In asking thousands of CEO’s of small, medium sized businesses, “do you invest in good solid customer research?”, I am astounded to learn that less than 5% have done so. Then when I ask the 5% for more details as to what they learned from their study, I often find that they, in fact, did…
When Uber first came on the scene, it was a big hit with consumers and a disruptor to the taxi and rental car companies. I personally use them on nearly 100% of my business trips. Uber grew at a staggering pace until they got multiple bad headlines. Around that time, I became aware of…
Listen to the interview with Jaynie Smith, CEO of Smart Advantage. Jaynie has been invited by Mark Hahn from KSCJ radio where they discussed about business advantages, social media marketing, and of course about competitive advantage. Learn few tips and tricks from this interview, and you can check free chapters from Jaynie’s books that she…
I confess, I was eavesdropping on my plane seatmate’s PowerPoint for a minute or two and saw this quote: “Branding is out, Results are in!” I so wanted to applaud and interrupt him but he was dug in on his work. I don’t know if it was his original quote or from another source but…
Each time I fly, if I am in the airlines’ frequent flyer program, I receive a customer survey almost upon landing. Or maybe everyone gets it. I can guarantee you that no passenger feedback form is telling the airline they approve of “the new airline industry”. Customer feedback is useless to them, so why do…
It is a fact of life that your company, any company, is going to have complaints. It doesn’t make you bad people, it just means that a customer experience didn’t measure up as expected. It doesn’t surprise us that solving issues is often an important driver in a buying decision. Yet it does surprise us…
Jaynie Smith, CEO of Smart Advantage has been interviewd by Bob Smith on whose radio show she is a frequent guest. In this interview from 7/72017 they talked how to help businesses avoid common pitfalls and create competitive advantages in today’s competitive market place.
When it comes to making a buying decision, where does trust rate as a criterion? A recent Wall Street Journal interview with a couple of business consultants tried to address the question using the travails of United Airlines as an example of a company that has lost public trust. The downturn in business for United…
Do you feel commoditized? Are you fighting the price game every time you have a new opportunity? We see so many companies succumb to price pressure because they don’t have a relevant value proposition. Often they miss the opportunity to provide solid confidence building in the sales encounter. Nothing grabs the attention more of a…
Bob Schmidt invites Jaynie back on air as her interviews get very high hit rate from listeners. Now, you can listen here, another fascinating interview on Bob’s show called “BS with Bob Schmidt.” In this interview few interesting points about flaws that business have. CEO of Smart Advantage, Inc. – Jaynie Smith was interviewed by Bob Schmidt on his…
