Archive for 'Mistakes'
Are You Too Losing $100M?
I was speaking with a major market research firm that in the not too-distant past had scuttled an eagerly anticipated new practice area, claiming that there wasn’t a market for the new practice and associated research. Yet, a few years later, their biggest competitor has a huge, booming practice in the same area! The competitor’s […]
Posted: April 30th, 2008 under Customer Insight, Customer Value, Mistakes, Sales.
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Thanks for Renting–oh, wait! Just Kidding!
“Cool! National has really gotten it right!” I thought. I had just turned in my rental car an hour ago. After checking in, I had quickly opened up my laptop to check email before I boarded my plane. I was impressed to see at the top of my inbox a message from National Car Rental’s […]
Posted: August 14th, 2007 under Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Marketing, Mistakes.
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How to Ruin a Good Ad
Inside the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal, on the lower left corner where all the Tiffany’s ads usually are I found an intriguing ad for a diamond pendant. I have always been interested in luxury goods advertisements ever since I started Opulenza.com, a premium, handcrafted corporate gift company specializing in handmade writing instruments. […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2007 under B2C, Differentiation, Mistakes.
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