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Cultivation… Culture… Cult: Building Customer Involvement in Your Client’s Brand

Second Wind
9/9/2026


Agencies and their clients are in a constant scramble to earn and keep customer loyalty, while customers themselves are surrounded by more competitive messaging than ever. The real question worth ...

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It’s a Keeper: Small Businesses Need Help with Customer Loyalty

Second Wind
10/13/2025


Retention has become one of the most valuable levers a small business has, and the data backing that up keeps getting stronger. A five percent improvement in customer retention can ...

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How to Get Customer Experience Right

Second Wind
3/1/2025

Too many companies think better customer service is all about adding tiers of features and service options, but new research questions that approach.

More Isn’t Better

Researchers working at ...

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Improving the Customer Experience

Second Wind
3/1/2024

Agencies Can Lead Client Growth by Focusing on the End User

Agencies have long touted their abilities to help clients “get to know their customers,” to “get inside the customers ...

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Brand-Led Businesses Are Truly Integrated

Deborah Budd
1/15/2024

Integration is more in demand than ever.

And no, I’m not speaking about integrated marketing, as in using multiple channels and tactics to purvey a marketing message. Instead, I ...

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Remember: Customers are People First

Deborah Budd
1/5/2023

We Fall or Rise on How We Keep Clients’ Customers

That buzz you hear—a constant rumbling burr of white noise that we’re so accustomed to, we take it ...

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