I’m speaking at the Next Generation Customer Experience conference in San Diego this week, but today I got to be an attendee and participate in some great conversations about customer experience. There were sessions on co-creating with customers, social media, and customer journey mapping. Throughout all these sessions, as well as the sidebar conversations in […]

Personalization was a big trend at SXSW and it’s no surprise. Humans like when people recognize us. We want to feel known and heard. We want to be seen as the unique individuals we are. What this means for some companies is getting to know customers in really great ways. Quirky Customer Personas I became […]

I’ve noticed a lot of blogs and articles and general gripes lately about why SXSW Interactive has jumped the shark. It’s fashionable to post emphatically about how there’s no appeal to the massive conference tackling digital and interactive trends each March. This was my sixth visit to SXSW. It has changed dramatically in those six years. […]

It’s that time again! I’ll be heading to South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. It’s the crazy, chaotic and somewhat kooky festival that attracts me each year. There is always something that grabs everyone’s attention but is a flash in the technology pan. QR Codes on t-shirts? Worst idea ever. But there they were, […]

Blogs are at the center of many content strategies. Ours at Experience Investigators is no exception! It’s the hub of our thought leadership, our perspective on current events, our “x marks the treasure” spot for our social communities! I write several times a week and I’m often asked how we come up with our content. It’s challenging to write frequently […]

There is a really exciting change happening. Organizations across a wide range of industries are creating positions like Chief Customer Officer and Customer Experience Executive. They’ve realized the importance of investing in the overall experience of customers, and that doing so generates phenomenal business results. We have only just begun the customer experience revolution, and […]

If you haven’t yet discovered our podcast, Crack The Customer Code, I hope you will soon. We released our 15th episode, and it’s been quite the learning experience for my co-host Adam Toporek from Customers That Stick and me! Better customer service FTW In episode 15, we tackle the subject of how certain industries can get […]

Words matter. And in a time when we abuse the heck out of them, they actually matter more. Literally. 😉 Imagine how often I hear words being used with the best of intentions, but not tied to anything remotely related to the actual customer experience. Allow me to share a few examples. 1. “The Year […]

FAQ is another one of those terms we didn’t even know before the dawn of the internet age. Most of us were blissfully unaware of this acronym for “Frequently Asked Questions” now living on many web sites. When we ask our clients a question like “What are your touchpoints?” we get a lengthy list of the […]

Besides the predictable onslaught of product announcements and amazing trade show booths, many discussions around the needs of future customers took place recently at the Consumer Electronics Show, the behemoth of tech conferences, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many of the trends emerging, though not terribly surprising, call for a unique kind of marketing strategy. Marketers need to position products and the behavior […]