The Program Planner ™ Planning a year’s worth of content in advance reduces decision stress and makes content creation easy. Start by listing each of your content deliverables and their frequency. Next, draw your What model from the 6 Magic Pills. Deliverable
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The Content Calendar ™ First, divide the grid below into the right number of boxes. Next, create sections for each part of your model. Then, fill in the content themes you need for each deliverable. Finally, decide which theme goes in which month.
The Customer Experience Planner — #1 Activation The ACTIVATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to capitalise on the euphoria associated with the purchase and begin the relationship with the customer by exceeding their expectations at the instant the relationship begins.
The Customer Experience Planner — #2 Affirmation The AFFIRMATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to counter the natural feelings of buyer’s remorse by reinforcing the purchase decision and reaffirming the elements of the offering that initially contributed to the customer’s “buy” action.
The Customer Experience Planner — #3 Admission The ADMISSION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to set the standard for future interactions, while at the same time welcoming the customer to your brand/community. The main goal of this interaction is to get the customer to take a first action that is designed to increase the likelihood of continued and repeated use going forward.
The Customer Experience Planner — #4 Acclimation The ACCLIMATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to introduce customers to the organisation's culture and processes/ systems in a way that encourages them to adapt to this new environment.
The Customer Experience Planner — #5 Assimilation The ASSIMILATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to cement behaviours in a way that solidifies the relationship beyond the customer’s original expectations.
The Customer Experience Planner — #6 Adoption The ADOPTION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to formalise a long-term relationship that goes deeper than a once-and- done purchase decision and results in the customer seeing you as an important or even indispensable partner.
The Customer Experience Planner — #7 Advocacy The ADVOCACY stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to work with customers to identify prospective clients as well as strengthen the bonds with existing customers via case studies and testimonials promoting the bene ts of a 100 Day commitment.
The ACTIVATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to capitalise on the euphoria associated with the purchase and begin the relationship with the customer by exceeding their expectations at the instant the relationship begins.
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Affirmation The AFFIRMATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to counter the natural feelings of buyer’s remorse by reinforcing the purchase decision and reaffirming the elements of the offering that initially contributed to the customer’s “buy” action.
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Admission The ADMISSION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to set the standard for future interactions, while at the same time welcoming the customer to your brand/community. The main goal of this interaction is to get the customer to take a first action that is designed to increase the likelihood of continued and repeated use going forward.
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Acclimation The ACCLIMATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to introduce customers to the organisation's culture and processes/ systems in a way that encourages them to adapt to this new environment.
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Assimilation The ASSIMILATION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to cement behaviours in a way that solidifies the relationship beyond the customer’s original expectations.
Adtoption The ADOPTION stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to formalise a longterm relationship that goes deeper than a once-and- done purchase decision and results in the customer seeing you as an important or even indispensable partner.
Advocacy The ADVOCACY stage of the customer lifecycle offers you the opportunity to work with customers to identify prospective clients as well as strengthen the bonds with existing customers via case studies and testimonials promoting the bene ts of a 100 Day commitment.