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Catching The Truck

Grumman LLV photographed in USA.

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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

Customer Service center at 23d Street downtown...

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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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What’s Your Number?

I read a lot of marketing related publications.  Newsletters, blogs, magazines, etc.  Obviously, all of them have written extensively on the change in media and how marketing through those media have been affected.  I think the most recently evolved form of media – social media – gets most of the ink of late, along with mobile although more traditional forms of media such as TV still get the bulk of the investment.

One thing I find disturbing in all of this is a kind of legacy from my TV marketing days:  a focus on the numbers.  I don’t mean obsessive measurement – I’m a big believer in accountability.  What I mean is what Bob Seger wrote about:  feeling like a number. Continue reading

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