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Could Your Business Survive WITHOUT Marketing?

?What if... ?You didn't have a website ?You couldn’t mail out your brochures ?You ...

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Want to WIN more Customers…Think Like a “Professional Scout”

My son was a very good baseball player…good enough to play college baseball. From ...

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The “Plunge” of Newspaper Advertising…it’s a CUSTOMER Issue

Image created by and courtesy of Wall Street Journal I’ve talked about this issue ...

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Could you Survive if 25% of your Customers left TOMORROW?

According to a research conducted by McKinsey and Company, 25% of customers will defect ...

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TIME and MONEY always follow WHAT YOU VALUE most

I am constantly reminded of this throughout many of my conversations with leaders, business ...

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Why INVESTING in Your Customers WINS today…and tomorrow

It doesn’t matter whether you are an investment advisor or product manager or the ...

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Want AWESOME CUSTOMER FEEDBACK? Focus on VOLUME and WHY

I read countless articles on the best ways to get customer feedback and to ...

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Word-of-Mouth is about Saving Your Customers TIME

Word-of-Mouth has been called the “search killer” because there is little if any need ...

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Forget the “Numbers”…they’re Misleading You

From the beginning of the Internet Revolution and the tidal wave of Social Media, ...

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Word-of-Mouth is the ULTIMATE test of “Customer Action”

Customers tell us all kinds of things…often times what they feel we want to ...

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