http://www.crttbuzzbin.com/2007/10/05/relationships-sustain-us/ Musings and analysis on marketing, buzz and communications. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.crttbuzzbin.com/2007/10/05/relationships-sustain-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10756 RichardatDELL Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:44:55 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/10/05/relationships-sustain-us/#comment-10756 isnt this sort of funny in a way...all the consternation and churn about social media and conversational marketing -- sounds sort of akin to a good mainstream media relationship, doesnt it :-) isnt this sort of funny in a way…all the consternation and churn about social media and conversational marketing — sounds sort of akin to a good mainstream media relationship, doesnt it :-)

]]> http://www.crttbuzzbin.com/2007/10/05/relationships-sustain-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10503 CK Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:09:37 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/10/05/relationships-sustain-us/#comment-10503 Agree fully. On another kind of relationship: what I find quite surprising is just how many of my colleagues think that a client relationship is more important than a colleague relationship. Sure, clients pay the bills, but many times our colleagues refer those very clients to us (and many full-time employees found their jobs due to a referral). Plus, colleagues keep us up-to-date and generously share knowledge and support us (it's not really professional to call a client for a pep talk). And many find that clients can come and go. But colleagues? Those relationships stick. So I often remind people how important--and valuable--our relationships with colleagues are (along with those of media, analysts and, of course, clients). Thanks for reminding me of it, I posted on it a while back: http://www.ck-blog.com/cks_blog/2007/02/the_meaning_of_.html Agree fully. On another kind of relationship: what I find quite surprising is just how many of my colleagues think that a client relationship is more important than a colleague relationship. Sure, clients pay the bills, but many times our colleagues refer those very clients to us (and many full-time employees found their jobs due to a referral). Plus, colleagues keep us up-to-date and generously share knowledge and support us (it’s not really professional to call a client for a pep talk). And many find that clients can come and go. But colleagues? Those relationships stick. So I often remind people how important–and valuable–our relationships with colleagues are (along with those of media, analysts and, of course, clients). Thanks for reminding me of it, I posted on it a while back: http://www.ck-blog.com/cks_blog/2007/02/the_meaning_of_.html

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