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What an experience

Posted by Gavin Baker - March 22, 2007 - awesomeness, customer service, ing, ing direct, knoxville, online, phone, savings, user experience, ux
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I just got off the phone with a customer service rep. Now, prepared to be shocked. IT WAS THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE I’VE EVER HAD. Yes, it was that good. I’ve been searching around for a new bank account and a friend mentioned ING Direct. It turns out they offer 4.5% APY on savings [...]

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Read More Annual percentage yield, business, Customer, Customer service, Education and Training, ING Direct, ING Group, Savings account

sliding off track

Posted by Gavin Baker - March 21, 2007 - change, innovation, knoxville, markets, risk
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The weather down here in Knoxville has been gorgeous, sunny and in the high 60s. Yesterday I took advantage of this weather and went mountain biking for the first time this year. It was a great ride, good traction, a slight breeze and they’d done some trail improvement from the fall so the loop was [...]

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Read More Cycling, Hiking, Issaquah Washington, Mountain biking, Recreation and Sports, Sports, Trail, Tree

sushi design

Posted by Gavin Baker - March 7, 2007 - branding, business card, design, image, knoxville, marketing, sushi
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This past weekend a friend and I went to downtown Knoxville for a concert. On our way we decided we’d have dinner downtown; I’m becoming a lover of sushi, so we headed to a great little place called nama. Excellent atmosphere, great food, great service, overall a wonderful time. I’d highly recommend it. When you [...]

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Read More Asian, Cooking, Home, Japanese, Restaurant, Sushi, Tom Peters, World Cuisines

maybe I need a wizard

Posted by Gavin Baker - February 26, 2007 - barriers, career, closed, companies, knoxville, lynskey, marteting, scripps
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As some of you may know I’m in the process of searching for a marketing job. So I’ve been contacting a lot of different companies following up on job leads. This post is about closed organizations. I consider a closed organization one where the barriers to entry for getting basic information are VERY high. I’ve [...]

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Read More Bicycle, business, China, Cycling, HGTV, Knoxville Tennessee, Scripps Networks, Scripps Networks Interactive
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