Almost a year ago, I wrote about the cats in our neighborhood and how they chase squirrels with no thought as to what they’re going to do once they catch it. I had a similar thought this morning as I got yet another company-centric plea to “like us” or “follow us.” Since part of what I do is to help companies understand, manage, and use social media to further their goals, I’m all for building up the engaged consumer base. However, that leads to the inevitable question about what happens when the dog catches the mail truck: once you’ve attracted fans and followers, what happens? Continue reading
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Great Expectations
Today’s thought comes from a friend. She recently had a close encounter of the corporate kind with her local cable company although which company is actually immaterial for our purposes (TWC). In fact, this could be the phone company or an e-commerce site or a doctor’s office. The reason I say this, as you’ll see, is that any number of businesses are guilty of committing the same sins as this one. But I’ll let her tell you about it. Continue reading
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