Customer Experience Strategy

The subscription model offers new opportunities for businesses to enhance the value of their offerings as they become more embedded in the changing context of their clients’ customer journeys. But companies need to have the right metrics in place to be able to support the shift of the underlying value equation. Processes and systems for […]

Subscriptions link the value propositions of customer usage to outcomes. To achieve this business model, traditional product companies need to reinvent innovation cycles, product development approaches, sales and marketing tactics, and customer support functions. There are many obstacles to this transformation — but it’s doable. Three main observations when defining your strategy for driving subscription […]

Every year, more firms reach out to me to explain how they’re delivering their own brand of “digital transformation” to clients. When last I checked, I’m tracking over 170 vendors. Needless to say, some of these firms are much more adept at delivering effective transformation services than others. The simple truth is, almost every vendor […]

2020 is a year of change. Change affected all of us in similar ways, but our ability to adapt to change varied. Discover how to design process and principles for change and resilience.

Do you know whether or not your customers feel that it’s actually worth it to be your customer? In my latest report, “How To Measure Value For Customer,” I argue that most organizations cannot measure whether or not customers feel like they derive value from doing business with them. Customers derive value when they feel […]

The way people buy products and services has been evolving rapidly, and the fast and furious pace is only accelerating — sinking some companies while creating immense opportunity for others, new and old. Discover the four forces that will define the next era of consumer buying.

Your brand is on the hook to respond to a social justice movement sweeping the world. This is how you get started responding.

For over a decade, Forrester has conducted an annual review of banks’ mobile apps. My colleague Gina Bhawalkar and I recently published our most recent research, in which we evaluated and scored the mobile banking experiences on more than a dozen banking brands’ apps across the US and Canada. In the US, we looked at […]

The approach that Florida Blue is taking to CX is working - and other insurers can learn from it. Learn how Florida Blue achieved a 5.8-point improvement in this year's CX Index.

Anastasia Zdoroviak is senior manager of customer experience (CX) at food delivery technology company DoorDash. We spoke about how the CX team identifies and designs for different user types to orchestrate a seamless customer experience.

In my research, I found that customer obsession was the good idea that everyone agreed with, but no one knows how to do. Let's change that. Read our new, complimentary eBook to get an actionable framework for a customer obsession strategy.

Forrester's latest research finds future of banking will be invisible, connected, insights-driven, and purposeful. Analysts Jacob Morgan and Alyson Clarke break it all down.

A CX prioritization process ensures that resources are used with maximum efficiency and efficacy. Discover how to quickly set up a CX prioritization process.

Back when I was a customer experience (CX) practitioner, I regularly found myself reminding stakeholders up and down the organization that, just because they may have never experienced something, it did not mean that it wasn’t happening to our customers. It would be followed up with me encouraging them to adopt an outside-in perspective and […]

On Wednesday, July 15, we’re inviting executives from all companies — large and small, B2B, and B2C — to participate in our inaugural CX Reality Day and test out the real experiences that their brand delivers to customers.

This Wednesday, July 15th, we’re inviting executives from all companies — large and small, B2B, and B2C — to participate in our inaugural CX Reality Day.

Customer experience (CX) professionals must show their executives that good CX is critical to business success, especially in this down economy. Many metrics help CX pros track the quality of those experiences, including customer satisfaction, advocacy, and effort. But these metrics alone don’t tell business leaders whether investments in CX deliver improved business performance. After […]

Thirteen percent of UK adults have seen their income (hours and/or wages) reduced due to COVID-19. This is impacting their ability to spend and meet financial commitments: Around half have reduced spending to the minimum, and 10% have missed a bill or loan payment.