Category: Customer Service

How to Build a Community? - A Part of Your Marketing Strategy »

You heard this before. “Build a community within your business” “Look at what Build-a-Bear-Company did” “Look at the Harley Davidson and their community” “Community equals loyal customers.”
I couldn’t agree more, but what are some ways of building a community  in the online world as well as the offline world?
Community = bringing people together. Few ways […]

Listen, Educate … Then Sell. »

Listen, educate and then sell. Sounds so simple but why can’t sales people follow this path?
I speak to many sales people on a daily basis. Sometimes I need a special software to handle our tasks and sometimes I need services to help out. It’s unfortunate that 9 out of 10 times the sales person will […]

ASK.com …. If Barry Diller Only Knew This … (spam on ASK.com) »

After attending the Search Marketing seminar in NYC and listening to how “great” ASK.com is from the keynote speaker Barry Diller … we’ve decided to jump on board and try Ask.com ……. we actually got a $100 bonus gift from ASK … so here we go.
After launching the program I’ve gotten a personal # for […]

Do You Get Hit With The “Loyalty Fee”? »

It’s kind of funny but isn’t it “amazing” that being a loyal customer will “with most companies” cost you money? Confused? Dazed? Buzzled?
Well, let’s take a look at the cell phone companies. Who gets the best deal??? You damn right … New Customer.
Look at Optimum Package (cable TV, phone and internet company). New customers pay […]