Tag Archives: relationships

To the entrepreneur and small business owner: Know and track customer issues

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. The frontline talks to your customers every day. On a regular basis, sit yourself down and ask them…

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The powerful art of resilience

This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Twist Image and author of “Six Pixels of Separation.” His new book “CTRL ALT Delete” was released in May 2013. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Let’s start with a premise: Whatever it is that you do,…

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The fallacy of community

This is a guest post from Spike Jones — Group Director of Engagement at WCG and co-author of the book Brains on Fire: Igniting Powerful, Sustainable Word of Mouth Movements. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Let’s talk about community for a moment, shall we? Remember…

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Video: How U.S. Cellular creates incredible local relationships

Great relationships start great word of mouth. A good mindset for that? Try treating your customers like neighbors. That’s what U.S. Cellular’s Sharif Renno did, and the result was a 22% increase in sales. Customers in Milwaukee loved Sharif, the brand, and each other. This renegade store manager had started a real following and was…

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