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Evaluate how real you are in the moments of connection

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. Companies that customers love work hard not to lose their personality — not in their products, not in…

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How Whole Foods focuses on customer needs to succeed in social media

This is a guest post from Jay Baer — social media and content strategist and author of “Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help not Hype.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his Convince & Convert blog. How social matches company culture Natanya Anderson has a lot on…

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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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Download: The first chapter of “Chief Customer Officer 2.0” by Jeanne Bliss

With over 30 years as a Chief Customer Officer and training executives in customer experience, Jeanne Bliss knows a thing or two about how companies earn extreme customer love. But, she says that kind of love, the kind that grows your business, isn’t just about customer service. In this 2.0 version of her book Chief…

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How to hug your haters

This is a guest post from Jay Baer — social media and content strategist and author of “Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help not Hype.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his Convince & Convert blog. Who needs praise and positive reviews? I’ll take a hater any…

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Big can often be much better

This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Mirum and author of “Six Pixels of Separation” and “CTRL ALT Delete.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. How many times a day do you read about a brand messing up? It’s a sport at this point….

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