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Small, human gestures

A remembered detail beats a marketing campaign.

Small gestures scale further than most businesses believe. A note that references a specific reply, a bonus quietly added to a returning customer's order, a message on the anniversary of a subscription. None of these need to be automated to sound automated.

The rule is simple: whenever you can, make the customer feel that a specific person, not a system, is on the other side.

Apply this week

  • Pick five customers this week. Send each of them a message that references something specific.
  • Write down how many reply. That number is your Return signal.

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