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 the hype. Below, I share […]
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 primarily as notification engines. But […]
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 failed to account for the […]
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 the means to escape a […]
FREE Report: 5 Value Drivers To Make Your Smartwatch App Indispensable
What’s the value of a smartwatch? What do consumers expect from these multitasking wearable devices? And how can brands take advantage of this tiny addition to the device ecosystem? To uncover the answers to these questions, Kerry Bodine & Co. partnered with our friends at the user experience research and testing firm AnswerLab. We’re thrilled […]
The Smartwatch Experience Falls Victim To High Expectations
If you’re in the market for computers you can strap to your body, you’ve come to the right future. You can control your PowerPoint presentations by waving your arms, track your vertical drop as you hit the slopes, and keep track of what Fido is up to while you’re at work. Want to take your workouts […]
Journey Mapping Q&A: Anatomy Of A Customer Journey Map
A few weeks ago, I presented a webinar called “10 Ways To Use Customer Journey Maps” as a part of Qualtrics’ CX Week. (You can download the slides here. Or watch the webinar—just register for free at CXWeek.com and look for my webinar on the Wednesday agenda.) During the webinar, I received a ton of […]
6 Consumer Trends To Fuel Your Future Customer Experience
I’m at the at the Total CX Leaders conference and just attended an excellent seminar from Max Luthy, Director of Trends & Insights at Trendwatching.com. It was so on point for companies looking to innovate the customer experience that I feel compelled to share. Max presented six trends that can help you frame your CX […]
Humanizing Healthcare Through Hands, Heads, and Hearts
The following should not be news to you, but it’s sometimes easy to forget: Patients aren’t just lines in a spreadsheet, records in a CRM system, or the list of ailments in their medical records. They are people. And while lots of healthcare companies are talking about “humanizing the healthcare experience,” I get the feeling that […]
It’s 02015: Time to Start Thinking Long Term
When we moved back to San Francisco in 02009, my husband and I joined an organization called The Long Now Foundation. About once a month, we attend Long Now lectures to learn about topics like the world’s oldest living organisms; the coevolution of light, life, and color on earth; how to find dangerous asteroids; and […]
