Instructions for filling out the Customer Journey Map
Here’s short legend to understand the customer journey map better. To fill in the
template, you can start with the customers stages and move down from there in this
given order.
Stages: High level stages of your company’s customer journey from awareness to the
purchase to loyalty and advocacy.
Customer actions: What does your customer do in different stages of the customer
lifecycle?
Customer goals: What does the customer want to achieve in each phase of the
customer journey? What is your customer’s job to be done
in general and how it shows in
different stages?
Touchpoints & channels: What channels and touchpoints act as the points of
interaction between the customer and the organisation?
Experience: How well do you fulfil the customer expectations? What is the perceived
level of customer experience? You can also describe thoughts and feelings here.
Business goal: What is your company trying to achieve here? What is success in each
point of the journey from a company’s point of view?
KPI: Measuring your business goal. How well are you doing in each stage business-wise?
Are you improving toward your business goal?
Organisational activities: What does your organisation do to support and improve
customer experience in each stage?
Roles responsible: What roles or departments are responsible for the customer
experience in each stage of the journey?
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CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAP
Hear from friends,
see offline or online
ad, read from
newspapers
Compare & evaluate
alternatives
Add groceries to
shopping cart
Make an order Receive or pick up
on order
Contact customer
service
Enjoy groceries Order again and/or
order more
Share
experience
No goals
at this point
Find the best solution
to buy food
Find and select
products easily,
get inspired
Order effortlessly Receive or pick up an
order effortlessly
and when needed
Get help if
problems appear,
request for refund
Have the right
and good quality
ingredients
Repeat good
customer
experience
Share feelings,
give feedback
Word of mouth,
traditional media,
social media
Word of mouth,
website,
brick & mortar store,
social media
Website, app,
order confirmation
email
Delivery service,
packing, messages
(email, SMS, phone
call)
Phone,
email,
chat
Food products,
packages, other
materials
Word of mouth,
social
media
Increase awareness
and interest
Increase number
of website visitors
Increase shopping
cart value &
conversion rate
Increase online
sales and
conversion rate
Deliver on time and
minimise the delivery
window
Increase customer
service satisfaction,
minimise waiting
time
Make products
to match
expectations
Increase retention
rate and order
value and/or
frequency
Customer service,
online
development
CUSTOMER
ACTIVITIES
CUSTOMER
GOALS
TOUCHPOINTS
EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS GOAL
KPIs
ORGANISATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
RESPONSIBLE
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Requires eort,
happy when received
TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEMS
CRM, analytics,
programmatic
buying platform,
social media
CRM, analytics,
CMS, marketing
automation
CRM, analytics, CMS,
ecommerce platform,
PIM
CRM, analytics, CMS,
ecommerce platform,
PIM, inventory
system, marketing
automation
CRM, analytics,
order & delivery
system, marketing
automation
CRM, analytics,
help desk, ticketing
system, chat
CRM, analytics,
vendor management
system, PIM
CRM, analytics,
marketing
automation,
ecommerce platform
CRM, analytics,
marketing
automation,
ecommerce platform,
social media analytics
Example of an online grocery store
Turn customers
into advocates,
turn negative
experiences into
positive
Customer
satisfaction
Manage feedback
and social media,
develop sharing /
inviting possibilities
Marketing,
online
development
Target marketing,
make re-ordering
easy, upselling and/or
cross-selling
Retention rate,
order value and
frequency
Product
development,
purchasing
Develop products &
product range
Product
reviews
Customer
service
Organise
customer
service
Customer service
success rate,
waiting time
Warehouse,
logistics
Picking &
delivery
On time delivery
rate, average
delivery window
Online development,
warehouse, logistics
Optimise online
purchase funnel,
order handling
Online sales,
conversion rate
Online development,
Customer service
Optimise grocery
shopping experience
Shopping cart value,
conversion rate
Marketing &
Communications
Create marketing
campaigns and
content both
offline and online
New website
visitors
Marketing &
Communications
Create marketing
campaigns and
content both offline
and online, PR
Number of
people reached
STAGE AWARENESS CONSIDERATION DECISION DELIVERY & USE LOYALTY & ADVOCACY
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CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAP
CUSTOMER
ACTIVITIES
CUSTOMER
GOALS
TOUCHPOINTS
EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS GOAL
KPIs
ORGANISATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
RESPONSIBLE
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TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEMS
STAGE AWARENESS CONSIDERATION DECISION DELIVERY & USE LOYALTY & ADVOCACY