Topic: John Moore

Discordant Music

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jun 29, 2004 at 12:37 PM

John Moore, formerly of Starbucks, offers another inside perspective on the company's move into the music business. Taking a look at Starbucks' music, margins, motives, and mocha, Moore suggests that the company, in fact, does not ...READ»

GUEST HOSTS: WILLIAMS + MOORE | 6 comments

Guest Host: Customer Loyalty III

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Dec 22, 2003 at 11:09 AM

Inspired by their time contributing to FC Now, Paul Williams and John Moore have started their own blog. Launching about a week ago, BrandAutopsy continues the conversation started here, addressing marketing, the aspiration gap, ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | 3 comments

Beyond Customer Evangelism?

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 85
Fri Jun 11, 2004 at 10:36 AM

In the blog Brand Autopsy, John Moore touches on the work of Alex Wipperfurth, a San Francisco-area marketer who's working on a book called Brand Hijack. Perhaps more interestingly, Moore also mentions a white paper penned by ...READ»

CONVERSATION | Comment

Innovation: Customer Service is the CONDUIT Through Which Direct Brand Conversations Happen

BY Valeria Maltoni
Relevancy Score: 80
Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:38 AM

Customer service and brand marketing are rapidly converging. With the help of social media and courtesy of greater competitive forces, most companies are now finding that the experience of their brand is one of if not the ...READ»

GUEST HOSTS: KAPLAN THALER + KOVAL | Comment

Bang! A Going On

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 77
Mon Feb 2, 2004 at 1:02 PM

Later today, this week's guest hosts, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, co-authors of this month's Readers' Choice selection, Bang!, will post their first entries. Until then, FC Now readers might want to reacquaint themselves ...READ»

PROJECT MANAGEMENT | Comment

Multitask Master III

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Mar 24, 2004 at 2:00 PM

John Moore at OurHouse helps me continue my roll thinking about multiprojecting, multitasking, and, well, juggling. In a recent writeup of a presentation by Cynthia Haddock, who works in polarity management, I think we might find the ...READ»

BLOGJAM 2005 | Comment

FC Now BlogJam 2005

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 74
Mon Aug 1, 2005 at 10:46 AM

FC Now's second anniversary is but a week away, and already, about 65 Fast Company readers have responded to our call to action to participate in our annual collaborative blogging project. Volunteers include Resource Center ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | Comment

Can Mel Gibson Bounce Back?

BY Peter Hoy
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:25 AM

In Hollywood, a filmmaker's next movie is often only as good as his personal brand.READ»

ADMINISTRIVIA | 3 comments

FC Now BlogJam 2005

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 72
Sat Aug 6, 2005 at 1:15 AM

FC Now's second anniversary is next week, and we've lined up about 75 Fast Company as guest hosts to participate in our annual collaborative blogging project. Volunteers include Resource Center contributors Margaret Heffernan, Tim ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | Comment

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 63
Mon Dec 29, 2003 at 1:20 PM

A study done earlier this year by Wharton marketing professor Stephen J. Hoch and Edward J. Fox, a marketing professor at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, addresses the aspect of "cherry picking" -- ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | 1 comment

What Makes Us Loyal?

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 62
Mon Dec 8, 2003 at 1:36 PM

In a comment posted this morning, reader Joseph Price mentions two things that make him loyal to a brand: A great deal -- a price or unique combination or price and service that no one else can match, and The "my little secret" ...READ»

GUEST HOSTS: WILLIAMS + MOORE | Comment

Kudos to Paul & John

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 57
Mon Dec 15, 2003 at 9:34 PM

I'd like to add my voice to the chorus in thanking Paul Williams and John Moore for sharing their time, energy, and expertise to our blog discussions last week. These two took a personal and professional risk in joining our ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | Comment

Discordant Music II

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 52
Fri Jul 2, 2004 at 11:17 AM

In response to a string of comments in response to his previous Brand Autopsy about whether Starbucks needs reinvention, John Moore expands on his thinking. Further considering Starbucks' move into the music business, Moore offers ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | 11 comments

Creating a Great Customer Experience -- How, Exactly??

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 45
Wed Dec 10, 2003 at 1:06 PM

This morning, John Moore posted some interesting thoughts about differentiating one's business. The one I'm stuck on right now is creating a great customer experience. After all, it's the thing that started this conversation in the ...READ»

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE | 1 comment

Grappling with Customer Guilt II

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 39
Fri Apr 16, 2004 at 7:33 PM

Danielle's entry raises an interesting question, and one we've grappled with before in FC Now. I'm sure we'll continue to wrestle with the issue. Last November, Alison Overholt had a negative experience at Starbucks -- she ran away ...READ»

BLOGJAM 2005 | Comment

Get Small Fast

BY Brian Oberkirch
Relevancy Score: 33
Mon Aug 8, 2005 at 1:21 PM

I loved Small is the New Big as a little summer meme. Jeff Jarvis riffed on Seth's original post. Seth did, too. The short version: Customer intimacy, speed, flexibility and new opportunities to outsource everything but the core ...READ»

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Word of Mouth: The Real Deal

BY Karen Post
Relevancy Score: 32
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:47 PM

There was a huge silence in the Disney Resort meeting room. An audience member stood up, microphone in hand, poised to ask a question, and instead voiced his opinion to nearly 500 marketers, brand managers, agency folks, and business ...READ»

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE | Comment

6 Reasons I Love Brains on Fire

BY Craig Pelkey-Landes
Relevancy Score: 32
Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 11:36 AM

This regional brand/identity player packs global punchREAD»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | 3 comments

Starbucks and the Customer

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 32
Mon Dec 8, 2003 at 1:05 PM

Hi everyone, it's me -- Alison Overholt of the infamous Starbucks customer service/customer loyalty rant. First, I want to thank Paul Williams of Starbucks and John Moore of Whole Foods for joining us this week as guest hosts. Back ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | 9 comments

Guest Host: Customer Loyalty

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 31
Fri Dec 5, 2003 at 1:46 PM

Bob will remain with us as guest host of FC Now for the rest of today, but I wanted to take a moment to announce next week's online event. Thank you, Bob, for all of your contributions, ideas, and insights over the last week! In ...READ»

COMMUNICATION | Comment

Leadership Lessons from... Brand Autopsy

BY Michael Waddell
Relevancy Score: 31
Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 1:14 PM

John Moore at brandautopsy features Toy Box Leadership this week in his segment Money Quotes. He takes the Slinky Dog® which teaches about a leader's vision and puts several good quotes from chapter two into a presentation. Bonus: ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | Comment

Patagonia Politics II

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 24
Mon Mar 1, 2004 at 6:18 PM

Luke's entry this weekend about the politics of Patagonia -- and FC Now reader John Moore's response -- reminded me of another company that infuses its sales and marketing, if not its retail environment, with political messaging: ...READ»

MARKETING BLOGJAM | 5 comments

Many Channels, Many Messages, Many Problems for PR

Relevancy Score: 23
Sat Jun 10, 2006 at 10:15 AM

From the panel on The Changing Face of PR at the 2006 Corante Innovative Marketing Conference: The session started with a discussion of whether or not press releases are dead. The conclusion: Press releases are not the be-all and ...READ»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS | 10 comments

Which Fast Company Article Is Your Favorite?

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 22
Thu Jul 20, 2006 at 4:15 PM

About a year and a half ago, my editor asked me to help out in selecting the articles that Fast Company would include in a book compilation. The end result of that work, Fast Company's Greatest Hits: ten Years of the Most Innovative ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | 1 comment

BzzKiller

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 19
Fri May 7, 2004 at 12:33 PM

In her blog Decent Marketing, Katherine Stone takes Fast Company to task for our May 2004 article on BzzAgent and how to best harness word-of-mouth marketing. Stone questions the possibility of mobilizing honest word of mouth and ...READ»

Topic: John Moore

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