The customer journey

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WE MAKE THEM TALK ABOUT YOU The customer journey

Transcript of The customer journey

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The customer journey

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Articulated information

Observable behaviour

Unarticulated information

Hidden action

Customer says

Says

Behaves

Does

Customer does

Source: Ojasalu, Karu

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Need is never a thing.

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Steps

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Attract Choose

Use

Support

Retain

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Attract Choose Use Support Retain

What we do to get the customers attention

What we do to help the customer

choose the product or

service

The customer is using our product or

service

During usage, how we support

the customer in

case of questions or difficulties

How we retain the customer: how we make the customer choose again.

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Attract

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What happens before they get to our store or website?

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Choose

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How do we help them choose from our selection?

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Use

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How do we make using it easy?

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Support

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How do we help them in case of trouble?

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Retain

What do we do to keep their loyalty? or How are we loyal to our customers?

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Why do you buy a new jacket?

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Because it is cold.

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Because the old one is no good as it is: worn out / unfashionable / not warm enough.

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Because your going to an event that you don’t have a jacket for?

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Whatever the case, you are NOT buying the jacket because it is there!

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How do you buy the jacket?

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Search the web.

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Try on different jackets in stores.

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Find the right store.

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Buy online because it’s cheaper.

Dear customer

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Are you happy with your new jacket?

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Is it as perfect as you imagined it would be?

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Did you pay too much or did you get a good deal? € $£ $

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Does the brand make you feel good?

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What does the customer journey tell us?

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By viewing the process from the customer’s point-of-view, we can understand the NEED that is being satisfied. People are experts at their LIVES and we will hear how they live it.

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By asking and observing enough people until the answers repeat themselves will indicate a common NEED.

Can that need be satisfied better?

That’s what we then service design!

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Source: Nielsen Norman Group. Why you need to test with 5 users.

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The aim of service design is to improve the customer experience, which will make them return.

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6 year stock performance of customer experience leaders vs laggards vs S&P 500 Index

Customer experience

leaders

+43%

S&P 500 Index

+14,5%

Customer experience laggards

-33,9%

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Source: Forrester Research and Watermark Consulting

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A good customer experience will make them talk about you!

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WE MAKE THEM TALK ABOUT YOU

J.Margus Klaar

+46 722 52 30 64 [email protected]