How to Use Customer Insight Platforms Effectively
Despite the power offered by customer insight platforms, you need to use them properly to optimize their capabilities. Inquiro’s Customer 360 Dashboard + Audience Builder provides a real-world example for each strategy.
1. Choose the right customer insight platform
Select a platform that aligns with your business needs to gain the most benefit. Consider data sources, analytics capabilities, ease of use, allowed sources, and industry experience when choosing a suitable solution.
For example, Customer 360 uses contact lists based on mobile numbers. If your business works well with utilizing these numbers, this platform is necessary for turning telecommunication into retail.
2. Define clear objectives and key metrics
Your chosen customer data solution needs clearly defined objectives and metrics before searching for what you want. For example, you may order it to identify friction points throughout the buying process using review data to increase customer satisfaction.
The Customer 360 is self-service, so you have complete control of the metrics and standards it filters for.
3. Collect comprehensive and relevant data
Gather data from all available touchpoints, such as customer relationship management systems, website analytics, social media platforms, and customer surveys. The data should include quantitative and qualitative information to paint a holistic portrait of your customers.
Inquiro has an extensive database that matches the data you upload. From there, it provides accurate and up-to-date information beyond what you provide.
4. Use advanced analytics techniques
To maximize the effectiveness of a customer insight platform, you can utilize advanced analytics techniques, such as predictive modeling, sentiment analysis, and segmentation. These strategies enable you to uncover patterns, trends, and correlations that may be difficult to identify through traditional methods.
The Audience Builder creates segments based on your specifications. From there, you can easily target marketing and sales efforts to specific groups for maximum conversion chances.
5. Foster a data-driven culture
It would also be best to establish a data-driven culture within your organization. Encourage data literacy and cross-functional collaboration to maximize insights from your customer insight platform.
Customer 360 allows you to download the mobile numbers of generated segments seamlessly, ensuring an easy transition from data gathering to marketing campaigns.