The vast majority of managers surveyed consider customer experience as the most important battleground for competitive advantage. The process of designing services is very specific to each individual business. However, discovering what people actually want and value is a universal process. This process of discovery is the subject of this book.
What used to be your competitive advantage is now a market standard, a 'hygiene factor'. All cars work, all airlines get you there, all computers compute. The difference now is not in what you do, but how you do it. And importantly, how pleasant, easy and fun the experience is for your customers.
The customer experience.
It’s the difference between them returning or avoiding you like the plague. You can design their experience to be positive and save half of your marketing budget in the process. Or, in other words, let you have your cake and eat it too.