Customers are astute and well-practised in researching and seeking information, solutions and added value in the minimum number of clicks online. There's only so much time they're willing to spend carrying on clicking. This mentality isn't just restricted to the world of B2C. In our increasingly hectic world, where information is expected to be available instantly, it applies just as much to B2B.
In this workshop, we look at how putting yourself in the shoes of your customer and mapping their decision-making and buying journey is critical to ensuring that you provide what they perceive as fast solutions and added value.
You will learn all about the three pillars for creating competitive brand experiences:
Customer engagement planning puts you firmly in the shoes of your customer, helping you to build meaningful marketing communications delivered through the right resources at the right time to inspire your customers to engage with you.
This programme will help participants to:
Understand the evolution of the customer buying journey
Map a customer buying journey for your brand or solutions
Understand the customer micro-moments and signals indicating interest and buying intent, both online and offline
Apply the psychology of branding to build marketing communications with impact
Develop sales and marketing content that differentiates your brand(s) from the competition by demonstrating unique value and how you can meet your customer's needs
1 The evolution of the customer journey
Understand how the use of mobile has had an impact on the customer buying journey where today's customers can research and compare products and solutions whenever and wherever they like, making the purchase journey even less linear
Explore how marketers are adapting to this new customer behaviour and drawing upon various strategies to win the hearts and minds of their audiences
2 The See-Think-Do-Care framework
Explore the many different frameworks used to track the customer journey
Understand and apply the modern marketing model, where the internet has enabled the customer to hop between multiple touchpoints before making a purchase decision
3 Customer micro-moments and signals in their buying journey
Understand the online and offline moments when customers seek information to research and make buying decisions
Apply this understanding to build a marketing communication plan to reach customers at all stages of their buying journey
4 The role of branding in the customer journey
Explore the psychology of branding
Learn how to ensure your branding is relevant to your target customer needs
Bring together your brand value and story to achieve brand loyalty
5 The Why-How-What framework
Apply a systematic approach to build a successful and compelling brand
Understand how starting with 'why' will help build your brand purpose
Apply the content marketing matrix to communicate your brand's value
Apply the hero-help-hub model to build engaging content marketing
Actionable outcomes
We will use your brand examples to provide opportunities for practice:
You will learn and reflect on best practice examples of customer engagement
You will discover your brand value, purpose and the 'sweet spot' to drive engagement with your customers
You will create a customer engagement plan that can be implemented immediately within your business
You will receive immediate feedback on your customer engagement plan
You will have the opportunity to share common issues and solutions with your colleagues in the group