For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

February 19, 2008

The State Of Experience-Based Differentiation

Self-Assessments Show US Firms Are At The Beginning Of The Journey

This is the second document in "The State Of Customer Experience In 2008" series.

by Bruce D. Temkin

with Olga Melnikova, Steven Geller


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester introduced Experience-Based Differentiation (EBD) as the model for customer experience excellence. To find out how far firms are along the path to EBD, we asked 287 customer experience decision-makers about their firms' capabilities in the three key areas of EBD: 1) Obsess about customer needs; 2) reinforce brands with every interaction; and 3) treat customer experience as a competence, not a function. It turned out that most firms, especially larger firms, received poor ratings in our EBD self-test. Companies should use the self-test to chart their path toward EBD.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemThe State Of Experience Based Differentiation In 2008

itemLarge Firms Fall Behind On The EBD Journey

recommendations

itemMake The Most Out Of The EBD Self-Test

What It Means

itemIt's Time To Chart Your Course To EBD

Forrester surveyed customer experience decision-makers at 287 US firms with annual revenues of at least $500 million.

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Analyst: Bruce D. Temkin
Technology: Customer Experience, Customer Experience Management
Geography: North America