04855nam 2200697 a 450 991045676550332120200520144314.01-283-05786-797866130578600-300-16601-X10.12987/9780300166019(CKB)2550000000032313(StDuBDS)AH23050157(SSID)ssj0000471621(PQKBManifestationID)11311088(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471621(PQKBWorkID)10428114(PQKB)10676434(MiAaPQ)EBC3420675(DE-B1597)485669(OCoLC)952755096(DE-B1597)9780300166019(Au-PeEL)EBL3420675(CaPaEBR)ebr10461096(CaONFJC)MIL305786(OCoLC)923595897(EXLCZ)99255000000003231320100730d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe network is your customer[electronic resource] five strategies to thrive in a digital age /David L. RogersNew Haven Yale University Press20101 online resource (192 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-16587-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.A new model for customers in the digital age -- The customer network revolution -- Network science and lessons for business -- Five strategies to thrive with customer networks -- Access : be faster, be easier, be everywhere, be always on -- Engage : become a source of valued content -- Customize : make your offering adaptable to your customers' needs -- Connect : become a part of your customers' conversations -- Collaborate : involve your customers at every stage of your enterprise -- Leadership and the customer network-focused organization -- Planning and executing a complete customer network strategy -- Creating the customer network-focused organization -- Self-assessment : how networked is your business? -- How to continue the conversation online -- Cases and examples by industry."An incredibly useful and valuable guidebook to the new consumer economy. Buy it. Learn from it. Succeed with it."-Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do "This is the stuff that every business and nonprofit needs to embrace if they're going to succeed in a changing world."-Vivian Schiller, CEO of NPR With clear analysis and practical frameworks, this book provides a strategic guide that any business or nonprofit can use to succeed in the digital age.Marketing expert David Rogers examines how digital technologies-from smartphones to social networks-connect us in frameworks that transform our relationships to business and each other. To thrive today, organizations need new strategies-strategies designed for customer networks.Rogers offers five strategies that any business can use to create new value:ACCESS-be faster, be easier, be everywhere, be always on ENGAGE-become a source of valued content CUSTOMIZE-make your offering adaptable to your customer's needs CONNECT-become a part of your customers' conversations COLLABORATE-involve your customers at every stage of your enterpriseRogers explains these five strategies with over 100 cases from every type and size of business-from shoes to news, and software to healthcare. In The Network Is Your Customer, he shows:How Apple harnessed a host of collaborators to write apps for its iPhone How IBM designed a videogame to help sell its enterprise software How Ford Motors inspired an online community to build brand awareness for its new Fiesta...and countless other cases from consumer, b2b, and nonprofit categories. The book outlines a process for planning and implementing a customer network strategy to match your customers, your business, and your objectives-whether you need to drive sales, to enhance innovation, to reduce costs, to gain customer insight, or to build breakthrough products and services. Because today, whatever your goals and whatever your business, the network is your customer.Business networksSocial networksDigital mediaSocial aspectsDigital mediaEconomic aspectsStrategic planningElectronic books.Business networks.Social networks.Digital mediaSocial aspects.Digital mediaEconomic aspects.Strategic planning.658.8/12Rogers David L.1970-1055636MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456765503321The network is your customer2489201UNINA