Athletic wear retailer Lululemon has been successful striking this balance by attaching its unique brand of customer service to its brand identity.
Clever campaigns combined with new approaches- such as Cultural Movements which center on communication between brand and customer, can turn occasional buyers into loyal brand followers and active provocateurs in a movement that turns other consumers into the same.
He introduced seat-back entertainment, onboard ice cream and limos for business customers to create a customer-focused brand.
"Every time the customer sees your brand, it's a chance to either denigrate it or reinforce it, " said Riney, who has also worked with Chub b and Prudential on similar projects.
This means that marketing is no longer viewed as merely a tool for building market share or short-term revenues, but is instead considered a strategic investment in building critical intangible assets, such as customer relationship and brand equity, which produce important long-term profits.
This means that product development is driven by customer insights, that brands are truly relevant to the target audience, and that all channels deliver the brand experience the customer was promised and expects.
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The client thus keeps control of the customer experience and can brand and customize the scheduling offering.
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The team developed a story telling strategy that focused on two-way communication between the brand and customer.
Because tampering with customer reviews erodes the authenticity of reviews and ultimately destroys customer trust in your brand.
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Focusing on delivering great customer service reinforces your brand values and gives you a second chance to get the sale.
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And we can continue to deliver the right social customer experiences for our brand no matter how the social media environment changes.
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We believe strong customer stickiness and a brand image synonymous with innovation has enabled Apple to grab mobile phone market share despite heightened competitive pressure.
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Do both your employee and customer touchpoints elevate your brand expression?
And that creates the positive feedback loop that will generate customer buzz, boost brand value, and eventually allow RIM to raise the price on future generations of PlayBooks.
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This also impacts results, and customer perception of your brand.
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Joyce conceded that the airline had been hit hard by industrial action, however he said that the airline's brand and customer satisfaction ratings had improved "signficantly" since the grounding.
For example, Hyundai has risen to the top spot in the Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index, heading all other automotive brands and placing sixth among a total of about 600 brands across 83 verticals.
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Brand Keys has researched both categories extensively in our Customer Loyalty Engagement Index and found that what drives brand engagement and loyalty for snack food differs significantly from breakfast cereal breakfast.
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With this new offering, Comcast is looking to improve the overall customer experience with the Xfinity brand.
Other companies have leveraged big data in sales strategy to improve selling, pinpoint customer motivation, and understand brand preferences.
Yet again, the focus was on the customer and not the Microsoft brand.
The Brand Keys 2012 Customer Loyalty Engagement Index reveals that consumers choose laptop computers on the basis of anything but security.
Moreover, there are other elements of his company which are notoriously hard to scale, such as brand experience and customer service.
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While plants and equipment maintain their worth, it's the intangible assets like brand names, customer loyalty and strategic alliances that suffer in such debacles.
The ego should be in check and thrown out the door because everything should be done in the service of the brand and the customer.
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Its strength lies in its global brand and its customer service.
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