When trying to improve a customer experience, most people automatically look at the conscious, rational side of things. Do customers have to wait too long in line? Is the price too high? The selection too small? Are problems and complaints being addressed in a reasonable amount of time?
These things are important, but they’re just one piece of the customer experience puzzle. All customer experiences also have a subconscious aspect that dramatically affects the way a customer feels about a company.
The Hidden Customer Experience
In more than 20 years in the customer experience field, I have learned that customer experience is based far more on emotions than on rational thought. Negative emotions like frustration and anger can destroy a customer experience, whereas positive emotions like gratitude can improve it. And while these emotions can be driven by conscious, rational factors, they are more often a result of subconscious influences.
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