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How To Initiate a Direct-To-Consumer Selling Strategy

Second to None

When it comes to reducing the amount of effort it takes for customers to complete a purchase, direct-to-consumer selling strategies can serve as a vital tool. One reason that major retail brands are being forced into the direct-to-consumer world is the slew of DTC-only companies becoming available on the web. 1,2 [link].

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How CX Is Impacting Consumer Preferences For Emerging Fast-Casual Brands

Second to None

If it is supremely easy to log on and find your usual order, customers will undoubtedly come back to your brand, and many brands will increase the ante by offering loyalty rewards programs within their online ordering cycle. Consumer preferences in the fast-casual industry are shifting towards brands with a great Customer Experience.

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Tapping Into Real-Time Customer Input

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Amy Jackson, Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Consumer Marketing for TripIt from Concur while I was at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas back in March. I am a huge fan since it has saved me more than once. Image credit: oddsock via Creative Commons license.

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Consumer banking: money can’t buy loyalty

Currency Alliance

Many consumers now ‘multibank’[iii], keeping their traditional provider on-hand for the same reasons they always did, but branching out in search of enhanced value. In 2000, UK consumer bank Halifax launched a fairly successful marketing slogan: the people that give you extra [iv]. Actually, they do. Extra what?

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Overcoming the Great Resignation with Lessons Learned from CX Best Practices

CSM Magazine

As a CX consultant with decades of experience in contact center solutions, Avtex has a unique viewpoint to the changing landscape of both CX and EX best practices. If your organization is ready to begin aligning your employee experience with the new world of work, here a few quick strategies you can use to get started: 1. About the Author.

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5 Ways to Improve Customer Loyalty and Skyrocket Sales

Joe Rawlinson

According to the American Express, nearly 50% of consumers expect a response on social media questions or complaints within an hour, with 18% expecting an immediate response. This will allow you to create custom-built, personalized strategies for different consumers. Customer Reward Programs. Real-Time Customer Support.

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Are Loyalty Cards Dead?

Beyond Philosophy

As I’ll discuss later, most consumers are a lot like me. And it makes you wonder, why do we call them “loyalty” programs if they don’t make customers loyal? And the very nature of loyalty is shifting: 77 percent of all consumers say they’re more willing to switch brand loyalty than they were even three years ago. That’s loyalty.

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