When working with customers, knowing what they want so that we get to know them individually is imperative. We want to focus on not only what they want to achieve, but also what they expect from us to help them to get to these goals, whichever field, or industry they may be in.

It's trite but true: Technology is constantly changing and evolving. Sometimes those changes are massive, other times they’re almost unnoticeable, especially if you don’t know what to look for. That’s why it’s so important to keep up to date on the latest news and trends that shape an industry. This is especially true for industry leaders and decision makers.

The age-old saying goes, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. In modern parlance, developing a new entity isn’t going to happen overnight, and neither will implementing a significant change to an already well-established organization. This concept holds especially true in the development of a comprehensive customer experience (CX) by creating and enacting a true CX implementation strategy.

In the past decade, an enormous amount of communication channels have emerged. Most notably, many, if not most of these new communication channels have become digital, a key indicator of the powerful shift toward an interactive world where businesses must be able to operate and communicate with their customers in this realm. ‘Digital-first’ does not necessarily mean digital-only: a digital-first mindset provides companies with greater agility and flexibility to communicate directly with their customer base.

A number of similar-sounding terms are currently being bandied about in the tech industry. To make matters worse, what were once distinct dividing lines defining content-oriented technologies, these boundaries have now become fuzzy. Let’s pause a moment and take a look at the similarities and key differences. You’ll come to have a better understanding of the relationship between customer communication management (CCM) and the customer experience (CX).

Companies and organizations build relationships with their customers through a series of events and communications. These strings of interactions are categorized as a customer journey and every customer’s journey is unique. Key to this concept is customizing the journey for each individual participant.