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<h2>The 5 phases of Customer-First Marketing</h2>
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<h2>The 5 phases of Customer-First Marketing</h2>
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<ul><li><b>Goal setting:</b>Before you do anything else, you first need to determine what your goals are- ultimately you should know what you want to do with your research before you set out to do it.</li>
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<ul><li><strong>Goal setting:</strong>Before you do anything else, you first need to determine what your goals are- ultimately you should know what you want to do with your research before you set out to do it.</li>
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<li><b>Inspiration + architecture:</b>Learn directly from the people you’re marketing to (surveys, interviews, quizzes) to deeply understand who they are. The key is to look for patterns within insights.</li>
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<li><strong>Inspiration + architecture:</strong>Learn directly from the people you’re marketing to (surveys, interviews, quizzes) to deeply understand who they are. The key is to look for patterns within insights.</li>
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<li><b>Implementation + data mining:</b>Take your customers’ feedback and use it to bring new experiences to life for your brand. During this phase, you’ll also identify what data you’ll leverage to craft these experiences-or begin to collect it.</li>
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<li><strong>Implementation + data mining:</strong>Take your customers’ feedback and use it to bring new experiences to life for your brand. During this phase, you’ll also identify what data you’ll leverage to craft these experiences-or begin to collect it.</li>
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<li><b>Measurement + automation:</b>Measure the success of experiences, iterate, then automate with the goal of creating wide-reaching experiences that feel personally tailored to each recipient.</li>
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<li><strong>Measurement + automation:</strong>Measure the success of experiences, iterate, then automate with the goal of creating wide-reaching experiences that feel personally tailored to each recipient.</li>
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<li><b></b><b>Repetition</b>: Begin the entire process over again-and on a regular basis-to continue to improve their marketing effectiveness, retention, and brand loyalty.</li>
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<li><strong>Repetition</strong>: Begin the entire process over again-and on a regular basis-to continue to improve their marketing effectiveness, retention, and brand loyalty.</li>
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</ul><h2>You need 3 things to implement a Customer-First Marketing strategy:</h2>
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</ul><h2>You need 3 things to implement a Customer-First Marketing strategy:</h2>
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<h3>People</h3>
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<p>Your audience: subscribers, website visitors, new customers, loyal brand advocates.</p>
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<h3>Data</h3>
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<p>Your audience’s documented interactions with your brand.</p>
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<h3>Experiences</h3>
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<p>How you translate their interactions into brand activations.</p>
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<p>Related Customer-First Marketing resources:</p>
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<p>Related Customer-First Marketing resources:</p>
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