1. Focus on developing methodolgies which start with a customer story and how that would feel
2. Get a top exec totally bought in
3. ensure you have one key team who totally undertsand it
4. make sure everything is measured and recorded at the customer level
5. spend 80% of effort on Non IT bits - people and process
6. start small with incremental steps - big bang doesn't work
7. ensure the leader of the key team understands the business and has some understanding of technology again 80/20 split
8 dont pick a product area our channel area as the bit that takes this forward
9 understand the value of each customer, including the cost to serve
10 keep on communicating using real examples that people can see and experience.
1. Discover customer purchase psychology - How do we make sales
2. Work out a financial plan to deliver profit - usually helps to maintain interest and investment
3. Set up a multi functional team and put them in charge - Too many cooks etc
4. Buy a tried and tested package - benefit from previous development and testing - do not re-invent the wheel! How unique is every company anyway!
5. Test using own staff as customers - can spot the blindingly obvious mistakes and problems, and offer practical solutions
6. Keep researching customer purchase triggers - Show them the site, does it work for them?
7. Do not underspend on launch, but use all "free" media too eg if you have shops advertise in them, delivery trucks etc as well as media - creative should match up to purchase triggers
8. Report progress in detail and do not lose sight of need for financial progress
9. Keep customer focus - If something does not fit in with your method of operation change it!
Keep the customer satisfied.
10. Do not automate your call centre. Everyone hates it! Humans are preferred to machines!