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Jack Davies
Jack Davies 3 November 2017

Only 17% of consumers feel valued by brands, despite 90% of marketers claiming to be customer centric

Despite 90% of marketers claiming that they are “customer centric” in their approach, only 17% of consumers feel valued by the brands they buy from. That’s according to a new report from experience management leaders Qualtrics. Their findings highlight how marketers can create a competitive advantage by adding a new layer of data that tells them not just what happened, but why.

The Qualtrics research, based on insights from 250 marketing professionals and 250 consumers, reveals a clear gap between the experiences that marketers believe they are delivering and what today’s customers expect, want and deserve.

While 81% of marketers agree it is extremely important to understand their customers, below half (46%) of consumers say they are understood by the brands they usually buy from, and only 60% say brands put the customer first.

Almost two-thirds of marketers (64%) say they are being held back when it comes to developing customer insights. A lack of time and budgetary constraints are the primary reasons, but 51% also said that they did not know what they were looking for when it came to analysing customer feedback, data and trends.

Qualtrics suggests that this inability to understand customers is due to an over reliance on “Operational data” – data that states what consumers have done in the past. Instead, Qualtrics argues that brands must supplement their existing data with “Experience data” and identify trends that explain why consumers act in the way they do.

Qualtrics’ report highlights the importance of marketers thinking beyond traditional data analysis to help close the experience gap, as Caroline Mogford, Marketing Director for Qualtrics EMEA, explains:

“The most successful marketers are adding a layer of insight to their data. They’re thinking not just about what happened in the past, but about why it happened. It’s this additional layer of context – the ‘Experience Data’ – that’s providing the real competitive advantage for today’s brands.

By thinking in these terms, marketers can provide an experience that not only meets, but exceeds expectations. The secret for today’s marketers isn’t more data, it’s a different kind of data.”

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