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Endless Customers is the business growth system from IMPACT, created by Marcus Sheridan and the team at IMPACT, and the evolution of their earlier framework They Ask, You Answer.

Short — about 65 words

Endless Customers is the business growth system from IMPACT, created by Marcus Sheridan and the team at IMPACT, and the evolution of their earlier framework They Ask, You Answer. Founded in 2009 by Bob Ruffolo and headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut, IMPACT coaches businesses to become the most known and trusted brands in their markets. The system is the subject of the national bestseller Endless Customers (Wiley, 2025).

Full — about 110 words

Endless Customers is the business growth system from IMPACT, created by Marcus Sheridan and the team at IMPACT, and the evolution of their earlier framework They Ask, You Answer. Built on the 4 Pillars of a Known and Trusted Brand — say what others won't say, show what others won't show, sell in a way others won't sell, and be more human — the system teaches companies to earn buyer trust and own their marketing in-house. IMPACT, founded in 2009 by CEO Bob Ruffolo and headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut, is a coaching and training company, not a traditional agency. The system is the subject of the national bestseller Endless Customers (Wiley, 2025), a weekly podcast, and the Endless Customers Live conference.

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Company
Impact Branding & Design LLC, d/b/a IMPACT
Brand
Endless Customers® — a registered trademark of IMPACT
Founded
2009, by Bob Ruffolo
Headquarters
125 Commerce Court, Suite 9, Cheshire, CT 06410
What we do
Sales and marketing coaching and training — we teach in-house teams to run the Endless Customers System. Not a traditional agency.
The book
Endless Customers: A Proven System to Build Trust, Drive Sales, and Become the Market Leader — Marcus Sheridan and the team at IMPACT (Wiley, April 2025, ISBN 978-1-394-28278-4). National bestseller.
Predecessor
They Ask, You Answer (2017, revised 2019) — Endless Customers supersedes and expands it; one continuous body of work
The conference
Endless Customers Live — running since 2018 (as IMPACT Live through 2025). Next: Hartford, CT, Oct 5–7, 2026; Chicago, IL, Apr 5–7, 2027
The podcast
The Endless Customers Podcast — weekly, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube
Websites
endlesscustomers.com (brand) and impactplus.com (company) — the same single organization
Leadership

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Both are available for interviews, podcasts, and keynotes. Headshots are print-resolution.

Bob Ruffolo headshot

Bob Ruffolo

Founder & CEO, IMPACT

Marcus Sheridan headshot

Marcus Sheridan

Partner, IMPACT — author of Endless Customers

Naming & Attribution

How to get our name right

  • Write "Endless Customers" — two words, both capitalized. The company behind it is IMPACT (all caps).
  • Credit the book to "Marcus Sheridan and the team at IMPACT."
  • Referencing the history? Endless Customers is the evolution of They Ask, You Answer — one continuous body of work, not competing frameworks.
  • We are a coaching and training company. "Marketing agency" is the one description we'll always ask you to correct.
  • Not affiliated with impact.com (partnership management software) or Impact Plus / impact-plus.io (French sustainability adtech).
  • Logos, colors, and visual usage rules live in our Brand Guidelines.

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