Program Details

Predicting Routes to Revenue

Identifying Real-Time Decisions for Business-Driving Engagement

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In 2007, the CMO Council embarked on a study to track how senior marketers were embracing the customer in real-time, personalized engagements—were we realizing the goal of “right message, right time, right channel” in our communications? At that time, 47 percent of marketing respondents felt they did not have a full view into the profitability of a customer, including access to customer lifetime value insights. Some 60 percent indicated that they planned on looking at personalization as a key route to maximizing customer revenue, and when asked what could hold back their plans, the majority indicated they did not have the analytics, insights or predictive technologies needed to effectively leverage data to personalize experiences.

Eight years later, many marketers feel they are in the same position, struggling to optimize the customer journey using real-time insights and intelligence that enable them to craft robust customer experiences where revenue (and not engagement metrics, like clicks or views) is the goal.

While marketers are still looking to power experiences with personalization and relevance, customers are in a very different space than in 2007. The expectations for service—from self-service to always-available personal or face-to-face service—continue to increase rapidly as customers are not willing to wait for answers or resolutions to issues. Our customers are also being offered new and often more compelling options from new contenders and disruptors…and even worse, despite years of loyalty building, customers are even more willing to leave the brand fold in favor of experiences and service options that can overshadow pricing and promotions. Customers are not just wanting to be known and heard; they are demanding it.

So how are leading marketers predicting where and how customers will react along their engagement journeys? Are there new, harder and more pointed questions that marketers must ask of their own customer experience strategies to better shift to the expectations of the customer? Are we too focused on campaign success while ignoring customer success? How do we know if the customer experience we have developed is actually aligning with the customer’s mindset, behavior and expectations? Have we really thought about the customer first?



Facts & Stats

When asked about overall coupon usage, 92% of respondents reported using coupons in the past year for purchases.

Source: PRRI

62 percent of Americans say they print online coupons.

Source: PRRI


Source: PRRI

72 percent of older (55+) shoppers report they would do more shopping online if it was easier to use their coupons there.

Source: PRRI

Program Themes

  • CX Mapping
  • CX Strategy
  • Big Data
  • Customer Insights