Archive for the “Marketing” category

Good Customer Service Enables Structured Thinking

by Joe on September 4, 2009

Recently, my wife and I have been having discussions about critical thinking and the ability to chose words and responses.  Our discussions started after a dinner at Chick-fil-A.  We noticed all employees at this fast food restaurant respond to a (…)

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Those Pesky Legal Disclaimers Are Useless

by Joe on March 30, 2009

I got an email today that said the following:  Note:  For internal use only and not for distribution outside the company.  The information contained in this message is private and confidential, is the property of [THE COMPANY], and is solely (…)

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Facebook’s Huge Learning Opportunity: The Burger King Snafu

by Joe on January 15, 2009

Facebook didn’t just Blow A Whopper Of An Opportunity by shutting down Burger King’s amazing marketing plan that lets you sacrifice 10 of your friends for a free whopper sandwich, they found a way to generate revenue. TechCrunch made a huge deal about (…)

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Relationship Revolution: Relationship Focused Businesses

by Joe on December 17, 2008

Over the past couple weeks I have been monitoring the Relationship Media space where the relationships around content drive traffic and revenue growth.  But as I have viewed the marketing world through a relationship media lens, I have found that (…)

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Three Market Trends to Watch in 2009

by Joe on December 16, 2008

I have been fascinated with the Stock Market ever since my dad drudged me downtown to the Legg Mason office to drop off a check to by some stocks that would send me to college.  Sure, he could have mailed (…)

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