CRM

March 26, 2018

Dialogue on CRM, Customer Experience, and Customer-Centricity

Colleague: So much money has been spent and continues to be spent. On CRM. On CX – voice of the customer, journey mapping etc. In the name of customer-centricity – whatever that means.  Yet, there is little to show for it.
 
Me: Seems that way.
 
Colleague: Which big company, as in the kind of company that we end up consulting to / working with, has anything to show for the time-effort-money that has been spent on the whole Customer thing?
 
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CRM, customer experience, customer-centricity, Maz Iqbal
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May 8, 2015

What Is the Single Most Critical Factor in CRM / CX / Digital Success?

Recently I was pitching for new work and the question that keeps coming up came up. This question is always some form of “What is the single most critical factor in ……..?”   Examples include:

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customer experiences, CRM, digital, Maz Iqbal
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April 8, 2014

Can Customer Experience Be Managed?

Today I'm pleased to present another guest post by Gregory Yankelovich.

Most Customer Experience professionals would find this question to be ludicrous, but in the article "Is Customer Experience Manageable? An Industry Pundit Says No," Esteban Kolsky lists 5 arguments to convince them otherwise.

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customer experiences, Annette Franz Gleneicki, CRM
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September 18, 2013

The Leaky Bucket Syndrome

What happens when companies spend huge sums of (marketing) dollars on customer acquisition when they can't even keep the customers they have because their products, services, and experience stink?

I don't know (OK, I do know), but I think Pizza Hut UK is about to find out.

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Annette Franz Gleneicki, customer experiences, CRM, social CRM, customer engagement, promotions
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July 25, 2013

The Dark Side of Customer Focus, CRM, and Customer Experience

What is the cost of putting profits before customer interests?
This week one of the UK’s largest insurance brokers got hit with a £7.4m fine. Why? This is what Tracey McDermott, the FCA’s director of enforcement and financial crime, is reported to have said:
 

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customer experience, Maz Iqbal, customer centricity, CRM
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June 28, 2013

“Ridiculous!”: Does Your Organisation Treat Customers This Way?

I have been helping one of my clients grapple with growth challenges. During the course of our conversations we got around to looking at the business from the standpoint of customers. As such, I asked for an analysis of the customer base by revenue and profit.The analysis shows that the top 10 customers accounted for the lion’s share of the company’s revenues and thus its health and viability.
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Maz Iqbal, customer strategy, CRM, organisational behaviour
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September 5, 2011

CRM Did It, Eventually

Customer Relationship Management, or "CRM," is a broad idea that was successfully marketed starting at the turn of the century...and then fell far short of everyone's expectations. It’s useful now, but not in the ways any of its evangelists had hoped, and I wonder if business use of social media technologies will follow a somewhat similar path.

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CRM, Jonathan Salem Baskin, social media, technology, B2C relationship
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August 19, 2010

People Make the Experience, Technology Enhances It

I've been involved in a number of customer service conversations lately, as I believe that in our social media world, companies are going to have to deal a lot more with customers who complain publicly when things don't go well.

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David Polinchock, technology, customer service, CRM, B2C relationship
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August 3, 2010

Be Human & Listen, This Is the Best Advice We Have?

HAVE WE REALLY ENTERED THE AGE OF RELATIONSHIP?

I've been following the CRMe10 event on Twitter and this Tweet popped into the feed:

"Be Human" Wow probably most compelling statement of the entire #CRMe10 event.

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David Polinchock, customer service, customer experiences, B2C relationship, social media, CRM
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April 9, 2010

Facebook & Siebel: A Tale of Two Decades

Advanced technology. Ideas that promise to revolutionize the way businesses are run. Out with the old, in with the new. Not sure how it'll make any money? Mere details. Get going or risk getting left behind. Great riches will come to those with the guts to throw caution and experience to the wind. 

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Jonathan Salem Baskin, Facebook, Siebel, social media, CRM, technology
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