M&M Post Script

I received a comment from Deb Eastman, the CMO of Satmetrix regarding my recent blog post.  Her comment is below: I want to clarify a misperception in your original post, M&Ms is absolutely NOT faking customer engagement.  This site is hosted on the Satmetrix...

M&M. Faking customer engagement?

Ok, I love M&M’s.  Who doesn’t.  My two year old daughter really loves M&M’s.  To her, it’s a food group.  Me, if I was trapped on a desert island and could only take one candy, it would be M&M’s. I doubt I will ever be put in a position to make this kind...

Form over function

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Social Media Podcast

Recently, I was interviewed by Tom Searcy, the President of Hunt Big Sales.  Tom has spent nearly two decades in CRM, having run and sold a large CRM call center and software business. His recent business, Hunt Big Sales helps sales forces from Fortune 500 to high...

5 Keys to Brand Strength

  I decided to do an experiment.  I emailed 50 business executives that know and respect.  I carefully weighed who to include.  The list took two days to assemble. The question was purposely broad and came with a little descriptive help so as to allow for some...