Software-as-a-Service, commonly referred to as SaaS, continues to grow in both size and scale. We use SaaS products for everything from payroll management to paying our taxes to publishing our newsletters to writing our books. SaaS is a great business model. Set up a service that is updated, integrated and easy for customers to use to get […]

Written by Stan Phelps   Gartner released research that showed by 2016 that 89% of companies will compete mainly on the customer experience they provide. To demonstrate how the experience has grown in importance, that number was 34% back in 2011. The challenge for today’s business is how to differentiate the experience they provide and stand […]

What is customer experience? According to Wikipedia, it’s this: Customer experience (CX) is the sum of all experiences a customer has with a supplier of goods and/or services, over the duration of their relationship with that supplier. This can include awareness, discovery, attraction, interaction, purchase, use, cultivation and advocacy. It can also be used to mean an individual experience over one transaction; the distinction is […]

Running a business can stink. You have way too many things to worry about! If you don’t pay the bills, nobody does. If you’re not making money, there’s no way to pay those bills. Prioritizing tasks can seem nearly impossible when they’re piling up on you. And when we feel overwhelmed, many of us tend to leave […]

There are plenty of legal risks that could become serious problems within your business. These legal risks include many points that relate to complaints about misrepresentation or items that are not working as well as possible or even issues relating to injuries and other common threats. It is clear that people are often going to […]

I have a challenge for you. In the next few weeks at your organization, see if you can identify some themes. Keep a tally of how many times the product is mentioned compared to the customer, in any meeting. Be aware of how often product innovation is discussed as its own end goal, without mentioning how it […]

In many ways, publicity and marketing set the stage for your customers, and it can lead to moments of delight or huge disappointment. Better marketing isn’t the lifeline. Recently, I was contacted by a marketing agency regarding one of their clients. The retail chain was having serious problems with their business results slipping. Certain stores were […]

As some of you who follow this blog may know, I took the CXI® magnifying glass with me to South By Southwest Interactive this month to scout for customer-focused themes within the latest tech trends. Trends are always a big part of SXSW, but each year it comes down to people. People are the ones introducing […]

Content marketing is such a big trend and for good reason! (In case you didn’t know it, the only marketing we’ve ever done here at Experience Investigators by 360Connext is blogging, speaking and social sharing.) I’m a believer. One of the smartest experts on this subject is Andy Crestodina, co-founder of Orbit Media and the […]

It’s Day two at the Next Generation Customer Experience conference. (You can catch up on my takeaways from day one here!)   Today I was asked to share insights around emotional feedback, along with Kathryn Churches from American Family Insurance. It was a great discussion, and I think the emphasis on emotions underlines one of the biggest […]