Choose your Attitude, It’s Showtime – How to Actually Care for Every Customer (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about how to actually care for every customer. 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.
How to Design Wow – An Approach to Satisfy and Delight (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed the steps to design your next product/experience using the Kano model . 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.…
How to Design Wow – An Approach to Satisfy and Delight
Let’s assume you want to build a new product or experience that will satisfy and delight your customers. How do you select which features to include and exclude? While there are many design models available, let’s look at the Kano model, developed by Dr. Noriaki Kano, a professor of quality management at the Tokyo University of…
Playing to Win: How to Think & Act Like Zappos
I started my book about Zappos with a tweet and a question. The tweet read: I saw Winnie the Pooh running through the parking lot. Yes, I work at Zappos! The question was: Zappos, what is Zappos? Here’s the short answer: Zappos is an online shoe and clothing retailer founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn…
One of the Most Asked Questions: How Customer Experience Leaders Really Win
I’m fortunate to consult with many companies that deliver extraordinary customer experiences (CX) – some of which are featured in my books. Because of that work, media and social media interviewers often ask me: What are the commonalities of “best in class” customer experience businesses? Here are five characteristics to consider as you evaluate the…
Behavior vs. Score – How to Track What Actually Matters
Let’s assume you believe your organization is providing an outstanding customer experience (CX). As a consultant, the first question I would ask about that perceived CX excellence would be: How do you know? Hopefully, your “proof points” will include a blend of 4 sources: Customer Stories (received from team members and informal discussions with customers)…
What’s Love Got to Do With It? – How to Conquer Customers’ Hearts (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discuss the role of love in business and tips for winning the heart of your customer. Please refer back to the blog for more detail. Otherwise, this infographic visually highlights the content of the blog.
What’s Love Got to Do With It? – How to Conquer Customers’ Hearts
To get in the spirit of this post, it helps (although it’s not required) to play Tina Turner’s What’s Love Got to Do With It? When it comes to business and, more specifically, customer experience delivery, what does love have to do with that? In short, – everything! If you bristle at using “love” in…
Target Delight Instead of Satisfaction | How to Drive Delight the Mercedes-Benz Way
This is the final post in the series, “How to Drive Delight the Mercedes-Benz Way.” In my book, Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way, I detail how Mercedes-Benz leaders transformed their customer experience through a clearly defined set of strategic objectives. The goal of those objectives was to transcend customer satisfaction and instead deliver customer…
Training for Delight | How to Drive Delight the Mercedes-Benz Way
This is the third in the five-post series, “How to Drive Delight the Mercedes-Benz Way.” In my book, Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way, I detail how Mercedes-Benz leaders transformed their customer experience through a clearly defined set of strategic objectives. One of the target areas pursued by these leaders was to ensure every employee at…