Customer Experience

Customer experience, a couple of words that can transform an organization. A good customer experience transforms an interaction from a simple exchange (commodity for cash) to an event that cheers their day. It’s almost impossible to underestimate the importance of this idea.

If a company deals exclusively with simple exchanges, their primary competitive edge is price…and this usually will force low profit margins But if a company can distinguish itself—stand out from the pack—by delivering a total customer experience that delivers joy and happiness…well, that company will experience high profit margins and long-term profitability.

A great customer experience strategy will lead to good customer service which will lead to loyal customers. Loyal customers are not here because the product is ten cents cheaper, they are here because the experience delivered fulfills something much deeper than saving a buck…it delivers joy, happiness.

So take every interaction seriously. Don’t merely make a simple exchange, begin delivering experiences. Experiences that deliver a lot more than a commodity ever could.

If you are a large organization, enterprise feedback management software enables you to effectively monitor how you are doing at delivering amazing customer experience. Check out our EFM Primer for an introduction.

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Kelly Foster September 2, 2010 at 2:04 am

Great thoughts.

I’ve been thinking about this lately and how some customer experiences have actually caused me to value the product more. Well, even Apple Computers is this way. Three years ago I’d never pay the high-price of their items, but the focus because they’re customer-centric, it’s caused me to value their offerings more.

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