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According to the press release from American Airlines, their customers should see “no change in service” related to their bankruptcy filing today. That’s a shame. Might be a good time to start delivering better service so they don’t have to

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it’s always the little things

Positive branding comes from positive customer experiences. Most of your brand is built through mundane daily customer experiences rather than polished marketing messages. The opportunity and danger in this is that there are a LOT of little things that can

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Four Online Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make (And How to Avoid Them)

The following is a guest post by digital marketing strategist Seth Spears. As a small business owner, when it comes to marketing your product or service online, there are two options: jump in feet first as an early technology adopter,

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the cart and the horse

We’re now on the other side of the curve. If your organization doesn’t already have a toe in the social media waters, you’re late to the game. But just as “everybody” threw up an online brochure and said they had

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the part of marketing that marketing people forget

Starbucks hopped on the Foursquare marketing train early and came out with a great promotion. But Starbucks’ bold move flopped. Why did they fail? The answer is simple. They forgot (or failed) to communicate their marketing plan with a very

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