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Five Questions To Answer for Customer Journey Mapping Success

November 12, 2019 in , /by

Successful customer journey maps drive customer-focused change like improving customer experience, developing a new way to deliver value to customers, or reducing the cost to serve current customers. Based on a 2016 study of customer experience professionals, over two-thirds of respondents did not rate their journey mapping project as successful. The reason? A lack of action […]

Two Days to Journey Mapping Mastery

May 9, 2019 in , , /by

The Heart of the Customer blog is a place where we share our insights on journey mapping, offer best practices based on our experiences, and share CX practitioner interviews – and we don’t normally place promotional items here. We are making an exception this week; as Jim Tincher and I prepare to release our journey mapping book this month, we want to get the word out about a new Heart […]

Are You Ready for Your Close-Up? Using Video to Bring the Customer Experience to Life

May 2, 2019 in , , /by

This post, written by Heart of the Customer B2B Practice Lead Nicole Newton, is the third in a week-long series about some of the ways journey mapping differs from traditional market research. Guest authors Corey Pawlak, Cathy McLane and Nicole Newton will share their expertise in recruiting and interviewing B2B customers, why 10-page reports are […]

Collecting Information About Your Customer’s Journey: What’s the Right Approach?

April 11, 2019 /1 Comment/in , , , , , /by

  Note: We’re celebrating the upcoming launch of our new book, “How Hard Is It to Be Your Customer? Using Customer Journey Mapping to Drive Customer-Focused Change,” by Mapper-In-Chief, Jim Tincher and B2B Practice Lead, Nicole Newton. In the book, we introduce five journey mapping questions to answer as you launch your customer journey mapping effort.  Three […]

Defining Scope: Should You Map an End-to-End Journey or a Specific Sub-Journey?

March 28, 2019 in , , /by

  Editor’s Note: As we get ready for our book launch in May, we’re previewing the major topics. This post was written by co-author Nicole Newton, HoC’s B2B Practice Lead. You can read more about our book at https://heartofthecustomer.com/book/. Mapping the Right Journey At Heart of the Customer, we recommend starting a journey mapping project by […]