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Benjamin Friedman

President at Build Scale Grow, Inc.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ The path to success can be challenging and rewarding, whether climbing a mountain peak or scaling your customer base. To grow your business, you want customers to remain long, embrace upsells, and refer new business. To profit, you want to avoid wasting time or money. Optimizing the customer experience increases your chances of success. This post covers potentially harmful issues and ways to improve. Let's grow! ...

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
 
The path to success can be challenging and rewarding, whether climbing a mountain peak or scaling your customer base.
 
To grow your business, you want customers to remain long, embrace upsells, and refer new business. To profit, you want to avoid wasting time or money.
 
Optimizing the customer experience increases your chances of success.
 
This post covers potentially harmful issues and ways to improve. Let's grow!
 
 
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€
 
The customer journey at a high level:

Branding โžก๏ธ Marketing โžก๏ธ Sales โžก๏ธ Onboarding โžก๏ธ Support โžก๏ธ Growth
 
At each stage, determine the best customer experience and transitions.
 
You may not think all these steps are necessary e.g. does a mobile app need onboarding? Well, if someone cannot use it immediately, they may leave.
 
Also, when customers face a discrepancy between their expectations and reality, it can cause problems even if the quality is good.
 
 
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€
 
๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด โ€“ Define success in simple, clear terms.
 
โ€œ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’˜ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’”, ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’”.โ€ โ€“ Steve Jobs
 
By concentrating on only highly impactful ideas, Apple customers expect high quality and innovation and willingly pay a premium for new products.
 
Level up: Announce success stories about customers, such as designing a new feature or delighting a customer. These stories inspire commitment.
 
 
๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด โ€“ Strategically determine the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) based on consumer or company demographics.
 
Level up: Focus marketing and sales on ICP targets. This approach optimizes your resources and ultimately benefits both you and your customers.
 
 
๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต โ€“ People learn differently, so offer videos, illustrations, and messaging to share the optimum experience.
 
Level up: Share case studies and promote other customers' successes to reinforce your value.
 
 
๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด โ€“ Startups often benefit from loosely defined roles. However, a lack of accountability at each step may result in a bad customer journey.
 
Level up: Assign ownership for each responsibility and establish best practices for transitions and overall success.
 
 
๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต โ€“ When someone becomes a customer, explain how to get support and offer suggestions since users often share valuable insights.
 
Level up: Fight fires AND fireproof. After you extinguish the flames, prompt ways to prevent future blazes, saving time and money in the long run.
 
 
๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด โ€“ Startups typically measure a range of financial indicators. However, customer success affects revenues and profitability.
 
Level up: Align customer success with team and individual performance by measuring churn and user engagement then collaborating on improvements.
 
 
Appreciate the impact of the customer journey on long-term success since revenues and scalability depend on efficiency and retention.

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