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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Marketing Lagniappe – In Search of Your Purple Goldfish

November 15, 2009 what is lagniappe?

I recently downloaded my first presentation onto Slideshare. It’s a slideshow entitled: Marketing Lagniappe – “In Search of Your Purple Goldfish”.
[Note: If you watch the slideshow, plan on manually advancing each slide by clicking the PLAY button to the right of the green PLAY button]
Here is an outline of the slideshow:
5 reasons you […]

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What is marketing lagniappe?

November 15, 2009 what is lagniappe?

Giving that little unexpected extra for good measure

There is a great word that originated in Louisiana called ‘lagniappe’ (pronounced lan-yap).  The creole word literally translated means ‘the gift.”  It refers to a small unexpected extra gift or benefit presented by a store owner to a customer at the time of purchase.
The people of Louisiana […]

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