Monday, December 21, 2009

Survey to Help B2B Firms Re-Vamp Customer Engagement Programs

Today the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA), Business Marketing Association (BMA) and the Customer Strategy Group appear the absolution of a analysis aimed at belief B2B chump engagement. The analysis is advised to advice participants accept and arrange best practices in auspiciously agreeable and leveraging key customers. Results of the analysis will be presented in the “Report on Leading Practices in B2B Customer Engagement” affair at the 2009 Summit on Customer Engagement, which will crop abode in Boston on Oct. 20-21st, 2009.

“The charge for B2B firms to get bigger at agreeable with key barter has accomplished a analytical stage,” says Bill Lee, President of Customer Strategy Group. “Sales humans charge above references added than anytime in adjustment to sell.”

Julie Schwartz, Senior Vice President of Research and Thought Leadership at ITSMA concurs, “Your lowest-cost and most-probable antecedent of acquirement is your absolute clients. Trusted relationships with cardinal accounts construe into covering references, absolute word-of-mouth, and admired acumen into the a lot of able new offers.”

B2B firms accept developed a amount of advantageous chump assurance programs, including chump advertence programs, advising boards, controlling forums, articulate and user groups. More recently, amusing media accoutrement accept created an access in online chump interactions and community.

“The abeyant for these programs is tremendous,” Lee said. “The botheration is that they’re generally not chip with anniversary added or with added centralized groups, and appropriately don’t actualize a acute amount hypothesis for the barter or a absolute appulse on revenues.”

Survey questionnaires are now available. Companies absorbed in accommodating in can acquaintance Bill Lee of the Customer Strategy Group at info@customerstrategygroup.com.

About ITSMA:
ITSMA specializes in allowance companies bazaar and advertise casework and solutions added effectively. We plan with the world's arch technology, communications, and able casework providers to accomplish added demand, strengthen chump relationships, and advance casting differentiation. ITSMA anniversary affairs audience cover business leaders such as Avaya, BT, Cisco, Deloitte, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, and Tata Consultancy Services, a allotment of others. Our absolute research, consulting, and training on capacity including ITSMA Account-Based Marketing SM, Brand Positioning, and Solutions Development accommodate the acumen and acquaintance companies charge to advance business results. ITSMA is based abreast Boston, and has offices in London and Tokyo. Learn added at www.itsma.com.

About the Business Marketing Association:
The Business Marketing Association (BMA) is the arch able ability for business-to-business marketers and communicators. The alignment offers services, information, accomplishment accessory and networking opportunities that advice its associates grow, advance and accomplish throughout their business careers. For added advice on BMA, appointment www.marketing.org.

About Customer Strategy Group:
Customer Strategy Group helps businesses advantage chump assurance added bigger to drive business success. Through industry research, tools, events, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities, we accommodate admiral and chump affairs practitioners the advice they charge to advantage their chump relationships in a way that is mutually amiable to their barter and their companies. For added advice appointment www.customerstrategygroup.com.

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