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Is it Really Possible to Measure Customer Loyalty?
Companies want to know what customers think of them. But is positive feedback a good measure of loyalty? Requests for feedback on everything we do online has become a dreary consequence of doing everything online.
By Clive Wilson5 years ago in Journal
Are You Sitting Comfortably?
Reading requires a degree of comfort. The more comfortable we are, the more likely we will experience that lovely gentle buzz or humming sensation, recognizable to us at different times as satisfaction, ease, and sometimes even wonder. Beyond the problems of distraction, it's probably the reason "Listen with Mother," a 1950s British Radio program for children, opened with the question that appears in my title above.
By Victoria Reeve5 years ago in Journal
You Should Never Do These Six Things During a Meeting
Even though there's not a single one of us that is truly fond of being part of a meeting, we want to make sure that we realize that it's going to always be a part of our corporate lives. Sources say that high-level executives spend half of their work time in a conference room. I know when I used to work in the corporate world, it always seemed like the higher ups were spending nearly their entire workday behind a closed door. Usually it was in the beginning of the month or at the very end.
By Kathy Lester5 years ago in Journal
How Vocal Remedies "Niche Fatigue" for Bloggers
This month marks my third year as a semi-professional fitness blogger. I love everything about blogging. I love learning and implementing everything I can about SEO, affiliate marketing, WordPress, and - of course - writing compelling content.
By Corrie Alexander5 years ago in Journal
Pay it Back, Pay it Forward
Twenty thousand dollars is so much, and yet so little. With a minimum wage job here in Texas, it would take a little over 2,797 hours of work to make that much money, excluding taxes. And yet, it also can pay this month's mortgage, or take you on that vacation you’ve been promising your kids for years. Or pay off some student debt. It can go a long way to say the least. But the price of life, the amount it takes to raise a child, doesn’t hold a candle to twenty thousand dollars. According to USDA.gov, families are projected to spend an average of 233,610 on a child from infancy to age eighteen. And if you factor in college, you’re looking at at least one hundred thousand more. So, with this in mind. Is twenty grand all that much? It is. Of course it is. But I want it to actually feel that way. I want to feel the impact that 20,000 can have on a community. With that in mind, let’s focus on the community that impacted me - everyone that I would consider family.
By Maci Dismuke5 years ago in Journal
The Current Job Market Sucks and I'm Going to Talk About It
Hey there reader, hope your day is going a lot better than mine (just kidding, I’m actually having a pretty swell day). I’ve really gotten in the rhythm of writing and posting here, it’s definitely reignited my love for writing. While I have really enjoyed writing my opinion pieces on various movies and tv shows, I wanted to get a little bit candid and talk about something that's on my mind about my life.
By Shinissa Kaur5 years ago in Journal
Measuring Design
I have tried to write this article for the designer, agency, and entrepreneur or business. This article will probably be confusing trying to appeal to everyone. However, my experience in the last decade has shown me there is a massive disconnect between designers and businesses. I want to show designers and creatives how to understand and implement processes to evaluate what their designs are worth. I also want to show businesses and entrepreneurs that designers and creatives can and do add value to businesses.
By Amy Pierrson 5 years ago in Journal
3 Unique Hacks to Attract More Customers
3 Unique Hacks to Attract More Customers Every business owner wants to increase his or her customer base. But how do you attract more people to your business? It all narrows down to how you market your brand and products. A few seconds after seeing your content or visuals, the potential customers will have made an assessment of your brand and decided if they should go on engaging with it.
By Maggie Bloom5 years ago in Journal
Sooo...are you like, a Vocal junkie?. Top Story - March 2021.
Confession time: I have not always been an active Vocal member. I joined in April 2019 and posted one poem, Find Them. I didn’t post anything again until February 2020. The daunting number of balls I juggled during that period could have been considered an admirable safety hazard violation worthy of Guinness World Records status.
By The Dani Writer5 years ago in Journal
Sometimes Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Rarely do we consider that emotions could take us over when we leave a job. Often times, people, even those stalwarts with the stiffest upper lip, can be blindsided by a watershed of emotions they never knew existed when they are leaving a job. Take Gwyneth for example…
By Char Weeks5 years ago in Journal
