Learn about creating relevant and powerful customer experiences that connect with, and engage, your target audience. Find out how cognitive biases (such as the "curse of knowledge") make messaging challenging and why businesses, nevertheless, need to align their departments and create a customer-centric culture.
See how you can create relevant customer experiences by focusing on four dimensions:
1) right customer -> segmentation & targeting,
2) right message -> strategic message map,
3) right time -> customer journey,
4) right channel -> opportunity mix.
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Customers get ➜ expect ➜ demand better experiences.
We are wired to choose “better” experiences.
6. Remaining companies are
under pressure
to respond
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New technology/data driven
companies are raising the
customer experience expectation
Pleasing customers has
always been important, but…
7. From a Practitioner’s P.O.V.
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WHY HOWWHAT
• CX
• Journeys
• Hard
• Important
• Steps
• Process
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PRODUCT MARKETING
SUPPORT SALES
2. Know customer
Research + Journeys + Messaging
1. Align company
Leadership + Integration + Culture
3. Build & improve
Software + KPI + Iterations
= COMPETITIVE EDGEHARD
11. Disconnected Views
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explainvisually.co
Puzzle pictures from www.puzzleforum.pl
What communicator sees… What audience sees…
Communicator is unaware!
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The Curse of Knowledge
Once you know something,
you can’t un-know it.
13. Not Enough Meaning
Too Much Information
Not Enough Time
Not Enough Memory
4 Conundrums
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14. Not Enough Meaning
Too Much Information
Not Enough Time
Not Enough Memory
So fill in gaps with…
● Patterns
● Generalities
● Benefit of Doubt
● Easier Problems
● Our current mindset
So assume…
We’re right ●
We can do this ●
Nearest thing is best ●
Finish what’s started ●
Keep options open ●
Easier is better ●
So you only notice…
● Changes
● Bizarreness
● Repetition
● Confirmation
So save space by…
Generalizing ●
Keeping an example ●
Using external memory ●
Editing memories down ●
Cognitive Biases
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15. Curse of Knowledge
Codex
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Not Enough Meaning
Too Much Information
Not Enough Time
Not Enough Memory
16. Overcoming the Curse
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FEEDBACK
AUDIENCE
EXAMPLES
SIMPLIFY
RELEVANTSTORIES
VISUALS
PRACTICAL ISSUE
Corporate websites are
corporate-centric, focused on what
the company does.
CUSTOMER-CENTRIC ANSWER
1. Start with the customer needs.
2. Content/format writing skills.
3. Progressive comprehension.
19. From a Practitioner’s P.O.V.
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WHY HOWWHAT
• CX
• Journeys
• Important
• Hard
• Steps
• Process
20. The 4 Dimensions of Relevant Experience
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Right
CUSTOMER
Right
MESSAGE
Right
TIME
Right
CHANNEL
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21. PRIORITIZED
SEGMENTS
Misaligned
Hand Holder
Prime for Change
Product Partner
The Right Customer: Segmentation
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• Not interested
• Not ready
• Hard decision making
• Medium interest in buying
• Ready to implement, need help
• Medium decision making
• High interest in buying
• Ready to implement
• Easy decision making
• Low interest in buying
• Not ready to implement
• Interested in partnership
22. The Right Customer: Segmentation
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Misaligned
Hand Holder
Prime for Change
Product Partner
13%
32%
34%
21%
PRIORITIZED
SEGMENTS
23. Misaligned
Hand Holder
Prime for Change
Product Partner
The Right Customer: Segmentation
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TARGET
GROUP
13%
32%
34%
21%
9%
19%
5%
10%
4%
13%
29%
11%
24. The Right Customer: Customer Profile
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Persona Detail Type of Questions to Ask
Role
What is your job role/role in life? Your title?
How is your job/role measured?
What is a typical day?
What skills are required?
What knowledge and tools do you use?
Who do you report to? Who reports to you?
Company/Organization
What industry or industries does your company work/is your role in?
What is the size of your company/organization (revenue, employees)?
Goals
What are you responsible for?
What does it mean to be successful in your role?
Challenges What are your biggest challenges?
Watering Holes
How do you learn about new information for your job?
What publications or blogs do you read?
What associations and social networks do you belong?
Personal Background Age, Family (married, children), Education
Shopping Preferences
How do you prefer to interact with vendors? (email, phone, in person)
Do you use the internet to research vendors or products? If yes, how do you search for information?
25. The Right Customer: Buyer Persona
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26. FOCUS
AREAS
TALENT
Recruitment
Company is unable to effectively recruit diverse talent creating a deficit
in the talent pipeline.
Engagement
Engagement scores are lagging for women and people of color which
reduces productivity, retention and morale.
Advancement
Company is unable to effectively advance women and people of color
through to senior leadership which impacts its brand and ability to
recruit and retain.
CULTURE
Transformation
Company is suffering from a non-inclusive culture that is creating toxicity
and reducing performance.
Innovation
Company is not effectively empowering a culture of experimentation and
innovation and thus lagging behind competitors.
Leadership
Teams are not productive or collaborative due to leadership that is not
inclusive.
RISK
Complaints
Employee complaints are creating a morale problem and a legal risk.
Attrition
Company invests heavily in diverse talent only to lose them too early.
ASPIRATIONALCRITICAL
TALENT
Recruitment
Engagement
Advancement
CULTURE
Transformation
Innovation
Leadership
RISK
Complaints
Attrition
Brand
Reputation
Corporate
CHALLENGE
Bad
CONCERN
Critical
PAIN
Neutral
FOCUS
Positive
OPPORTUNITY
Committed
GOAL– +
TALENT
Recruitment
Goal is to increase the ability to recruit women and people of color.
Engagement
Goal is to significantly increase employee engagement scores.
Advancement
Goal is to increase the advancement of women and people of color
through to Senior Leadership.
CULTURE
Transformation
Goal is to accelerate the culture transformation to a more inclusive
culture.
Innovation
Goal is to accelerate the quality, frequency and speed of innovation.
Leadership
Goal is to fill the organization with inclusive leaders.
RISK
Complaints
Goal is to reduce workplace complaints due to disrespectful or intolerant
behavior.
Attrition
Goal is to reduce attrition of diverse talent.
Brand Reputation
Goal is to improve and align brand reputation relative to inclusion.
NEUTRAL
Sr HR Leader
Anchor descriptions to positive resultsAnchor descriptions to negative consequences Objective description
Life Science Lynda: Focus Areas
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27. • Tagline
• Slogan
• Value proposition
• 25-word description
The Right Message: Strategic Messaging Map
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POSITIONING STATEMENT
• Business function
• Title
• Role in buying process
BUYER PERSONA
VALUE MESSAGING
• Value Statement
• Value Bullet Points
• Product Features
• Proof points / Metrics
Value #2
• Value Statement
• Value Bullet Points
• Product Features
• Proof points / Metrics
Value #1
• Value Statement
• Value Bullet Points
• Product Features
• Proof points / Metrics
Value #3
28. • Business function
• Title
• Role in buying process
BUYER PERSONA
VALUE MESSAGING
• Value Statement
• Value Bullet Points
• Product Features
• Proof points / Metrics
Value #2
• Value Statement
• Value Bullet Points
• Product Features
• Proof points / Metrics
Value #1
• Value Statement
• Value Bullet Points
• Product Features
• Proof points / Metrics
Value #3
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29. AWARENESS
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DECISIONCONSIDERATION
They are experiencing/expressing
symptoms of problem/opportunity. They
are doing educational research to better
understand/frame and give a name to their
problem. Not aware of your business.
I am a buyer AWARE that I have a
problem:
• I need to improve xxxxx
• I need to prevent xxxxx
• I need to start xxxxx
• I need to stop xxxxx
• I need to optimize xxxxx
• I need to solve xxxxx
• I need to learn more about xxxxx
They have clearly defined the
goal/challenge and they are committed to
addressing it. They evaluate approaches to
address challenge/opportunity. Not aware
of your business.
I am a buyer CONSIDERING how to solve
my problem:
• What tools are available for xxxxx?
• What are xxxxx industry solutions?
• What are my xxxxx options?
• What xxxxx options are there for xxxxx?
They have decided on a solution strategy.
They might create a list of specific offering
in their selected category and decide on
the one that best fits their needs.
I am a buyer DECIDING on a specific
product
• I need prices for xxxxx
• I need xxxxx product specifics.
• I need proof that xxxxx works.
• I need evidence that xxxxx
• I need assurance that xxxxx
The Right Time: Customer Journey
30. The Right Time: Customer Journey
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RECOGNITION AWARENESS ENGAGEMENT CONSIDERATION CLOSE PROMOTER
Tool: Whitepaper/
Microsite/”Door
Openers”
Recognize Issues
Tool: Case Studies/
Proforma
Research & Engagement
Tool: Blue Papers
Awareness of Solutions
• Tools: Animation/
Sales Aids
Consideration
Tool: OPS Profiles
Hand-off & Close
• Tool: Testimonials
Promoter
31. Free tier
Signup tier
Engagement tier
Subscription tier
EMAIL
SIGNUP
ASSESSMENT
SUBMISSION
PURCHASE
ACTIVE
CUSTOMER LOYAL
CUSTOMER
LOYALTY LOOP
WEBSITE
VISIT
Time
Marketing Automation
Direct Engagement
Social Media
Engagement
The Right Time: Customer Journey
DELIGHT
Tickets
Knowledge Base
Feedback
ATTRACT
Blog
Keywords
Social Publishing
CONVERT
Forms
Calls-to-Action
Landing Pages
CONVERT
Forms
Calls-to-Action
Landing Pages
CLOSE
CRM
Email/Phone
Workflows
33. The Right Channel: Opportunity Mix
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Omni-channel
Social media
Digital
marketing
Advertising
campaigns
Public
relations
Company
website
Tradeshows
Sales
collateral
34. The 4 Dimensions of Relevant Experience
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Right
CUSTOMER
Right
MESSAGE
Right
TIME
Right
CHANNEL
Segmentation
& Targeting
Message
Map
Customer
Journey
Opportunity
Mix
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35. The Power of Customer Journeys
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Q&A
Raz Neagu
CEO, Komotion
raz@komotion.com
www.linkedin.com/in/raz-neagu/
Editor's Notes
Getting out of the cab – > driver grabs her by the heels – > “what is going on?” – > “I didn’t already pay for this ride”
The 24-year-old sales analyst is so accustomed to rideshare apps like Uber, which charge your credit card automatically when your ride is done, that she’d accidentally almost pulled “the equivalent of dining and dashing, but for a cab.”
Uber: Seamless experience (app to order, see status, know the car/driver/rating, arrival status, directions, payment) – > Uber-autopilot
Cab: Wonder why they don’t go (forget to give destination), sip out of water bottles only to realize that yellow cabs, unlike many Uber rides, don’t come with water. (Though he believes the bottle was unopened when he grabbed it, he’s also confident it wasn’t a rider perk. Feeling grossed out, he stopped drinking.)
Brian Breslin, 35, never takes cabs in Miami, Fla. but he takes Uber and Lyft so often he can even get thrown off when he goes to drive his own car.
“My fiancée and I walked towards the passenger side,” he said. “Then she was like, ‘What are you doing?’ and I was like, ‘Getting an Uber,’ and she was like, ‘This is our car.’” The car was parked on the street. But he’s made the same mistake in his driveway, he said. “This happened at least three times on separate evening weekends,” he said. “I looked in and realized that there was no driver and it was my car.”
Have you ever given directions to someone that were so clear you could see the route in your mind’s eye? But later you find out they didn’t follow your great directions and got hopelessly lost. Maybe you even felt a little annoyed: they must have a poor sense of direction.
Or, maybe you were at the other end, of receiving instructions provided to you with great authority only to be left utterly confused as you were trying to follow.
https://medium.com/thinking-is-hard/4-conundrums-of-intelligence-2ab78d90740f
https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18
4 Conundrums of the Universe
1st conundrum is that there’s too much information for any individual to process it all.
2nd conundrum is that we can only process a fraction of the information, so lacking of complete meaning. It requires us to use our previous experiences to fill in the blanks. EXAMPLE: how the first automobile was referred to as a horseless carriage, because the closest thing to it had horses attached.
3rd conundrum is that there isn’t enough time to analyze all possibilities to make sure we’re making the right decisions. EXAMPLE: deciding what you should have for lunch would take more than a lifetime if you TRULY considered all of your options.
4th conundrum is that there’s not enough space in our brains, to store all the raw information and all of the past decisions that we’ve made.
Resulting Biases
Too Much Information …
Not Enough Meaning …
Not Enough Time …
Not Enough Memory …
*** GOOD WRITING IS KEY!!! NOT ONLY FOR MARKETING!!! ***
Sales phases:
Identify potential buyers who may have a goal or challenge you can help with
Connect with leads to help them decide whether they should prioritize the goal or challenge
Explore a qualified lead’s goals and challenges to help them assess whether your offering is a good fit for their context
Advise a sales opportunity on the ways your offering is uniquely positioned to address their goals and challenges
Customer service phases:
Engage – engaging your customers is just the foundation. Being there for your customers when they need it (reactively), opening up different channels for your customers to connect with you, and providing reactive customer support. Support communication channels: Email, Live chat, Phone , Facebook , Twitter
Guide – Proactively guide customers in way you know will help them. Identify key customer milestones that result in value. Think about content that your customers will need at each of those milestones to be successful. This may be different than marketing content created to acquire customers. Spend time with your customers to define the content they need. Organize the content in a searchable, public facing knowledgebase a place for content that is just for your customers.
Grow – The growth stage is about getting to the point where customers have earned so much value they’re promoting and helping you generate new customers.
Respond to customer sentiments and all customer feedback in a personal, human way. Digest trends and make improvements to your customer experience.
Identify your advocates. Using an NPS survey can help you pinpoint potential advocates and turn your client feedback channel into a referral growth engine. Use for testimonials, reviews, case studies, references, referral, etc.