Lauren Bell

Recent Posts

#MT16: You Will Lose Customers At Every Point In The Journey.

Posted by Lauren Bell on March 24, 2016 at 8:38 PM

“The future always is and always was the simple decisions we make today.” -Step up and Power Down California

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Energy Efficiency, Research, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

When the Time Comes, How Do You Ensure Your Customer Chooses YOU?

Posted by Lauren Bell on March 18, 2016 at 6:09 AM

Your industry is in the middle of a transformation. You’re being faced with a lot of hard decisions and “unknowns” - from balancing distributed generation demands, aggressive savings goals and navigating how to partner and lead in the land of connected homes, solutions and technologies.

Like it or not, these unknowns are and will continue to evoke only more choices for the customer. Enlying both a challenge and an opportunity.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, B Corporation, Energy Efficiency, Research, Branding and Brand Value, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

Two Key Questions Customers Ask about Smart Products, Programs and Technology.

Posted by Lauren Bell on March 10, 2016 at 4:53 PM

Customers will not buy or participate if they have questions on a product or program.

They have to understand their investment in order to value it, much less spend time and dollars on it.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Digital Transformation and User Experience, Research, Media Strategy and Best Practices, Smart Technology, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

What Products Are an Entry Point to Smart Homes for Customers?

Posted by Lauren Bell on March 3, 2016 at 5:34 PM

There are very few things that actually know us. But the things that know us, guide us. Inspire us. Engage us. Allow us to feel victorious and at ease. They can subconsciously change our behaviors, while not flipping our world upside-down. Instead, they enhance it.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Digital Transformation and User Experience, Energy Efficiency, Research, Media Strategy and Best Practices, Smart Technology, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

#SES2016: In the Race for the Smart Home... Is It a Fight for the Customer?

Posted by Lauren Bell on February 25, 2016 at 7:41 PM

“The next big value of unlocking will not be in new products, but will be in the consumers and why they should care.”

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Digital Transformation and User Experience, Energy Efficiency, Research, Media Strategy and Best Practices, Smart Technology

Three Ways to Engage Customers on SMART Products and Services.

Posted by Lauren Bell on February 18, 2016 at 3:07 PM
WATCH customer video.

We’ve made it. All those years of watching the Jetsons and we’re finally (kind of, almost, sort of) there… if we want to be.

Consumers have the option for SMART solutions for everything, from the car to the thermostat to the lights to the way they power their homes.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Digital Transformation and User Experience, Energy Efficiency, Research, Media Strategy and Best Practices, Smart Technology, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

Meeting Customer Expectation Isn't Enough Anymore...

Posted by Lauren Bell on February 11, 2016 at 9:29 AM

What do you do for your customers? What do you provide?

Maybe you develop products people need, like light bulbs, appliances or home technology. Maybe you power the ability for customers to use these products, turning the lights on and heating their homes – living the life they know.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Energy Efficiency, Research

Key Themes from the AESP Conference: The Customer

Posted by Lauren Bell on February 5, 2016 at 8:46 AM

Well, AESP. You did it again. 4 days. 900 industry professionals. Impressive speakers. New innovations. And Starbuck’s coffee at the ready…

People are leaving Phoenix re-inspired and hyper-focused on one thing: the customer.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Energy Efficiency, Research

Your Customer is the CEO of their Home. Want a meeting?

Posted by Lauren Bell on January 28, 2016 at 10:55 AM

The smart home is here. But are we ready?

Customers are demanding more from every product and service they buy and use. They want more options and information.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Energy Efficiency, Media Strategy and Best Practices, Smart Technology, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices, Audience Segmentation

Turn E.E. Interest into Action: Customers need it simple.

Posted by Lauren Bell on January 21, 2016 at 7:07 AM
WATCH customer video.

"Despite an estimated $279 billion potential U.S. market for energy efficiency, just a fraction of this has been spent. The industry's greatest failure, arguably, is tied to how products and services are framed and sold to customers." - Green Tech Media

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Energy Efficiency, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices