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Guest Post: The Biggest Value Driver That is Not on Your Journey Map

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This week, we feature an article by Zhecho Dobrev, leading principal consultant at Beyond Philosophy and author of The Big Miss: How Organizations Overlook the Value of Emotions. He shares the value that customer emotions bring to a company. Where do customer relationships feature on those journey maps?

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Defining the Stages of the Customer Journey Map: Consideration

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The customer journey map is a wonderful tool that’s a critical component of operationalizing your Customer Success capabilities. In our series defining and investigating all the stages of the customer journey, we’re looking at the most common steps a customer will take as they move through the lifecycle.

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Defining the Stages of the Customer Journey Map: Service

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Now buckle up for the longest segment of your customers’ experience: Service. Continuing our series investigating all the stages of a customer journey map, I’m diving into everything that makes (or breaks) this chapter of the CX story. We’ve talked Awareness, Consideration, and Acquisition.

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Defining the Stages of the Customer Journey Map: Loyalty

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Every customer journey map is a little bit different (or a lot different) depending on many factors, but one thing they all have in common is the end of the contract term. the part where we continue to strengthen our bonds with our customers well into the future. Loyalty – The story continues…forever?

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Customer journey map: The key to understanding your customer

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Creating a customer journey map can help you and your company visualize how customers feel at all brand touchpoints so you can avoid potential issues ahead of time, increase customer retention, and discover key information to make the best decisions for your business. What is a customer journey map?

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Defining the Stages of the Customer Journey Map: Acquisition

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The moment a prospect becomes a customer, Customer Success steps into the spotlight. Not everyone does it exactly like this, but we’ve seen many a customer journey map in all our years helping businesses build them. I’m also sharing guidelines for journey map touchpoints along the way.

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Why You Need to Start Customer Journey Mapping

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This article is part one of a two-part series on customer journey mapping. This first article will highlight the necessity of the practice. Customer journey mapping is a tool to holistically improve your customer experience and your bottom line. What is customer journey mapping?