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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Brand, Business Strategy, Cost of Sale, Customer Experience, Customer Satisfaction, Innovation, Interaction, Marketing, Mind Shift, ROI, Sales, Social Media, Social Media for CEOs, Social Media for Executives, Social Networking, Traditional Marketing, Traditional Media, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Why would you ever need social media?

Back in the early days, business was done eyeball to eyeball and with a ...

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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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Best Practices, Brand, CEO, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Marketing, Mind Shift, Pull Marketing, Push Marketing, Results, Social Media

A “Long Tail” Strategy makes you memorable

We just finished a weekend where there is tremendous hype about all the “Superbowl ...

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Blogging, Engagement, Interaction, Market Differentiation, Passion, Pull Marketing, Push Marketing, Relationships, Social Media, Storytelling

Why Blog?

There are very few meetings I have where I don’t get asked this question ...

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Advocates, Authenticity, Customer Experience, Expectations, Social Media, Social Networking, Tools, Traditional Media, Transparency, Word-of-Mouth

Word-of-Mouth is the new Judge

Take a look at this list of companies ragan.com shared on their blog, “Report: ...

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Blogging, Helping, Passion, Pull Marketing, Push Marketing, Social Media, Storytelling, Word-of-Mouth

Thanksgiving is a great teacher for social…

When we think about Thanksgiving, what thoughts are the ones that immediately come to ...

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Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, Mind Shift, Passion, Social Media, Social Media for CEOs, Social Media for Executives, Tools

If you don’t believe me…listen to the kids!

I give hundreds of speeches a year to CEOs, Business Owners, and other top ...

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