A recent Forbes article described Millennials as elusive, self-involved, opinionated, and impatient. The Millennial economy is a “participation economy.” In other words, Millennials want to play a role in every aspect of your business—from product development to marketing and the customer…
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Ice Cream Slingers Turn a Good Product Into a Great Customer Experience
Amy’s Ice Creams in Austin, Texas, is beloved for two things: the ice cream and the floor show.
Ice cream scoops are thrown from one worker to another and caught in cups balanced on their chins… while standing on one foot… hopping. You’ll see ice cream slingers sliding across the counte…
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Focus on Both Brand Building and Revenue Generation (Not Just One)
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the changing role of the marketing agency. I find that topic especially interesting because I work side by side with agencies to help them expand their service offering through marketing automation.
Marketing agencies are being held more and more accou…
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Choose Your Own Marketing Adventure: Joe Chernov on Dealing With Challenges Directly and Publishing Helpful Content
Here at MarketingProfs, we’re hard at work pulling together the final agenda for our B2B Forum 2013 this fall. We couldn’t do it without the insight of a select group of trailblazers in the B2B marketing space. Some of those advisers we are highlighting here, in a series of interviews centered…
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Two Surefire Openings to Grab Your Audience’s Attention
I recently read this article describing a radically different job interview approach being used by Heineken, the Dutch brewer. The company conducted quirky video interviews with candidates, then posted the videos internally and asked current employees to vote for the most appealing candidate. Then,…
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The Poorly Run AdWords Account: An eBay Case Study
Recently, eBay announced that the company is pulling the plug on its AdWords account and pointed to its recent research that paid ads don’t work.
A lot of things don’t work when you don’t use them properly (you can’t take a shower in your dishwasher), however, and eBay seems to have cond…
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