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Don’t SAY what you Can’t “Consistently” DELIVER…

It’s so easy to say something through an advertisement, or a campaign, or an ...

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Not so Fast…The Cart doesn’t go in front of the Horse

When organizations decide to improve their customer experience, they are usually losing more customers, ...

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5 “Creative” Ways to Evaluate the Customer Experience of your Business

Everyone talks about “walking in your customers’ shoes” to see what the experience is ...

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Do Your Customers Scream TRUST or DISTRUST?

Trust is possibly the most powerful word an organization can have today. Either you ...

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Leaders: You’re BRAND is EVERYTHING…Protect it at ALL COSTS

BlackboardBrand BRAND is an incredibly simple concept…made complex and difficult by those trying to ...

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5 Reasons WHY Companies don’t OBSESS over their CUSTOMERS

I talk to company leaders all the time about CUSTOMER OBSESSION and how it ...

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The “Cake Mix” isn’t the Customer Experience…YOU ARE

If you sat down right now and someone asked you which “Cake Mix” they ...

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Will Department and Retail Stores Exist in the “New World”?

Department stores and many retail stores were born to give their customers a great ...

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Why Marketing, Agencies, and other Models Don’t Work Today

TRUST…let me be a bit more specific…LACK OF TRUST. “Trust” has always been a ...

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Is “Content Marketing” the new “Promised Land”?

Content, Content, Content…it’s the new buzz word in marketing circles these days. Since Social ...

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