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Can you train your customers to be loyal?

I had a great lunch today with the former CEO of a large, very successful pet food company ...
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The Touchpoints of Customer Service – That “Good Vibe” Feeling

If you're like me most of your banking is done online these days. I go the accounts area, ...
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Whatever happened to retail window displays?

Back in the heyday of retail, when people really shopped at stores, they would walk down the street and ...
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O.co? Branding the wrong name for Overstock.com

The brand "O" for most folks is just a letter in the alphabet. But when it comes to ...
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If You Dominate in Sales Are You the Best Brand?

The top clothing brands, fast food brands and chain restaurant brands all have the highest volume of sales. ...
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Huffington Post and AOL Deal: A disaster in the making

When I heard about The Huffington Post selling to AOL I thought, what's this all about? But I ...
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The You Brands: When Loyalty is Personal

The brands that convey the most customer loyalty like Apple, Coke and Nike are the you brands. The ...
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Buy a Logo Online and Be a Brand – Why That Doesn’t That Work

I spoke with someone the other day who decided to "crowdsource" their logo from one of the sites ...
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Enlisting Your Own Army of Brand Loyalists

Every company wants to enlist brand loyalists. These brand fanatics are the ones who carry the message to ...
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Credit unions have a solid following but what happens when customers just fade away?

When you think your consumer brand is well-known and enjoys incredible loyalty and that you can't possibly lose ...
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Yahoo Nothing to Shout About. Why the Yahoo brand is lost and has no idea who it’s customers are.

When I visit Yahoo, which I rarely do, I wonder who's in charge here? Does anyone really understand ...
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What’s with the Chevy Volt tagline: More car than electric”

Brands are often defined by their tagline; FedEx - the world on time for example. But the new ...
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