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How Smart Businesses Thrive In Uncertain Times
“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” – Warren Buffett Right now, fear is rippling across every market. It might feel natural – even prudent – to tighten your belt and pull back on sales and marketing. But when the economy feels shaky and the future uncertain, is cutting […]
The Luxury Consumer, Sustainability and Social Responsibility: It’s Complicated
Luxury has a terrible reputation. It starts with the word: The etymology of the word remains rooted in the notion of excess. And excess does reign — from the air miles involved in the annual cycle of fashion “weeks” (perhaps permanently disrupted by COVID) to the world of yachts and eye-popping shopping excursions carried on in private, on Instagram, or […]
The Importance of Paying Attention
The late, great comedian Robin Williams once said, “You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” Early in his career, Robin Williams practiced as a mime in Central Park. He did so to fine-tune his audience perception skills by saying nothing and allowing the […]
Wall Street vs. Voice of Consumers
Everyone loves a good underdog story when the little guy goes up against the giant and wins. However, in the case of GameStop stock and individual investors vs. short selling hedge fund portfolios, who is David and who is Goliath? If you haven’t heard the story about GameStop stock this week, this video from C|NET […]
The B2B Customer Experience IS Personal
Faced with an increasingly turbulent world, it is more important than ever for companies to pay attention to what their consumers are saying about them and use the insights acquired to continually improve and maintain a competitive advantage. B2B organizations recognize that valuable customer feedback can be sourced beyond focus groups, questionnaires and surveys. Today, […]
Consumer Behavior Has Changed
As restrictions around the world ease and consumer spending begins to reappear, the buyer’s journey needs to adapt to the next new normal. Even as the COVID-19 crisis continues, consumer behavior has changed with lasting implications. The ripple effect caused by these changes can force any business to think and operate differently in order to […]
Customers are Talking. Are You Listening?
The term Customer Experience is used to describe the interactions consumers have with brands, product offerings, price, customer support, website usability, and so on. Today, 84% of organizations are competing on customer experience, with 75% of consumers believing that customer experience is the clear indicator for how much a company values them (Forbes.com). With so […]
Business (not so) As Usual
We at Metric Centric hope that everyone is staying healthy and safe during the COVID-19 Coronavirus global crisis. We look forward to the day when we can once again meet with our clients in person. Until then, please know that our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. In the meantime, we are ready […]
Metrics That Matter
Summer Fridays may be in full effect, but that doesn’t mean the expectations of your clients are any slower or lower. As August heat and humidity rises, so does the opportunity to influence or shift how metrics are integrated into fall campaigns, and goals for Q4 and year-end. Are there opportunities to consider new, quantitative […]
Face Your Fears
Data is central to our decision-making process. I’m not sure we need/want to know that. Both of these statements typically happen in the same conversation with executive and marketing leadership when discussing data use by their organization. Public, private, agency, nonprofit, government, university… the type of organization doesn’t matter, the sentiment is the same. We […]
What Do You See?
People-watching at a coffee shop can tell you a lot about the surrounding neighborhood. The demographics of the customers and non-customers, the ebb and flow of commuter traffic, the dynamics of other nearby businesses and competitors, or even potential changes that are starting to impact the community. However, when you watch and for how long you watch can […]
How e-Listening Can Improve Federal Agencies
Perception matters. Even for the U.S. government and its 445 federal agencies. When you peel back the perception of government organizations as being large, unresponsive, and disconnected there are real teams of people who endeavor to fulfill their mission and serve the American people. The disconnect between agencies and the citizens they serve has a […]