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Your Customers Don’t Care about Your Search Rankings…WHY You Shouldn’t Either

When someone talks about being ranked #1 on Google (or Bing, Yahoo, or other ...

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Are you Selling HAMMERS…or delivering DREAMS?

The word VALUE has been around a very long time…and I’m sure it has ...

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ONE THING every Customer Hates…

Blackboard You’re a loyal customer and you keep shopping at a certain store because ...

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“I Can’t Wait to See Your Next Promotional Ad…”

Said NO. ONE. EVER. No audience has ever asked for this…yet it’s what we ...

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It’s not ALWAYS Greener on the other Side…4 Reasons Why

Almost every business has at least one thing in common…they want more customers. And ...

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The “Buffet Line” will Make or Break You Today

With the advent of the Digital (or Internet or whatever you want to call ...

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Communication, Content Marketing, Customer Centric, Engagement, Helping, Interaction, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Mind Shift, Pull Marketing, Push Marketing, Results, Social Media, Social Networking, Strategy, Tools, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Are you “Messaging” or “Communicating”…they aren’t the same

I was in a meeting with a business owner the other day and she ...

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Sorry…but my Burger doesn’t look like that

You saw the ad, the pictures on the internet, even the quick annoying video ...

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AUTHENTICITY…the Foundation for What we all Want

Acting in an Authentic way and treating people authentically is an “action” you choose ...

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Advocates, Authenticity, Best Practices, Brand, Business Strategy, CEO, Customer Centric, Customer Experience, Customer Focused, Customer Loyalty, Customer Obsessed, Engagement, Expectations, Helping, Increased Profitability, Interaction, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Mind Shift, Pull Marketing, Relationships, Results, ROI, Social Media, Social Media for CEOs, Social Media for Executives, Strategy, Transparency, Trust, Trusted Relationships, Voice of the Customer, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

TRUST and WORD-of-MOUTH…they’re Inseparable

The Desired Result… Everyone on the planet doing any kind of business wants more ...

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