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8 POWERFUL WAYS TO INSPIRE TODAY’S TOUGH CUSTOMERS IN TOUGH TIMES AND MAKE THEM STICK!

“With Jim Champy’s well-proven gift for keen management analysis, today’s essential notions of business transparency, channel and customer alignment, and enduring cultural values become palpable, memorable, and—most important—usable.”

Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

“If you love the game of business, you’d be hard pressed to find a book with more ‘good moves’ per page than INSPIRE!”

Paal Gisholt, President and CEO, SmartPak

“Full of insightful ideas, this book is for those who like winning, who embrace innovation, and who wish to transform how they lead. It is not for the defenders of the status quo.”

Michael Dowling, President and CEO, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

“INSPIRE! provides ‘food for thought’ and insightful guidance for all companies. This is particularly important in today’s economy where even established companies are looking for ways to maintain the growth they have enjoyed in better times.”

Chiquita White, Section Head, Product Development, Procter & Gamble

Jim Champy revolutionized business with Reengineering the Corporation. Now, in Inspire!, the second book in a series about what’s new and really works in business, he takes on the challenge of inspiring customers–even in tough times. In an era of commoditization and ever less loyal customers, this book shows how to keep customers coming back.

Drawing on dozens of original case studies from companies in a variety of industries, new and old, Champy reveals how to define a consistent value proposition your customers will be passionate about–and will stay passionate about. You’ll learn how to engage a new generation of customers who value transparency and authenticity above all...how to reinvigorate your company in the face of brutally tough and creative competition...how to go beyond mere marketing campaigns to lead crusades customers want to join.

Once again, Jim Champy has given businesses actionable solutions to one of the most challenging problems they currently face: making customers stick.

How to reignite customer loyalty by…

•   Bringing authenticity to everything you do

•   Creating new products that reflect the best of what you really are

•   Delivering new value based on convenience, simplicity, and honesty

•   Nurturing your mystique

•   Choosing the right channel partners

•   Doing well by doing good

Want more? Check out the e-book collection, Jim Champy on What's Really Working in Business.  This brand new collection contains state-of-the-art business insights from world-renowned expert Jim Champy…now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

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“Too many people are running around nowadays calling themselves ‘social media experts.’ Simon doesn't call himself that. His clients do. And they're right. I'll read anything this man writes.”

–Peter Shankman

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Social Location Marketing

Breakthrough social location marketing techniques for promoting
your service, product, or venue!

Social Location Marketing offers powerful new ways to promote practically any product, service, or venue. Now, pioneering expert Simon Salt shows exactly how to make the most of it! Salt introduces Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, and other apps, helping you choose your best options, and build cost-effective marketing programs that work. Through real examples, you’ll learn how to reach your key audiences and segments…craft and execute winning strategies on realistic budgets…measure activity and calculate ROI…avoid costly mistakes…and much more! Whatever your goal, role, or industry, this book will help you find new customers where they are, strengthen loyalty and retention, and supercharge profits!

You’ll Learn How To:

•           Understand how social location marketing works and what it can (and can’t) do for your business

•           Learn the surprising realities about who uses social location software

•           Know your customers and their motivations–and build marketing plans around them

•           Develop communities of customer advocates who’ll work on your behalf

•           Use games, competitions, time-limited offers, and other innovative approaches

•           Successfully reach teens, tweens, women, or men

•           Discover proven approaches for fashion, retail, hospitality, and restaurants

•           Effectively handle criticism, and transform negatives into positives

•           Preview brand-new social location tools, including Google Hotpot

•           Understand the privacy issues associated with social location marketing

SIMON SALT is a key social media influencer who works with large brands and international PR companies. After participating in three succes1tups, he now leads his own marketing communications firm, whose client list includes Fortune® 500 companies. Salt is now conducting a Social Media roadshow, speaking on social location sharing across the United States. He has spoken at major conferences including BlogWorld, Internet Summit, and will speak at SXSW 2011.

Office 365 includes the Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications and hosted versions of Microsoft's Server products (including Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Lync Server), delivered and accessed over the Internet, in effect, the next version of Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS).

This book is your ultimate resource for Microsoft Office 365. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Microsoft Office 365 right away, covering: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Office, List of Microsoft Office programs, AutoNumber, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office Accounting, Microsoft Binder, Microsoft Clip Organizer, CoOffice, CoWord, Ctfmon, Dip Acc, DOC (computing), Microsoft Office Document Imaging, Microsoft SharePoint Workspace, Smart tag (Microsoft), Snapshot (file format), Standardization of Office Open XML, SYmbolic LinK (SYLK), Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format, Microsoft Visio, Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft Vizact, History of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word Viewer, WordArt, Wv (software), Microsoft Office XML formats, Xnk, Online office suite, Google Apps, Docs.com, Feng Office Community Edition, Google Docs, IWork.com, Office 2.0 Conference, Office123, ShareOffice, ShowDocument, Zoho Office Suite.

This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Microsoft Office 365. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Microsoft Office 365 with the objectivity of experienced professionals.