Today’s customer is less likely to spend and more likely to be discerning when they do which has further widened the profitability gap between maintaining existing customers and acquiring a reluctant new one. Traditional loyalty problems are a good start, but where they leave off new media loyalty is just getting started. Read the rest of this entry >>
We talk a lot about customer delight and how to turn irate customers into loyal ones, but how often to we prepare ourselves for the opposite? What happens when we come up with that great idea but just can’t support it? When we turn happy customers into irate ones bynot supporting our marketing? In the end, is it a good thing or a bad thing? Read the rest of this entry >>
Recently Euro RSCG Worldwide released an article in PRWeek which found that last year there was a 25% increase in the number of consumers who buy based on quality over price despite nearly 75% being anxious about the economy. Further, when it comes to customer service, 80% of those surveyed said they want companies to "show a human face." Marketing 2.0 implements new media technologies that enable you to offer higher quality and personalized service to your customers. It’s what they want, shouldn’t you give it to them? Read the rest of this entry >>