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Want to understand your customers’ business needs? Give them an award.

Chris Koch

If you haven’t considered creating an awards program for your target customers, you should. Creating the narrative helps project members focus their efforts and will help sell the effort to others inside the business and with customers. What is the customer need? Increase customer satisfaction. Tweet This Post.

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6 lessons on how NOT to market to customers

Chris Koch

Sure, healthcare knows how to sell drugs, but in terms of preparing the customer for the experience of service delivery, fuggedaboudit. Here are some examples: Educate the customer—or don’t. Oh wait, right… Whatever you do, don’t let the customer meet the people who will actually be doing the work. Segment your audience.

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Why your marketing to CIOs may be irrelevant—and what to do about it

Chris Koch

To market to these people effectively, you’re going to have to get to know them as being part of multiple, unique segments. We began to see the CIO in more segmented way, with different drivers and motivations. Have you tried to segment your CIO audience? And that has big implications for marketers.

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Why your marketing to CIOs may be irrelevant—and what to do about it

Chris Koch

To market to these people effectively, you’re going to have to get to know them as being part of multiple, unique segments. We began to see the CIO in more segmented way, with different drivers and motivations. Have you tried to segment your CIO audience? And that has big implications for marketers. Tweet This Post.

Planning 100
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The 2 questions on every buyer’s mind

Chris Koch

In ITSMA’s Thought Leadership Survey, marketers with formal thought leadership processes segment their ideas this way 95% of the time. Consultant Fred Reichheld didn’t invent the concept of customer loyalty, but by identifying the marker for it, he changed how many companies approach managing customer loyalty.

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The 2 questions on every buyer’s mind

Chris Koch

In ITSMA’s Thought Leadership Survey, marketers with formal thought leadership processes segment their ideas this way 95% of the time. Consultant Fred Reichheld didn’t invent the concept of customer loyalty, but by identifying the marker for it, he changed how many companies approach managing customer loyalty.

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What the slow death of B2B publishing means for marketers

Chris Koch

Though most respondents in our How Customers Choose research said the quality of their providers’ thought leadership was pretty good, nearly 40% said it could be better. Existing customers are also looking for new ideas. Too bad more of them aren’t doing it. Then marketers need to provide that relevant content. What do you think?