{"id":784,"date":"2009-07-29T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T23:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=784"},"modified":"2012-07-31T10:23:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T00:23:15","slug":"accountable-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2009\/07\/accountable-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Accountable communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are <a title=\"Clear and repeated communications\" href=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2009\/07\/clear-and-repeated-communications\/\" target=\"_blank\">accountable communications<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>It simply means giving a message that is justified and that you are willing to stand by.<\/p>\n<p>For many jaded consumers, the marketing message in many ads and business materials is not trusted because there have been too many hyped up, false promises in the past. 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