by Colin Shaw | Nov 19, 2020 | Customer Behaviour, Customer Emotions, Customer Engagement, Digital Experience, Emotional Experience
From time to time, I participate in speaking engagements and, in the time of COVID-19, virtual speaking engagements. I recently participated in a Customer Experience Day webinar with two other leaders in our field, Joe Pine and Lou Carbone. I learned a few things that...
by Colin Shaw | Nov 5, 2020 | Customer Experience, Customer Behaviour, Customer Emotions, Emotional Experience
The last time you looked up product reviews, which ones did you notice first, 5-star, or 1-star? Also, how many 5-star reviews does it take to offset a 1-star review? Probably more than one. Today, I’m talking about why that is, and it comes down to two words...
by Colin Shaw | Oct 22, 2020 | Customer Experience, Customer Behaviour, Customer Service, Emotional Experience
Oscar Wilde’s famous quip shapes my marketing philosophy, “There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” One of the reasons the brilliant quote rings true is because of the concept of Priming. When you...
by Colin Shaw | Sep 10, 2020 | Blogs, Customer Behaviour, Customer Emotions, Emotional Experience, Employee Experience, Subconscious Experience
Human beings are magnificent at holding onto two contradictory beliefs in their minds. It’s a psychological phenomenon called Cognitive Dissonance, and it’s why we sometimes think that things are good when they are, in reality, bad. We discussed this...
by Colin Shaw | Oct 29, 2015 | Customer Analysis, Customer Behaviour, Customer Centricity, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience, Customer Research, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, Emotional Experience, Experience Design, Expert's Insights, experts insights, Subconscious Experience
Lululemon is a brand with a loyal cult-like following, but Customers began to sour on the Lululemon brand last year. However, the buzz is anything but sour on Lululemon these days. And it’s because they are realigning to their Customer-center. September 1st, the...
by Colin Shaw | Oct 6, 2015 | Blogs, Customer Emotions, Customer Experience, Customer Retention, Customer Satisfaction, Emotional Experience, Expert's Insights, experts insights, Subconscious Experience
I find it beyond belief how large organizations can cheat and lie to their Customers. Maybe it’s because I’m becoming old or maybe it’s just because it is happening more. Skechers lied to us that if we wore their (weird-looking) Shape-up shoes that we could get in...
