My jaw just about hit the ground when I saw this Twitter post less than an hour after it went live. That was several days ago, and …
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My jaw just about hit the ground when I saw this Twitter post less than an hour after it went live. That was several days ago, and …
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Several months ago, I was on a Clubhouse chat with fellow yachting industry reps who were bemoaning The Media. Specifically, they …
Several years ago, I hosted a panel discussion for yachting professionals about the importance of crisis communications. I called …
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I frequently edit press releases from all sorts of companies. And they have no idea I’m doing it. I’m not acting as an …
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I received an email earlier this week that still has me flabbergasted. Two months ago, I reached out to my contact at a …
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Customer-service complaints afflict every industry. And yet, so many of the problems wouldn’t exist in the first place if the …
I joined a spirited discussion several days ago on Clubhouse, the social-media app offering virtual voice chat rooms for groups. …
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With apologies to Shakespeare, when it comes to best business practices, to thine own customer be true. We all know we need to do …
The continuing spread of COVID-19 is taking a big toll on small businesses. Here in New Jersey, all non-essential businesses have …
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Photo by Maria Tyutina from Pexels Stop me if this sounds familiar: You’re in marketing or sales, and you head to an event …