How can you understand your customers, if you never talk to them? You don't.
At Soda studio we believe gathering customer insights needs to be an integrated process in your daily business to really understand your customers.
We shared our insights at the ProductTank meetup on how you can do this with minimal effort.
8. Customer
ˈkʌstəmə/
A person who buys goods or services
from a shop or business.
Insight
ˈɪnsʌɪt/
The capacity to gain an accurate and
deep understanding of someone or
something.
What are customer insights
Source: Wikipedia
9. The capacity to gain an accurate and
deep understanding of people who buy
goods or services from your business.
19. 1. Guerrilla testing
2. User interviewing with Lookback
3. User testing with UsabilityHub
So many methods to do so,
I’ll share three with you:
Get insights with minimal effort
22. You want to know more about your
customer, their problems and the context
in which their problems occur.
23. You do not want to know if they
acknowledge the problem and what they
think about your solution.
24. Do
• Ask about the past and present
• Ask open questions
• Ask about generic subjects
Correct questions
• Can you tell me about the last time you…?
• How did you solve this problem?
• What do you think that happens when
you click there?
• Bonus: ask 5 times Why
How do you get unbiased information?
25. Wrong questions
• Do you think you will use this?
• Do you like this idea?
• How much would you be willing to pay
for this?
Don’t
• Ask about future behavior
• Ask leading questions
• Ask about specifics subjects
How do you get unbiased information?
26. McDonald’s Arch Deluxe
Are we asking the right questions?
Would you like a burger with fresh ingredients?❌
✅ Can you tell me about the last time you visit McDonalds?
29. What do you need?
• Research goals
• Interview questions (mom-test proof)
• Prototype or designs (optional)
• A place where your target group is
• Something to make notes
• Guts to talk to strangers
• An open mind
Guerrilla testing
30.
31. • Avoid social desirable answers
• Let one person do the interview, and the other make notes
• Go somewhere people have spare time
• Bring an incentive
Tips & tricks
Guerrilla testing
34. What do you need?
• Research goals
• Interview questions (mom-test proof)
• Prototype or designs (optional)
• Lookback account
• Participants for the test
• Google Chrome for desktop testing
User interviewing
36. • Make it a habit: plan one interview every week
• Start with your clients, they are more willing to help you than
you might think
• If you want to interview people who are not clients, let an
external company recruit participants
Tips & tricks
User interviewing
39. What do you need?
• Research goals
• Assignments
• Prototype or designs
• UsabilityHub account
• Participants for the test, or:
• Credits to use the UsabilityHub
panel (optional)
User testing
43. Recap
• Just do it
• Keep it simple
• Have an open mind
• Mom test technique
• Involve your colleagues and
stakeholders
• People are willing to share insights
with you
• You will learn more than you
might think