Conversations with Masters: How to Better Understand Your Customers

Hear Monica Aguilo, Senior Director, Consumer Insights, Strategy, & Social Impact, MANSCAPED

Hear why empathy is crucial in customer journey research. Listen how expanding data – qualitative and quantitative – helps avoid segment bias and gain a comprehensive customer journey view. Listen why aligning customer journey insights with business impact objectives is the perfect recipe for baking the “gift-that-keeps-on-giving”.

Hear Manisha Sharma, Consumer Insights Lead

Hear why exploring the triad of impacts – business, financial, and personal, is imperative to discern the personal ramifications for stakeholders when business and financial objectives align. Listen how acknowledging personal impact in customer journey mapping and research can transform business influencers into proactive champions, driving investment in research and actionable results. Learn how new companies can pinpoint and leverage customer experience gaps to sway consumers towards their products and services.

Hear Reva Sheehan, Sr. Director, Customer Insights, mPulse Mobile

Hear what sets customers apart on their buying journeys. Listen how you can better understand your more “silent” customers. Learn where tailored communication can stand out in crafting customer experiences for distinct audiences, sending relevant messages, and adapting to diverse content consumption preferences.

Hear Chris Ogilvie, Head of Research and Insights, Netspend

Hear why benchmarking is indispensable in understanding your customer’s journey in relation to competitors, and discerning the experiences that influence their preferences for one company over another. Listen how decision-makers’ preferences for qualitative or quantitative data can be harmonized: recognizing the strengths of both and leveraging a hybrid approach for optimal insights. Learn why it is vital to transform a customer pain point into a tangible financial metric, be it cost leakage or lost revenue, to drive organizational change and action.

Hear Tisha Cole, Director, Customer Insights, Kenvue

Hear what it means to ground the customer experience: a unified framework that fosters the right mechanisms for an effective customer journey. Listen to why it’s important for internal stakeholders to grasp the nuances of “customer experience” and its varied interpretations across different business sectors. Understand when to utilize a “hypothesis setting workshop” as a collaborative approach to identify gaps in customer understanding, successes, and the extent of shared insights across business areas. Learn why research outcomes become more impactful through the lens of customer personas in both B2B and B2C customer journeys, ensuring a cyclical approach.