Economia das experiências - dois exemplos

Mais dois exemplos da economia das experiências.

Um primeiro exemplo aplicado ao mundo do futebol, "For a Price, a Chance to Go Beyond a Premier League Curtain":

"On Monday night, Manchester City unveiled its Tunnel Club, a first of its kind in European soccer. The clue is in the name: For prices starting at 299 pounds per game (about $385), and rising to £15,000 (about $19,240) per season for so-called premium access, fans can buy access to the area around the tunnel that leads from the Etihad Stadium’s dressing rooms to the pitch itself.
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For their money, they are rewarded with the chance to see the players from each team as they enter the stadium. They can watch them file from their changing rooms before the start of each half, and see them return at halftime and full time. They get to see Guardiola remonstrating with the match officials. They get a glimpse behind the curtain.
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“experiential purchases are more gratifying, on average, than material purchases.” Experiences, rather than things, “facilitate more social connections, are more tied to the self, and are experienced more on their own terms.” In other words, doing rather than buying things makes you happier.
The logic behind the Tunnel Club, what makes it valuable, is that it heightens the experience of going to see a soccer game. It is not simply “turning up to your seat 10 seconds before kickoff, and leaving just as quickly afterwards,” as Cook said. It is more than that.
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City did not just transplant the idea it found in Arlington, Tex., the home of the Cowboys, straight into England. Berrada and his team tried to tweak it, taking ideas from Formula One — where a V.I.P. tour of the paddock, as the drivers and cars are getting ready for the race, is a tradition — and from concerts, where backstage access is sold as an additional benefit.
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Those paying the premium fees for City’s Tunnel Club, then, are not only offered a tactical briefing before the game — delivered by two Manchester City analysts — but a question-and-answer session with Brian Kidd, one of Guardiola’s coaches. There is a private area, by the side of the field, from which they can watch the teams warm up. During those moments, they not only have the best view in the house, they can also place their feet on the same artificial turf that lines the side of the field. It is a sensory nod to the overall impression: You are part of the action, you see what the players see, you feel what the players feel.
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After the game, they can see Guardiola and his Everton counterpart, Ronald Koeman, give their postgame interviews to the news media. And after initial resistance from Guardiola, Tunnel Club members at future games will be able to watch an additional interview with a player before anyone else.
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City’s Tunnel Club, along with its forthcoming twin at Tottenham, is a natural extension of that trend. Fans do not want to sit and watch a game, they want to feel part of an event. They do not want to consume content, but to create it, too. They do not want just to be closer to the players but to be able to feel what it is like to be the players.
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The appeal of the Tunnel Club is not that it is an aquarium. It instead offers the chance to know how it is for the fish."

E um segundo aplicado às compras das empresas que trabalham o B2C, "The Experience Economy and Procurement":

"For many years, cost savings was considered to be the primary – and, in some cases, only – objective of the procurement function.
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Don’t get me wrong, cost savings still represents a relevant procurement contribution.  But it should not be considered the one trick of the procurement pony.
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A myopic, profession-wide focus on cost savings makes an incorrect assumption.  That assumption is that every organization competes on low cost to the consumer and that procurement cost savings enables profit improvement in a tight market.
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Markets and the businesses that comprise them are increasingly joining the “experience economy.”  The experience economy is one in which consumers value how a company, brand, product or service makes them feel as their customer.
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These experience-chasing consumers don’t make comparisons based on price alone.  They don’t select a supplier, service provider, store, or product because it is one penny cheaper than the competition.
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Instead, they value a unique feeling that they get.  They want an experience that they can rave about.  And social media’s ever-growing portion of what is considered “real life” only magnifies the desire for a rave-worthy experience.
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As such, the experience economy has been transforming procurement.  Procurement decisions and supplier selections now need to be made based on how positively a decision or selection affects the consumer.
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• If there’s competition, how does your organization compete?  On lowest price?  On who creates the more rave-worthy consumer experience?  Or something else?

• If competition is based on consumer experience, what is the target experience like for the consumer?  What contributes to that experience?  How can procurement decisions contribute positively to that experience?  And are any procurement decisions currently being made that are contrary to that experience?

• At what stage of the experience economy transformation is your organization in?  Are you moving towards making your organization, brand, product, or service more of an experience-oriented purchase for your consumers?  Are you standing still?  Or, worse, is your organization drifting more towards the airline mentality of “customer service” than towards being a leader in the experience economy?"

Economia das Experiências

Mais um exemplo da economia das experiências: "Caves Cálem investem três milhões em experiências sensoriais vínicas":

"Maite, que chegou de Espanha há poucos dias, aplaude a ideia de descobrir o mundo da vinicultura sozinha. “Despertou-me os sentidos e acho que não me escapou nada do museu, onde posso mexer, tocar e até cheirar caixas perfumadas de amora, framboesa ou baunilha, numa mesa para também adivinhar qual o aroma”, diz. Segue logo, sem demora, para a próxima descoberta: desde a vindima na adega, passando pela fermentação até ao envelhecimento e engarrafamento. Mais à frente, uma mostra do solo de xisto e argila do Douro chama-lhe a atenção que, de seguida, salta para as caixas de luz que exploram as tipologias de vinho do Porto — Branco, Ruby, Tawny e Rosé — com a respectiva evolução da tonalidade. E um questionário interactivo pergunta-lhe “Qual é o seu Porto?” para depois lhe enviar um rótulo personalizado com uma sugestão."

Uma outra economia

Ao ler "How Mountain Biking Is Saving Small-Town, USA", penso no sucesso do passadiço do Paiva e imagino o que seria o uso do troço da linha do Douro entre o Pocinho e Barca D'Alva para esta economia das experiências:

• Clima tropical (noites super quentes)
• Douro
• Vinhos e vinhedos
• Amêndoeiras
• Pesca
• Gastronomia
• Paisagens
• Turismo rural
• Ornitologia
• Flora
• Lontras

"The mountain bike trails have sparked a flurry of new development in downtown Crosby, including several new businesses that look straight out of uptown Minneapolis — a yoga studio, a farm to table restaurant, and a cafe/art gallery/bike shop opening this fall.
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"It's unbelievable, 18 months ago, probably 50 percent of the buildings in town were vacant," said realtor Joel Hartman. "But now, today, there are very few opportunities for investors to buy buildings because they have been purchased."
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One of those buildings will soon house the Cuyuna Brewing Company."

Trecho retirado "From mining to biking: How Minnesota's Cuyuna Range became an off-road cycling destination"

"a fuçar, a testar, a bater contra a parede, na busca de alternativas"

"But what Macy’s gained in scale, cost savings, and clout, it lost in agility and the ability to cater to local tastes. Indeed, something similar afflicted the whole industry after successive waves of mergers. Paco Underhill, founder and CEO of marketing consultancy Envirosell, says the chains’ expanding scale led to “management by spreadsheet,” as companies transferred power from the chief merchants who assembled distinctive product offerings to executives more mindful of hitting Wall Street estimates. “The centralized buying and disappearance of brands that have some local flavor to them has really caused them a lot of grief,” Underhill says.
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At the same time, the chains’ scale impedes their ability to adapt quickly. Macy’s “Backstage” outlet-store concept is a good example. The idea was floated to the Macy’s board in 2009. But it took six years for the retailer to launch the first stores, by which time T.J. Maxx had run away with the off-price market. Similarly, it took Kohl’s until 2014 to introduce beauty sections, even though beauty has been one of retail’s hottest areas for decades."

Trecho retirado de um artigo longo mas interessante, "Can America’s Department Stores Survive?". Cheio de exemplos de casos do que é que as Department Stores andam a fuçar, a testar, a bater contra a parede, na busca de alternativas de sobrevivência.

"If department stores are to get a second, or really a fifth, wind, they will need to embrace a future of fewer and smaller stores—stores that are more about experiences and discovery and less about buying the same Fruit of the Loom underwear you could find cheaper online."

A propósito ler também "Just do it: the experience economy and how we turned our backs on ‘stuff’"

Em terra de cegos quem tem um olho é rei!

Vale mesmo a pena ler na íntegra "Where is Retail Headed?". Tive de me conter para não copiar tudo para aqui:

"“Forbes” tells us that shopping malls are being killed by online shopping and Nordstrom’s CFO says it’s only going to get worse.
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Do we want to shop in the real world, or not?
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The answer can be found in an old-fashioned notion: community.
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to create places where we want to explore, hubs to which we want to belong. This goes beyond being hobbled by our location.
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No, these intrepid A, A+ and A++ venues are creating a “shopping destination,” one that is ripe with excellent restaurants, clean and exciting movie theatres and chock-a-block with confident retailers staffed with professionals who encourage my odyssey of discovery. I enter to embark on an enchanted experience that leaves me feeling informed, indeed educated, and joyously lucky to have found what I was looking for, even when I didn’t quite know what I was looking for. It isn’t easy to deliver this experience, but hey, there is serious money to be made. Why is that? Because the experience transcends price. We’re no longer in the world of commoditized branded retail with its scripted sales pitches, bored staff and cluttered floors.[Moi ici: É horrível entrar numa loja e a funcionária simpática vir ter connosco para nos anunciar que a loja está com uma promoção de 20% até 26 de Dezembro... só confiam no preço para nos seduzir e convencer a comprar]
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What we’re talking about is what we’ve probably experienced most often in a good wine shop, when the fellow behind the counter is actually obsessed by the varietals and producers. He’s the guy who cares about what you’re having for dinner and thinks there’s a beautiful marriage to be made. Remember that guy? He didn’t try to sell you an over-priced bottle, but rather gave you three choices at various price points with the knowledge that seemed informed by actual experience. He wanted you to have a great meal, a great experience. He wanted you to thrill your host, or celebrate your friend’s promotion. When was the last time you experienced that in any other setting? At a bike shop? At an art gallery? It happens in places where the people selling the goods love the goods."[Moi ici: Depois o autor lembra-nos que a maior parte dos vendedores é "just a warm body" sem paixão e sem formação sobre o que vendem e sobre como vendem]

Há anos que falo disto. O exemplo que dou não é de uma garrafeira nem de uma loja gourmet mas o de um funcionário da loja Valentim de Carvalho em Aveiro no Forum quando este abriu há mais de uma década e meia.

A experiência é a prenda

Na passada sexta-feira os meus amigos da Cascata de Números - Consultores convidaram-me para o jantar de Natal.

Pensei que se tratava de um jantar de Natal ...

Foi uma surpresa!!!

Foi uma experiência associada a um jantar de Natal.

Fomos recebidos num espaço interessante na margem do Douro em Gaia. Enquanto saboreávamos umas entrada e bebíamos um espumante de Alijó, o chefe surpreende-nos! Comunica-nos que teve um dia muito atarefado e que, por isso, não teve tempo de preparar o nosso jantar.

O que se segue saiu fora do guião dos jantares de Natal. O chefe dividiu-nos em equipas e qual programa Masterchef Australia, pôs cada equipa a preparar as entradas para o jantar e uma sopa de peixe. 4 equipas em 4 bancadas independentes, em saudável competição, concentradas em fazer bem, apreciar o momento e brincar com a situação e sempre com o espumante de Alijó por perto.

Quando chegámos à mesa estava criado o ambiente e o contexto para um jantar de Natal diferente e que nunca esquecerei.

Entretanto, ontem encontrei este texto "There's a science to gift giving -- experiences are better than material items":

"This holiday season consider giving an experience, new research shows it can foster stronger relationships than material items
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New research by Cindy Chan, an assistant professor in U of T Scarborough's Department of Management and the Rotman School of Management, finds experiential gifts are more effective than material gifts at improving relationships from the recipient's perspective.
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"The reason experiential gifts are more socially connecting is that they tend to be more emotionally evocative," says Chan, an expert on consumer relationships.
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"An experiential gift elicits a strong emotional response when a recipient consumes it--like the fear and awe of a safari adventure, the excitement of a rock concert or the calmness of a spa--and is more intensely emotional than a material possession."
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"People often struggle with the challenge of choosing what to give someone. If you want to give them something that will make them feel closer to you, give an experience.""

Escusado será dizer que os portobello com queijo de cabra gratinado e as vieiras cobertas com broa, alho e salsa feitos pelo meu grupo foram os vencedores da noite. (A toda a hora na cozinha imaginava que o Gordon Ramsey iria entrar e gritar, acerca das vieiras: "It's raw!!!")


Roubei esta foto do facebook de um dos amigos participantes:

Interessados na experiência podem procurar em www.dourum.pt recomendo vivamente.

Para reflexão

A propósito de "Howard Schultz Stepping Down as Starbucks CEO to Focus on Higher-End Shops".

Vários pontos a reter:

• subir na escala de valor;
• apostar nas experiências;
• focalização

A propósito de "Middle-Market Woes Inspire Starbucks’s Bet on Luxury Coffee":

"Starbucks plans to open 20 to 30 giant Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room outlets—where rare, exotic coffee grown in small batches will be roasted on site and prepared using a variety of brewing methods—as well as up to 1,000 smaller stores under the Starbucks Reserve brand.
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“We’ve seen so-called ‘indies’ selling cups of coffee for a lot more than we’re charging and creating an interesting buzz,” Mr. Schultz said last week in an interview.
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Some experts say the company’s plan to create a subbrand of luxury coffee shops aimed at the affluent is a good strategic move, given consumers’ growing interest in better-quality coffee.
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Erich Joachimsthaler, chief executive of brand-strategy consulting firm Vivaldi, likens what is happening in the coffee business to what has happened in the beer industry, which has been hurt by the rise of craft breweries. “They never protected themselves on the high end,” he said of beer companies. “I think Starbucks sees that the middle is slowing down.”
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It isn’t just wealthy consumers who might be willing to pay more for coffee marketed as a more gourmet product.
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Starbucks created the high-end coffee category but the landscape has changed drastically in recent years. Starbucks now finds itself in the middle of the market, with independent coffee shops and larger companies such as Blue Bottle Coffee Co. serving an ever more discerning customer while McDonald’s Corp., Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc.’s Dunkin' Donuts chain and convenience stores are offering coffee and espresso drinks on the cheap."

Como não recuar a 2006 e ao fenómeno da polarização do mercado. Como não recuar a 2010 e perceber a aterragem da Starbucks no ponto 4 quando estava entretida a subir para o ponto 3:

Acerca da economia das experiências

Este exemplo da economia das experiências "Design Your Own Pop-Up Hotel and Sleep Literally Anywhere in the World" faz-me recordar uma noite acampado à beira Douro no Vesúvio.

Talvez existam leis e regulamentos que impeçam uma versão tuga deste modelo de negócio mas locais não faltam: no Douro, no Gerês, em Montesinho, no Alto Sabor, no Águeda e podiam ser conjugados com este modelo de negócio.

Imaginem o que será dormir numa praia no trecho do Douro acima de Miranda do Douro? Já o fiz, à hora mágica do lusco fusco ouvir os mochos galegos, com sorte um bufo real, assistir ao voo pausado da cegonha preta, aos últimos protestos das gralhas de bico vermelho, ao voo do noitibó, ... depois o grupo coral dos "Ranidae".

Lembram-se do que Theodore Levitt  escreveu na HBR em 1960 sobre os gestores de caminhos de ferro? Pode ser dito o mesmo hoje sobre os da hotelaria.

"What is an Experience Strategy?"

"An experience strategy is that collection of activities that an organization chooses to undertake to deliver a series of (positive, exceptional) interactions which, when taken together, constitute an (product or service) offering that is superior in some meaningful, hard-to-replicate way; that is unique, distinct & distinguishable from that available from a competitor.
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Delivering on an experience requires the coordinated effort of many parts of an organization. Whilst the experience vision or theme provides the guiding light for those efforts, the experience strategy takes that vision and articulates the specific areas of focus around which the organization will strive to differentiate itself in the market by crafting that experience in a particular way."

Trechos retirados de "What is an Experience Strategy?"

"The value is in the experience"

"It is all about the customer experience these days. That is where the value lies for any businesses wanting to attract and to serve customers.
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“The value is in the experience: it won’t go down in price, and no one can steal it.” It is more than a wrapping; the customer experience is now very much a part of the product. The how has become part of the what."

Trechos retirados de "The end of the captive audience: why airports need to develop their value chain"

A economia das experiências e os condicionados

Mais um sintoma de algo na economia das experiências, "Hunt A Killer: Taking The Murder Mystery Party To The Next Level".

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Triste, tal como os novos já velhos do design, há gente tão condicionada pelo passado que nem percebe o mundo de oportunidades que está aí à porta, à espera de serem construídas. 

Apostar nas experiências

"The challenge we face today is that competing products and services can’t stand out from each other on features alone. ‘Quality’ is no longer even negotiable,[Moi ici: Lembrem-se disto quando alguém vier simplificar a realidade e dizer que os asiáticos não têm qualidade] everything can be replicated, and innovation happens quicker that adoption.
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the customer must value the experience of using a product or service
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"More than 3 in 4 millennials (78%) would choose to spend money on a desirable experience or event over buying something desirable" - Eventbrite
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"With millennials now accounting for over one fourth of the total U.S. population, their high focus on experiencing life supports the growth of an economy driven by the consumption of experiences."
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The fitness industry has evolved from machines to experiences. Interactive and sometimes now immersive virtual experiences. ‘Wellness’ product and service providers are quickly needing to evolve from services to experiences to appeal, and stand out in a growing market."

Mas atenção:

"With our events we always explore all elements of an experience"

Mais do que eventos, mais do que acontecimentos únicos, recomendo a aposta na experiência durante as rotinas do dia-a-dia.

Trechos retirados de "The evolution of cakes, and running"

Online conjugado com a economia das experiências (parte V)

Parte II, parte III e parte IV.

"una tienda de cosméticos online española, ha convertido sus paquetes en una expresión más de sus valores de marca. La tienda vende cosméticos muy especiales, únicos, y lo hace de forma cuidada. Sus paquetes también lo son y los cosméticos no llegan simplemente empaquetados en una caja de cartón, sino que lo hacen en algo que apetece abrir.
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Cuidar el modo en el que se envían los productos tiene un efecto directo sobre el consumidor. En primer lugar, está creando una experiencia, un elemento que es cada vez más importante en el mundo actual y que hace que las cosas funcionen mejor para las marcas. Los consumidores se han convertidos en unos obsesos de las experiencias y quieren que todo lo sea.
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En segundo lugar, con un packaging llamativo y con una presentación vistosa, las marcas logran impulsar otros elementos y otros comportamientos. Los consumidores tienden a hablar de las experiencias que han sido llamativas o sorprendentes y, de hecho, los estudios demuestran que es más probable que un consumidor comparta su compra en redes sociales cuando esta llega en un envoltorio llamativo.
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Según sus conclusiones, un 60% de los consumidores comparte en redes sociales la foto de lo comprado si su aspecto es bonito, lo que acaba teniendo un efecto llamada sobre los demás consumidores y hace que el packaging se convierta en un altavoz de la marca. Esos datos se cruzan con otros estudios que señalan que un tercio de los consumidores han descubierto marcas y productos por el empaquetado cool en el que eran servidos, lo que hace que el cómo se presenta sea más crucial que nunca."

Trechos retirados de Por qué el packaging es decisivo a la hora de triunfar en ecommerce

Experience economy em todo o lado

"en un futuro inmediato, los nuevos consumidores estarán más interesados en vivir experiencias para radiar en directo que en comprar cosas.
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las redes sociales acaban ejerciendo una fuerte presión, incitando a tener vidas interesantes que contar y motivando a elevar el gasto en vivencias, tales como salir, viajar o comer fuera. En este sentido, los expertos auguran una nueva manera de consumir moda y alertan en primer lugar a las marcas que se dirigen a los consumidores más jóvenes."

Trechos retirados de "De ‘comprar cosas’ a ‘vivir experiencias’: el reto de la moda ante la generación Z"

"not everybody needs to shift to the experience economy, but I don’t know anyone who couldn’t benefit from it. I think that’s true with B2B as well, and I increasingly see companies that are creating great experiences for their business customers.
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For example, Whirlpool — although of course they sell appliances to consumers — they’ve got their retail partners that they sell through. They wanted to create an experience for them.
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What they did is, they gutted their trade show budget, and instead put their money into creating the World of Whirlpool in Chicago, where now instead of getting 10 or 15 minutes of a retail partner’s time at a trade show, now they can get them for hours or even a couple of days to expose them to the product, and get them to experience them directly with cooking demonstrations. You can actually bring a load of dirty laundry into it, and so forth. There’s many B2B companies that are doing such marketing experiences."

Trecho retirado de "Excerpt: Should business-to-business companies try to deliver experiences?"

Mongo, experiências, emoções, significados e tribos

Há dias referi em "Há 46 anos... que capacidade de previsão" a previsão feita por Alvin Toffler acerca do advento da economia das experiências.
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Em "Online conjugado com a economia das experiências" referi a evolução das caixas de um produto com um perfil perfeitamente funcional para um outro cada vez mais emocional.
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Entretanto, li Ulwick em "“Emotional vs Functional Jobs: The Basics of Messaging”"

Agora, em "What You Buy Is Who You Are" leio:

"The industry’s pioneers were outdoor enthusiasts like Barker. They developed the specialized products they wanted to use themselves, including gear suited for the American West rather than European terrain. They taught customers how to rock climb and cross-country ski and even how to get passports for “adventure travel.”
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Navigating the Outdoor Retailer show’s maze of display booths, you get the idea that the industry is selling stuff, and lots of it. But when the industry association boasts that U.S. consumers spend $646 billion a year on outdoor recreation, that figure includes four times as much money for travel and related expenses as for products. The gear is there to enable the experiences -- and, at least as important, to make customers feel like the people they want to be.
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The industry is just one example of the shift from function to meaning as a source of economic value. It’s a change with enormous cultural ramifications for how we think about consumption and employment. It transforms what once was, or at least appeared to be, the value-neutral marketplace into a competition among ideas. Instead of at most signaling wealth (“conspicuous consumption,” “keeping up with the Joneses”), what we buy now carries value-laden significance.
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When outdoor enthusiasts shell out for the latest odor-killing socks or that solar-powered phone charger, they aren’t just buying functional products. They’re buying meaning: the “freedom to pursue the adventure of life,” the “right to roam,” the “freedom to travel” and “discover your world,” among just a few of the inspirational slogans bedecking booths. Yes, the goods solve technical problems, but they also express aspirations and identity.
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The meaning economy poses an unavoidable dilemma. [Moi ici: Atenção ao que se segue. É algo que nunca vi escrito desta forma tão transparente a não ser aqui no blogue. É por causa do que se segue que defendo há muito tempo que o futuro não é dos Golias. Os Golias procuram o que é comum, procuram uniformidade, procuram eficiência] Consumers hold diverse views and attitudes, and they derive real value from expressive consumption. But abandoning lowest-common-denominator branding feeds tribalism and cultural conflict. A diversity of workplaces lets workers find more interesting, congenial employment. Yet that diversity requires more homogeneity within a given organization or even a whole industry -- this one is “family friendly,” that one “macho,” this one embodies “Christian values,” that one expects employees to be “fun and quirky.”"

Voltando ao tema da transição do funcional para o emocional como não recordar esta experiência pessoal relatada em "Um sonho" e este trecho:

"Não podemos continuar a vender produtos, temos de trabalhar para os clientes-alvo que valorizam as experiências que podemos dar com vantagem competitiva diferenciadora."

Retirado de "Alargar os horizontes" que relata a situação que gerou o "Um sonho".

Tive pena do caso MonteCampo. Ainda tentei desafiar a empresa a fugir do século XX mas não tive engenho comunicativo para o conseguir.

A experiência é o produto

Recordar "Acerca da estratégia da Fiat" e a pergunta "E a aposta na customização?" ao ler "The future of auto retailing":

"The retail landscape across industries is in flux, driven in large part by the change from product-focused to customer-centric value models. Empowered by technological advancements and public policy liberalization, consumers enjoy lower switching costs, greater access than ever to information, and higher standards, all posing challenges for companies operating with scale-based, efficiency-driven, product-centric models. Retailers are now seeing customers compare their buying experiences across industries, and the old adage “That’s how it’s always been done” is increasingly inadequate. And demographic trends will only exacerbate these developments: When it comes to making car purchase decisions, Generation Y drivers value customer experience three times as much as vehicle design. Retailers need to redouble their efforts to create memorable and painless customer experiences in order to retain today’s customers and appeal to new ones."

Online conjugado com a economia das experiências (parte IV)

Parte I e parte II e parte III.
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Outro estudo a chamar a atenção para o impacte do online nas embalagens por causa das experiências. "Unwrapping the customer experience"

Comunicar benefícios em vez de atributos

"You've designed a great product. It answers a market need. You did extensive work to determine the right monetization model, and you developed a winning pricing strategy. Now it's time to let your customers know about your product. For a successful launch, your marketing and sales teams must be strong in communicating and selling the value of your product to customers. As management guru Peter Drucker once said: "Customers don't buy products. They buy the benefits that these products and their suppliers offer to them."
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It sounds easy, but consider this: You have thought about your innovation for months or even years. You know the product inside and out. However, a salesperson may only have 10 minutes with the customer. Your customer might stay on your website only for five minutes. An advertisement may only run for 15 seconds. That marketing message. that sales pitch, and that ad must clearly articulate the value to customers in a very short period of time. If they don't, the would-be customer runes out. How can you maximize your acquisition success? You need to start by articulating benefits—not features—and focus on the most important ones. You need to speak the customer's language, not your language. Finally, you need to get your marketing and sales teams involved early in the product development process. 

Comunicar benefícios em vez de atributos não é fácil. Recordar:

• Old Miths Die Hard... (Outubro de 2010)
• É a experiência de uso na vida dos clientes, não as especificações (Novembro de 2011)
• Muito cuidado com a escolha dos clientes-alvo (Agosto de 2012)

Trecho retirado de "Monetizing Innovation"

Online conjugado com a economia das experiências (parte III)

Parte I e parte II.

"Millennials prefer to spend their money on experiences, not the apparel that is Macy's bread and butter.
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The younger generation does buy clothes, but when they do, it's often in the form of something quick, cheap, and fast.
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And as Jason Dorsey, cofounder and millennials expert at The Center for Generational Kinetics, told Business Insider, they're so prone to spending money on experiences that they often rent clothes and jewelry, which is a death knell to apparel retailers.
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Since experiences take a great share of young people's finite wallets, someone has to lose out.
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" From a retailer perspective, the entire shopping experience literally needs to be an experience, not a commodity," Dorsey said. "This may seem obvious, but in practice it’s much harder to do, especially for department stores. For retailers integrating things like live music, exclusive events, digital gaming, and the unexpected — such as an impromptu fashion show — is what transforms retail shopping into an experience."
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These experiences could be gourmet-food tastings on Saturday, film a YouTube TV show on-site and invite shoppers to participate, and even bring samples of brands or designs that they’re considering bringing in and let customers vote," Dorsey said.
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"The key is to be unexpected and involve millennial shoppers — and the best part is it doesn’t even have to do with clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, housewares, or perfume. You could literally have a day where you’re showcasing local artisans in a common area and asking them to invite all their friends and vote for the winner. Getting department stores integrated into the community is what makes experiences take root and become something people look forward to and want to visit."
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In February, retail expert Warren Shoulberg posited that putting restaurants in stores — a strategy that's older than 100 years — could potentially save the ailing American retail industry.
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"Those first merchants of retailing knew what today’s generation is having to relearn: that retail stores are more than a place to buy stuff,"[Moi ici: Recordar "O poder do contexto" aqui é pôr a loja no contexto da sua utilização]
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"There is no reason, however, they could not integrate more experience like beauty services, dining, fashion shows, etc. John Lewis department stores in the UK are model for this: they’ve teamed up with third party dining brands, invested in new in-store services and experiences and have thrived as a result," Saunders wrote. "What’s lacking from mainstream US department stores is any sense of imagination – and it shows on the shop floor!""

Trechos retirados de "Millennials only want to spend money on one thing — and it's killing Macy's"

Online conjugado com a economia das experiências (parte II)

Há dias escrevi aqui no blogue este postal, "Online conjugado com a economia das experiências", acerca do efeito conjunto da evolução das vendas online e da procura de experiências na população de lojas dos centros comerciais.
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Entretanto, um outro artigo desperta-me para uma outra evolução em curso, "When Did Shipping Boxes Get Pretty?". A embalagem que envolve a oferta torna-se mais do que um item com uma finalidade tangível e racional e converte-se num componente da experiência:

"Stylized shipping boxes are designed to stand out, while ironically becoming the new norm. Aritzia, Birchbox, Matchesfashion, Urban Outfitters, and countless more have equally trumpeting e-comm deliveries, with custom colored boxes, oversized brand logos, and interior surprises (if you look closely, there is a tiny swimmer at the bottom of Warby Parker's pool-inspired Home Try-On box). Net-a-Porter's black box, tied with a grosgrain ribbon, is so indicative of the luxe goods inside that it offers a downgraded option at checkout, a discreet brown box that doesn't exclaim "Miu Miu platforms enclosed!" Even Amazon has a signature black tape distinguishing its shipments.
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Voicey cardboard boxes, custom-color bubble wrap, and printed packing tape are the online answer to the status-symbol shopping bag, elevated in-store gift wrapping, and iconic product boxes à la Hermès (dating back to the 1950s) and Tiffany & Co. (1837). As much as ever before, customers feel good, affirmed, and proud of a purchase that comes in a vessel that feels special.
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The stakes are even higher, and the reward even greater, for an online-only company like Glossier, where the shipping box is a customer's first physical contact with the brand. Before a shopper can get to the actual thing they paid for — and likely have never seen in the flesh — they'll work through tape, tissue, bubble wrap, an itemized receipt, and protective sleeves. These prosaic necessities ensure the purchase arrives in fine condition, but they can also be a vehicle for the brand to express its identity."

 Este ano tive oportunidade de trabalhar com a empresa de caixas relatada no final de "Acerca da subida na escala de valor em negócios B2B". Pode ser uma oportunidade interessante, para subir na escala de valor