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Customer Experience Management | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I was recently asked the following question: “What is the difference between CRM and CEM, or is there any difference between the two? As most of you know I am a huge fan of well conceived CRM initiatives. That said, I have rarely witnessed CRM implemented to its full potential.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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Too Many Executives Are Missing the Most Important Part of CRM

Harvard Business Review

Whether you’re a corporation, a nonprofit or a government agency, chances are that your approach to customer relationships at a system-wide level begins and ends with CRM (customer relationship management) software — yet its implementation rarely does much to foster real relationships. Measuring Marketing Insights.

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How Marketers Can Personalize at Scale

Harvard Business Review

Marketing has entered its “uncanny valley” moment. Some marketing efforts give off the same vibe, like that creepy feeling when a casual online search leads to a glut of ads for the same pair of boots or getaway destination. Sales & Marketing. And that’s off-putting. It’s worth trying to get right.

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What Apple, Lending Club, and AirBnB Know About Collaborating with Customers

Harvard Business Review

It starts by understanding customers’ affinity with the brands. Most leaders are already working to deepen customers’ relationships—converting uninterested consumers (transactors) into passionate brand advocates (promoters). These four types of customers represent different levels of brand affinity: 1.

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The Secret of Lousy Service and How to Fix It

Strategy Driven

Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM! Are you the dominant brand, or is your brand bland? You just finished reading The Secret of Lousy Service and How to Fix It ! Not you, of course!

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How GM Uses Social Media to Improve Cars and Customer Service

Harvard Business Review

In 1933, General Motors President and CEO Alfred Sloan established the automobile industry’s first full-time consumer research department under the direction of Henry “Buck” Weaver, a pioneer in market-based decision making. We’ve come a long way. Today, Weaver’s mass-mailing tactics seem quaintly out of date.

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