Loyalty

Where Has All The Loyalty Gone?

“Where Has All The Loyalty Gone? – Long Time Passing” sung to a Peter, Paul and Mary melody A long, long time ago (20 years) in a galaxy far, far away (actually main street USA) customers were basically loyal to brands. For example, my father was a “Ford man” and ne’er a new model launch…

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Predictability in an Unpredictable World: Consistency and the Power of Brand

Based on the opinion of many people far smarter than me, it appears that humans have been on a journey to bring order to chaos from the beginning of time. In fact, the great graphic artist M. C. Escher once noted “we adore chaos because we love to produce order.” So think about the world…

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How to Create a Successful Customer Loyalty Program

Having worked with Starbucks since 2004, as I began my journey to my first of two books about them (The Starbucks Experience and later Leading the Starbucks Way), friends and colleagues are quick to contact me whenever Starbucks makes the news.  That goes for both good and bad news! Recently Starbucks announced a change in…

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Service Professionalism – Neither Scripts Nor These 5 Gems

Once upon a time…in a land far, far away…I was a young organizational development specialist employed by a sizable health care system. My job was to “improve customer service by deploying employee scripts.” Given my naivete, I took to my task by researching the best available customer service programs. Ultimately, I purchased a boxed set…

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Is your brand a myth, story, or legend?

I admit I wasn’t paying adequate attention when my elementary school teacher covered this but as someone who works with and writes about “legendary” brands I now have a compelling interest….and so should you. How would you categorize your company? …. a myth, story or a legend.  Here are some quick definitions to aid your…

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