Whistle Stops – 03/16/06

The Passion Express!  There must have a spike in the blogorythyms today…

  • Salespeople: Find Out What Your Customer Needs, Then… by Josh Hallett at Hyku: "Find out what your customer needs and then give them a solution that fits that need – not one that offers you the greatest commission." Attention Consultants! Replace Salespeople with Consultants. Same type of thing!
  • Essential of Business Blogging by Jake McKee at Community Guy. Someone forgot to pack the essentials – and it wasn’t Jake. Frankly, I think they need to offer Jake a refund and get him behind the podium at the REAL Business Blog Summit.
  • Read the Freakin’ Blogosphere by Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion: The title says it all. Get a bigger toolkit. Study the tools that go in it. Equip yourself for what’s to come. Change or die. Boo-Yah!
  • Your customers are talking about you and you’re not listening? by Ted Demopoulos at 1-800-CEO-READ:  Ted asks, "Are you insane? Don’t you want to know what they’re saying about you?" Reminds me of a previous post of mine elsewhere.
  • Power to the People! by John Winsor at Under the Radar: "Your customers are out there right now, playing with your brand. Their power is growing. What are you going to do?" My suggestion – acknowledge that customers are part owners of your brand. Build a relationship on that! Don’t try to wrestle it away from them.

Exhausting? Not by a long shot! Exhilarating! You betcha!

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