The Experience Effect for Small Business: Big Brand Results with Small Business Resources

As every customer knows, the shopping experience is critical to brand satisfaction and loyalty. We all care deeply about the overall experience of the buying process--the marketing message, subliminal cues, the sales approach, personal human interaction...and more. When all of these elements come together in a cohesive and seamless package, a loyal customer is born. Brand strategist Jim Joseph calls this the experience effect.

In a groundbreaking volume called The Experience Effect (2010), J...