by Annette Franz | Apr 13, 2022 | customer understanding, customer-centric, customer-centric culture, journey mapping, personas, Uncategorized, understanding, voice of customer
Almost three years ago to the date, I wrote a post titled, Customer Understanding: The Cornerstone of Customer-Centricity. I’ve been speaking about it much longer than that because it’s an important concept to understand and to execute on if you want to be...
by Annette Franz | Sep 1, 2021 | customer experience, customer experience design, design thinking, personas, product design, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Seth Godin’s concept of finding your Who, which is all about identifying who your products are for. The Who isn’t defined by demographics but by psychographics: their (customer) beliefs, their dreams, their desires. It’s a...
by Annette Franz | Jul 28, 2021 | customer experience, marketing, personas, Uncategorized
Simon Sinek popularized the concept of finding your Why, which he defines as the purpose, cause, or belief that drives you. He states that the concept is “grounded in the tenets of the biology of human decision making.” Once you find your Why, you can live...
by Annette Franz | Jul 16, 2019 | analytics, customer experience, customer feedback, data, insights, journey mapping, personas
With whom and how do you socialize customer insights? You’re listening to customers. You’re combining their feedback with those bread crumbs of data that they leave with every transaction and interaction with your brand. You’ve developed customer...
by Annette Franz | Feb 7, 2019 | customer experience, customer experience design, personas
Image courtesy of PixabayToday I’m pleased to share a guest post by Stacy Sherman. This post originally appeared on the DoingCXRight blog on July 10, 2018.Whether you’re new to CX or looking to expand your current knowledge, it is important to learn about...
by Annette Franz | Dec 6, 2018 | customer experience, cxjourney, journey mapping, listening, personas, understanding
Image courtesy of Shep Hyken/ABRLet’s put the “customer” into customer experience.What does that mean?If you’re a customer of any business on this planet, no surprise here, you know this: most companies are not really focusing on the customer and the...