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Employee Engagement

October 19, 2012

VIDEO -- Customers in Revolt: Threat or Opportunity?

At last week's Direct Marketing Association (DMA) conference in Las Vegas, Don Peppers made the case that the new realities of the e-social world give marketers a one-time opportunity to transform their companies entirely, by focusing on more engaged employees, more balanced financial metrics, and a stronger, more unifying corporate culture.

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April 16, 2012

Corporations Must "Put on a Human Face" to Build Customer Trust

Being more trustable to customers means that companies, their managers, and their employees, must behave in a way that demonstrates empathy.

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February 21, 2012

Everybody Is the Media Now

The publishing industry will live or die with the success of Barnes & Noble. So says an article by Julie Bosman in The New York Times, "The Bookstore's Last Stand," (29Jan12, p. 1 Business). Bosman's article was spot on in many ways, and it's clear that CEO William Lynch is doing good things for the company. But as Ms. Bosman reports, Amazon.com's market cap is currently $88 billion, compared to B&N's mere $719 million. The Wall Street Journal reported last summer that then-execs at B&N offered to buy Amazon.com from Jeff Bezos in 1996 as a favor. In 15 years David and Goliath's roles have reversed. Have the weapons changed? Have the armies?

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