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Mapping the Customer Journey
Brian SchmidtDirector, CRM & Retention
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90%Of first time guitar players will quit
within 6 months
• Extensive consumer research discovered a problem impacting an industry
• Fender’s Solution: Fender Play
Guitar’s Retention Problem
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1. Mapping Your Industry’s Journey
2. Mapping Your Journey
3. SWOT Analysis
Our Agenda
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• What is the customer journey for your product in the broader industry?• Are you one product of many serving the same function?• Are you a service that facilitates a broader journey?• Is your product a high frequency purchase? Low frequency, high use?
Mapping Your Industry’s Customer Journey
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• For Fender:• How/why do people learn to play guitar?• What are the learning milestones?• Where do they go from there?
Mapping Guitar’s Customer Journey
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The Learning Path
Learning Method Path (How to Learn to Skillz)
Creating Path (Writing or Improvising)
Performance Path (Taking it Public)
Gear Path (The Facilitator)
Skillz Path (How to Play)
Decide to Learn to Play
Obtain a Guitar
Pick an Initial
Learning Path
Initial Decision & Prep Learning to PlayLifetime Player
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• Why learn?• Inspired by an Artist• TV/Movie/Pop Culture• Friend or Family• Specific Event• Worship• New Skill / Be More Creative
Initial Decision & Prep
• Pick a learning method.• Friend or Family Member• Private or Group Lessons• Online Lessons• Youtube / Web Search• Guitar Books
• Get a guitar.• Borrowed from a Friend or
Family Member• Purchased• Gifted / Inherited• Rented
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Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
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Mapping Your Journey
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• This will probably take several people and multiple days
• Don’t be afraid to skip a section and circle back
• Don’t forget to circle back
Identifying Everything
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• Awareness• Consideration• Decision / Conversion• Retention• Winback
Section Your Funnel
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• Paid• Controlled: Paid Media• Less Controlled: Affiliates
• Organic• Owned & Operated• 3rd Party Content• Offline
Awareness
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Consideration
Medium TrafficMedium Conversion
High TrafficLow Conversion
Low TrafficHigh Conversion
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13 tapsOn iOS to Start a Free Trial from a click on an
ad.*Not counting entering your information
• Are you getting in the way of a conversion?
• Does a visitor have all the info the need to convert when they get to the final step?
Decision
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Decision
No outside the paywall content
First time price is shown to visitor
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89%Of user watched a video on their first day.
• What’s your post purchase strategy?
• How do you onboard new email subscribers? New customers?
• Do you know when/how often people use your product?
Retention
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• Driving offline behaviour with online engagement
• Determining when a user is engaging with other pieces of your ecosystem
Cross Platform
Fender Tune Fender Play
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• Loyalty is fleeting #millenials
• What is your re-engagement strategy? How do you know you need to re-engage?
Win-back
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SWOT ANALYSIS(aka Finding the Gaps)
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• Strengths• Lean in or double down on
what you do well• Weaknesses
• Shore up areas where your competitors win
• Opportunities• Look for underserved journey
moments• Threats
• Keep an eye on risks
Business School Refresher
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● Put it on a wall● Use sticky notes● Color code● Walk teams that touch the
journey through the wall● Get feedback● Make adjustments
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Q&A
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