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calender-icon Dec 1, 2016 time-icon 2:35:00 PM PM

We're a Top Workplace! (and You Need to Join Us)

Normally, this space is reserved for discussion of customer engagement and loyalty, of discount programs and oodles of statistics. We're going to very briefly move in a different direction today. Today, we're going to fix you up with a new job.

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user-icon Brandon Carter
calender-icon Nov 29, 2016 time-icon 8:45:00 AM AM

Why Customer Engagement Matters

At this point, customer engagement still feels a bit nebulous. Some, including yours truly, have put definitions and ideas around it. For the most part, it's...

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calender-icon Nov 22, 2016 time-icon 8:44:00 AM AM

How Online and B2B Businesses Can Get on the Local Spending...

As it turns out, marketing hype folks are onto something with this idea of "hyperlocal." After all, we just published research that shows consumers are staying...

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calender-icon Nov 8, 2016 time-icon 8:25:00 AM AM

(Infographic) The Big Difference Between Small Purchases

92% of consumers aren't going beyond 20 minutes to make routine purchases. That's the big takeaway from our recent survey on consumer spending proximity. (Be...

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calender-icon Oct 25, 2016 time-icon 11:17:39 AM AM

10 Low-Cost, Ninja Customer Engagement Tactics

Is it possible we're overthinking customer engagement and loyalty? A quick glance around at some of the commentary in the industry hits on some deep concepts....

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calender-icon Oct 18, 2016 time-icon 8:41:00 AM AM

Why Your Customer Engagement Efforts Should Steal From Blog...

A few weeks back we discussed the ways that blogging can be used specifically to engage and retain customers. It's one of the great things about social media -...

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calender-icon Oct 11, 2016 time-icon 9:21:00 AM AM

The Lamest Excuses Companies Give For Not Being More...

We've all done business with a company that clearly does not give a crap about earning customer loyalty. It's. So. Frustrating. They take your money without...

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calender-icon Oct 4, 2016 time-icon 8:50:00 AM AM

The Difference Between User Experience and Customer...

Stay with me here. A user is your customer. A customer is your user. But the user experience (UX) is a very different animal than the customer experience (CX)....

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calender-icon Sep 27, 2016 time-icon 8:22:00 AM AM

Three Years of Customer Engagement & Loyalty Stats,...

There's a very good chance that if you're reading this, you stumbled over here from one of our stats pages. In case you're new to our blog, allow me to...

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calender-icon Sep 20, 2016 time-icon 8:08:00 AM AM

How Blogging Can Boost Your Customer Engagement and...

Don't worry, this isn't another internet marketing guilt trip about why you should be blogging. Well, at least it isn't a guilt trip. Most internet marketing...

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calender-icon Sep 6, 2016 time-icon 9:00:00 AM AM

The Awesome, Lesser-Known Benefits of Offering Discounts

There are many retail pundits who say you shouldn't market your business with discounts. They say you'll damage profitability and bring in a bunch of customers...

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calender-icon Aug 30, 2016 time-icon 8:30:00 AM AM

When to Use Customer Feedback, and When to Ignore It

Sometimes, it's best to just ignore what customers are saying. Is that blasphemy? We've preached "customer feedback is as precious as gold" as much as anyone....

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