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that their page said they are a purely online store could be so interested in me. This struck me as a thorough understanding of a customer’s state of mind. The next day, he called me back. We had a conversation about the 25% discount voucher and what I could use it on. I now had real questions to ask the young man. As expected, he opened by stating that he called back today to draw my attention to the discount voucher that the store emailed to me. After some ice breakers about how ‘everyone’ had complimented me for the shoes, I asked him how he was able to understand my purchase habits and why he called me back. He told me about a tool that his brother from IT school is testing which can track a customer’s purchase decision. It follows a customer online, much like remarketing. From the moment I clicked on their sponsored post, they were tracking me. He told me they were able to track my style of shoe, the colors I was interested in, the price point I was looking for, and the speed at which I made a purchase decision. He told me it was a minute and a half in total. Clearly points to an impulse purchase as I was a unique user and I didn’t drop off their site to check out other pages. He then used the words, “Your ‘body language’ was precise. You knew exactly what you wanted. If you walked into our store, you would be the kind of customer who would sit on the bench, ask for shoes size 8, try 08 MAL30/19 ISSUE We have said over the years and learnt that non-verbal cues communicate just as much as spo- ken word. Under- standing digital body language can help many or- ganizations learn what their pros- pects actually want before they even connect, en- abling them to deliver even more value once they do. Mobile tech- nology allows us to do this easily, quickly and effi- ciently. them on and walk out in them.” I didn’t even know I had an online body language! This was all true for this particular purchase. I also thought to myself that I do not always have a ‘precise body language’ when I shop online. Sometimes it could be undecided, other times unfamiliar and other times lacking in trust. I can visit one page over and over again, then over again, and not buy anything from that page, or eventually buy something I should have bought 2 weeks ago. I was however quite intrigued by this ‘digital body language’ discovery that I have been tracking my own digital body language since. This is quite essential in building an accurate platform or database that can explore the moods, behaviors and emotions of customers without serving them ads based on what we think they want. The 25% discount on my next purchase that was given to me was informed by my impulse purchase. When I spoke to the sales man, he told me that the discount would be useful for the purchase of a gift item for someone or to get a second pair of shoes for myself. I thought to myself, what a brilliant idea. My daughter could use a pair of boots in this cold weather. Another impulse purchase! If I have done it once, what are the chances that I will make another impulse purchase? Yes, 100% chance.