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By Bob Thompson CEO, CustomerThink Corporation Founder, CRMGuru.com
May 2006
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Customer Experience Management: The Value of “Moments of Truth”
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ..................................................... 1 What Is Customer Experience Management? ............. 2 How Important Are Experiences to Your Customer? ... 6 Emotions Make Experiences Memorable .................. 10 Getting It Right at “Moments of Truth” ....................... 13 Living Your Brand ...................................................... 15 About the Research and Author................................. 16
About the Sponsor
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Customer Experience Management: The Value of “Moments of Truth”
Executive Summary
Nearly 25 years ago, Jan Carlzon engineered a turnaround at Scandinavian Airlines by improving “moments of truth” in passenger interactions with the airline. Since then, relationship marketing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) have been mostly concerned with how to market to customers and get value from them, often with IT-based strategies. But largely forgotten was the insight