5 Customers You Should Fire

Steve Cody, inc.com THE CLIMBER In 18 years of running my own business, I’ve found it’s important to know when to turn the tables and fire a client. Here are those five times. You may know Inc.com as I do: It’s a ver­i­ta­ble trea­sure trove of best prac­tices wh… RT @Inc: Ever fired a customer? … Continue reading 5 Customers You Should Fire

How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing

How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing And Wowed Customers By Ekaterina Walter, fastcompany.com As mar­keters, we talk a lot about real-time response and true social agili­ty. But very few brands were able to mas­ter the art. So is agile mar­ket­ing a myth? A lot of brands strug­gle with agili­ty in mar­ket­ing: think­ing on … Continue reading How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing

How to wrangle control over your contacts

Tech Trends: Tools for Managing Contacts John Brandon, inc.com TECH REPORT We tried out two basic CRM tools that help organize contacts—and stay in touch with them. I always thought cus­tomer rela­tion­ship man­age­ment soft­ware was strict­ly for sales­peo­ple. Recent­ly, I’ve been read­ing a lot abou… http://flpbd.it/fzw6u Related articles CRMs that have launched or been updated … Continue reading How to wrangle control over your contacts

EPIC 2012 • October 14-17, 2012 • Savannah, GA

EPIC 2012 • October 14-17, 2012 • Savannah, GA. Related articles Population Health and Social Governance: Analyzing the Mainstream Incorporation of Ethnography (2012) (foucaultnews.wordpress.com) July Edition of Ethnozine - Ethnography of Wikipedia Sources, Live Fieldnoting, & 4 guest contributors for The Ethnographer's Reading List (ethnographymatters.net) Ethnography & The Customer: Building a Compelling Brand (ablebrains.typepad.com) Ethnography … Continue reading EPIC 2012 • October 14-17, 2012 • Savannah, GA

Understanding the customer experience with social networks

Hurry up, the customer has a complaint - The Boston Globe. A number of companies are now developing positions such as Chief Twitter Officer, Chief Facebook officer, LinkedIn, YouTube etc. due to the growth of customer feedback in online web 2.0 communities and the need to address it. Related articles The 8 Things You Should … Continue reading Understanding the customer experience with social networks