11. Stop interrupting your customers
Understand your customers as people not as data
points
Market at the intersection of your unique value and
what matters to your customers
Create content and build experiences that attract
customers by appealing to what they care about
Don’t forget…
12. Leigh George, PhD
CEO, freedom
Email: leighgeorge@findfreedom.co
Twitter: @leighgeorge
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Hinweis der Redaktion
We thought social was a place where you could build a community and engage them
BUT:
social platforms are media companies
you only rent your community just like you do with radio, tv and print
So you have to pay to get in front of people
which is the last thing they want: have more choices and ways to ignore you
they don’t care about you—they care about things like
How do you get generate interest
how do you do it personally?
cocktail party:
listen
focus on the person you’re talking to
Brands become consumed with their own story not their customers
creates a transactional relationship instead of a relationship with the brand
what kind of story are you telling and experience you’re creating in what you put out
Great marketing happens at the intersection of your why and what people care about—at that nexus
Simon Sinek
People don’t buy what you do they buy why you do it
are you looking to make a sale or
serving with the goal of making peoples lives better—which people will pay a premium for
Before:
visual identity & brand
expressions of the brand were soloed: no customer insight
Now:
marketing cuts across nearly every org group:
IT, HR, sales, customer service or account management
the web and social have brought an awareness of a customer experience
you now own this experience—all the touchpoint—gets right to the heart of the brand
digital as well as non digital
and you must drive it across your org
to shift from brand-centric to customer-centric—need to change the way you think
from tactics to strategy
from disparate to integrated and coordinated
to content about clients and their corporate/personal role as well as emotion drivers
let’s look at b2b, b2c, association
it’s all person to person
Kit&ace a new brand started by former x hosts influencer dinners in cities around the country to get to know cities
Whether a personal or professional role
Mom
marketer
amex does this for the small business owner
creating experiences and destinations around a role
deliver content their audience is looking for
content that helps CMOs lead their brand in the digital world—creates a destination
really focusing on the corporate role of the buyer
curated content from more than 150 leading sources—aggregrator
daily exclusive content
2 newsletters
social accounts
It’s worth noting that content is not consumed by a “business.” It’s consumed by individuals—decision-makers.
It should be crafted to help build a relationship with them.
Personalize
can be stories showing how your brand fits into their lives
goes back to the why!
Shinola
warby parker
kit & ace machine washable cashmere
son and wife of lululemon
“hyper-local” elements in stores: local artists
Supper Club table where monthly dinner with locall creatives are held