Push and pull – the connection between a business and its hoped for customers. What fills the gap? What drives one toward the other? What are the most effective and easiest ways to ensure customers are actively drawn toward a business as opposed to being reached...
It was either Oscar Wilde or Donald Trump who said you never really appreciate a thing until it’s gone. For the past week, over half of Auckland’s homes have had their power supply disrupted by a vicious storm that hit the region for six. A lot of people got to...
Reputations are organic and fluid. They can be made, unmade, and made again. But it takes real leadership in a crisis to make or break a reputation. A great case in point is the recent Australian cricket cheating scandal. Even if you don’t know much about the...
Customers are everything to a business. Not only do they generate revenue – happy customers will keep coming back and create a growing customer base through word-of-mouth and by contributing online reviews. But those reviews are far more than just markers of...
If ever we needed guidance on how to deal with a reputation crisis, KFC’s marketing department in the UK recently delivered an ingenious response to a potentially damaging logistics failure, that left many of KFC’s 870 restaurants without their key...
