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About Drew McLellan

Wall Street Journal calls Drew McLellan’s blog, DrewsMarketingMinute.com, "one of the ten blogs every entrepreneur should read." His passion is helping clients discover their story so they can create authentic love affairs with their customers. He's also an author, national speaker, and has owned his own marketing agency in the Midwest since 1995.

Are you minding your packaging?

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. The smartest brands know that having an awesome product/service is important, but how you present that awesome product or service matters too. Yes, it…

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Who shouldn’t you serve?

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Who shouldn’t you serve? I have often said that the power of a good brand is not only does it attract your sweet spot…

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Show your customers that you care

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. In previous blog posts, I’ve explored the idea that a potential buyer has to know, like, and trust you before they’re going to buy…

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Be a game changer like Keurig and the iPad

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Every once in awhile, someone comes along and instead of just adding to the existing industry or category, they literally change it. In fact,…

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Do you inspire customer service tales?

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Everyone loves to tell a good story. Stories teach, they inspire laughter and the bring about change. As consumers, we love to tell stories…

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Do your customers think you’re a “10?”

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. In the drive-up windows of one of the country’s largest banks, there is a sign: “Please honk if we’ve delivered a ’10’ customer service…

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Give them your heart… and then your head

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Clients have high expectations of us and rightly so. And I think that most companies (and employees) bust a hump to meet and exceed…

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Create a love affair with your customers

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Satisfaction is nice. Loyalty is good. Repeat business is dandy. But none of that is love. And if you really want to get and…

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