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You Can’t Legislate Customer Centricity

Beyond Philosophy

One interesting bit of his speech touched on an important issue for Customer Centricity: data breaches. If they have the need to legislate, then lags in notifying Customers must have happened so many times they feel the need to put it in law! This is a law for the “non-Customer centric” organizations.

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Are You Deliberate with Your Customer Strategy or Just Taking a Chance?

Beyond Philosophy

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy.

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3 Examples of Change for the Better in Airlines

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There have been many great stories in the past couple of months about airlines doing what was right by their Customers. We can all learn a little about Customer centricity when we look at these examples from three major carriers in the US. Southwest Attacks Its Late Problem Head-on with Its Customers.

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The Five Rules for Affecting Real Culture Change

Beyond Philosophy

I started to talk about how people within his organization needed to understand customer emotions and focus on customer-centricity. However, if these former brands had a more customer-centric culture, they would probably be here today because they realized that the market is moving on and appropriately adjusted.

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How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience

Beyond Philosophy

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Conclusion: Customers want it, whether you want to do it or not.

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eBay & PayPal’s Split is Good for Customers

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Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company.

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Do You Harness the Power of Habit in Your Marketing Yet?

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They are, of course, using a life event as a major trigger for changing habits and the one they chose is woman-specific. In this way, Target has used the natural tendencies of people to change their habits as the time to communicate that Target has everything they need. So while this is effective for them, it might not work for everyone.

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