The Predictive Power of Emotions

Authors: Steven Walden & Qaalfa Dibeehi A lot of companies talk about how important it is to emotionally engage customers, to make them ‘feel loyal’ not just ‘act loyal’. But where is the empirical evidence that emotions really do make a difference? If we use KPIs...

Experience-Based Segmentation

Companies traditionally segment on the basis of demographics, spend or in more sophisticated companies by need, lifestyle or occasion. Yet in the new world of Customer Experience Management where goods and services are increasingly treated as commodities how useful...
Have Apple created too much expectation?

Have Apple created too much expectation?

When the new iphone 5 came out the Jimmy Kimmel Live show took an iPhone 4s out onto the streets and told people it was an iPhone 5. You’ll see in the video everyone says how great it is. But obviously it was the old phone not the new one. Clearly this is amusing, but...