PCX) that will hopefully earn loyalty from customers, not only for their own satisfaction, but also for giving recommendations to others.

What would now be the brand’s strategy for PCX? It is being reported that there is a billion-dollar market for advertising sales on mobile videos. Major wireless carriers will be selling personalized ads that can target 1 to 1 with advanced Web videos. Digital PCX will also help retailers improve their omni-channel blend between digital, mobile and physical — “brick and mortar”– in innovative ways.

Drawing by Art Winters
Drawing by Art Winters

What does this all mean for the future of PCX? Is the future of media all about our mobile devices? This rapidly advancing mobile age has certainly created remarkable omni-channel experiences for consumers everywhere in the world, from obtaining instant news, entertainment, to shopping options galore. The interaction that must now be an essential factor for developing strategic PCX is and will continue to be mobile.

With the newest mobile technology in the hands of the customer, retailers are increasing their use of mobile devices to enhance the in-store sales associates’ ability to better serve their customers face-to-face. Whether it is to check prices of competitors; expand the inventory beyond what the store can or does carry; read reviews; arrange for special ordering and shipping; and even to geotarget customers with special and relevant offers as they move through the store.

A newer app option to explore is the concept for visual searching – photographing an item seen on someone while in the street and asking the retailer what they have that is similar.

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Both the brand and retailer’s mission is to help the customer enjoy the shopping experience and deepen the relationship between them.

What new PCX technologies have you experienced and enjoyed?


Arthur & Peggy Winters co-teach SXB 200 Brand Marketing Communications for Image & Meaning and SXR 050 Intro to Branding: The Art of Customer Bonding.