Keep It Simple, Please
I just saw a commercial for a new car (whose manufacturer shall remained unnamed – but it begins with a “C”) that talked about integrating all of the functions that used to be discrete buttons, knobs...
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I am flabbergasted. Incredulous. Blown away. Still in shock. I just came from a meeting of 50+ people who listened to four very bright and sincere customer service/customer support representatives...
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There are lessons in the art of making toast. It’s different if you make it for one or two people on a weekend morning where you can watch the toast brown or when you know your toaster’s...
View ArticleSome Further Thoughts on Creating the Customer WOW! Experience
A few weeks ago, on July 26th to be exact, I posted a written rant about how a meeting I’d just been to was concerned not with creating an initial WOW experience for customers but instead with damage...
View ArticlePlease Use Other Door
How do you feel when you are about to enter a place of business and are confronted by doors that are patently unfriendly to you, the door user? The doors on the left in the illustration are a prime...
View ArticleThe Cost, Price and Payback for Helping Others
The Cost, Price and Payback for Helping Others When someone asks you for your help with something do you do a cost/benefit analysis before deciding whether or not to respond positively to the request?...
View ArticleIf I write it will they read it?
If I write it will they read it? Order Your Copy Today! Hard Copy $24.95 at https://www.createspace.com/4295924, Kindle e-book version for only $9.95 at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CZN4BA0 If I write...
View ArticlePraise for a Faucet Maker
Praise for a Faucet Maker About a dozen years ago my spouse and I remodeled the kitchen in our condominium. We bought a beautiful Moen faucet for the sink and have been very happy with it until...
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