Move over AI, *this* is what I thought would take my job


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The first time I heard about the effectiveness of Voice of Customer (VOC) data, it felt like cheating.

More than AI threatening jobs, I thought customer researchers would. Why even hire a copywriter if you can just swipe words directly from your customers and plop them straight into your emails and sales pages?

There is more to the craft of copy – it’s not as simple as copy+paste – but I’m still convinced that if brands only did research and copy+pasted what they learned, it could be a decently viable copy strategy.

And this week’s email is the perfect example:

Other ideas from this episode that you don’t want to miss:

(05:23) How webinars fit into the overall Powtoon content strategy - and how they use them to build community and celebrate their customers

(09:14) How they deeply personalize their webinar flows based on each user’s data

(10:49) How they swiped from one of their sales rep’s hack to increase open and attendance rates

(19:26 How they use design to demonstrate the varied benefits of their webinars

(21:42) How they weave feedback throughout the customer experience to continuously personalize the user experience

– Nikki 👂

P.S. Want to be able to swipe VOC in a richer way than copy+paste? Check out my $43 masterclass on generating endless ideas from customer reviews.

Want deeper VOC than customer reviews? My $37 customer interview packet has email templates, goal setting sheets, checklists – and 114 questions, divided by your research goals.

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