Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Same Day Home Delivery is the latest trend in mega online retailers to improve their reach to Customers. Often seen as a drawback for online retailers, delivery times are a critical marketing area of opportunity for companies whose business model shuns the brick and mortar business model. Logistics or Customer Habits?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Conclusion: Customers want it, whether you want to do it or not.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Using smells in your Customer Experience is olfactory marketing, and it works. Smell is one of the fastest senses to process, and it is connected directly to the part of the brain that processes emotion. So what can the rest of businesses learn from them? Here are four lessons everyone can learn from a Grocery Store: 1.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 23, 2015

As a leader or a marketer if you want an employee or a customer to change behavior, research says the best thing to do is give them positive reinforcement when they do what you want. My mum always told me, “You can catch more flies with honey than you can vinegar.” In other words, people respond better to rewards than punishments.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Wouldn’t it be great if you could truly predict Customer’s behavior. I have recently been included in Brand Quarterly’s ‘Top 50 Marketing Thought Leaders over 50’ and they asked me an interesting question: “What do I think the next industry trends would be for the year?” Well you can! Well you should be.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Also, our clients Barclaycard have been in this market for years with Barclays Pingit App. By spinning off into their own entity, they can become a more prestigious brand in a new dynamic market. Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Organizations fail to improve their CX when they lack customer-centricity. Customer-centricity requires you to put the Customer at the center of everything you do. However, putting the customer at the center of everything you do doesn’t have to conflict with sales, margins or operational efficiency.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Sainsbury’s Christmas ad is an excellent example of using emotions to create a connection and brand promise with Customers, an essential first step to an excellent Customer Experience. May it also create a Customer Experience that fosters Customer Loyalty and Retention, the hallmarks of a successful marketing campaign.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 23, 2015

.; and, while some carriers are taking precautions to protect their customers from text message advertising, so far neither the direct marketing industry nor the federal government has been able to control this form of spam. And, once these customers are on board, are companies doing enough of the right things to keep them?

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2014

How can marketers avoid creating a disappointed Customer? Reading these comments, I thought, “The Customers are feeling disappointed due to the way that their expectations have been set.”. Setting expectations is a key job of marketers. Institute a Customer-Centric focus, not an operational focus.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

In other words, emotions are driving these importance and performance ratings; and their impact on customer experience perception needs to be understood. The sea change that occurred in marketing over the past decade, that is the movement from push to pull, has been profound.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This happens when executives and managers blame poor customer retention on marketing or an ill-trained sales staff. And it happens in everyday customer interactions. Blaming someone else is a sure sign of a company that is inwardly focused instead of looking at ways to be more customer centric.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 1, 2019

Despite my belief and routine pronouncement of these facts, I am astonished by how many companies don’t bother with measuring customer emotions. Those that do measure customer emotions don’t think about how they will use it. To measure customer emotions, you need the proper tools to do a job.

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Customer emotions Consulting Consulting Customer centricity 246

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

We learned a few things about what to do and what not to do there, as it pertains to Customer Experience. Three Truths Every Marketer Should Know about CX in China. China is still in the early stages of Customer Experience discovery. China sees us as the thought leadership of Customer Experience.

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Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer emotions 283

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2016

On how personalization can improve a customer’s online experience, the online retailer said it was important to examine “past transactions and entry points to serve relevant content.”. These marketers were also posed the following questions, which I will also weigh in on: Q: What should a firm focus on: Customer Experience or Branding?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2020

I was talking to a chief marketing officer (CMO) of a multinational company the other day who wants to change the organization (and believe me, I know this organization; he’s right). I started to talk about how people within his organization needed to understand customer emotions and focus on customer-centricity.

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Airlines Customer centricity Call Center Quality management 417

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The jam study took place in a gourmet market in California. Both psychologists and economists agree that too many choices can paralyze consumers so they can’t make a choice at all. This concept was well illustrated by Columbia University’s Professor Sheena Iyengar’s famous jam study. < [link] > “Does Music Influence Your Wine Buying?”

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Superior Customer Experiences require a two-way dialogue with your Customers. So when you are communicating with your Customers, listen to what they say about data, their safety, and your marketing efforts. View our books on Customer Experience here.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

So they combined budgets and marketing teams to create one team that did it all together. Train customer staff across all channels. Customer-facing staff should know how to use all the channels you have available. Enhance the current experience with Customer-led innovation. And it’s working. Register here today!

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

There’s little doubt that engaged customers can, and do, help shape the brand. From my perspective, at least, experiences that drive customers’ emotional brand trust and bonding can be both shaped and sustained. 10 BIG Ideas for Customer-Centric Success. Today, is that enough?

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 2, 2015

For anyone who appreciates a truly customer-centric organization, one that is invested in its stellar reputation for ongoing trust and value creation, customer experience optimization and building employee ambassadorship, Wegmans is the company to emulate. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As they are gathering information to help in day-to-day brand decision-making, consumers want, crave, desire, seek, and value content from marketers – as long as it is reasonably altruistic, informative and objective, and minimizes the ‘look of sponsorship’ and the three most readily identifiable sales ‘P’s’: push, pitch, and puff.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 11, 2015

Customer loyalty programs are especially popular among retailers. Over the years, retailers have found these programs to be powerful business tools within their highly competitive markets. Lower-than-competition everyday prices has been Walmart’s merchandising and marketing mantra since its inception. In the U.S.,

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. So any change in CX must include and address the Customer centricity of the organization.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Journey mapping Customer emotions 150

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. So any change in CX must include and address the Customer centricity of the organization.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Journey mapping Customer emotions 150

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 15, 2015

State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it’s not a moment too soon. It’s the law of Customer Experience Supply and Demand: they demand it so you better supply it! They evoke the wrong Customer emotions during the experience. How are companies blowing it? Of the U.K.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

These clues affect our emotions, shape our attitudes, and guide our actions. He says we need to begin to understand customer emotions and what stimulates them. For instance, a restaurant client of Carbone’s combines the HR and Marketing departments because they realized that their people were their single greatest asset.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Also, our clients Barclaycard have been in this market for years with Barclays Pingit App. By spinning off into their own entity, they can become a more prestigious brand in a new dynamic market. Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization.

Customer centricity 150

Customer centricity Customer retention Customer emotions Airlines 150

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Also, our clients Barclaycard have been in this market for years with Barclays Pingit App. By spinning off into their own entity, they can become a more prestigious brand in a new dynamic market. Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization.

Customer centricity 150

Customer centricity Customer retention Customer emotions Airlines 150

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 4, 2015

More than just a buzzword, ‘being human’, especially in brand-building and leveraging customer relationships, has become a buzz-phrase or buzz-concept. Every aspect of a company’s offering — customer service, advertising, packaging, billing, products, etc. — They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Follow Colin Shaw on Twitter @ColinShaw_CX.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

” We discussed marketing efforts in our latest podcast. One of the things that came up was the question, when marketing an idea or organization, is any press good press? In marketing Beyond Philosophy, I’ve been interviewed on TV and radio many times. If You Want Attention, You Must Play the Game.

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ProProfs Blog

MARCH 28, 2019

Strangely, for some reason, you can’t increase your market share and move forward. If you’re facing this problem, a common reason for this outcome is the marketing message that fails to resonate with potential customers. The only way to do this, obviously, is customer-centric copywriting. Be Empathetic.

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C3Centricity

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I hope they inspire you to do the same and to aspire to exceed customer satisfaction whenever and wherever you can. to be the Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online.". That makes it crystal clear how customer centric they are.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 29, 2021

Often, the best leader is the person with the ability to get on with people and understand how emotions play into the team. Also, the ability to read people allows them to understand customer emotions. Some artistic talents and emotional intelligence can get overlooked or underappreciated.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 17, 2015

Defining the Objective(s) and Mechanics of Your Content Marketing Strategy. Content marketing continues to be on the upswing as a method of building connections and relationships with target audiences. Arguably, content is the most effective form of digital marketing, building value and credibility.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

She also wants to know how to set up their Customer Experience improvement for success to be more customer-centric. In one of my books, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , I delved into research about the nine internal areas that affect Customer Experience. The four types of organization are: .

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