Customers have a range in mind that they’re willing to pay, but if you ask them, cheaper is always better. Ask a customer what they paid for something after the fact, and they’ll probably have a hard time remembering exactly. How can you meet your customer’s expectations without directly asking them? MORE >>

Why do customer success stories work? And how do you create quality video customer stories for your marketing efforts? Check out the video interview above, where I talk about the power of customer stories, key elements of good stories, and the role of video today. Why are they more important than ever? MORE >>

On my website, you can click to see free materials, download an eBook, watch videos, read case studies, listen to a podcast, read my blog … basically I give people lots of reasons to hang around by providing valuable material that would interest my target customer. She is your prospective customer. 1) Social proof is king. MORE >>

To practice good content marketing, guide your prospects gently through the customer lifecycle, building credibility, trust and perceived value gradually, so that they never feel like they’re the target of a sales job. To align your content marketing with your customer lifecycle, just think of content as steps on a stair case.  Demos. MORE >>

Customer Experience, even with all of the corporate and media attention its gotten the past decade, is still sort of a mystery. Many companies either bucket the discipline into some form of Customer Service or Marketing, thus limiting the group’s ability to reach across the organization. MORE >>