Your Customer Is Satisfied – Are They a Coupon Away from Leaving?
You’ve likely heard someone say, “Customer satisfaction is not enough.” While that might initially sound counterintuitive, considerable research supports the statement. The Fallacy of Satisfaction Invariably, you’ve stayed at a hotel that met all your basic needs. The room was clean, the price was reasonable, and the overall experience was fine. In essence, you were satisfied, but…
Emotional & Cultural Value: Lessons from Inca Cola & Starbucks
Imagine being an executive at Coca-Cola, one of the most recognized global brands. Your role with the company is to grow market share in Peru. Despite your extensive marketing efforts, you continually miss your sales goals because of a local drink: Inca Kola. Developed in 1935 by Joseph Robinson Lindley, Inca Kola’s distinct lemon verbena…
Keeping Brand Promises – Delivering Experiences that Drive Referrals (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about how you can create experiences in keeping with your brand promises. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact…
Keeping Brand Promises – Delivering Experiences that Drive Referrals
The Importance of Authentic Branding in Business Your brand is more than your trade dress or marketing slogans. It’s what your people and customer think and say about you. In that broad context, here are a few things to consider as you review your business from the perspective of branding: 1) Brands Are Promises Kept…
The Art of “Otherness”: How Authentic Leadership Wins the Customer & Employee Vote (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about winning the vote of your team members and customers and ensuring their trust and loyalty. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX…
Unleashing the Power of Customer-Centric Innovation
Leaders often resort to dramatic cost-cutting measures during economic downturns and high inflation. However, to achieve organic growth and sustainable profitability, a contrarian approach often pays dividends – especially in the context of customer-centric innovation. As we navigate continued economic uncertainties, let’s look at ways to address customer needs creatively. Understanding Innovation: Key Observations Two…
Utilizing Neuromarketing to Enhance Customer Experiences: A Look into Martin Lindstrom’s Buyology
I have long been a fan of Martin Lindstrom’s work and am grateful for opportunities to work with him through the years. As you likely know, Martin has conducted extensive studies on customer behavior, branding, and neuromarketing, which he has eloquently shared in his many books. For this post, let’s look at a few lessons…
Why You Must Overcome Continuous Partial Attention & How to Do It! (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about executing consistent service excellence. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact.
Why You Must Overcome Continuous Partial Attention & How to Do It!
Former Apple & Microsoft executive Linda Stone coined the term “continuous partial attention” to describe repeatedly splitting attention between multiple sources. Most of us think of this as multi-tasking. In the context of serving customers, “continuous partial attention” is a growing challenge for service professionals – mainly thanks to electronic devices. You’ve likely received subpar service…
How to Emotionally Engage Your Customers Through Storytelling (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about delivering engaging brand stories. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact.
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