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Marketers Love Conversation, Unless the Consumer Starts It

August 19th, 2008

Ain’t it the truth?  Everyone claims to want dialogue, but it is rare that resources are actually put against it.

Picture: Bootlegrobot.com
Article excerpt:   Listening Gets You More Than Complaints — You Get Positive Brand Association and Word of Mouth. If the consumer voice is so important these days, why are brand feedback, or “contact us,” forms [...]

Feedback, even if it hurts

May 12th, 2008

Brave companies are allowing customers to truly sound off.  Is this positive for a brand or potentially damaging?

picture: bankofamerica.com
Article excerpt:   More big companies inviting customers to sound off online. A Bank of America customer recently posted a scathing online review of the giant financial institution, giving it one star out of five. “I would never [...]