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Reflections on customer advisory boards, customer relationships, and what it takes to strengthen them both.

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Engagement Strategy Erin Rodat-Savla Engagement Strategy Erin Rodat-Savla

Mastering Executive Engagement
What's Holding You Back? (Part 2)

Strong relationships with your c-level customers can accelerate change, uncover opportunities, and strengthen your company’s position. What keeps B2Bs from earning those relationships—and realizing their value? We’ve identified 10 common—but surmountable—barriers that hold B2Bs back. In Part 2 of this series, we explore the struggle and barriers to realize value.

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Engagement Strategy Farland Group Engagement Strategy Farland Group

Getting to a Customer Engagement Mindset

Many marketers are stuck in an activity mindset, focused more on the event calendar and the client reference database than strategic conversations with customers. In contrast, an engagement mindset creates a strategy focused from the outside-in rather than from the inside-out. Here are ways to shift your approach toward an engagement mindset, even when you can't achieve a full-scale transformation.

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Engagement Strategy Anne Taylor Engagement Strategy Anne Taylor

From Seller to Advisor: Engage Your Customers to Help You Stop Pitching

At the 2015 ITSMA annual conference, we considered, "If it is all about the customer experience, why are we still pitching?" We share the key takeaways from our discussion with Janis Fratamico, Director, Relationship Marketing at Bloomberg and David Coates, Director, Customer Programs at Iron Mountain, about relationship-based engagement...and four ways your can help your organization work from a customer point of view.

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Engagement Strategy Camille Freni-Antonetti Engagement Strategy Camille Freni-Antonetti

To Dial, Or Not To Dial…That Is The Question!

We live in an era where technology is full-steam ahead and constantly changing. We hear this from our clients throughout our work at Farland Group — that companies are in a game of cat-and-mouse to keep up with one another. Technology is the reason it’s so easy to open my email first thing in the morning and send that quick note to the assistant I’ve been chasing for two weeks.

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