by Ralph Eck | Mar 20, 2014
We’ve been talking at some length so far about M-commerce and Omni-channel solutions as part and parcel of a new paradigm for doing business. Really, what we’re getting at here is a set of best practices for how to make your customers central to your business. The idea of putting customers first, and letting their needs drive the business seems obvious enough. And yet at the same time, it can be so elusive and difficult to implement! Like people, businesses are the product of shared traditions and conditioning. Built in methods of doing things, long-cherished practices, and siloed manners of thinking can certainly make it challenging, if not impossible, for businesses to overhaul and update outdated paradigms.
We’ve also made the argument so far that the new conception of business today is one that is deliberately “digital” and “social” – digital because businesses need to make technology a central part of their value proposition – and “social” because an exclusive technology focus doesn’t work unless its aligned with the latest trends in work, society, and culture to produce the best outcomes. Within this overriding framework, we have already begun to outline some guidelines for making M-commerce a central part of your digital and social business. But whether you call your business digital or social or whatever, you must keep in mind that your overriding purpose is to make happy customers. To make their experience first rate, keep them coming back as well as referring others along the way, there are some core Omni-channel best practices every business leader should consider out of the box.
The ingenuity of the Omni-channel approach is that it starts with the customer benefit. The prevailing mindset is usually; “How can we get the customer to do X,” rather than “What does the customer want from us?” In light of what it means to be a digital and social business, the paradigm shifts to the following framework: “What must I do to reach my customer through all channels on all devices at all times?”
In order to successfully compete in today’s global market, businesses must embrace the paradigm of a digital business, or one that makes technology the hallmark of its practices, as well as a social business, which leverages the latest trends in technology, work, and society to optimize business outcomes. Once organizations have mastered these emerging conceptions of doing business – and have implemented the proper M-commerce and Omni-channel marketing solutions to support those models – then the path becomes much easier and everyone will be happy: you, your customers, and the people they refer to visit your brand.
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