Donna BrownFounder, The Business Design Studio

From Customer Satisfaction to Client Astonishment

18 Jun 2017 · 2 min

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In this short presentation, Donna Brown, an intuitive business visionary and model strategist, introduces the concept of "client astonishment" as a step beyond basic client satisfaction. She argues that satisfaction is merely the minimum and that true business success comes from creating emotionally resonant experiences that appeal to all of a client’s senses, making them feel seen and heard. Drawing parallels to luxury hotels, Michelin‑starred restaurants, and high‑end brands, she explains that these businesses meticulously map the client journey from the first small purchase to bespoke, high‑value experiences. Donna invites viewers to join her "Client Astonishment" workshop, available through her Facebook group "Big Bang Business Strategies" or at donnabrown.com/clientastonishment, promising to help participants design astonishing client experiences.

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Hi, my name is Donna Brown and I'm an intuitive business visionary and model strategist. Seth Godin says that remarkable is the opposite of very good, and that's kind of like what I would like to talk to you about today. I'm talking about client astonishment. Client satisfaction is basically the bare minimum, the baseline. It's almost the worst of the worst. Think of a telephone company, an experience like that. Client astonishment is something that you should always be going for. Why? Because clients always buy for emotional reasons and then they justify them with logic. So if you can appeal to all of their senses, to all of their feelings, make them feel seen, and heard as individuals, of course they're going to relate to you, of course they're going to connect, they're going to know deep in their hearts the truth that you care about them, you care about their progress, and you care about their business. And how can you create this client astonishment? It's— think of the process that a luxury hotel goes through or a Michelin-starred restaurant or a luxury brand. All of these businesses have very clear in their minds the process their clients go through from the time they meet the brand, so to speak, from buying the smallest item that is possible to have to the most expensive and to bespoke. So to do that for your own business, I've created a little workshop that I would love to share with you, and I would love if you could sign up to Client Astonishment And you'll find it either in my Facebook group, Big Bang Business Strategies, or at donnabrown.com/clientastonishment. Look forward to seeing you and hearing what you have to say and finding out all the amazing ways you're going to astonish your clients. Thank you.