As CMOs look ahead, gaining greater clarity into how buying behaviors are changing is becoming one of their most important aims. Never more pressing as digital channels expand and become more immersed in the conduct of commerce. At the same time, the ability of marketing to influence and support the entire customer lifecycle continues to …
3 Ways CMOs Can Achieve Deeper Insights Into The Customer Journey Read More »
Customer loyalty continues to be a top-of-mind concern for CEOs, as studies and surveys from the likes of IBM and others have shown. During the past decade or more, we have seen the use of customer satisfaction surveys, Net Promoter Score, and the rise in customer experience as means for gauging customer loyalty. The central …
Staying Relevant In An Era Of Disruption And Elusive Customer Loyalty Read More »
One of the recurring themes over the past three years is the yin and yang of attempts to engage customers and buyers through digital and content marketing. The statistics on surveys from Forrester, McKinsey, IBM, Sirius Decisions, and others have all been surprisingly constant. Reflecting the fact of sixty-five to seventy percent of content goes …
Why CMOs Need To Embrace Goal-Directed Customer Engagement Read More »
Targets. Initiatives. Objectives. Analysis. Risks. Operations. Industry. Priorities. KPI. Success. Entry. Barriers. Products. Triggers. Requirements. Solutions. Markets. Criteria. Process. Profile. What do these words have in common? They are words you are most likely to see in corporate and company documents related to strategies or tactics of a corporation or private company. They are often …
Does Your Buyer Persona Sound Like A Corporate Talking Machine? Read More »
One significant change in the past few years is the top of mind presence of the customer on the part of CEOs. The mandate of “getting closer to the customer” has never been stronger. Various surveys point to CEOs linking business growth to increasing customer engagement efforts, growing their customer base, and improving customer retention. …
The Missing Link Between Business, Marketing, And Customer Strategy: Buyer Personas Read More »
The digital economy continues to evolve at a fast clip. New technologies are being introduced nearly every month. Startups are ascending while long tenured organizations suddenly find themselves on shaky grounds. New services and product introductions are falling flat. Making the pursuit of understanding why customers are buying or not buying most difficult for many …
How To Gain Deep Insights Into New Customer Buying Behaviors Read More »
Many executives today are struggling in two areas. One is in formulating strategies designed to help their organization stand out in a crowded field. The second is in creating an enterprise adept with deep customer insights and understanding, which translates into obsessed customer focus. When struggling in these two areas, executives and their organizations can …
Stop Business Speak And Simplify Insights To Achieve Customer Centricity Read More »
One of the most pressing questions facing organizations today is this one: How do we connect with the outside world of customers and buyers today? It is not an easy question to answer. Recently, we have had several studies, including those by Forrester and the Content Marketing Institute, which suggests companies have been struggling to …
Listening And Empathy: Making Your Marketing More Human-Centered Read More »
This year, more than any in a long time, I am hearing a strong backlash to the volumes of emails and content buyers are receiving. In the past eight months, after conducting numerous buyer interviews, this pattern has become so evident; it is as if buyers are screaming at the top of their lungs. In …
Modern Marketing Is About Human Connection – Not Robots Read More »
(I am pleased to have as guest author for this article Bob Thompson. Bob is founder and editor-in-chief of CustomerThink.com. He is also an authority and thought leader in customer experience. Most recently Bob published a booked entitled Hooked On Customers, which centers on the habits of leading customer-centric firms.) Several years ago, my first …
Three Lessons You Can Learn from Ron Johnson’s Failure at JC Penney Read More »
