Kerry Bodine, Author at Bodine & Co.

eBook: The 2015 Customer Experience Outlook

Jan. 20, 2015 by Kerry Bodine

I’m thrilled to announce an exciting project with my partners at Doberman! We’re always looking for new ideas to inspire our work. So we recently reached out to some of our favorite customer experience authors, designers, and industry leaders to find out what they were thinking about at the beginning of 2015. The result is (Read More...)

Can We Please Put An End To One-Size-Fits-All Emails?

Nov. 24, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

Have you heard of CrossFit? It’s a style of workouts “comprised of constantly varied functional movements (like pushing, pulling, squatting, lifting, running) executed at high intensity.” People that do CrossFit don’t just go to the gym. They become certifiable CrossFit fanatics. I wanted to find out what all of the fuss was about, so last (Read More...)

How To Design Your Loyalty Program Customer Experience

Nov. 10, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

In a previous post, I talked about the need for loyalty program interactions to be both useful and easy. In other words, loyalty programs need to provide some utility or help someone accomplish a task (whether that’s saving money, getting a free TV, or getting exclusive access to an event). And the process of doing (Read More...)

Hello, Austin! Doberman & I Will See You At SXSW 2015

Nov. 6, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

Organizers for the annual SXSW interactive, film, and music festivals recently posted their 2015 programming lineup — and I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be presenting with my friend and colleague, Lisa Lindström, CEO of the experience design firm Doberman. Our session, How Kids Changed the Way We Design for Adults, will showcase the lessons that Doberman (Read More...)

Uber Sets Great Expectations For Halloween Surge Pricing

Oct. 31, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

The best part of Uber’s customer experience this Halloween isn’t the little candy corns and witches that have replaced the regular vehicle icons on the in-app map. (Though I have to admit, those are pretty damn cute.) It’s the way Uber has set expectations about the surge pricing that will inevitably force Halloween revelers to (Read More...)

Can We PLEASE Design Better Conference Nametags?

Oct. 29, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

I go to a lot of conferences. A lot. And frankly, I’m sick and tired of all the bad nametag design that I see — even, or I should say especially, at DESIGN conferences. Here the major problems: Tiny type. Type sizes that are easy to read on a screen or on a printout that (Read More...)

To Drive Value, Loyalty Program Interactions Must Be Useful & Easy

Oct. 27, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

In recent years, the size and scope of loyalty programs have grown to the point that nearly every customer interaction — from commerce transactions to core product/service usage — is intrinsically tied to either a loyalty program earning scheme or a reward. It’s impossible to shop at a major grocery or drugstore chain without seeing (Read More...)

3 Ways That Airbnb Fights Survey Fatigue

Oct. 21, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

The good news: companies of all shapes and sizes are implementing Voice of the Customer programs. The bad news: customers are being inundated with feedback surveys. Just this week, I’ve received survey requests from United Airlines, my veterinarian, my gym, and Airbnb. Airbnb’s was the only one I filled out. Here’s what Airbnb’s email invitation (Read More...)

How Loyalty Program Rewards Impact Customer Perceptions

Oct. 13, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

In a recent post, I talked about the increasing complexity of loyalty programs — and how the earning schemes that marketers employ can influence customers’ perceptions of not only the program, but of the brand itself. However, it’s not just loyalty program inputs that have gotten complex. Program outputs — the rewards that customers get (Read More...)

Your Brand Is An External Expression Of Your Corporate Culture

Oct. 7, 2014 by Kerry Bodine

Who in your company talks about your corporate brand? My guess is that it’s only the marketing folks. In far too many organizations, I see people in roles like customer service, operations, and finance who view the brand as an elusive concept — one seemingly (and thankfully) controlled by the CMO and ad agency execs. (Read More...)