Customer Experience Management

Apple: a practical human inquiry into service, customer experience and customer-centricity

Maz Iqbal's picture

Is Apple customer-centric?

I notice that I and You often talk about and collapse customer service, customer experience, customer loyalty and customer-centricity.  Should we?  How are these related?  What is the distinguishing feature of customer centricity?  Apple – is Apple customer-centric?  Come walk with me and lets’ use our imaginations to conduct an experiment.

 

Customer Experience Design: it’s not about the process it’s about the human being

Maz Iqbal's picture

The problem with Customer Experience is the Designers

Is the engineering / six sigma way of thinking and approaching the business world the right one for designing and orchestrating customer experiences?  Walk into many business, take a look at who is involved in Customer Experience efforts and the way that they are going about it and the answer is YES.  I am not in agreement with this view, this approach. 

Social Media Strategies for Boosting B2B Sales

Lauren  Carlson's picture

Check out this infographic from InsideView: http://cdn.insideview.com/images/social-media-infographic.png. It illustrates the growth of social media usage in the B2B space. Though the data is, well, dated, it’s less about the numbers and more about the overall trend.

Improving Productivity with CRM

Rafferty  Nicholas James's picture

Businesses are always looking for ways in which they can improve their productivity, and one option that is certainly worth exploring is CRM software. This can make many processes easier and faster, which is useful when you are trying to complete lots of tasks in a short amount of time. It also provides valuable insights into your enterprise, which you can then apply to future actions to boost your productivity. Read on to find out more about how this works.

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CASE HISTORY: IBM Software Premier Club. Generating $310 million in incremental revenue through preference management.

Scott  Hornstein's picture

CASE STUDY OVERVIEW

The IBM Software Premier Club is a relationship direct marketing initiative targeted toward senior software decision makers and influencers in IBM’s largest accounts worldwide. The program regularly communicates with 21,000 members in 49 countries and in 13 languages. Members represent over 90% of IBM’s software revenue.

Are Your Employee’s Emotions Aligned with Your Sales Promotional Strategy?

Johnny  D. Magwood's picture

Outstanding employee and customer interaction is paramount for a service business success. When the emotional interface between a prospective client and an employee is either pleasant or unpleasant, the customer immediately assesses the service quality of the service provider.

Lasting Loyalty and Loyalty Lost: A Customer’s Perspective

Alyson  Button Stone's picture

Editor's Note: Customer loyalty. Always a trending topic. Lots of expert opinions, and a lot of guesswork. I started to tease out the reasons I have for personal loyalty to companies—both retail and e-commerce. Here's my list of reasons for remaining loyal, along with the story of why I abandoned a favorite brand.

Why test-driving a Lamborghini won't help your CRM decisions.

Mike Gee's picture

Imagine, if you will, that you are in the market to improve the performance, handling, top speed and styling of your run of the mill car.
You manage to track down, via the Internet, a trusted company who advertise that you can have the required work done in their capable hands. You make a call to the number on their website and are told that they are willing to discuss your requirements, in person, that day. You get in your car (it makes sense to let them see what you already have) and go to their workshops. You spend the next 20 minutes discussing what you'd like, what your expectations are and ask if they can help.
It turns out, not only can they help, they can give you a free trial of their services!

Sales Lessons from the Grand Bazaar Istanbul

John Lima's picture

This summer I've had the pleasure to visit the wonderful land of Turkey. I spent 5 days in Istanbul, a vibrant metropolis, where you can appreciate history, culture and gastronomy. Two places are very present in my memory: the Hagia Sophia and the Grand Bazaar Istanbul. The Grand Bazaar was originally built in 1455 - by the Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror - it holds approximately 4000 small shops set as little diamonds in a ring. The place has a magic atmosphere filled with exquisite products.

The opportunity under our corporate nose: Results of our 2011 email responsiveness survey

Scott  Hornstein's picture

Call me crazy, but I think the foundation of any relationship is conversation. At a high level, it might be an exchange of ideas. At its simplest, I ask a question and you answer. Seems to me it’s the basis of respect, which I believe is a component of the longevity of the relationship. Yet, when the conversation is between a corporation and a customer who is not in the immediate buy cycle, something goes awry.

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