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Creating love affairs: You can’t buy their love

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 our ongoing pursuit of creating love affairs with your customers, I wanted to share an experience. If you’re a regular reader of my…

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Is your company humble when it fumbles?

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 delivery of products and services — and in many cases, the creation of them — is a…

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WOM Tip #474: Help them start conversations even when they’re not about you

It’s tempting to pack every interaction you have with your customers with some kind of promotion, sale, or new product information. Don’t. Sometimes, the communications your customers will pay attention to most have nothing to do with your stuff. Sometimes it’s better just to say hi and remind them that you’re human. For example, before…

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What decisions make you a “beloved company?”

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. Beloved companies know they are defined in the fleeting moments of a customer interaction. They know the actions that…

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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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New ways to use old marketing tools to get people talking

[Welcome back to our Word of Mouth Marketing Lessons newsletter. This is text from the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using this handy form.] While word of mouth marketing is more sustainable, cost-effective, and (we think) fun than traditional marketing — you don’t have to throw out all…

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7 word of mouth emotions

[Welcome back to our Word of Mouth Marketing Lessons newsletter. This is text from the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using this handy form.] Word of mouth is personal. We tell our friends and family about a new book we’re reading, we talk to our co-workers about the…

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How to make boring stuff more remarkable

[Welcome back to our Word of Mouth Marketing Lessons newsletter. This is text from the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using this handy form.] For all of the companies who aren’t selling stuff like sports cars, high-tech gear, and designer shoes out there, you know that word of…

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