ist magazine June 2022

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Why Digital Engagement is Actually P2P By Lisa Apolinski, CMC

change brands if they did not feel the brand promise was in alignment with their core values. They also felt that they would spend more money with brands they felt supported and understood their needs during challenging times. This can translate to a simple con struct: the more human the brand, the more business that brand may get. These consumers looked at factors other than just price and quality; trust and brand reputation factored into their decisions. This trust encompassed brands taking responsibility to live by their values and be more relevant in today’s world.

Forget B2B or B2C T

No Longer a Nebulous Concept Consumers are looking for companies that represent and reflect their values, their beliefs and their sense of purpose in the world today. Brands of the PPE (Pre-Pandemic Era) could float out in the ether as a nebulous concept with no real shape or form. Those types of companies may still try to exist on that plane, but companies that do are miss ing out. They fail to capitalize on retain ing customers as well as attracting new ones. And those new customers may be willing to pay more for the relevancy brought to the business exchange. 

he pandemic arrived and brought with it many new and surprising changes in how companies do business.

One of the most interesting, and most impactful, changes for organizations has been how consumers engage with brands. There was a recent survey* on this very topic and the results were clear. Consum ers are re-thinking how they interact with others and have re-evaluated priorities in life. This includes the types of brands that will get their business in the future. These consumers were much more willing to

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