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Reading U.S. Contact Centers Predict Return To Growth in 2010

2009/12/03

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Leverage Your Customer Experience in Growing the Top Line Cheaply by John Goodman

2009/12/01

Found at http://www.customermanagementiq.com/sponsor_article.cfm?externalID=1569
You can’t cost-cut your call center into sustainable prosperity—you must grow the company’s financial well-being. The challenge is how you cut costs in the call center without massive investment in advertising, marketing and sales staffing. The answer is to let your customers do your selling for you while reducing operating costs in your [...]

Reading The evolving brand logic: a service dominant perspective Merz Yi Vargo 2009

2009/09/27

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Looking @TED video Clay Shirky’s Transformed media landscape

2009/09/19

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Resolutions 2010: Interpreting Marketing Trends Report 2010: Where does Social Media Stand?

2009/09/12

Post found at http://jeffbullas.com/2009/08/13/marketing-trends-report-2009-where-does-social-media-stand
2009 August 13

by jeffbullas

What are the marketing trends for 2010 and where does Social Media Figure in the mix? A report by Equation Research indicates some interesting trends that highlight that “Social Media” is certainly past being a fad and becoming mainstream.
The 5  Highlights
1. Current and Intended Social Media Use

Yes, it’s [...]

Reflecting on David Allen’s Getting Things Done by focusing on value, not volume

2009/09/11

As an operational manager, who works in large-scale organizations, going through massive transitions, one of my guidelines was always my (regular or project) staff in getting things done timely.
Nowadays with an MDA I’m always keen to facilitate my staff. Which implies for me scanning my messages, looking for potential loss of value or possible [...]

Checking out Stefan Lindegaard’s People First, Processes Next, Then Ideas

2009/09/11

Cover of Good to Great

On my quest for how to lead innovation projects this post drew my attention. Some essential points are mentioned by Stefan (and are by the way in line with Jim Collin’s recommendations from Good to Great).
I would also to include the external world into any innovation project, searching for members that [...]