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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Connections Social Media Customer Experience Design Reference 85

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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Brands Travel Consumers Technology 56

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Helping your Customers make a decision is an important element in your Customer Experience design. Strategy for CTA buttons is all well and good for the online experience, but what about retail experience and the CTAs that help consumers make decisions there? The Consequence of Choice. They don’t.

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CEM 2004 Books Retail 121

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In business today, it takes leadership to build a business that consistently engages customers. If customers aren’t emotionally connected to your brand, through the experiences you provide, you will be vulnerable to offers and solicitations from your competitors. Such was the case for Mercedes-Benz!

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Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Leadership Hotels 101

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 17, 2017

Clearly, game theory has its greatest application within the “gaming industry” According to an article by Mark de Bruijn titled Level-up your customer experience: Lessons from the gaming industry , gaming has become a 100 billion dollar industry serving 1.5 billion customers. Those 3 areas are: Promotion.

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Customer Experience Banking Sports Loyalty 85

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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Customer Experience 2012 2014 Customer Satisfaction 45

Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 4, 2016

They all seek to leverage their respective competitive advantages while also enhancing customer ease and speed of purchase/product delivery. From a virtual perspective, brands like Amazon are constantly innovating. For example, earlier this year Amazon began experimenting with ways to provide “on demand” delivery services.

Competitive Advantage 85

Competitive Advantage Retail Leadership Innovation 85

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. Why we love Sarang: Sarang’s head of Customer Success at Wootric. Lisa Abbott. Melinda Gonzalez.

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Workshop Consulting Customer Experience Professionals Books 67

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. In the end, we are all in the perception business.

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Net Promoter Score NPS Financial Consulting 89

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.

Customer Experience Design 53

Customer Experience Design Brands Reference Books 53

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.

Airlines 89

Airlines Travel Customer Experience Design Innovation 89

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.

Technology 56

Technology Marketing Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel 56

Michelli Experience

JULY 27, 2016

I have been involved with Starbucks since 2004, beginning with initial research I conducted for my first of two books about them (The Starbucks Experience). In addition to partner engagement, leadership is also targeting customer experience enhancements driven by process changes and technology deployment.

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2004 Leadership Reference Books 45

CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Transcript: Introduction to Digital Leadership Webinar. 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. Digital Transformation and Digital Leadership.

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Transcript: Introduction to Digital Leadership Webinar. 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. Digital Transformation and Digital Leadership.

Webinar 40

Webinar 2010 E Commerce Presentation 40

CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Transcript: Introduction to Digital Leadership Webinar. 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. Digital Transformation and Digital Leadership.

Webinar 40

Webinar 2010 E Commerce Presentation 40

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

If you want to know, how B2C CX is different from B2B CX, check: this insightful article, written by Lynn Hunsaker “ The big difference between B2B customer experience and B2C ” in MarketingMag Brand Experience Brand experience is how you design, see and want your customer experience to be.

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Definition Net Promoter Score Customer Experience B2C 178

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

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. But two-thirds of marketers view loyalty programs as a way for consumers to demonstrate their loyalty to brands. Gratitude and Business.

Customer Experience 45

Customer Experience Loyalty Programs 2003 Loyalty 45

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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2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

Michelli Experience

MARCH 1, 2016

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Customers Social Media 45

Michelli Experience

JULY 25, 2017

Neil notes, “ A recent survey of 3,000 consumers by the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) reveals that staff attitude and staff incompetence are rated the ‘most annoying or frustrating’ service problem, while ‘people-related issues’ account for a whopping 62% of all complaints.”. Key Leadership Behaviors.

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Consulting Touchpoint Leadership Roadmap 45

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.

Advertising 72

Advertising Brands Presentation Management 72

SmartKarrot

APRIL 4, 2022

Customer-centric DNA means the person needs to have the qualities or features that fundamentally keep the customer at the center of every action. A customer-centric DNA is when the focus of your company is customer success. Top brands like Ikea, Amazon, and Google take customer success seriously.

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Customer Centricity B2B Culture Customer Success 10

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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2005 Customer Centricity Automotive Social Media 111

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

This keeps customers happy and keeps them evangelizing the brand, resulting in high customer satisfaction numbers. Tesla not only holds strong satisfaction numbers, as referenced by Jameson but more importantly it drives enviable loyalty among its existing customers. The Payoff. Would Buy Again. What About You?

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Consulting Automotive Retail 2016 45

Michelli Experience

JUNE 15, 2016

I also remember appreciating how leadership and the baristas at his Starbucks took the time to be “NICE” to him – thus providing a respite from the challenges he faced. I come to Starbucks for a coffee during my lunch break BECAUSE THEY ARE NICE TO ME and I feel able to get through the afternoon at work.” .

Leadership 45

Leadership Financial Books Interaction 45

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Brand advertising, marketing, and sales efforts are all “promises”. The product and service experiences that follow those promises either fall short, deliver on, or exceed the promises made as customers choose to engage your brand.

Advertising 85

Advertising Brands Engagement Sales 85

Michelli Experience

APRIL 18, 2017

Until we are willing to pay for more…it is often difficult for brands to decide which of many customer “wants” they should actually invest in. I am convinced that customer-centric brands with strong service cultures like Southwest, Virgin, and Jet Blue will make incremental progress as industry insiders.

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Airlines Travel Transportation Customer Centricity 92

Michelli Experience

MAY 4, 2016

This blog is about relevant messaging throughout the journey your customers have with your brand. Much of a customer’s journey with a brand depends on the words and images that they encounter in marketing, shopping, and post-sale. I’ll leave all that to the theologians. Therein comes Pope Francis!

Connections 45

Connections Download Brands Reference 45

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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2001 Social Media Consulting Brands 45

Michelli Experience

MARCH 16, 2016

We can call those who work with us “employees, associates, team members” or any other host of terms just like we can label customers with words like “consumers, users, patients, guests, or clients.” As such, I side-step the “employee” vs. “customer” debate by championing “people obsessed” priorities.

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Engagement Books Culture Connections 56

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 3, 2016

However, there is a community of very successful artisan donut shops thriving and skyrocketing in the shadow of the omnipresent Dunkin Donuts brand. In the United States the GIANT in the world of DONUTS is…drum roll,please…. You guessed it Dunkin Donuts. For the sake of brevity, I will feature just one of those shops: The Salty Donut.

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Reference Brands Events Blog 45

Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Ask your customers about their satisfaction with how your team served them at those important contact points. Also inquire about your customers’ perception of their relationship with your people and brand (e.g. net promoter score, customer effort assessment, and likelihood to repurchase).

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Net Promoter Score Healthcare Books Feedback 75

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

With increased automation (self-serve kiosks and online transactions struggle to communicate gratitude) there is a ripe opportunity to create differentiation as the “grateful” brand. In my company, The Michelli Experience “gratitude” has been a core value since our inception.

Consumers 85

Consumers Communication Brands Marketing 85

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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Feedback Consulting Customers Presentation 53

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 31, 2016

While other brands like Polaroid or Blockbuster have run into a bit of a complacency trap (thinking that what brought them success would also assure them sustainability), Domino’s restlessly agitates their industry by rethinking their product and their delivery platform. If not, I think the pizza giant it worthy of study.

Technology 75

Technology Travel 2015 Innovation 75

Michelli Experience

JUNE 1, 2016

According to a recent comprehensive international study conducted by Accenture , 52% of customers reported that poor customer service caused them to switch from one brand to another in the past year. alone that “switching” behavior means poor service costs brands over 1.6 In the U.S. trillion dollars.

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Advertising Poor Customer Service Culture Customer Service 49