By Tobin Harris
Managing Director, Pocketworks
January 15, 2020
Updated March 28, 2021
By Tobin Harris
Managing Director, Pocketworks
January 15, 2020
Updated March 28, 2021
This morning I was musing about one of our most successful clients and trying to figure out the “one big thing” that led them to get the results they’re getting. This particular client grew it’s automation from 15% to over 60%, helping them grow profits by over 100%.
Although they did a lot of things right with their app, there was one thing that stood out. They knew their customer.
This is an easy thing to say, so let’s see what “knowing the customer” looked like:
In the world of app-makers and digital people, this deliberate act of knowing the customer is called “gaining customer empathy”. It’s a well-known design best practice.
What I’m describing above is a fairly rough n’ ready version of gaining empathy, but the results are the same. You end up with a product that helps customers get the job done, and which keeps them coming back.
I’d argue that knowing the customer, listening to them and involving them in the app design process was what made this app successful.
Hope this was helpful, feel free to reach out to me if you want to know more.
P.S – You can apply this to any product you’re making – apps, web sites, Alexa skills, documents, books, furniture, cars..! It’s a universal design skill. Use it.
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