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Introduction

I’m Rick van Willigen and I live in Rotterdam. I have 10+ yrs of experience in digital innovation.

Hi there, my name is Rick van Willigen and I'm a digital innovator. I developed myself mostly in leadership, design, marketing and tech. My passion is enhancing the CX. Finding value in data by measuring data from feedback. Enhancing sales funnels, leading organizations to next the level of customer experience. Finding valuable insights and acting on it feels very rewarding. In dept user research, mapping views on the current and expected customer experience. I am the owner of lov.nu which presents an overview of my portfolio as a freelancer. At the moment I am developing new tools for mapping the CX and sales funnels for any business online. In every step in the funnel, a lead should be ready to become a customer. As a marketeer you want to identify the value engagement in any step of the funnel or journey. With fears of competition and developing markets, continuing to develop new possibilities in the current CX is essential for the existence of every brand today.

I help organizations to stay ahead on their journey to become future-proof.

Converting research to insights and value, implementing tech, creating design, leading automation, measuring conversion, optimizing funnels, creating mailings for 500k+ customers, advising on implementing AI in your CX and doing daily business such as paid marketing, creating banners, shooting and editing videos I do that as an employee or as a freelancer. In my family, being a digital nomad is not uncommon. One of my brothers owns a marketing agency in the city of Rotterdam named Wedigify. A strategic & data-driven e-commerce agency from Rotterdam, specialized in Magento webshops. If you are looking for real impact online, contact us for free.

Background

History

After I Graduated in 2014 from the Hogeschool Rotterdam I received a Bachelor Degree in Communication and Multimedia Design. During my honors program, I realized quickly that I wanted to know more about coding and marketing. I started to read books about influencing human behavior in games and how persuasive design can convince. The subject on which I graduated was personal content. How does the creation of personal content affect today's companies? Users comment and create all the time online. Users are engaging with UGC, reviews, shorts and more. How should we approach the best matchmaking between all stakeholders and an organization? How can we influence goodwill and human behavior through a product or a service characteristic? A big part of how people and users are getting involved is identifying what the organization should be representing. Users want to see values that comply with their own identity, proposition and values. Managing expectations, engaging with tech, measuring how they feel and think about using it. The experience creates value and users like to express that online.

Skills & Services

Experience

Enhance & Automate CX

I help brands to stay ahead with research, tech, design, automation, AI and marketing. Improve and automate the customer journey! Transform leads to loyalists. As a tech expert, I am mapping new insights and actions to improve costs, touchpoints, experiences and future possibilities.

CX Research

Leads to loyalists

Customer Journey

Mapping CX

Tech & AI

CX + AI = Automation

UX & CX Design

Next level content

Editing movies

Paid Marketing

Strategy & Innovation

Current processes can be old and outdated. The experience is losing customers and loyalists by the day. Old customers are creators of UGC for competitors. The competition has improved or the market is fragmented. A real battle emerges to win the new and holding the existing customers.

Measure Conversion Funnel

Actionable Marketing Data

Website Functions

Reporting Dashboard

A & B testing

Proposition design

Persuasive design

Innovation portfolioshop

User Research portfolioshop

Mapping Engagement

Research Values

Organisation & Change

Staff and managers can be very valuable and challenging, depending on the dynamics of the organization and market. Implementing change is not always appreciated. Not everybody wants to change their way of working, but investors want to see a better ROI. Financial directors, see opportunities.

Innovation portfolioshop

Research Values

User Research portfolioshop

Mapping Engagement

Managers Awareness portfolioshop

Staff Awareness portfolioshop

Possibilites portfolioshop

Chewable Change

Onboarding Process

Bit-size Transition

Measure Results

Loyalty

Loyalty is becoming bigger and bigger. It is the engine for growth. Keeping a high retention rate can be a challenge. To keep the target group engaged, it is essential to analyze data research and map it over time. Have realistic forecasts and benchmarks for next month or next year. Split customers into smaller groups and use retention rates to tailor fit campaigns. This approach can be very successful when executed properly, especially for first timers. You want to engage them to come a second time.

Loyalty Research

Leads to loyalists

Loyalty Programs

Automation = Loyalty

Tailor made campaigns

Data research

Data dasboard

Engagement rates

Target Groups

Marketing Expert

The process of marketing involves building meaningful experiences and relationships with potential and existing customers. I am ready to foster connections at every stage of the marketing and sales funnels in any channel. Nurturing begins with engaging people into change and creating the feeling, "Yes, that is my kind of brand, I am proud to be a part of that." In every marketing phase, a lead should be ready to become a customer by identifying values of becoming a potential loyalist and brand ambassador in the future.

Paid Marketing

Lead nurturing

Retargeting

Sales Funnel

Measure Conversion Funnel

Actionable Marketing Data

Reporting Dashboard

A & B testing

Marketing story intelligence

Ambassador marketing

Sustainabilty

In collaboration with Circuit Corporate Clothing, I got the assignment to do research and design a document on how to approach the sustainability of wearing new 100% sustainable corporate clothing for ASML. How do the employees need to communicate sustainability based on the properties of fabric and portfolioing in custom uniforms? How to create awareness to know why certain choices were made. Which effect this will have in the future and how do employees communicate and express this to their clients and colleagues.

ESDN

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability strategy

Environmental

Social & Communities

Ecosystem

Stakeholders

Governance

Climate and Energy

Circular Economy

Processes & Policies

Conserving & Protecting

Trending in my CX scope is Sustainabilty and AI

To be a sustainability leader, we must drive progress towards a sustainable society. This means enabling ground-breaking technology that solves some of humanity’s toughest challenges. To approach chewable and bite-size change, can be a real balancing act for innovation and sustainability. Getting all stakeholders onboard is a delicate process.

Tags

#Leadership #Communication #Conversion #Funnel #CX #UX #Customerjourney #Growthhacking #Brandstrategy #Loyalty #Innovation #Creativity #Organisation #Marketing #Research #Mapping #Automation #Retail #B2B #Editing #Paidmarketing #Actionabledata #Reporting #Persuasivedesign #Change #Leadnurturing #Sustainability #Testing #Leads #Ambassador marketing #Coding #Sustainability

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