Really Listening to Customers: Your Strategic Advantage
This article was originally published earlier this month at ICMI. I get it. “Listen to customers” has become an oft-repeated cliché — and one that often seems to collide with daily reality. Customer feedback isn’t always positive, easy to hear or...
Encouraging Dialogue with Customer Advocates
Customer advocates are influential, even as passive promoters. They write testimonials and reviews, and they answer questions to reviews or on forums. Their engagement is visible, and it’s very believable. You further customer advocacy as you encourage dialogue,...
CX Transformation Success Principles
Customer experience transformation is characterized by continuous improvement and change. However, as a discipline, CX isn’t defined by a single methodology that guides all activities. Far from it. Talk to 10 experienced practitioners and each will each share their...
The Power of Telling Your Customers’ Stories
To design and deliver great customer experiences, you have to understand the customer’s journey. Put another way, their story. To understand the customer narrative, the most successful organizations harness something that’s been around as long as humanity,...