It’s fundamental to creating both a usable customer experience and a better business: you need to know who your customers are. It however can be surprisingly difficult for organizations to connect with their customers to collect information. But just because it isn’t easy doesn’t mean you should skip it. Collecting core demographic information and customer
Surveys are a relatively quick and effective way to measure customers’ attitudes and experiences along their journey. Not all customer experience surveys are created equal. Depending on the goals, the type of questions and length will vary. While customer experience surveys can take on any form, it can be helpful to think of them as
There’s a lot to measure in the customer experience. There’s also many ways to collect the measurements. While the “right” methods and metrics you select depend on the industry and study goals, this list covers most of the online and offline customer experience. It includes a cross section of the four types of analytics data
Shift happens. Customer attitudes shift based on product, website, or any number of experiences. That shift can be for the better or worse: A great experience using a product to solve a problem An infuriating call to customer support An emotionally evocative advertisement A frustrating time locating information on a website One way to understand
Most companies have more bug lists and requests for product features than they can realistically address. In an earlier post, I present ways to help you prioritize those features; now let’s figure out where to start. This post describes an approach that works in many situations, beginning with a survey of your customers or prospects,
For some, the idea of involving users in design decisions conjures up images of interfaces being designed by focus groups. Steve Jobs is famous for saying that users don’t know what they want. And Henry Ford famously said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Jobs and Ford
Innovation can’t be legislated. It can’t be bought. Where does it come from? Innovation comes from identifying customers’ needs and meeting them. Easy to understand. Hard to do. Companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Intuit understand this–and they’re doing it. Uber’s success, for example, has come not from building new, better taxis but from seeing–and then
Too much to do and too little time (and money). If you’re introducing or improving a product or website, you probably have an impossibly long list of features you’d like to fix, improve, or add. Prioritizing this list is essential to the success of your product and potentially business. But what’s the best way to
There are some good metrics to collect and a lot to keep track of when measuring, managing and improving the customer experience. Here are 10 methods we use to improve the customer’s experience on websites, mobile apps, software and hardware. True Intent/ Voice of Customer Study : You can be a successful company for quite
How does it feel to pay the check at the restaurant where you had terrible service and bad food? Or how do you feel when you pay your cable bill each month? And how about paying $150 to change your airline ticket reservation? In all cases, the companies get your money. It’s revenue in their
