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Does Your Name Really Matter?

If you insist on naming the company to satisfy your ego, plan to have a robust marketing budget for promoting yourself and building recognition. You’re going to need it.

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We’ve Stopped Getting Chin’s Delivered

Regardless of how much automation we have in our lives, people still prefer personal connections and feeling like they’re talking to the actual people they’re buying from.

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Customers: Problems, or opportunities?

Whoever is talking with customers, from the CEO down to customer service representatives, better be able to help address customer issues quickly and efficiently.

Ask Customers What They Think

Regardless of what you sell, you can benefit from customer feedback, new prospective clientele, and testimonials. It’s as easy as asking a few questions to your existing customer list.

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Don’t Pour Concrete Down Your Kitchen Sink

Regardless of what you sell, whoever is answering your phone is the first line of defense, and the information being provided to consumers may make all the difference in whether you close the deal.

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Making Audiences Work For You

Lots of salespeople make outlandish claims, and the successful ones have a ready answer for any question. At the very least they can think on their feet and turn the question into an opportunity on the spot.

This guy wasn’t one of them.

Who The FRIG Is This?

Regardless of what you sell, it’s critical to point recipients towards a website for more information. This reinforces the brand name in a customer’s mind while also potentially opening additional sales opportunities.

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The Tale of the Stout Bottle

New year is the perfect time to take stock in your business and re-examine your branding, packaging, and strategies. Because, regardless of what you sell, you too can probably increase sales by changing your image.

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Why You Shouldn’t Burn Bridges

Always treat others with respect. You never know who they’re talking to about you.

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Negative Impacts On Mailing Lists

Call me old-fashioned, but I believe customers should have a right to privacy and control who communicates with them. This may mean my business won’t always grow as fast as I might wish, but my clients will want to work with me and will appreciate the consideration I show them.

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A Suspicious Welcoming

You may discover that your prospective clientele are leery of welcoming strangers into their homes. This hesitation may be due to so many people being unwilling to get vaccinated, or they might be concerned that possible thieves are “casing the joint.”

Why you shouldn’t kill your customers

Pepsi poisoning Charlie would be a public relations disaster! Here’s a 4-minute read on what potentially happens to any organization killing their own customers.

Limiting Limited Time Offers

Consumers often feel a sense of urgency when they see “limited stock available” or “clearance sales.” The idea is that failure to take immediate action might mean losing a valuable deal. It can even apply to items and brands typically ignored by that customer.

Twiddling My Thumbs On Hold

Keeping someone on hold in an obvious bid to ignore their situation is not a good way to retain that customer.

Our garage door collapsed…HELLO?

The company that ignores customers will probably never hear from them again. And whoever answers a customer’s email or phone call first is going to capture their business…probably for the long-term.

Packaging Your Great Ideas Properly

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I DO Know How to Multiply

Cynical customers, cutthroat competition, high costs, staffing challenges, and government regulations can all get in the way of running a profitable business. Having poor messaging potentially calling your company’s integrity or intelligence into question doesn’t help your cause.

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Utilizing The Second Deadly Sin

“Use greed to grow your business. A chance at free money (or free anything, for that matter) draws attention and increases participation.”

Communications Students Who Don’t Communicate

Sales leads in any industry don’t always announce themselves in advance, making it incumbent upon the seller to be regularly checking every communications network to which they’re connected.

You Deserve A Break Today

Though no longer marketed, Sominex’s 50-year old jingle calls to me across time. It’s an excellent reminder that good jingles help businesses break through marketplace noise.

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