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Offering $$ for referrals? Might want to think again.

by Steve Miller | Dec 3, 2019 | referral marketing, Referrals, Word of Mouth

I received an email recently from a company offering to pay up to $500 for qualified referrals. Frankly, I think this is a bad idea for several reasons. Watch this week’s UNCOPYABLE Business video and see why I say that! Get 50% off my Breakthrough Referrals...

The Opportunity to be Legendary

by Steve Miller | Sep 14, 2015 | customer service, experience marketing, marketing, referral marketing, the customer, Word of Mouth

Don’t anybody move. Keep your hands where I can see them. And you might want to sit down for this. I’ve got a GREAT customer service story for you! And there’s a terrific lesson we can all learn from it. My smoking’ hot wife, Kay, works for the...

Interview with Makers Mark Distillery

by Steve Miller | Jul 20, 2015 | branding, marketing, referral marketing, Small business, Small business marketing, Word of Mouth

I had the privilege of recently interviewing Rob Samuels, COO of Makers Mark Distillery and eighth generation in his family to run the company. Makers Mark is an outstanding marketer and great example of creating the club your target market wants to be members of....

Why You Both Lost My Business

by Steve Miller | May 13, 2013 | customer service, the customer, Word of Mouth

Two dumb vendors: Dear Morning Glory Landscaping, You're fired. Eight months ago our landscaping service told us they were stopping service in south King County. They were based in Seattle and decided it was too difficult to manage customers farther away. So we...

Another Tip for Getting Word-Of-Mouth

by Steve Miller | Oct 11, 2010 | customer service, marketing, Small business marketing, Word of Mouth

The next time you're in Spokane, WA and hungry for breakfast and looking for great food and great service and you don't mind practically sitting on the lap of the people in the booth next to you and also don't mind waiting 30-60 minutes for a table,...

The Marketing of Kelly Miller, Golfer

by Steve Miller | Aug 2, 2010 | Email marketing, marketing, Referrals, Small business, Small business marketing, Sports, Word of Mouth

Many of you know my daughter, Kelly, is a nationally ranked junior golfer. Yes, that’s her on the right with Jack Nicklaus and one of her best friends, Alex. (Jack was working on his game and asked Kelly for some tips.) Kelly’s a senior in high school this...
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A successful B2B content strategy requires a lot of thought and planning. You need to think about the goals of your campaign, the target audience, what type of content you will produce, and how you will distribute it. In this blog post, we will discuss 5 critical...

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I feel like I'm a broken record. (No, I won't explain. Ask your grandfather.) It seems like every time I start working with another B2B company the same three mistakes keep popping up on their website. I understand why this continues to happen. It's because you're in...

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