This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “Chief Customer Officer 2.0.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. Beloved companies aren’t afraid to be themselves. They give employees permission to drop the “corporate veneer.” They encourage employees to take…
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Leaders: Set the tone and give “permission” to be real
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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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WOM Tip #489: Just because it’s automated doesn’t mean it can’t be friendly
We get it. You’re busy. You can’t write every customer you meet a personalized note or a special email. Some things have to be automated — and that’s OK. But that doesn’t mean you can’t show a little personality. For example, Tonx, a high-end coffee subscription service (who’s also great at helping their customers spread…
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WOM Tip #187: Put their name on your stuff
For a product like Coca-Cola, there’s not much new to say. We call it the chocolate problem: Even though it’s great, everyone already knows, so no one talks about it. To get people to spread word of mouth, Coca-Cola printed 150 of the UK’s most popular names on their bottles instead of their logo. Photo…
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WOM Tip #213: Make it fun and easy to tell other people about you
Your customers are inundated with ads, requests, and “special offers” from companies every day. So if you ask them to tell a friend about your stuff, you’re job is to make it really easy (and fun). And while we say this a lot, there are many different ways you can help your customers talk about…
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