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How GM Uses Social Media to Improve Cars and Customer Service

Harvard Business Review

In 1933, General Motors President and CEO Alfred Sloan established the automobile industry’s first full-time consumer research department under the direction of Henry “Buck” Weaver, a pioneer in market-based decision making. Because of the exponential growth of social media in recent years, and the fact nearly half of U.S.

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Marketers, Calculate Your Talk-Listen Ratio

Harvard Business Review

Being listened to makes people feel good — it signifies to them that they are interesting and what they have to say is valued. It is no surprise then that successful salespeople are frequently described as great listeners. Staff costs of all marketing personnel working on outbound communications.