Make It Easy for Your Customers to Get Things Done

  • Green Infrastructure

    If We Build It, Will They Use It?

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    Where is urban transportation going? Mobility on demand using green approaches is the next wave.
    Mar. 20, 2009
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  • Smart Transportation: Mobility-on-Demand

    A Vision for CityCars and Smart Cities from MIT Media Lab's Smart Cities' Group

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    MIT Media Labs' Smart Cities' program is working on projects to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gases by offering "mobility-on-demand" through a combination of mass transit and electric vehicle-sharing.
    Mar. 12, 2009
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  • How Customers Want to Upgrade to a New "Model"

    Identifying and Measuring the Key Moments of Truth in "Product/Service Upgrade" Customer Scenario® Patterns

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    Customer scenarios fall into patterns. It's valuable to know these patterns ahead of time so you can focus on how to differentiate the experience you offer. This report focuses on a typical upgrade scenario.
    Feb. 26, 2009
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  • How Customers Want to Plan a Special Event

    Identifying and Measuring the Key Moments of Truth in "Event Planning" Customer Scenario® Patterns

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    Customer scenarios fall into patterns. It’s valuable to know these patterns ahead of time so you can focus on how to differentiate the experience you offer. This report focuses on the event-based event planning scenario.
    Oct. 15, 2008
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  • How Customers Want to Return or Exchange a Product

    Identifying and Measuring the Key Moments of Truth in Return/Exchange/Cancel Customer Scenario® Patterns

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    Customer scenarios fall into patterns. It's valuable to know these patterns ahead of time so you can focus on how to differentiate the experience you offer. This report focuses on a typical return/exchange/cancel scenario.
    Sep. 11, 2008
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  • Rethinking CRM: Provide Customers the Information They Care about in a Seamless Fashion

    Customers Don’t Want to Be Managed; They Do Want Good Experiences and Outcomes

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    The secret to a successful CRM strategy is a seamless cross-touchpoint, cross-channel and cross-lifecycle experience. Let your customers manage their relationships with you, not vice versa. Focus first on customer service, not on sales or marketing.
    Aug. 21, 2008
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  • Five Principles of Customer Engagement

    How to Connect More People to the Products They Need

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    In the uncertain economy of 2008, customer engagement may prove to be the key to retail success. Our five principles are tried and true approaches that can help you produce a fresh, engaging experience.
    Feb. 28, 2008
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  • How Should You Manage Customer and Partner Portals?

    Roles and Responsibilities You'll Need for Your Customer-Centric Organization

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    This PSG Classic report presents the do’s and don’t’s of managing customer and partner portals. Although written several years ago, the rules of thumb presented still hold true and are perhaps even more applicable to today’s portal environments.
    Dec. 6, 2007
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  • I Need a New Car, Fast!

    How Vehix.com Rates in an Emergency Car Buying Scenario

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    Novice car buyer, Mia Driver, looks to Vehix.com to help her identify and locate the right car for her family.
    Oct. 18, 2007
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  • Partner Portals Should Be Combined with Customer Portals

    Why Not Design Your Partner Portals to Surround and Complement Your Customer Portals?

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    Partner portals and customer portals should be designed and managed together. The information and resources that partners need overlap with the information and resources customers want and need.
    Oct. 4, 2007
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  • Why CRM Is the Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question

    Are You Investing in the Right Stuff?

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    CRM applications do a lousy job of addressing the strategic customer issues that every organization faces. If you’re in the process of yet another round of CRM improvements, perhaps it’s time to take a fresh look at what your strategy really should be.
    Jul. 12, 2007
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  • Landscape Forms’ Use of GE ColorXpress® Services Customer Innovation Center for a New Product Launch

    Launching a New Product Line Based on Customers’ Input

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    Landscape Forms, an industry leader for the design and manufacturing of outdoor site furniture, worked hand-in-hand with GE ColorXpress® Services Customer Innovation Center experts to help create a bold new product line.
    Sep. 28, 2006
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  • GE ColorXpress® Services

    Helping Customers Design Differentiated Products

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    By making it easy—and exciting—for customers to become part of the color design team, GE Plastics has created an innovative business that brings customers back time and time again.
    Sep. 21, 2006
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  • Help Customers Do Their Jobs

    Become a Vital Resource in Helping Your Customers Achieve Their Outcomes

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    The sixth critical success factor originally introduced in Customers.com is “Help customers do their jobs.” By helping them succeed in their jobs, you ensure that they will remain loyal to your products, services, and organization.
    Aug. 31, 2006
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  • What Differentiates the Search Experience?

    Philosophy and Search Management Make the Difference at Online Department Stores

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    Does site search differentiate the online customer experience? Evaluation of search at four department stores suggests that it does.
    Jul. 27, 2006
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  • Staples

    Customers Help Bring a Customer Experience Promise to Life

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    Staples, the office supplies retailer, has outpaced its competition by deeply understanding what its target customers—small business office supplies buyers—really care about.
    Jun. 8, 2006
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  • Let Customers Help Themselves

    Offer Self-Service throughout the Customer Lifecycle

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    The fifth critical success factor originally introduced in Customers.com is “Let Customers Help Themselves.”
    Jun. 1, 2006
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  • Streamline Business Processes that Impact the Customer

    Make Sure the Customer’s Point of View Is the Design Center for Continuous Process Improvement

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    The third critical success factor originally introduced in Customers.com® is “Streamline the Business Processes that Impact the Customer.”
    Jan. 12, 2006
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  • Getty Images

    Making It Easy for Image-Buying Professionals to Do Their Jobs

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    Getty Images supports image-buying professionals in finding and licensing stock imagery and film for commercial use.
    Dec. 8, 2005
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  • Customer Portals: Central to Your Customer Experience Strategy

    Customer Portals Support Your Customers throughout Their Lifecycles

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    There are three reasons why customer portals are hot: 1) you save money; 2) you increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, and profitability; and 3) you gain visibility into customers’ account information, their needs, and their preferences.
    Jan. 27, 2005
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