Top 10 Challenges of Mid-Sized CPG Companies: Insights, Statistics and Real-World Solutions
Executives and business owners of mid-sized CPG companies face a unique set of challenges that differ from those of startups or larger enterprises. These challenges stem from the need to balance growth, operations, and innovation while competing with both larger firms...
Twenty Ways to Delight Your Customers: Transforming Satisfaction into Loyalty
Today, most markets are saturated, and companies are fighting for the same customers. This is why organisations should no longer aim for customer satisfaction but rather delight. But how can you delight your customers so they remain loyal advocates? With fewer and...
The New Strategic Growth Blueprint for Successfully Reimagining Market Research
It is a well-known fact that when budgets are tight, marketing is usually one of the first departments to suffer cuts, and market research in particular! Why is this? I believe it is because their ROI is longer-term and often difficult to prove. They therefore make...
Top Posts of 2023 on Customer Centricity
Here at C3Centricity, we publish books (Winning Customer Centricity), articles and training on customer centricity, because we’re passionate about helping companies to successfully adopt a customer-first strategy. Since we founded C3Centricity in early 2011, one...
How to Give Your Brand an Attractive Image and Personality
Your brand is not what you think it is! It’s what your customers think it is; its brand image, personality and value to them. I was lecturing at Miami University a few years ago on brand image and personality. These topics created a lot of interest and...
Why Customer Satisfaction is Not a Good Business Strategy
Aiming for customer satisfaction is not a good business objective today. While Customer centricity has become the essential strategy for all businesses, and industries, too many aim for customer satisfaction rather than delight. Why? Because it’s easier! Now it...
Do Less Market Research But Know Much More About Your Customers
Do you always need the market research studies you run? You might have seen a recent post of mine on LinkedIn where I said how frustrated I am with marketers who start with a survey when they have a question, rather than ending with one. If you too have this habit,...
The 5 Essential Rules of Customer Observation for Greater Business Success
One of the best ways I know to understand your customers is to watch and listen to them whenever you can. Customer observation is a powerful, but unfortunately under-utilised tool these days for greater understanding. It is, therefore, not surprising that most...