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 <title>Use Speech Analytics to Reduce Calls That Frustrate Customers and Hurt Productivity</title>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:01 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>bob_thompson</dc:creator>
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 <title>How Do You Curb Bad Debt? Real-Time Analytics Can Help You Gauge Credit-Worthiness Without Angering Sensitive Customers</title>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_intelligence">Popular Topics: Customer Intelligence</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_metrics">CRM Planning: Metrics</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/government_public_sector">Industry: Government / Public Sector</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>roman_lenzen</dc:creator>
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 <title>Forget Page Views: Here&#039;s How to Get Your Most Valuable Customers Engaged With Your Web Site and Increase Your Bottom Line</title>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_intelligence">Popular Topics: Customer Intelligence</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:42:08 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>john_strabley</dc:creator>
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 <title>The £500 Million Transpromo Opportunity: But Make Sure Your Message Lands in the Right Mailbox</title>
 <link>http://www.customerthink.com/article/500_million_transpromo_right_mailbox</link>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/500_million_transpromo_right_mailbox#comments</comments>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_experience_management">Popular Topics: Customer Experience Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_intelligence">Popular Topics: Customer Intelligence</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_technology">CRM Planning: Technology</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/financial_services">Industry: Financial Services</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:41:15 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Yolanda Noble</dc:creator>
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 <title>Trade Your Antique Technology for Cloud Computing and Take the Customer Experience to New Heights</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/trade_antique_technology_cloud_computing#comments</comments>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_technology">CRM Planning: Technology</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/hospitality_entertainment">Industry: Hospitality / Entertainment</category>
 <pubDate>Fri,  7 Nov 2008 00:00:01 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>manuel_martin</dc:creator>
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 <title>In the Web 2.0 Age, Don&#039;t Ignore the Simplest Way to Find Out What Customers Want</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/web_2_finding_customers_want_simple#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_marketing_officer">Marketing</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_sales_officer">Sales</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_service_officer">Service</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_customer_officer">CRM</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_experience_management">Popular Topics: Customer Experience Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_loyalty_management">Popular Topics: Customer Loyalty Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <pubDate>Fri,  7 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>jerry_sparger</dc:creator>
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 <title>Three Social Media Strategies Can Stack the Deck in Your Favor When Prospects Search</title>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_marketing_officer">Marketing</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_customer_officer">CRM</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_intelligence">Popular Topics: Customer Intelligence</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/social_web">Popular Topics: Social Web</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/business_legal_services">Industry: Business / Legal Services</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>john_todor</dc:creator>
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 <title>How Can an Awesome Online Experience Get Better? Here&#039;s Some (Unsolicited) Web 2.0 Advice for Manhattan&#039;s FreshDirect</title>
 <link>http://www.customerthink.com/article/awesome_online_experience_web_2_freshdirect</link>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/awesome_online_experience_web_2_freshdirect#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_executive_officer">CEO</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_intelligence">Popular Topics: Customer Intelligence</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_loyalty_management">Popular Topics: Customer Loyalty Management</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/retail_sales">Industry: Retail Sales</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>AkinArikan</dc:creator>
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 <title>Loyalty Begins With the Right Customers: Pinpoint Your Marketing Efforts Through Smart Segmentation</title>
 <link>http://www.customerthink.com/article/loyalty_begins_right_markets</link>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/loyalty_begins_right_markets#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_executive_officer">CEO</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_loyalty_management">Popular Topics: Customer Loyalty Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_redesign">CRM Planning: Redesign</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/computers_technology">Industry: Computers / Technology</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>patterson_milne</dc:creator>
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 <title>Don&#039;t Drop Customer-Centric Programs Just Because They Don&#039;t Fit the System</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/dont_drop_customer_centric_programs#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_sales_officer">Sales</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_experience_management">Popular Topics: Customer Experience Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_loyalty_management">Popular Topics: Customer Loyalty Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_technology">CRM Planning: Technology</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>azell</dc:creator>
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 <title>A Troubled General Motors Blogs to Connect With Customers</title>
 <link>http://www.customerthink.com/article/troubled_gm_blogs_connect_customers</link>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/troubled_gm_blogs_connect_customers#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_executive_officer">CEO</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/social_web">Popular Topics: Social Web</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/fast-moving_consumer_goods">Industry: Fast-Moving Consumer Goods</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/transportation_travel_leisure">Industry: Transportation / Travel / Leisure</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>vandana_ahuja</dc:creator>
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 <title>If You Can&#039;t Get No Satisfaction, Trade Ratings for Truly Understanding Behavior</title>
 <link>http://www.customerthink.com/article/no_satisfaction_understand_behavior</link>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/no_satisfaction_understand_behavior#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_executive_officer">CEO</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_service_officer">Service</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_customer_officer">CRM</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_loyalty_management">Popular Topics: Customer Loyalty Management</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_metrics">CRM Planning: Metrics</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/retail_sales">Industry: Retail Sales</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>michael_lowenstein</dc:creator>
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 <title>Tighten Your Customer Experience Belt in a Credit Crunch Only if You Want to Be Left Behind</title>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_experience_management">Popular Topics: Customer Experience Management</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/transportation_travel_leisure">Industry: Transportation / Travel / Leisure</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>colin_shaw</dc:creator>
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 <title>Targeted Loyalty Programs Can Help You Ride Out a Slowing Economy</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/targeted_loyalty_ride_out_slow_economy#comments</comments>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_experience_management">Popular Topics: Customer Experience Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_loyalty_management">Popular Topics: Customer Loyalty Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/retail_sales">Industry: Retail Sales</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Grumpy Old Men in Gun Stores: Employee Recruitment Can Mean Everything to Your Customers</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/grumpy_old_men_gun_stores_employee_recruit#comments</comments>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/contact_center">Popular Topics: Contact Center</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <pubDate>Fri,  3 Oct 2008 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Sweat the Small Stuff! Those Little Things You Do Can Win Fans or Tick People Off</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/sweat_small_stuff_little_things_important#comments</comments>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_customer_officer">CRM</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/retail_sales">Industry: Retail Sales</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/telecommunications">Industry: Telecommunications</category>
 <pubDate>Thu,  2 Oct 2008 06:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>howard_schneider</dc:creator>
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 <title>Get Out of Your Comfort Zone to Measure What Matters to Customers</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/performance_comfort_zone_measure_matters#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_executive_officer">CEO</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_experience_management">Popular Topics: Customer Experience Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_loyalty_management">Popular Topics: Customer Loyalty Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/performance_management">Popular Topics: Performance Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_metrics">CRM Planning: Metrics</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>jim_barnes</dc:creator>
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 <title>You Can Craft a Commission Plan to Make Reps and Managers Winners</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/craft_commission_win_sales_reps_company#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/chief_sales_officer">Sales</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/customer_experience_management">Popular Topics: Customer Experience Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/performance_management">Popular Topics: Performance Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_metrics">CRM Planning: Metrics</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/retail_sales">Industry: Retail Sales</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Don&#039;t Pin Your Salespeople to Traditional Metrics—and Unprofitable Deals</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/dont_pin_salespeople_traditional_metrics#comments</comments>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_metrics">CRM Planning: Metrics</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_alignment">CRM Planning: Alignment</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>chris_stiehl</dc:creator>
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 <title>Shooting for the Moon and Failing Isn&#039;t Such a Bad Thing</title>
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 <comments>http://www.customerthink.com/article/shooting_moon_failing_not_bad#comments</comments>
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 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/performance_management">Popular Topics: Performance Management</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_strategy">CRM Planning: Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://www.customerthink.com/crm_metrics">CRM Planning: Metrics</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>tim_phillips</dc:creator>
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 <title>There&#039;s Something Wrong if Your People Are Hitting Their Marks and Your Customers Are Hitting the Road</title>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Not All Customers Are Alike: How ING Retooled Its Metrics and Doubled Its Conversion Rate</title>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>The Winner&#039;s Curse: Sometimes It&#039;s Better to Lose a Sale</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon,  8 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>As Enron Shows, Tying Everything to Profit Is Not the Way to Grow a Business</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon,  8 Sep 2008 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <pubDate>Mon,  1 Sep 2008 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Guess What? If Your Workers Are Rewarded for Helping the Customer, They&#039;ll Help the Customer</title>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Stop Telling Your Employees How to Think</title>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Tear Down Departmental Boundaries and Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot</title>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Take It From Ritz-Carlton: Data Is Nothing Without the Personal Touches</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Nurture Passion in Your Employees—and Customers</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Product Innovation Is Wired Into Apple&#039;s DNA, and It Shows</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>That Gee-Whiz Technology and Souped Up Strategy Won&#039;t Get Your Company in Gear Without a Fine-Tuned Process</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>How Do You Sell Cars? Forget Big Change and Just Focus on Making a Strategic Connection to Your Customers</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon,  4 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>The Wedding Registry: Automation Killed an Age-Old Focus on the Customer</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon,  4 Aug 2008 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Fasten Your Seat Belts. Cloud Computing Will Change the Way You Do Business</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>When a Smart Phone Was Too Smart: Why a Major Telco Bucked the Technology-Buying Paradigm</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Get to Know Joe: Predictive Analytics Can Create Utopia for Your Most Valuable Customers</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Arm Your Sales Reps With Knowledge: The Experian SKM Story</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>&quot;Please Enter Your Number. Please Enter Your Number&quot;; Contact Technology Shouldn&#039;t Be This Hard</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>If Analytics Isn&#039;t Your Core Strength, Turn Your Data Over to People Who Can Tell You All About Your Own Customers</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Technology Needs to Enable, Not Inhibit, Excellent Service</title>
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