We had a keynote from Geeta Wilson, a great sharing from Foot Locker, and said good-bye to the CXPA’s rock Lesley Lykins. HoC team members Ben London and Diane McManman and I posed with her as we said good-bye.
Jim checks in after Day 1 of the CXPA’s annual Insight Exchange, where he is this year’s host. It includes information about story-telling, Ian Golding, and AirBNB.
At Heart of the Customer, we’re pleased to introduce our forthcoming book on journey mapping best practices! Journey mapping opens up extraordinary avenues for business growth, but only when done wisely and well. Through insight from CX pros, extensive research, and real-world case studies, you can learn the best way to capture your customers’ experiences […]
What is journey mapping? That may seem like a strange question from a blogger whose title is “Mapper-In-Chief,” but there’s so much confusion on the topic that it’s a question that needs to be asked. This confusion is fueled by vendors who offer “journey mapping workshops.” This is a half- or full-day workshop where you […]
Journey mapping is now the go-to customer experience tool, and has been discussed in Forbes, the Harvard Business Journal, and countless other journals.
I attended an excellent conference today. The Carlson School of Management sponsored their second annual Ignite Conference which focused on “Protecting Trust in Today’s Consumer Journey.” The opening speaker gave some great stats about trust, including research that 73% of the variance in how customers have trust with you is predicted by team members’ trust of […]
I was talking with a prospective customer last week, and I walked through our customer journey mapping process – first you collect companies’ hypothesis and existing data, then go out to their customers to interview them in their places of work (they’re a B2B company), and finally bring that voice of the customer back to […]
This is a guest post written by one of our very own Lead Consultants, Jean Fasching. A friend of mine who’s new to NPS research recently shared that she was frustrated with the response rate (less than 1% of those asked) from a B2B, NPS (Net Promotor Score) question recently added to her company’s website. […]
Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first. – Simon Simek This quote reflects one of the biggest disconnects in customer experience – focusing only on the customer experience. It makes sense. Heck, that’s our name! Why wouldn’t we? But focusing only on the customer without regard to the employee experience […]
I recently moved to a new part of town, and the local Wendy’s has “We love customers” on their placard. My dry cleaner has the same message printed on their hangers. Who cares? What is the purpose of such a generic statement? Do other dry cleaners have hangers that say, “We’re really indifferent about customers, […]
