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The importance of customer culture – an interview with Chris Brown

ijgolding

As CEO and co-founder of MarketCulture Strategies , he, like everyone he associates with, is on a mission to get companies to understand the importance of customer culture: Ian. This led to me spending a lot of time in my clients stores, observing customers and how they interacted with both the products and the employees.

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From Home Office to Industry Leader: Magellan Solutions’ Evolution and Leadership Journey

Magellan Solutions

In 2008, we experienced a significant transformation. In 2003, the company’s first campaign focused on 411 directory assistance. In 2008, everything changed when Magellan Solutions acquired a significant client in voice recognition. It sets the tone for a culture where everyone is committed to exceptional service.

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Is the Chief Experience Officer a Worthwhile Addition to the C-Suite?

Retently

How do you approach customer happiness in your company? Do you simply rely on the generic “the customer is always right” speech, or do you have a customer-centric culture in place that’s overseen by a professional who understands how customers think and feel, and who knows how to get that point of view across to other employees too?

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The Force Within

ShepHyken

I’m often asked, “How many people in an organization does it take to create a culture focused on Customer Amazement?” I wrote about this in my book The Cult of the Customer (Wiley 2008), and the example I used was that of an airline employee. Maybe your organization is truly customer-focused.

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Innovators, Imitators, and Idiots

CX Journey

This quote is an abbreviated version of what Warren Buffet said to Charlie Rose in an interview about the financial meltdown of 2008: Charlie Rose asked: “Should wise people have known better?” Maybe they've even tried to imitate others (culture, business approach, customer focus) but have failed miserably.

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The Power of Connection with Sioban Massiah

Kustomer

” I was one of the, sarcastically, fortunate people to graduate with a marketing degree in the recession in 2008. And we all know marketing was the first thing to go in 2008 when the recession happened. So I kind of just landed in sales because that’s what marketing people did in 2008 with a degree and student loans.

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What Is Market Positioning Strategy?

SurveySparrow

It can be based on cultural symbols, competitors, product class, and so on. . 4 After the 2008 depression, Starbucks launched a marketing campaign to reassure its customers that it was worth the extra cost as people were shifting to cheaper options like McDonald’s. . Their current slogan, “Live Mas!”