In CX, sometimes it's the little things...

Once upon a time, a consultant was on a late night flight after having taken a red-eye interstate that same day... You have probably been in a similar situation. I was on the last flight home (it was after 10pm), to end a really big day with clients (up at 430am). We were locked in a room all day trying to converge on a new business model. I had spent all day trying to be brilliant but not arrogant, interesting but not too 'out there', empathic but not obsequious. Not always known for my self control, I was totally creased. So I decided to treat myself to a G&T on the way home and discovered something cute and cool.

The pic to the right is Ink gin, which was the base of my G&T. The colour on my monitor is pretty close to the original - it's a kind of iridescent purple with lots of depth. Apparently the color comes from adding butterfly pea flower petals. The flowers have been used as a herbal tea infusion and add to the interesting subtle flavour of the gin. It's made from 12 Australian native botanicals plus other exotics from around the world. The claim on the bottle is 100% natural, no artificial colours or preservatives. A pretty impressive claim for something with a colour bordering on radioactive. You can check out more on it here. I had never heard of it before, and wouldn't have ordered it except for one lovely cabin staffer, who asked which gin I wanted with my G&T. In response to my question about options, she said "Gordons or the colour changing one". Normally I would have opted for the Gordons, but something about how she said it got me hooked. Here's a video of what happened.

Cute. And at the end of the day, you would be correct if you say it's just a bit of a gimmick. But the gimmick was enough to get the stewardess to share the idea with me. She didn't share the brand, she shared the experience. And sucker as I am for novelty, this got me. This one little thing cut through. Husk Distillers didn't have to pay a commission to the stewardess, didn't have to shell out for ads or saturate social media with a big campaign. They just had to build in that little bit of sparkle into the experience of drinking their product to make all the difference. In a crowded market where there are so many products and brands vying for attention, this one stood out. By definition it is remarkable, what we believe good CX is all about. So I shared it with you. [Disclosure: I have no financial relationship or commission arrangements with Husk Distillers. I just thought this looked good and wanted to share it.]

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