Michelli Experience

JUNE 28, 2016

As I help business leaders deliver branded customer experiences, I often start with the premise that brands are nothing more than what people say about us when we’re not around. From there, I work with leaders to determine what they want to be known for and what they want to hear their customers say about them.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Home Depot is the latest big brand to suffer a large-scale data breach, affecting over 56 million payment cards. Consumers also believe that in spite of this concern about safety they must share data to have a better experience with a company. How a customer feels about the company is an integral part of their loyalty to it.

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Storyminers

JULY 29, 2016

And as we all know, replacing an existing customer costs 7 times more than retaining them. So how do you ensure your brand is retaining its precious customer base? We decided to ask experts one question: What is your most effective customer retention strategy for B2C brands? . Stop trying to “satisfy” customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2019

Nobel-Prize Winning Economist and Professor Daniel Kahneman along with Barbara Frederickson theorized that what people remember most about an experience is the moment when they felt the most intense emotion and how they felt at the end. They influence how they think about the company or brand.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 17, 2017

Over the years, as a customer experience consultant, I’ve increasingly become a student of “game theory” and of the “gaming industry.” billion customers. In his article Mark identifies three key ways that designers in the video and mobile gaming industry create “gamer engagement”, loyalty, and spend.

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Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In the course of my work as an experience designer and consultant, I have been defining customer experience strategy as a disciplined approach to brand differentiation achieved by elevating the perception of those you serve based on their interactions with you.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Home Depot is the latest big brand to suffer a large-scale data breach, affecting over 56 million payment cards. Consumers also believe that in spite of this concern about safety they must share data to have a better experience with a company. How a customer feels about the company is an integral part of their loyalty to it.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Helping your Customers make a decision is an important element in your Customer Experience design. Zhecho Dobrev, one of our consultants published his musings on this concept. Surely the manager of the aforementioned market won’t leave you facing umpteen brands of shaving foam to muddle through on your own.

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Wootric

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Why we love Clare: She’s a digital nomad, keynote speaker, Founder of CMXperience , and shares her personal thoughts and experiences on The CX Nomad. Why we love David : He’s VP of Customer Insights at Ancestry.com. A CX Consulting. It’s not as easy as we think and our brains work against us! Joey Coleman.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In his 1943 paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation”, Abraham Maslow foreshadowed a key ingredient to modern customer experience design. In essence, once you are able to meet a customers’ basic or functional need…there are higher needs you can address to drive their loyalty with your brand.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In fact, I work with consulting clients to look at the authenticity and impact of word choices across all aspects of their sales or service delivery. In her Forbes.com article titled How Gratitude Advances Marketing and Business, Cheryl Conner notes that business leaders should: Go for gratitude first, and loyalty will follow.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 23, 2016

In the face of these unpredictability drivers (and so many more that I didn’t dare list), our customers are looking for order through brands that offer predictability in products and services. In fact, much research about the way consumers perceive “brands” hinges on the consistency and predictability of a company’s offerings.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 9, 2016

You might even name some of the other “typical suspects” on the list of legendary employee-obsessed brands like….Wegmans, That brand would be the name of my client (one who moved up from the #3 position on Fortune ’s list last year in it’s first year of eligibility) to the place right behind #1 Google.

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Michelli Experience

AUGUST 15, 2018

Experience design keys for the future. My work in customer experience design has spanned decades, industries, and continents. The Starbucks Reserve Roastery stores are outstanding examples of what can occur when a brand stretches in futuristic ways. Experience Design Defined. Michelli, Ph.D.

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Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

As a customer experience consultant, I find myself working with leaders across the globe and across business sectors on some very familiar themes; needs fulfillment, customer effort reduction, surprise and delight, etc. One of those bedrock issues in daily consulting includes “responsiveness.” Responsiveness.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 6, 2016

I’ll admit it, as a customer experience consultant I have a tendency to see improving customer experience as a cure for all business ills. According to Gartner, 85% of business to customer relationships will not involve human interaction by 2020.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to Forrester Research, 93% of corporate leadership teams place customer experience improvement on their list of strategic priorities and 23% businesses have it in the number 1 position. However, the dealership experience in the United States (how do I put this delicately) ….was Here are some highlights….

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Organizations do not invest what they should to understand the customer . Customer Experience design is often through the lens of the organization rather than from a customer’s point of view. I have been consulting on Customer Experience since 2002. To listen in , please click here [link].

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Michelli Experience

APRIL 20, 2016

POPS stands for “Points of Parity ” and PODS is an acronym for “Points of Distinction” In simplest terms, Points of Parity (POPS) are qualities that you share with competitive brands deemed to be excellent. These POPS won’t win you business but the absence of points of parity could cause you to see customer churn.

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Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I’ve been doing customer experience design for a long, long time. In the old days, I would have read about some intriguing customer innovation and assumed that the attempted breakthrough was crafted on a firm foundation of customer listening and data analysis.

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Michelli Experience

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today, however, I understand the power of associations – not only in the context of one’s personal brand but for corporate brand health as well. Your Customer Experience Defined. TIKI® brand. Take TIKI® brand torches for example. All of which brings together positive lifestyle brand synergy.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 11, 2016

Modern shoppers are fully engaged with their devices, and they’re preferring brand providers capable of offering text-heavy engagement platforms. Two: Mobile Loyalty Programs Work. Two: Mobile Loyalty Programs Work. An astounding 90 percent of smartphone users enrolled in mobile loyalty clubs have found them beneficial.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The customer service department is too often referred to as “just a cost center”. As experience overtakes price and product as a key brand differentiator, customer service is being recognized as the face of, and driver for, organization-wide strategy. Senior Director, Customer Care, Hilton. VP, Returns, Walmart.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 20, 2018

As such, seeing the store near my home emblazoned with “Store Closing” and “Everything Must Go” signage gave me pause to realize that the lifecycle of Toys “R” Us is a cautionary tale for the importance of customer experience relevance. Brand Growth Factors. The brand lost relevance, customers and ultimately sales.”.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Customer Experience – The new focus of 2020! Customer Experience has become a top priority for businesses in 2020. It is now considered to be the key brand differentiator and a critical factor for your brand’s success and revenue growth. LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

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Michelli Experience

APRIL 14, 2017

Anjali Lai writes in her Forrester report that several high-intensity emotions are tightly linked to consumer spend, brand preference, and brand love. The analysts tell brands: These are the emotions that matter. These emotions lead to loyalty, advocacy, and love. How did they make the customers feel? _.

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Michelli Experience

AUGUST 22, 2017

United, however, has become emblematic of an industry viewed as operationally challenged, uncaring, and not customer-centric. Given the time I spend on planes traveling to speak and consult, I have a fairly positive view of the airline industry. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 3, 2018

Years ago, it was much harder to convince a client to do a customer journey map. In those days, many leaders were willing to map interaction points with customers in order to drive efficiency or reduce waste. The map is developed based on what leader and team members hypothesize about a customer group’s needs. Michelli, Ph.D.

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Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I carry that evaluation process through every touch point with a brand including if/how they solicit feedback from me about their service delivery. Ask questions that show the customer you want to serve them better not that you are asking them to help you build a business that will make you more profitable.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 4, 2017

is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, Dr. Michelli and his team consult with some of the world’s best customer experience companies. Michelli, Ph.D. Follow on Twitter: @josephmichelli.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 1, 2016

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Michelli Experience

JULY 25, 2017

While consulting at Mercedes-Benz, I watched this willingness to verbally commit to a course of action build incredible trust with employees and dealer partners. Every touchpoint in the brand will be examined and refined. is a professional speaker and chief experience officer at The Michelli Experience. Michelli, Ph.D.

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Michelli Experience

JUNE 7, 2016

Muhammad Ali was not only a civil rights advocate and exceptionally talented boxer – he was and will be an enduring brand. From an advertising perspective, his equity extended in commercial endorsements of brands like Louis Vuitton, Porsche, Apple, Coke, Gatorade, and Pizza Hut.

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Michelli Experience

APRIL 27, 2016

As a professional speaker, I envisioned possible stage benefits from learning improvisational comedy skills but I hadn’t appreciated the benefits that improv training would provide me in my role as a leader or as a consultant charged with helping organizations increase the quality of experiences they provided to their customers.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 24, 2017

Her category creation is reflected in marketing imagery and the design of the female-centric experience. Essentially blue ocean strategy centers around creating your own unique business category (like Cirque Du Soleil or Yellowtail Wine) which in turn makes traditional competition irrelevant. Patrice did just that in creating GAC.

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

My name is Alexander Doak and I’m the director of customer success at CX Workout. CX Workout is a Boston based customer experience design firm and a subsidiary of the service profit chain institute. How could you drive customer adoptions and repeat purchase and those things?

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

My name is Alexander Doak and I’m the director of customer success at CX Workout. CX Workout is a Boston based customer experience design firm and a subsidiary of the service profit chain institute. How could you drive customer adoptions and repeat purchase and those things?

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