Many marketers are stuck in an activity mindset, focused more on the event calendar and the client reference database than strategic conversations with customers. In contrast, an engagement mindset creates a strategy focused from the outside-in rather than from the inside-out. Here are ways to shift your approach toward an engagement mindset, even when you can't achieve a full-scale transformation.

At the 2015 ITSMA annual conference, we considered, "If it is all about the customer experience, why are we still pitching?" We share the key takeaways from our discussion with Janis Fratamico, Director, Relationship Marketing at Bloomberg and David Coates, Director, Customer Programs at Iron Mountain, about relationship-based engagement...and four ways your can help your organization work from a customer point of view.

Listening and acting are two concepts that are absolutely critical to the health and longevity of customer advisory boards.

Jane Hiscock, President, Farland Group and Alison Orsi, VP of Marketing, IBM will be presenting at the B2B Marketing Summit, London, June 22, 2016.

Choosing the phone over email adds value to your relationships with your customers, enriches the customer experience, and increases efficiency.

Business transformation and disruption are not new concepts. But our clients' advisory boards are expressing a new urgency to grapple with them. These boards are helping our clients (and us) understand what leaders believe they need to succeed.

[AS SEEN IN LOYALTY360] Customers are more marketing savvy than ever and will immediately question whether your brand is authentic and motivated by their best interest or the company’s self-preservation. What do authentic customer-centric companies do differently than those motivated by self-preservation?