It’s always on your desk anyway, so why not use it to receive information like alerts and other messages both in text and graphic form?!
A coffee mug that has a built-in display. It has its own network address and can receive and display messages from a variety of sources like your phone, your website, etc. Charging can be done by placing it on a charging mat.
Provide a better experience for your restaurant’s clients and make them return.
Track repeat customers’ habits: what they order regularly, and prepare for them a custom menu that has their favorite items. Next time they come in, present it to them along with the regular menu.
You’re busy but would like your kids to have quality cooked food when they come home from school.
A service that delivers cooked food specifically cooked with kids in mind: things they love and are also healthy and high quality. You can choose 2–3 dishes that would last the whole week, from a large variety, and get it delivered to your door. You only have to heat it.
Research have shown that what people remember most from an experience, are the highlight and the end.
After you convinced the customer to buy your product or service and had him go through the quite laborious process of doing so online, do one last surprising, kind, and delight eliciting thing. This can be a pop up with a sincere thank you and a gift – anything that causes them to feel good, even if unrelated to their purchase.
Most people don’t hesitate to pay for a newspaper or magazine but will probably not pay to read something similar on the web. Maybe it’s because they do not get anything physical they can say they own. They miss the feeling that owning something gives because it’s not physical.
A series of experiments trying to have a physical element of owning as part of paying for an online subscription. One way might be to have a printed copy of anything they read and would like printed periodically (weekly or monthly) and delivered to the subscriber. In essence, they get their own magazine – uniquely theirs – in physical form to own forever.