Based on Brian Solis' great new book, X: The Experience When Business Meets Design, we've compiled 10 X-Factors that businesses need to follow to be successful.
2. Shared experiences are
the new Search.
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3. Comfort for the old must
make way for the thrill of
the new.
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4. The customer journey
goes from awareness to
experience.
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5. The smart phone is not
the “second screen,” it’s
the first screen.
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6. Technology is most human
when it is invisible.
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7. More than 50 percent of a cus-
tomer experience is subscon-
scious, or how a customer feels.
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8. Personify your customers and
walk in their shoes.
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9. Experience architecture lies at
the intersection of storytelling
and user-centered design.
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10. Experiences, like animation,
need a storyboard.
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11. All business is personal.
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12. 10 Experience Design X-Factors
by Vala Afshar: Chief Digital Evangelist, Salesforce
& Jim MacLeod: Director, Creative and Digital Marketing, Extreme Networks
X: The Experience When Business Meets Design
by Brian Solis: Principal Analyst, Altimeter Group