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Four Reasons Why Customers Prefer Twitter for Customer Service
Quick Response, Fast Action, Public Shame, & Instant Updates
by Patricia SeyboldTwitter is becoming the preferred customer service channel for many people. But many companies aren’t paying attention. Providing good customer service on Twitter could differentiate your firm and reduce support costs. -
Customer Co-Design and Customer Scenario Mapping
A Philosophy for Customer-Centric Organizations and a Method for Instilling It
by Ronni MarshakCustomer-centric organizations should deliver on their mission by co-designing with customers. And the best method for realizing this goal is to work together to map out your customers’ important scenarios. -
Lumosity Harnesses 45 Million Brains
A Customer Ecosystem Focused on Improving Our Brains’ Performance
by Patricia SeyboldLumos Labs’ Lumosity is more than a set of brain-training games. It’s an ecosystem aligned around one customer-centric goal: helping people improve their brains’ performance. -
Good Service, but Missed Opportunity for Greatness
A Recommendation for Peapod Grocery Delivery Service
by Ronni MarshakPeapod grocery delivery service does a fine job of customer service, but a recent experience revealed a barrier between what they know about a customer and the customer service department. -
Owning the Customer’s Total Experience
A Success Story for a Company that Didn’t Let a Customer Down in a Time of Need
by Ronni MarshakWhen you fail to make sure that your customers have a great and successful experience, whether or not you are in control, you risk losing their business and hurting your brand. But ensuring your customers are successful reaps rewards! -
Defining the Customer-Centric Organization
What Are the Attributes and Behaviors that Define True Customer-Centricity?
by Ronni MarshakIs yours a truly customer-centric organization? See how well you stack up to the attributes and behaviors that characterize an organization that holds customers at the core. -
Improving Wretched Customer Service
Beyond Giving CSRs Authority—Giving Them the Ammunition to Provide Great Service
by Ronni MarshakWhat makes well-intentioned customer service so bad? Martha Brooke of Interaction Metrics offers four common mistakes, and we look at how to empower CSRs to avoid these mistakes. -
DuckDuckGo Respects Our Privacy
Fast, Simple Search with an Open Customer-Friendly Ecosystem
by Patricia SeyboldPeople who are concerned about online privacy are switching to search engine DuckDuckGo. Users are pleasantly surprised by, and engaged in, its rapid evolution. -
Customizing Greeting Cards Online
How Well Did American Greetings and Hallmark Meet My Customer Scenario?
by Ronni MarshakGoing through a card-buying scenario identified some important lessons for all businesses about keeping promises and providing a seamless experience throughout your customer ecosystem. -
Customer Co-Design for Elder Independence
Approach for Elders to Age in Their Homes
by Patricia SeyboldDr. Allan Teel's new book tells the remarkable story of an innovative “virtual assisted-living” program that was co-designed with 40 elders in Maine and is now rolling out across the country. -
Supporting the Demand (Customer) Chain
Start with the End-Customers, but Make Sure You’re Making It Easy for Every Stakeholder Between You and Them
by Ronni MarshakIn order to delight your end-customer, you have to understand the needs and scenarios of every participant in your demand chain (or, as we like to think of it, the customer chain). -
How to Address “Wicked Problems”
Use Dialogue Mapping to Build a Shared Understanding and Evolve a Group’s Thinking
by Patricia SeyboldJeff Conklin’s book, Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems, is a “must read” for people in groups grappling with intractable issues and/or for people who are designing products or solutions. Here’s why. -
Exploring the Five Customer-Centric Habits
Necessary Qualities for Executives and Organizations
by Ronni MarshakWhat are the habits that successful customer-centric executives share? Rob Thompson of CustomerThink has identified 5, and we add our Customers.com perspective. -
Collaborating with Customers
Working Together with Customers to Achieve Their Goals
by Ronni MarshakCollaboration is a method of working together to reach a goal; it isn’t the goal itself. But when you collaborate with customers to reach a goal, the results can be very powerful! -
Will Klarna Become a Major Player?
Invoicing for Consumers Who Want to Pay After Receipt of Goods
by Patricia SeyboldKlarna is a deferred payment solution that lets online shoppers buy now and pay within 14 days. Klarna boosts conversion rates by removing consumers’ fear of online transactions. And Klarna removes the risk of fraud for online merchants. -
What Constitutes a Customer Community?
Hint: It Isn’t a Bunch of Facebook “Likes”
by Ronni MarshakWhat constitutes a “true” customer community? A shared sense of purpose and ownership and a distinctive, often well-guarded culture. -
Utility Customer Experiences: Stark Contrasts in Dealing with NStar and National Grid
What Each Did Right and What Needs Improvement When Helping Customers in Need
by Ronni MarshakRead the best (and worst) practices demonstrated by NStar and National Grid as they help customers deal with a repair. -
Amazon Takes on Apple in Digital Music
Combined CDs and AutoRip Make Amazon Cloud Player More Enticing
by Patricia SeyboldAmazon’s AutoRip feature surprised and delighted some customers and annoyed others. We like the fact that we now have digital access to MP3 files of the music we bought on CDs for free and without doing anything! -
Amazon’s Next Moves
It’s a Customer Ecosystem Poised to Become an Increasingly Important Part of Our Lives
by Patricia SeyboldAmazon isn’t “just” an online retailer; it’s a vibrant and layered customer ecosystem designed to help you get things done faster and cheaper. Amazon phones will bring added convenience. Amazon’s ads will be more relevant than Google’s or Facebook’s. -
VOC: Using Customers’ Interviews to Inform Decision-Making
How the Residents of a Small Community Are Shaping the Future of Healthcare
by Patricia SeyboldWe used interviews of residents on the Boothbay peninsula to help keep cherished St. Andrews Hospital, which Maine Health wants to turn into a walk-in clinic. I interviewed 48 patients and published verbatims. The result: a stay of execution.
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