Neil Bearse – Enlightenment through social media, analytics and acting like human beings

Archive for the ‘Email Marketing’ Category

The customer is always active

With all of the digital tools at our fingertips, the field of Customer Relationship Management is exploding. Whether you’re talking about email marketing, social media, or cloud-based database systems, the value of relationships is sure to be at the forefront of the conversation. I...

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Say 20% Less

Did you know that Spanish contains 20% more words than English? I didn’t. Not until it was too late. Not until my translators let me know – with a slight hint of frustration in their (out of breath) voices. I had just completed my...

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Bend the corners of your customers

Somewhere in my parents’ attic are boxes full of baseball cards. They sit there and they collect dust. Once upon a time, I put them behind hard plastic cases, shoved them in binders, and shielded them from sunlight, dust and fingerprints. In another box...

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Broadcast media broke us

I’m not about to sit here and say that traditional media is dead. (It’s not.) I’m also not going to get into a discussion about the different ways that traditional broadcast media broken. (Though, It’s certainly due for reinvention) What is more important than...

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Treating your customers like family

Did your mother ever insist you write hand-written thank you notes for gifts? There’s a reason she didn’t encourage you to enter all of your closest friends and relatives into Salesforce and generate a template response with quick instant personalization. By taking the time...

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Deadlines don’t mean death

We live surrounded by deadlines. Everything has to be done by a certain date and time; packaged up and shipped out the door. What’s your next action? Cross it off the list and move onto the next thing? Shipping is important Seth Godin has...

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Conversation means blue skies for vendors

Imagine for a moment that you’ve just sat down in a very nice restaurant. You look around, and they’ve got everything just right. You’ve heard about this place from friends – it is totally the place to be. You ask the waiter for some...

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