Customer Marketing

Relationships hold companies together and fuel future growth. From connecting with customers to forging high-performing teams, success depends on everyone working well together. Yet many leaders prioritize potential relationships and take established ones for granted. They shouldn't. Research reveals that these core relationships are often the weakest...and can prove more vital than missed networking opportunities.

Every day outstanding organizations do things and promote values that ensure they will retain customers, grow revenues, increase market share, and build their reputations. Informed by his own commitment to the concept of personal accountability and enlivened by compelling true stories from exceptional organizations, in this insightful and accessible audiobook John Miller identifies the principles and behaviors that distinguish such organizations from the pack and provides listeners with ways to integrate them into their own work.

Are customers failing to see what sets your brand apart, pushing your prices (and margins) down? Healthy prices and profits are a company’s lifeblood, critical for funding current operations and future growth. Yet too many businesses look alike and are then forced to compete on price alone. Instead, they should aim for clear, sustainable differentiation, owning the market as the enduring Go-To brand. Theresa M. Lina will help you escape the commodity trap.

Brand advocates are your most loyal, passionate, and engaged customers, and your best marketers. They don't just buy your products - they sell your products for you. Brand Advocates teaches you how to turn your enthusiastic customers into a powerful and sustainable marketing force. Through a step-by-step playbook and real-world examples, you'll learn exactly what it takes to build and activate your "Advocate Army", from identifying your advocates to energizing them and tracking results.

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are changing the way consumers make purchasing decisions...and tapping into these online communities has become a necessary part of any integrated sales strategy. Citing enlightening research and real-world examples, this smart, practical guide presents listeners with a detailed methodology for growing sales and expanding their customer base using social media.

Uncopyable Sales Secrets teaches a foolproof system for creating an uncopyable attachment with your prospects and clients so that you can fill your sales pipeline, close more deals, and build a loyal customer base.

Bypassed is your how-to business guide to adopt the brand-building tactics that work in today’s real estate market. In this action-oriented playbook, you’ll learn how to build vital brand visibility online to generate influence in your community; why just having a Facebook business page isn’t enough and how to harness the power of LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram, so you don’t miss a lead; the 10-step checklist you need to get more quality online reviews; how to become a legendary lead master; and the entire road map on how to create an unforgettable customer experience.

Harry Beckwith is back with a treasury of quick, practical, and entertaining strategies for attracting and keeping clients by using The Invisible Touch. Beckwith applies the study of human nature to the world of business, and the result is a thorough, informative, and easily implemented marketing plan.
Also available: Selling the Invisible

Conversation Marketing will help you connect your brands, not just to the minds of your consumers, but to their hearts. Slick slogans and catchy ads may still work in some instances, but today's discerning consumers demand more. They want information and a reason to connect with a brand before they act. They want a conversation.

In today's digital-first economy, marketplaces are growing at twice the rate of overall eCommerce—and proving that traditional eCommerce is no longer enough. With The Online Marketplace Advantage: Sell More, Scale Faster, and Create a World-Class Digital Customer Experience, the duo behind more than 300 of the world's most successful marketplaces reveals the strategies every enterprise needs to take the lead.

Ensure that your business remains awesome, instead of unawesome, and apply these awesomely effective strategies to your business today.

In this interconnected world dominated by social media, consumers’ voices are broadcast louder and wider than ever before. Companies are faced with the choice to either listen to their customers and thrive…or eventually die. No matter what industry you’re in, you need to deliver an exceptional experience to customers that will make them want to shout your name from the rooftops! In Listen Or Die, customer experience expert Sean McDade presents 40 quick, easy-to-use best practices for creating an exemplary Voice of Customer (VoC) program.

Advertising, as one of the components of marketing, is a very crucial aspect of any business. According to Hootsuite, Facebook has 2.91 billion monthly active users and is the most used online social network worldwide. Whether you want to build brand awareness, gain a loyal following, or boost your sales, Facebook advertising will definitely help you achieve your business goals…but only if you know the right strategies. Get ready to reach thousands or even millions of your ideal customers through Facebook ads and grow your business exponentially. Start equipping yourself today!

While instant communication is now easier than ever, people's attention is spread thin, time has never been more valuable, and disengagement in both customers and employees is at an all-time high. This means most brands never reach their full potential. But what would it look like if your customers were no longer disenchanted from being chased across the internet and hounded for likes, shares, opt-ins, and purchases?

It's an exciting time to be in marketing: The Internet, social media, and content marketing are powerful equalizers, resetting the playing field for businesses large and small. Yet it's also a challenging time, with much work to do and an ever-changing array of platforms, features, and networks to master - all on a tighter budget than before. Don't get discouraged. Get scrappy!

Delight Your Customers reveals three truths common to all exceptional customer service experiences and presents seven behaviors that, when demonstrated by employees, distinguish extraordinary customer service from the ordinary transactional customer service to which consumers have become accustomed. With real-world stories and many examples from a variety of industries, this audiobook is a resource that will help listeners everywhere take their customer service from ordinary to extraordinary!

Between consumer demands for more personalized and greater data privacy and competitive pressures to provide better omnichannel customer experiences, brands are faced with a dilemma: Build a foundation for the future of customer relationships or lose relevancy in a crowded marketplace.

The Customer Prevention Culture will prompt leaders to think differently about their businesses by challenging their views of company culture and the resulting effects on customer experience. When the culture of commerce and the sales engine are embraced, it's game over for the competition!

Customer service is the single most pressing problem for business managers and people in any service or sales operation, especially at the retail level. In fact, many experts believe that you build a business from the customer up.

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