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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

Although growth eventually slows down, startups can transition from manual to less manual methods once they gain traction in the market. A family staying at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida, experienced the hotel’s customer service when their son’s beloved stuffed giraffe, Joshie, was accidentally left behind.

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Less “let’s go viral” and more “let’s build community”

Communications Conversations

Last week, Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes wrote an outstanding piece about how the rules of social media marketing have changed. First, go back to 2010. Second, despite all the negativity around social right now, brands still have two big reasons to use it: customer service and innovation. You were starting to gain fans.

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How the psychology of “engaging” on Twitter has changed

Communications Conversations

What I’d like to talk about today is how the psychology of user behavior has changed on Twitter–and more importantly, how that impacts us as marketers. To level set, think back to 2010 for a second. At least not nearly as frequently as they did in 2010. Two things: Broadcasting and customer service.

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“Join the conversation”–officially a dead internet phrase

Communications Conversations

It’s been used in marketing campaigns. Now, say what you will about Twitter (and people have said a lot lately ), but for brands, it’s generally regarded as a great customer service tool–and, as a result, ideal place to hold “conversations.” This is what Twitter was like from about 2007-2010.

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The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]

Sword and the Script

Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ). Not only is this a significant amount of time – but it’s quality time and so marketing has joined the crowd. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search.

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Want Social Media Evangelizers? Be Social

Waxing UnLyrical

Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers. Who’s in customer service? I’m not a customer service “professional.&# Social media is a great way to start doing this.

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5 Best New HubSpot Features to Supercharge Your Website

PR 20/20

Over the course of the second quarter, HubSpot released significant product updates across marketing and sales—and (in case you missed it) unveiled Service Hub. If you’re not familiar, here’s a quick breakdown on both: SEMrush is the “world's leading competitive research service for online marketing.”