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Why Amazon DOMINATES…How YOU can Dominate in your business

When Amazon first came on the scene everyone thought they were all about taking ...

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Ask Your CUSTOMERS One Great QUESTION…

The old traditional Customer Surveys, for the most part, are dead. No one has ...

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STOP PUNTING…your EMPLOYEES can help you create a COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Everyday your employees have a choice in how they help your customers solve problems ...

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Customer to Business Leader…“Why can’t you just get it RIGHT?”

Have you ever heard this from your customers? Have your employees ever heard this ...

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The “Plunge” of Newspaper Advertising…it’s a CUSTOMER Issue

Image created by and courtesy of Wall Street Journal I’ve talked about this issue ...

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5 Steps to Leap ahead of your Competitors…Focus on RETENTION with ACTION

There probably isn’t a business owner or top executive on the planet who hasn’t ...

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Don’t SAY what you Can’t “Consistently” DELIVER…

It’s so easy to say something through an advertisement, or a campaign, or an ...

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The NEW “Puppeteer” in Today’s Economy…

If you have even one competitor your customer has a choice. And whenever a ...

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Not so Fast…The Cart doesn’t go in front of the Horse

When organizations decide to improve their customer experience, they are usually losing more customers, ...

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5 “Creative” Ways to Evaluate the Customer Experience of your Business

Everyone talks about “walking in your customers’ shoes” to see what the experience is ...

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