“To me, customer centricity is the foundation. And you really need it.” – Lauren Harris

Lauren Harris is the Director of Global Customer Programs at Oracle. One of the areas where she’s driven a ton of value is in leading their customer review team, covering 6+ lines of business, 3 vendors, and over 15 functional areas. Third-party reviews are more important than ever because the way that many customers buy has fundamentally changed. 

You can find Lauren on LinkedIn.

On this episode, we cover: 

• Why you don’t have to be scared of negative reviews
• Why it’s important to have a mix of positive and negative reviews
• How companies can bake generating reviews into their customer journey instead of doing one-off review campaigns
• Her tips for how to get cross-departmental buy-in by painting a vision
• Her definition of customer centricity — and why it’s sorely needed 
• How the voice of the customer can be a competitive advantage 

Here are some additional resources: 

• TrustRadius 2020 Buying Disconnect Report
• Build An Effective Customer Advocacy Program By Knowing The Four Advocate Types
• The Buyers’? Journey is Not “Changing”?
• Need Data to Justify the Value of Reviews?
• Customer Review Vendor Selection

You can find the full transcript of the episode here. 

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