27. February 2009

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KISS – Keep (your introductions) Simple Stupid!

DON’T OVERDO IT… You know who you are, and what you are selling, but do we? It’s easy to tell the biz owners and salespeople that feel they must “educate” their customers before making the purchase. This “educating” often turns what should be a 30-second commercial or introduction into a 90-second or (even worse) 5 [...]

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9. February 2009

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Marketing Gone Wrong: Anybody & Everyone

Lately I’ve been running into more than a few business owners that tell me their ideal client is “anybody” or “everyone” . Typically the sentence follows is a justification for the anybody and everybody line, or a list of the 3000 kinds of customers this business may have. It’s a great energy and excitement these [...]

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30. January 2009

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Social Media and Customer Loyalty: The Skinny

Typically I frown on simply ‘reposting’ articles, but this one is so good it’s my exception to the rule this month: Deepening Customer Loyalty Through Social Media by Aaron Strout When was the last time you said to yourself: “Wow, I’d recommend this product or service to a friend”? Within the last month? Six months? [...]

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