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Customer
Experience Strategy
How to compete against all
these startups?
Eero Martela @eeromartela
30.11.2016
columbiaroad.com / @columbiaroadcom
ColumbiaRoad
Digital Commerce Consulting
Customer focus
• CX Strategy and transformation
• CX Vision and planning
• Customer Journey Optimization
• Customer insight
Digital Sales
• eCommerce strategy and design
• Omni-channel strategy and design
• Inbound
• eCommerce data analytics
Implementation with lean service creation
• B2B Sales Channels
• Continuous design & development
• Enabling agile
• Concept and UX design
• Prototyping
• eCommerce Shops
Customer
Experience
Managing
Customer
Experience
MEASUREMENT
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP
SHARED UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SILOS
EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND EMPOWERMENT
CUSTOMER
UNDERSTANDING
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89% of companies
compete mostly on
customer experience
50% of consumer product
investments will be on
customer experience
B2B buyers demand
B2C type of
customer experiences
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Good CX provides
35% higher returns.
Customers with best
past experiences
spend 140% more.
ColumbiaRoad
75% of respondents find
service to be critical…
...still, satisfaction levels
are constantly decreasing.
An app is not enough!
Marketing is not enough!
A smile in customer service is not enough!
CX IS HARD!
It is about…
...operations and processes
...numbers and culture
...passion and leadership
CX IS HARD!
ColumbiaRoad
Strategy is the number 1
key building block of
brilliant customer experience
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ColumbiaRoad
CUSTOMER
CX Strategy is not about having
the word ‘customer’ in each of
your charts and diagrams
ColumbiaRoad
MEASUREMENT
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP
SHARED UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SILOS
EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND EMPOWERMENT
CUSTOMER
UNDERSTANDING
5 Elements of
CX Strategy
Critical success factors in
veterinarian business?
How do you solve customers’ aspirations and meet
their expectations at every single touchpoint?
CUSTOMER JOURNEY
VALUE
PROPOSITION
CUSTOMER
JOB TO BE DONE
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Job to be done?
ColumbiaRoad
CUSTOMER
JOB TO BE DONE
What customer
actually needs
What
customer
wants
What customer
expects
What
customer
feels
It’s not about function,
it’s about experiences
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Healthy food to your
home/office door in
26 minutes.
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LEVELS OF VALUE
Functional
Emotional
Core life
values
Value proposition = Your particular way of helping
customer reach their aspirations with your assets
CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE
VISION
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Workplace lifecycle
services - not just
furniture
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Customer’s aspirations have to be fulfilled throughout the
whole journey from awareness through buying to termination
CUSTOMER JOURNEY
AW
ARENESS
GETTING
FAM
ILIAR
CONSIDER
PURCHASE
USE
SERVICE
/
PRODUCT
ADVOCACY
RETIRE
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Our principal task is
to ensure a smooth
commerce and
every-day life.
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CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESS
VALUE
PROPOSITION
CUSTOMER
JOB TO BE
DONE
How can you help customers to reach their
aspirations with the assets you have?
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Now, who are you again
competing against?
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CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESSVALUE
PROPOSITION
CUSTOMER
JOB TO BE
DONE
COMPETITORS
Finally, which competitors are trying to solve the
same job to be done as you - now and in future?
5 Aspects for
Applying CX
Strategy
ColumbiaRoad
Define where to focus your efforts - customer
intimacy is not everyone’s game
29
VALUE
PROPOSITION
CUSTOMER
JOURNEY
PROCESS
Operativeefficiency=price
Productleadership
Customer intimacy
ColumbiaRoad
Key questions in defining your CX strategy
30
CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESSVALUE
PROPOSITION
CUSTOMER
JOB TO BE
DONE
COMPETITORS
How do new technologies and consumer habits affect the pattern?
What is the business case?
How to do money?
Who is the
customer?
Is this in sync with
job to be done?
What are the
critical points?
Are the assets able to
fulfill the expectations?
Who are
competing for
the same job to
be done?
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How does a change in one affect the whole?
31
CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESS
CUSTOMER
JOB TO BE
DONE
COMPETITORS
VALUE
PROPOSITION
E.g. changing
competition
E.g. change in
value prop.
ColumbiaRoad
How to ensure you are focusing on both short-term
and long-term efficiently with minimal risk?
32
Time
Value
2 months - 1 year 1 year - 3 years 3 year - 6 years
Incremental
New
Disruptive
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How to measure customer experiences?
33
CUSTOMER JOURNEY
VALUE
PROPOSITION
CUSTOMER
JOB TO BE DONE
Does your customer
perceive your value
proposition as planned?
What are the key points and bottlenecks
in overall journey?
How are customers moving between phases?
How is each touchpoint performing?
Is customer getting
their job done?
SLUSH 2016 - Customer Experience Strategy keynote
ColumbiaRoad
Why Columbia Road?
FOCUS: our focus is purely on creating & growing businesses with
digital. Our mission is to challenge current Finnish digital channel
approach which is either IT or marketing driven, not holistic.
OUR TEAM: Includes strong B2C & B2B digital sales channel
expertise. Strong experience from every aspect in relation to
customer experience and digital sales.
OUR SKILLS: End-to-end delivery capability from strategy to
implementation. Sales strategy, customer journey mapping,
concept design, agile development, data analysis & growth
consulting.
MOTIVATION: We are a young & dynamic growth company with
hunger to make this a success story.
RISKS MINIMIZED: We are backed up by Futurice’s 300+ digital
experts.
columbiaroad.com
ColumbiaRoad
Digital Commerce Consulting
Customer focus
• CX Strategy and transformation
• CX Vision and planning
• Customer Journey Optimization
• Customer insight
Digital Sales
• eCommerce strategy and design
• Omni-channel strategy and design
• Inbound
• eCommerce data analytics
Implementation with lean service creation
• B2B Sales Channels
• Continuous design & development
• Enabling agile
• Concept and UX design
• Prototyping
• eCommerce Shops
Sources
38
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Of global digital companies 28% strongly agree and 50% companies agree
that they try to differentiate through customer experience
Source: eConsultancy
89% of companies expect to compete mostly on the
basis of customer experience by 2016
50% of consumer product investments will be, by 2017,
redirected to customer experience innovations
Source: Gartner for Marketing Leaders
Source: Gartner for Marketing Leaders
Your competitors will try to win you
through superior customer experience
ColumbiaRoad
40
Leaders in customer experience generated 35% higher
returns than market average.
Laggards posted 45% lower returns than market average.
Source: Watermark Consult
Customers who had the best past experiences spend 140% more compared to
those who had the poorest past experience.
Source: Harvard Business Review
Customer experience has a critical
impact on company profitability
ColumbiaRoad
41
75% of companies recognise service as competitive differentiator…
..still, customer satisfaction levels have decreased for 4th year in
succession.
Still, companies are failing to meet
customer expectations
Source: Dimension Data
ColumbiaRoad
42
Strategy is perceived to be the nr. 1 key
building block of brilliant customer
experience, according to respondents.
Source: eConsultancy
CX should be the heart of your strategy

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  • 1. Customer Experience Strategy How to compete against all these startups? Eero Martela @eeromartela 30.11.2016 columbiaroad.com / @columbiaroadcom
  • 2. ColumbiaRoad Digital Commerce Consulting Customer focus • CX Strategy and transformation • CX Vision and planning • Customer Journey Optimization • Customer insight Digital Sales • eCommerce strategy and design • Omni-channel strategy and design • Inbound • eCommerce data analytics Implementation with lean service creation • B2B Sales Channels • Continuous design & development • Enabling agile • Concept and UX design • Prototyping • eCommerce Shops
  • 4. Managing Customer Experience MEASUREMENT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP SHARED UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SILOS EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND EMPOWERMENT CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDING
  • 5. ColumbiaRoad 6 89% of companies compete mostly on customer experience 50% of consumer product investments will be on customer experience B2B buyers demand B2C type of customer experiences
  • 6. ColumbiaRoad Good CX provides 35% higher returns. Customers with best past experiences spend 140% more.
  • 7. ColumbiaRoad 75% of respondents find service to be critical… ...still, satisfaction levels are constantly decreasing.
  • 8. An app is not enough! Marketing is not enough! A smile in customer service is not enough! CX IS HARD!
  • 9. It is about… ...operations and processes ...numbers and culture ...passion and leadership CX IS HARD!
  • 10. ColumbiaRoad Strategy is the number 1 key building block of brilliant customer experience
  • 12. ColumbiaRoad CUSTOMER CX Strategy is not about having the word ‘customer’ in each of your charts and diagrams
  • 13. ColumbiaRoad MEASUREMENT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP SHARED UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SILOS EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND EMPOWERMENT CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDING
  • 14. 5 Elements of CX Strategy
  • 15. Critical success factors in veterinarian business?
  • 16. How do you solve customers’ aspirations and meet their expectations at every single touchpoint? CUSTOMER JOURNEY VALUE PROPOSITION CUSTOMER JOB TO BE DONE
  • 18. ColumbiaRoad CUSTOMER JOB TO BE DONE What customer actually needs What customer wants What customer expects What customer feels It’s not about function, it’s about experiences
  • 19. ColumbiaRoad 20 Healthy food to your home/office door in 26 minutes.
  • 20. ColumbiaRoad 21 LEVELS OF VALUE Functional Emotional Core life values Value proposition = Your particular way of helping customer reach their aspirations with your assets CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE VISION
  • 22. ColumbiaRoad 23 Customer’s aspirations have to be fulfilled throughout the whole journey from awareness through buying to termination CUSTOMER JOURNEY AW ARENESS GETTING FAM ILIAR CONSIDER PURCHASE USE SERVICE / PRODUCT ADVOCACY RETIRE
  • 23. ColumbiaRoad 24 Our principal task is to ensure a smooth commerce and every-day life.
  • 24. ColumbiaRoad 25 CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESS VALUE PROPOSITION CUSTOMER JOB TO BE DONE How can you help customers to reach their aspirations with the assets you have?
  • 25. ColumbiaRoad 26 Now, who are you again competing against?
  • 26. ColumbiaRoad 27 CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESSVALUE PROPOSITION CUSTOMER JOB TO BE DONE COMPETITORS Finally, which competitors are trying to solve the same job to be done as you - now and in future?
  • 27. 5 Aspects for Applying CX Strategy
  • 28. ColumbiaRoad Define where to focus your efforts - customer intimacy is not everyone’s game 29 VALUE PROPOSITION CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESS Operativeefficiency=price Productleadership Customer intimacy
  • 29. ColumbiaRoad Key questions in defining your CX strategy 30 CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESSVALUE PROPOSITION CUSTOMER JOB TO BE DONE COMPETITORS How do new technologies and consumer habits affect the pattern? What is the business case? How to do money? Who is the customer? Is this in sync with job to be done? What are the critical points? Are the assets able to fulfill the expectations? Who are competing for the same job to be done?
  • 30. ColumbiaRoad How does a change in one affect the whole? 31 CUSTOMER JOURNEY PROCESS CUSTOMER JOB TO BE DONE COMPETITORS VALUE PROPOSITION E.g. changing competition E.g. change in value prop.
  • 31. ColumbiaRoad How to ensure you are focusing on both short-term and long-term efficiently with minimal risk? 32 Time Value 2 months - 1 year 1 year - 3 years 3 year - 6 years Incremental New Disruptive
  • 32. ColumbiaRoad How to measure customer experiences? 33 CUSTOMER JOURNEY VALUE PROPOSITION CUSTOMER JOB TO BE DONE Does your customer perceive your value proposition as planned? What are the key points and bottlenecks in overall journey? How are customers moving between phases? How is each touchpoint performing? Is customer getting their job done?
  • 35. Why Columbia Road? FOCUS: our focus is purely on creating & growing businesses with digital. Our mission is to challenge current Finnish digital channel approach which is either IT or marketing driven, not holistic. OUR TEAM: Includes strong B2C & B2B digital sales channel expertise. Strong experience from every aspect in relation to customer experience and digital sales. OUR SKILLS: End-to-end delivery capability from strategy to implementation. Sales strategy, customer journey mapping, concept design, agile development, data analysis & growth consulting. MOTIVATION: We are a young & dynamic growth company with hunger to make this a success story. RISKS MINIMIZED: We are backed up by Futurice’s 300+ digital experts. columbiaroad.com
  • 36. ColumbiaRoad Digital Commerce Consulting Customer focus • CX Strategy and transformation • CX Vision and planning • Customer Journey Optimization • Customer insight Digital Sales • eCommerce strategy and design • Omni-channel strategy and design • Inbound • eCommerce data analytics Implementation with lean service creation • B2B Sales Channels • Continuous design & development • Enabling agile • Concept and UX design • Prototyping • eCommerce Shops
  • 38. ColumbiaRoad 39 Of global digital companies 28% strongly agree and 50% companies agree that they try to differentiate through customer experience Source: eConsultancy 89% of companies expect to compete mostly on the basis of customer experience by 2016 50% of consumer product investments will be, by 2017, redirected to customer experience innovations Source: Gartner for Marketing Leaders Source: Gartner for Marketing Leaders Your competitors will try to win you through superior customer experience
  • 39. ColumbiaRoad 40 Leaders in customer experience generated 35% higher returns than market average. Laggards posted 45% lower returns than market average. Source: Watermark Consult Customers who had the best past experiences spend 140% more compared to those who had the poorest past experience. Source: Harvard Business Review Customer experience has a critical impact on company profitability
  • 40. ColumbiaRoad 41 75% of companies recognise service as competitive differentiator… ..still, customer satisfaction levels have decreased for 4th year in succession. Still, companies are failing to meet customer expectations Source: Dimension Data
  • 41. ColumbiaRoad 42 Strategy is perceived to be the nr. 1 key building block of brilliant customer experience, according to respondents. Source: eConsultancy CX should be the heart of your strategy