{"id":8699,"date":"2021-02-04T09:54:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T09:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/?p=8699"},"modified":"2021-02-04T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:02:32","slug":"marcus-sheridan-tapping-in-to-the-brain-of-your-customers-is-everything-in-business-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/en\/marcus-sheridan-tapping-in-to-the-brain-of-your-customers-is-everything-in-business-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Sheridan: &#8211; Tapping into the brain of your customers is everything in business [INTERVIEW]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/marcus-sheridan-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/marcus-sheridan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/marcus-sheridan-1.jpg 913w, https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/marcus-sheridan-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/marcus-sheridan-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/marcus-sheridan-1.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/marcus-sheridan-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\"><strong>Jacek Kotarbi\u0144ski: In your book, you encourage people to talk to clients. Why is it so important? After all, it is enough to broadcast another advertisement or lower the prices to increase sales.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-headings-color has-text-color\">Marcus Sheridan: Tapping into the brain of your customers\/clients is everything in business. You MUST know their thoughts, feelings, questions, worries, fears, etc. The more you can do this, the more you can address each of these head-on, especially on your website. And the more you do that, the more you win their trust. It\u2019s like a domino effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\"><strong>Social media considered to be the best communication channel with clients. Do you think so too? How should professional communication in these channels look like in your opinion?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">I don\u2019t think social media is the best communication tool at all, at least not for all businesses. For example, with my swimming pool company River Pools, we did almost no social media for years. But we absolutely dominated the industry because we answered more questions than anyone else on our website about fiberglass pools, and we also produced more videos than any other pool companies were doing. The key is having a clear direction and focus, and then being great wherever you are, versus just being \u201cOK\u201d on multiple platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marcus Sheridan Speaker Reel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqxLS3cVjls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">Clients often don&#8217;t know what they want. Steve Jobs suddenly appears and does not ask customers for their opinion. It launches brands that change the world. What do you think is the role of visionaries in business?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">I think there is a big difference between seeing around the turn as Jobs often did, versus simply not listening to the marketplace. My general rule of thumb is to obsess over what buyers want, how they behave, and how they are evolving\u2014and then meet that either at that point, or even past that point, which is exactly what Jobs did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">What are the challenges for customer experience in the coming years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">I think the biggest challenge will be having true \u201cface to face\u201d and \u201chuman to human\u201d experiences. It\u2019s by those moments of intimacy and closeness are we able to see a brand on a personal, individual level. The more digital we become, the less we interact. This is why things like video and really showing our people is such a major part creating a better CX. Along with this, businesses need to remember that buyers are more impatient than they\u2019ve ever been. They want answers, and they want them now. They don\u2019t want to call. They don\u2019t want to fill out a form. They want friction free. This is the essence of a great CX in 2021 and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">What are the most important elements a Polish reader should remember from your book?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Don\u2019t overcomplicate sales and marketing. Simply listen to your customers. What are they thinking? What are they asking? What are they fearing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Once you start to identify those things, take the time to answer their questions\/fears\/etc. well. Be honest, be transparent. This will make you the voice of trust in your space and sales will naturally follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">What are your first associations with Poland? Do you have any experience? Do you know any brands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">I actually have never spoken in Poland, despite speaking throughout Europe. Maybe we can change that one day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">Who was your master in business? Who inspired you and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimrohn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jim Rohn<\/a> was my idol. He was a master teacher and communicator. And the best teachers and communicators make the best marketers and sales professionals today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">How are you doing as a keynote in times of a pandemic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">I\u2019m still doing many, many keynotes during this period over video, arguably more than I\u2019ve ever done before. The only difference is now I can\u2019t travel, but it\u2019s still a very powerful learning experience for the audience, and when times are tough, businesses and individuals are more inclined to learn and put for the effort to get better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">Are there business books that you particularly appreciate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Good To Great changed my life as a business owner. It led to me focusing on just fiberglass pools with my pool company, and that led to a singular focus to growing the business online, and that led to us becoming the most trafficked swimming pool website in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-regular-font-size\">One golden advice for Polish readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Remember, when communicating online, this phrase: \u201cIt\u2019s dumb not to dumb it down.\u201d Don\u2019t try to sound smart. Seek understanding. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The book &#8222;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/They-Ask-You-Answer-Revolutionary\/dp\/1119312973\" title=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/They-Ask-You-Answer-Revolutionary\/dp\/1119312973\">They Ask, you Answer<\/a>&#8221; will be published in 2021 by MT Biznes.<br>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/kotarbinski.com\/blogomarketingu\/en\/introduction-to-they-ask-you-answer-by-marcus-sheridan-polish-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my introduction <\/a>to the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/marcussheridan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marcus Sheridan<\/a><br>Today Marcus Sheridan is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker known for his unique ability to excite, engage and motivate live audiences with his simple, yet powerful transformational business approach. 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