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Attack of the Customers Press Release

Paul Gillin

Customers are taking their complaints about companies and products to the Internet in record numbers, and a new book tells what is driving this trend and how businesses can avoid being victims of customer attacks. Recent research has shown that 70% of large companies have experienced an attack on their reputations during last two years.“Decision-makers

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The Changing Rules of B2B Marketing

Paul Gillin

This chapter focuses on drawing the major distinctions between business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) markets and where social marketing has particular value to B2B companies. In 2008, about 100 people visited the site every day. In fact, B2B companies were among the earliest adopters of social media.

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Attack of the Customers: The Pampers Dry Max Crisis

Paul Gillin

P&G had actually begun shipping the new product in August, 2008, more than 18 months before it was announced. The company typically logs two complaints for every one million diapers sold, and there was nothing to indicate that Dry Max had moved that needle. “When I asked if there was a change in design, they denied it at first.”.