by Minter Dial | Mar 10, 2015 | Marketing
If there is one trend that seems to stand out above the rest this year, it is the real opportunity, if not the urgent need, to personalize marketing efforts. There are four incredibly potent reasons for this: It’s what your Customer wants. The socially connected...
by Minter Dial | Mar 3, 2015 | Leadership, Marketing
Over the last few years, we have seen emerge new jobs and titles — such as the Chief Digital Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Data Officer — with the arrival of new technologies and a renewed focus on the customer. Along the way, the title...
by Minter Dial | Feb 26, 2015 | Marketing
Is it better to be a Hunter-Gatherer (acquisition mentality) or a Farmer-Nester (cultivating loyalty)? Of course, it is not about one or the other. Companies need to find a mix between acquisition and loyalty. No business can survive without first gaining...
by Minter Dial | Feb 16, 2015 | Marketing
A main artery of a truly customer-centric organization has to be customer service. When products (the what you do, as Simon Sinek might say) become marginally distinguishable, the surrounding service and services will indubitably carry a differentiable and valuable...
by Minter Dial | Feb 11, 2015 | Marketing
In observing how major companies are approaching the question of “digital transformation,” I have identified five levels of digital maturity (going from the basement floor [level 0] rising to the top of Excellence [level 4]). The interesting...
by Minter Dial | Feb 2, 2015 | Cyber Security, Marketing, Social Media
The year 2015 is now well under way. It is my strong suspicion that many of those carefully worked-on budgets that marketing teams crafted at year-end are already starting to feel a strain. And I have to believe that a flawed online and digital marketing strategy...