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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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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 might include customer service speed, occasional price promotions, merchandising gimmicks, new product offerings, and the like. In most instances, the customers see no brand ‘personality’ or brand-to-brand differentiation, and their experience of the brand is one-dimensional, easily capable of replacement.

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Guest Post: Customer Experience: Expectation vs. Reality

ShepHyken

It also helps you identify poor customer experiences. . Speak to your customers in a conversational and personal tone. Prioritize your existing customers over the acquisition of potential customers. . Use customer surveys to improve customer insight and offerings. .

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Guest Blog: Connect With Your Customers & Watch Your Business Grow

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Molly Moore about why phone calls and online chat can make the difference between customer-centric brands and everybody else. But beyond the immediate opportunities, phone calls and online chat are what differentiate and insulate truly customer-centric brands in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

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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. Monetary Linkage Between Customer Experience, Loyalty Initiatives, and Advocacy Behavior.

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When ‘Push’ Marketing Goes Too Far

Beyond Philosophy

A couple of years ago, our local newspaper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ran a disturbing story about how a mortgage loan company in Phoenix had sent spam advertising messages which appeared on the screens of thousands of wireless phone customers. Not only were the messages not requested, but these customers had to pay to retrieve them.

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Guest Post: What Will Customer Experience Post COVID-19 Look Like in Grocery Retail?

ShepHyken

Customer is not satisfied, the retailer loses the sale. Greater Personalization. The main trend of the future for grocery retailers is that stores need to become more customer-centric than product-centric. Consider solving this problem in the future: wouldn’t that be amazing?