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		<title>Relationship Marketing – Do Twitter and Facebook Make Sense for You?</title>
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Last week I wrote about an approach to relationship marketing, Hub and Spoke: A Customer Marketing Strategy for the Rest of Us, that even the smallest business can use. Two of the most commonly used and least understood spokes, or tactics, in this approach to relationship marketing are Twitter and Facebook. (...)Read the rest of [...]<p>a</p>
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<p><a href="http://hip-shots.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/twitter_logo_outline.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3497" title="twitter_logo_outline" src="http://hip-shots.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/twitter_logo_outline-300x78.png" alt="" width="300" height="78" /></a>Last week I wrote about an approach to relationship marketing, <a title="Customer Marketing Strategy" href="http://hip-shots.com/2010/02/22/online-marketing/customer-marketing-strategy/" target="_self">Hub and Spoke: A Customer Marketing Strategy for the Rest of Us</a>, that even the smallest business can use. Two of the most commonly used and least understood spokes, or tactics, in this approach to relationship marketing are Twitter and Facebook. (...)<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://hip-shots.com/2010/03/10/relationship-marketing/relationship-marketing-which-spoke-makes-sense/">Relationship Marketing &#8211; Do Twitter and Facebook Make Sense for You?</a> (358 words)</p>
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		<title>CitiBank and Relationship Marketing – A Missed Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Relationship marketing is a big opportunity for businesses that is often overlooked. You can use this to your advantage by being the company or brand that recognizes the power of relationship marketing and uses it for competitive advantage.
This morning The Ad Contrarian took a swipe at CitiBank for their foray into Social Media. Apparently the [...]<p>a</p>
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<p><a href="http://hip-shots.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/iStock_000007232290XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3478" title="iStock_000007232290XSmall" src="http://hip-shots.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/iStock_000007232290XSmall-300x219.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="183" /></a>Relationship marketing is a big opportunity for businesses that is <a title="5 Ways small business can use Relationship Marketing" href="http://hip-shots.com/2009/09/08/relationship-marketing/small-business-customer-marketing/" target="_self">often overlooked</a>. You can use this to your advantage by being the company or brand that recognizes the power of relationship marketing and uses it for competitive advantage.</p>
<p>This morning The Ad Contrarian <a title="The Ad Contrarian" href="http://adcontrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/spin-citi.html" target="_blank">took a swipe at CitiBank</a> for their foray into Social Media. Apparently the <a title="CitiBank Blog" href="http://new.citi.com/2010/02/how-citi-is-changing-1.shtml#more" target="_blank">CEO is blogging</a>. I kind of agree with him but not for the reasons he suggests. (...)<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://hip-shots.com/2010/03/08/relationship-marketing/citibank-relationship-marketing/">CitiBank and Relationship Marketing &#8211; A Missed Opportunity</a> (378 words)</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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I sometime use this brief presentation when talking about why customers are important. It shows, graphically, the multiplying effect that loyal customers have on revenue and profitability.  Then it introduces Net Promoter Score with an approach to using this idea to drive customer marketing strategy.
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<p>I sometime use this brief presentation when talking about <a title="why loyal customers are important to profitability" href="http://hip-shots.com/2009/03/19/relationship-marketing/customer_marketing/" target="_self">why customers are important</a>. It shows, graphically, the multiplying effect that loyal customers have on revenue and profitability.  Then it introduces <a title="Net Promoter Score" href="http://www.netpromoter.com/netpromoter_community/index.jspa" target="_blank">Net Promoter Score</a> with an approach to using this idea to drive customer marketing strategy.</p>
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