WASHINGTON, D.C. — Start with the right question. That was alarge piece of advice for financial institution marketers at themorning BAI Retail Delivery keynote on Wednesday.

Jonathan Salem Baskin, a marketing strategist and the openingspeaker, offered the insight that most institutions need “to flipthe telescope,” that is, most start with the wrong question whenthe topic switches to engagement.

What they ask is: how do we get our customers to engage withus?

The right question, per Baskin, is: how do we engage with ourcustomers? Do that – hunt for real ways to touch lives – and, saidBaskin, financial institutions would find themselves on a very fasttrack to success in engagement.

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