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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Best Practices, Business Strategy, Cost of Sale, Customer Focused, Engagement, Increased Profitability, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Mind Shift, Pull Marketing, Push Marketing, Relationships, Results, ROI, Sales, Traditional Marketing, Trusted Relationships, Voice of the Customer, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth

Is the Sales Team the true home for Social Media?

Marketing, marketing, marketing – that seems to be all your hear about in regard ...

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Best Practices, Customer Experience, Engagement, Helping, Interaction, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Pull Marketing, Push Marketing, Relationships, Social Media, Strategy, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

MEMO: Tell our Customers NOT to talk about us…

I know, sounds a bit ridiculous doesn’t it?  But in essence, that’s exactly what ...

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Advocates, Business Strategy, Customer Loyalty, Expectations, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Relationships, Social Media, Strategy

The Tortoise STILL wins the race…

We all know the story… The Tortoise and the Hare…where the Tortoise starts out ...

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Customer Experience, Innovation, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Mind Shift, Passion, Relationships, Social Media, Strategy, Trust, Trusted Relationships, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

WOM is a strategy…not a tactic

I am often asked, “What can we start doing to build word-of-mouth (WOM) quickly?”  ...

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Advocates, Storytelling, Transparency, Trust, Trusted Relationships, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth

“Testimony” vs. “Tranparency” – any difference?

I was sitting in church yesterday at Overlake Christian Church listening to a great ...

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Best Practices, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Expectations, Market Differentiation, Relationships, Trust

When CRISIS can build LOYALTY…

One of the blogs I regularly follow is Seth Godin.  Why Seth?  He has ...

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Best Practices, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Economy, Market Differentiation, Relationships

Customer Loyalty just doesn’t happen…

One thing I have noticed over the years is how important something can be ...

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