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Customer Journey Mapping Workshop in November 2015!
Join us for a hands-on customer journey mapping workshop in the heart of San Francisco! I’m thrilled to announce our first open enrollment workshop: November 17, 9:00 – 5:00 & networking dinner November 18, 9:00 – 4:30 Whether you’re just getting started with customer journey mapping or looking for a
Smartwatch Value Driver #5: Show Utility Now
Smartwatch apps don’t have to mirror the functionality of their phone and tablet counterparts to be useful. In fact, apps that try to do it all on a miniscule device with limited input mechanisms end up cluttered, frustrating, and forgotten. Unfortunately for brands, user expectations don’t automatically align with device
2 Employee Awards That Will Improve Your Customer Experience
In order to transform your customer experience, you need to change employee behavior. But how can you encourage the right types of behavior? Two awards will help. The Above & Beyond Award: When a customer contacts your company with a problem, you want employees to fix it as quickly as
Smartwatch Value Driver #4: Leverage the Device Ecosystem
Pop Quiz: Which of the following is best for extended content consumption? A) Tablet B) Newspaper C) Smartwatch If you chose ‘C,’ you’re absolutely incorr— PARDON THE INTERRUPTION. To continue reading, please switch to another device. Jarring, right? Downright annoying, actually. Smartwatch users hate mid-task interruptions, too, as we learned
Which Comes First: Big Business Decisions OR Customer Experience?
Over the past year, I’ve had several prospective clients get excited about improving their customer experience—and then postpone their CX initiatives because they first need to “prioritize defining the business requirements” or because they’re about to “embark on a major org change.” This approach always leaves me scratching my head.
SXSW Voting: Journey Mapping Edition!
SXSW voting has now closed. Huge thanks to everyone who voted for our session. *** It’s still seven months away, but I’m already getting excited for SXSW 2016. As you might know, I have a passion for customer journey mapping—and I want to share it in Austin! The team here
Smartwatch Q&A: 5 Value Drivers To Make Your App Indispensable
How do smartwatch owners use their smartwatches? What are prospective buyers’ expectations? And how much value do these relatively new devices actually deliver? Last week I partnered with AnswerLab CEO Amy Buckner Chowdhry to present a webinar highlighting findings of our recent research into how well smartwatches live up to
Smartwatch Value Driver #3: Enable Bite-Size Interactions
When we investigated the current state of the smartwatch experience together with AnswerLab, we saw a massive disconnect between what study participants wanted from their wearable gadgets and the reality of how they used them. Regardless of watch platform or length of ownership, watch wearers in our study used them
Smartwatch Value Driver #2: Curate Ruthlessly
Newsflash: Smartwatches are tiny. They’re working with about 1/5th the screen real estate of a smartphone, and tablets are downright gargantuan by comparison. Seem obvious? When we partnered with AnswerLab to study the current state of the smartwatch experience, we realized it wasn’t. It wasn’t obvious to brands whose apps
Smartwatch Value Driver #1: Get Intimate With Your Users
Despite their tiny size, smartwatches have big shoes to fill. They evoke Dick Tracy’s video watch, Ethan Hunt’s myriad wearable tech, and Q’s parade of futuristic gadgets that 007 inevitably destroys. These fictional contraptions recognize their owners and their owners’ needs, powering up exactly when required with critical information or
