In a recent article, I shared the importance of customer relationships for 2021. We’re in a world where the competition is fierce. You probably have competitors who have offers similar to yours.  Your key differentiator is likely how you bond with customers. How you take care of them. It’s core to your survival. If you’re […]

To maximize your business success in 2021, you need to look at how you connect with your prospects and customers.  Think of them as family, treat them as the best possible version of a family. It’s about building relationships first. I recently had an experience on a social media channel that you might have had […]

Ogilvy’s Social.Lab recently published a report on "conversational commerce". In 2020 more people than ever are choosing online. They buy groceries, shop, and connect with friends. It uses chatbots or humans. It also uses language interfaces like Whatsapp and like Alexa to communicate with customers. Businesses are using it to set themselves apart from their […]

In today’s world, it is important for your brand’s success to engage customers with empathy marketing. You need to employ empathy and communicate your understanding and caring about your customers, your staff, and your planet.   It’s what today’s buyers want and are increasingly coming to expect from those they do business with. Yes, back to […]

Women buyers are magic to drive sales. Nearly 75% identify themselves as the primary buyer in their household. They hold the purse-strings to between 5 and 15 Trillion dollars in spending every year...and that’s just in the US.  And yet, 91% of them feel marketers and companies, don’t understand their needs. That’s a big gap. […]

When we are trying to improve our customer experience, we need to understand our target audience and what makes them tick. Demographics tell us where they live, their age, and what they earn.  The relatively new region of psychographics analytics tells us why they buy. Psychographics tell us the Why They reveal the customer's interests, […]

The more clarity you have about who your ideal customer is, the more effective your marketing will be. In tough times, this is even more critical. If you don’t know exactly who you are trying to reach, marketing ROI will suffer. An arrow that hits the bullseye wins over half a dozen that clutter the target. I […]

Wellness has been popular among health food and spa industries for decades.  Now, because of the coronavirus, interest in it is skyrocketing. People want to take more personal control and responsibility for their wellness and well-being. To better understand what people are thinking, marketing giant Ogilvy conducted a global survey of over 7000 people in […]

Consistently creating quality content is something every business needs to do. It keeps the customers and prospects happy, the search engines happy...and SEO ratings up.   Great content helps your customers and validates your market position.  However, repurposing content that's been there for a while, can accomplish many of the same things. In addition, it can […]

Keeping your customers delighted, engaged, and even raving about you is easier than you think. I have a dear colleague who can get a bit of snark on. She has a great sense of humor so I enjoy her candor and the snark.   Recently Heather wrote about Peloton.  I only knew the name casually in […]