Customer Ecosystems
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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. -
Peer-to-Peer Business Models
Facilitating “Matchmaking” between Individuals for Fun and Profit
by Ronni MarshakLyft helps individuals who need a ride match up with people who have a car and want to earn a few bucks by giving them rides, a great example of a p2p business. Is there something in this p2p model for your company? -
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). -
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. -
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! -
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. -
Being Creative on Zazzle.com
How Easy Is It to Create (and Sell) Your Own Customized Products?
by Ronni MarshakZazzle.com makes it easy for people to create and sell customized products. Here’s our review of Zazzle’s tools for customizing products, creating storefronts, and merchandising custom designs. -
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. -
Daily Deal Fatigue
Putting the Bloom Back on the Rose
by Ronni MarshakAfter an explosion onto the marketplace a few years ago, daily deal sites are floundering. Why are consumers turned off and what can dealers and merchants do to win them back? -
BuzzCar—Peer-to-Peer Car Rental
Building a Platform for Participation for a “Peers Inc.” Business Model
by Patricia SeyboldBuzzcar is a peer-to-peer car rental company that started in France. Instead of leaving your car in driveway, rent it to a neighbor! Founded by Robin Chase, the co-founder of Zipcar, Buzzcar uses what Robin calls a “Peers Inc.” business model. -
The Mobile E-Wallet Customer Ecosystem
What Types of Players Need to Partner and What Do They Need to Do to Gain Customers’ Trust?
by Patricia SeyboldThe mobile e-wallet landscape is a 6-layered ecosystem of players, with e-wallet providers at the top and payment and financial institutions at the bottom. If all players aligned around customer-critical issues, mobile e-wallet adoption would accelerate. -
Will Amazon.com Emerge as a Viable Gaming Platform?
Enabling Platform-Agnostic Social Gaming Customer Ecosystems
by Patricia SeyboldAmazon may provide the next major ecosystem for social gaming, challenging Facebook, Zynga, Apple, and Google. -
When and How to Embed Customer Co-Design into Your Projects
What Customer Co-Design Options Fit Your Purview?
by Patricia SeyboldWe have found at least six opportunities to embed customer co-design into the projects you’re already doing. Our recommendation? Use customer co-design early and often.
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