ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS FINDING WHAT THEY

NEED?

June 2013

How do your customers find you? Then when they do, are they finding what they need? These days the choices seem limitless and most of us do not have time to make an adventure of it. From store layout to event navigation, findability is sometimes as important as attracting customers.

Do your customers need a treasure map tofind what they need?

Are Your Customers F inding What They Need?

This month, we’re positioning our CXI® magnifying glass on the topic of findability: Are Your Customers Finding What They Need? We’ll examine how to make the experience memorable for the good stuff- not the totally frustrating.

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Event Navigati on

Event navigation – the way attendees, presenters, exhibitors and others find their way around a typically new

experience – has a long way to go. Should attendees be responsible for planning their entire experience in

advance?

Customer Experience Death By Design

You’ve heard of death by PowerPoint, right? The same thing can happen with customer experience. Presenters of information, whether it’s a PowerPoint agenda or signs in the airport, don’t always ask these key questions before

launching into design.

Customer Journeys Are More Jungle Gym Than Funnel

Humans like things that make sense, and the sales funnel seems so simple. But consider the many ways your

customers can leave you through their journey. It is full of potential ups and downs that can abruptly end the

experience.

How In-Store Navigati on Impacts Customer Experience

Within expansive retail spaces, we hunt like the human animals we are for the many things we need. Here are a few ways retailers and others can create a better in-store

experience, and help customers find what they are seeking.

What Are Your Customer Needs?

While we are constantly trying to unlock the behavior of the customer in hindsight through surveys and pop-up

feedback polls, before we even get to that point it’s important to answer one question: What are your

customer needs in the first place?

Customer Perspecti ve: I Bent Over Backwards for a Pair of F l ip

F lops

…but most of your customers will not do the same for your product. Here is a classic example of the many obstacles a customer may encounter through their journey, from the

perspective of a rare die-hard customer who is determined to follow through.

Is Mobile Customer Experience Harder?

40% of ecommerce executives believe it’s harder to deliver a positive customer experience on mobile than online.The number one issue is navigation and findability for

mobile users. Here are four tips for providing a smooth mobile journey.

3 Ways You Cause Customers To Lose Their Way

Helping your customers find their way is so critical, it’s baffling how it’s overlooked. Customers lose their way and then wander out to find your competitors. Here are three

common mistakes to avoid while laying down the path.

Microinteracti on of the Month: 404 Page Cal l -To-

Acti on

In today’s world we have so many options and choices it is easy to get lost. There is nothing more frustrating than

being led to a dead end. That is why we selected this 404 page we found on llt-group.com as an example for keeping

the loop closed.

Bonus: More Microinteracti ons from June!

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Don’t let the “micro” part fool you- microinteractions often have a huge impact on the customer experience. That is why we just can’t get enough of ‘em! So get social with us! Send us yours and maybe it will be featured next

month!

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