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    For all the talk about the behavior of consumers, there hasn't been much said about the behavior of marketers. It's time to start the conversation. All these years we've been pushing information at our customers. Now we must make a radical shift - in both mindset and practice - and begin pulling customers toward us, with experiences that engage rather than repel and that connect them with the brand at their initiative, not ours.
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