by Jeff Yablon | Dec 15, 2016 | Business Change Highlights, Marketing
When’s the last time someone you worked with gave you a big hug? What about the last time you hugged a customer? Is giving the best hug ever the way you need to look at your marketing efforts? Mark Schaefer says the answer may be yes. Let’s see if Mark is...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 8, 2016 | Influency, Marketing
Let’s talk about saying what you mean. The idea might not seem to be terribly relevant to three large men rolling around on the ground, but had another large man not failed in the saying what you mean derby that took place just a few minutes before this...
by Jeff Yablon | Dec 14, 2015 | Customer Service, Influency
A couple of years ago we published this piece questioning whether Angie’s List co-founder and CEO Bill Oesterle’s authenticity could be trusted. It turns out, Bill Oesterle may have been the most authentic part of Angie’s List. Can You Trust...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Process, Content
Have you ever been involved in a conversation and suddenly realized that it wasn’t a conversation at all? You know; there’s this a-ha moment when you realize that whomever you’re speaking “with” is actually speaking at you? I’ve...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 10, 2014 | Marketing
I love cheese. I even say as much on my Twitter profile. And while I’ve become increasingly bad at doing it enough I love sleeping. So when I noticed that the statistical correlation between death-by-bedsheets and cheese had been calculated I grabbed a big...