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Which is more important, brand building or business growth? Do you remember when Coca-Cola did away with their CMO in...
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Denyse Drummond-Dunn · How to measure customer centricity the right way As a customer-first strategist (just like you I...
Read MoreThe Good, Bad and Downright Ugly Parts of a Head of Marketing Job
Did you know that the average tenure of a Head of Marketing continues to fall, reaching just 41 months according...
Read MoreA Winning Marketing Plan: 9 Questions Every Marketer Should Be Able To Answer
What does it take to write a winning marketing plan? Every marketer writes a marketing or business plan each year...
Read MoreHow to Cheat Your Customer – or Not!
Does your company try to cheat your customer? Is it because you think they won't notice? Or do you believe...
Read MoreTop 20 Most Popular Customer Centricity Articles of 2020
Traditionally C3Centricity publishes a list of the most popular posts about customer centricity on its blog in January and this...
Read MoreAre Smart Things Really Smart or is it Just Smart Marketing?
Earlier this year I wrote about the impact of AI and ML on digital marketing. The article is called "AI...
Read MoreThe 7 Keys to Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Ever wonder how to get more people talking about your business? It's simple. Offer them incredible products and services that...
Read MoreHow to Succeed in Leadership, Marketing, Innovation and Insight
Although I love quotes, especially about how to succeed, I love success even more. Do you? One of my favourite...
Read MoreHow to Improve Customer Centricity in Hospitality
The title of this week’s post might surprise you. After all, the hospitality industry should be highly customer centric, as...
Read MoreGetting to Yes: A 7-step Roadmap to Successful Project Management
I've been involved in hundreds of successful project management initiatives over my career. I’ve been the leader, sponsor or team...
Read MoreWhat Customer First Strategies Really Are (And What They’re Not!)
Everyone is talking about customer first strategies and why they are important. However walking the talk is a different matter!...
Read MoreHow Marketers Can Benefit From More Than Technology: Modern Marketing
Just like most entrepreneurs and business people, I go to my fair share of conferences. I believe that marketers can...
Read MoreThe Secrets to Growth. How to Get New Customers
This shorter than usual post was inspired by a great question on Quora about how to get new clients. Although...
Read MoreWhat Consumer Goods Companies Can Learn From Healthcare. 7 Lessons of Customer Service Excellence
If you work in consumer goods you probably think you have nothing to learn from healthcare, right? After all, you...
Read More5 Business Success Factors (So You’re Ready for Anything!)
We are sweltering in the Northern Hemisphere with record temperatures, so here's a "cool" idea on how businesses can get...
Read MoreWhy You Struggle To Meet Your Business Objectives (And how to Crush them)
"There may be customers without brands, but there are NO brands without customers!" I am often quoted as saying this...
Read More7 Essential Steps to Successful Business Projects (A Useful Roadmap)
Although there is no magic bullet to transform your business into a successful powerhouse, I have witnessed similarities amongst those...
Read MoreBeat the Competition Next Year (Higher growth, profitability, innovation)
After the mid-year break - and this year it started way sooner thanks to covid-19 - most organisations get into...
Read MoreCustomers Care About a Product’s Value, Not How the Company Treats Employees
Your customers only really care about themselves and your product's value to them! I've been a customer champion for most...
Read MoreMarket Research, Business Intelligence & Big Data: Have we Forgotten about Human Data?
The annual pilgrimage to the ESOMAR Conference took place last week in Dublin. I heard that there was much discussion,...
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