Dustin Longstreth, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at CBX, outlines an approach for brands seeking to deliver a total customer experience. For more info go to: https://cbx.com/
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The individual touch-points
people encounter along their
personal customer journey
over the life of their
connection to the brand.
CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE
DEFINED
27. CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
DRIVES ECONOMIC VALUE
27Source: https://eventbrite-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/marketing/Millennials_Research/Gen_PR_Final.pdf
“There won’t be CMOs in the
future; there will be Chief Experience
Officers who are responsible for the
overall customer journey.”
Mohamed AlTajer, Head of Marketing, Branding and
Corporate Communications, Commercial Bank International,
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Joint enterprise: Torchbearer CMOs are better at listening to
customers and applying their input to co-create new offerings
20%
61%
51%
more
Torchbearer CMOs Market Follower CMOs
Use of customer feedback
to explore new trends
32%
66%
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Focus on customer
collaboration and co-creation
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How to do it: Enrich the arc of engagement
As the emphasis on the total, integrated customer relationship continues to intensify, CMOs
are responding accordingly. Two-thirds of our respondents regard developing deeper, richer
customer experiences as their top marketing priority. “The CMO has to become the
custodian of the customer experience, not just the head of the ‘arts and crafts’ department,”
the CMO of a global brand management company commented.
CMOs expect to interact with customers on an even more individual and digital basis than
they did in 2013. “Marketing is no longer about winning creative awards; it’s about one-to-one
communication,” the CMO of a U.S. telecom company warned. Many CMOs also realize they’ll
need more external innovation to forge the multi-dimensional experiences customers desire.
This explains why 69 percent plan to partner more extensively.
Torchbearer CMOs are way ahead of Market Follower CMOs, though. They’re working harder
to understand the customer’s journey through the enterprise (see Figure 7). Mapping the
entire path, as well as the technologies, people and processes involved, enables marketers
to pinpoint any weaknesses and rectify them. But it’s difficult to plot that path because the
customer’s journey is now non-linear and far more complex than it was in the pre-digital era.
Torchbearer CMOs’ focus on delivering holistic, multi-faceted customer journeys is also
reflected in their enthusiasm for physical and digital opportunities to engage customers
(see Figure 8). Amazon, the poster child for cyber selling, recently opened a brick-and-mortar
bookstore, for example.7
Meanwhile, British high-street retailer John Lewis is piloting various
apps designed to enrich the in-store experience. First off the block is an interactive sofa studio
where customers can create 3-D images of furniture models in different fabrics to get a better
idea of what the finished product might look like.8
Figure 7
Path finders: Torchbearer CMOs are studying
the customer journey more carefully
26%
82%
65%
more
Torchbearer CMOs Market Follower CMOs
Focus on customer
journey mapping
Figure 8
Rich blend: Torchbearer CMOs are much more intent
on creating physical and digital opportunities to engage
75%
84%
48%
more
Torchbearer CMOs Market Follower CMOs
Focus on event and
experiential marketing
8
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KEY COMPONENTS TO DELIVERING A
GREAT TOTAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
CLARITY OF PURPOSE,
MEANING & STORY1 HIGHLY-ALIGNED
CULTURE3OBSESSION WITH
CUSTOMER & THEIR JOURNEY2
CUSTOMER
31. 31Brand Name
"We have a mission to solve problems
in the world. That’s very much a part
of how we engage with consumers.”
- Joy Howard, VP-marketing, Patagonia
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32. 32Brand Name
Build the best product,
cause no unnecessary harm,
use business to inspire and implement
solutions to the environmental crisis.
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MISSION STATEMENT
33. 33Brand Name
HIGHLY-ALIGNED
CULTURE
“We can hardly continue to make the best outdoor
clothing if we become primarily an “indoor” culture. So we
seek out “dirtbags” who feel more at home in a base camp
or on the river than they do in the office. All the better if
they have excellent qualifications for whatever job we hire
them for, but we’ll often take a risk on an itinerant rock
climber that we wouldn’t on a run-of-the-mill MBA.”
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Customer Decision Journey
(1/3, Journey Mapping)
8
What’s the consumption,
usage or service
experience?
What ar
convert
trial to p
What creates
lasting customer
loyalty and
advocacy?
How do
about o
to comp
How do customers
become aware of our
product/ brand?
Growth Audience
Job to be Done
(What are they hiring our product
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PURPOSE & CULTURE
ARE MULTIPLIERS OF CX
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RESULTS:
LOYALTY & EVANGELISM
Dedicated fan stories provide content for Patagonia-created content alongside
brand evangelists creating their own content to sing the brand’s praises.
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THE ROAD TO GREAT
TOTAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES
How does our
Purpose shape how I
approach my work?
What are the critical
points along my
Customers’ Journey and
what matters most at
those moments?
How can I independently
and Collaboratively
serve our Purpose and
deliver what matters
most to our Customers?
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