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What Customer-Centric Companies Must Do To Become Customer-Obsessed

Beyond Philosophy

In building relationships with customers, and value for them, my long-time observation is that most organizations tend to progress through several stages of performance as they are becoming truly customer-centric: a) customer awareness, b) customer sensitivity, c) customer focus, and d) customer obsession.

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7 Reasons Brand and CX are Disconnected

Beyond Philosophy

We use a Customer Experience Assessment model called Naive to Natural to assess whether companies focus on Customers primarily. 7 Reasons Brand and Customer Experience Are Disconnected. Customer-facing employees are not briefed on Marketing campaigns. Brand values have not been aligned with the Customer Experience.

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Making Optimal Customer Experience A Focus of Your Company’s (And Your) Thinking and Doing: The Case for Foundation and Advanced CEM Training

Beyond Philosophy

These companies, and their employees, are also invariably quite disciplined and well-trained in the why’s and how’s of customer experience. Every aspect of a company’s offering – customer service, advertising, packaging, billing, products, etc. – All employees have the responsibility of providing customer value.

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Amazing Business Radio: Diane Hopkins

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Building a Customer-centric Culture From the Frontlines to the C-suite. She shares how to leverage the insights of your frontline staff to design customer experiences and create a customer-centric culture. . The company’s leadership needs to be aligned with its customer experience goals.

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The Fundamentals Of Effective Marketing Communications

Beyond Philosophy

Some people confuse marketing and advertising. They are not, but advertising and its related communication is a crucial part of what marketing does. Advertising is where your organization communicates with the customer. It is also where you begin to set customers’ expectations for your Customer Experience.

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Can We Trust Facebook?

Beyond Philosophy

Instead of being a company that I admire with a customer centric and open culture it now appears that the inherent culture of Facebook is one of non transparency which chooses to manipulate their customers and their data. My fundamental advice would be to build your organization based upon customer centricity and trust.

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4 Powerful Rules to Create Employee and Customer Word-of-Mouth Programs That Work

Beyond Philosophy

Use of online and offline social communication media isn’t a replacement for advertising and other forms of stakeholder interchange, but it is an effective partner for succeeding with individual initiatives and long-term dialogue and inclusion. Be both strategic and tactical.

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