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Customers should feel in control

This is the all-important sense of agency where customers feel they’re part of a conversation with a brand—i.e., that the brand speaks to them, cares about what they care about and has tailored solutions just for them. Here, you should understand a major pitfall to avoid: Regardless of the transaction-based reality of the brand-customer relationship, if customers feel your brand is just selling them something, they will lose not only that sense of agency but also trust.

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Customers' spending

What customers spend depends on their impression and experience of a brand.

They can leave and seek a competitor at any touchpoint, and leave bad feedback.

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Customer Experience Design

Customer Experience Design

The process design teams follow to optimize customer experiences at all touchpoints before, during and after conversion. They leverage customer-centred strategies to delight customers at each step of the conversion journey and nurture strong customer-brand relationships.

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Experience before Technology

Experience before Technology

You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology, not the other way around.

— Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple & user experience guru

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Customer Journey Maps

Customer Journey Maps

Customer journey maps can help you examine customer touchpoints, understand a brand’s CX and expose gaps

Customer journey maps are rese...

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Building Strong Bridges between Customers and Brands

Organizations must focus on areas such as advertising campaigns, customer service and consistency and adopt a customer-centric viewpoint. A brand may have a superior product but still, fail if it doesn’t reach users at their vari...

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Anticipate the customer's mindset

Anticipate the customer's mindset

You must acknowledge that customers are informed individuals. In several clicks, they’ll do extensive research.

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CX Design around the Customers

Customers develop their perceptions of products and services across many touchpoints and channels. Think of a brand y...

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buzzedison

Business Strategist, Investing in Africa, Tech Evangelist.

Had a conversation with a Food Brand last week with a clear challenge in customer service experience. They get complaints from customers every week. After so much probing I found out they have no customer experience design and customer journey map since their formation in 2014. Sharing this article was influenced by that conversation.

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