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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.

Hello? Is there a human inside?

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. Honestly — haven’t you felt that way more than once when you’ve dealt with a business? Either their marketing materials are so full of corporate…

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They’ll buy when they trust

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. Here’s an equation that every business owner needs to understand. Know + Like + Trust = Buy. Whether you sell toothbrushes or multi-million dollar medical…

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Customer service case study from Jeff the cabbie

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. From on outset, I knew this was going to be a different sort of cab ride. I walked out of the hotel and just like…

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We have to earn our audience’s attention

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. We have to earn our audience’s attention. Let’s see how you’re doing at that. If you own or run a business, I’d like to you…

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Being customer focused = ROI

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. I recently read about a study done by the world famous company, Peer Insight (you’ll find them in Businessweek on a regular basis), that reinforced my philosophy that focusing on the customer and their entire experience of doing business with…

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Are you ignoring a very important audience?

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. Employers have been in the driver’s seat for the past several years as the recession made jobs scarce and employees afraid. It’s been tough on organizations as well. No one wants to freeze open positions, have salary reductions, or cut…

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How are you generating word of mouth?

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. Research tells us that there is no more compelling way to drive sales than word of mouth marketing. This isn’t new news. We’ve always valued what our neighbors, friends and family had to say. It reduces the risk of buying…

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Either they trust you or they don’t

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. Marketing The art of selling Customer loyalty Brand promise Social credibility All very important concepts on my blog. And in your organization. At the core of every one of them is trust. Or the lack thereof. Think of any relationship…

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9 Things to Share That Start Conversations

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The New Topics Worksheet

All word of mouth starts with a topic of conversation — a simple, portable, repeatable idea that gets people talking.

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Create a complete word of mouth marketing plan using this worksheet’s eight simple steps.

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