Ali Cudby is the Founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies, a consultancy transforming businesses through intentional customer experiences. As the author of the best-selling book Keep Your Customers, she specializes in customer experience and loyalty, employing a unique four-step method that she crafted from her extensive background in corporate planning, strategic marketing, and customer relations. Ali’s experience includes pivotal roles at the New York Times, Golf Digest, and Animal Planet TV network.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- [03:56] How Ali Cudby’s experience at the New York Times influenced her business philosophy
- [09:37] The impact of making employees and customers feel valued and engaged
- [11:56] Alignmint Growth Strategies’ unique brand mantra
- [14:31] How adapting to AI can be a game-changer for contemporary businesses
- [17:59] Practical steps to crafting customer retention strategies that eliminate churn
- [22:06] The importance of aligning your company to serve customers effectively
- [34:51] Advice for women leaders to embrace relationship-oriented leadership for long-term success
In this episode…
With one fundamental shift in your business approach, you can make a meaningful impact on your team and customers. Could crafting more intentional customer experiences be the key to explosive growth?
Ali Cudby, a customer experience maven, emphasizes developing retention strategies that make the customer feel seen, heard, and valued. This involves making small but powerful shifts in your communication and service-delivery tactics, which fosters customer and employee loyalty. You can enhance satisfaction by communicating service benefits from the customer’s perspective and developing a clear and consistent process for customer engagement.
In this episode of the Lead Like a Woman Show, Andrea Heuston welcomes Ali Cudby, the Founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies, for a discussion about crafting superior customer experiences. Ali talks about the “mint method,” her company’s unconventional name origins, and the importance of data in aligning your organization’s strategies.
Resources Mentioned in this episode
- Andrea Heuston on LinkedIn
- Artitudes Design
- Artitudes Women Owned Offer
- Stronger on the Other Side: The Power to Choose by Andrea Heuston
- Ali Cudby on LinkedIn
- Alignmint Growth Strategies
- Keep Your Customers: How to Stop Customer Turnover, Improve Retention and Get Lucrative, Long-Term Loyalty by Ali Cudby
Quotable Moments:
- “When you make people feel seen, heard, and valued, that’s when you create long-term loyalty and customer retention.” – Ali Cudby
- “AI becomes so powerful as it takes away the barriers to keeping information up to date and engaging with the customer more effectively.” – Ali Cudby
- “Empathy is not just a soft skill, it’s a business strategy that underpins uncontainable growth.” – Ali Cudby
- “The bullseye is about defining who we are for our customers, not just for ourselves.” – Ali Cudby
- “Women leaders, listen to your relationship-oriented instincts; they hold the key to successful business outcomes.” – Ali Cudby
Action Steps:
1. Develop a clear and consistent process for customer engagement.
- It ensures every employee understands how to make customers feel valued, fostering loyalty and retention.
2. Create a customer-centric mantra for your business.
- It keeps the focus on customer experiences, driving decisions that enhance their satisfaction and loyalty.
3. Utilize AI tools to keep customer communication relevant and updated.
- AI streamlines updating processes, making it easier to maintain fresh and engaging content for customers.
4. Communicate benefits from the customer’s perspective.
- Doing so enhances empathy and relationship-building, leading to more effective customer interactions.
5. Foster an internal culture that prioritizes valuing employees.
- When employees feel valued, they are more engaged and likely to deliver higher-quality customer service.
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