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Loyalty & Relationship Marketing Director has a lot to learn about loyalty and relationships (Part Three)

10.03.2012 by David Murray // 12 Comments

After honoring my request to be taken off Kimpton's email list, Maggie Lang said my snarky email "made me smile this morning. Note to self: Must make effort not to sound like #5. Have a great day. I shall resist inserting a smiley face here."

At which point my knees buckled: "OK, Lang. Now I'm starting to love YOU."

And in her reply to that, she referred to herself as "Bogus Title Lang."

When it comes to loyalty and relationships, a sense of humor and a willingness to mix it up are a great start—and they're clearly Maggie Lang's long suit.

But wake up, Maggie: Accuracy also matters, as does understanding your whole audience, and restraining your corporate "voice."

Because curmudgeons are customers too.

Love,

Me

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // corporate apology, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Loyalty & Relationship Marketing, Maggie Lang

Comments

  1. Bee says

    October 3, 2012 at 10:00 am

    This is all terribly horribly funny and just what I needed to read post night of horror sorting out an ID Theft issue. Also, I used to travel for work and spent five years living in Hilton Properties and five years receiving their lovely correspondence (I was a Diamond Member after all…) The Corporate Voice is an especially grating voice indeed.

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  2. Jeff Herrington says

    October 3, 2012 at 10:24 am

    New television series: David Murray, Jeff Herrington, Don Ranly and Ann Wylie sit with their backs to public relations professionals on a stage, who read their press releases and customer correspondence to us, sight unseen.
    When we hear someone whose work we like, we swing our chairs around and hit a buzzer, bringing them onto our team for mentoring.
    Name of the show: The Corporate Voice.

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  3. David Murray says

    October 3, 2012 at 10:27 am

    And when we hear some grating twaddle?

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  4. Sue Horner says

    October 4, 2012 at 7:07 am

    Hahaha! I LOVE the idea of The Corporate Voice! But wouldn’t it be the people whose work makes you gag who need the mentoring?

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