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Think of your CUSTOMER like the NEWSPAPER

Take yourself back 10 years…before Social Media was the mainstream for information. How did ...

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Time to Change your Thinking about “Brand”…think “Conversation”

Everyone wants to have their own “Brand”…one their audience can easily identify with and ...

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So they found you…now what?

You made it…you just spent a boat load of money on SEO, AdWords, PPC, ...

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Customer Centric Businesses will always have the 3 C’s

CUSTOMER CENTRICITY is a great…actually it is AWESOME! Even though it is kind of ...

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FREE Customer Traffic Generator

a new idea for creating free customer traffic is using customers to spread word ...

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Stop Marketing for your Competitors

Your competitors, by definition, sell the same (or similar) products and services to you…that’s ...

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Your Customers Don’t Care about Your Search Rankings…WHY You Shouldn’t Either

When someone talks about being ranked #1 on Google (or Bing, Yahoo, or other ...

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Customer Service is a Risky Strategy

Customer Service by its very nature is a “reactionary” process most organizations create to ...

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Are you Selling HAMMERS…or delivering DREAMS?

The word VALUE has been around a very long time…and I’m sure it has ...

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ONE THING every Customer Hates…

Blackboard You’re a loyal customer and you keep shopping at a certain store because ...

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