Customers Are Won, Not Managed

Far too often I hear company executive talk about “managing their customers.” Customers are people who pay your salary, not widgets to be managed.

You can manage expectations, but managing people for profitability is just…wrong.

Let’s talk instead about building trust, value, and long term relationships for enduring loyalty. And yes, profits. Profits come after building trust and value.

Today I’ve published a new piece on Medium talking about how CRM is often used to mean software instead of the relationship itself. You may read the article here: Don’t Manage Customer Relationships. Build Them. 

Jeanne Grunert

Jeanne Grunert, president of Seven Oaks Consulting, is an award-winning direct and digital marketer with over 20 years of senior marketing leadership experience. She’s passionate about mentoring marketing managers and providing exceptional content marketing programs and services to Seven Oaks clients. Jeanne holds an M.S. (awarded with distinction) in Direct and Interactive Marketing from New York University and frequently lectures on content marketing, search engine optimization, and project management techniques.J