Best Practices & How-Tos
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Why I Am No Longer a Sears Customer
Sears.com Fails to Deliver on Promises
by Ronni MarshakSears has failed this shopper for the last time! Read the sad, sad story of hours wasted, responses not received, and powerless customer service agents following self-serving customer service practices. -
How Valuable and Sustainable Is Twitter’s Customer Ecosystem?
What Is a Twitter End-Customer Worth to Investors?
by Patricia SeyboldTwitter is more than a company. It’s a customer ecosystem with seven layers of different types of players—each benefitting from their use of Twitter’s social media platform. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Tackling a Wicked Problem: Water Issues!
How the Delta Dialogues Project Is Using Dialogue Mapping to Build Shared Understanding
by Patricia SeyboldThe Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy wanted to engage key stakeholders in planning the future of California’s fresh water supply. They used CogNexus Group’s Dialogue Mapping™ to build shared understanding among polarized players. -
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. -
Boston Globe Masters Social Media in a Crisis
How the Boston Globe Covered the Boston Marathon Bombing
by Patricia SeyboldWhat does it take to beat all the major news and cable networks in news coverage? An amazing team and a commitment to getting it right! Learn how the Boston Globe became the trusted source of information during the Boston Marathon crisis. -
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! -
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. -
Apple and/or Verizon: How Should Partners Provide Customer Support?
What Each Did Right and What Needs Improvement When Helping Shared Customers in Need
by Ronni MarshakProviders who together satisfy customer scenarios are part of a customer ecosystem. And the customer's experience should be seamless, as shown in this story. -
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. -
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. -
Assigning Emotions to Moments of Truth
Enhancing Customer Scenario® Mapping by Capturing Feelings
by Ronni MarshakCapturing how customers might feel depending on how well you help them achieve their goals can enhance a line of site from customer priorities through your bottom-line opportunities based on how they are feeling while doing business with you. -
Profile of Lead Users in Systems Architecture
What Can We Learn from Patty’s Pioneers that Will Help Us Identify Lead Users
by Patricia SeyboldLead users are the people who want to design their own products and services because yours don’t fit the bill. To identify true lead users, you need to know what to look for. Use this example from info tech when you’re recruiting lead users in any domain -
The Emotional Rollercoaster within Customer Scenarios
Most Customer Scenarios Bring Out Mixed Customer Emotions; Are You Prepared to Respond to Them?
by Ronni MarshakWhat emotions are customers feeling as they get things done? How can you anticipate and respond to customers’ negative emotions?
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