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Emotions Drive Spending, But Do You Know Which Ones Drive the Most?

Beyond Philosophy

These results were also published in my third book, The DNA of Customer Experience: How Emotions Drive Value (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). We discovered 20 emotions that drive and destroy value for an organization, broken down into four clusters. That said, the human emotion of feeling “cared for” is universal.

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5 Facts to End the ROI Debate on Customer Experience

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In the United Kingdom, the NCSI portfolio earned a return of 59 percent from April 2007 to June 2011, and the FTSE 100 had a negative return of 6 percent.” In addition, higher levels of customer satisfaction are tied to high levels of positive cash flows with low volatility, and positive earnings surprises.