customer  passion
HOW  TO  START  A  
MOVEMENT
Maria Ogneva
@themaria
Thursday, October 17, 13
“The purpose of a business is to create a
customer”
- Peter Drucker

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1 in 5 consumers
switched providers in 2012
- Accenture

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how’s  your  customers’  experience?

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think bigger
social and mobile are just table
stakes

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what  if  you  could...
...start  a  movement

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10 steps to becoming:
remarkable
innovative
memorable
magnetic
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1.  

Find  your  
groove

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what  are  you  doing?

What the
market
needs

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What you’re
uniquely qualified
to do
“People don't buy what you do;
they buy why you do it.
And what you do simply proves
what you believe”
- Simon Sinek

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2.  

Know  your  
customers

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why  do  they  buy?

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what  do  they  need  from  you?

feedback
ask
ask
loop
customers employees

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3.  

Don’t  become  
a  commodity

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2.5 quintillion bits of data daily

U.S. competitive intensity has more than
doubled during the last 40 years.
-Deloitte Shift Index

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make  art

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4.  
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Become  obsessed  
with  experience
to  get  what  

…  give  people  what  

you  want…

they  need

Purchase
Advocacy
Repurchase

Respect
Consistency w/promise
Support, service

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experience must be consistent
make community part of entire cycle
mobile

Awareness

online

Consideration

Repurchase

Customer
Co-­‐‑creation

offline

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Purchase

Advocacy

Engagement

phone,
email
5.  

Design  for  
adaptability

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help  your  employees  do  best  work
connect
empower
decentralize
trust
passion

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organize  around  vision,  not  process
inflexible on the vision

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flexible on the process
6.  

Get  your  
house  in  order

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groom  employee  (and  partner)  
advocates

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create the conditions for:
Purpose
Autonomy
Mastery

Daniel Pink, Drive

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7.  

Start  a  
movement

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yes,  companies  can  start  
(or  join)  movements

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What makes a movement?
•
•
•
•
•
•

Shared purpose and vision
Shared passion
Shared and individual identity
Specific, actionable and urgent
Leadership
Community of action

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8.  

Build  
community  

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why  bother?
Enable
movements

Behavior change
that sticks

Close and loose ties
Convening
Alignment
Small groups

Belief that it’s possible
Peer support
Ability to self-organize

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Motivation
Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose
Customers in communities
spend 19%

more

- University of Michigan

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building  a  community  is  hard
different expectations
different metrics
not transaction
not campaign
let go of control

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A community is like a garden
it takes a long time to build
it’s really hard
but when it works, it pays disproportionate dividends

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till  the  soil
have a plan and a vision
get your community to participate in creating it

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get  a  gardener

community manager helps increase engagement
90%-9%-1% (lurker-contributor-creator) -->17%-57%-26%
(check out http://www.communityroundtable.com/start/thevalue-of-community-management-by-the-numbers-infographic/)
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plant  the  seeds

start small!
build community with community
make it “sticky”
build trust
get colleagues to engage
early champions help define behaviors
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water  your  garden
onboard new members
grow membership
handle conflict
be a host

commit to everyday engagement
first: start conversations proactively
later: step away and get customers to talk to each other
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harvest

make it part of your business, not an afterthought
promote storytelling; celebrate members
curate and help members use and create content
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9.  

Have  a  
narrative

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have  a  narrative

open ended: no beginning, no middle no end
community is the protagonist; invite participation
it’s about what you do, not what you say
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celebrate  small  wins
“They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat.”
- Jewish saying

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10.  

Never  stop  
learning

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measure
qualitative
quantitative
high level metrics
engagement
adoption
business value

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data

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insights

action
embrace  failure

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get  started;  adjust  as  needed

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THANK  YOU!

KEEP IN TOUCH!
@themaria

Thursday, October 17, 13

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