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How To Keep Your Customers Coming Back - http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com

Posted by ShawnHessinger under Marketing
From http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com 5120 days ago
Made Hot by: Portfolio33 on May 10, 2010 2:55 am

What can you learn from successful brands like Cracker Barrel about keeping customers coming back and always engaged with your product or service? As it turns out, some fairly simple steps keep customers engaged and not only coming back for more but staying longer once they do find you and visit. If loyal customers should be the goal of every small business than reading this post is key to finding success Read More

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Bugattis, Picassos, Mega-Mansions and "Average Joe": Pricing Your Business Goods and Services

Posted by yoni67 under Success Stories
From http://jobshuk.com 5120 days ago
Made Hot by: Portfolio33 on May 10, 2010 2:44 am

Last week while we were hard at work a Bugatti sold for $30 Million, a Picasso fetched $117 Million and the proud owner moved into his $1 Billion condo! So when pricing our business goods and services, do we market toward the "Average Joe" or the obscenely-rich? An offbeat look at the issue of setting biz prices Read More

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Five Online Video Lessons You Can Learn From Old TV Shows

Posted by Cathode Ray Dude under Online Marketing
From http://indiemusic.typepad.com 5120 days ago
Made Hot by: waltgoshert on May 10, 2010 12:42 am

What can you learn about online video marketing from classic old TV shows? Quite a bit, we think. From "Star Trek" to "Gilligan's Island" to "Bewitched" and "The Andy Griffith Show", here's a fun look at how lessons learned from those great old TV classics can be applied to online video marketing for your product, service or other business. Tune in to find out more.. Read More

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What It Takes to Be Great

Posted by billrice under Sales
From http://bettercloser.com 5123 days ago
Made Hot by: HomeBusinessMedia on May 9, 2010 3:22 am

We are often consumed by visions of success or greatness. And what that takes is often deceiving because movies and writers only like to showcase the exciting parts of winning—the SportsCenter highlights or the six months before the big sale or IPO.

I think about my friend Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) when he talks about his 10+ years of .. Read More

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Get More From Facebook Status Updates

Posted by q4sales under Online Marketing
From http://smallbiztrends.com 5122 days ago
Made Hot by: lyceum on May 7, 2010 8:16 pm

I learn something nearly every week from Lisa Barone. Every week. That's a lot of content. Listen up, please:

You want to be savvy about your social media presence. You know not to ignore your blog for Facebook, but you’re smart enough not to completely write it of Read More

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Effective communication, getting the balance right

Posted by Barneyausten under Customer Service
From http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5122 days ago
Made Hot by: tuckerleroy on May 7, 2010 5:03 pm

Customer communications, particularly written, can be over examined to the point of being false. What is the right approach to responding to a customer and how much of you should come out in the text Read More

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Video: Social Media Is Not A Fad

Posted by omgzam under Social Media
From http://omgzam.com 5122 days ago
Made Hot by: ShawnHessinger on May 7, 2010 4:58 pm

Do you remember the video created by Equalman back in July 2009 regarding the social media revolution? He has come up with another updated video full of statistics on why social media is not a fad and why it’s here to stay. Read More

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Can You Save Your Way To Success?- The Pipeline

Posted by SellBetter under Sales
From http://www.sellbetter.ca 5123 days ago
Made Hot by: wendyweiss on May 7, 2010 3:48 am

There is a point to diminishing returns in how successfully you can grow while streamlining or shrinking resources, especially in sales organizations. If shrink too far to achieve productivity, you risk impacting the client experience and the ability for the sales force to meet both company and client expectations Read More

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How Do You Rank With The OTHER Search Engines?

Posted by amabaie under Online Marketing
From http://thesocialrobot.com 5123 days ago
Made Hot by: argentisgroup on May 7, 2010 2:14 am

So you optimize your website for Google, right? And Yahoo and Bing? But have you stopped to think of some of the alternative search engines that don’t call themselves “search engines”? Places your target market is searching Read More

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