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Make Outrageous Promises – and Keep Them!

September 30, 2014 by Eric

Making an outrageous promise to lure in consumers is one thing – when they discover you lied, your brand equity and goodwill drops into the trash. Keeping that promise is something else entirely.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: branding, messaging, promises

Diversity of Experience

September 28, 2014 by Eric

Surround yourself with as many voices different than yours as you can. This diversity of experience and perspective will help sharpen and refine your own.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: branding, experience, perspective

Be Aware of Context

September 24, 2014 by Eric

Nothing is more annoying than a customer service representative responding out of context to a customer concern.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: CloudFlare, customer service

Advertising Experiments

September 17, 2014 by Eric

I took the time to run a quick experiment using Twitter’s new “Sponsored Tweets” functionality.

I’m less than impressed with the results.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: advertising, Twitter

Don’t Quote Hours

September 13, 2014 by Eric

I made a lot of mistakes when I first started freelancing. One of them was quoting hours to clients. Don’t make that mistake.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: billing, entrepreneurship, hours

Hertz: A Study in Failed Customer Service

September 12, 2014 by Eric

I attempted to rent from Hertz this week. Their customer service failed miserably.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: customer service, Hertz, rental car

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About Me

Eric is a storyteller, web developer, and outdoorsman living in the Pacific Northwest. If he's not working with new tech in web development, you can probably find him out running, climbing, or hiking in the woods.

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