Advocates, Best Practices, Blaine Millet, Business Strategy, CEO, CEO Insights, Culture, Customer Centric, Customer Experience, Customer Feedback, Customer Focused, Customer Journey, Customer Loyalty, Customer Obsessed, Customer Retention, Helping, Increased Profitability, Innovation, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Mind Shift, Results, Retention, ROI, Sales, Seattle Business, Speaking, Strategy, Traditional Marketing, Voice of the Customer, WOM on Steroids, WOM10, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

An Evening with Cantillon…some Follow-up Answers and Insights

Last Thursday night I had the honor of being on a panel for Cantillon ...

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Best Practices, Business Strategy, CEO, Creativity, Customer Experience, Customer Focused, Innovation, Leadership, Market Differentiation, ROI, Seattle Business, Social Media, Strategy

EJ Bartells – Leading the “laggards” with Innovation and Social Media

I just got back from Denver after giving a speech to a great management ...

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Advocates, Authenticity, Best Practices, Blaine Millet, Blogging, Engagement, Helping, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Passion, Pull Marketing, Relationships, ROI, Seattle Business, Social Media, Social Networking, Storytelling, Transparency, WOM10, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

A story of SUCCESS – Redmond Rousers Rotary…THANK YOU!

One of the great success stories of Rotary International has to be what Kelly ...

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Breaking News, CEO Insights, Customer Experience 2.0, Economy, Increased Profitability, Market Differentiation, Relationships, Seattle Business, Social Media, Social Networking

EBRT embraces Social Media…

Last Wednesday I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to one of the most ...

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Breaking News, CEO Insights, Relationships, Seattle Business, Social Media, Social Networking

Seattle Executives Association

I had the opportunity to speak to a great group of small and middle ...

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Articles, Best Practices, Breaking News, Economy, Market Differentiation, Seattle Business, Social Media, Trust

Joe, way to go – you ‘da man…

I wrote an entry a little while ago referencing how parasitic the media is ...

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Articles, Business Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Expectations, Market Differentiation, Seattle Business

Starbucks – a lesson we can all learn from…

Since I live in “Starbucks land” and “Microsoft land” there doesn’t seem to be a ...

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Best Practices, Breaking News, Business Strategy, CEO Insights, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Economy, Employee Retention, Expectations, Increased Profitability, Market Differentiation, Promise-Driven Organizations, Promises, Relationships, Seattle Business, Trust

“Marry Your Customer” – Well, sort of…

I just recently released an article, “Marry Your Customer – Creating Trusted, Loyal Relationships,” ...

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