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When Did We Stop Using “Common Sense”…One of our Most Powerful Weapons to Differentiate Our Business and Dominate the Competition

I would offer that most of us make things too complicated. We take something ...

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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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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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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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Why isn’t EVERY Company Customer Centric or OBSESSED…3 Reasons

There are very few business leaders I talk with that don’t tell me they ...

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When Word-of-Mouth is BAD for You…2 Key Issues

Free Word And Fireworks Showing Freebie and Promotion Word-of-Mouth has been (and still is) ...

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Word-of-Mouth vs. Sharing…which do your Customers do for you?

“I can’t believe I found the same product for a cheaper price…I can’t wait ...

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Social Media is the “amplifier” for Word-of-Mouth

Word-of-Mouth has been around since the beginning of time – no one will every ...

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What scares Google to death?

While I can’t profess to know the internal workings or conversations inside Google, I ...

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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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