JOURNEY ARCHITECTURE

Customer Journey Orchestration: Accordant on Finding a Path to Purchase

By Michael Catford

MARCH 14, 2017 | ASCEND CURATED ARTICLE

Author Michael Catford describes customer journey orchestration as having a “choose your own adventure” style. The power of providing a seamless customer experience can allow your customers to choose their own path to purchase.

As The Martec explains, “The customer sales funnel is a tenet of marketing. It allows a company to capture the activity of its customers through the purchasing process, helping an organization focus on attracting potential customers (at the top of the funnel), nurturing these prospects (in the middle of the funnel), and converting these prospects into paying customers (at the bottom of the funnel).”

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