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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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Advocates, Best Practices, Brand, Business Strategy, CEO, Culture, Customer Centric, Customer Experience, Customer Focused, Customer Loyalty, Customer Obsessed, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, Engagement, Expectations, Helping, Increased Profitability, Interaction, Leadership, Listening, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Mind Shift, Passion, Promises, Results, Risk, ROI, Sales, Social Media, Strategy, Trust, Trusted Relationships, Voice of the Customer, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

The “RIGHT” Customer is Always “Right”

If you’re like me you have heard this debate of “the customer is always ...

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CUSTOMER OBSESSION isn’t a “Buzzword”…it’s a WAY OF LIFE

Being customer obsessed isn’t something you do… It’s who you are! I get asked ...

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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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INFLUENCERS or ADVOCATES…Where Should You Invest?

There is so much talk today about “INFLUENCERS” and how companies need to build ...

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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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How to Get MORE of your #1 ASSET…Your BEST Customers

When I talk to CEOs and Business Owners about their customers, they can always ...

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What CHANGED…Why is there so much “Buzz” over Customers Today?

You almost can’t read anything today that isn’t talking about something relating to CUSTOMERS ...

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What Message Does Your STRATEGY Send to your CUSTOMERS?

STRATEGY IS AWESOME…I can’t say enough about how important this is to an organization. ...

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RISK Management isn’t about Mitigation…it’s about CHOICES

I talk about RISK a lot in speeches and Strategic Planning Workshops/Retreats…it is always ...

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