This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Anne Herman is the ChiefCustomerOfficer for MSA – The Safety Company, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of safety equipment. Anne is the third ChiefCustomerOfficer for MSA. She believes the ease of those B2C transactions is influencing how B2B companies need to do business.
This strategy should encapsulate everything from understanding customer behaviors and preferences to aligning internal processes and cultures around those insights. However, while easy to write about, it is much harder to implement in both B2B and B2C contexts. There are several ways to obtain data and understand customers.
This strategy should include a thorough understanding of customer behaviors and preferences, aligning internal processes and culture with these insights. While it’s easy to discuss these concepts, implementing them effectively in both B2B and B2C contexts poses significant challenges.
Ideally, the CEO and other senior leaders champion the effort, making it clear through their actions and priorities that customer experience is not just a frontline issue but a strategic, company-wide imperative. B2B relationships often involve relatively smaller numbers of clients compared to B2C, but each client can be deeply engaged.
B2B customer experience is much more person-to-person than many think because of numerous departments weighing in on most purchase decisions, several functional areas from both the buyer and supplier firms interfacing for long periods before and after purchase, and the high monetary value and risky business impact of many B2B purchases.
This interview is with Mike Milburn, ChiefCustomerOfficer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. Companies are responding to customer service because they want a market share and they want to stay alive. Customer service is no longer a commodity, it’s a competitive differentiator.
This interview is with Mike Milburn, ChiefCustomerOfficer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. Companies are responding to customer service because they want a market share and they want to stay alive. Customer service is no longer a commodity, it’s a competitive differentiator.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 97,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content