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Common Experience Shortcoming 2 - Customer Education
I can’t tell you how many meetings I’ve sat in over the years where we discussed educating the customer. “If the customers just knew the...

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NEW Book Is Out!
If you want to dive deeper into how best to Fuel Customer Delight - check out our new book on how to create word of mouth marketing.

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Mar 281 min read
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Common Experience Shortcoming Part 1 - Decision Point Fumble
In our business, we talk about critical touchpoints. The first part of our framework. These are the inflection points in a customer...

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Feb 282 min read
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Customer Experience Tip #17 - Give Something Extra
Here is the final tip in our first series. Give something extra. It’s simple. Whatever your customer is paying for. Give one more little...

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Feb 72 min read
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Customer Experience Tip #16 - Use Great Design
Design Matters. This may go without saying... So this article could stop right here. Actually, I think it will. Use Great Design....

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Jan 101 min read
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Customer Experience Tip #15 - Understand Jobs to Be Done
Have a moment to put your product manager hat on? Imagine your business is a product (which it practically is). In its most simple form,...

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Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience Tip #14 - Design for Trust
This TED talk really helped me think through designing customer experiences. Specifically for Trust. Not only digital experiences, but...

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Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #13 Listen to What They DONT Say
sometimes you need to listen to what your customers are NOT saying about your product.

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Nov 1, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #12 Watch & Listen
“You can observe a lot just by watching.” -Yogi Berra This a tip gained from the field of usability testing. Primarily this concept is...

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Aug 9, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #11 Point out the Flaws in Your Work
This post may be counterintuitive to many sales and marketing professionals, but it’s a core part of what builds human connection. There...

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Jul 19, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #10 Prove the Value Before Asking for Commitment
So you’re on a first date. Your counterpart says something that intrigues you over the appetizer. You go in for the close… “Would you...

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Jun 28, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #9 Remove the Unnecessary
Let’s take a look at your product or process. Do you have it pulled up in front of you? What is the ONE thing you want customers to know...

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May 17, 20241 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #8 It's About Data, But Only Because It's About PEOPLE
You’ve heard about this thing. This nebulous thing. It’s the next big thing. Data. Big data. Real-time data. Clean data. Accurate data....

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Mar 15, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #7 Introduce Some "Chaos"
In Where Good Ideas Come From, Stephen Johnson outlines that usually the most innovative ideas come at the intersection of structure and...

Mark O'Brien
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #6 Tools to Sell
Do your customers have delightful tools to sell? In many business to business environments, the decision may not lie solely with one...

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Jul 24, 20233 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #5 Listen to your customer - Then Stop Listening
Listen to your customers to define the problem – stop listening to define the solution I can’t tell you how many meetings I've been in...

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May 10, 20232 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #4 The MAYA Principle
The MAYA principle. The most advanced yet acceptable. As experience designers, we can all think of amazing solutions to everyday...

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Mar 27, 20232 min read
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Customer Experience Library - Tip #3 You're Too Close
You’re too close – Make it so ANYONE can understand When we started this company, I had been studying, reading, and practicing these...

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Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Chat GPT on Customer Experience
Here's what Chat GPT says are the elements in creating an excellent customer experience: Creating Excellent Customer Experience In...

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Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Customer Experience Tip Library - Tip #2 Buyers are People
Buyers are ALWAYS people. Meet Juliette. Juliette is a 29 year old who lives in Atlanta. She is an extremely intelligent and a...

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Dec 2, 20222 min read
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