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B2B Customer Management, B2B Trust, Blog, CRM, CRM Publications, Customer Centricity, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Information Planning, Customer Management, Customer Relationship Strategy, Customer Value Management, Financial Services, Leadership, Marketing, News

Why treating customers fairly should be a top priority

As an independent customer experience expert on the SAS Collaborators Programme, I’m delighted to have my new blog “Why treating customers fairly should be a top pr… Read more

February 3, 2021/by Peter Lavers

B2B Customer Management, B2B Trust, CRM, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Management Systems, Customer Relationship Strategy, Key Account Management, Marketing, News, Sales Development, Trust

Salesforce Gratitude Campaign

We’re delighted to report that a quote from our director Peter Lavers has been included in Salesforce‘s #SalesforceGratitude campaign. The question was “T… Read more

December 10, 2020/by Ellie Luk

B2B Customer Management, Blog, CRM, Customer Centricity, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Journey Mapping, Customer Management, Customer Relationship Strategy, Strategy

Are there any good reasons for delaying a CX listening or improvement programme?

Timing always seems to be an issue with new voice of the customer (VoC) surveys, capability building, and customer experience (CX) improvement programmes. I often hear “l… Read more

December 1, 2020/by Peter Lavers

B2B Trust, Blog, Building Trust into your Customer Plans, Customer Relationship Strategy, Interdependence, Joint Business Planning, Key Account Management, Leadership, Strategy, Trust

Unpacking the B2B Trust DNA™ Model

Trust is a key dynamic in business to business (B2B) relationship success. It is often quoted and referenced, yet little understood. It has taken me over five years of academic doc… Read more

July 1, 2020/by Dr Mark Hollyoake

Blog, Business Case Development, Change Management, CRM, Customer Centricity, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Management, Customer Relationship Strategy, Customer Value Management, Digital, Digital Strategy, Distributor / Intermediary Management, People Capabilities, Sales Capability Development

Not making your targets? Don’t despair!

Most companies are facing their biggest challenges of peacetime history as we navigate through the Coronavirus pandemic. Some won’t make it. Falling sales and profits? Many are… Read more

May 11, 2020/by Peter Lavers

Blog, CRM, Customer Centricity, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Management, Customer Relationship Strategy, Marketing, Retail, Strategy

Consumer Loyalty 2030

Drivers of loyalty are also drivers of profitable business I’ve recently been reading the SAS / Futurum “Experience 2030” report, and its question regarding what will drive cust… Read more

January 13, 2020/by Peter Lavers

CRM, Customer Centricity, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Journey Mapping, Customer Management, Customer Relationship Strategy, Leadership, Marketing, News

Panviva’s Top CX Influencers

International recognition as a top influencer / expert in the field of Customer Experience (CX) is not something that Customer Attuned’s co-founder Peter Lavers has act… Read more

November 20, 2019/by Ellie Luk

B2B Trust, Building Trust into your Customer Plans, Customer Centricity, Customer Relationship Strategy, Trust, Uncategorized

Trusted Relationships = Consistently Good Service

At Deep-Insight, I spend a lot of my time trying to help our clients figure out how to build strong trusted relationships with their B2B (Business-to-Business) customers. Trust i… Read more

June 6, 2019/by John O'Connor

CRQ Assessment, CRQ NPS, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Proposition Development, Customer Relationship Strategy, Relationship Quality, Uncategorized

Our Biggest Customer is a Bully. Help!

I was recently reminded of an interesting past edition of Management Today — it included an article about bullying. No, not online bullying or workplace bullying, but B2Bully… Read more

May 28, 2019/by John O'Connor

B2B Customer Management, B2B Trust, Building Trust into your Customer Plans, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Relationship Strategy, Relationship Quality, Trust

Why are Trust and Commitment so Important in B2B?

“Commitment and trust, rather than (or at least in addition to) power and dependence, are now central to discussions of business relationships. Researchers and practitioners h… Read more

May 23, 2019/by John O'Connor