Emerging sales and marketing roles critical to customer success

Regardless of the size and structure of your marketing and sales teams, new roles have emerged as key components to connect the two departments. These roles are considered critical to the success of any account-based strategy. Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) The SDR function is increasingly important to organisations implementing account-based strategies. Traditionally, this role is …

Better customer experience with niche social media

Social media has played a pivotal role in shaping and redefining the customer experience. We’re all familiar with the mainstream juggernauts of Facebook and Twitter, but there’s a vast array of niche social media outlets catering to the unique interests of particular customers. And more are regularly popping up. Social media has given customers greater …

Is brand relevance more important than brand differentiation?

Most business leaders and marketers aim to differentiate their brand from those of their competitors. It’s commonly viewed that differentiation is the key to success of the brand and its profitability. Others however,would argue it’s more important for your brand to be relevant to your customers rather than be differentiated over competitors. As markets shift …