Advocates, Authenticity, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Engagement, Expectations, Relationships, Results, Sales, Social Media, Transparency, Trust, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth

If you “pay for WOM”, is it really WOM?

The question has come up more than once, “What if we put in a ...

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Advocates, Authenticity, Business Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Experience 2.0, Engagement, Marketing, Mind Shift, Passion, Pull Marketing, Relationships, Results, Social Media, Strategy, Transparency, Trust, Trusted Relationships, WOM on Steroids, WOM10, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

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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Best Practices, CEO, Customer Experience, Engagement, Expectations, Helping, Innovation, Leadership, Market Differentiation, Passion, Results, Risk, Strategy

If you want true success with Social Media, start with “WHY”

I don’t know if you are in the same boat as I am, but ...

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Customer Experience, Customer Experience 2.0, Customer Focused, Customer Loyalty, Helping, Market Differentiation, Pull Marketing, Relationships, ROI, Sales, WOM10, Word-of-Mouth, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

What scares Google to death?

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

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Best Practices, Blogging, Breaking News, Customer Experience, Engagement, facebook, Helping, Market Differentiation, Pull Marketing, Push Marketing, Relationships, Social Media, Storytelling, Uncategorized

USA Today suggests a choice…”Easy” or a “Relationship”

I lost count of how many people either sent me or handed me a ...

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Customer Experience, Engagement, Helping, Mind Shift, Social Media, Social Networking, Traditional Marketing, Traditional Media, Word-of-Mouth

Radio was a good teacher for using Social Media today…

Let’s go back in time (at least a few years ago) when the Radio ...

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Business Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Promise-Driven Organizations, Promises, Pull Marketing, Relationships, Trust, Trusted Relationships, WOM on Steroids, Word-of-Mouth

“Promises” – still the foundation…

This week I was in a discussion with a new client about their business ...

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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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