Forget CRM, Think MCR! Maximise Your Customer Relationships!-Forget CRM Think MCR Maximise Your Customer Relationships

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Andy Hasselman’s session argued that businesses should “Forget CRM, Think MCR” — meaning maximizing customer relationships through proactive, personalized, and practical action. He stressed that CRM systems are useful only if people use the data to understand customers and improve service.<br /><br />Using examples from Spotify, Amazon Fresh, and a local pub, he showed how modern customers expect recognition, speed, and tailored experiences. He outlined major challenges businesses face: rising customer expectations, weaker loyalty, skepticism toward marketing hype, demand for personalization, and the need for engagement in the customer’s preferred format.<br /><br />Hasselman introduced a simple model of customer relationships: giving, losing, taking, and maximizing. The goal is to move customers into the “maximized” category, where both sides benefit. He offered seven tips: choose the right customers, understand what they want, get personal, create dialogue, add value, maximize opportunities, and leverage relationships for referrals and feedback.<br /><br />His key message was that businesses should actively build relationships, listen carefully, respond to feedback, and tailor communication to customer needs. The session ended with a call to action: take one simple step, such as thanking a customer or asking how you are doing, and start improving relationships immediately.

Keywords

customer relationships

CRM

personalization

customer engagement

customer loyalty

proactive service

relationship marketing

customer experience

referrals