About:
http://blogs.harvard.edu/vrm/about/
https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2015/09/18/debugging-adtech-assumptions/
Wrong. If people have a real relationship with a company, they want it to be with sales or service. That’s it.
For example, I have a great relationship with the service department of East Coast Volkswagen in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. I’m on a first-name basis with the guys there, who know their shit and have earned my trust and affection by treating us honestly and well. I’ve also seen and received the dealership’s marketing materials, and couldn’t care less about them. What matters is who I get on the phone when I need them, and how I’m treated. That’s it, for approximately everybody who owns a car.
If companies took half of what they’re wasting on adtech and put it into service improvements, they would have better (and more real) conversations with customers, and earn genuine loyalty, rather than the coercive kind that comprises every “loyalty program.” (If you need a program to obtain loyalty, you’re not eligible for the real thing.)
https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2015/08/12/separating-advertisings-wheat-and-chaff/