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Oscars behind smoke benchmark
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Don’t benchmark, except when….

Don’t stress about industry benchmarks except for when you are measuring against your own strategy. Industry benchmark studies are a dangerous distraction. Here’s why.

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spider web
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Don’t be the customer’s spider

Humans are afraid of that which is different, like spiders. We love dogs (mammals, but hate spiders). Be like your customers, mirror them and they won’t think you’re a spider.

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Why I drove 1,500km for $80

I drove 1,500km in the Australian outback to earn $80 for a Mystery Shopping client. There are 8 good reasons why this wasn’t unreasonable.

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Scary hygiene statistics

What percentage of people are sanitising before entering a store? Here are the scary statistics from over 2,000 store mystery shopping observations.

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COVID Hygiene affects sales

How much does a store’s COVID practices affect buying behaviour? 82% of our 700 consumers polled said they’d change their buying behaviours if not confident

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Don’t be so warm. Sell.

Here are the real mystery shop results from a chain of fitness centres. If you asked the prospective customer what they thought of the service,

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Be like Mike, or Obama

When are we personally successful? Do we have to be like the titans, like Obama, Jordan, Microsoft, Amazon? What do I benchmark my comparatively small

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