Conflicting loyalties. Terminations. A changing culture. New competitive threats. These phrases describe the challenges facing many of today's most successful businesses. They also describe the challenges facing another profitable organization-television's Soprano family. As the boss of the family, Tony Soprano knows the difficulties...
This book is about making the choice for the customer, making a choice beyond the superficial slogans and choosing an operational, actionable strategy. Our experience has shown that although companies focus their customer programs on cross-selling and loyalty initiatives, the issue is much more fundamental. They fail in their...
Developing B2B Social Communities: Keys to Growth, Innovation, and Customer Loyalty explains why business-to-business companies need a robust online community strategy to survive and flourish in today’s changing economy and shows you how to design and execute your company’s strategy successfully.
"Reading Brands That Rock is like attending business school, where classes on customer loyalty, consumer behavior, and branding are taught by Mick Jagger, Elton John, Steven Tyler, and Madonna."
–Tommy Hilfiger, Designer
Cadillac and The Rolling Stones. Victoria’s Secret and Madonna. Wal-Mart and...
Marketers and retailers have to understand how to manage different consumer perception levels of retail brands, which have a major determining role on store loyalty across different complex contexts. Addressing these issues, Bettina Berg analyzes first whether corporate reputation and retail store equity have a reciprocal relationship in...
Loyal customers are the most important asset of any company-more important than land, patents, equipment, or buildings. While finding new customers is often expensive, time-consuming, and ultimately unprofitable, retaining old customers is surprisingly easy and highly profitable. Companies with a loyal customer base enjoy greater profitability...
Based partly on IBM’s own transformation, and partly on the transformations that IBM has helped its clients to achieve, this ground-breaking book shows how companies can increase sales and improve margins by introducing a range of solutions.
It draws upon IBM’s highly readable and fast-paced, Business Solutions on...
Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so the end result of every project...
PrestaShop is a hidden gem. There are many much more widely known online shopping cart solutions that have nothing like the features, potential, and ease of use that this open source, completely free-to-use, system has. But until now there has been no information available on how to make the most of it. This book takes a step-by-step approach...
I believe that mobile marketing is the marketing of the future. My name is Cindy Krum, and I am the author of Mobile Marketing: Finding Your Customers No Matter Where They Are. This book is intended to be a comprehensive guide for marketers and anyone who wants a clearer understanding of how they can integrate mobile marketing with their...
How can I differentiate my products from the competition? Do customer retention and loyalty programs really work? How do I increase a customerÂs lifetime value to my company? How can I build a strong brand and manage it wisely?
To find the answers to these and scores of other questions, turn to the experts at...